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Nasty brawl breaks out at small town board meeting
A fight broke out at a Hymera, Indiana board meeting to replace the town marshal. The board voted 2-to-1 to replace former Marshal Darrick Cullison with Daryl McCullough. Shortly after that vote, Cullison and another man lunged at McCullough. Since … Continue reading
Ted the cat can’t pick up his Christmas mail because he doesn’t have ID
Ted Maher-Kirk has an advent calendar waiting for him at the post office. Unfortunately, he can’t pick it up, because he is a cat. Ted’s owner, Brittany Maher-Kirk, missed a postal delivery from her mother containing the holiday gift. As … Continue reading
68 local gifts for the most unique people in your life
Every year has its most popular gifts, along with the usual holiday staples. But it isn’t terribly special to give or receive the latest tech gadget or stereotypical sweater. If you are looking for something special, Yelp’s community managers compiled … Continue reading
Xbox bundles are $50 off through the rest of the holiday season
Black Friday may be long past, but Microsoft doesn’t seem done discounting its flagship video game console this year. All Xbox One bundles are $50 off for the rest of the holiday shopping season, reducing the price of 12 available … Continue reading
Pharma villain Martin Shkreli is mystery buyer of rare Wu-Tang album
The mystery buyer of Wu-Tang’s latest album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, of which there is only one known copy, is none other than Martin Shkreli, the controversial pharmaceutical executive who raised the price of a key drug 5,000%. … Continue reading
Adele’s ’25′ is iTunes’ best-selling album of 2015, naturally
Who else but Adele could top this year’s best-selling albums list on iTunes? The singer’s massively successful third album, 25, was iTunes’ top-selling album of the year. It’s an artistic phenomenon, on track to sell a record-breaking 5 million copies … Continue reading
8-year-old burn victim just wants holiday cards for Christmas this year
Safyre Terry doesn’t want a pile of toys for Christmas like most 8-year-olds her age. She just wants enough Christmas cards to fill her aunt’s tree In 2013, Safyre was involved in an arson fire that killed her father, 3-year-old … Continue reading
People will think you’re a jerk if you end texts with a period, scientific study finds
Brevity may be the soul of wit when it comes to texting, but punctuation is key No one likes receiving a text with a period attached to the end, according to a new scientific study. Sure, it might be grammatically … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg’s paternity leave hobbies are posting cute baby pictures and jumping into Facebook comments
You know what’s cool? $45 billion. You know what’s really cool? Changing diapers and not going in to the office. During the first week of his paternity leave, Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted pictures of his adorable … Continue reading
The streets of 1970s New York City: A decade of urban decay
1970 “South Bronx.” Image: Camilo José Vergara/Library of Congress Born in Santiago, Chile in 1944, Camilo José Vergara studied sociology at Notre Dame, and moved to New York in 1968 There, he became a prolific street photographer in his spare … Continue reading
