On Tuesday Hillary Clinton was the winner of Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary. Clinton claims her win was particularly impressive as she was under constant sniper fire.
In San Diego on Friday, a 66-year-old man was killed during a shark attack while training for a triathlon. Shockingly, at the time the man was training for the cycling portion.
Due to recent supply and demand trends, Sam’s Club has announced it is limiting sales of rice to four bags per customer per visit. Luckily for the customer, each bag weighs 600 pounds.
China agreed Friday to meet an envoy of the Dalai Lama, after anti-government protests threatened to tarnish the Beijing Olympics. Also threatening to tarnish the Olympics: the Beijing air.
A podiatrist from the South Side of Chicago was found guilty last week of sexually assaulting an elderly woman after she sought treatment for a sprained ankle. The doctor was convicted on charges of bipedophilia.
A press official from the Mexican delegation was caught stealing Blackberry devices from U.S. officials during a meeting at the White House. The man was apprehended while selling the blackberries on the side of the freeway.
On Thursday, the presiding judge in the R. Kelly child pornography trial rejected another legal challenge from the news media to his practice of holding closed hearings. Explained the judge: “I just don’t want to piss all over Mr. Kelly’s right to a fair trial. You know, just like Mr. Kelly pissed all over those little girls. ‘Allegedly.’”
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of tax evasion. Once in prison, Snipes will shift his focus to rape evasion.
NBC will make Jimmy Fallon host of “Late Night” in 2009 once Conan O’Brien takes over “The Tonight Show.” NBC selected Fallon to guarantee that at least one person will be laughing during the entire show.
Tuesday’s “Dancing with the Stars” featured a performance by Ashlee Simpson, after which Marlee Matlin was voted off the show. Matlin signed: “On the one hand, being deaf made it hard to stay in rhythm while dancing. On the other hand, being deaf means I didn’t have to listen to Ashlee Simpson. So it all evens out.”
Anthony Zuiker, the creator of “CSI,” plans to release his memoirs in 2009. He will then release crappier versions of his memoirs in Miami and New York.
Gary Coleman and his wife will appear on TV’s “Divorce Court” this week to end their eight-month marriage. Highlights of the show will include the judge dividing up the couple’s asset.
CNN and Larry King have agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the network through 2011. As part of the deal, the name of King’s show will be changed to “Deathwatch”.
Disney announced this week that it is launching a new film label aimed at making wildlife and environmental movies. Pixar then announced that it is launching a new film label aimed at making wildlife and environmental movies that don’t suck.
Retailer Linens ‘N Things is trying several different strategies to prevent filing for bankruptcy. One strategy: from now on, the company will only sell things.
New experiments in Japan show that cells from menstrual blood may be helpful in repairing damaged heart tissue. Unfortunately, the repaired heart will only work for five days a month.
A new study shows that men who masturbate more than five times each week are one-third less likely to develop prostate cancer. The study also shows that all men are one-third less likely to develop prostate cancer.
According to a new genetic study, human beings almost went extinct 70,000 years ago after a drought caused the population to shrink as low as 2,000. The researchers pointed out that in fact, the human race would have been extinct had that small group of 2,000 not been composed entirely of people who liked incest.
A night worker in England who drank four cans of Red Bull a day died of a heart attack that may have been caused by the energy drink. An official autopsy seeking the cause of death was delayed when the corpse got up and ran twelve laps around the morgue.
And finally, Paul Davis, the singer-songwriter of such ’70’s soft rock hits as “I Go Crazy” and “’65 Love Affair,” died Tuesday at his Mississippi home at the age of sixty. Davis listened to an anthology of his own recordings and bored himself to death.
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