The Playboy Mansion is up for sale, but longtime resident Hugh Heffner wants to stay put. Playboy Enterprise announced the West Los Angeles estate, the backdrop of many film shoots and wild parties, was listed on Monday for $200 million. The 5-acre property features 29 rooms, a game house, home… Read More
The newest cars being released for 2016
Automakers plan to debut 45 new vehicles at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which opens to the public Jan. 16. Here are some of the buzz-worthy new cars and trucks at the show. MERCEDES E-CLASS The tenth generation of the midsize E-Class sedan borrows the elongated… Read More
Powerball reaches staggering $1.3 BILLION
Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be. Lottery officials say the prize has swelled to an estimated $1.3 billion — the world’s largest. Ever. “Biggest jackpot in the history of the world. Absolutely confirmed,” Texas Lottery executive director Gary Grief said. The jackpot is so big… Read More
Golden Globes – The big winners and big losers
Alejandro Inarritu’s “The Revenant” won awards in the drama category for best picture and best actor for star Leonardo DiCaprio, who seems to be on a path to an Oscar for his portrayal of the 1820s fur trapper Hugh Glass. Inarritu, whose “Birdman” swept the Oscars last year, also beat… Read More
World mourns following death of music legend
David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a new album. Bowie, whose hits included “Fame,” ”Heroes” and “Let’s Dance,” died… Read More
7 great pictures give a look inside the rigorous 2016 campaign trail
Less than a month to go before early voting begins. From Iowa to New Hampshire — on the air, on the bus and on the stump — candidates vying to become America’s next president roared out of the holidays in full force this week. Here are a collection of photos… Read More
Terror in America! 2 refugees arrested in ISIS plot
Authorities said that two terrorist fighters, living in the United States as refugees that passed through the Obama administration vetting process, were arrested on terrorism-related charges last week. The men were discovered to have ties to the Islamic State, including a refugee from Syria who is charged with lying to… Read More
Notorious Mexican gangster “El Chapo” captured
Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was recaptured seven months after he escaped from a maximum security prison, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday. An official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted by name said Guzman was apprehended after a… Read More
Man shows up in traffic court. “You got bigger problems than this,” says Judge
“You got bigger problems than this.” That was the message District Judge Eugene Ricciardi had for a man as he dismissed his traffic ticket. The man was then charged with robbing a Pittsburgh bank, caught after he showed up to fight the aforementioned traffic ticket in court. KDKA-TV reports 23-year-old… Read More
As expected, Obama vetoes health care repeal
Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation to repeal his health care law, saying the measure “would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care in America.” Republican lawmakers have pushed many repeal measures since 2010, when Obama signed the health care… Read More