“I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.”
— JODIE FISHER, a former contractor for HP, who had claimed HP’s CEO Mark Hurd sexually harassed her; Hurd quickly resigned from …
Known for her husky voice, actress Patricia Neal died on Sunday, according to the New York Times, after a battle with lung cancer. She was 84.
Meet the Tibetan mastiff. This breed can measure up to three feet tall and weigh up to 180 pounds. And in China, these dogs are all the rage.
“The Defense Department demands that WikiLeaks return immediately to the U.S. government all versions of documents obtained directly or indirectly from the Department of Defense databases or records.”
— GEOFF MORRELL, …
Wyclef Jean hit an early roadblock in his campaign for president of Haiti: his former bandmate won’t even endorse him.
For the sixth time, Mark David Chapman is up for parole after fatally shooting John Lennon in 1980. And for the sixth time, Yoko Ono has submitted a letter against his parole.
After being confirmed by the Senate with a 63-37 vote yesterday, Elena Kagan is taking no time to rest before being sworn in as the country’s 112th Supreme Court justice.
He called it a “moving painting” on Twitter, and that’s the best description we can give you.
NewsFeed named it one of the worst summer songs ever, and now “California Gurls” is hitting another setback: threats of a lawsuit.
“What is good for Google and Verizon is not necessarily good for innovation and competition on the Internet.”
— ANDREW JAY SCHWARTZMAN, senior vice president of public-interest law firm Media Access Project, on the two …
Though a California judge overturned gay-marriage ban Proposition 8 yesterday, that’s hardly the first step. The decision will jump through several legal hoops on what some say is an inevitable road to the Supreme Court.
Xenolexica is defined as “a grave confusion when faced with unusual words.” Are you gravely confused? It’s okay — the word was even rejected from the dictionary.
