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Researchers developed a virtual reality video game, Sea Hero Quest, that they claim detects Alzheimer’s disease. In the game, players navigate a virtual boat. Those with early-stage Alzheimer’s do a poor job navigating the boat to checkpoints. Those with really bad Alzheimer’s drown.

Amazon is upgrading Amazon Prime from free two-day shipping to free one-day shipping, so customers can have packages stolen in half the time.

The U.S. Navy fired Rear Admiral John Ring, Commander of Guantanamo Bay prison, for “loss of confidence in his ability to command”. Ring accepted the decision, but said he’s going to continue looking for those missing cell keys.

The National Rifle Association is in a power struggle, with longtime executive Wayne LaPierre accusing outgoing President Oliver North of trying to get him fired. Members don’t understand why the two can’t just settle their differences with guns.

Burger King plans to roll out the meatless Impossible Whopper to all of its U.S. restaurants after a successful test run. Diners said they wanted an option that allowed them to take a break from meat, without resorting to eating at Arby’s.

Fishermen off Norway’s coast spotted a beluga whale wearing a harness equipped with mounts for GoPro cameras. They think the whale may have been trained by Russians, based on markings on the harness, and seeing Russian sailors’ heads peeking out of the whale’s blowhole.

According to a CNN tracker, President Donald Trump surpassed 10,000 lies told while in office – clearing the bar Friday when telling birthday girl Melania “you look prettier than the day I met you.”

Lee Stowell, a 54-year-old woman and former securities salesperson at Cantor Fitzgerald, is suing the firm and her coworkers for harassment, including putting feces in her Bernie Sanders coffee mug. The firm denies the allegations, and said they just have really lousy coffee.

A 44-year-old Baltimore woman received the first-ever transplanted kidney delivered by aerial drone to her hospital. Five other recipients are still waiting while their donor organs are retrieved from drones stuck in trees and on roofs.

Canadian users of the McDonald’s app allege they’re being hacked and being applied fradulent charges for food they never ordered. McDonald’s said they believe their app is secure, and that users should change their password to something other than Grimace.

 

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A woman walking her dog in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was killed by an alligator. The dog escaped without injury, and is being called a ‘canine of interest’ in a possible murder-for-hire plot.

Russian officials say that accused spy Maria Butina – held without bail in a Virginia prison – is a victim of ‘borderline torture’. U.S. officials said if Russia wants, they can transfer her to Guantanamo Bay for over-the-borderline torture.

Maulik Majmudar, associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, announced on Twitter he’s moving to “an exciting ..role at Amazon.” It’s unclear whether the veteran cardiologist is planning to help Amazon move into healthcare, or just resuscitate overworked Amazon warehouse employees.

A Delaware animal clinic says that a local pony was sexually assaulted in a barn by one or more people. The pony is being treated, and its story will be the season opener for Law & Order: SVU, as soon as they can cast the role of the pony.

A man in Northeast Philadelphia jumped from a 2nd story window to escape intruders that broke into his home. The man was injured, but survived, and the intruders were delighted to finally have the place to themselves.

The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits [1971-1975] was certified as the biggest-selling album in U.S. history, at 38 million units, surpassing Michael Jackson’s Thriller at 33 million. The Recording Industry of America says many of the Eagles sales are digital, to replace vinyl, cassette and CD copies that people broke to keep from having to hear it again.

Fox News commenter Tomi Lahren gained attention for her tweet which read “Truth is the new hate speech”. Ironically, considering the truth that Tomi Lahren is a total moron, …she’s kind of right.

Ronda Rousey took the WWE Women’s Championship with a win over Alexa Bliss in the SummerSlam co-main event.  Rousey was listed as the favorite of whoever scripted how the fight turned out.

Archaeologists exploring a rural field in Kansas believe they’ve found arrowheads, pots and other remnants of an ancient lost city. Similarly, summer tourists passing near the dig site believe they’ve found the remnants of an ancient, lost city– Wichita.

A police officer in Argentina is being praised after photos emerged of her breastfeeding a malnourished baby in a Buenos Aires hospital – and while rejecting the advances of other patients who said they hadn’t eaten in days.

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Retailers are battling slumping sales by offering their own subscription services. Gap, Old Navy and even Fruit of the Loom will send you clothes for a fixed monthly fee – though single male Fruit of the Loom subscribers are confused as to why they’d need new underwear more than once every couple of years.

Khloe Kardashian confirmed that she’s pregnant. She’s already fired two ultrasound technicians who didn’t know how to Snapchat sonograms.

  • Next week on ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’, Khloe’s fetus fights with Kourtney over where to spend Christmas vacation.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Idaho passed Illinois as the 5th most-populous state, thanks to Idaho’s booming tech scene and Chicago’s booming murder scene.

Apple confirms that a software feature released last year slows older iPhones to offset issues with the phones’ aging batteries. In a statement Apple said their goal is to deliver the best experience for owners of iPhones – purchased within the last month.

Chipotle shares dropped 5% following reports of sick customers and employees at an L.A. location. Coincidentally, those persons’ weight dropped 5%.

Facebook announced that it’s changing the way it identifies ‘Fake News’ in users’ feeds. They are replacing the ‘Disputed Flag’ with a Breitbart byline.

The House of Representatives introduced a measure to continue to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program through March – it’s a GoFundMe where donors give a nickel for every 30-lb seated bicep curl Paul Ryan does.

Defense Secretary James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis visited Guantanamo Bay to deliver a message of Holiday good cheer to the troops, and a continuous loop of Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ to the prisoners.

Senator Al Franken delivered his final speech to the U.S. Senate, and afterward hugged male colleagues and waved to females.

The AARP issued a list of reasons it opposes the new tax reform law, as younger Americans pretended to listen to them and care what they have to say.