ESPN is laying off a portion of its staff today, a network spokesman confirms to us. How many? ESPN won't say. A tipster told us earlier today that it would be more than 400 staffers. A source at ESPN said that number is a little high, but it appears to be in the hundreds.
Suicide Closes Notre Dame In Paris, Saddening Many Tourists
The beloved 850-year-old cathedral on Île de la Cité is closed after a man reportedly shot himself inside the historic tourist trap visited by 12 million people a year.
DC Has America's Highest Concentration of Student Loans
The latest Fed report on student loan debt includes some neat-o maps showing how all of America's student debt is distributed geographically. Washington DC sure is smart, and broke!
Apple Avoided Paying Billions in Taxes
Senate investigators have found that Apple avoided paying taxes on "tens of billions" of dollars over the past four years by taking advantage of U.S. and Irish tax loopholes.
Jimmy Savile, Hugh Hefner, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Margaret Mead, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the horrid philosophical justification for sexually victimizing children.
Zach Galifianakis' Red Carpet Date: A Woman He Saved from Homelessness
Twenty years ago, after moving to LA to "be discovered," a then-25-year-old Zach Galifianakis met and befriended an elderly laundromat volunteer named Elizabeth "Mimi" Haist.
Last year, longtime Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko was let go, reportedly because bosses tired of his "relentless self-promotion." Zinczenko was hired by AMI to revamp its smaller Men's Health rival, Men's Fitness. And now, former colleagues are grumbling that Zinczenko is doing little more than ripping off Men's Health for his new venture.
Did Pope Francis Perform an Exorcism?
Did Pope Francis just perform an exorcism or do people just freak out when they see the Pope?
Airbnb Is Illegal in New York City
The world's most popular room-renting service is now illegal in the largest city in the United States, CNET reports. This could be a setback.
