A Dallas woman is challenging allegations that she caused at least $300,000 in damage to a prominent Houston attorney’s art collection at the end of their first date. Lindy Lou Layman appeared in a Houston courtroom Tuesday after being charged with felony criminal mischief for the Dec. 23 incident in the home of attorney Tony […]
Trump is making a MAJOR change (Obama refused to act!)
by Kylie Handler, editor The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be taking some major reductions under President Donald Trump’s administration — and it will save American taxpayers millions of dollars every year. Trump has made it his mission to reduce the bloated bureaucratic waste in Washington, D.C. — and he is starting by downsizing the […]
Bernie Sanders’ wife headed to JAIL!?
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has an ambitious wife — and it could land her in jail. Jane O’Meara Sanders is the former president of Burlington College. She was hired in 2004 and claimed herself to be a “turnaround president.” Ironically, though, she only turned the college into the ground. Her plan to expand the campus […]
Liberal billionaire will spend $30 million to stop Trump in 2018
Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer says he will spend $30 million to get young voters to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections. Steyer is a former hedge fund manager who has invested some of his wealth into an array of political causes, most notably fighting climate change. Forbes estimates his wealth at $1.6 billion. […]
U.S. has record high bill for disasters
With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion. The U.S. had 16 disasters last year with damage exceeding a billion dollars, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. That ties 2011 for the number of billion-dollar disasters, […]
Stolen jewelry from Venice included… WHAT!?
One was a delicate, tasseled pendant, featuring a flawless 10-carat diamond surrounded by a ring of rubies and diamonds. The other was simpler but no less gorgeous: two pear-shaped 30.2-carat diamond earrings surrounded by smaller, irregular-cut diamonds suspended like starbursts. The Al Thani Collection on Friday revealed details of the precious jewels stolen Wednesday from […]
How much is a penny actually worth? (surprising!)
When is a penny worth $300,000? When it’s one of the first copper coins struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, in 1793. The annual Florida United Numismatists (FUN) convention was held in Tampa this week. It’s considered one of the five largest coin and currency collectors’ shows in the nation, experts say, and three […]
Is your cable bill rising? Here’s why…
Cable and satellite TV providers are ringing in the new year with an unwelcomed gift: higher cable bills. Comcast, for instance, says customer bills will rise 2.2 percent, on average, in 2018. AT&T is raising DirecTV’s prices by up to $8 a month in mid-January. Smaller providers are planning increases, too. Over the past decade, […]
Dow reaches new high AGAIN in 2018
The Dow Jones industrial average is trading above 25,000 points for the first time Thursday, just five weeks since its first close above 24,000. The Dow broke through five 1,000-point barriers in 2017, on its way to a 25 percent gain for the year, as an eight-year rally since the Great Recession continued to confound […]
Jewel thieves pull off insane museum heist
Thieves have stolen precious Indian jewels from the famed Al Thani Collection that were on exhibit at Venice’s Doge’s Palace — right in the middle of the show. News reports say the thieves grabbed a golden, jeweled brooch and a pair of earrings Wednesday and escaped by blending in with the crowd. They’d studied the […]
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