Jeremy Stefan Megroz, 40, peacefully passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 in his home with his wife at his side. In April 2008 Megroz was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gherig’s). His courageous journey came to an end 3 1/2 years after his diagnosis.
Continue reading …Jeremy Stefan Megroz, 40, peacefully passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 in his home with his wife at his side. In April 2008 Megroz was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gherig’s). His courageous journey came to an end 3 1/2 years after his diagnosis.
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Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue). Stewart speak: “newzak” In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, satirical social commentator Jon Stewart described the 24-hour news cycle’s potential for becoming “newzak,” the
Continue reading …The actor who played Dr. Evil’s shoe-throwing sidekick in the first Austin Powers movie is suspected of killing his prison cellmate. Joseph Son, 40, is the prime suspect in the murder of a 50-year-old sex offender, with whom Son shared a cell at Wasco State Prison in central California. Korean-born Son played henchman “Random Task,”
Continue reading …College radio has long been integral to the music industry, the launchpad to mainstream recognition for struggling artists and independent bands. We have college DJs to thank for the emergence of an excess of rock fixtures including the recently disbanded R.E.M., Talking Heads, The Smiths and The Replacements. But that longstanding tradition of providing Americans
Continue reading …Fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has landed in hot water after a scathing letter points out its (potentially illegal) fascination with all things Navajo. Earlier this week, Sasha Houston Brown of Minneapolis published an open letter to the company’s CEO as a guest contributor on the blog Racialicious. Brown posits that the frequent use of “Navajo”
Continue reading …It’s been around the block a few times. But that didn’t put the brakes on an auction for the world’s oldest car, where bidding closed at a staggering $4.6 million last week. A steam-powered automobile, billed as the oldest-operable car in the world, fetched more than twice its estimated price at the RM Auctions house in
Continue reading …It’s been around the block a few times. But that didn’t put the brakes on an auction for the world’s oldest car, where bidding closed at a staggering $4.6 million last week. A steam-powered automobile, billed as the oldest-operable car in the world, fetched more than twice its estimated price at the RM Auctions house in
Continue reading …Runners, consider this your warning: This is bound to aggravate you. A man who placed third in the U.K. Kielder Marathon has confessed to taking a bus to the finish line from the 20-mile mark, the Telegraph reports. Rob Sloan, 31, completed 26.2 miles in 2:51:00, but suspicions surfaced including witnesses reportedly seeing him hide
Continue reading …Runners, consider this your warning: This is bound to aggravate you. A man who placed third in the U.K. Kielder Marathon has confessed to taking a bus to the finish line from the 20-mile mark, the Telegraph reports. Rob Sloan, 31, completed 26.2 miles in 2:51:00, but suspicions surfaced including witnesses reportedly seeing him hide
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