In what could be argued as a bold move, Time Magzine named Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernake Person of the Year 2009 because of the actions the depression scholar took to prevent another great depression. Bernake’s actions have been praised and criticized heavily, but the true impact (or lack theirof) of his decisions will never…
Oral Roberts, founder of “prosperity gospel” and televangelism, died Tuesday at age 91 from pneumonia. Roberts left behind a university, and a legacy of a financially driven evangelism that is still broadcast in those dizzy gray hours of early money channel-flipping. Nestled in between offers for the world’s sharpest knives, or exercise equipment that will…
Source: Flynet Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who’s currently embroiled in a number of corruption and sex scandals, was hit by a statuette at a rally Sunday by mentally ill graphic designer Massimo Tartaglia, breaking his nose and knocking out two of his teeth. Although the attack immediately brought the sight of blood, the 73-year-old billionaire…
President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway today. Here is his acceptance speech in which he reminds the audience that he is the commander-in-chief of a country and military that is currently involved in two different wars, one of which seems to be nearing resolution but the other is not.
The House Homeland Security Committee has plans to vote Wednesday to subpoena the gatecrashin’ Tareq and Michaele Salahi to testify in court. If that happens, the Salahis plan to plead the 5th and not talk, according to a letter their lawyer sent the committee Tuesday. They will decline to answer every single question the Committee…
Here is the complete statement issued by Montana senator Max Baucus in response to a recent story revealing he recommended his girlfriend and staff member Melodee Hanes for the vacated position of Montana U.S. attorney back in March. The list of nominations was narrowed down to three names before being submitted to the White House, but Hanes would eventually withdraw herself from consideration and take another position with the Department of Justice.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is under fire for his March nomination of girlfriend Melodee Hanes for the U.S. attorney position in his home state of Montana. Some analysts believe the fallout may cause difficulties for Baucus and other Democrats as he heads up their push to pass healthcare reform through the Senate.
See photos of Melodee as well as her complete salary history while working for the office of Senator Baucus.
Forza Coffee Company has issued a tribute statement about the four fallen officers who were gunned down Sunday at their Lakewood, Washington location. Below is the full text, including a heartfelt quote from CEO Brad Carpenter: The entire Forza team of owners, employees, families and vendors wishes to pass along deep compassion and loss for…
Maurice Clemmons is now a person of interest in the targeted ambush at Forza Coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington, which left four officers dead. Four police officers, three men and one woman, were reading their laptops at a Forza Coffee Company shop in Lakewood, WA when at least one shooter opened fire on them. The…
The facial wounds Tiger Woods was treated for early Friday morning after a bizarre car accident, were caused by his wife Elin Nordegren, not by the accident, a source tells TMZ. Although Tiger hasn’t yet spoken to the Florida State Patrol about the incident, he allegedly did speak to someone else who claims that Tiger…
This year’s Christmas is gonna be a little different, and it’s not just because people will be getting fewer and less expensive presents. Two big traditions are going out the door! The first is kind of a big deal, and could mean extra work for parents: this year letters to Santa will go unanswered. The…
Do you have a hard-to-shop-for movie buff on your Christmas shopping list? Do you have $250,000 to spend? Then Christie’s has exactly what you’re looking for! As part of their Vintage Film Posters and Film Memorabilia auction the London-based auction house is offering the Willis O’Brien-designed King Kong armature skeleton used for the famous climactic…
Former heavy-weight champion of the world Mike Tyson has been hauled away from Los Angeles International Airport in a police car and a bloodied paparazzo was taken to the hospital in an ambulance – this according to TMZ: We’re told Tyson was at a ticket counter at the United Airlines terminal when the incident occurred….
Tonight in a surprise turn Lou Dobbs gave his last CNN broadcast. He cited a desired to expand his career and said that CNN President Jonathan Klein has released him from his contract. Dobbs has been with Central News Network since it’s beginning in 1980, when he anchored “Moneyline.” Although he was a top financial…
Katt Williams, a comedian best known for roles in Friday After Next, and Norbit as well as his own comedy DVD Katt Williams: Pimpadelic, was arrested and jailed Sunday on burglary and criminal trespassing charges (MSNBC). Williams, 38, lives in California, but police think he was in Georgia shooting a film when he reportedly broke…
Here is the only picture to surface so far of Major Nidal Malik Hasan – the man apprehended in the Fort Hood slayings: The photo is from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress web site where it appears he was in the Department of Psychiatry. Here is the text from his profile: Nidal…
Image credit: Getty Updated 6 November 2009 6:08 p.m. According to the New York Times, 13 people have died, and 31 are injured in the massive shootings that took place around 1:30 p.m. in Fort Hood Texas. The main shooter, an army psychicatrist named Nidal Malik Hasan was originally reported to be dead, but he’s…
It appears that ESPN doesn’t stand for “Exhalting Steve Phillips’ Naughtiness.” The sports network has reportedly fired the sack-hopping analyst after details of his affair with 22-year-old ESPN analyst Brooke Hundley made headlines last week. As is often the case with hard news these days, the source of the information is twitter – more specifically…
Photographers were on hand when Brad Pitt lost control of his brand new custom motorcycle in Los Angeles this afternoon. I was just writing a jealous article about how the coolest dude on the planet just got the coolest custom chopper on the planet when I saw these photos moments later of the uber awesome…
Check out this photo and complete transcript of the restraining order taken out by ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley against her superior and reported lover ESPN analyst and former general manager of the New York Mets Steve Phillips. The document bloodhounds at TMZ turned up this gem, filed in Connecticut on August 20 of this…
More details are emerging about ESPN analyst and former general manger of the New York Mets Steve Phillips’ affair with 22-year-old ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley and it’s looking more and more like a real life Fatal Attraction scenario. As I mentioned in a previous post, Steve Phillips’ mistress Brooke Hundley began to harass Steve’s…
Here’s the audio and a transcript of the 911 the Hoaxin’ Heene’s made the day the world rooted for Balloon Boy. They really overplayed their hysterics, probably should’ve taken a few more acting classes beforehand. Their story is also a little too scripted when they describe what’s happening and seem already certain that the boy…
There seems to be a a completely different kind of “swine flu” sweeping the nation and the symptoms are: fame and an uncontrollable desire to sleep with young women who work for you. ESPN baseball analyst and former manager of the New York Mets Steve Phillips is the latest to be diagnosed with the pig…
Sometimes people are just lucky! Somebody captured on video a busy Russian business man with a briefcase briskly taking a deadly chance to cross the street. No appointment is that important. Miraculously he dodges a huge bus and a car that are within a split second of hitting him. This footage is amazing! This is…
In 2008, Adam “Baller” Jasinski took home the top $500,000 Big Brother prize, and police say he used the stash of cash to fund a drug business. He was arrested Saturday night and charged today by U.S. District Court in Boston for “possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute”, according to My Fox Boston….
Last night Anderson Cooper aired a never-before-seen clip from Wolfe Blitzter’s shocking interview on Larry King Live with the Heene family that blew the cover on their hoax. The Heene family doesn’t have cable, so when Falcon Heene’s parents introduced him to Wolfe Blitzter, he responded the way I do everytime I turn on CNN:…
One of Richard Heene’s neighbor’s was not excited about all the media camping outside the Heene home in Fort Collins, Colorado, hoping to get a glimpse of Balloon Boy or his once attention-seeking parents. In fact, he got so upset that punches were thrown. Watch the latest drama surrounding Balloon boy below: Subscribe to Starcasm…
Joaquin Phoenix can only dream of being DMX. Check out this video of “X” showing up 90 minutes late for a charity event in Colorado Springs this weekend. Security guards try to prevent him from taking the stage, but DMX refuses to disappoint the huge crowd of at least 200 ravenous fans that have gathered…
Sheriff Jim Alderden and undersheriff Ern Hudson held a press conference today in which they gave details about their investigation into the Heene family and the Balloon Boy incident. Alderden revealed that they became suspicious, as did most of America, when Falcon Heene said “we did it for show” during an interview with Wolf Blitzer…
The best thing to happen from this whole Balloon Boy Hoax/Pukefest was the surge of Balloon Boy songs on Youtube. This is the kind of crazyness that inspires indie music. Below you’ll find a string of young men singing ironic Balloon Boy songs. They’re full of tongue-in-cheek emotion, but also a weird sense of wonder…
Sheriff Jim Alderden said in a press conference today that his department was drafting some search warrants, including one for the Heene home, and TMZ is reporting that at least three officers arrived at the home late Saturday night to serve the warrant. It’s unclear at this point exactly what they are looking for. In…
Crazy is as crazy does. Richard Heene, father of the infamous “Balloon Boy” Falcon Heene, told reporters at around 5:30 A.M. this morning, “I’m going to have a press conference out here at, let’s say, 10 a.m. Okay? … So it’s a few more hours. So, I’d like to speak everybody about a few things….
In Melbourne, Australia, a stroller containing a 6-month-old baby rolled out onto train tracks and got hit by a train. Amazingly, the baby survived and the whole thing was captures on video! Below you can watch the absolutely breathtaking footage as the stroller leaves the mother’s grasp and rolls straight into the path of an…
Unbelievable! Or, if you watched either of the Heene Wife Swap episodes, entirely believable! The Heene family was being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on Larry King Live after it had been revealed six-year-old Falcon Heene was hiding in the attic above the garage the entire time it was believed he might be inside the mylar…
According to CNN 6-year-old Falcon Heene, the boy who was supposed to have floated off in a homemade balloon, was found alive! The young boy was hiding in a box in the attic in the garage. He might have set the balloon free, and fearing punishment, hid in the attic. Subscribe to Starcasm by Email
The Heene family was such an interesting subject, they appeared on Wife Swap twice, once with the Martel family, and again with the Silver family. Here’s the synopsis from ABC of the first episode the Heene’s appeared on: The Heene family from Colorado live life on the edge. Wife Mayumi (43) and storm scientist Richard…
6-year-old Falcon Heene, who’s family was the thrill-seeking, storm-chasing, and UFO loving family on Wife Swap, is still missing after reportedly climbing into a homemade silver balloon, or fly saucer. A Sheriff’s Deputy has now revealed that he actually saw an “object” fall from the balloon near Platteville, Colorado. Falcon’s brother says he saw Falcon…
People magazine has exclusive current pictures of Jaycee Lee Dugard and her family. The cover photo features a smiling 29-year-old girl, who with the help of family, is struggling to overcome the nightmare circumstances of her last 18 years. Jaycee is riding horses, cooking, and thinking about book possibilities as she begins the journey of…
The answer: No one’s really sure. Whether you like Barack Obama, or not, his Nobel Peace Prize award was a puzzling thing to wake up to this morning. Some people are outraged, others are elated, and still others like me, just find it a bit strange. Straight on the heels of the SNL skit spoofing…
Today Shirley Dieu filed at suit with L.A. County Superior Court against Dr. Phil McGraw, according to TMZ. She says that she was subjected to various physical, emotional, and even sexual abuses after she went to Dr. Phil in 2007 for television therapy. Dieu claims she was forced to stay in a room with a…
News4Jax is reporting that the father of missing 6-year-old Haliegh Cummings is head towards divorce with his wife of five months, Misty Croslin. Donald married 17-year-old Misty five weeks after his young daughter went missing. Haliegh disappeared while Misty was babysitting Haliegh and Haliegh’s younger brother while their father was working. Donald Cumming’s attorney, Brandon…
The ever-diligent folks over at TMZ have learned from the Buena Park Police Department that something similar to a “suicide note” was found on the computer owned by Ryan Jenkins and left in the Calgary hotel room in which he hanged himself. Police tell TMZ that the document is titled “Last Will and Testament” and…
A 19.2 pound baby was born in Indonesia via C-section. This is the biggest newborn in Indonesia (the biggest newborn in the world was 4 pounds heavier.) Doctors attribute the baby’s giant size to the mother’s diabetes. The disease can cause too much glucose to go to the baby, causing large growth. The baby cries…
Lab technician Raymond Clark was arrested this morning at 8:10 a.m. at a Super 8 motel for the murder of Yale student Annie Le, who was discovered in a basement wall of an off-campus medical research building. Her body was found Sunday, the day she was supposed to be getting married to Jonathan Widawsky, a…
Here is Heidi Barsuglia’s photo on file with the California Secretary of State’s office at cal-access.ss.ca.gov. Mrs. Barsuglia is believed to be one of the lobbyists having an affair with Republican California Assemblyman Michael Duvall, who was caught on tape talking about their sexual relationships in detail with a colleague during a hearing break. Ironically,…
Just days after appearing on a magazine cover after a makeover, it’s rumored that Caster Semenya might be a hermaphrodite. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ordered gender tests for South African Caster Semenya, a muscular female runner who has masculine features and extraordinary physical ability for a female athlete. The Sun, and The Sydney…
Republican Assemblyman Michael Duvall of Yorba Linda was at a Sacramento hearing when he had an explicit discussion with a colleague about recent sexual conquests, apparently unaware that the microphone he was wearing for the in-house television station was still on. The tapes were aired Tuesday evening on KCAL, leading to Duvall’s resignation this afternoon….
UPDATE! See what Jaycee Dugard looks like now, at age 29! Here are two photos of Jaycee Lee Dugard, the girl/woman who was kidnapped 18 years ago by Phillip Garrido. Garrido recently confessed to the crime and Jaycee has since been reunited with her family. Phillip and his wife Nancy Garrido have been charged with…
The official cause of Michael Jackson’s death has just been released by the L.A. Coroner’s Office and it is Acute Propofol intoxication, which has been the speculation for some time now, which makes the case a homicide. The full report, including the complete toxicology report, is still on security hold by request of the LAPD….
Here is video of Jasmine Fiore’s missing Mercedes being towed after it was found in a West Hollywood parking lot. The Buena Park PD have confirmed to TMZ that it is indeed her car. Someone living next door to the parking lot told the website that the car had been there since August 15. From…
As part of a plea deal Chris Brown is on 5 years probation for hitting his then girlfriend pop sensation Rihanna, real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, last February. He’s also been sentenced to 6-months of physical community labor (this means Chris Brown could be picking up trash at a roadside near you!), 52-weeks domestic violence…
Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a suspect in the strangling death of his wife Jasmine Fiore, has been found dead in British Columbia, Canada. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MOST RECENT UPDATE – Further details are emerging in the apparent suicide…
More details are emerging in the Jasmine Fiore murder investigation, including gruesome disfigurement details. The man suspected of killing the former model is her husband Ryan Alexander Jenkins, who is still at large and believed to be in Canada. Here are the bullet points of the most recent information, mostly gleaned from TMZ.com and a…
Here is video footage of Ryan Alexander Jenkins’ boat being towed by the Coast Guard from Point Roberts. Point Roberts is a U.S. territory sharing a border with Canada located approximately 10 miles off the coast of Washington state. The boat was brought to the mainland town of Blaine, Washington, where Jenkins’ SUV was left…
Model and Playboy representative Jasmine Fiore, who had been missing since Friday night, August 15, 2009, was found stuffed in a suitcase and left in a dumpster in Los Angeles, California, and the “person of interest” is a man who vied for the interest of Megan Hauserman on VH1’s Megan Wants a Millionaire. 28-year-old Jasmine…
Patrick Deuel, known as the “Half-Ton Man” who lost more than half his weight after a life-saving gastric by-pass surgery in 2005, is almost immobile again. He cites depression from being away from his wife as the main cause of his recent weight gain. Gastric Bypass Patrick Deuel, 47, has struggled with weight issues all…
Watch the airplane helicopter crash over the Hudson River. The collision was captured by an Italian tourist practicing with a new video camera. You can clearly see the moment the two aircraft collide, causing the death of nine people. The video was aired Thursday night on “NBC Nightly News.” View more news videos at: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video.
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been involved in a two-vehicle accident in downtown Baltimore. Phelps’ Cadillac Escalade collided with a Honda Accord at the intersection of North Calvert Street and East Biddle Street. There were two passengers in the Escalade, including Phelps, and the other vehicle had a female driver. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says…
Teenage prostitution is a huge problem in India, with some reports estimating that nearly 20% of under-aged children in the country are part of the commercial sexual exploitation network. There are certain Indian communities in which prostitution is their main industry and young girls enter into it by following in the footsteps of their older…
A bright and glittery star has faded from the earth. Alexis Cohen, famous American Idol Glitter Girl and Official F-Uer of Simon Cowell, was found dead on the side of the road in New Jersey after being struck by a car. Police are ruling it a homicide and 23-year-old Daniel Bark has been arrested in…
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