The Most Successful Industry of the Past Century
What do you think the most successful industry in America has been in the past 100 years? A hint: it's home to the most successful company of the past 50 years.
Destroy and Rebuild: A Q&A With One of New Orleans' Biggest Developers
New Orleans is transforming. Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005, forcing out residents, flattening neighborhoods, and creating an opportunity for developers and politicians to remake the city. After the storm, New Orleans was often described as a "blank slate," which was problematic given hundreds of…
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Even in the deep dark depths of the Great Magazine Die-Off a half-decade ago, struggling print magazines did not get so desperate as to breezily stick ads on the cover of their struggling print editions. Hey, times have changed.
Oh Shit Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna Spent Valentine's Day Together
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Mere days after Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and founding member of the Pussy Posse, was allegedly caught making out with a model in Los Angeles, the environmental activist was spotted hanging out, once again, with VIVA GLAM Rihanna™ model Rihanna—and on Valentine's Day, no less.
The Strange Underworld of Fashion Week Scalpers
New York's preeminent fashion week scalper sees selling tickets to invite-only shows as "good samaritan work." He's in his late 20s, says he's a Wall Street consultant by day, and describes himself as a liaison who helps connect friends—mostly underpaid fashion insiders—with outsiders eager to attend the…
Jessica Simpson Gets Spanked In Bizarre Homemade "50 Shades" Photo Shoot
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The above photo is one of three that mother and designer of the Jessica Simpson Collection® Jessica Simpson posted during the wee hours of Sunday morning, presumably after watching Fifty Shades of Grey at the Regency Valley Plaza 6 with her husband, former NFL tight end Eric Johnson. She captioned the photo, "V-Day…
Just Two Cool Celebs Hanging Out Together
On the red carpet with Sarah Palin at the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live #SNL40 pic.twitter.com/dzYD4gdRwD
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl)
February 16, 2015
Is Chevy Chase Okay?
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Either something's going on or Chevy Chase is really nailing his impersonation of a man not living his best life.
American Student Learns the Downside of Running With the Bulls
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This weekend an American college student answered the eternal question—"I wonder if it's worth it to pay money to get close enough to a bull that he could gore my sphincter?"—with a firm no.
South Carolina Inmates Get Solitary Confinement for Using Facebook
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Over the last three years, South Carolina prison officials have brought more than 400 disciplinary cases against inmates for "social networking," the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports. Penalties in such cases are exorbitant, including time in solitary confinement as well as deprivation of visitation and telephone…
Judge Indicted for Alleged Racist Attack on Mentally Disabled Man
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This week, a Mississippi grand jury indicted Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger for felony assault on a vulnerable adult after he allegedly struck a mentally disabled black man and yelled, "Run, nigger, run."
New Jersey Man Posed as Fake Blind Twin in Court
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In an effort to avoid paying his traffic tickets that worked for a lot longer than it probably should have, Olawale Agoro of Hackensack, New Jersey appeared in court several times while posing as his made-up twin brother "Tony," the Bergen Record reports. Also, he pretended to be blind.
ISIS Video Purportedly Shows Mass Execution of 21 Egyptian Christians
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According to Reuters, ISIS released another grisly beheading video on Sunday, this one purportedly showing the execution of 21 Coptic Christians kidnapped in Libya.
Media Identifies Copenhagen Gunman as 22-Year-Old Omar el-Hussein
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Authorities in Copenhagen say the dead man believed to be responsible for yesterday's shootings was a 22-year-old born in Denmark. Unconfirmed reports from Danish media have named him as Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein.
Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Jailed in Jordan for Facebook Post
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The deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Zaki Bani Rushaid, sentenced on Sunday to 18 months in prison for "acts harmful to the country's relations with a friendly nation," the New York Times reports. In November, Bani Rushaid had posted a message critical of the United Arab Emirates, one of Jordan's…
Autopsy Shows Times Columnist David Carr Died of Lung Cancer
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Autopsy results from the New York City Medical Examiner's office show that David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, The New York Times reports.
New York City Murder Freeze Thaws with Queens Shooting Victim's Death
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A 28-year-old Queens man died yesterday from gunshot wounds he sustained on Friday, the New York Times reports. So ends New York City's longest stretch without a new homicide—12 days—since the police department began tracking such data in 1994.
Benedict Cumberbatch Weds Human Woman Sophie Hunter
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The Associated Press reports that actor and outworlder Benedict Cumberbatch married Earth female Sophie Hunter on Saturday, forever tying him to our strange and wonderful planet.
Mass Text to Ukrainian Troops: Rebel Dudes Maybe Not So Bad After All
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Ukranian soldiers outside Debaltseve received a mass text message telling them that they would not be killed if they surrendered to rebel troops who have surrounded the city, the Guardian reports.
Ukraine Cease-Fire Under Threat in Key Town, Holding Elsewhere
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A cease-fire brokered by Angela Merkel and François Hollande went into effect in Ukraine last night, the New York Times reports. Aleksandr Zakharchenko, leader of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic, has announced that it would not apply to Debaltseve, one of the war in Ukraine's key battlefields.