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An 87-year-old Indiana man arrested in Michigan with 104 bricks of cocaine in his pickup truck has told a judge he was forced at “gunpoint” to carry the load. During a boisterous appearance in court Monday, Leo Sharp had trouble keeping quiet. The Michigan City, Ind., man was released on bond, three days after he […]
Red and pink streaks filled the sky across parts of the country after Earth’s magnetic field was hit by a coronal mass ejection, enabling the Northern Lights to be seen across the southeastern part of the United States. The ejection hit on Monday at approximately 2 p.m. ET and was seen across Arkansas, Tennessee, northern […]
In a dramatic rescue that gave hope to those praying for the survival of their loved ones, rescuers in eastern Turkey pulled a baby, her mother and her grandmother alive from the rubble Tuesday, two days after a devastating earthquake. Dramatic video showed tiny Azra Karaduman being carried by rescuers to a vehicle that would […]
Finally some good news concerning funk legend Sly Stone of the ’70s funk band, Sly & The Family Stone. He has entered a rehab center to deal with his cocaine addiction. A source close to the music legend says “[Sly] wants to get clean, and stay sober. Sly has fallen on very hard times in […]
John Singleton is suing Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, claiming they totally screwed him by reneging on their promise to finance and distribute 2 films — especially galling because Singleton gave THEM the right to make untold millions by distributing “Hustle & Flow.” According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Singleton gave Paramount the right to […]
This past weekend, President Obama, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton were among the thousands at the dedication of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in DC but one major celeb was missing, Oprah Winfrey. According to one New York paper, the multi-billion-dollar media mogul has passed on events and giving to […]
A Michigan father, suspected of being drunk, is accused of having his 9 year old daughter drive him to the store while he sat in the passenger seat! 39 year old Shawn Weimer was arrested around 2 a.m. after officers, alerted by a 911 call, pulled the van over. The girl was sitting behind the […]
It’s become a cliche, a trite bit of lazy cartooning or children’s show writing, to feature a gigantic mountain of a tough guy, intimidating to all, suffer a panic attack at sight of the tiniest, cutest little animal. A tired cross-species David and Goliath plot point, it’s a gag that lost any sort of surprise […]
Here’s some interesting bit of news reported by The Post Chronicle. Samuel L. Jackson holds the Guinness World actor’s highest grossing record, ahead of the likes of Tom Cruise andTom Hanks. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, 60-year old Jackson has grossed a $7.42 billion during his career, making him the world’s highest grossing actor “full stop, […]
A central Florida mother is being charged with child neglect after police say she left her son in her car while she gambled at an Internet cafe and the car, with the boy, got repossessed. Elizabeth Tato, 46, was gambling at the Winner’s Club Internet Cafe when a repossession man came to take her car […]
President Obama confirmed plans to have all U.S. troops out of Iraq by Jan. 1, formally ending the war that began more than 8 1/2 years ago and has taken more than 4,400 American lives. “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” Obama said at the White House, adding that most […]
Princeton professor and civil rights activist Cornel West was arrested this afternoon in New York at a protest against the NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” protests. West was arrested this past weekend for another protest he was involved in. The picture above was captured by Russia Today producer Lucy Kafanov. The issue has been picking up steam […]