Jay Electronica may be missing from Hip Hop, but he's making progress in his love life. The Louisiana rapper has been dating British heiress Kate Rothschild for quite some time now, following her very public split from billionaire Ben Goldsmith. After almost a year, Rothschild and Goldsmith fina... Read more...
After President Obama was re-elected, a small number of states drafted petitions requesting their release from the United States, signaling just how stupid some Americans are. The White House promises to respond to all secession petitions that illicit over 25,000 signatures. Whi... Read more...
Washing noses with neti pots or squeeze bottles has become increasingly popular as a home remedy for colds, allergies and sinus trouble. But it's not such a great remedy if it kills you. Now that two people have died from infection with brain-eating amoebas after using neti pots, doctors are warn... Read more...
AT&T apparently has God on its side for the coming regulatory investigation surrounding its merger deal with T-MobileUSA. A faith-based service provider said the Louisiana Rescue Mission supported the merger between T-Mobile and AT&T, according to a report by The Nonprofit Quarterly. The ... Read more...
When Hurricane Katrina devastated one of New Orleans’ oldest public housing developments, families were displaced and job opportunities became scarce. Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group joined with an experienced developer, McCormack Baron Salazar, to destroy the neighborhood and displ... Read more...
Johnny Rebel is the pseudonym of Cajun country musician Clifford Joseph Trahan (born October 3, 1938), also known as Pee Wee Trahan. Trahan has used this pseudonym most notably on racist recordings issued in the 1960s on J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label of Crowley, Louisiana. Johnny Rebel is ... Read more...
Mark James Robert Essex (1949 – January 7, 1973) killed 10 people and wounded 13 others in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on January 7, 1973. Background Mark James Robert Essex was born in Emporia, Kansas. His friends remembered him as a quiet, happy person, who had talked ab... Read more...
Prior to the government declaring Gulf of Mexico beaches no-go zones for journalists, a group of concerned citizens traveled to Grand Isle, Louisiana, and scooped up samples of sea water and sent them to a lab to be tested. “The preliminary analysis was done at an academic analytical chemis... Read more...
Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the... Read more...