Ex-Cop May Face Taser Death Charges

This is a follow up on NowPublic Member Glc3 's post found here I read this story as I would any other but what is sad are the comments left under the CBS story highlighted here. Everyone blaming others once again. I believe, and this is only my opinion, that we all need to...

Dad sues eloped daughter for $1M

Mustering pilot runs off with cattle baron's daughter in 1986, parents suing daughter and soon to be ex son-in-law. The case involved $1m and whether it was a loan or gift. " AN AUSTRALIAN cattle baron is suing...

Sacha Baron Cohen Incites More 'Bruno' Controversy

You'd think that by now the infamous Sacha Baron Cohen, of Ali G and Borat fame, would have a tough time arranging (ie. staging) crazy interviews without the interviewees immediately realizing they were being...

Sacha Baron Cohen Catches Ex-Mossad Official Off Guard

It's Sunday and we all need some relief from how overwhelmingly depressing the news has been of late -- and just in time Sacha Baron Cohen does it again. " JERUSALEM —  A former Mossad official said...

Myth of Dwarf Dinos in Dracula Country Confirmed

"Codrea, a professor of biology and geology at University Babes-Bolyai in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and colleague Pascal Godefroit recently found several bones belonging to Zalmoxes shqiperorum, an herbivorous dinosaur...

The Death of the Red Baron

Until recently, it would have been impossible to use the words 'hero' and 'german officer' in the same sentence, especially in Germany.However, with the passage of time and a better perspective (90 years will do...

Conrad Black 'Serene' as He Makes Federal Jail Home

Defiant to the last, former media mogul Conrad Black started his 6 and a half year sentence today at the Coleman-Low Federal Correction Complex in Florida. Black still insists he is innocent of all charges and will...

Sex and Porn baron Paul Raymond, 'King of Soho', dies

Paul Raymond, the pornographer, property magnate and strip club impresario often called the "King of Soho", has died aged 82.

vintage pinup arts by Baron von lind

retro pinupBorn in Duluth, Minnesota in the year 1937, Jerry 'Baron' von Lind was the fourth son of Alma & Hjalmar von Lind. His father Hjalmar was born the son of Baron Johann von Lind in a small town outside...

The Death of Borat and Ali G

Sacha Baron Cohen, the British comic actor who created the hugely entertaining, and often ridiculously offensive characters of Borat and Ali G, has decided that he will no longer play them.Having developed a cult...

Conrad Black Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Prison

UPDATE: 2:00pm ET: Conrad Black has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison and a $125,000 fine. The sentence was handed down for only $6.1 million defrauded. Judge Amy St. Eve said that the sentence could not be...

A Home in the Hamptons for $103 Million

Actually, that headline is a little misleading -- the $103M doesn't actually cover the house that Ron Baron, the founder of Baron Funds, plans to build on the property. It's just 40 acres of vacant land.Overall, according to the article, super-high-end home prices are...

Blogging Lord Black of Crossharbour

Rachel Sklar, the editor of the Huffington Post's Eat the Press blog, makes the point that her fellow Canadians don't see Conrad Black the way others do. At one point, he gave the finger to  the Great White...

No Borat, No Baron Cohen: Oscars

Not sure why the Academy is so resistant to having Borat when Baron Cohen is just as likely to stir things up (see: Golden Globes acceptance speech, below). Maybe they're afraid he'll feel up Helen Mirren, or...

Man rides stationary bike for 85 hours

The 49-year-old Aurora resident began riding a stationary bike at the Five Seasons Sports Club in Burr Ridge at 4 a.m. Wednesday and surpassed the previous record of 82 hours by 8:28 p.m. Saturday. He stopped several...

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