A 43-year-old Venezuelan woman was apprehended at Madrid International Airport with 3.7 pounds of cocaine in her breast implants. Authorities noticed her suspicious behavior during a routine screening of passengers returning from Bogota, Colombia. The drugs were discovered when she was frisked by female agents, who noticed “irregularities and deformities” in her breasts. Overcome with nerves and the great burden …
Facebook Plans ‘Satire’ Button To Help Identify Joke Articles
If you’re tired of having to explain over and over to clueless relatives things like “no, President Obama didn’t really run over Jimmy Carter last night, that’s a piece from The Onion. It’s a satire site,” there’s hope. Facebook is reportedly testing a “satire” button to clarify what’s real and fake news. Mashable reports Mark Zuckerberg’s famous repository for pointless …
Congress Is Coming For Your Extra-Large Movie Popcorn
Obamacare may be coming for your extra large movie theater popcorn — all 1,030 calories of it — if two Democratic legislators get their way. Among its myriad regulations, the health care law includes a small provision requiring all chain restaurants to post calorie count data on their menus. This seems simple in theory but, in practice, has touched off …
Homeless Fed 809-Pound Tiger Shark In Texas
An 809-pound tiger shark caught in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month has been cooked and served to more than 90 poor and homeless Texans. Timon’s Ministries in Corpus Christi set up the donation of about 75 pounds of shark meat. Executive director Kae Berry tells the San Antonio Express-News that the 12-foot, 7-inch shark was the biggest fish …
Mom Develops App So Kids Can’t Ignore Calls From Parents
A mom who was fed up with her kids dodging her calls invented an app that makes it harder to ignore calls from parents. One time, in high school, I went to a party at a friend’s house. My mom was fine with me going, but asked me to please call her when I got there so she would know …
The App Gold Rush Is Over
If the App Store presented developers with a potential river of revenue when it launched six years ago, it’s little more than a trickle today. The Financial Times says profits are “squeezed” as the App Store becomes more “industrialized.” At one time, app developers could earn tens of thousands of dollars for releasing tools built in hours. No more, reports …
American Doctor Infected With Ebola Is Cured
Two American aid workers treated at a Georgia hospital for three weeks after becoming infected with the deadly Ebola virus have recovered and now pose no health risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, called Thursday a “miraculous day” in a brief statement made to reporters before leaving to spend time with his family …