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The trouble with gold is that it’s too good to be true sometimes.  From the old scam of passing off fools gold as authentic gold nuggets to more sophisticated scams, the old expression as good as gold can sometimes be no good at all.  Just ask Ibrahim Fadl, a jeweler in Manhattan’s Diamond District.  The […]

By acquiring most of the Los Angeles sports scene, from a piece of the Los Angeles Lakers and their home the Staples Center to the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Los Angeles Kings, and Farmers Field (the potential site of LA’s NFL hopes and dreams), Philip Anschutz’s Anschutz Entertainment Group has become one of the powerhouse […]

Salt consumption is causing a health crisis in America.  Obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure… all these things are linked to salt consumption, and Americans eat a lot of it.  This habit starts young, apparently.  Children in the United States eat 3387 milligrams of salt per day, according to a new study being released in […]

The revolving door of reality television judges doesn’t just affect American Idol, oh no.  After three seasons of The Voice back to back, it turns out the artists in residence would like to do a little more than coach.  I guess that’s why they’re musician coaches, not coaches who sing.  Blake Shelton has been complaining […]

Shawna Arnold and her boyfriend were speeding from their home in Belmont, New Hampshire, on their way to Concord Hospital.  Shawna was pregnant and having contractions, and the baby was coming faster than their car was going.  When Arnold and company had to pull over, there was only one handy destination:  the parking lot of […]

Everyone want to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, The Master.  The movie, which is supposedly based on the story of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the early days of the controversial movement, is one of the front-runners for the Oscar season already, and the early report of box office attendance gives proof to […]

There’s a new player in the battle for the living room, and shockingly, it’s Nintendo.  In the current generation of console wars, Sony and Microsoft decided to turn their video game systems into expensive home entertainment devices–losing money on every console sold in the process–while Nintendo turned out smaller, less expensive video game players with […]

Since 1922, there has been a cold war about a very hot temperature.  That’s the year that the highest temperature ever recorded was tracked in El Azizia, Libya.  On September 13, 1922, the daytime temperature hit a staggering 136.4 degrees, besting the 1913 summer reading of 134 degrees in Death Valley, California.  Having never been […]

For the last 26 years, Jim Calhoun has been the man in charge of the UConn basketball program, though to merely say Calhoun has been in charge isn’t enough.  Jim Calhoun made UConn basketball a powerhouse.  During his tenure in Storrs, Connecticut, he took the program from an also-ran into a champion, winning 625 games, 7 […]

Actress Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award in 1991 for Misery, has been a cancer survivor since 2003 when she underwent treatment for ovarian cancer.  Like anyone who can survive cancer, she’s a tough broad, and that comes across when you see her on screen (especially in roles like on About Schmidt.)   Now, […]

Let the continued trek from the Big East continue.  While the conference has a new commissioner and many new members, there’s no doubt that the Big East has been well on its way to being a college football also-ran for years now, and that’s only getting worse as the talent bleed is spreading to other […]

Sometimes, democracy isn’t a good thing.  When the dictators of Egypt and Libya were overthrown by revolutions, it would make you think that the society would become more open and tolerant and whatnot, but instead both societies have regressed from the days of the dictatorships.  Angry rioters protesting a mysterious, unnamed movie attacked the United […]

Jamie Kuntz isn’t like most of the other players on the North Dakota State College of Sciences.  The 18-year-old linebacker was in the press box during the team’s Labor Day game versus Snow College in Pueblo, Colorado, running the video tape as his team would go on to lose 63-17, when he gave a kiss […]

While longtime Memphis wrestling staple and WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler is mostly retired these days and holding down a spot in the broadcasting booth alongside Michael Cole, he still finds some time to get in the ring now and then despite being 62 years old.  Tonight was one of those nights, […]