Lynne Austin had no idea how much her life would change after she agreed to pose for a billboard advertising a new restaurant opening in Clearwater, Florida. I literally started before the restaurant opened, the 56-year-old told Fox News. She became the poster girl for Hooters in 1983. We were…

The long read: In 2014, an American dad claimed a tiny parcel of African land to make his daughter a princess. But Jack Shenker had got there first and learned that states and borders are volatile and delicate things Bir Tawil is the last truly unclaimed land on earth: a tiny…

With Matt Damon taking on the role Brett Kavanaugh, who else has proved most successful in the shows A-list White House? As Saturday Night Live prepared to air its 44th season premiere last weekend, the question on viewers minds wasn’t if they would parody Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious Senate testimony from…

One thing that’s always bothered me is the weird-ass way that modern society sets up sex as its biggest selling point, while at the same time making its audience feel completely inadequate. I’m not just talking about marketing. Our entire culture is built upon that foundation, and it’s like watching…

The city has reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on Monday says the…

Devaki Raj leaned over a gilded railing inside Times Square’s Marriott Marquis last Thursday, racking her brain to find the words that won’t get her in trouble. Minutes before, she had stood confidently in front of a conference room full of investors, academics, military contractors, and Air Force acquisitions officers…

Brendan Stermer grew up in rural Minnesota. So when he studied abroad in South Korea during college, he found his world turned upside down. A student at the University of Minnesota in Morris, Stermer spent a year learning about Confucian philosophy in South Korea. Then he came home and got…

Alcohol can make you do craaaaazy things. According to a new study, that can also mean hooking up with members of the same sex (even if you consider yourself as straight as they come). Yes, all you bros out there. Despite your firm stance on all things vagina, its pretty…

Stoli This Stoli Lime-Flavored Vodka Is Here To Totally Upgrade Your Homemade Moscow Mules By Amanda Fama 5 hours ago I’m no bartender, but I enjoy whipping up a quick cocktail every now and then. By “cocktail,” I mean “mixed drink” that’s made with one part booze and one part…

Honestly, we used to wish President Trump would put down the iPhone once in a while and just not tweet, but he’s got nothing on his socialist alter-ego Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who seems compelled to respond to everything she sees. On Thursday, it was … a Girl Scout cookie boycott? Boycotting…

As Twitchy told you the other day when we wrote about this story, no one in the mainstream media would pick it up. And maybe for good reason; there’s about as much proof it’s real as there was the Trump dossier was real — but Buzzfeed News published that in…

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks in Santa Fe. (AP) New Mexico governor Susanna Martinez apologized Saturday for her behavior and that of some her staffers at a boisterous holiday party at a high-end Santa Fe hotel that led to a call to the police. I want to apologize for…

So youre dating an independent woman. Congratulations! Its not that were rare or difficult to find, its just that much like any other woman, and we are amazing. Were amazing for our own set of reasons and, similarly, we are also pretty difficult to understand. Society will have taught you,…

This week, in what San Antonians took as a declaration of war, a food critic wrote about how Austin became home of the breakfast taco and sparked major debate Theres a war brewing in Texas. Not over guns, cattle or oil but over breakfast tacos. The breakfast taco, for anyone…

Starbucks’ latest invention combines caffeine and alcohol. Coffee lovers and beer snobs no longer have to choose between their two obsessions when visiting Starbucks. The coffee chain just launched a new coffee-infused beer called the Espresso Cloud IPA as part of its bar-like “Starbucks Evenings” menu, which is available at…

Denver (CNN)When is a race more than a race? When it’s an event. Fit Nation: Around the World in 8 Races will air three times on Saturday, August 18 between 1pm and 6pm ET and one time between 5pm and 6pm ET on Sunday, August 20. That’s not really a…

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I was wrong. Several years ago I reviewed the first Garmin Fenix 3 smartwatch. This was before the release of the Apple Watch. That’s key to this story. I declared Garmin would have a hard time selling the Fenix 3. The Apple Watch would be better in every way, I…

With thousands of square miles of land already lost along the coast, Avery Island, home of the famed hot sauce, faces being marooned Avery Island, a dome of salt fringed by marshes where Tabasco sauce has been made for the past 150 years, has been an outpost of stubborn consistency…

Director refused to stop filming as stuntman Bill Weston lost consciousness, new book claims Bill Weston being launched from a platform 10 metres above the studio floor while filming 2001: A Space Odyssey. Photograph: Doug Trumbull Stanley Kubrick is revered for pushing cinematic boundaries with his cult sci-fi classic 2001:…

We’ve seen dogs being weird and pets bringing home the weirdest of items, so it’s no surprise that our closest (usually) four-legged friends can be really, really bizarre. Some say that pets can be so close to their owners, that they eventually mimic some behavior and we know anything about…

Once an insight into Mariah and Missys mansions, the show soon turned into tours of four-bed semis, complete with Spurs posters on the bedroom door Think back to the innocent times of the early 00s. Back then, Snapchat and Instagram Stories didn’t exist, so the only way that celebs could…

ALBANY, N.Y. –  Some politicians are irritated that a Rochester brewery receiving state economic development funding bought beer fermentation tanks from China that could have been produced in New York. Three upstate members of the Assembly and the Little Falls mayor on Friday criticized Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his…

Beer is the third most popular beverage on earth, after water and tea, and for many its a thing of cultish devotion. We seek out the newest releases from our favorite craft breweries, we spend our weekends in our favorite beer bar, we go to massive beer festivals, we talk…

To date, California's Ranch fire—the (much) larger of the two wildfires that make up the Mendocino Complex fire—has consumed more than 360,000 acres of Northern California, making it the largest conflagration in state history. It was probably wind that taught the nascent Ranch fire to walk and search for food,…

1. Hearing birds chirp in the morning. 2. Someone saying thank you when you open the door for them. 3. Watching loved ones reunite at the airport. 4. Getting a call from someone unexpected. 5. Running into old friends you havent seen in a while. 6. Overhearing someone saying something…

MARION, Ala. (AP) — Tuberculosis, a global scourge, has mostly been eradicated in the United States, but minorities and poor people who lack regular health care remain vulnerable. Marion, the town where Coretta Scott King was raised, is just that kind of community: the seat of Alabama’s poorest county, where…

Shahin Farshchi Contributor Shahin Farschi is a partner at Lux Capital. More posts by this contributor: Need jobs? Get robots, and education right Perhaps for the first time ever, our noggins have stolen the spotlight from our hips. The media,popular culture, science and business are paying more attention to the brain…

While just 1% of the UK is allergic to the proteins that cause coeliac disease, many others suffer with gluten-related digestive problems. Some researchers believe mass-produced food is to blame In the UK, one in 10 people now avoid gluten, and they can increasingly choose from a wide array of…

Hey, Martha McSally … you might wanna go ahead and order that victory party cake now: BREAKING: LEAKED VIDEO: in a 2011 speech in TX, Democratic Senate candidate @kyrstensinema mocks Arizonans as “Crazy” and calls Arizona the “crazy” state. pic.twitter.com/fArBGddn16 — The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) October 11, 2018 Here’s another…

Weve all had those moments of defiance when you think, You know what I think of your rules? Ill tell you what I think of your rules. And then we go off to do exactly the opposite of that and only rebel in your head, but you totally win those…

It’s time to say goodbye, Virgos. It’s the last weekend of Virgo season before we move into Libra territory. When the Sun is in Libra, you’ll be all about seeking peace and harmony in your relationships, at home, and at work. I guess this is your last weekend to be…

The Super Bowl is here, which means it’s time to bring out your best dips. We’ve got 42 of the best recipes the internet has to offer, including melty pizza dip, buffalo chicken dip, spinach artichoke dip, a gorgeous Syrian pepper dip called muhammara and every kind of queso you can…

(Tharakorn) Ever notice how mosquitoes seem to frantically feast on some folks while ignoring others? It’s not just your imagination, said entomologist Joseph M. Conlon, a technical advisor to the American Mosquito Control Association. “There is no question that some individuals are more attractive to mosquitoes due to chemicals they secrete from their skin and from their…

BROOKLYN, N.Y. ― Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held over 400 house parties in all 50 states and Puerto Rico on Saturday afternoon calling on Sanders to run for president again in 2020. Sanders maintains that he is still considering whether he is the best person to defeat President…

How would you like the chance to live in the childhood home of a serial killer? What if I told you that it’s also the same house where he killed his first victim? Still not interested? Well, you don’t know what you’re missing! It sounds like a prank, but the…

If nothing else, this election cycle has proven how divided our political inclinations can be. Voters across the spectrum have struggled to see others’ points of view. But science might be able to explain why we feel so different from one another: Research shows that liberal and conservative brains are wired…

So numerous chicken backstages for the Super Bowl .Image: AP Super Bowl Sunday isn’t quite a holiday like Thanksgiving( hitherto ), but everyone eats like it’s one. But instead of turkey and cranberry sauce, everyone is substance their faces with exclusively the healthiest of foods. Think microchips, brew, cheese plunge,…

The award-winning show about the Labour party has opened in Maryland and a Democratic congressman has procured a string of parallels The bar is offering The Labour,” a refreshing gin-based concoction with ginger beer”, and The Tory,” a more conservative Rye whiskey based cocktail boasting Campari “. These are unique…

How many of you have tried at some point to brew your own brew? Its difficult, but worth noting if you have the perseverance and time to give it a go. Of course, if you were afflicted by auto-brewery disorder, your own torso could make its own alcohol. This might…

The Dutch novelist on experiencing prominence in his 50 s, dysfunctional attributes and his dreaming dinner guests Herman Koch is a Dutch columnist and performer. He is the author of 7 short story accumulations and eight novels, including the international bestseller The Dinner . His new novel, Dear Mr M…

Stranger Things has drawn Dungeons& Dragons cool again, even if the picture does take place in an era when playing it intended gambling getting your foreman jostle into a toilet. Back then, repudiating “youre ever” a D& D participate was abortive — bullies could reek it on you. But would…

Who can say whether these facts are things you need to know, or even should know? And while these facts may not be safe for drive see( specially if you’re about to plug your computer in for a performance ), they could make for some interesting happy hour icebreakers off…

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu told a Miami federal jury Wednesday that he snack a gob of a imitation passport while flying to the U.S. to cover up his illegal pas as one of the purposes of a Cuban ballplayer smuggling operation. FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S VEGAS HOME BURGLARIZED ON…

Just a week after foretelling his new American Badass portable grill, Kid Rock is literally bombing away his competition. To start grilling the tournament, the Detroit-based musician secreted a promotional video in which he and a acquaintance usage a foreign-made grill supposedly from China for target practice. You know whats…

A study has claimed that food ingredients in brew might be responsible for filching your spirits by initiating a key dopamine receptor. As ever with these things though, there are some caveats, so don’t go downing brew just yet. The study was led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg( FAU) and published in…

Compared with more modern soft drinks, traditional botanical beverages is also available old-fashioned, but they are packed with aroma and anything but boring Booze. Were so over it is now time. Not simply is the government was seeking to wean us off our swift halves with its brand-new booze recommendations(…

The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has garnered major media attention and public outcry. Now, a number of people who are outraged about the health toll and the fact that complaints went largely unheard are stepping up to help the city. Despite the fact that Flint is now back…