North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead: Reuters

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported Monday, sparking immediate co...

Hitch: A personal memory from my 'Penthouse' years

Controversial journalist Christopher Hitchens has finally succumbed to cancer of the esophagus. I will miss his work, but I still have more ...

'The Walking Dead' Midseason Review

I am not crazy about " The Walking Dead ," and I love horror films, including those in the zombie genre. I guess I just find this ...

What if the Casey Anthony jury hadn’t been sequestered?

This interesting analysis of the Anthony story is from the NiemanWatchdog.org blog, supported by Harvard University: The recent murder tri...

NBC: Money Never Offered to Casey Anthony

Most of the Casey Anthony news we see these days involve things that didn't happen. Among the latest, we just read  Casey Anthony Not Of...

NYC -- How It Evolved from Most Dangerous City to Safest: Salon.com

No one would argue that New York City is simply not the same city it was back during the 1970s to 1980s, and the results are good, crime wis...

Kershaw on the Last Days of the Third Reich

The German city of Hanover was bombed to utter ruin in 1943. During 1944, many other cities in the Third Reich met the same, or worse, fate....

Casey Anthony 'Assassination Attempt' Fake: Baez

"You may want to consider donning a pair of quality hip waders before delving into the latest Casey Anthony article in the National Enq...

Behar Is Leaving HLN News Channel

The HLN cable channel is ending the comedian Joy Behar’s two-year-old talk show, NYTimes.com  reports. Behar will remain a co-host on “The V...

Casey Anthony 'Survived' Assassination Attempt

According to the Mail Online : Casey Anthony is lucky to be alive after allegedly surviving an assassination attempt at her Florida safe hou...

Breaking Bad Will End After 16 More Episodes

I knew it had to end eventually. I did some digging and was surprised to find that the deal behind the critically acclaimed TV series has al...

Proof! John Travolta Is a Vampire -- or Not

Everyone’s A Vampire From The Civil War - 2 - The Superficial : A photograph of a man from the 1860s that resembles  John Travolta and/or p...

Anthony Video Deposition Could be Released---Soon

A pouting Casey in seemingly happier times, before her child's corpse was found in a wooded, swampy area blocks away from her parents...

(B)ernie (M)adoff Toilet Paper

With thanks to JustToiletPaper.com : Madoff Toilet Paper Mad about Madoff? Bernard Madoff put many people in the crapper, so now it's yo...

'Fake Bernie' Living Large Off Madoff's Reputation

Fake Bernie Still Keeping It Real | Fox Business :   Jay Berkman pretends to be someone he's not. Since December 2008, he has been blogg...

The Most Interesting Man in the World

The Most Interesting Man in the World is an advertising campaign for Dos Equis  beer, produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG for  Cuauhté...

Steve Jobs dead: Legendary Apple founder and former CEO

From the New York Daily News: Steve Jobs dead: Legendary Apple founder and former CEO, dies after long battle with cancer

'Breaking Bad' Review: 'Crawl Space'

I discovered this gem, called Breaking Bad , only this season and have enjoyed it immensely. I have already loaded up my Netflix with Season...

Judge Perry Doubles Casey Anthony's Bill for Services Rendered

Casey findings something to laugh about; father George, clearly, suffers. Casey Anthony is ordered to pay more than a Florida judge had orig...

Hugo Boss Apologizes for Fashioning Nazi Uniforms

Will World War 2 ever end? Probably never. Every day new information surfaces, revelations espoused, holes filled. Now we see another high-p...

WW2 SAS Records to be Published in Book Form

SAS forces in France during the second World War. Secret records from the earliest days of the Special Air Service (SAS) carrying out daring...

Mafia Wives and Goomattas— Behind Closed Doors

Every mob wife -- except supposedly for the wife of now-deceased Joe "Piney" Armone, formerly of the Gambino crime family --- even...

Case Closed: Mansion Murder Deemed Suicide, Though for Many, Doubts Remain

Rebecca Zahau either committed suicide or was murdered in her billionaire boyfriend's mansion after the accidental death of his son fr...

Bloomberg: No Apologies

Bloomberg does something rare in  politics; protects his former deputy, offering no apologies. I have difficulty when it comes to Mayor B...