CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have arrested one of their own, charging him Wednesday with secretly taking photographs of underage girls. Officer Thomas E. Allen was arrested and charged with four counts of secretly using a photographic imaging device to view another’s body or undergarments, and four counts of possessing photographic images in violation of the peeping statute. Police said the...
With an epic applause from the audience and I'm sure everyone watching at home, Jimmy Fallon came to the stage for his first night at his new home on the Tonight Show. Jimmy spent the first few minutes introducing himself to the audience -- childhood memories, details about his family, and his career progression.... When the formalities were out of the...
NEW ORLEANS - Last night, at the NBA All-Star game, Kyrie Irving stole the show. Even with his ankle-breaking handle, improbable finishes in the paint and his on-target passes, Irving finished his second All-Star game with 31 points and 14 assists. Transforming into his alter ego - Mr. Fourth Quarter - the talented 21-year-old point guard scored 15 points in the...
America won it's first ever gold medal in ice dancing - taking longer than any other sport for the American's to win the top prize in. The champions were Meryl Davis and Charlie White, a team that has been together for over 17 years (although not by any means without struggle). Like everything else in the 2014 Winter Olympics, this...
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — World famous snake-handling pastor Jamie Coots from Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro, KY, who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation”, died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service. Jamie Coots was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake Saturday night, dropped the snake, then picked...
1. Because nothing is ever as good as it looks in the ad.   reddit.com 2. Because real life is never like the movies. reddit.com 3. Because that haircut you saw in that magazine is never going to look as good on you.   reddit.com 4. Because one person’s extra extra large is another person’s extra extra gross. reddit.com 5. Because you can’t pull off bangs. reddit.com 6. Because fun cocktails are never as fun as they...
President Barack Obama has declared the 2014 east coast blizzard a national emergency, giving the DOT and National Guard additional finances and authority to adequately respond to emergencies throughout the northeast and southeast. The declaration, signed Thursday morning and announced today at 3pm, comes with the momentous delays and tragedies undercutting the government's initial, optimistic estimates that as many as...
Heavy snowfall started in the Charlotte area on Tuesday, and after some downtime that night, continued to pour through Wednesday and into Thursday afternoon in what would turn out to be the most epic blizzard of Charlotte's history. The following images offer an extremely rare view of Charlotte....    
A familiar-looking coffee shop has opened up in Los Feliz, Calif. — except this one is called “Dumb Starbucks.” Ashley Perez/BuzzFeed Everything at the bizarro coffee shop is similar to the real Starbucks, with menu items like a “Dumb Iced Caramel Macchiato” and a “Dumb Green Tea Frappuccino.” A big difference? The drinks are all free. // Twitter: @dumbstarbucks The creators are...
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, advises us all to “Investigate What We Eat.” Here he gives us a hand doing that as he takes a close up look at a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget. When viewed under a microscope, from the outside batter to the “meat” on the inside, it’s very bizarre looking.   //   After watching this, you’ll probably think...