“Looming penalties for homosexuality, adultery and other sharia-law crimes in the oil-rich nation of Brunei sparked a protest Monday in front of the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel and are expected to draw formal condemnation from the City Council. The Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air are part of the …
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Drunk PayPal Exec Hilariously Tweets His Way Out Of A Job
“Less than two months after getting hired to be PayPal’s new director of strategy, Rakesh “Rocky” Agrawal took to Twitter to insult some of his fellow employees. His tweets started at about 1 a.m. and contained numerous spelling errors. Within hours, PayPal said he was no longer at the company. …
Read More »Employees Flee Armed Men, But They Just Wanted Burgers
“Open carry firearm demonstrators are complaining that police treated them like criminals Thursday night as the group staged a protest with their guns. An email from Sgt. Ray Bush, with the Fort Worth Police Department, said Jack in the Box employees at the South Freeway location on Sycamore School Road, …
Read More »Occupy Protester Convicted For Elbowing A Cop
“A trial that had become a rallying point for many Occupy Wall Street activists ended on Monday with a jury finding a protester guilty of assaulting a police officer at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan in 2012. A jury of eight women and four men took less than three hours to …
Read More »Oil Spills Are Good For Us According To One Oil Company
“Kinder Morgan argued oil spills “can have both positive and negative effects on local and regional economies,” because of the economic benefits brought on by clean-up efforts. “Spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities for affected communities, regions, and clean-up service providers,” the report reads.” Read more from …
Read More »You’d Be In Cuffs Too If Your 14-Year-Old Brought Home This Book
“A Gilford, New Hampshire father is in trouble with the law after he complained to school board members about a controversial book. “This is stunning that this is what it takes to get arrested,” said William Baer. His 14-year-old daughter was assigned to read the book called “19 Minutes” by …
Read More »Fox News Challenges Rick Santorum On Same-Sex Marriage
“Former Senator Rick Santorum stopped by Fox News where he emphasized that there is less poverty for families with stable married relationships. Host Neil Cavuto pressed Santorum three separate times whether his argument extends to same-sex couples raising children, but each time, Santorum evaded the question. Though he maintained his …
Read More »Americans Try McDonald’s For The First Time
We found Americans who have never had McDonald’s and asked them to try it for the first time ever on-camera. “I hope my parents don’t watch this.” Post to Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ijZjvE Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Post to Twitter: http://bit.ly/1ijZmHQ The fast food virgins tried the McDonald’s Big Mac and …
Read More »What’s the future of Xbox at Microsoft? 90 Seconds on The Verge
Do you smell what the Xbox is cooking? Do you smell what the web developers at Microsoft are coding? Do you smell what Bill Gates is cooking? He’s making a tuna noodle casserole. Do you smell what Satya Nadella is working on? Do you smell what The Rock is playing …
Read More »Climate Impacts, Public Prayer, Benghazi Inquiry & Clitoral Celebration | TYT140 (May 6, 2014)
TYT140 – A Lot of News in a Little Time Top stories for May 6, 2014: – Government report shows climate change effects are already here (full story here: http://ow.ly/wyeHS) – Supreme Court OKs public prayer before town council meetings (full story here: http://ow.ly/wyeBt) – Massachusetts health care law drives …
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