Jul 4, 2010
Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut wins Nathan’s July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest
You can’t keep a good dog down. Side-lined competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi went berserk Sunday and was arrested storming the stage after a contract dispute kept him from competing in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating competition. Cops slapped the cuffs on the diminutive former champ after he watched from the crowd as archrival Joey (Jaws) Chestnut took home the mustard yellow belt. Wearing... read more
Jul 4, 2010
The Man Who Would Convict Goldman Sachs – Newsweek
Robert Khuzami spent seven years making big bucks at Deutsche Bank, but it’s tough to find any mementos of his time there. Instead, Khuzami’s office at the Securities and Exchange Commission is decorated with souvenirs of his earlier incarnation as a U.S. prosecutor, the man who helped put Omar Abdel-Rahman behind bars after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. On his office walls Khuzami has ... read more
Jul 4, 2010
Avianova Airlines Racy Commercial Provokes International Controversy (VIDEO)
Earlier this week Russian airline Avianova aired this commercial, which shows a team of bikini-clad flight attendants washing an airplane while a gaggle of men watch, and caused quite a controversy. The Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that Secretary of the Flight Attendants Association of Australia Jo-Ann Davidson said ads like this “put flight attendants at risk.” “This... read more
Jul 4, 2010
Anna Chapman’s Ex-Husband Speaks About Her Past
While plenty of people who knew those involved in the alleged Russian spy ring operating in the U.S. claimed to be shocked by the arrests, when it comes to the bombshell of the bunch, Anna Chapman, one person says he wasn’t surprised at all: her ex-husband. In a tell-all interview with the Daily Telegraph, Alex Chapman, whose name Anna decided to keep, reveals such things as how the couple met and... read more
