Monthly Archives: April 2010
Toyota to Pay $16M Fine
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced that it will pay the $16.4 million dollar fine imposed on the company by the Obama administration earlier this month. Officials assessed the penalty on the automaker after they found it engaged in deceptive and evasive tactics in handling reports of unintended acceleration among American consumers. The company was accused [...]
Goldman Sachs Scammed Investors
Investment firm Goldman Sachs is once again in the spotlight after the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against Fabrice Tourre, the giant’s vice president, and the firm itself for apparently defrauding investors. The firm forged a $15 million dollar deal with Paulson & Co, a hedge fund which cherry picked securities backed by [...]
Volcanic Eruption Stalls Air Travel
A volcanic eruption that occurred in Iceland on Wednesday continues to interfere with international air travel as it continues to send smoke into the atmosphere, drastically reducing flying visibility. As of yesterday, nearly 200 flights in and out of Europe were canceled due to the plume of smoke. Officials can offer fliers very little in [...]
8.4 Earthquake in California
Word has been going about on the social networking site Twitter that a powerful earthquake is set to strike California in the coming days. Talk of the “8.4 Earthquake in California” continues to be active on Twitter, although seismologists are denying that there is any validity to these rumors. While we have been having an [...]
Ashley Dupre Playboy Pictures
Most of you can probably recall the controversy surrounding former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who after being exposed of hiring prostitutes for extra curricular entertainment resigned from his position. People are waiting in anticipation as the latest edition of Playboy hits store shelves, which features none other than the call girl which Eliot Spitzer [...]
Arizona Rebates for Appliances Program
The state of Arizona is taking a nice approach to curbing energy use by offering consumers a fixed dollar amount for any older appliances they are looking to replace. The Arizona Rebates for Appliances program launched early this morning and was greeted with a substantial amount of interest from Arizona residents. According to the official [...]
Laura Bush killed a guy?
It appears that many people have been in the dark about an apparent accident that Laura Bush was involved in back in 1963. The former first lady seemed to have a squeaky clean image, so it’s surprising that this didn’t raise any flags for some of you. The story goes that Bush was driving with [...]
Tionna Smalls – What Chilli Wants
VH1, taking a play card from its sister station MTV, is putting the final touches on a show aptly named “What Chilli Wants.” No, this show will not be a competitor to Throwdown with Bobby Flay on Food Network, although given the lack of direction at the network this wouldn’t be highly improbable. VH1 cameras [...]
Justin Bieber Sucks
If you are an active Twitter user, you may have noticed that Justin Bieber is a trending topic everyday. For those of you who are Twitter illiterate, this basically means the phrase Justin Bieber appears in a very large volume of tweets on a daily basis. In what appears to be an act of mass [...]
4 Missing Miners Found Dead
In another unfortunate incident that unraveled at a West Virgina mine earlier this week, twenty nine men who were workers at the Upper Big Ranch Mine have been confirmed dead. The final four deaths were confirmed today after officials had to postpone emergency rescue efforts due to dangerous conditions within the mine. Residents within West [...]