A 12-year-old Fulton County boy died from blunt force trauma to the head after his sister and her boyfriend “punished” him for using profane language! The unidentified pre-teen boy, apparently hit his head after he collapsed while being forced by his sister and her boyfriend to stand outdoors in 90-degree heat holding a bucket of […]
Her name is Conchita, a thin, spa-loving, diamond-draped heiress, and she’s at the center of one of America’s nastiest estate battles. She is also a dog — a chihuahua who was the favorite of the late Miami heiress Gail Posner, a daughter of the corporate takeover artist Victor Posner. When Ms. Posner died in March […]
And let’s really do it right this time. Let’s install our own leadership over there. Put Jay-Z in charge. Then let’s go after Ireland and install Will Smith. Then let’s take over the rest of Europe. As many countries as we have rappers for.
VIA: WNCN.COM Pets are still not allowed in outdoor restaurants in North Carolina, but that could change this summer. The state currently does not allow dogs, cats, or other animals in outdoor dining areas, with the exception of service animals and patrol dogs. But the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources is trying to […]
VIA: CNN.COM Do you like to be one of the first people to board a plane, avoiding crowded aisles and getting your pick of overhead bin space? There’s a fee for that. American Airlines has introduced the “Boarding and Flexibility Package,” which allows passengers who buy tickets on the carrier’s website also to purchase perks […]
VIA: CNN.COM A flight attendant with a pilot’s license ditched her normal duties and stepped in for a sick copilot of an American Airlines flight before the plane landed in Chicago, Illinois, airline officials said. The first officer had become sick with “flulike” symptoms Monday, according to Tim Wagner, a spokesman for American Airlines. “He […]
VIA: WRAL.COM A civil rights group staging a non-violent protest brought the Wake County school board meeting to a halt Tuesday afternoon when it took over the board’s meeting room, standing together with interlocked arms and singing “We Shall Overcome.” “Today, we register our legitimate discontent … We are willing to break a lesser law […]
VIA: CNN.COM A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents. The bill comes on the heels of Arizona passing the nation’s toughest immigration law. John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called “anchor babies,” said that […]
VIA: WTVD.COM Newsweek Magazine is out with its national ranking of what it considers the top high schools in the country and 14 Triangle area schools make the list. Newsweek ranks schools using a ratio that takes the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school, and […]
Formspring.me is a fairly new social networking site used by teenagers, mainly designed to allow users to anonymously post questions and comments on other users pages; however, it is growing a reputation as a place to gossip and insult people by posting profane, sexual and intentionally hurtful things.
VIA: WTVD.COM Nearly a year after he went from anonymity to notoriety, Michael Jackson’s doctor returns to court for a pretrial hearing that will determine when he goes to trial and what he will be able to do in the meantime. Dr. Conrad Murray is likely to face the usual placards and catcalls from Jackson […]
VIA: CNN.COM Joran van der Sloot said he elbowed murder victim Stephany Flores Ramirez in the face before strangling her and then suffocating her with his own shirt, according to transcripts of his confession. The transcripts — provided to CNN by an anonymous police source — give shocking details of the murder van der Sloot […]