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Futures Executive Confesses to Stealing Millions From Customers

Russell Wasendorf Sr., the chief executive of the futures brokerage Peregrine Financial Group, appeared in federal court on Friday to admit to his crimes.

Girl Stuffed In Chicken Coop And Made To Wear Shock Collar

Locking a child up while wearing a shock collar would seem like a random example, if it weren?t for Samuel and Diane Franklin from Georgia, who are being accused of child cruelty on multiple occasions. The couple?s 15-year-old adopted...Show More Summary

WILL AMAZON’S PUSH FOR SAME-DAY DELIVERY destroy local retail? “Physical retailers have long argued…

WILL AMAZON’S PUSH FOR SAME-DAY DELIVERY destroy local retail? “Physical retailers have long argued that once Amazon plays fairly on taxes, the company wouldn’t look like such a great deal to most consumers. If prices were equal, you’d always go with the ‘instant gratification’ of shopping in the real world. The trouble with that argument [...]

Hacker Releases Tools for Bypassing Apple's In App Purchase Mechanism

As noted by 9to5Mac, a Russian hacker has developed a relatively simple method to allow users to bypass Apple's In App Purchase mechanism on many iOS apps, allowing users to obtain the content for free. Alternate In App Purchase confirmation...Show More Summary

Kyrie Irving vs. Kobe Bryant: Irving Challenges Kobe to a $50,000 1-on-1 Game

Kyrie Irving won the 2011-12 NBA Rookie of the Year and has ultimately begun the process of feeling himself out. After a Team USA scrimmage, Irving thought it smart to challenge one of the greatest players of all time, Kobe Bryant, to a one-on-one showdown for $50,000 to the winner's charity. Show More Summary

Breaking: Kelsey Grammer’s Wife Welcomes Baby Daughter, But Loses Unborn Son

Such sad news. Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh are going to be celebrating wonderful while announcing heartbreaking news at the same time as Kayte gave birth to a daughter today, but unfortunately lost her unborn son earlier during her pregnancy. … Continue reading »

Steve Nash and Others Pay Tribute to Lionel Messi

It's the offseason, but Lionel Messi's name keeps coming up and is praised by others in the sports world. The Los Angeles Lakers got a new teammate for Kobe Bryant last week as Mitch Kupchak brought Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns to the Staples Center. Show More Summary

Freeh Report: Did State Attorney General, Police Commish Give Paterno a Pass?

If you believe the Louis Freeh report then you have to believe that the men who prosecuted Jerry Sandusky gave head coach Joe Paterno the biggest pass of his life. Attorney General Linda Kelly and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner...Show More Summary

Ashley Greene Is A Comic-Con Vixen

18 hours agoLifestyle / Fashion : CocoPerez

Nerd alert! Ashley Greene popped on to the Comic-Con scene at the San Diego Convention Center on Thursday looking geeky fab. Miz Greene attended the press conference for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 in a white, belted Michael Kors dress, brown Michael Kors sandals and a Brumani ring. We don't remember Comic-Con being so darn [...]

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VIDEO: That Gotye song

12 hours agoNews : Storyful

What happens when Gotye’s ‘Somebody that I used to know’ comes on? Find out in this Vincent Pergola-directed spoof, starring Kyle Kaplan and Nicholas Braun. “It makes me hate myself that I’m even singing the song, dude.”

Eva Longoria Makes a Splash in Bikini Bottoms as She Shoots Her New Show

Eva Longoria wore bikini bottoms and a rashguard as she waded in the waves in Malibu today. The actress and producer was busy overseeing a shoot for her new reality show, Ready For Love, in which three single guys enlist the help of matchmakers to help them find romance. Show More Summary

Full PFG CEO Suicide Note

"I have committed fraud. For this I feel constant and intense guilt... The forgeries started nearly twenty years ago... Should I go out of business or cheat... I guess my ego was too big to admit failure..." CEO Suicide note details: Full Affidavit here: PGF Affidavit

Video: Watch and hear Slovenia's first supercar, the Tushek Renovatio T500

The K1 Attack is from Slovakia, the Tushek Renovatio T500 is from Slovenia. The two countries don't share a border, but the two cars do share an origin: the T500 uses slightly redesigned bodywork from the K1 but is substantially reengineered...Show More Summary

Omarosa, American Hero, Saves Michael Clarke Duncan's Life with CPR [Video]

10 hours agoPop Culture / Celebrity : Jezebel

Holy shit! So, you know actor Michael Clarke Duncan, right? He is large and has a deep voice and he did that bee-vomiting thing in the Green Mile? And you know Omarosa, right? Janice Dickinson chased her around with a knife that one time on VH1? Well. Show More Summary

LogMeIn's Cubby offering up 1GB for referrals, tells Dropbox where it can store it

8 hours agoTechnology / Gadgets : Engadget

Seems like everyone's aching to store your files, these days -- Dropbox, Sugar Sync, that new startup, Google. Logmein's gotten into the game as well, launching its Cubby service in beta earlier this year, letting folks share files on their Windows machines, Macs and iOS and Android devices. Show More Summary

Why Steven Tyler’s ‘American Idol’ Exit Will Boost His Earnings

Jennifer Lopez announced today that she wouldn’t be returning for another season of American Idol, much to the disappointment of those who’d grown fond of seeing the singer on national television. But her move might not even be the most high-profile exit of the week for the show.

Wasendorf: ‘I Have Committed Fraud’

In a signed note discovered in Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr.'s vehicle Monday morning -- where he attempted suicide -- Wasendorf said that he had used computer software, scanners and laser printers to falsify bank documents for nearly two decades, according to court documents.

Suicidal CEO Arrested on Fraud Charges

Police today arrested Russell Wasendorf Sr., the CEO of Peregrine Financial Group and its PFGBest unit, who allegedly tried to kill himself this week, the US Attorney's office announced. Wasendorf, who was charged with lying to regulators, reportedly admitted embezzling "millions of dollars." The complaint against Wasendorf gives the public...

Film producer Richard D. Zanuck dies, age 77

Hollywood movie producer Richard D. Zanuck, whose films include Oscar winner "Driving Miss Daisy," died on Friday of a heart attack, his spokesman said in a statement. He was 77. "Richard D. Zanuck, one of the film industry's most progressive...Show More Summary

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