Unemployment Benefits: Fewer Claims, Improving Economy?
Like the first few crocuses poking their little crocus-heads out of the ground after winter, it seems that there may be a few signs of a demonstrably improving economy in the United States. (Well, that...
View ArticleGroom Sues Photographer To Have Wedding Recreated [Really Strange Lawsuit]
A Manhattan groom has sued his photographer over what he calls horrible wedding photographs that ruined his special day. If the lawsuit and story ended there it wouldn’t be the first of it’s kind we...
View ArticleMcRib Pigs Live In Horrendous Conditions, Complaint Filed By Humane Society
That McRib you like to run out and scarf down the minute it arrives for a limited time at McDonald’s has a dark and sad side. The Humane Society this week filed a complaint against McDonald’s meat...
View ArticleStarbucks Profits Soar By 29% During Fourth-Quarter
It was a good fiscal Q4 for Starbucks Corp. with the beverage retailer posting a 29% increase in overall profits. In it’s report the company says U.S. based Starbucks locations customers were spending...
View ArticleSouthwest Passenger Hunts Down Stolen Laptop Using Craigslist
When Southwest airlines passenger Ambre Boroughs had her checked bag stolen from a Southwest airlines terminal she was told her laptop and the bags other contents were lost forever and the airline...
View ArticleNASA’s Operation IceBridge Discovers Gigantic Crack In Antarctic Glacier
NASA officials working on Operation IceBridge have discovered a gigantic crack in one of Antarctica’s glaciers. The crack was discovered when a NASA plane mission provided some of the first ever...
View ArticleA Third of One Percenters Agree With Occupy Wall Street
Approximately 0ne third of the 1% agree with the 99%. A new poll of American millionaires shows that 35% of people with investments of $1 million or more agree that the Occupy Wall Street protesters...
View ArticleJudge William Adams Will Not Face Abuse Charges
Judge William Adams, the Texas Judge who was videotaped beating his 16-year-old daughter, will not face abuse charges. Hillary Adams, now 23, released the 7-year-old tape earlier this week. Police say...
View ArticleBank Transfer Day Looms, Will You Be Making the Switch?
It’s one thing to support Occupy Wall Street on Facebook, but many Americans are struggling to convert the interest they have in the movement into real, lasting change. And one of the ways gaining...
View Article520-Day Mission to Mars Simulation Complete [Video]
After 520 days, 6 international researches have completed their mission to Mars. The all-male crew emerged from their windowless module this morning after completing a simulation flight to the red...
View ArticleDippin’ Dots Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that famed ice cream snack maker, Dippin’ Dots, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The self-described manufacturer of the “ice cream of the future” – translated:...
View ArticleNews Of The World Hacked At Least 5,795 Phones [Evidence]
Police investigating the News of the World phone hacking scandal say they have uncovered 11,000 pages of notes from professional snooper Glenn Mulcaire. In those notes investigators say Mulcaire spied...
View ArticleGabrielle Giffords Releases Statement, Vows Return To Congress
Gabrielle Giffords is planning a return to Congress according to a one-page statement made in the upcoming memoir Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope which was written by Gifford’s husband Mark Kelly....
View ArticleAmerican Citizen Fakes Being Illegal Immigrant To Avoid Jail
In February 2010 an American citizen who was arrested for dealing drugs told a Utah judge that he was illegal Mexican immigrant Saul Quiroz, rather than facing time in jail he was promptly sent to...
View ArticleGroupon Shares Skyrocket As Institutional Investors Unload Investments
Want to make money appear out of thin air? Simply become an institutional investor in an over valuated internet company and then offload your shares during their initial public offering (IPO). That...
View ArticleKate Middleton is Pregnant (Rumor)
Kate Middleton is pregnant. That is, if we are going to believe that her refusal to eat peanut paste during a royal appearance in Copenhagen is because she’s pregnant. Doctors usually recommend that...
View ArticleNigerian Actor Baba Suwe Released From Prison After Pooping 25 Times
Nigerian comic actor Babatunde Omidina, known as Baba Suwe, is now a free man on $3,300 bail. He was initially arrested last October 12 at the Lagos international airport, accused of swallowing...
View ArticleAndy Rooney of ’60 Minutes’ Dead at 92
Broadcasting legend and Veteran CBS “60 Minutes” television essayist Andy Rooney died Friday night in a hospital in New York City. Rooney was 92. “It’s a sad day at ’60 Minutes’ and for everybody here...
View Article2011 Guy Fawkes Day Celebrated by Occupy Protesters
The Occupy protesters have always felt a connection to Guy Fawkes and today they will “remember remember the fifth of November” as protesters around the world celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. At protests...
View ArticleNancy Grace Dusts Off Her Shtick, Weighs in on Conrad Murray
Did you think that having Nancy Grace distracted by Dancing With the Stars would keep the mouthy talking head from weighing in on Dr. Conrad Murray and his role in the death of Michael Jackson? When...
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