How do you get away with holding a much-hyped global album launch party in a location so unlikely that the world’s media sits up and takes notice – and get away with not showing up? Many fans we spoke to just prior to Daft Punk’s hugely-hyped Random Access Memories album …
Catholic Church officials have been likened to outlaw motorcycle gangs, drug cartels and people smugglers in an explosive speech delivered at a legal conference in Victoria. Lawyer and lobbyist Bryan Keon-Cohen said the church, currently at the centre of a royal commission into the handling of child sex abuse complaints, …
A news link too if you are slightly interested.
What is this I don’t even?
A 91-year-old war veteran is being evicted from the Ohio house he built and has lived in for 56 years after signing over his power of attorney to his only daughter, who allegedly had the property put in her name. John “Jack” Potter is a Second World War vet, former …
Kai the hitchhiker, who captivated the Internet in February with an act of heroism and a contagiously entertaining local TV interview, is now a murder suspect in New Jersey. Union County law enforcement has issued an arrest warrant for him for the murder of Joseph Galfy, Jr., in Clark, N.J., according …
N JUNE 2008 Alicia Gali took a job in the UAE at a luxury hotel operated in Dubai by one of the world’s biggest hotel chains, Starwood. Gali was using her laptop in the hotel’s staff bar when her drink was spiked. Alone and frightened, she took herself to hospital. …
The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for other government agencies to unilaterally block sites they deem questionable in their own portfolios. The …
Just thought this was interesting as I’ve recently been seeing alot more people talking about/showing how cannabis oil has been helped various different cancers, as well as having an uncle recently diagnosed and seeing how it’s helped him.
Not only does the dude get tasered, the whole household is cited for ‘obstruction’ – I thought the Constitution was meant to allow the people to be ‘free’ of fascist cops like this
EA is doing away with its Online Pass program from this point forward, a decision the video game publisher says is partially based on player response. “Yes, we’re discontinuing Online Pass,” EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg confirmed to GamesBeat in an e-mail. “None of our new EA titles …
The urban legends of every era always seem to reflect whatever teenagers are doing at the time: Forty years ago, they told stories about serial killers attacking kids making out in cars and escaped criminals hiding in someone’s backseat, because they didn’t have jetpacks yet. Today, most young people seem …
Police were called to a science fiction convention after an argument between two rival groups of fans. Trouble flared at the fourth Norwich Sci-Fi and Film Convention at the University of East Anglia, organised by Norwich Star Wars Club. Police were called after members of the rival Norwich Sci-Fi club …
Since Washington state legalised marijuana, farmers of the lucrative crop have been faced with the problem of what do with the by-products of cannabis production — leaves, roots and stems, Seattle Met reports. In a win-win situation meat producer BB Ranch is now feeding its pigs feed mixed with weed …
DANGEROUS driving offences committed on private properties would attract the same penalties as those on public roads if a legal change put by the State Government is approved. Attorney-General John Rau will today tell Parliament there are cases when penalties cannot be applied because dangerous driving on a private property …
39-year old Colin Fielder from Victoria, Australia was clinically dead for 40 minutes—that is until a new resuscitation technique from The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne brought him back to life, according to Herald Sun. The new technique is one of two being performed by the hospital. They have already resuscitated …
Back in 2011, the city of Detroit launched a Kickstarter campaign to erect a statue of its most beloved fictional characters: RoboCop. Now, more than two years later, the 10-foot-tall sculpture is nearly complete, with only the bronzing stage remaining. However, you can now see pictures of the highly detailed …
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is seeking the arrest of an unidentified man for producing child pornography and the rescue of a 7 to 9-year-old victim of sexual exploitation. A criminal complaint and arrest warrant for “John Doe” was signed Friday in U.S. …