To Honor Hillary Clinton’s Last Day as Secretary of State: A Folger’s Coffee Commercial
Just a bit of historical context for her achievements.
Monthly Archive: January 2013
John Kerry is Your New Secretary of State
After 28 years in the Senate, he’s now America’s point man for foreign affairs.
Is This Man Suffering From Chronic Depression?
British writers take a fresh (and cynical) look at the cast of Pride and Prejudice.
Randy Quaid v. Hollywood Star-Wackers, Round 3
Actor Randy Quaid has lost his bid for permanent residency status in Canada, where he’s been since 2010, hiding from the “Hollywood Star-Wackers” who are out to get him.
JonBenet Ramsey Update: Grand Jury Voted to Indict Her Parents in 1999
A grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey, say reports, but the district attorney decided not to follow through.
Queen Beatrix Biography
The Queen is abdicating, as her mother and grandmother did before her. We’ve got the story on her life and career.
Princess Diana Photo, Once Banned, Sells for $18,306
The not-quite-risque photo couldn’t be published in 1981.
Donald Hornig, Who Baby-Sat the A-Bomb, Is Dead at 92
He was the last person to lay eyes on the original atomic bomb before it was detonated in 1945.
You Get One Phone Call from Prison, Charlie Brown
The arrest story of Peter “Charlie Brown” Robbins gets a little crazier.
President Bush: My Truck For Your Missing Limbs
Former President George W. Bush’s truck was sold at a charity auction this week for $300,000. Hey! That would buy about 30 prosthetic limbs for the (American) survivors of the war he started!
Pyongyang Rocks Not Quite Like a Pendulum Do
Google’s Eric Schmidt leads a delegation to the strange little world of North Korea.
You’ve Been Handcuffed at the Mexican Border and Charged With Stalking, Charlie Brown
Not-so-good grief: The actor who voiced Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas has been arrested and charged with felonies including stalking and making death threats.
‘Good Job, Dad. You Didn’t Mess Up.’
With his hand on the family Bible, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office for his second term.
Sunita Williams Gives You A Tour of the International Space Station
The former commander takes you on a spin around the floating space platform.
Lance Armstrong: Five Other Shocking Things He Admits in His Oprah Interview
It’s a lot more than doping.
Picasso Vandal Update
Uriel Landeros, the man who defaced a Picasso painting in Houston, will stay in jail, held on a $500,000 bond because he’s a flight risk.
Ten Instagrams to Follow
See our gallery of ten Instagram accounts worth seeing.
Natalie Wood’s Undetermined Death
The Los Angeles coroner has officially changed Natalie Wood’s cause of death to “undetermined,” thus ending three decades of mystery. Right?
Steven Soderbergh is 50
The director of Solaris, Out of Sight and Traffic says he’s retiring.
Photos of Queen Elizabeth With 12 U.S. Presidents
She’s zipped through an even dozen presidents during her 60 years on the throne.
Rock Stars, Then and Now
They’ve all held up in their own special way — some more special than others, of course.
Happy Birthday, Millard Fillmore!
Millard Fillmore was born 7 January 1800 in Cayuga County, New York. Happy birthday, Millard! His presidency isn’t memorable, but his final words are.
Pete Souza’s Favorite White House Photos of 2012
The ace White House photographer releases his favorite shots of Barack Obama and family.
Lucretia Mott: 220 Awesome Years
Born on January 3rd of 1793, Lucretia Mott changed the course of history for women, slaves and all Americans.
Is Apollo Robbins the World’s Greatest Pickpocket?
Meet the man who stole the badge right off a Secret Service agent.
Yoko Ono Didn’t Break Up the Beatles, Says Yoko Ono
…and if she just keeps saying it, maybe it will become true!
The Big Big Birthdays of 2013
From Archimedes to Xuxa (and Jesse Owens too), some very famous people celebrate landmark birthdays this year.