As of Monday, the FTC has charged the website Jerk.com with taking data from Facebook and using it to create millions of disparaging profiles that it would then charge $30 to remove or edit. The trick was that paying money didn’t actually give access to anything, and Jerk appears to have been scamming its “customers.” Read More »
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) have confirmed a case of Lassa fever in Minnesota. After being admitted to a Minnesota hospital on Mar. 31, a man returning to the U.S. from West Africa was showing symptoms of fever and confusion. Blood samples were taken and sent to the CDC. ... Read More »
Spectacular scene of Mars opposition with Sun will be seen on April 8 when Mars, Earth and Sun will be come in straight line with Earth in middle. The opposition event is expected to catch attention of sky watchers as the planet Mars will shine with a magnitude of 1.5, slightly less than that of Sirius, brightest star in night ... Read More »
Comedian John Pinette died Saturday in a Pittsburgh hotel room, according to a report published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pinette, 50, had suffered from liver and heart disease, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Authorities did not suspect foul play, the Post-Gazette reported. Read More »
Peaches Geldof’s final Tweet was a photograph of herself as a child in the arms of her mother Paula Yates. With the simple message “me and my mum” it now has an added poignancy given today’s events. 24 hours later, she was found dead at her Kent home. Read More »
In a bizarre new interview with GQ, the impossibly-proportioned Valeria Lukyanova opens up about motherhood, revealing why she never wants to have children. The 28-year-old Ukrainian model has become an Internet sensation due to her obsession to transform herself into a “human Barbie” through plastic surgery, dramatic makeup and enormous colored contact lenses. Read More »
Michael Schumacher is making eye-contact and responding to voices, according to the very latest media reports. Earlier, after a worrying three-month long coma, the F1 legend’s manager Sabine Kehm revealed that Schumacher is now having “moments of consciousness and awakening”. Read More »
The film ‘Noah’ has been banned and will not be screened in Malaysia as it was deemed insensitive to the local community. According the the Film Censorship Board chairman Datuk Abdul Halim, the decision to ban the movie was as a “precaution” because any films related to Prophet Noah (Nabi Nuh) is considered as insensitive to the Muslim community. Read More »
An FDA advisory panel has voted in favor of approving a new inhaled insulin device, Afrezza, as a short-acting treatment to improve glycemic control in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13-1 here Tuesday to support approval of the device to treat adult patients with type 1 diabetes, agreeing that the ... Read More »
David Letterman has announced his retirement. No joke. The announcement pegs the ending of the show sometime in 2015. Thirty-four years and 5,914 shows later, the soon to be sixty-eight year old host is bidding a’dieu. Read More »
Mickey Rooney was a celebrated child actor who embodied the All-American boy in the Andy Hardy films of the 1930s and 40s, and became one of the era’s top box-office draws. One of the most enduring performers in show business, he made his debut on the vaudeville stage in 1922 as a toddler and toured into his late 80s in ... Read More »
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