Barataria Estuary, Hardest Hit By BP Oil Spill, Sees Steep Decline In Fishing...
The Barataria Estuary, hardest hit by the BP oil spill in 2010, has seen a vastly reduced commercial harvest, according to fisherman. The 2011 commercial fishing data has been released, showing that...
View ArticleHonolulu Has Nation’s Worst Traffic
Think your morning commute is bad? Do you live in Honolulu? A new study released by INRIX shows that Honolulu has the nation’s worst traffic. According to the report, drivers in Honolulu sat in traffic...
View ArticleJohn Davis Faces $500 Fine For Giving Money To Panhandler
John Davis was just trying to help a homeless person out when he gave money to a man in a wheelchair at a freeway off ramp. Unfortunately, the phrase, “No good deed goes unpunished” came true for the...
View ArticleMichaela “Mickey” Shunick Missing, No Trace of Louisiana Student Found After...
Michaela “Mickey” Shunick has been missing since May 19th, and dozens of volunteer searchers are retracing the college student’s steps in the hopes of learning more about her disappearance. Mickey...
View ArticleJanet Carroll, Tom Cruise’s Mom in ‘Risky Business,’ Dies at 71
Actress Janet Carroll, whose first film role was playing Tom Cruise’s mother in the 1983 cult classic Risky Business, died May 22 in New York after a long illness. She was 71. Born in Chicago in 1940,...
View ArticleDish Network’s Ad Skipping Software ‘Hopper’ Leads To Lawsuit From CBS, NBC...
Fox, NBCUniversal, and CBS are not pleased with Disk Networks new software called “Hopper” a program that allows shows which have been DVR’d to auto skip commercials if the show is not watched on the...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi Slammed By The Washington Post Over Tax Plan
The editorial board of the Washington Post had some harsh words for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday. The Post took issue with her for pushing to permanently extend “middle class” tax...
View ArticleHalf Of Detroit Street Lights To Go Dark
Half of Detroit’s street lights will soon be going dark in an effort to save the city money. Detroit’s population has been shrinking and the city will start shutting off the street lights in sparsely...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg Helicopter Trips Are Angering Local Residents
The helipad located on East 34th street in Manhattan is suppose to be closed on the weekends, yet Mayor Bloomberg’s helicopter landings and takeoffs have continued to occur on a regular basis despite...
View ArticleCEO Pay Hits Record High
The nation’s median salary in 2011 was $39,312. The average CEO pay was $9.6 million. According to a study by the Associated Press, CEOs are being paid more than ever before. The average pay was about...
View ArticleHurricane Bud Weakens to Category 2 Storm as it Nears Mexican Coast
Hurricane Bud, the first hurricane and second named storm of the 2012 season, weakened to a Category 2 storm as it headed early Friday toward an area of beach resorts and small mountain villages on...
View ArticleBarack Obama Was An Inconsiderate Pot Smoker
Don’t bogart that joint, Mr. President. President Obama admitted to using drugs in his memoir, “Dreams From My Father,” but biographer David Maraniss dives a little deeper into the President’s smoking...
View ArticleBanned From Plane For Pro-Choice T-Shirt? Woman Claims Censorship Over...
This week’s fake outrage award goes to the woman who claims a pro-choice shirt got her banned from an American Airlines flight. Essentially, the woman, only identified as “O,” was ordered to change her...
View ArticleArmin Christian: Prison Escapee Caught After 30 Years On The Run
Armin Christian is back behind bars more than 31 years after escaping from Piedmont Work Center near Greenville, S.C. on Christmas Day, 1980, where he was serving an 11-month sentence for failure to...
View ArticleT.J. Lane: Teen Will Be Tried As Adult In Chardon High School Shooting
T.J. Lane, the 17-year-old suspected of killing three and injuring two students at Chardon High School in Ohio in February, will be tried as an adult, according to a ruling by a juvenile court judge on...
View ArticleBrian Banks, Former California Football Standout, Cleared of Rape, Kidnapping...
Brian Banks, a former California high school football standout, has been cleared of a rape and kidnapping conviction that derailed his life more than 10 years ago. Banks, who is 26 today, was just 17...
View ArticleKids Are Eating Detergent, Mistaking Single Use Pods For Candy
Kids are eating miniature laundry detergent packs, which arrived on store shelves in recent months, after mistaking the brightly colored plastic packets as candy. The miniature packs are a clean...
View ArticleEric Simons, Young Entrepreneur, Secretly Lived At AOL’s Palo Alto Office For...
When Eric Simons, 20-year-old entrepreneur, needed a place to stay, he picked a very unusual spot: AOL’s Palo Alto, California office. While it is common for employees at tech companies to work long...
View ArticleJudge Rules Texter Can’t Be Blamed For Causing Accident
A New Jersey judge has ruled that the person who sends a text to a driver cannot be held liable if an accident occurs. Judge David Rand threw out a lawsuit against Shannon Colonna, stating, according...
View ArticleSubtropical Storm Beryl Threatens Southeast Coast [Video]
The second named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Beryl, is expected to bring heavy downpours this Memorial Day weekend for hordes of folks that have flocked to the beaches on the...
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