AP Report: Everyone's Going to Die in Rio
According to the newest AP report on the horrors of Rio, things have gotten so bad that just looking at its toilet ocean is about enough to potentially kill you.
The New York Times Wishes It Were Dead
The paper’s sincere declaration that life can only improve once we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil has since been updated on its website, but the sentiment stands.
Have Things Turned Out Well For the Two and a Half Men Actors? (No)
Even more sad news out of Two and a Half Men, a halfway house for the criminally insane: Jon Cryer—arguably the most well-adjusted of the group, whatever that means—once turned to Charlie Sheen for help hiring prostitutes because he was "an emotional basket case" over his divorce.
Wanna Have a Nightmare Cool Here's a Lion Casually Opening a Car Door
For centuries, we've naively believed that man was the king of the animals. But is that just want they wanted us to think??
Some 9/11 Victims' Final Resting Place: A Landfill
Partial remains of several victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks ended up in a landfill, it was revealed today.
Osama Bin Laden Is Dead: The Latest News
Osama Bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on Sunday. Here's the latest news: DNA confirmation hasn't been completed; the U.S. has a photo; inside Osama's compound, and more.
Twins Arrested After Living With Mother's Corpse for Three Months
Texas twins Edward and Edwin Berndt, both 48, have been arrested and charged with murder after cops discovered their mother's corpse on the floor of the home the three shared.
The Internet Kills Beloved Cartoon Penguin
Opus, Berkeley Breathed's troubled, herring-loving penguin, has managed to eek out an existence since he first hit the strip "Bloom County" in 1980. But now he's gonna
die, because Breathed is gonna him, and it's all , snarky snarking internet users! Asked why Breathed is ending Opus's self-named strip next week…
Isaac Hayes, Legend of Soul
Some weekend. Isaak Hayes died today at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 65. His wife found him unconscious next to his treadmill, which was still running. Paramedics could not revive him and he was pronounced dead shortly after 2:00 p.m., according to the Shelby County Sheriff's Department. Among the highlights…
Friends Remember Bernie Mac
An update on dearly departed comedian and actor Bernie Mac. His friends are expressing their love for the man and their grief at his passing today. ""Bernie Mac was one of the best and funniest comedians to ever live, but that was the second best thing he did," said fellow comic Chris Rock. "Bernie was one of the…
Bernie Mac, Comedian
Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away in a Chicago hospital this morning a week after being hospitalized with pneumonia, his publicist Danica Smith confirmed. He was 50. The sad news comes as a shock since newspaper reports just yesterday stated that he was responding well to treatment and would be released soon.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Writer, Dissident
The Gulag Archipelago author Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today at the age of 89. "The Nobel laureate and former dissident died of heart failure at 11:45 pm (1945 GMT), the writer's son said, according to the [Itar-Tass news] agency. Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970 after writing harrowing works…
Bernie Mac in 'Very, Very Critical' Condition
Bernie Mac's publicist spent much of last night dispelling rumors that the 50-year-old comedian has died. He was checked into a Chicago hospital with pneumonia Friday night, but she says he's still alive and responding well to treatment. A source close to Mac's family, however, describes his condition as "very, very…
Tony Snow, Former Bush Press Secretary
Conservative talking head and former George W. Bush press secretary Tony Snow died of colon cancer today. He was 53. After a decade at Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, Snow served 17 months in the Bush administration, from May 2006 through September 2007. "Although a star in conservative politics, as a commentator he had…
Words Of Wisdom
"We have a society columnist who looks at the computer and says, 'Over my dead body.' And that may indeed be the situation." —A city and regional publisher on the struggle to change the editorial culture at his magazine. [FOLIO]
