With the top pick in the NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers have the chance to add to their developing young team with the nation’s top basketball talent. However, they didn’t pick one of the sure-fire number one players in the draft, the guy who was the top player in college, or anyone you might expect. […]
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Win A Free Funeral At A Minor League Baseball Game
Posted 6/27/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganIn a lot of ways, a funeral is the last big debt a person will leave behind after they die. Other bills can be taken care of, but when you pass, you’re on the hook for a great big bill. Body removal, preparation, casket, funeral services, burial… all that can add up pretty quickly for […]
Read »Woman Kicked Off Plane Over Cell Phone
Posted 6/26/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it’s time for the plane to take off, people aren’t getting the message. A US Airways flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Charlotte, North Carolina, became more than just a simple air trip when a female passenger refused to hang up her cell phone so the plane could leave the gates. Lindsay Bien-aime became […]
Read »Twinkies Are Coming Back
Posted 6/24/2013 10:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s been a long time since Hostess filed for bankruptcy and Twinkies left the market in a buying and stealing frenzy of epic proportions. Americans love their snacks, and they love Twinkies more than anything else, so when those spongy yellow treats disappeared, it was kind of a national tragedy. Fear not, America; Twinkies are […]
Read »Heat Top Spurs 95-88 To Win NBA Title
Posted 6/21/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe more things change, the more things stay the same. Stop me if this sounds familiar: the Miami Heat win an NBA championship and LeBron James wins the Finals MVP. Last year, LeBron won his first title and a Finals MVP; this year, LeBron James has done the same thing for the second year in […]
Read »Mobile X-Ray Killing Machine Foiled By FBI
Posted 6/20/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganSo what happens to your brilliant idea when no one wants it? In the case of two men in upstate New York, their idea for a weapon to be used by the Israelis to kill enemies of the state remotely with the power of X-rays became a terrorist idea for hire. Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, […]
Read »Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dead At 51
Posted 6/20/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganNew Jersey’s most famous son played New Jersey’s most famous son. Born in Westwood and raised in Park Ridge, New Jersey, as the son of a first-generation Italian-American and an immigrant from Italy, James Gandolfini is a proud son of both the United States and a proud advocate of his Italian heritage. His parents spoke […]
Read »Kimye’s Baby Name Leaked?
Posted 6/19/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganNow that Baby Kimye is here, all the world wants to know is what the parents have decided to name their new child. So far, nobody knows what the baby looks like or what to call it. However, it appears that an employee at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles has decided to let the secret […]
Read »Morris The Cat Runs For Mayor
Posted 6/18/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganIf you’re tired of traditional politicians doing anything to win, there’s someone out there who is ready and willing to do absolutely nothing yet still make an impact based simply on who he is. That candidate is only 10 months old, but in political years he’s an old hat. Morris the cat is running for […]
Read »FBI Searches Detroit-Area Field For Jimmy Hoffa
Posted 6/18/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganPeople don’t just disappear, but when you’re Jimmy Hoffa, you can disappear without a trace. The union leader has been gone since 1975, when he was last seen in a Detroit, Michigan restaurant. Since then, there have been a few places where Hoffa’s body has been believed to reside, but Detroit has been the center […]
Read »Kim and Kanye Give Birth To Baby Girl, New Album
Posted 6/16/2013 8:15 am by Ron HoganIn two days, Kanye West’s new album Yeezus drops. Yesterday, something else dropped. This time, it was out of mother Kim Kardashian. Five weeks early, Kim Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl. Kim was taken to the hospital after feeling ill, and then bang, here comes the baby. The little girl, who has […]
Read »Unpaid Restaurant Bill Lands Man In Jail
Posted 6/14/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganAnthony M. Malabehar wanted a good meal. He had just gotten out of prison and it was time to celebrate all the delicious things that one can have in life. Malabehar, 48, headed to the Alamo Steak House in Mattoon, Illinois, and just ate his weight in food. Appetizers, steak, lobster tail, and even a […]
Read »Supreme Court Overturns DNA Patent
Posted 6/14/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganThe patenting of DNA and other genetic material is really controversial. After all, it’s something that occurs in nature, so how could it be patented as if it were some company’s discovery? Well, medical company Myriad Genetics tried to patent the breast cancer gene, kicking off a very controversial court case that fought its way […]
Read »Wildwood, New Jersey Passes Anti-Sagging Fashion Laws
Posted 6/13/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe war on fashion continues unabated in the town of Wildwood, New Jersey. On the famous Jersey boardwalk, sagging pants and visible underwear are everywhere, and the town council of Wildwood is sick of all that unwanted boxer shorts action. The town is so done with sagging that they’re passing laws against wearing your pants […]
Read »Jason Kidd Hired As Nets Head Coach
Posted 6/13/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganThree weeks ago, Jason Kidd was a member of the New York Knicks and was on his way out of the playoffs. Nine days ago, Jason Kidd announced his retirement from the National Basketball Association. Now, he is becoming the NBA’s newest head coach. Owner Mikhail Prokhorov and GM Billy King have hired Jason Kidd […]
Read »Australian Prime Minister Mocked With Sexist Menu
Posted 6/12/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a candidate under attack from all sides. She’s at risk in her own Australian Labor Party by the resurgent Kevin Rudd, and she’s under attack from her opponents in the Liberal National Party as well. However, one LNP fundraiser might have gone just a bit too far. At a […]
Read »Mumford And Sons Bass Player Has Blood Clot In His Brain
Posted 6/12/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s been kind of a banner year for Marcus Mumford and the band Mumford and Sons. They’ve been winning awards, participating in a well-regarded concert tour, and they’ve got a headlining set at Bonnaroo coming up. However, it’s not been a perfect year in regard to health. Mumford and Sons bass player Ted Dwane has […]
Read »Tim Tebow Has Become A Patriot
Posted 6/11/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganTim Tebow is reuniting with the man who made him a first-round draft pick in 2010. As coach of the Denver Broncos, Josh McDaniels loved the idea of Tebow. He’s versatile, he can run or throw, he’s a born winner, he’s the best quarterback of all time at the college level… what’s not to like? […]
Read »Meet The NSA Whistleblower: Edward Snowden
Posted 6/10/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s one of the biggest government spying programs in history. Millions of phone records are collected every day with the full cooperation of Verizon and all the other major providers of cell phone service and all those records end up in the hands of the National Security Agency. The NSA isn’t as famous as the […]
Read »Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew Stopped By TSA Over Lightsaber Cane
Posted 6/10/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganAt 7’2, in his younger days, Peter Mayhew was not a man to be messed with, and not just because the former hospital orderly is the guy who played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy. That was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. These days, Mayhew leads a quiet life, […]
Read »Man Cuts Himself During The Today Show
Posted 6/07/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe Today Show has a pretty risky strategy to keep the public interested, and that’s filming outside. Every morning at Rockefeller Center, the Today Show turns the cameras on its giant windows and crowd scenes and that’s part of what keeps the show interesting, even as it struggles in the ratings war. You never know […]
Read »Paris Jackson Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt
Posted 6/06/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt has to be tough to be the only daughter of the late music superstar Michael Jackson; however, for the most part, Michael Jackson’s children have been pretty trouble-free and responsible with their lives (unlike their hoarder father). Unfortunately, that has changed for the worse. Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael, has apparently hit a bump […]
Read »Verizon Turning Over All Phone Records To The NSA
Posted 6/06/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganVerizon is a pretty good cell phone company, for the most part. Sure they have had some poor customer service ideas and they have tried some controversial ideas, but they’re generally okay. However, as a company with 121 million customers, Verizon is sitting on a lot of records for people’s calls, and the government apparently […]
Read »Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kate Winslet Are Pregnant
Posted 6/05/2013 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s baby season in Hollywood. Whether they’re about to pop like Fergie and Josh Duhamel and Kimye, or they’re just catching child, apparently every celebrity or pseudo-celebrity is getting pregnant these days. Two celebrity babies were announced yesterday. Kate Winslet is pregnant via her husband Ned Rocknroll (who I can’t tell if I want to […]
Read »Baseball Looking To Suspend 20 Players For PEDs
Posted 6/05/2013 6:00 am by Ron HoganThere’s a full-fledged drug problem in Major League Baseball. On every team, players great and small are more than likely using performance-enhancing drugs as we speak. On ESPN’s Outside The Lines, Biogenesis Lab founder Anthony Bosch gave an interview with the sports network where he went into detail about his 20 or so clients from […]
Read »Michael Douglas Blames Cancer On Oral Sex
Posted 6/03/2013 6:30 am by Ron HoganOral cancer is a growing concern in the medical world. Much like the Tasmanian devil, there are a bunch of things that human can do to increase their chances of getting mouth and throat cancer. Smoking, drinking, oral sex… all are potential risky activities that could easily lead to possible oral cancer. Just ask Michael […]
Read »Matt Smith Will Be Leaving Doctor Who
Posted 6/02/2013 8:00 am by Ron HoganOne of the smartest things the television program Doctor Who ever introduced is the concept of regeneration. Time Lords are immortal, after all, and when they die in one body they can come back in another body that just happens to look and sound completely different. When the first Doctor William Hartnell got sick in […]
Read »Kindergarten Graduation Turns Riot
Posted 6/01/2013 10:15 am by Ron HoganYou would think that a kindergarten graduation would be a cause for celebration. After all, it’s a promotion from kindergarten to elementary school, it’s a milestone in a child’s life, and it’s the last gasp of babyhood for a young child. However, for some people, apparently a kindergarten graduation is a great way to get […]
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