Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Just after going through one of the costliest divorces in history with Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods has spent millions of dollars on a Manhattan bachelor lair for himself...
According to the official reports, Nicole John, the daughter of US Ambassador to Thailand fell 22 storeys to her death today. Nicole John is said to have taken off her shoes, stepped onto the ledge of her top-floor apartment in Manhattan, and plummeted to her death 22 storeys below with her camera....
In the theatre there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time- in the cinema, only one,” as quoted by Orson Welles, the prolific director of the most studied film of all time, Citizen Kane. Within the last century cinema has grown from pioneering silent films into orchestrated musicals, “spaghetti...
Manhattanville College student Marissa Pagli, was found dead in staff housing. The college, located 27 miles northeast of Manhattan, in Purchase, New York, is a private liberal arts college. It has 3,000 enrolled students and is located in a suburban area. Manhattanville College had always been...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Plaxico Burress the former Steelers and Giants receiver is heading to jail to serve his 2 year sentence for discharging an illegal weapon in public. He struck a plea aggreement that will keep him from serving a mandatory sentence for the more serious gun charge and could end up walking away from...
Tennessee is a state with a very rich history and vast resources. Not only is Tennessee home to mountain ranges, lakes and plateaus put it is also often credited as the birthplace of country music and several well known historical figures. Below we've listed ten interesting facts about the state of Tennessee.
Some things might have been better off not being invented. Now we're not denying that these come with some good ... convenience, connectedness, etc. We're just saying... sometimes the bad seems to outweigh the good.
The NY Daily News is reporting that Lindsay Lohan's house was burglarized while she was traveling in New York City. Apparently the burglars took a bunch of things including a wall safe, and I can only imagine a gazillion pairs of shoes. "While Lindsay Lohan was busy arguing with a Manhattan deli...
