Rumor claims John Edwards has proposed to mistress Rielle Hunter
If the National Enquirer is to be believed, former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards might be campaigning for a Nobel Prize in being a cad. According to the tabloid (which has broken exclusive...
View ArticleReport: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, six others shot
Third term Arizona Congresswoman Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been shot and reportedly died from her wounds at a bizarre shooting outside a Safeway at a community event in Tuscon. Six others were...
View ArticleCongresswoman Giffords shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, had a YouTube channel
As Kim wrote earlier, Congresswoman Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot while she was holding a “Congress on the Corner” at a local Safeway. Thankfully, and contrary to early reports, Giffords...
View ArticleHefner leads buyout to take Playboy private
Hugh Hefner is taking Playboy Enterprises private again after a deal valuing the company at $207 million. According to Business Week, Hefner increased his per-share bid by 65 cents over the amount he...
View ArticleDC lobbyist Ashley Turton found dead in burning car
Ashley Turton, former chief of staff to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and wife of White House liaison to the House of Representatives Dan Turton, was found dead in a burning car early this morning. A joint...
View ArticleComcast-NBC Merger Could Force 7 Year Net Neutrality Agreement
If the merger of Comcast and NBC is approved by the FCC it may put in place a 7 year agreement which will ensure that the newly formed company can not throttle the internet speeds of competitors or...
View ArticleJewish advocacy group speaks out about Palin’s use of the term ‘blood libel’
Sarah Palin, who has been subject to national criticism after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (a Democrat singled out by Palin on a map featuring crosshairs over several Congressional Districts) was shot along...
View ArticleStarbucks rolling out bucket-sized ‘Trenta’ option for cold coffee drinks
Last year, Starbucks did an April Fools’ joke offering a 128 ounce “Plenta” beverage, lacking only a hypodermic needle to deliver a jolt to addicted customers. Now, as often happens with Think Geek,...
View Article‘The Daily’ Won’t Use Apple’s iAd System
The Daily, an iPad only publication from News Corp will feature various big name publishers including Pepsi, Virgin, Macy’s and various others, but what it won’t feature is ads from Apple’s own iAd...
View ArticleBuying Congressional favoritism to support Comcast/NBC merger
We all know that Comcast really, really, wants this purchase of NBC to go through. The question is though what are they willing to do in order to help along the process through the various regulatory...
View ArticleEver wonder what 25 tons of bombs do to a town?
The above image is of a normal town in Afghanistan called Tarok Kolache when it was seeing better days even though it was, according to American forces, overrun by Taliban insurgents. After they had...
View ArticleSocial Networks Capturing More Of the Ad Market In 2011
Marketing firms are expected to spend $3.08 billion for online social media ads in the United States in 2011 an amount equal to 11% of the overall online market ad space according to a recent study by...
View ArticleTabloid claims Sarah Palin’s husband Todd had affair with massage therapist...
The National Enquirer, the publication that broke open the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter cheating scandal, is claiming that Sarah Palin’s husband had an affair with 36-year-old Shailey Tripp, who has been...
View ArticleComcast denies having a hand in Keith Olbermann’s sudden MSNBC departure
Unless you’re just waking up after a sixteen-hour nap, you’ve probably heard about Keith Olbermann’s very abrupt departure from popular MSNBC property Countdown at the end of last night’s show....
View ArticleCasualties reported in ‘blast’ at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport
Reports of between two and ten dead are trickling in via Twitter- although a number of deaths has not been confirmed- after a report of a “blast” at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Details regarding the...
View ArticleBody of missing Michigan mom found, husband’s cousin in custody
Although police originally said that they believed Amy Henslee, 30, had left of her own volition and was likely still alive, it was announced yesterday that a body found buried near the home of a...
View ArticleThe mapping of foreclosure hell
RealtyTrac is out with a new report on the number of foreclosures in the U.S. and rather than just doll out the dry numbers that no-one will really read Business Insider translated those numbers to...
View ArticleSenator calls for bath salts ban due to hallucinogenic effects
So, you’ve been dissolving bath salts in your hot baths for a relaxing bathing experience? It would appear that you are, in fact, doing it wrong, as calls to ban the substance because it can get you...
View Article‘New York Times’ tells staff not to ‘unpublish’ stories
The “paper of record” has established a policy on removing content from the New York Times website, a leaked memo published by Gawker indicates. New York Times Standards Editor Phil Corbett (who you...
View ArticleHungover? Spend the morning watching Super Bowl ads from last night in your cube
Should my Facebook feed be believed, a number of you all are pulling sickeys today, and a greater number are slogging through work on too much American beer and little sleep. It seems Super Bowl ads...
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