Articles Tagged with sad

26Mar

Russell Crowe Describes Modern Grief

The rare not-very-funny pic in this section — Russell Crowe relatably ...

02Jan

Man Swept To Sea As He Attempts To Rescue Dog

Man Swept To Sea, Dog He Tried To Rescue Survives

Point Reyes, CA – A man was swept to sea attempting to save his dog on ...

28Dec

Light Boxes Provide Help For Depressed Pets With Seasonal Affective Disorder

Something as simple as light boxes may offer help for depressed pets ...

27Dec

Beached Whale In New York To Be Buried In Sand Dunes

New York, NY – The beached whale that washed ashore and died in the ...

Turtle Study Reveals ‘Dark Side’ Of Human Nature, Impulse To Harm Innocents

A turtle study done recently at a Southern university provided insight into ...

26Dec

Tetris For Grownups

Who knew all those hours spent on Tetris in the 80s would pay off so ...

16Dec

Pope Benedict XVI Responds To Sandy Hook Tragedy

The recent massacre in Newtown, Connecticut has made headlines across the ...

14Dec

Second-Degree Murder in Florida a Devastating Tragedy

Twenty-four-year old Amanda Lee Blair has been charged with multiple ...

21Nov

What Now For Elmo After Puppeteer Kevin Clash Resigns?

With the confirmation that Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigned yesterday amid allegations he engaged in two relationships with young men that may have skirted or fell afoul of legal boundaries, there was much reporting of the scandal involving one of America’s most trusted brands, Sesame Street. The exact timeline after news broke that Kevin Clash,… Read more »

20Nov

Cecil Singleton, Elmo Puppeteer’s Second Accuser, Details Allegations In X-Rated Lawsuit

Cecil Singleton — one of the two men who levied allegations that precipitated Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash’s resignation from Sesame Workshop today — is suing the former voice of the beloved furry red monster for $5 million dollars, filing a salacious lawsuit that details an alleged torrid affair Singleton claimed occurred when he was just… Read more »

Elmo Puppeteer Resigns, Kevin Clash Addresses Sesame Street Departure

Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from Sesame Street, as we reported earlier, as a second accuser has stepped forward to claim an inappropriate relationship with Clash, filing a suit demanding $5 million from the man who voices Elmo. Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash first became the subject of sex allegations last week when an aspiring… Read more »

Elmo Resigns, Kevin Clash Leaves In A ‘Sad Day For Sesame Street’

Kevin Clash, better known as the voice of Elmo, has resigned from Sesame Workshop in what has been called “a sad day for Sesame Street.” Kevin Clash has voiced Elmo for nearly 30 years, mostly staying behind the scenes until an aspiring model in his young 20s, Sheldon Stephens, came forward to report that he… Read more »

22Oct

Lane Goodwin’s Funeral Is Today: Cancer Stricken Boy With 400K Facebook Fans Laid To Rest

Lane Goodwin, the boy whose battle with cancer was watched by more than 300,000 friends on Facebook, will be laid to rest today near his Kentucky home after he succumbed to the rare version of the disease late last week. Lane Goodwin’s funeral comes as the boy nears 400,000 fans on the site, many of… Read more »

21Oct

The Happiness Machine Will Provide Pick-Me-Up

Have you ever found yourself having a bad day and in need of an emotional ...

18Oct

Lane Goodwin, Kentucky Teen With 366K Facebook Fans, Dies Of Cancer

Lane Goodwin, a 13-year-old Kentucky boy who drew more than 300,000 fans to his Facebook page following a battle with cancer, died of the disease Wednesday night after nearly three years of illness. Lane Goodwin became a face of childhood cancer awareness as social media allowed hundreds of thousands of well-wishers to send their thoughts… Read more »

Artist Kills 9,000 Butterflies, But Says Butterflies Actually Lived Longer Due To His Deadly Exhibit

It may seem obscene when an artist who kills 9,000 butterflies gets ...

16Oct

Michelle Duggar To Stump For, You Guessed It, Todd Akin

Michelle Duggar, the baby-making factory at the center of TLC’s ...

15Oct

David Rose, Deaf Quadriplegic Twitter Sensation, Dies At 24

David Rose, a deaf quadriplegic who became a sensation on social media sites ...

27Sep

Anti-Gay Flier Prompts Lawsuit After Use Of Private Engagement Photo

An anti-gay flier that used a private engagement photo to advertise its ...

04Sep

Omarosa, Michael Clarke Duncan Were Planning Secret January Wedding

Reality show star Omarosa, who was out of town at the time boyfriend Michael ...

15Aug

Progressive, Victim’s Family Give Conflicting Accounts Of Court Case Over Insurance Payout

Earlier this week, insurance company Progressive was the subject of intense ...

14Aug

Lunch Breaks A Casualty Of Recession, Downsizing

Lunch breaks are declining in popularity as companies sustain a reduced ...

13Aug

Progressive Called Out On Twitter, Tumblr For Defending Insured’s Killer To Avoid Payout To Victim’s Family

Insurance company Progressive has been exposed to the double-edged sword ...

08Aug

Forced Pregnancy Tests At Louisiana School Will Be Banned, State Intervenes

Forced pregnancy tests at the Delhi Charter School in Louisiana were the ...

07Aug

Forced Pregnancy Tests Or Expulsion? ACLU Blasts Louisiana Charter School For Illegal Policy

Forced pregnancy tests have been written into the official student rules at a Louisiana charter school, one that is public, and the American Civil Liberties Union has blasted the school in a letter for what they say is clearly illegal action under federal laws. The sexist forced pregnancy tests included in the school’s policy seem… Read more »

24Jul

Alex Teves, John Larimer’s Girlfriends Speak Out After Boyfriends Died Shielding Them

After James Holmes allegedly shot up a theater during a midnight showing of the film The Dark Knight Rises, 12 people lay dead and scores more were injured. Of the dozen who were killed, fully one-third of the fatalities were men who were killed providing cover for their girlfriends when the shooting broke out. As… Read more »

23Jul

Boy, 7, Dies From Mysterious Rash On Vacation

Boy dies from rash on vacation — A boy who died from a rash on ...

16Jul

Facebook Murder in Chicago Leads to Arrest of Three Teens

A Facebook murder in Chicago is as senseless as it was cruel, and now three teens are under arrest after they beat a 62-year-old grandfather to death for kicks and footage of the attack wound up on the social network. Facebook bragging about murders, robberies, drug trade and other serious crimes have been more commonplace… Read more »

13Jul

Kentucky Couple Trades Truck For Baby, Cops Say

Corbin, KY — A Kentucky couple is under arrest for trading a truck for a baby, and police say their intentions were good but their methodology was poor. The baby’s biological mom, 30-year-old Heather Kaminskey, is said to have accepted a 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup in exchange for the baby boy she gave birth to… Read more »

Gay Couple ‘Heartbroken’ to Discover Engagement Photo Used on Anti-Gay Political Mailer

Montclair, NJ — A gay couple who had shared their engagement photo on the internet, a lighthearted pic showing the two men kissing against a snowy backdrop, were horrified to discover a politician’s campaign had appropriated the image without permission in order to tar an opponent. New Jersey gay couple Brian Edwards and Tom Privitere… Read more »

11Jul

Queen Of Clown Porn, Hollie Stevens, Dies Age 30

Queen of Clown Porn Dies -- Hollie Stevens Passes Away Aged 30

The so-called ‘Queen of Clown Porn’, Hollie Stevens, has died ...

06Jul

9-Month-Old Milton Rojas Dies After Babysitters Inject Him With Coke and Heroin

Nine-month-old baby Milton Rojas died of an overdose, it has been ruled, and two caregivers are under arrest after it was determined the baby had been injected with cocaine and heroin just prior to his death. 24-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Rivera and 27-year-old Viameri Santana-Berrios have been charged with murder after the July 2011 death of Rojas,… Read more »

President Obama Visits Restaurant, Owner Dies an Hour Later

Earlier today, 70-year-old Josephine Harris met President Obama, and hosted the Commander-in-Chief at her Akron, Ohio restaurant. Sadly, scant hours later, the grandma and restaurant owner has died — and her family members say that meeting the President was something she treasured intensely. What may have happened to Harris isn’t even an entirely unknown phenomenon… Read more »

Bald Eagle Electrocuted in Iowa, Wildlife Experts Explain

A bald eagle was electrocuted earlier this week in Iowa, one of the eaglets eagerly watched online from the world-famous Decorah nest in Iowa. The bald eagle electrocuted was known as D12, one of several eaglets recently born as wildlife enthusiasts the world over watched from a webcam. The story of the Decorah eaglets, even… Read more »

04Jul

19 Kids Left Home Alone For a Week, Neighbor Says Police Knew and Didn’t Act

As we reported earlier, the mother of “at least some of” a group of 19 children found in a “sweltering” Kentucky home, unattended and without food for a week, is under arrest. The details of the case are somewhat under wraps, but what we do know is that 19 kids were found in the home… Read more »

19Jun

Cricketer Tom Maynard, 23, Dies After Being Struck By Train

tom maynard cricketer dead at 23 after train accident

Tom Maynard, one of England’s brightest cricketing prospects, was ...

05Jun

Vietnam Letters From Slain U.S. Soldier Delivered After 43 Years

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Letters written by an Army sergeant who lost his life in Vietnam are finally ...

31May

Military Moms Breastfeeding in Uniform Surprised at Controversy Stirred by Pic

A photograph of two military moms in uniform breastfeeding their babies has ...

30May

‘Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven’ Singing Tot Horrifies Viewers as Video Goes Viral

What a difference a decade makes, indeed, as is evidenced by the dismay expressed by viewers of the viral video of a little boy cheerfully singing a song dubbed “Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven.” Much like the children holding “God Hates Fags” signs at Westboro Baptist Church rallies, there’s something especially stomach-churningly… Read more »

Divorce Hotel Transforms Messy Marriage Dissolution into Luxury Weekend Getaway

The Divorce Hotel doesn’t sound like too much fun, until you’ve been stuck in a union that is all but over and have struggled with the insane costs of trying to dissolve a marriage that ended in spirit years ago with a paper trail that won’t die. I must admit that to me, a divorce… Read more »

29May

Pregnant Woman Shot, Set Ablaze on Saturday Gives Birth Ahead of Schedule

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Less than a week after she was shot, set of fire and thought to be killed by her captors, a Detroit-area woman has given birth. The 22-year-old new mother was not named by press, but suffered a harrowing ordeal just days before her baby was born. After attending a showing of Men in Black 3… Read more »

16May

Baby Boy And 58 Dogs Found In Texas Home

A baby boy and 58 dogs have been found abandoned in a rundown home in ...

21Apr

Debtors Prisons Return, Breast Cancer Survivor Jailed For Outstanding Medical Bill

Lack of a single payer healthcare system continues to be an embarrassment for America compared to other first-world countries, and now it seems for the growing number of Americans who fall behind financially due to illness are subject to worsening penalties- including jail in some disturbing cases. By and large, debtors’ prisons were largely outlawed… Read more »

05Apr

Southern Baptist Convention Complains of ‘Race Hustlers’ in Trayvon Martin Controversy

It’s been six weeks, give or take, since 17-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin was shot to death by George Zimmerman, and it seems everyone has an opinion about the racial politics surrounding the situation- and the most recent and controversial weigh-in comes from the Southern Baptist Convention’s Richard Land. If the tragic death of Trayvon… Read more »

04Apr

Fired Over Facebook: Teacher’s Aide Kimberly Hester Axed After Refusing to Provide Log In Access to School

After all the recent concern over whether potential employers and employers should have access to log in to your personal Facebook account, it was practically inevitable some poor sod who’d been fired over refusing would pop up, and it appears that Kimberly Hester of Michigan is the sod in question. Before we get to the… Read more »

14Mar

Rutgers Student Trial: Jurors Mull Over Hate Crime Charges

The trial of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on a gay encounter involving his roommate has gone to a jury that will deliberate hate crime issues. Dharun Ravi fitted a webcam in the dorm room he shared with 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, and then tweeted links to a live video… Read more »

07Mar

Stephanie Decker, Tornado Survivor, Loses Legs After Heroically Saving kids

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Stephanie Decker, a mom from Marysville who saved her children’s lives by shielding them from a collapsing house ripped apart by a tornado, has lost parts of both her legs. The 36-year-old sleep specialist binded her two children together with a blanket and heroically shielded them with her body as the three of them were… Read more »

01Mar