tsunami

You know, I had a fun post all lined up to write about for today. But then came the sobering and devastating news about Japan’s earthquake — one of the world’s largest ever and the worst in Japanese history — and resulting tsunami.

Sonali Deraniyagala's story begins on the morning of December 26, 2004, while she was vacationing on the southeastern coast of Sri...

Baking amateurs and enthusiasts alike will be baking up a storm for this weekend's Toronto Bakes for Japan event, a Toronto-wide bake sale to raise awareness and funds for the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Today in the news: The devastating 9.0 earthquake in Japan wreaked havoc on the island nation, and its effects continue to be felt around the world in profound ways we have yet to fully comprehend. Here are five stories about what may be biggest natural event of our lifetimes.

If it seems to you like lately American politics are a bit of a joke, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity this past weekend likely did little to remedy the situation. The Comedy Central mock-news anchors hosted the Washington D.C. rally this past Saturday in an effort to restore some sanity to the American political system and the media that covers it. The event was part comedy shtick, part rock concert, and part serious bipartisan plea for reason in the face of the extremist ideologies that are dividing the country. Various news sources estimated the crowd at around 200,000, thought Colbert was more generous, claiming via Twitter that it was somewhere in the ballpark of “six billion.” Check out an amazing gallery of the many creative and hilarious homemade rally signs here.