Category Archives: News and Events

Lindsay Lohan arrived for her court appearance on felony charges (she is alleged to have stolen a $2,500 necklace) clad in a clingy designer mini-dress (Kimberly Ovitz).  Once the photos of Lohan in Ovitz hit the intertent, the dress sold out around the … Continue reading →

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former WikiLeaks staffer, is being sued by WikiLeaks for what he reveals in his new book, “Inside WikiLeaks:  My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website.”  Mr. Domscheit-Berg has another website, “OpenLeaks.”  WikiLeaks also … Continue reading →

Heisman winner and Auburn quarterback of the BCS championship-winning Auburn football team, Cam Newton, has announced that he will not be returning to his potential alma mater for his senior year.  He called the choice “difficult” for him and his … Continue reading →

Marianne Jennings was recently selected as one of 2010’s Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior. This year’s list of recipients includes leaders from the public and private sectors as well as authors, consultants, researchers and academics. Selection is based on continuing and … Continue reading →

When you are caught on a wiretap cursing, stewing, and fretting about being caught for insider trading, there are not many routes for your defense attorney to take.  Suppress the wiretapped conversations that indicate intent?  With that evidentiary fight lost, … Continue reading →

Andrew Auernheimer and Daniel Spitler were able to gather the email addresses of 120,000 Apple iPad users when they hacked into AT&T’s website in June 2010.  AT&T acknowledged a flaw in its website. Messrs. Auernheimer and Spitler fell victim to hubris … Continue reading →

Andrew Wakefield published his study on vaccines and autism in the British medical journal, The Lancet, in 1998.  Parents worldwide declined or withheld vaccines from their children as a result.  The Lancet withdrew the study in 2010 because a look … Continue reading →

Goldman Sachs has put together a $50-billion deal with Facebook and a Russian investor.  The company that paid a $550-million fine as it promised to disclose that it often bets against its clients is working with the company that can’t … Continue reading →

Lola Gonzalez, the founder and owner of Accurate Background Check, knew that with few new clients and one-fifth of her customers not paying their bills, something had to give.  Or, somebody had to go.  So, she did. Rather than lay off … Continue reading →

Professor Richard Quinn was suspicious when the results on his mid-term exam were a full one to one-and-one-half grade levels higher than usual.  The good professor ran some stats and realized that something had gone awry.  An anonymous tip was … Continue reading →

The Barometer always experiences a little bit of push-back when folks view the latest stats on cheating by our high school and college students.  There is a dismissiveness, to wit, “They are not cheating more; they are just more honest … Continue reading →

So went an exchange between the two women keeping a vigil above the Chilean gold mine where miners have been trapped since August 5, 2010.  Seems Mrs. Barrio overheard the mistress and her friends praying for trapped miner Yonni Barrio.  … Continue reading →

Reverb Communications settled up with the FTC.  The marketing company agreed to remove from the Internet all the iTune reviews that appeared to be written by run-of-the-mill app users but that had really been written by its very own employees. … Continue reading →

Roger Clemens was indicted for perjury.  Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted on one count of 24 charges – that of lying to the FBI. Common thread?  Their troubles did not spring from their mistakes, misjudgments, and almost felonies.  … Continue reading →