This entry was an audio format competitor to CDs, but without read-write or computer compatibility, a pretty big miss even in the 90s, when music was just starting to make the digital migration that would eventually become its future (mp3s, streaming, etc.). Consumers wisely avoided this fo...
Before long, the leading entry for the name of the new ship was “RRS Boaty McBoatface,” a name which soon became an internet sensation. As links to the contest were shared, the name continued to gain steam, ending with 124,000 votes — over three times the votes of the runner-up ...
Loretha Rogers was holding back her own tears as she recalled that exchange with her son. Don’s own death by cocaine overdose occurred just eight days after Bias’ eerily similar death. And now, the oldest of the three Rogers children, the one who often had said that his mother taught h...
Regarding the first type of drug that was used, while alcohol was the commonest drug first used among PWID in the study area (89.6%), the use of heroin (4.0%) and cocaine (20.8%) was worth noting. When compared to the drugs that were in current use, the same study established that...
People use alcohol and cocaine together because they think that when the effects of cocaine start to wear off, alcohol can help with withdrawal and anxiety. But alcohol can make people want cocaine more. Can I mix Coke and beer? A mix of beer and Coke that is 50/50 will be very sweet...
It was collectively decided that all four flight attendants felt uncomfortabel with what was going on. There was a child up there. Other passengers felt uncomfortable. This was the closest place to go, so we as a team made the decision to come here. So tha...
one of those stories that we journalists loved to gossip about, with a wink and a nod, among ourselves but of which the wider Irish knew absolutely nothing.Anybody who was anybody in the Dublin media world knew that Gerry Ryan had a fondness for cocaine.And let's be honest about it, ...
On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden murdered her stepmother with an axe in the Borden’s Fall River, Massachusetts family home. Abby Borden’s body was found in the guest room between the bed and bureau. Soon after, Lizzie axed her father, Andrew Borden, to death. While th...
I realised a while ago that I couldn’t ride in the passenger seat with someone at the wheel who was on such a relentless path to self-destruction. It’s taken many years, a lot of sadness, and a lot of collateral damage to people, relationships and lives outside of his. ...