Producers of spirits have new bragging rights in the age-old whiskey vs. beer barroom debate. New figures show that spirits surpassed beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, based on supplier revenues, a spirit industry group announced Thursday. Sponsored: Where Should We Mail Your Book? The rise to the top for spirit-makers… Read More
One year after ‘Crypto Bowl,’ crypto ads vanish from big game
How the mighty have fallen. Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with commercials from a handful of newcomers to advertising’s biggest stage: FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro. Some marketing experts dubbed it the “Crypto Bowl.” How people achieved an average 123/77 blood pressure in just 28… Read More
College students take class on dancing like Rockette
Rhapsody Stiggers has been dancing since she was 2, but the 20-year-old college junior has never taken a dance class quite as challenging as the one she’s in now. She is one of 38 students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee enrolled in the first for-credit college dance class taught… Read More
California movie producer gets 5 years for prostitution
A California movie producer was sentenced in New York City to the maximum five years in prison Thursday after he admitted operating a high-end prostitution service for seven years, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties in the U.S. and abroad. Dillon Jordan, of… Read More
Top Dem congresswoman beaten in elevator
District of Columbia police said Thursday night that they had arrested a suspect in an assault on Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota. Craig was assaulted in the elevator in her Washington apartment building around 7:10 a.m., police said, but the assailant fled when she defended herself. Sponsored: Clear your… Read More
Disney to cut 7,000 jobs amid company ‘transformation’
The Walt Disney Co. will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced Wednesday by CEO Bob Iger. The job cuts amount to about 3% of the entertainment giant’s global workforce and were unveiled after Disney reported quarterly results that topped Wall… Read More
SpaceX ignites giant Starship rocket in critical test
SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad on Thursday. Thirty-one of the 33 first-stage booster engines ignited simultaneously for about 10 seconds in south Texas. The team turned off one engine before sending the firing… Read More
Celebs tout ‘brutal’ ice baths, but science on benefits is lukewarm
The coolest thing on social media these days may be celebrities and regular folks plunging into frigid water or taking ice baths. The touted benefits include improved mood, more energy, weight loss and reduced inflammation, but the science supporting some of those claims is lukewarm. Sponsored: Bezos & Musk investing… Read More
California’s missing ‘Dennis the Menace’ statue found in lake
Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake. Sponsored: Biden to Replace US Dollar? “Today is a happy day!” Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said Wednesday at… Read More
Entire city council quit Dems, join Republicans
New Jersey may be considered a blue state at the presidential level, but the GOP remains competitive. And it just got a big boost. In East Hanover township, Mayor Joseph Pannullo left the Democrat Party to join the GOP… and so did all four members of the township council. DISTURBING:… Read More
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