The Hidden Money Buying Up New York Real Estate
For more than a year, The New York Times examined the influx of global cash fueling the city’s high-end real estate boom. The investigation pierced the secrecy of more than…
Month: February 2015
Blatter and Hayatou slam western media over AFCoN violence
According to eye witnesses the security situation was sufficiently dire that a helicopter was deployed to hover low over the stadium and scatter the rioting fans. There were reports of…
Dionne Warwick Hospitalized After Falling In Shower, Now Recovering
Legendary R&B singer Dionne Warwick has been released from the hospital after nearly two weeks following a fall in the shower in her South Orange, N.J., home on Jan. 24,…
Tape of beating leads to charges against Philadelphia officers
This week, the tables turned when a surveillance video from a nearby store led to charges of aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, and filing false reports against Philadelphia police officers Sean…
Android Ad’s Unlikely Animal Pals Will Warm You Up Inside
We already know that lots of people adore different animal species interacting with each other. So it’s no surprise that the new ad for Google’s Android, “Friends Furever,” has gotten…
Funny Or Die Has A Take On The Tom Petty, Sam Smith Controversy
Funny or Die won’t let Tom Petty take good news without a jab. Last week, the world learned that Sam Smith would pay Petty royalties from his song “Stay with…
Anti-Defamation League Urges Benjamin Netanyahu To Cancel Congress Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak before Congress on March 3, but there’s a growing chorus of voices calling on him to cancel the appearance. The latest…
Vatican Abuse Commission To Recommend Action Against Bishops
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Feb 7 (Reuters) – A commission advising Pope Francis on how to root out sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Catholic Church is…
SpongeBob SquarePants Answers 7 Big Questions And Debunks 1 Popular Theory
Are you ready, kids… for some answers? You might not know it, but actor Tom Kenny has been a big part of your childhood. Kenny is the voice of the…
10 States With The Worst Taxes For Average Americans
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Perfect Response When Asked About Women On The Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg dropped a truth bomb during a discussion at Georgetown University earlier this week. – Watch a video of her remarks above.
10 Cities Where Crime Is Soaring
This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St. The United States is becoming safer, with crime levels dropping nearly every year. Between 1991 and 2013, the U.S. violent crime…
Overture by Houthis to Ousted Officials
SANA, Yemen — Leaders of the Houthi rebels announced on Saturday that they had appointed four key ministers from the government they ousted to a national security committee. The move…
Oh, No, I Really Liked ‘Jupiter Ascending’
Channing Tatum boxes a flying dinosaur in “Jupiter Ascending,” a ridiculous and joyful moment in a movie full of ridiculous and joyful moments. The scene even has its own score…
John Mayer Throws Shade At Taylor Swift While Hosting ‘The Late Late Show’
John Mayer just threw some serious shade at ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift. – Just to complete the pop-star triangle, there’s still gossip going around of a strained relationship between Perry and…
Measles cases at Chicago-area day care center rise to 5
Health officials had said earlier in the week that two children under age 1 who attended the KinderCare Learning Center in Palatine, Illinois, tested positive for the measles, and tests…
China Seizes Toilet Paper Bearing Face Of Hong Kong’s Leader Leung Chun-ying
Authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and another 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according to an…
Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows to Elite New York Real Estate
On the 74th floor of the Time Warner Center, Condominium 74B was purchased in 2010 for $15.65 million by a secretive entity called 25CC ST74B L.L.C. It traces to the…
Would Sitting In A Fun Swing Make Your Stupid Meetings Less Boring?
It’s hard to imagine that any meeting using The King Arthur Round Table could be dull. Even if the people were dull, and the subject was dull. Read the whole…
Anguish in Argentina After Mysterious Murder of Prosecutor
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with leading Argentinian journalist Nelson Castro about the mysterious…
China Purges a Party’s Rolls (and Tissues)
BEIJING — The authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according…
Wegmans Ranked No. 1 For Company Reputation
People love Wegmans. – To determine the rankings in the Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study, evaluated annually for the last 16 years, Nielsen conducted an online survey in English of…
Kashkari rules out California Senate run
READ: Fiorina says it’s looking more likely she will run for president – But while Kashkari called his ascendance to the upper echelon of California Republican politics a “transformational moment,”…
Less Than Half Of The Money Pledged To Fight Ebola Reached Affected Countries Last Year
Nearly $2.9 billion has been pledged to help fight the Ebola outbreak since it swept West Africa last year, but a new study found a large discrepancy between the funds…
Joe Biden Stirs 2016 Speculation With Iowa Trip
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden will visit the early caucus state of Iowa next week, stirring speculation once again about the possibility of a presidential run in 2016. –…
Soldiers In Brian Williams’s Group Give Account Of 2003 Events
In the earliest days of the Iraq war, in March 2003, two convoys of helicopters left a base in Kuwait, flying toward Najaf and the front line. One convoy was…
Bloody Day In Baghdad As Blasts Kill Dozens
BAGHDAD — Explosions killed at least 36 people in Baghdad on Saturday, hours before the government planned to lift a nighttime curfew because of what officials had said was improved…
Time to close HIV’s racial disparities
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, being marked Saturday, is a good moment to reignite the conversation over a crisis that should have ended years ago. Despite representing only 13% of…
Adnan Syed Granted Opportunity For Appeal In ‘Serial’ Case
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Friday granted a leave for appeal in the case of Adnan Syed, the inmate at the center of the case in the popular…
Biden to Putin: Get out of Ukraine
READ: Merkel says Ukraine peace ‘uncertain’ after talks with Putin – Merkel is scheduled to visit Washington on Monday. The White House said she will meet with President Barack Obama…