It would probably be fine with Yankees brass if Derek Jeter takes all season to reach 3,000 hits. Ticket sales and prices on the secondary market have skyrocketed in anticipation of the shortstop reaching the milestone, which he should do any day now. Tickets that fetched $80 last week…
Continue reading …Some quick reactions to Facebook’s announcement about incorporating video calling from Skype into the site: Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo : “By integrating video calling directly into the Facebook experience they’re able to drop this technology directly into the mainstream. You thought getting Friend Requests from your parents was a hassle? Then you’re…
Continue reading …Score another one for the sharks: The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its coastal waters, becoming the second Caribbean nation to institute a ban in the past month, the Washington Post reports. It is now illegal to fish for sharks in 240,000 square miles of water surrounding the…
Continue reading …Doctors are performing too many angioplasty procedures on patients who haven’t had heart attacks, according to a new study. Around 600,000 angioplasties are performed each year, of which roughly 70% are performed on heart attack victims. Those are fine, the study concludes, but of the rest, 38% were deemed…
Continue reading …Accused Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger pled not guilty to a 32-count federal indictment alleging he participated in 19 murders. At a district court in Plymouth County, he proclaimed his innocence in a “clear” and “soft” voice that was barely above a whisper, reports the Boston Globe . His two brothers…
Continue reading …The government shutdown in Minnesota has claimed an unexpected casualty—state parks. Vandals ransacked buildings and burglarized parks over the holiday weekend, reports the Star Tribune . The most severe damage was done at a park east of the Twin Cities, where 12 people were arrested for allegedly breaking into camper…
Continue reading …Eliot Spitzer is being forced out again —this time from his TV show. CNN has canceled In The Arena and will fill its 8pm time slot with Anderson Cooper’s AC360 , reports the Huffington Post . In The Arena was itself a replacement for Parker Spitzer , which the former New York governor…
Continue reading …Natalie Portman has been very secretive about the birth of her first son in June, but several different sources, including Perez Hilton , are now reporting that the kid’s name is … Alef. Though not confirmed, Alef is a pretty good bet: It’s the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and means…
Continue reading …Maybe we’ll find out what happened when the movie comes out. When Casey Anthony walks out of jail— as soon as tomorrow if Judge Belvin Perry releases her based on time served—she’s free to take her story to the bank with interviews, book deals, and film offers, reports CNN…
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