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Jennifer Dempsey Accused of Catfishing For Teenage Boys, Faking Cancer For Sympathy
3 months ago
Jennifer Dempsey, a married Arizona woman, is accused of seducing two teenagers in a catfishing scam … all while faking cancer to gain sympathy from her family.
Dempsey, 35, allegedly posed on Facebook as a teen to lure two boys – ages 14 and 16 – into her car and the home she shares with her husband.
Cops think more boys could have been targeted in her catfishing scam, including Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o. Just kidding. The best part?
When confronted by agents, she reportedly tried to use her “illness” as an alibi, saying intense chemotherapy had actually left her
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Kim Kardashian Gun Photo Sparks Controversy, Regret
3 months ago
Kim Kardashian stepped Instagram first into the ongoing controversy surrounding gun control this week, posting a photo to that social network of a diamond-encrusted handgun.
It was quickly deleted, with a source telling E! News the publishing was some kind of “mistake” and “Kim hates guns.”
And yet… she has one? A diamond-encrusted one that likely cost well into the five figures? Here’s a look at the weapon/image in question:
On January 14, in response to the horrific Newton, Connecticut shooting, Kardashian Tweeted:
“Today, people in Newtown are making the #sandyhookpromise
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Jenelle Evans Hospitalized; Miscarriage Feared
4 months ago
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans was hospitalized yesterday and friends and family fear that she may have had a miscarriage, though this hasn’t been confirmed.
She was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
The 21-year-old is seven weeks pregnant with Courtland Rogers‘ child; the couple got married less than two months ago, and is believed to be estranged.
Courtland is not at the hospital with Jenelle Evans.
At seven weeks, and with a history of cysts, Jenelle is in a position where a miscarriage would not be a huge surprise, which is why people are worried.
Again, it’s
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Subway Foot-Long Subs: Actually Only 11 Inches!
4 months ago
Subway customers are up in arms and busting out measuring tapes amid reports that the chain’s famous foot-long subs fall a half an inch or even a full inch short.
The controversy began on Tuesday in Perth, Australia, when a discerning customer named Matt Corby ordered one and pulled out a tape measure:
Corby found the sub measured only 11 inches long and took his outrage to Facebook, where he posted a photo of it with the caption “subway pls respond.”
The photo, predictably, sparked an abundance of similar photos on Facebook of subs being measured and countless comments on
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Facebook Announcement: Graph Search Introduced!
4 months ago
Facebook’s big announcement today involved the unveiling of a customized Facebook search engine called Graph Search. So what is this thing’s deal?
“Graph Search is not a web search,” said CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“It’s about graphing our part of the web.”
Zuckerberg and the tool’s creators showed how you can use Graph Search to dig through Facebook to find exactly who or what you want to find.
Zuckerberg, for example, said he and wife, Priscilla Chan, recently used it to search for “Mexican restaurants nearby that my friends have been to.”
“We found a place and it was good,” he
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Camel Starts Eating Your Kid: What Do You Do?
4 months ago
In this day and age, practically every life experience and waking thought is viewed through the prism of Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit.
OMG hang on let me get a pic … OMG who can I share it with?
This can make for fascinating ethical quandaries, such as this:
We know. Hard to even comprehend. Decisions, decisions …
What would you do in the below above situation? Vote!
Run over and rescue your child immediatelyPause to take a hilarious photo to share online View Poll »
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Peter Parker Death Threats: Spider-Man Writer Under Fire From Fans
4 months ago
For decades, comic books have gone through major shakeups, with varying degrees of fan support and outrage as popular characters’ fates are revealed.
The social media age is only enhancing the controversy over Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, over whom a firestorm has erupted in recent days.
Why? SPOILER ALERT: Be warned, major details ahead …
Marvel revealed that Parker will die, and the role of Spider-Man will be taken over by his archenemy, Doctor Octopus, after “Amazing Spider-Man” #700.
This chapter marks the end of one of the most popular comic book series of all
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Taylor Swift Named Most Charitable Celebrity of 2012
4 months ago
One of the best-selling artists of the past year, Taylor Swift didn’t waste all her money on Match.com profiles. Far from it, in fact.
The 23-year old star was named by DoSomething.org as the top “celeb gone good” in 2012, donating more money to charity than any other famous person out there.
T. Swizzle leaped from #20 in 2011 to #1 this year mostly due to her $4 million donation to the Country Hall of Fame museum.
She was even recognized by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for her charitable efforts.
Rounding out the organization’s top five best givers were: Miley Cyrus (who
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Ben Affleck: NOT Running For Office
4 months ago
Despite a unique set of circumstances that made the idea feasible and rumors of his political ambitions, Ben Affleck will not be running for U.S. Senate.
“I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not running for office,” the Argo director wrote on his Facebook page Monday, December 24.
“We are about to get a great U.S. Secretary of State and there are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat,” he added.
“I look forward to an amazing campaign.”
“Right now it’s a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI),
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Gun Sales Spike in Virginia and Colorado
5 months ago
While an assault weapons ban will likely go before Congress in 2013, and while many are calling for stricter gun control laws in response to the Connecticut shooting, residents in at least two states are taking a different tact:
They’re getting locked and loaded.
On Saturday, Virginia state police reported 4,166 filings for background checks on those seeking to purchase a gun, that’s a whopping 42 percent increase from the same date in 2011.
It’s also the highest tally since the state starting tracking these transactions in 1989.
Colorado also set a single-day record for
More >Kate Upton Sports Illustrated 2013 Swimsuit Preview: Model Heats Up Antarctica!
5 months ago
Forget climate change. The greatest threat to civilization may have manifested itself this week when Kate Upton traveled to the Antarctic to pose for SI’s 2013 swimsuit issue.
That’ll melt some glaciers REAL fast … girl has no regard for human life!
According to TMZ, which acquired these unreal Kate Upton photos, the model and a camera crew boarded a private 10-day cruise from Argentina to Antarctica.
The photos were shot both on the cruise, with massive icebergs as a backdrop, as well as on the penguin-filled islands off the coast of the frozen continent.
With temperatures as
More >Miley Cyrus Denies "Tweet Heat" with Taylor Swift
5 months ago
In a pair of recent Tweets, Miley Cyrus made two things clear:
- She is not a slut.
- She has no beef with Taylor Swift.
The singer made this announcement after acknowledging a Tweet from E!’s Ken Baker over the weekend, in which the reporter compared Miley’s love life with Swift’s dating history and implied Taylor gets around A LOT more.
Because Cyrus re-Tweeted Baker’s post, it was easy to imply she was called Swift out.
But Miley says she was simply defending her own reputation, writing of Baker:
“People are idiots and call me a slut when I am engaged at 20 [because]
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Kardashian Christmas Card: Where’s Kanye West?
5 months ago
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West may be growing closer by the day, but it will take a lot more than a few public displays of affection for the rapper to truly be a part of reality TV’s First Family.
As long as Kim’s ring finger and womb remain barren, an insider tells In Touch, West will “not [be] on the family Christmas card.”
“Kim has never had a boyfriend on the family Christmas card,” the source says. “The only guy she’s ever had on the family card was her first husband. If she marries Kanye, he’ll be on the card.
Wait, then how was Scott Disick on the 2011 Kardashian Christmas
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Man Arrested With 47 Guns After Threatening Indiana Elementary School
5 months ago
An Indiana man who allegedly threatened to “kill as many people as he could” at an elementary school near his home has been arrested – and 47 guns were found at his home.
Forty-seven.
Von Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, Ind., was arrested on criminal charges of felony intimidation, domestic battery and resisting law enforcement on Saturday.
Cedar Lake Police officers were called to Meyer’s home early Friday after he allegedly threatened to set his wife on fire once she fell asleep, the statement said.
He was being held as of Sunday afternoon without bond at the Lake County Jail,
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Kris Humphries Saves the World!
5 months ago
On the basketball court, Kris Humphries is a rather one-dimension player. The man can rebound and that’s about it.
But it turns out this ex-husband of Kim Kardashian is extremely versatile in real life.
He can solve the Greek debt crisis. He makes amazing spaghetti sauce. Oh, and he’s about to save the world from an asteroid, per the President’s request.
Watch Kris explain his various talents in this Funny or Die video:
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