An Australian court has ruled that Kentucky Fried Chicken must pay $8.3 million in damages to the family of a young girl who was poisoned after eating a “Twister” wrap in 2005. The girl fell into a coma and wound up suffering brain damage. She’s …
The first criminal charges have been laid in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill case. Kurt Mix – a former BP drilling engineer – is accused of destroying hundreds of text messages he had sent to a superior. The texts allegedly described the high volumes of …
The sales numbers for Apple have exceeded everybody’s highest expectations – again! Their fiscal second-quarter revenue rose to $39.2 billion – much higher than the projected $36.8 billion. During the quarter, they sold over 5 million more iPhones than estimated, 35.1 million in total. Apple’s …
Professional lightning rod Larry Flynt is at it again. The porn king is drawing the ire of San Francisco’s Sunset District with his latest creation, the Hustler Club, Truck. Basic idea: the custom-built vehicle drives around the financial area, drumming up business for his club …
Singapore has unveiled vending machines that dispense free cans of Coke. Well, almost free. The only catch? You have to hug them. The creepy new tech runs on affection. Its sensors indicate when a hug’s been received, and then blammo! Free Coke, baby! From a …
The Royal Canadian Mint is looking to create DIGITAL currency! It’s calling the project “MintChip,” and it would be a way to transfer small amounts of money with no actual identifying information. You know, basically eliminating the need for all that pesky pocket change. The …
Several sources are saying that the social network Facebook is set to go public on May 17th. If and when that happens, they’re expected to seek a valuation of a whopping $100 billion. Based on the shares available, that would value the company at about …
These aren’t exactly the best of days for Best Buy. The struggling electronics chain has announced plans to close 50 locations in the coming year. The news comes after Best Buy lost a staggering 1.7 BILLION dollars in the last fiscal quarter. Company reps say …
The JetBlue pilot who made headlines a few weeks ago for his in-flight freak-out is claiming an insanity defense. Clayton Osbon had to be locked out of the cockpit and then restrained by passengers after his bizarre behavior on a New York to Las …
Automaker Acura is in damage control mode over their popular Super Bowl ad. The commercial – which starred Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno – had some racially insensitive requirements when it came to casting. In particular, the casting announcement was seeking the part of a …
