ZeekRewards assets appointed to temporary receiver
My Fox 8
Users of ZeekRewards.com and Zeekler.com are searching for answers — and their lost money — after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the sites' owner, Paul Burks, with an alleged $600 million Ponzi scheme. "I was in shock," said a Zeek THE JUDGE overseeing the distribution and collection of funds from controversial ZeekRewards said that [...]
Read MoreStrikeforce's Three Stars: Ronda Rousey, Ronaldo Souza and Miesha Tate
Yahoo! Sport
SAN DIEGO — Fedor Emelianenko is gone. So is Nick Diaz. And Dan Henderson. And Gina Carano. Daniel Cormier is on his way out. With its roster depleted of star power, there's only one A-list, Fifty-four seconds. That's how long it took Strikeforce 135-pound champ Ronda Rousey to submit Sarah Kaufman with the one move [...]
Read MoreLaughs Were on Her, by Design
New York Tim
Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller, 95, died Monday, leaving behind a legacy within the comedy world. Comedian Phyllis Diller — who paved the way for today's female comics — died this morning, TMZ has learned.Sources close to Diller tell us the comedian… "I spent seven hours today at the beauty parlor; hell, that was just [...]
Read MoreWWE: Why RAW Win Doesn't Make Up for Dolph Ziggler's SummerSlam Defeat
Bleacher Rep
Among the many celebrities that attended WWE's 'Summerslam' on Aug. 19, was Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst. As the camera panned to Durst during the live. WWE.com has you covered with complete SummerSlam 2012 results! Find out all the winners and losers from The Biggest Party of Summer! The WWE made a curious decision when [...]
Read More$1M Powerball winning ticket sold in Wayne County
Detroit Free
The national spotlight was turned on Lapeer — a city of about 10000 residents — on Thursday after a winning Powerball ticket worth $337 million was sold at the Odish Family Market and Sunoco gas station on the north side of town. The winning numbers For the second time in a week, a Powerball player [...]
Read MoreRihanna's Oprah Interview Draws Both Praise And Criticism From PR Experts
Huffington P
When Rihanna sat down with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night, the topic everyone wanted the singer to open up about was her much-discussed, tabloid-heavy relationship with her ex Chris Brown, years after he assaulted her over Grammy weekend in 2009. And THEN she drops some knowledge on any man who is hoping to be the [...]
Read More'Hunger Games' sells 3.8 million DVDs, Blu-rays on first weekend
Los Angeles
The Hunger Games Trilogy Has Now Outsold All the Harry Potter Books Insert your own violent archery imagery here: Katniss Everdeen has now []ed Harry Potter, mostly because digital books are bolstering sales figures for The Hunger Games trilogy. THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne [...]
Read More'Hunger Games' sells 3.8 million DVDs, Blu-rays on first weekend
Los Angeles
Insert your own violent archery imagery here: Katniss Everdeen has now []ed Harry Potter, mostly because digital books are bolstering sales figures for The Hunger Games trilogy. Suzanne Collins' dystopian bloodsport YA Also in Monday morning's round-up of news briefs, Cosmopolis lead a weekend of specialty release titles in the box office. Samuel L. Jackson [...]
Read MoreCongressman Todd Akin asks 'forgiveness' for rape remarks
BBC News
If you're reading this post, you already know all about Republican Rep. Todd Akin's amazing meltdown on the subject of rape, which led to members of his own party furiously trying to shove him out of the race all day Monday. Todd Akin (R-MO) has launched an online fundraising drive pegged to his pledge not [...]
Read More'Expendables 2' captures No. 1 spot with $28.6M
Boston.com
'Expendables 2' Tops Weekend Box Office! 'Expendables 2' Tops Weekend Box Office! The Expendables 2 has taken the top spot at this weekend's box office! The action packed thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold A crush of new films — led by "The Expendables 2" — opened on the softer side as the dog days of [...]
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