(This updates the report posted yesterday.) Mexican officials said they are planning emergency evacuations for 20,000 families as Hurricane Jimena roars toward Mexico’s Baja California as an extremely dangerous Category Five storm. The National Weather Service said that Jimena was packing winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour but was expected to weaken slightly [...]
Searching continued today at the home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido, where police say kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her two young daughters lived for years in hidden backyard squalor. For suspicion of kidnapping and a host of other rape and abuse charges, the Garridos are now jailed. Police had nailed boards over the Garridos’ [...]
Travis Barker and the rest of the Blink 182 band are still mourning the death of their friend, DJ AM. The band struggled through a weekend show, but they altogether pulled out of a concert on Monday. The explanation goes, “circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and untimely passing of our dear friend Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein.” [...]
Australia–water and tourism minister for the southeastern state of Victoria, Tim Holding was reported missing on Saturday. He went alone to hike to the summit of Mount Feathertop, Victoria’s second-highest peak. An experienced hiker, Holding went alone. But Saturday came, and he did not come home as scheduled. His family were also unable to reach [...]
As New Moon nears its premiere, rumors are getting stronger as to the real deal between lead stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Are they “Robsten” or are they really just friends? Kristen Stewart recently addressed these rumors, denying that she and R-Patz are dating. Stewart said, they’re nothing but close friends. Stewart has this [...]
New England Patriots LB Tedy Bruschi will announce his retirement. This news was initially reported by Al Michaels on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Bruschi entered the league under Bill Parcells as a third-rounder out of Arizona in 1996. He has played a total of five Super Bowls with the Patriots team. Bruschi is ending a [...]
The next in line to fill the seat left empty by Paula Abdul in The American Idol is none other than Broadway beauty Kristin Chenoweth, according to People. Chenoweth brings a lot of talent in the show, as she herself is a Tony award-winning actress. Aside from that, she has also earned an Emmy nomination [...]
Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, is becoming a member of the press. She is NBC’s newest correspondent on the “Today” show and will be covering stories on education once a month for the morning show. Hager is a Baltimore school teacher and two-time published author. The former first daughter [...]
