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With alleged crime boss Whitey Bulger captured and on trial after 16 years on the run, maybe the FBI is feeling good about closing some more cold cases. The Bureau dug up a Michigan field …
Blasphemy – the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity.
In light of the alternate cover images for Kanye West‘s upcoming Yeezus album, and the requisite (although relatively light) …
Is it just us, or have movie tickets gotten really, really expensive over the course of the last few years? About a decade ago, you could attend a movie—with a date or a friend—for less …
With summer upon us (and an economic downturn still firmly in place), millions of students and job seekers are turning to unpaid internships to gain experience or a foothold in business. But a new court …
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. But Ryan Gosling may be more disturbed than flattered to learn that a man by the name of Nicholas Ryan paid $5,000 recently to undergo cosmetic …
Long known for scenes, images, and overall artistic vision that pushes the envelope, film directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg chose to turn heads with their spoken words at a recent event.
During the opening of …
If you’ve listened to President Barack Obama or watched films like Waiting for Superman and countless others, you probably think charter schools are the best thing to happen to education since Show and Tell. However, …
The consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton just posted a job listing for a systems administrator operating out of Honolulu, HI. If you have “3+ years of experience” in the field, the position could be yours …
Cmdr. Chris Hadfield has announced his retirement after a 21-year career with the Canadian Space Agency. Hadfield had just returned from a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station, where he became an international celebrity …
Stay away from police officers! That’s the message that the New York State Senate is trying to send right now. Recently, they passed a bill that would make it illegal to “annoy” or “alarm” a …
“Jumping the shark” refers to when something relies so heavily on gimmicks that it unknowingly descends into self-parody and irrelevance. Sam Kazman, general counsel for the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, has apparently never heard of …
Chalk up another victory for Standing Your Ground. A man in Texas was acquitted this week for the murder of a Craigslist escort. Ezekiel Gilbert admitted to shooting Lenora Frago after he paid Frago $150, …
Pamela Anderson is too hot to handle. Take one look at the 45-year-old’s recent scorching hot spread in the latest issue of Vogue Brazil and there’s no denying that the Baywatch bombshell has still got …
Kristin Beck‘s social media accounts show a beaming, muscular brunette. She now works in the private sector and as a civilian in the DoD, but Twitter and LinkedIn describe her as a “retired US Navy …
Mark O’Mara, the lead defense lawyer in George Zimmerman‘s trial for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, apologized this week for “misstating the nature” of a video pulled from Martin’s cellphone. O’Mara called the gaffe “unintentional,” …
What in the world is wrong with people? Late last week, Cheerios released a new commercial produced by ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi that featured—gasp!—an interracial couple in it. There was no mention of the …
Michele Bachmann announced this week that she would not run for reelection to Congress next year, and opponents rejoiced. Amid the celebrations and general insults, liberal media immediately started compiling the “greatest hits” of the …
As if Sir Patrick Stewart wasn’t cool enough already, he just made a heart-melting, audience-enthralling speech about battling domestic violence, and consoled a survivor all at the same time.
Appearing at the Comicpalooza convention in Houston, …
Although it might seem all across America, people are as pious as ever, most feel that religion is losing its influence in the United States. Guess that’s the reason we aren’t really that upset at …
The judge in the prosecution of George Zimmerman heard many pre-trial motions yesterday, and dealt the defense several setbacks in their attempts to argue shooting victim Trayvon Martin‘s character and history as part of the …
