ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An uncontrollable case of the hiccups brought an odd sort of fame to Jennifer Mee, who was 15 when she appeared on TV trying to find a cure for her affliction. Five weeks later the hiccups stopped and the media attention disappeared — until this week, when Mee, now 19, was charged with murder after police said she met a man online and lured him to a vacant house where two of her friends robbed and shot him.
If you’re looking to chisel a date in the Walkman’s tombstone, then Oct. 25, 2010, is as good as any. Perhaps Oct. 23, 2001, the day the iPod was born, is the better date. Sony said Monday that it has ceased production of the cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic device.
Phone calls that come in the dead of night rarely bring a happy message, even if the voice on the other end of the line belongs to retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Wynn Resorts is being sued by two of its nightclub employees, who claim the resort’s tip pooling policy violates Wynn’s collective bargaining agreement with the culinary and bartenders’ unions. The federal lawsuit filed late Monday charges breach of written contract and seeks an injunction and class action status.
NEW YORK — New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, causing fresh anxiety among tourists who are canceling Big Apple vacations. Some travelers say they are creeped out about staying in hotels and visiting attractions as new reports of bedbugs pop up every few days. City officials are concerned about the effect on the city’s image and $30 billion tourism industry.