The New York Times was the first to track down "Kristen", the high-class prostitute whose two hours with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer ended his career. Her real name: Ashley Youmans, aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre. She's 22, she's from Jersey, and she's newly single. Her MySpace profile is still live ( http://www.myspace.com/...
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President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
"If you end up freezing (Venezuelan assets) and it harms us, we're going to harm you," Chavez said. "Do you know how? We aren't going to send oil to the United States. Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger."
Exxon Mobil has gone after the assets of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA in U.S., British and Dutch courts as it challenges the nationalization of a...
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An investigation has been launched after a video of a topless French air stewardess performing a sexy striptease for the captain while the plane was flying was leaked on to the internet.
Despite the plane being in the air – and with several hundred passengers presumably blissfully unaware of what is going on – the sexy cabin attendant removes her bra and lets the captain and co-pilot get hands on.
The video was leaked onto the internet by members of the French crew and has sparked a major probe at several European airlines to...
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Yes, that is one bad ass lizard and it is real, the guy does this for a living.
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I know, old but still amazing!
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A black West Virginia woman was sexually assaulted, stabbed, and tortured while being held captive by her white abductors, one of whom told her, "That's what we do to niggers around here." The 23-year-old victim was freed Saturday after cops responded to the home of Frankie Brewster for a "welfare check on a female that was reportedly being held against her will." When cops arrived, Brewster claimed she was the only one home, but then the victim limped to the door and said, "Help me."
According to six harrowing criminal complaints, the...
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The gameplay is highly intuitive, but they delete your character when you're ~75. It's lame... AND I am forced to pay huge monthly fees!
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Some of the war's winners are already clear: military contractors who supply everything from bodyguards to bombs, clean socks to ready-to-eat meals. "For the companies involved, this has been a real gravy train," says William Hartung, who tracks defense spending for the New America Foundation.
The White House has proposed military spending of $647 billion in 2008. Adjusted for inflation, that would be the highest level since World War II -- topping even expenditures during Vietnam and the Reagan years, calculates Hartung. The current...
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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, announced his resignation in Washington today, declaring that he had “lived the American dream” by being able to lead the Justice Department.
Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation for months, submitted it to President Bush by telephone on Friday, a senior administration official said. There had been rumblings over the weekend that Mr. Gonzales’s departure was imminent, although the White...
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Offials battled overnight to help victims of a huge quake which rocked Peru's southern tourist coast killing some 500, injuring hundreds more, and leaving many feared trapped in the rubble.
"The toll has jumped to between 500 and 510 dead and 1600 injured," the head of the country's firefighter service, Roberto Ocno said from the affected zone which was hit by a massive tremor.
The US Geological Survey on Thursday upgraded the quake to a rare 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale. It was the biggest earthquake to hit the South American...
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