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Christianity in Hockey sounds like an oxymoron. The idea of a 6 foot man knocking people down the ice while professing Jesus Christ as lord and savior doesn't seem to click in the heads of every NHL fan. Yet one prominent hockey star has been vocal about his faith and could possibly lead Canada as the captain of Canada Hocky Olympic Team (Team Canada).

Steve Balmer has stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer, handing his role over to Satya Nadella and making him a member of the board of Directors effective Feb. 4. Nadella is the third CEO of Microsoft.

With the NBA trade deadline looming, rumors have been floating around about the Houston Rockets possibly trading Jeremy Lin. One source states the possibility of Lin being traded to the Toronto Raptors alongside Omer Asik for Kyle Lowry. However, with the Rockets struggling to keep their core players healthy, one writer pointed out that the Rockets' issue is not the point guard position, but chemistry.

Recently birds have been invading smartphones across the country, but they aren't angry, just flappy. Flappy Bird, the latest mobile phone game developed by .Gear, an independent gaming company based in Hanoi, Vietnam has been the No. 1 most downloaded app on the iOS and Google Play in 102 countries- a first for an indie developer.

It has been 13 months since the Sandy Hook tragedy shocked the United States, and the nation has not felt safe since that incident. The fact that there have been 30 more school shootings after Sandy Hook has not helped assure people that their children are safe. What's more appalling is that these school shootings contribute a small percentage of the number of youth hurt or killed by firearms each year.

A trip to the doctors is never fun for the kids. The anxiety of not knowing whether they will be prescribed to medication or be given the needle makes the hospital one of the top ten scary places in everyone's list. But hospitals across the world are figuring out ways to make children feel at ease once they step foot in the lab. Such unconventional methods include pedal cars to transport children to the operating room and a Pirate-Themed CT scan room.

What would you do for your kids if you had less than five years to live? What big plan do you have to show your family how much you love them? Hopefully it doesn't involve anything close to what Walter White did in Breaking Bad. Garth Callaghan, 44, would tell you that committing yourself to the little things would leave a big impact on someone's life, little things like writing inspiring notes on a napkin and leaving them in your daughter's lunchbox every school day.

South Korea has proposed that the two Koreas hold reunions for families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean war on Feb. 17-22 at Mt. Geumgang, a North Korean mountain resort.

Doug Rauch, ex-president of Trader Joe's, is determined to resolve the food wasting problem by opening The Daily Table, a grocery store and restaurant in Dorchester, Mass. that offers inexpensive food pulled off from the shelves by regular grocery stores.

Daft Punk got "Lucky" on Sunday night, as the French duo nabbed record of the year for their single "Get Lucky" and album of the year for "Random Access Memories" at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Yesterday marked the 30 year anniversary of Apple's Macintosh, the revolutionary personal computer that revived Apple's relevance in the computer market and solidified the company's reputation.

After spending two-months watching his brain-dead pregnant wife lie on her hospital bed, Erick Munoz has his wish granted by a judge to remove life support from his wife, which would also kill the fetus.

Justin Bieber unavoidably became the hottest topic of Twitter following his DUI arrest and the release of his mugshot on Thursday. The pop star was arrested outside a residential area in Miami Beach for driving his yellow Lamborghini 55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone. Police reports state that Bieber tried to resist arrest and had bloodshot eyes along with odor that reeked of alcohol.

The state of Texas was hit with surprising news all the way from Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum when Rep. Governor Rick Perry announced on Thursday that he supports the decriminalization - not legalization - of marijuana.

Volvo USA released a new advertisement for the 2014 XC60 on YouTube, starring NBA point guard Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets.

On Tuesday, Life Without Limbs, a ministry started by Nick Vujicic, released a new episode of "The Nick Vujicic World Outreach" web series through Youtube, which highlights his visit to Macau and Hong Kong. The video highlights Vujicic speaking in front of thousands of people at four different venues, sharing his testimony and his Christian faith to the people of Macau and Hong Kong. However, unlike the previous trips, Nick Vujicic and his team approached these speaking engagements with a different angle.

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, made a bold statement at the Davos World Economic Forum in his latest newsletter on Tuesday.

Not even the 14 degree Fahrenheit weather and the freezing wind was going to stop the anti-abortion protestors on Wednesday, as March for Life held its annual rally on the 41st year anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, a Supreme Court ruling that declared a constitutional right to abortions.

Pope Francis urged top business leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum on Tuesday to use their wealth to serve humanity instead of leaving most of the world's population in poverty and financial instability.

Warren Buffett, who ranks 4th on Forbes list of top billionaires, announced on January 21 that he, together with his company Berkshire Hathaway, will be partnering with Quicken Loans, owned by fellow billionaire Dan Gilbert (also the owner of the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers), to host the ‘Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket.’

The stage has been set for Super Bowl XLVIII. The no. 1 defense in the league (Seattle Seahawks) will be facing off against the no. 1 offense in the league (Denver Broncos). Fans will be flocking around their television sets on Feb. 2 to see whether the Seahawks will win their first Super Bowl title or if Peyton Manning will cement his legacy with his second ring. But will fans flock to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium where the Super Bowl will be held?

Concerns have been raised regarding the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics after a militant group in Dagestan posted up a video on Sunday, warning of a "surprise package," but Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that his country has stepped up in security and is ready to handle any threat.

A team of three renowned war crime prosecutors and three forensics experts claim to have found evidence to prove Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad guilty of "systematic torture and killing" of 11,000 detainees, according to a 31-page report by the lawyers on the team. Their report, based on more than 27,000 photographs from a source named "Caesar" will be brought up to the international criminal tribunal, the group says.

Sports Illustrated published an essay written by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman on Monday which features a detailed explanation about Sherman's feelings about his postgame rant following his team's Sunday night NFC Championship victory. Sherman wrote that San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree pushed Sherman's face after Sherman patted his back and offered to shake his hand following the final play of the game. This led to his outburst during a postgame interview with Fox Sports Erin Andrews.