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New Indian Express
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Marc Maron to end his ‘WTF' podcast after 15 years of interviewing comics, actors, musicians, Obama
LOS ANGELES: Comic and actor Marc Maron said Monday that he's ending his popular and influential podcast 'WTF with Marc Maron' after nearly 16 years. Maron said on a newly released episode that the last of the nearly 2,000 episodes he has hosted will be released later this year. 'Sixteen years we've been doing this, and we've decided that we had a great run,' Maron said. 'Now, basically, it's time, folks. It's time. 'WTF' is coming to an end. It's our decision. We'll have our final episode sometime in the fall.' The 61-year-old Maron said he and producing partner Brendan McDonald are 'tired' and 'burnt out' but 'utterly satisfied with the work we've done.' Maron was a veteran stand-up comic who had dabbled in radio when he started the show in 2009, at a time when stand-ups were trying out the form in big numbers, and many listeners still downloaded episodes on to iPods.
Washington Post
03-05-2025
- Washington Post
Robbers are taking more headphones, D.C. police say
Headphones are everywhere on the streets of Washington, facilitating telephone conversations, emitting music, and, according to D.C. police, increasingly attracting robbers and thieves. Officers have noted 'an uptick in robberies targeting headphones,' the police said Friday on social media in an advisory to the public. A posted flyer depicted two types of headphones: the more traditional over-the-ear sort and the newer wireless earbuds. The over-the-ear picture appeared to show a device from a maker of headphones that might cost $100 or more. It was not only the brand or model illustrated that could be desirable to thieves, the flyer said, but also others "of similar value.' Theft of such expensive devices as smartphones, and iPods, have become relatively commonplace. But thefts of the earphones alone has not been as frequently reported. Friday's advisory was posted the day after D.C. police reported the arrest of a group of teenagers in four headphone robberies on or near the Metropolitan Branch Trail. On Wednesday, police said, they were told of a group of youths snatching headphones, apparently off the heads of users, on the north-south trail, a bicycle and pedestrian route with its southern end in the Union Station area. Four headphones were grabbed from four people in less than 10 minutes. The robberies all occurred shortly before 6 p.m., suggesting that at least some victims may have been bicycle commuters returning home from jobs. Sites, in the Truxton Circle and Eckington areas, included the 200 block of R Street NE and the 400 block of V Street NE as well as the 100 block of Florida Avenue NE and the 1800 block of Fourth Street NE. Police said they arrested three male teenagers, ages 13, 15 and 17, all from Northeast, and charged them with robbery. Earlier last month, headphones were snatched on two occasions in the Navy Yard area of Southeast. Once at First and M Streets and the other in the 900 block of First Street. Both incidents, as with the Northeast robberies, occurred during daylight hours. Police said they arrested a 16-year-old and charged him with robbery. Out for a "walk, jog or run? " police asked in Friday's advisory. 'Stay aware of your surroundings!' Police said detectives are working diligently on unsolved cases, and officers were being deployed at strategic spots. Headphone robberies are not unique to Washington. In March a New York City television station described an incident there, in which seven thefts were reported on a single day in neighborhoods that included the Upper East Side and Greenwich Village. A version of the story appeared on YouTube under the headline 'Group on bikes stealing headphones right off people's heads.'
Identity
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Identity
The 2000s: If You Remember These, Your Childhood Was Elite
Everyone has special memories from their childhood, moments that never get old no matter how much time passes. Now that we're almost halfway through 2025, it's wild to think how far away the 2000s era feels, a time that was packed with iconic memories and unforgettable things that shaped who we are today. This list is here to give you a much-needed dose of nostalgia. And if you remember having any of these items in your life, there's no doubt about it, then your childhood was truly elite. Silly Bandz The more colors you had, the cooler you were among your school friends. Silly Bandz was an essential part of every millennial's accessory collection. Whether you rocked the funky shapes or the animal designs, they were the must-have items. Do you remember how many you could stack on your hands at once? Flip Phones Pink, silver, or any color you could imagine, those phones shaped a generation. Who didn't dream of having one of those iconic flip phones back in the day? If you were lucky enough to have one with interchangeable covers, you were the trendsetter of your friend group. Jansport Backpacks There were some school items that, for the longest time, felt like the ultimate fashion statement. Jansport backpacks were definitely at the top of that list. If you ever carried one of them over your shoulder, you were part of the elite. iPods And finally, we can't forget the game-changing device that defined a whole generation, the iPod. One look at someone's iPod playlist, and you can instantly tell what kind of person they were and what artist crafted that era for them. If you checked off all of these, congratulations, you're officially one of the elite winners of the 2000s generation.
Daily Mail
28-04-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Migrant seen with ICE Barbie's Gucci bag and American Express after snatching purse from DC restaurant
The illegal immigrant charged with robbing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem immediately used her credit cards for a boozy night in DC, police say. Mario Bustamante-Leiva, 49, was arrested this week after allegedly robbing Noem at The Capital Burger restaurant in downtown DC, taking off with over $3,000 in cash in her Gucci handbag. In new documents obtained by it is claimed that Bustamante-Leiva then immediately went to sit at a nearby restaurant bar, where he 'stayed until about midnight.' He spent around $205 in the bar, and cops released images of him sat with drinks with Noem's credit card allegedly on the table in front of him. Noem said the thief also took off with makeup bag, driver's license, passport, medication, apartment keys, DHS access badge and some blank checks. Authorities say Bustamante-Leiva has been in the US illegally for years, and is believed to be part of a wider robbery organization terrorizing the East Coast. This is not the Chilean's first run-in with the law. He made headlines back in 2015 for being one of London's most prolific robbers. After robbing Noem at a restaurant with a Gucci hat on and a mask over his face, Bustamante-Leiva immediately went to a nearby bar and drank until midnight When he robbed Noem, Bustamante-Leiva sat alone at a table next to the secretary and was able to snatch her purse while no one was looking. He used his left foot to drag and slide the bag into his possession and away from Noem. The suspect looked around the restaurant, picked up the bag, put it under his jacket, and bolted. According to the court documents, Bustamante-Leiva had robbed two other unsuspecting victims in just over a week before targeting Noem in the same fashion. Following his arrest in London, he was jailed in the UK for three years after stealing $27,957 worth of phones, wallets and computers during a five-month crime spree. Bustamante-Leiva was a jobless father-of-three at the time with no fixed address. The Chilean national trawled exclusive bars, restaurants and coffee shops looking for laptops, mobile phones, iPods and tablets. In 2015, the Old Bailey court in London heard in one case he even stole a bag containing an entire family's passports and airplane boarding passes. Police released CCTV footage which showed the brazen thief swipe an unsuspecting woman's handbag from under her nose as she chats with a friend. He admitted 22 charges of theft between July and December 2014. Noem thanked law enforcement for arresting her suspected robber. She wrote on Sunday: 'Thank you to Secret Service and ICE and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the criminal who stole my bag on Easter Sunday as I shared a meal with my family at a Washington DC restaurant. 'This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years. 'Unfortunately, so many families in this country have been made victims by crime, and that's why President Trump is working every single day to make America safe and get these criminal aliens off of our streets.'
India.com
27-04-2025
- Business
- India.com
Most expensive iPhone ever sold was for..., original iPods got huge amount of..., first ever Apple computer...
(Image: Apple products: iPhone is arguably Apple's most popular and in demand product since it was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at Macworld 2007, and launched later that year. Forbes has reported that a first-generation iPhone was sold at auction in 2023 for a whopping Rs 1,62,51,708.43 ($190,373). This amount is nearly 380 times $499, the original price of the smartphone during its release in 2007. That particular piece was a 4GB first-generation iPhone counted as a rare model hard to find due to it being discontinued two months after debuting. It is interesting to note that the 4 GB iPhone is 20 times rarer than the 8 GB model, which cost $599, came with more memory, and released at the exact same time. The record-breaking iPhone sold by LCG Auctions is not the only bit of vintage tech that has scored a high price. In fact, it was the third original iPhone to fetch a high price on the auction block in less than a year's time with an 8 GB model selling for just over $63,356 in February 2023 and another 8GB model going for nearly $39,340 in October 2022. Every single one of these devices came in their original packaging, making them more valuable as they were found to be in perfect condition, reports It is not just the first generation iPhones that are in high demand, original iPods are in demand as well because they are extremely hard to come by today and sought out by collectors who are constantly on the hunt for this revolutionary device as it was the MP3 player that changed how the world listened to music forever, allowing users to download songs from their computer and keep all of them stored in their pocket. Some original iPods that are still in their packaging and can work today have gone for as much as Rs 76,83,094.55 ($90,000) at auction, while those out of the box are able to get tens of thousands of dollars from eager collectors. The bonus is the first ever computer from Apple known as the Apple-1 that was built in 1976 by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs' garage. It was one of the first 50 machines the company released in its early days and cost $666.66 when it debuted.
