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Doll Pulled as Racially Insensitive

Costco is pulling some "Cuddle With Me" baby dolls from its store shelves because some people find the dolls offensive. The chain is apologizing for stocking the dolls that some customers have said are racially insensitive. A stockpile of "Cuddle With Me" baby dolls that used to be sold in Costco stores now sit in the back of stores labeled "Do Not Sell." They will be shipped back to the vendor. The brown-skinned doll is surrounded by monkeys, and wears a hat labeled 'lil mo… Continue

Added by Freeland on August 18, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Lisa Marie Presley defends Scientology

Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow. Presley's MySpace blog on Tuesday read: "I am writing this because I have noticed that for the most part, people and the me… Continue

Added by Freeland on January 6, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Brainwashed America

Is someone brainwashing America? We think that it’s fairly obvious that this is happening. Americans are told what to wear, what to eat, what to drive, how to act, and are kept oblivious to what its government is doing outside its borders. It becomes quite mind boggling when… Continue

Added by Freeland on January 6, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

NEW YEAR, NEW RANDOMNESS: Mariah Carey paid $1 million to perform on New Year's day!

"Libyan strongman Moammar Khadafy's son Saif insists on the best. We hear Saif paid Mariah Carey a small fortune to perform at his New Year's Eve party on St. Bart's. One spy says Carey's three or four songs at the Nikki Beach Club set Saif back about $1 million. Moammar's secon… Continue

Added by Freeland on January 4, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

$300 Billion In Tax Cuts

President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are working on a plan that would deliver $300 billion worth of tax cuts to individuals and businesses, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposed tax cuts, which would make up about 40 percent of the economic st… Continue

Added by Freeland on January 4, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Shocking: Man Admits to Imprisoning his Daughter and Fathering 7 of her kids

According to the NY Post: AMSTETTEN, Austria - A man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cell with a soundproofed door and fathering seven chi… Continue

Added by Freeland on October 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Who should doctors let die in a pandemic?

Which color gets stuck on your paperwork?

Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.

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Added by Freeland on September 4, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Man Allegedly Pimped His Teenage Bride

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Sheriff's deputies in Ash Fork say a 51-year-old man married a teenage girl and then invited other men to have sex with her while he took photographs.

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Added by Freeland on August 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades

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Added by Freeland on July 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Teacher Assaulted in Classroom Then Video Posted on MySpace

In Baltimore, Reginald F. Lewis High School teacher Jolita Berry (pictured) told a student to sit down after which the student attacked her, repeatedly hitting her while the student's friends cheered her on. In the cell phone camera video, Berry is on the bottom… Continue

Added by Freeland on July 6, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Teacher Has Sex with Student to Help Overcome His "Shyness"

Stephanie Ragusa, 28, above, broke her foot and was confined to a wheel chair in 2006, and the boy was assigned to escort her around the school. Ragusa told the boy that she noticed he was "shy and she could break him of that," a search warra… Continue

Added by Freeland on July 6, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

1 in 5 Iraq, Afghanistan vets suffer PTSD

Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan — 300,000 in all — report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have soug

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Added by Freeland on June 16, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

41 year old teacher charged with Improper Relationship with student

What a great way to start off the week with--surprise--another female teacher sex scandal! This time it's allegedly a 41-year-old teacher from Huntington, Texas. Melissa Beth Williams, a teacher at PRIDE alternative school in Huntington, Texas, has been accused of having sexual contact… Continue

Added by Freeland on June 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Rachael Ann Wilson - Woman tries to Sneak 15 pounds of Marijuana Onto An Airplane

Rachael Ann Wilson, a 29 year old Sacramento, California resident was arrested after trying to sneak fifteen pounds of marijuana onto a plane bound… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 26, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Teen Poisons Mother After Mom Takes Away Cell Phone

Christina Shehow, a 16 year old Pasco High School student has been arrested and charged with aggravated domestic violence for allegedly poisoning her mother. Pasco, Fl… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 11, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Pope: America Owes Debt To Blacks, Indians

The pontiff’s six-day visit to the United States was his first

At a time when the United States is engaged in a series of candid, and sometimes explosive, discussions about race, Pope Benedict XVI reminded America that it has a ways to go before honoring its promise to Blacks and Native… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Three Teens Beat Good Samaritan Who Tried Protect Woman At McDonald's Drive Thru

Three punks beat a man, Dan Bucchi who tried to stop them from harassing a woman in a McDonald's restaurant drive thru. The 49 year old Bucchi tried to be a good S… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 6, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Shocking: 12 Year Old Girl dies from Overdose

According to the NY Post: May 2, 2008 -- A 12-year-old girl in Yonkers died of a methadone overdose after taking pills she bought from a 15-year-old boy, authorities said. The boy has been charged as a juvenile with criminally negligent homicide, criminal sale of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child, his lawyer… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 2, 2008 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Man Accused Of Trying To Cash A Check For 360,000,000,000

A man has been accused of attempting to pass a $360 billion check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend’s mother to start a record business, Fort Worth police said. Charles Ray Fuller Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, was arrested on April 22 on an accusation of forgery, police said. Police responded to a report of… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 2, 2008 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Married?

A source close to Nick Cannon has confirmed exclusively to Latina.com that Cannon and Mariah Carey are married! The couple wed yesterday, April 30, in a small ceremony on an island and it was "very implusive," according to our source. The wedding was attended by a few close friends of the couple, including Da Brat. Details forthcoming,… Continue

Added by Freeland on May 2, 2008 at 6:57pm — No Comments