10 Realistic Ways To Cut Commuting Costs
As the price of everything goes up, everyone is looking for easy ways to cut their commuting costs. You can scour the internet for ideas, but many ideas just aren’t realistic.Drivers are told they...
View ArticleProfessor Claims To Have Discovered The World's Oldest Torah Scroll In Italy
A Torah scroll dating from as early as the 12th century was found tucked away in the University of Bologna's library after sitting mislabeled for over 120 years.Discovered by Hebrew Professor Mauro...
View ArticleRussian Oligarch Plans To Demolish His $95 Million Mansion Because Of A...
Russian fertilizer tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev plans to level the $95 million Palm Beach property he bought from Donald Trump in 2008 because of mold problems, Gossip Extra reported.The sale of the...
View ArticleNYC Set Up An Obstacle Course To Teach People How To Cycle In The City
One of the biggest criticisms of New York's new bike share system is that participants may not have experience biking in a city filled with aggressive pedestrians and drivers.To help prepare and...
View ArticleSaudi Prince Reportedly Dropped $19.5 Million On A 3-Day Extravaganza At...
A Saudi prince reportedly spent €15 million (or $19.5 million at today's conversion rates) for a three-day celebration at Disneyland Paris, AFP reports.Prince Fahd al-Saud supposedly booked whole areas...
View ArticleBMW's M6 Convertible Is Surprisingly Difficult To Understand
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to secure an invite to spend a few days in the Hamptons.I was even luckier to have a 2012 BMW M6 convertible to get me and three friends there.This...
View ArticleActor Mark Ruffalo Explains Why NYC's New Bike Share Program Is Awesome
We recently tested out New York City's new bike share program to see how it would work for the average New Yorker. While we were out, we encountered lots of people who were curious about the new system...
View ArticleOne Of Billionaire Hedge Funder Marc Lasry's Daughters Got Married
One of the daughters of billionaire Marc Lasry, who runs distressed debt hedge fund Avenue Capital, was married this weekend. Samantha Lasry was married to John Fleisher on Saturday at the Beach Club...
View ArticleThe 15 Hardest Countries To Visit
The world's least-visited countries are not necessarily the most difficult to get to. I am using the following three criteria to determine which countries are the most inaccessible, as well as my own...
View ArticlePutting A $127,000 BMW M6 Into Park Is Totally Confusing
I recently took a 2012 BMW M6 convertible for a weekend test drive. For the most part, it's a great car.But at times, I found the car mystifying and in no way intuitive. I couldn't even figure out how...
View ArticleKim Jong-il's Favorite Type Of Sushi Was Fatty Tuna
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson interviewed the personal sushi chef and sidekick of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il for GQ.The story details how Japanese sushi chef Kenji...
View ArticleGermany Drops 63-Letter-Long Word From Official Usage
Germany's longest official word — Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz — has been dropped from usage, Der Spiegel reports.The 63-letter-long word, which refers to the "law...
View ArticleNYC's General Motors Building Is Now The Most Valuable Office Space In America
The families of Chinese real estate developer Zhang Xin and Brazilian banking magnate Moise Safra paid $1.4 billion for a 40 percent stake in the General Motors building, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleLululemon Is Finally Restocking Black Yoga Pants After 'See-Through' Debacle
Sheer no more: Lululemon's Luon pants return to stores; analyst says no lasting brand damageNEW YORK (AP) — Lululemon is starting to get its Luon black yoga pants, which were pulled in March for being...
View ArticleAmerican Men Seem To Be Falling Fast Behind In Today's Economy
Men – once the dominate sex in nearly every sector of society – seem to be falling far and fast.A new Pew report finds that 40 percent of households with children under 18 have mothers who are the...
View Article8 Crazy Revelations From An Interview With Kim Jong-il's Personal Chef
As personal chef and confidante to late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, Kenji Fujimoto saw some pretty insane things.Fujimoto (an alias) is the subject of a new profile in GQ by Pulitzer...
View ArticleHere's The First Look At Pagani's Highly Rumored New Supercar
Pagani is on the verge of launching a new model and today released a teaser image for the car, which is rumored to be based on the Zonda R track special and limited to a production run of just five...
View ArticleMeet The Teen Entrepreneur Whose Flip Flop Line Made It To Nordstrom
Houston teenager Maddie Stevens has gained national exposure as an entrepreneur after her flip flop line was picked up by Nordstrom. Stevens, 14, started designing sandals when she was just 8, reports...
View ArticleGuys, Here's How You Can Avoid Looking Like A Hot Mess On Television
Anyone who saw Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's notorious on-air meltdown at the All Things D conference a few years back knows that even the most successful entrepreneurs don't necessarily know how...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Steve Martin Is Selling His Spectacular St. Barts Villa For...
Funny man Steve Martin is selling his mansion in St. Barts for €8.75 million, or $11.4 million at today's conversion rates, according to celebrity real estate blog The Real Estalker.The home — known as...
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