Former ‘Top Chef: Just Desserts’ Finalist Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
October 25, 2011 No Comment
No amount of fondant can cover up the crimes of former Top Chef: Just Desserts finalist Morgan Wilson, who was recently indicted on three counts of possession with the intent to distribute child pornography. Wilson was arrested less than a month after the Just Desserts season one finale aired in December 2010. He was arrested
Continue reading …Tuesday’s links are afraid of ghost stories and poor punctuation. Passing Punctuation: Grammar freaks, prepare yourselves. This article predicts the apostrophe is going the way of the dodo. (Wall Street Journal) Manual for Rage: Angry about something? Anything at all? We’ve got the guide for who to blame. (TIME Ideas) Occupy Street Art: Banksy made
Continue reading …Sony is making a Steve Jobs movie based on the biography by Walter Isaacson, and none other than Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin is being courted to write it, the Los Angeles Times reports. A source says Sorkin is considering the idea, but neither Sorkin nor Sony gave an official…
Continue reading …Wounded Syrian protesters would be well-advised to avoid state-run hospitals—because security forces and medical staff are torturing people within them, Amnesty International alleges in a new report. “Syrian authorities seem to have given the security forces a free rein in hospitals,” one Amnesty researcher said, according to the Guardian…
Continue reading …Michael Lohan was arrested just after 1am today on suspicion of domestic violence charges, and is currently cooling his heels in a Tampa jail, TMZ reports. Police confirm that the reported fight was between Lohan and none other than Kate Major, who also accused him of abuse last year (and…
Continue reading …With trust in government at an all-time low and independent voters identifying with Republicans over Democrats by a two-to-one margin, it’s “suicide” for President Obama to try being a partisan fighter, writes David Brooks in the New York Times . Obama was elected to be a conciliator, not a fighter, and…
Continue reading …Maine Man’s Car Logs One Million Miles, Equivalent to Driving Around Earth 40 Times
October 25, 2011 No CommentTalk about going the distance. A Maine man’s 1990 Honda Accord has topped 1 million miles – a first for the Japanese carmaker’s famous model, according to the Portland Press Herald. Honda honored owner Joe LoCicero, 53, from the town of Norway, with a surprise party in Saco Oct. 23 and gave him a new
Continue reading …Everyone’s favorite child bride Courtney Stodden was just trying to have some “innocent fall fun” at a pumpkin patch with her hubby this weekend when a bunch of “Halloween scrooges” got them kicked out, Anderson Cooper complained last night on the Ridiculist . “She had no other choice but to walk…
Continue reading …The US first caught wind of Iran’s alleged plan to assassinate a Saudi diplomat when Manssor Arbabsiar contacted Mexico’s Zeta cartel to do the deed—and wound up talking to a DEA agent. But that DEA agent wasn’t specifically targeting Arbabsiar—he was just one of several spies the DEA…
Continue reading …The scenic shores of Hawaii are bracing for a surge of waves, but not of water. Up to 20 million tons of debris from last spring’s catastrophic tsunami in Japan is heading toward Hawaii, and is expected to reach the U.S. coast by 2014, scientists say. A University of Hawaii research team said the floating
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