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Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday. Results of an NIH study of Seau’s brain revealed abnormalities consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). “The brain was […]
RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) — A north Georgia man who handcuffed himself to a female Taco Bell co-worker has been sentenced to serve four years in prison. The Rome News-Tribune reports that 25-year-old Jason Earl Dean of Dalton handcuffed himself to the 18-year-old woman in August 2011 in an attempt to convince her to go on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Planners of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration are soliciting high-dollar contributions up to $1 million to help pay for the celebration in…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fiery State of the State speech pushed the state onto the national stage over gun control and other progressive issues that some observers said better positioned the governor for a possible 2016 run for president. “The tragic events of just the last few weeks in Newtown, […]
The Advocate has compiled its annual list of the “gayest cities in America” for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, & Transgender) community. Surprisingly, the cities that you think might top the list, like Atlanta and San Francisco, have slipped down the list or didn’t even make the top 15. Here’s the full list below: 1. […]
Cleveland stripper Lauren Block, 22, fell 15-feet to her death giving a customer a lap dance at a strip club in the city’s Flats District,…
The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat? Or another of their board game buddies? Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight tokens that identify the players and introduce a new one. Possible new tokens include a […]
Same-sex acts are illegal in the conservative west-central African country of Cameroon, which explains why Jonas Kumie and Frankie Djome were convicted in November 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison for “looking gay,” reports the BBC. The two men who have already served over a year’s time in prison were arrested for allegedly […]
If you are a sandwich lover or can’t start your day without the perfect slice of toast, then your days of moldy bread may soon be long gone. Innovators at MicroZap have developed a technique to keep you from wasting bread and save you money. The company zaps the bread using a microwave-type machine to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else. For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction […]
Chris Paul may be leaving the Los Angeles Clippers. After gaining stardom and helping to create a new age dream team, the All Star decided to turn down a three-year $60 million contract renewal. And so the possibilities of becoming a New York Knick are looking more likely. Tim Fuller of USA Today reminds us […]
Stressing “kindness creates kindness, generosity creates generosity and love creates love”, a 51-year-old California law school professor has turned over the keys of his own home to a struggling, single mother of four in hopes his act of selflessness will put the family on a path toward a more secure and stable life of their […]
