Wednesday, January 16, 2013
CBS News
Manti Te'o says he's the victim of "girlfriend" hoaxCBS NewsSOUTH BEND, Ind. Notre Dame said Wednesday that a story about Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the ...
The nine craziest things about the Manti Te'o hoax storyUSA TODAYThere are dozens of crazy things associated with the Manti Te'o "hoax story," first reported by Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey of Deadspin.com. The first, of course, is the hoax itself: Contrary to national reports, Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, not ...
Yahoo! Sports
Eagles hire Chip Kelly as coachESPN"Chip Kelly will be an outstanding head coach for the Eagles," owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. "He has a brilliant football mind. He motivates his team with his actions as well as his words. He will be a great leader for us and will bring a ...
New Eagles Coach Chip Kelly faces big decision with Michael VickLos Angeles TimesJanuary 16, 2013, 1:38 p.m.. Chip Kelly will have a big decision to make when he begins to rebuild the Philadelphia Eagles: Is Michael Vick going to be his quarterback? It would seem that Vick is a model quarterback for the new coach's high-powered ...
ABC7Chicago.com
Comeback kids? Mark Sanford vs. Tiffany SixWashington Post (blog)By now you have surely guessed what I am talking about: Not the porn career of California teacher Stacie Halas, also known as “Tiffany Six.” Of course not. I meant former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's infamous rambling press conference in ...
Teacher Fired, Deemed 'Unfit To Teach' Due To Past As Porn Star 'Tiffany Six'MediaiteA California middle-school science teacher is officially out of a job today after a three-judge commission unanimously decided that her background in the adult film industry makes her “unfit to teach.” Stacie Halas, formerly known as “Tiffany Six,” was ...
NFL News
Who is Marc Trestman? Tina Fey knowsUSA TODAYWhen the Chicago Bears hired Marc Trestman as their new coach on Wednesday, lots of pro football fans asked, "Who?" They could have asked Tina Fey. She knew. Trestman's name was a punchline on her 30 Rock show a couple of years ago. How did the ...
Trestman gets high marks from 49ers bossChicago TribuneIf you believe former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., going from the Canadian Football League to the Bears for a head coach as smart as Marc Trestman requires no more adjustment than, say, switching from Molson to Goose Island for a beer connoisseur.
Northdallasgazette
Aaliyah reworked: 10 mashups to celebrate her birthdayLos Angeles TimesYou know the songs, tragically frozen in time after R&B singer Aaliyah's untimely death: "Try Again," "Are You That Somebody" and "We Need a Resolution." We've heard them, sung them aloud while cruising the city, romanced to them, danced to them.
Wired 25: The 25 Greatest Songs Sampling Aaliyah [LISTEN]Hip-Hop WiredOne of the most iconic voices and styles in entertainment, Aaliyah leaving this Earth entirely too early left an indelible mark on children who were young during her passing and have now grown to today's top artists. From Drake, J. Cole and Kendrick ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Christian Science Monitor
Frank Zamboni Honored With Playable Google DoodlePC MagazineGoogle has provided users with a new way to waste time today, thanks to an interactive homepage doodle in honor of entrepreneur Frank Zamboni. Anyone who has spent any time at an ice-skating rink has undoubtedly laid eyes on Zamboni's most ...
Google Doodle celebrates Frank Zamboni's ice-resurfacing machineLos Angeles TimesFrank Zamboni, the man who invented the hypnotic Zamboni ice resurfacing machine, was honored Wednesday with a playable Google Doodle. It would have been his 112th birthday. Zamboni invented his ice-resurfacing machine back in the 1940s, after ...
TIME
NRA president: Banning assault weapons won't do muchCBS News(CBS News) The National Rifle Association was consulted by Vice President Joe Biden's panel that President Barack Obama tasked with coming up with proposals to curb gun violence. On Wednesday, the NRA described its opposition to the president's new ...
White House Denounces Web Video By NRANew York TimesWASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association provoked a furious response from the White House on Wednesday by releasing a video accusing President Obama of being an “elitist” and a “hypocrite” because he opposes posting armed guards at schools, ...
MTV.com
50 Cent Saw Chief Keef's Legal Troubles ComingMTV.comNEW YORK — Chief Keef's probation violation didn't come as a big surprise to anyone, especially not collaborator and Interscope labelmate 50 Cent, who says he saw the trouble coming. "With Chief Keef, it's unfortunate to hear that he's actually locked ...
Chief Keef, Chicago rapper, facing jail for parole violationCBS NewsChicago rapper Chief Keef has been taken into custody after a juvenile court judge decided a video of him firing a semiautomatic rifle at a New York gun range was a violation of probation. The artist, real name Keith Cozart, was sentenced last year to ...
Zap2it.com (blog)
Brent Musburger moves on from Katherine Webb to Holly Rowe?Zap2it.com (blog)While signing off from a college basketball game Monday, the 73-year-old broadcaster mentioned his two broadcast partners, and it sounded like he said, "For Fran Franschilla and Holly Rowe, who was really smokin' tonight, I want to say so long from ...
Brent Musburger says Holly Rowe 'is really smokin'' -- or does he?Los Angeles TimesBut as he was signing off, Musburger seemed to get a bit girl crazy again when he said what sounded like, "For Fran Franschilla and Holly Rowe, who was really smokin' tonight, I want to say so long from Lawrence." While it's possible that Musburger ...
Monday, January 14, 2013
ABC News
Oprah: Lance Armstrong confessesESPNArmstrong confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, just a couple of hours after a wrenching apology to staff at the Livestrong charity he founded and has now been forced to surrender.
Lance Armstrong may not be done confessing.ABC NewsHis interview with Oprah Winfrey hasn't aired yet, but already some people want to hear more — under oath — before Armstrong is allowed to compete in elite triathlons, a sport he returned to after retiring from cycling in 2011. In addition to ...
Enstarz
Sandy Hook was a tragedy, not a hoaxThe Daily Tar HeelEvery time I read yet another Facebook comment or distastefully written tweet claiming the Sandy Hook tragedy was a hoax, my stomach turns. I am from Connecticut, fifteen minutes down the road from Sandy Hook and Newtown, and this tragedy has shaken ...
Sandy Hook Conspiracy Video: 'Truthers' Allege Newton Shooting is a HoaxEnstarz14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., a conspiracy theorist group called the Sandy Hook truther movement continues to be vocal about its claims of an apparent hoax to the dismay of many. According to Gawker, an unknown ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia
Amber Alert startles thousands of Florida smartphone usersSun-SentinelOn Jan. 1, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children joined the network and now sends out the Amber Alerts to wireless phones nationwide. It was the first time such an alert was sent out in Florida, said the center's program manager, Bob ...
Amber Alert Text 1st of Its Kind in Pa.NBC 10 PhiladelphiaMinutes after the Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert for an abducted 5-year-old Philadelphia girl Monday night, a special message was sent to cell phones in the area telling residents to be on the lookout. The first of its kind to be ...
Business Insider
Gene Rosen, Sandy Hook Hero, Harassed By Conspiracy Theorists Who Claim ...Huffington PostA good Samaritan who harbored six terrified survivors of the Sandy Hook massacre has been singled out by conspiracy theorists accusing him of being a liar and an actor. On the morning of the shooting, Gene Rosen of Newtown, Conn., was feeding his cats ...
Behind the 'Sandy Hook Truther' Conspiracy Video That Five Million People ...GawkerBehind the 'Sandy Hook Truther' Conspiracy Video That Five Million People Have Watched in "This is a simple, logical video," the text on the screen reads. "No aliens, holigrams, rituals or anything like that, just facts." (All sic.) There's some light ...
Lexington Herald Leader
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday In Chicago: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Otis Moss Jr ...Huffington PostCHICAGO -- On what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 84th birthday, political and faith leaders gathered on the University of Illinois-Chicago campus on Tuesday to honor the civil rights pioneer's legacy and to discuss what King would have made ...
What's Open, What's Closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in JohnstonPatch.comThe second of the official holidays of 2013 is coming up next week as the nation pauses to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., a clergyman and activist best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil ...
New York Daily News
Stuart Scott: 'Trying to stay alive for my daughters'USA TODAYPut aside whatever you might think of ESPN's Stuart Scott as a sports TV announcer and listen to this person. "I'm not going to lie, it's scary. It's a very scary thing," Scott told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday about a recurrence of cancer. "The ...
ESPN anchor Stuart Scott says cancer has returnedSI.com(AP) -- ESPN anchor Stuart Scott says his cancer has returned. Scott announced on Twitter late Monday night that he would undergo chemotherapy every two weeks but would continue to work. The SportsCenter host was first diagnosed with cancer in 2007, ...
New York Daily News
Natalie Wood may have been attacked before drowning death: reportNew York Daily NewsA new review of Natalie Wood's death suggests that the late actress may have been assaulted before she drowned. Bruises on the three-time Oscar nominee's wrists, knees and ankles could have been sustained prior to her "entry into the water," according ...
Family of Natalie Wood saddened by new death reportFox NewsOn Monday, the Los Angeles Coroner's Office released a new report about the mysterious death of the three-time Oscar-nominated actress Natalie Wood, evoking fresh emotions for those who were closest to the actress. “It is all very sad and painful for ...
Newsday (subscription)
Anna Kendrick's racy Ryan Gosling confessionNewsday (subscription)Anna Kendrick will "never" see a Ryan Gosling movie in theaters again, she said Monday. It's not that she isn't a fan of the heartthrob. Rather, Kendrick is such a huge fan, she just can't help engaging in a little self-love while watching Gosling on ...
Anna Kendrick gets Twitter love for Gosling-inspired self-loveYahoo's The Projector (blog)Anna Kendrick at Comic-Con Kendrick at Comic-Con in July (Photo: Jordan Straus/Invision/AP)Perhaps inspired by her lookalike celebrity Tina Fey -- who laid down the awards show host gauntlet at Sunday night's Golden Globes -- Anna Kendrick took to ...
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