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Continue reading the main story Video Jury Reads Holmes Verdict James Holmes was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a Colorado courtroom Friday. The jury was unable to reach the unanimous verdict required for the death penalty. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date August 7, 2015. Photo by Pool…
Time Magazine giving the cover over to virtual reality may seem like it would be great for the technology, but the art team behind the image itself seems to have … I don’t even know how to put this … dropped the ball completely. The images, and the story inside, are terrible. Here are just…
If you wanted to pinpoint people of my exact age and level of youthful internet engagement, you might call us the Homestar Runner Generation. Like Millennials, we’ve led rich digital lives since we were teens; like Gen Xers, we’re too old to go to a party at 10pm on a weeknight. In any event, though,…
Watching Fox’s Fantastic Four feels like taking a cheese grater to your soul. Why would you want to take something beautiful and precious and grind it up into flaccid, soggy pulp? It’s impossible to explain. ######## BEGIN SNIPPET ######## Maybe we should ask the people who made this dumpster fire dressed as a movie. That…
Cynthia Jordan, a vice-president at a stock transfer fund, said cab driver Baqir Raza refused to pick up her and her daughters, but let two white females get into his taxi. View Full Caption LinkedIn/Cynthia Jordan MIDTOWN — A yellow taxi driver must pay $25,000 in fines and compensation for discriminating against a…
Last month, Stefan Esser blogged about a zero-day vulnerability in OS X, without having informed Apple about the problem first. Unfortunately, today has brought the discovery of the first known exploit. Adam Thomas, a researcher at Malwarebytes, discovered a new adware installer, and while testing it, he discovered something very strange: his sudoers file had been modified!…
Rosie O’Donnell has responded to Donald Trump‘s Thursday night GOP debate dig. When the former Apprentice host was asked by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly during the first Republican debate, “You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals,” Trump replied, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.” try explaining that 2 ur kids —…
The day after the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election, the social media conversation turned to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and her questions for the candidates. (Fox News Channel) Donald Trump was not terribly happy with Megyn Kelly’s questions Thursday night. Viewers nationwide saw that. A reminder: KELLY: Your Twitter account has…
Rebulican presidential candidates (L-R) Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina chat during a break in a presidential forum hosted by FOX News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena August 6, 2015 in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Carly Fiorina was the only woman on stage at the so-called “Happy Hour” debate on Thursday…
AddThis Button Begin CLEVELAND (CBSDC/AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant against Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and pollster Frank Luntz following Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate. Kelly and Trump mixed it up when she asked Trump about his calling “women you don’t like ‘fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.’” Trump didn’t deny…