Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Yankees Clinch AL East
The expectation was always that the Yankees would bring championship baseball back to the Bronx, and though they had to know this celebration was coming for some time, it tasted just as sweet. The chase for an elusive American League East crown ended on Sunday, as the Yanks locked up the division and home-field advantage for the playoffs in one tidy swoop. The Yankees christened the winning tradition of their new cathedral with a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
Andy Pettitte hurled six strong innings, Hideki Matsui came through with a clutch two-run hit, and the Yankees got homers from Melky Cabrera and Mark Teixeira en route to their 16th division title. They hope their 100th victory of the season is only a preview of events to come.
"It's been a while since we've won one here, and I think everybody is hungry," Pettitte said. "We're all trying to push each other and grind through. We want to bring another championship to New York. There's no better place to win than here."
From Cobain to Chavez?
Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love has set her sights on a controversial new beau - Venezuelan president HUGO CHAVEZ.The pair met at a New York screening of Oliver Stone's new documentary South of the Border last week after Love caught the leader checking her out from across the room.
She admits she's smitten, and believes a romance could be a possibility.
She tells the New York Daily News, "It was the third wink that sold me. He's a sexy dawg. He invited me to visit his country and I'd like to go. I'll rock Caracas."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Apparently today is "how to destroy your vehicle" day
A high-on-drugs Dutch trucker en route to Gothenburg, Sweden, was masturbating while driving and lost control, flipping the truck and blocking multiple lanes of traffic. While in the wreckage, he kept masturbating. Under police interrogation, he kept masturbating. That's determination.The man admitted at the scene to have been pleasuring himself while driving, resulting in his loss of control. That accident, which closed down one direction of traffic and shut off a lane traveling the other, didn't deter him from completing the task at hand, so he kept at it while police responded to the scene. When in custody and under interrogation, the man continued his salacious sexy time in the presence of officers.
Welcome to the Hudson Valley, Plax!
And he thought Cowboys fans were nasty.Plaxico Burress got a zero's welcome behind bars at Rikers Island, including taunts of "a - - hole!" and "The Giants suck!" according to jail guards.
"He was depressed," said one guard from Rikers, where the former Giants superstar spent his first-ever night behind bars. "He was trying to keep to himself, but everyone was yelling at him."
"These people got nothing," a second guard explained of the taunts. "What else are they gonna do?"
Burress began serving a two-year sentence yesterday for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh with his own Glock while drinking in the crowded VIP vestibule of the Latin Quarter nightclub in Midtown last November.
His stay at his first stop, Rikers, was brief. By 11 a.m. yesterday, he'd been driven upstate to the medium-security, 586-inmate Ulster Correctional Facility in Napanoch, an intake center where he'll be evaluated for more permanent placement elsewhere in the state prison system, said Correction Department spokeswoman Linda Foglia.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
What a happy family!
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air on tomorrow's show, MacKenzie Phillips admits to having sex with her own father."On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it," Phillips wrote. "I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad's bed.
"My father was not a man with boundaries. He was full of love, and he was sick with drugs. I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father."
"We have to talk about when you raped me," she told him, and his reply according to her was "You mean when we made love?"
Looking to boost your talk show's ratings and prestige? Book the prez!
About 7.2 million people tuned in to watch Obama's chit-chat with David Letterman last night, the sort-of funny man's biggest night in four years.Now, before you go thinking that everyone wants to see Obama, consider this: his March Tonight Show appearance drew a little over 14 million to Jay Leno's former show.
The only loser? Conan O'Brien, who had his second worst night since taking over the Tonight Show: 2.24 million.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Probably not the best idea to try this if you're a guy
Cops love her.At least her friends think so. They told her to paint "ATTN: Police Please Do Not Pull Me Over Just Because I'm Pretty" on the rear windshield of her car because the bubbly blonde was constantly being pulled over.
Dasha, a Washington state resident who wasn't willing to give her last name, claims to have been stopped by police for speeding 30 times in the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland and Seattle, and only received two citations — both of which were dismissed.
Good luck? Maybe good looks is more like it.
After the sign was put on her window a month ago, the blonde has says she has not been stopped by officers. They just read the message and smile.
Ah yes.. cameras in the dressing rooms. For "fashion."
Blogging about fashion has become so popular in Sweden that a Stockholm department store has announced plans to open up dressing rooms especially designed for web-savvy fashionistas. Advertising company Ruth and department store Kfem in the Stockholm suburb of Vällingby have together developed the idea of digital dressing rooms where shoppers will be able to have their pictures taken and available to be posted online straight away.
By the end of September, fifteen departments in Kfem should have the new changing rooms installed.
“Our aim is to catch up on different trends. The bloggers have a huge impact in Sweden these days, so it was an obvious thing to push through,” Andreas Petterson, Kfem’s marketing manager, told The Local.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Which of these ads was removed because of complaints?
The ads weren't far from each other on Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown.
One, on a billboard, was critical of an automobile and home insurance company.
The other, draped across the sprawling face of a tall building, was a vodka promotion that appeared to include an essential part of the female anatomy.
Any guess which one was torn down because of a complaint?
"Truth is more controversial than pornography," said Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog, whose ad was dismantled last week. All the ad said was, "You Can't Trust Mercury Insurance," with a referral to Consumer Watchdog's website, which lays out 10 concerns the organization has with Mercury.
And the other billboard?
"If you drive three to four blocks east of where ours was," said Rosenfield's colleague, Jamie Court, "there's a huge Absolut Mango ad, and it's really not a mango."
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Derek Jeter ties Gehrig's record
Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top.Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single Wednesday night against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than 70 years.
"It's just kind of mind-boggling to know my name is next to his," Jeter said after the Yankees' 4-2 victory.
Jeter had a chance to break the record in the eighth inning, but he walked against reliever Grant Balfour.
The Yankees are off Thursday, and Jeter will get his next opportunity Friday night at home against Baltimore.
Interested in a novel without all that pesky sex and fun? Some people are!
Beverly Lewis, who sets her novels among the Amish in Pennsylvania, has sold 13.5 million copies of her books. Wanda Brunstetter's novels take place in Amish communities in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Pennsylvania, and have sold more than four million copies. Publishing house Thomas Nelson plans to release five Amish novels this fall, and six more in 2010. Barnes & Noble book buyer Jane Love said Amish novels currently account for 15 of the chain's top 100 religious fiction titles. "It's almost like you put a person with a bonnet or an Amish field in the background and it automatically starts to sell well," Ms. Love said.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Ken Griffey Jr.'s a prankster with the songs!
Adrian Beltre suffered a most cringe-worthy injury when he injured his man parts while fielding a ground ball sans cup. He's evidently had just about enough of the jokes about his injury, and understandably so. Even the most good-natured folks can only take a joke so long before insult and injury becomes too much to deal with.Via the Seattle Times:
When Beltre came up for his first at-bat, the theme for Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" was played, a gesture from Ken Griffey Jr.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
You have to wonder... How'd she start??
A Pennsylvania man said he robbed a bank in 2007 to go to jail and get away from his overbearing wife.
At a sentencing hearing Monday, 39-year-old Anthony Miller said he robbed a bank in Ephrata because he wanted to leave his then-wife but she had threatened to commit suicide if he did.
Defense attorney Robert Beyer said Miller approached tellers with a BB gun, asked for money and told them to call the police.
Miller pleaded guilty in June. Lancaster County Judge Louis Farina sentenced him to three to six years in prison on Monday.
At a sentencing hearing Monday, 39-year-old Anthony Miller said he robbed a bank in Ephrata because he wanted to leave his then-wife but she had threatened to commit suicide if he did.
Defense attorney Robert Beyer said Miller approached tellers with a BB gun, asked for money and told them to call the police.
Miller pleaded guilty in June. Lancaster County Judge Louis Farina sentenced him to three to six years in prison on Monday.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Marijuana: still not acceptable as United States currency
Authorities in Frederick County, Maryland say a 52-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly tried to pay for gas with marijuana instead of cash.Frederick County Sheriff's deputies say it happened at the Classic Fuels Store on Old National Pike in New Market, Maryland on Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. They say 52-year-old James T. Hart of Frederick offered the store clerk marijuana in lieu of cash to pay for his gas.
The store employee refused, and immediately called deputies to investigate. When they arrived, authorities found what they believed to be cocaine, marijuana, and Oxycodone in his possession.
Hart was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Bringing Batman's utility belt into a courtroom is a horrible idea
Jamie Busk, 38, of Evergreen Park was stopped about 2 p.m. Monday at the Daley Center entrance near Randolph and Dearborn, according to a release from the Cook County Sheriff's office.While Busk was going through a security X-ray machine, courthouse Deputy David Nowacki noticed several metal objects that appeared to be inside his belt. He stopped Busk and inspected the belt, finding a built-in zipper with several objects tucked inside.
Among the items found in the belt were a pocket knife with a 2-inch blade and handcuff keys, while the buckle was fashioned so it could also be used as a weapon, the release said.
Busk, who told the deputy he “wore the wrong belt today,” was charged with unlawful storage of a weapon.
This girl may be a financial disaster, but she knows how to party
A woman who won over £1.9 million ($3.67 million) as a teenager says she never should have been allowed to spend her fortune at such a young age.Callie Rogers, 22, won the lottery when she was 16 years old and proceeded to go on a “never-ending spending spree”, News Of The World reports.
The second-youngest British person to win lotto spent the money on booze, two boob jobs and almost $500,000 of cocaine.
“I honestly wish I’d never won the lottery money – and knowing what I know now I should have just given it all back to them,” Ms Rogers told News Of The World.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Proud parents, sending their kids off to play video games for $50,000 a year
It's the university of reading, writing and "Guitar Hero." NYU undergrads coughing up $50,000 a year to attend the Greenwich Village institution can earn college credit for playing air guitar and kickboxing this fall.
Psychology prof Gary Marcus is offering a freshman seminar on video games and human cognition called "Guitar Heroes (and Heroines): Music, Video Games and the Nature of Human Cognition."
"Video games are an understudied area," said Marcus. "People dismiss them unfairly, but 'Guitar Hero' is a good tool for teaching and I'm interested in the nature of learning."
The course will tackle questions such as: "Why are human beings so easily sucked in by video games?" The class, which Marcus capped at 16 students, had a waiting list, he said.
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