Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (who presided over the swift and devastating 1991 military assault on Iraq that transformed the Middle East and reminded America what it was like to win a war) died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 78. The former four-star general, whose burly image towering in camouflage fatigues above his troops […]
It’s that time of the year again, so dust off your aluminum pole and get ready to air your grievances. That’s right, people, it’s December 23 — also known as Festivus. As NewsFeed explained last year, Festivus is a made-up holiday popularized — and, really, immortalized — by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld called “The […]
Ryan Freel (who played for five MLB teams between 2001 and 2009) has committed suicide at age 36, according to multiple reports. Sgt. Mike Paul of the Jacksonville (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Florida Times-Union that Freel, a Jacksonville native, was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound Saturday at his home around 4 […]
Larry L. King, a journalist, essayist and playwright with a swaggering prose style and a rollicking personal one, who left Texas as a young man but never abandoned it in his work — turning out profiles of politicians, articles on the flaws and foibles of American culture, searching autobiographical essays and, most famously, the book […]
Friday, December 21, 2012 is the date that the 5.000-year-old Mayan calendar ends. Some say that this means the Mayans predicted the end of the world. “The Mayans never predicted the end of the world” – said Dr. Peter Dunham, a Cleveland State University professor who teaches about the Maya. “They have a calendar cycle […]
Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas. Miss Philippines (Janine Tugonon) placed second, and Miss Venezuela (Irene Sofia Esser Quintero) took third. Culpo (20) hails from Rhode Island and beat out contestants from 88 other countries to take the prize. An American hadn’t won Miss Universe since Brook Lee won the […]
Another year older and Christina Aguilera still hasn’t run out of new hairstyles to try! Sharing the sam birthday as Brad Pitt, 49, and Katie Holmes, 34, the “Your Body” singer turns 32 on Tuesday, Dec. 18. “Thank you Fighters for the many sweet birthday messages today!” she tweeted to her fans with a link […]
Victoria Soto (a teacher who was among the 26 people gunned down during the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.) on Friday is being widely praised on Facebook as a hero after saving students in her class from being killed. News of the mass shooting believed to have been carried out […]
“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence has been named the Most Desirable Woman in the World for 2013 0 according to AskMen’s just-released annual Top 99 list. The actress rose from #47 last year to the top spot based on a poll of 2,4 million readers, based on her “beauty, brains, ambition and charm.” Jennifer Lawrence.
Ravi Shankar (the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960′s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over a 10-decade career) died Tuesday. He was 92. A statement on the musician’s website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home. The […]