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Lady Gaga is serious business, and she proves time and again just how successful and popular she is with every chart-topping hit.  For example, Gaga’s latest single “Born This Way” raced to the top of the Billboard charts this week, making it only the 48th song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot […]

He started his career as the heavy, characters who were ususally out for blood and looking to bust heads.  Character actor Len Lesser took on roles in such Clint Eastwood classics as Kelly’s Heroes and The Outlaw Josey Wales.  He appeared alongside Steve McQueen in Papillon.  However, You’ll know Leonard King Lesser as Uncle Leo […]

Well, that didn’t last long.  In a retail environment that’s terribly unfriendly to brick-and-mortar retailers and especially unfriendly to book stores, Borders has announced that they’re being forced to file for bankruptcy.  Borders is expected to close 200 stores, with the option to close 75 more.  Ten years ago, Borders was neck-and-neck with chief rival […]

The above animal is Larry, a four-year-old tabby.  If Larry doesn’t look like he should be big news, that’s because you don’t know Larry’s new exalted position.  You see, London has a rat problem, and even the Prime Minister himself isn’t immune to the rats at his Number 10 Downing Street home.  So, that requires […]

Four years ago, taxi driver Mir Yi was mugged and stabbed by knife-wielding bandits.  Since his attack, Yi has suffered headaches and the occasional bleeding episode from his ears and mouth, but nothing major.  Or apparently, nothing major enough to send him to the hospital.  However, after years of headaches, Yi went to the local hospital to […]

Despite being advanced in age, Henry Morello still lives on his own.  As such, he comes and goes as he pleases.  While coming back from his favorite restaurant in Cave Creek, Arizona, 84-year-old Henry Morello made a wrong turn on Interstate 17.  To correct his mistake, he attempted to make a U-turn but missed his […]

In the first mental battle between man and machine, the first round was pretty evenly matched.  Watson took an early lead, but the humans responded and the first part of the first game ended in a tie.  During the Double Jeopardy round, Watson again took an early lead.  This time, he didn’t let it go. […]

Hulu Plus, the much-criticized subscription offering from Hulu, has never been terribly impressive.  Sure, it expanded the collection of television shows and movies available on Hulu, but none of the content was very good when you compared it to the awesome offerings on Netflix’s On Demand streaming.  Well, it’s taken awhile, but finally Hulu Plus […]

Since the launch of the iPad last year, there’s been great concern, amongst publishers and consumers alike, over the lack of subscription options for magazines and newspapers bought through the App Store. Prior to this week, such an option just didn’t exist, but Apple has finally taken steps to correct the problem by launching a […]

When delegates poured into Santa Monica for the DOMAINfest Global Conference on Internet business, they were expecting to see the sights, do a little partying, and network.  What they weren’t expecting was to end up in the hospital. Over 170 people at the DOMAINfest Global Conference have taken sick with a mystery ailment. Interestingly, one […]

One of the most guarded secrets in the industrial world is the formula that makes Coca-Cola.  The only known official copy of the recipe is in Coke’s vaults in Atlanta, Georgia.  However, thanks tosome detective work, Coke’s secret is out.  Merchandise 7X, the secret syrup that gives Coca-Cola its flavor, has been discovered and published […]

Well, after the first round, it’s abundantly clear that neither the human contestants or the supercomputer contestant have a serious advantage.  In fact, during the first round of Jeopardy!, nobody really seems to have found solid footing.  The IBM supercomputer Watson is tied with Brad Rutter with $5000 after the opening round of man versus […]

The sun is prone to belching.  Called sunspots or solar flares, these eruptions of hot gas and plasma are generally harmless, like the bubbling of a pot of soup, but every so often there’s a bit of splash back and Earth gets a little hot galactic grease on its planetary sleeve.  Thanks to an increase […]

The plan was a good one, in theory.  Jerrie Perkins, a 30-year-old woman from Pontiac who weighs in the neighborhood of 400 pounds, was going to head to a nearby Meijer store in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and make off with a selection of electronics.  There’s just one problem with her plan:  fitting through the door. […]