Victor Johnson

Man Jailed For Months On Drug Charges Released After Lab Test Sets Him Free

Joseph Ray Burrell of Mankato, Minnesota sat in jail for months on felony drug charges before a lab test concluded that the evidence, which authorities previously believed to be a large amount of powdered amphetamines, turned out to be vitamins. As it turns out, the man’s story about the powder actually being vitamins was true […]

9y ago

Texas Lawmakers Propose Legislation To Reduce Food Stamp Fraud

Lawmakers in the state of Texas have proposed new legislation aimed at reducing the amount of food stamp fraud in the state. State Representative Susan King filed two bills last Tuesday, the first of which disqualifies people from the program who don’t pay child support. Once a person has caught up with their child support […]

9y ago

London

12-Year-Old Schoolgirl Fends Off Attacker With Israeli Krav Maga

A 12-year-old schoolgirl fought off a man who attacked her on her way home from school using a defense technique developed by Mossad agents and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). When the man grabbed hold of her, the girl’s year plus of defense training kicked in, and she quickly reacted by elbowing the perpetrator and […]

9y ago

‘Muscle Barbie’ Julia Vins: Angel’s Face With The Hulk’s Body

Russian powerlifter Julia Vins is going viral, with reports indicating that she has “the face of a porcelain doll” and the body of The Incredible Hulk. The 18-year-old already holds three world powerlifting records and claims her astonishing appearance creates a schism between males. As far as those males with negative views regarding her athleticism, […]

9y ago

NSA Hackers Infected Hard Drives With Impossible-To-Remove Spyware

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) embedded sophisticated spyware deep in the firmware of hard drives manufactured by top manufacturers as part of an international spying campaign which has infected thousands of computers across more than 30 countries, according to an analysis by researchers at Russian-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab. The analysis was confirmed […]

9y ago

Hackers Steal At Least $300 Million From Banks With Malware

Hackers dubbed the “Carbanak cybergang” have stolen at least $300 million from banks and other financial institutions around the world in could be the biggest bank heist ever recorded. The unknown cybercriminals’ nickname comes from the name of the malware they used to infect computers at financial institutions around the world. Once in, the group […]

9y ago

New Jersey Man Pretends To Be Non-Existent Twin Brother To Avoid Traffic Tickets

A 58-year-old man from Hackensack, a city in New Jersey’s Bergen County with a population of 43,010 in 2010, according to U.S. Census data, told authorities that they had the wrong man as he insisted that he was “Tony” and it was his twin brother who had several traffic citations. As it turns out, Tony […]

9y ago

Charlie Hebdo|Copenhagen

Copenhagen Shootings: Suspect Dead, Jewish Community Afraid To Leave Homes

A gunman, who authorities believe has been killed in a shootout with police near a train station, opened fire in Copenhagen at a cafe hosting a Charlie Hebdo-related event on Saturday. Hours later, authorities reported yet another shooting had taken place in Denmark’s capital at a downtown synagogue. The second Copenhagen shooting, which took place […]

9y ago

Gary Owens Dead: ‘Laugh-In Voice’ Dies From Diabetes Complications At 80

The zany Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In announcer died on Thursday at his home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 80. The radio announcer’s son, Chris, said that the cause of death was complications from his long fight with diabetes. Owens, with his baritone voice, once said in an interview […]

9y ago

MMA News: Shane Campbell Busts A Hadouken On Darren Boyle

In a recent MMA bout between Shane Campbell and Derek Boyle, Campbell delivered a Street Fighter-style “hadouken” against his opponent right before he completely thrashed him for the win. The Canadian welterweight specializes in Muay Thai kickboxing. He fights out of Iron Tiger Muay Thai Gym in Stoney Creek, Ontario. While no fire manifested itself […]

9y ago

Valentine's Day

Halifax Mall Shooting Plot: Valentine’s Day Murder-Suicide Foiled By Police

Canadian police have thwarted a group of would-be murderers who plotted to open fire in a Halifax mall on Valentine’s Day in an attempt to kill as many civilians as possible before taking their own lives. Three of the suspects were arrested while a fourth was found dead in a residence, according to Nova Scotia […]

9y ago

Sureshbhai Patel’s Recovery Fund Raises Over $120K In Donations

The Indian grandfather who was hospitalized and left partially paralyzed by an Alabama police officer, Eric Parker, has already received more than $120,000 in donations through crowdfunding efforts erected on his behalf. Sureshbhai Patel’s Recovery Fund has raised a total of $121,823 in just a couple of days. With more 2,800 donors, the crowdfunding campaign […]

9y ago

Fifty Shades of Grey

Monessen Middle School Puzzle: ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Sparks Controversy

Five students at Monessen Middle School in Pennsylvania were mistakenly given search puzzles based on Fifty Shades of Grey, which included terms such as “leather cuffs” and “spanking.” The school district’s superintended, Leanne Spazak, issued a statement on Thursday in which she said that puzzles were “mistakenly and unknowingly” placed in a stack of worksheets […]

9y ago

E L James|Fifty Shades of Grey|madonna

Madonna ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’: ‘I Wasn’t Turned On’

While people are sure to see Fifty Shades of Grey over the weekend in substantial numbers, recent reports indicate that Madonna will not be among them, as the 56-year-old “Like A Virgin” singer told Billboard that the story is “not very sexy,” as she referred to it as “pulp fiction.” “Yes, I have [read the […]

9y ago

chris martin|coldplay

Chris Martin Pledges 15 Years To Global Citizen To Boost Organization

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin plans to use his Rolodex of the influential — and perhaps his talents — to curate festivals around the world on behalf of the Global Citizen nonprofit, which seeks to eradicate instances of extreme poverty around the world by the year 2030. He’s given the nonprofit a 15-year commitment to get […]

9y ago

ruth bader ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘Wasn’t 100% Sober’ At Obama’s State Of The Union Address

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell asleep at President Obama’s State of the Union address a couple of years ago, and now she’s saying she “wasn’t 100% sober” during the speech. Ginsburg’s admittance to having some drinks prior to Obama’s big speech came on Thursday as she addressed a panel. During which time, she […]

9y ago

Donald Trump

Negative Billionaire Eike Batista’s Yacht And Jet Skis Seized By Brazilian Police

Police in Brazil have seized former billionaire Eike Batista’s yacht, jet skis, and other watercraft in the latest round of asset seizure by Brazilian authorities. Eike’s Rio de Janeiro mansion was raided within the last five days after Brazilian federal judge Flavio Roberto de Souza ordered the seizure of all of his financial assets in […]

9y ago

sundance film festival

Emile Hirsch In Rehab After Felony Assault On Female Hollywood Exec Daniele Bernfeld

Emile Hirsch just checked himself into rehab after he was questioned last month by police for allegedly attacking Hollywood executive Daniele Bernfeld at a Sundance Film Festival party in Park City, Utah, TMZ reported. The actor was charged with a third degree felony assault charge after he allegedly placed Bernfeld, a Paramount movie exec, in […]

9y ago

jackie chan

Jaycee Chan Released From Prison After Serving Six Months For Marijuana Charges

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee was released from jail in Beijing on Friday after serving six months for drug charges that came as a result of a raid on his apartment in which Chinese authorities discovered marijuana. The raid on Jaycee’s apartment came amidst a crackdown in the country on illegal narcotics in the capital. His […]

9y ago

Alabama

Alabama Cop Arrested For Partially Paralyzing Indian Grandfather

Police Officer Eric Parker of the Madison City Police Department was arrested this Thursday on an assault charge for body-slamming an Indian man on the ground, leaving him partially paralyzed. The 57-year-old Indian man, Sureshbhai Patel, had traveled to Madison to visit his son just a week before the incident, which a report on NBC […]

9y ago