A giant “Ice Bridge” about the size of Jamaica connecting the 2 islands in Antarctica ruptured, the bbc news reported.
Scientists studying the Wilkins Ice shelf say the collapse could mean that the shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence of rapid climate change.
Average temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula have risen by 3.8 degrees Farenheit (2.5 degrees Celsius) over the past half century, the statement said — higher than the average global rise.

President Barack Obama’s high-profile visit to this proudly secular, predominantly Muslim nation alludes to its strategic importance as the U.S. looks to smooth relations with the Muslim world.

Carrie Underwood was named entertainer of the year at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, the first female act to win the honor since the Dixie Chicks did it back in 2000.

Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr appeared on stage together for the first time in seven years on Saturday night at “Change Begins Within,” a benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

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Brittany Lincicome eagled the 72nd hole on Sunday to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship, capturing her first victory in a major.

Here’s another one of Microsoft’s I’m a PC ad.

We at the Daily Contributor are wishing all our Christian readers a good Palm Sunday.

Imelda Marcos, the wife of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has landed on Newsweek’s list of “greediest people of all time.”

Chile’s Llaima volcano, one of South America’s most active, spewed a more-than-1,000 meter flow of lava on Saturday, prompting evacuations and landslide warnings.