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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married, Makes $16 Billion [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

Facebook went public on Friday, hitting the market at $42 a pop
Newly released info from the U.S. Census revealed that more than half of babies born in the U.S. in the last year were minorities.
JP Morgan Chase, one of the more successful banks during the economic crisis, has lost big-time.
Columbia Law School posted a 400-page investigation online alleging that Texas wrongfully executed an innocent man back in 1989.

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Is Jenny McCarthy Too Old For Playboy?

The internet has been buzzing about Jenny McCarthy’s decision to pose nude for Playboy for her 40th birthday. Is this cool?

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What Can You Buy With 20 Billion Dollars?

Unless you’ve been living under a wi-fi-less rock lately, you know that you too can own a little slice of Facebook now.

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Donna Summer Passes Away at 63

Disco diva Donna Summer passed away this morning after a battle with cancer. She was just 63-years-old and working on her upcoming album at the time of her passing.

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Don’t Lie on Your Resume [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

The chief executive of Yahoo has resigned after it was discovered that he lied on his resume. In other resume news, a 22-year-old Minnesota man got a job after posting his resume on a billboard.

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Three Year Old Breastfeeding on the Cover of Time Magazine [WTF Friday]

Time magazine’s recent cover is making waves in the media and getting a strong response from the public. And for good reason!

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Students in China Study With IVs!?

Student raises hand. “May I be excused to go get my amino acid injection?” This is a real thing. And it happens pretty frequently in China.

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In Defense of Eating Alone [Sex in the News]

In the CNN article, founder of another App, called “I Love Your Accent,” Rachelle Peachey says, “When I walk into a restaurant or bar alone, I feel others see me as either a woman out to pick up men or a sad, lonely spinster.” I question if our gender has really advanced when otherwise successful women can’t deal with being out alone.

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A Mouth Spray That Makes You Instantly Drunk? [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

France elected a new president. A 13-year-old is CEO and founder of a company that has created a cure for hiccups. The terrorist group Al Qaeda has posted a video of a kidnapped American development worker. A French designer and an American scientist have created a portable mouth spray that causes instant drunkenness.

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Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys Dead at 47

The sad news just broke that rapper Adam Yauch of the iconic Beastie Boys, whose stage name was MCA, has died at age 47. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer, but it’s unclear if his death was cancer related. RIP, Adam! Our hearts go out to his friends and family.