Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a former New York University NYU student who co-founded the social networking site Diaspora has died from an apparent suicide at the age of 22. Zhitomirskiy was one of four schoolmates from NYU who started Disaspora in 2010. They billed it as a site that was less centralized, and more private than other […]
Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his home country of Venezuela. Reports said Ramos, 24, was kidnapped from his home on Wednesday evening. Ramos’ winter league team, the Aragua Tigers, confirmed the kidnapping via Twitter. Kathe Vilera, the team’s spokeswoman, tweeted that four armed men in a pickup truck took Ramos from […]
Rotund RAP legend Heavy D died Tuesday after collapsing in his California home. He was 44. The Westchester County-raised entertainer was taken by ambulance to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles about 11:25 a.m. and died 90 minutes later – cops told the Daily News. Heavy D was conscious and talking when officers responded […]
Joe Frazier (the son of a South Carolina sharecropper who punched meat in a Philadelphia slaughterhouse before Rocky) won Olympic gold, and beat an undefeated Muhammad Ali to become one of the all-time heavyweight greats, died on Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 67. Frazier, whose liver cancer was diagnosed about a […]
Legendary CBS News commentator Andy Rooney (known to millions for his witty essays on mundane topics) died Friday night in New York. He was 92. He had been hospitalized after suffering complications following minor surgery last month. “It’s a sad day at ’60 Minutes’ and for everybody here at CBS News” – said Jeff Fager, […]
Dan Wheldon (who moved to the United States from his native England with hopes of winning the Indianapolis 500 and went on to twice prevail in the famed race) died Sunday after a massive, fiery wreck that involved 15 cars at the Las Vegas Indy 300. Mr. Wheldon (33) was one of the most popular […]
After nearly two days of deliberation, the jury in the Joshua Komisarjevsky trial found the defendant guilty on all of the 17 counts against him. They convicted Komisarjevsky of murdering Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Hayley and Michaela during a 2007 home invasion. Since six of those counts are capital felonies, that same jury […]
A gunman apparently enraged over a custody dispute walked into a crowded Seal Beach hair salon where his former wife worked and opened fire, killing eight people and critically wounding another person in the deadliest shooting in Orange County history. The attacker sprayed Salon Meritage with gunfire Wednesday afternoon as victims fell to the floor […]
“Start it and stick with it; change the world” – said the legendary entrepreneur. And change the world he did. Sadly, Steve Jobs died at his home on October 5, 2011, surrounded by the love of family. His legacy however, remains not only with family, and with his company Apple. Steve Jobs’ legacy and genius […]
The verdict of Amanda Knox was announced in the Italian court on Monday, and the 24-year-old exchange student was acquitted of murder. Free from the initial sentence of 26 years in prison, Knox is expected to return to Seattle on Tuesday with her family. The verdict was delivered one-and-a-half hours after the promised 8 p.m. […]