It’s no surprise that the ever-growing list of BP critics includes its industry rivals.
Little Jimmy Pulls His Tooth Out — With a Rocket
Welp, it worked.
Did the Church of Scientology Pressure Women to Have Abortions?
At least 12 women who worked for the Church of Scientology’s religious order, the Sea Organization, allege they were pressured to have abortions so they could continue working for the church without the “distraction” of raising a child.
Quotes: Joe Jackson on Michael Jackson’s Death
“I said this would have never happened if you had went and been with him.”
— JOE JACKSON, father of Michael Jackson, blaming his wife Katherine for the singer’s death. (via TMZ)
Is Lithium the Answer to Afghanistan’s Problems?
Remote (and volatile) regions of the war-torn country may hold as much as $1 trillion in lithium and other minerals, according to a report in today’s New York Times.
Kinect: Motion Control for the Xbox 360 Gets a Name
The much-anticipated motion control system for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system got renamed as “Kinect” just prior to the start of the E3 conference in Los Angeles.
Five Reasons It’s Time to Ban the Vuvuzelas
This beleaguered soccer fan has had enough. Though it’s a uniquely South African symbol of soccer, here are five reasons it’s time for the vuvuzela horns to make an early exit from the World Cup.
Buy Your Own Slice of the Oil Spill – For Just $25!
Various groups have moved into action in the wake of the Gulf oil spill (see our photo gallery) to aid newly unemployed fisherman and deck hands. But one coalition has a novel fundraising idea: Auction off some of that skimmed, …
The A-Team in Iraq: Hollywood’s Blackwater Takedown
It was marketed as just a campy throwback to the 1980s television series, but buried within The A-Team was a scathing critique of the Iraq War – and its most infamous military contractors.
Quotes: Barack Obama on the Oil Spill Impact
“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come,”
— BARACK …
Why China Wants to Rent a White Guy
The Atlantic has a fascinating essay from an American ex-pat hired for a week by a Chinese business, the only requirements being “a fair complexion and a suit.” Huh?
Jimmy Dean, Singer and Sausage Man, Dead at 81
How’s this for eclectic: Dean’s career was spent a third crooning, a third acting and a third producing the breakfast sausage.