Politics Buzz A spirited defense from Rep. Grimm. But possibly not what he was supposed to say. The DNC is sending this one around.
Culture Buzz Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, breaks his silence on the Penn State scandal with Bob Costas. And he unsurprisingly denies all the charges. “Horsing around” and “horseplay” are terms that are now forever tainted.
Culture Buzz On the heels of the revelation that the judge who freed Jerry Sandusky on bail was a donor to Sandusky's Second Mile charity, and the incredulous questions as to why she did not recuse herself, here are some more unanswered questions surrounding this awful scandal. Not to get into the realm of conspiracy theory, but there are some very disturbing “coincidences” surrounding this case.
Culture Buzz Jerry Sandusky in a 1987 NBC interview: “I enjoy being around children…I just have a good time with them.” “Everybody needs people to care for them, even if sometimes they don't want it.” *shudder*
Culture Buzz This is the horrific and damning story of Victim 2. From the Grand Jury Report into the alleged and repeated rape of young boys by former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. The report identifies at least 8 victims, but Victim 2 is the case that directly involved Head Coach Joe Paterno and the upper echelons of the Penn State hierarchy. The abuse that's described, and the resultant cover up, is shocking.
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A Facebook breakup that goes hilariously nuclear. Remember when breaking up with someone was an intensely private moment, filled with despair and quiet self-reflection? Nah, me either.
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Seven years after it began, the Eric Wedge era of Indians baseball is over.
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The US Coast Guard has fired shots at a suspicious boat found in the Potomac river in Washington DC today moments after President Obama crossed the River.
Culture Buzz Gorillas Schroeder, Gordy and Togo from a Minnesota zoo were caught on tape eating Pop Tarts allegedly fed to them by an off-duty cop at 2:00am.
Cisco Fatty gets the 'Downfall' redux. You should have protected your tweets, Adolf. Every evil dictator with a pending job offer at Cisco knows this.
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Kim Swann was fired for her changing her Facebook status to “is bored at work”. The bright side, as she sees it, is that the media attention has given her double the amount of facebook friends! Wow, maybe I should change my status from “my boss is an idiot”…..just to be safe.