In California, inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming pastors, drug counselors or youth advocates. For Walter “Earlonne” Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. Jerry Brown… Read More
Jaw dropping! Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper living… WHERE!?
A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart is living several blocks from a Salt Lake City elementary school following her release from prison in September, according to Utah’s sex-offender registry. Wanda Barzee, 73, is listed in the registry as living in an apartment near the school after her initial placement… Read More
Ivanka Trump plans MAJOR women’s initiative (Media TOTALLY silent)
Ivanka Trump is set to launch a White House effort aimed at women’s global economic empowerment in early 2019. And, of course, she’s getting zero credit from the media or women’s groups. A formal launch for the initiative was planned for next week but has been postponed amid uncertainty about… Read More
The dark (and GROSS) side of the government shutdown
Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to overwhelm some of the West’s iconic national parks, as a partial government shutdown left the areas open to visitors but with little staff on duty. “It’s a free-for-all,” Dakota Snider, 24, who lives and… Read More
Those minimum wage hikes? Guess who’s paying for them
At Granny Shaffer’s restaurant in Joplin, Missouri, owner Mike Wiggins is reprinting the menus to reflect the 5, 10 or 20 cents added to each item. A two-egg breakfast will cost an extra dime, at $7.39. The price of a three-piece fried chicken dinner will go up 20 cents, to… Read More
NASA planning historic (and COLD!) New Year’s mission
A tiny, icy world a billion miles beyond Pluto is getting a New Year’s Day visitor. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly past a mysterious object nicknamed Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. It will become the most distant world ever explored by humankind. The flyby comes 3½… Read More
THIS big U.S. state’s song is going to be…
Montana has a state song, a state ballad and a state lullaby. And, for goodness sake, Democratic Rep. Jacob Bachmeier of Havre would like to see the 2019 Legislature declare the “Hippy Hippy Shake” Montana’s official rock and roll song. It was written in 1959 by Chan Romero when he… Read More
2019 New Year’s Eve crystal ball revealed (pics)
Snoop Dogg, Sting and Christina Aguilera will welcome 2019 in a packed Times Square Monday along with revelers from around the world who come to see the traditional crystal ball drop, fireworks and a blizzard of confetti. Spectators are expected to start assembling in early afternoon for the made-for-TV extravaganza…. Read More
There’s a new bid to save Sears… but will it work?
A hedge fund run by Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert said it submitted a last-minute bid Friday to keep the struggling retailer from being liquidated. The bid, valued at $4.4 billion, still needs to be approved. A court date is scheduled for the middle of January. Transform Holdco LLC, an affiliate… Read More
State forces “non-PC” Christian business to close
In a shocking strong-arm tactic, the state of Oregon fined Christian cake designers Aaron and Melissa Klein out of business. The “Sweet Cakes by Melissa” owners were slapped with a fine of $135,000 for turning down a demand to design an cake celebrating lesbianism. The two passed on the idea… Read More