A university learning specialist has received death threats and hateful messages after she exposed shockingly low academic levels among revenue athletes the University of North Carolina. Mary Willingham found that between eight and ten per cent of college’s football and basketball players had a reading level of a third grader. By studying eight years of test scores from University of ... Read More »
Anne Hathaway’s Hawaiian vacation turned scary when she was caught in a riptide on Wednesday. The Oscar winner panicked after becoming stuck in an Oahu current, and reportedly had to be rescued by a nearby surfer who heard her screams for help Read More »
Planetary Resources, a company founded by several space entrepreneurs and backed by such high-profile names as James Cameron, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, plans to begin prospecting for natural resources like water or precious metals in near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by 2022. Co-founder Peter Diamandis claims that “everything we hold of value on Earth — metals, minerals, energy, real estate, water ... Read More »
If billionaire Alki David is an honest man, the man who streaked in front of Barack Obama at the president’s rally today in Philadelphia will be paid $1 million for his stunt. The man who performed today’s stunt, which captured the attention of the Drudge Report, is 24-year-old Juan James Rodriguez, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned. Read More »
Farrah Abraham has revealed that she regrets baring all for a 2013 sex tape with porn star James Deen, because the film has robbed her of true friends. The ‘Teen Mom 2’ star became an overnight X-rated sensation when ‘Farrah Superstar: Back Door Teen Mom’ was released, but now she admits she would not have made the adult film if ... Read More »
In addition to the military-grade missile defense system, armor plating and bullet-proof windows featured on Roman Abramovich’s new 557-ft. Eclipse (above), the world’s largest and most expensive privately owned yacht, the Russian oligarch has installed a high-tech anti-photo shield designed to keep the paparazzi at bay. The system relies on lasers to block any digital camera lenses nearby, the London ... Read More »
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced on Friday that the NBC television network will be tracking preparations and will broadcast the inaugural flight of his Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two rocket plane into space. If tests and plans go according to schedule, Branson and his two children, Holly, 31 and Sam, 28, could blast off into space from New Mexico next ... Read More »
The first box office weekend of the new year has wrapped up and a newly released low-budget horror film took the second slot. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, a sequel distributed by Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, had an estimated weekend gross of over $18 million and came in second to Disney’s Frozen, which was released last month. Can The Marked Ones ... Read More »
Omaha police say a toddler in a video posted online who was being encouraged to curse is now in protective custody. The video contains profanity and discussions about sex and gang violence. While authorities found nothing criminal in the video, CPS and police removed the infant and three other children from the home yesterday over safety concerns. Read More »
The U.S. attorney in New Jersey will open an inquiry into claims that public officials orchestrated a massive traffic snarl on the busy George Washington Bridge to settle a political score, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The report appeared just minutes before Gov. Chris Christie, a possible Republican White House contender, was due to address the brewing scandal ... Read More »
It took less than two hours for the “Wahlburgers” premiere party on Jan. 22 to sell out. The burger bash is being held on the night the reality show debuts. It airs at 10:30 p.m. on the A&E network. Money raised from the party will benefit the Dorchester Youth Collaborative. Wow, those went quickly. Our #Wahlburgers TV show premiere party ... Read More »
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