AMA: Obesity is officially a disease
Obesity isn’t just a major public health problem – it’s a disease, the American Medical Association has just ruled. Will taxpayers now pay the healthcare costs of the fat and undisciplined? More…
‘You’re going to like the way you look… oh, never mind.’ Men’s Wearhouse founder ousted by board of directors
Men’s Wearhouse no longer likes the way George Zimmer looks. Zimmer, the founder, chairman and the public face of the discount apparel chain, has been terminated by the company, according to a brief statement from the company. Since 1985, Men’s Wearhouse TV ads featured the baritone-voiced Zimmer with his signature slogan: “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.” More…
Police dog found dead inside patrol car in Georgia
A police dog died of heat stroke after being left in an officer’s patrol car in Woodstock, Georgia, authorities said Tuesday. The 3-year-old dog named Spartacus was found dead Monday night inside the K-9 handler’s car, which was parked outside his home. More…
Ohio day-care operator accused of drugging children
Getting children to take a nap can be hard. Getting them to eat pancakes is not nearly as difficult. Police in Westerville, Ohio, say a 37-year-old mother operating a day care out of her home hit upon a plan – she allegedly crushed medications that cause drowsiness and put them in the pancakes. More…
Chris Brown to the City of Los Angeles: My House Graffiti Is Protected By the 1st Amendment
Chris Brown is firing back at his neighbors and the City of Los Angeles claiming the government has no right to force him to remove the crap graffiti art on the front of his L.A. home because it’s protected by the 1st Amendment. More…
Journalist Michael Hastings, 33, Dies in Fiery Hollywood Crash
Journalist Michael Hastings, known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer’s abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday. More…
Innocent man who spent 25 years in jail could lose $4 million compensation to ex-wife
A man who spent 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit faces losing his $4 million compensation to his ex-wife. Steven Phillips faces a court battle to keep hold of the money he was awarded for his wrongful conviction. He was released from a life sentence for rape in 2008 after DNA proved he could not have been the attacker. More…
Daytime Emmys Major Screwup During Live Show
Someone’s probably getting FIRED at the Daytime Emmys this morning because when Aisha Tyler went on stage to present her award, someone gave her the wrong envelope. She did an amazing job recovering from the mistake. More…
FBI searching for Hoffa’s remains – again
The FBI working on information from an aging reputed mobster began digging in the waist-high grass of a Detroit-area field Monday in yet another search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, according to a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation. More…
400-year-old skeleton found in backyard costs couple $5,000
A couple who set out to build a fence dug up more than they bargained for recently when they unearthed a 400-year-old skeleton and got stuck with a $5,000 bill from the city who made them hire a forensic anthropologist. More…
Women now consider rape before applying to military
Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army. She would follow classmates into the service. She spoke to her mother, Sherry Kurtz, about the plan last year. That’s when a dark family secret was revealed: Her mother told her she was gang-raped in the Army in 1985. Worse, the military stonewalled her mother’s effort to seek criminal charges. More…
Famed LA Helicopter Reporter Bob Tur Becoming A Woman
Los Angeles helicopter pilot-reporter Bob Tur, who famously covered the L.A. riots and the O.J. Simpson slow-speed freeway chase, said she suffers from gender dysphoria and is in the process of becoming a woman. More…
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