6-Year-Old Bronx Boy Killed When Accidentally Given Methadone
Sad story to report out of the Bronx where a 6-year-old boy died on Monday after he dad gave him what he though was DayQuil. It turns out the boys mother had been storing methadone in the medicine...
View ArticleMeet Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Highest Paid Employee
Question: who is Sheryl Sandberg? Answer: she’s the person many people might expect to be Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook’s highest paid employee. The Facebook IPO has made Zuckerberg an overnight...
View ArticlePrince William Deployed To Falklands, Argentina Not Happy
P Prince William has been deployed to the Falkland Islands as part of a four-man search and rescue crew, in a move that has angered Argentina’s politicians. The prince’s deployment to the region will...
View ArticleCardboard Ayatollah Used to Celebrate Historical Anniversary in Iran [WTF]
Iran has carried out an unintentionally hilarious celebration to mark one of its most important historical events. First though, a bit of background. On this day 33 years ago, Iranian religious leader...
View ArticleRapper K’naan Displeased Mitt Romney Used His Song “Wavin’ Flag’” After...
Mitt Romney has joined Newt Gingrich this week among Republicans who have embarrassed artists- artists whose songs have been appropriated to promote a campaign with which they do not agree. The guy who...
View ArticleUnemployment Rate Drops to 8.3%, Lowest in Three Years
The nation’s unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent in January from 8.5 percent the month before as private employers added 257,000 jobs to their payrolls, the Labor Department reported earlier today....
View Article$3B WWII Wreck:Treasure Hunter Says He’s Found Sunken Ship Containing $3B in...
A treasure hunter is claiming that he found a sunken World War II ship which contains $3 billion worth of platinum. Greg Brooks, co-founder of Maine-based Sub Sea Research, says his salvage firm has...
View ArticleCourt rejects Megaupload founder’s bail appeal
Kim Dotcom, co-founder of Megaupload, a now defunct file-sharing website, was denied bail for the second time by the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand. Dotcom was denied bail because the...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines Sticks It To Customers Again, Institutes “Unintended...
Spirit Airlines is by far one of the biggest nickel and dime operations in the aviation industry, if there’s a way for the company to cram in more seats (making flights less comfortable), sell a drink...
View ArticleVeterans Jobs Corps Initiative: Obama Unveils $5B Plan to Put Vets Back to Work
President Barack Obama unveiled a new $5 billion veterans jobs plan Friday that the administration says will put thousands of men and women who once wore their country’s uniform back to work. The new...
View ArticleMary Cashman, Wife of Yankees GM, Files for Divorce Amid Stalking Scandal
Mary Cashman, the 42-year-old wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, submitted divorce papers in Stamford, Conn., Superior Court yesterday, writing that her marriage to the 44-year-old GM “has...
View ArticleNASA’s ‘Blue Marble’ Photos Set Flickr Record
NASA has just released another image of the “Blue Marble.” This time, the Suomi NPP Earth-observing-satellite captured a composite image of the Eastern hemisphere. The original “Blue Marble” photo,...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich Being Sued for Assault
Last week a Ron Paul supporter was allegedly harassed by Newt Gingrich’s security team. Edward Dillard is now suing the GOP candidate for assault and battery. Dillard says that he was at a polling...
View ArticleMitt Romney Wins The Nevada Caususes [Video]
Mitt Romney easily won the Nevada Caucuses Saturday night. It was not really a surprise as Nevada went very heavily for Romney in 2008 over John McCain. Nevada has a sizable Mormon population as...
View ArticleNASA Releases Second Super High-Resolution ‘Blue Marble’ Photograph
Last month NASA released the highest resolution “Blue Marble” image of Earth to date and now the US Space Agency has updated its image repository with the flip side photograph of our planet. The first...
View ArticleKoch Brothers and Allies Pledge $100 Million to Defeat Obama
In California at a Republican retreat sponsored by Koch Industry billionaires David and Charles Koch about 200 really really rich conservative activists pledged more than $100 million dollars ot defeat...
View ArticleAlaska Father Begs For Abducted Daughter’s Return
The father of Samantha Koenig has offered a $12,500 reward for any information about the whereabouts of his 18 year old daughter. He made a frantic plea publicly for her return, begging her kidnapper...
View ArticlePolice Remove Tents, Arrest 11 People At Occupy Washington Site
Police on Saturday began removing the last of Occupy Washington’s tends from McPherson Square while arresting 11 people who refused to following police orders. McPherson Square was one of the few...
View ArticleLady Cuts In McDonald’s Drive-Thru Line Then Gets Tasered
A McDonald’s drive-thru line was shut down for 20 minutes this week after a customer cut in line at one of the fast food chains locations in North Carolina. Evangeline Lucca drove past the order window...
View ArticleThe Term ‘African American’ Losing Favor Among Black Communities
The term African American is being shunned by segments of the African American community. The reason? many Black Americans who were born in the United States simply don’t hold any historical relevance...
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