Spanish bishop rebukes priests who joked about wishing Pope goes to heaven soon

MADRID — A Spanish bishop Wednesday rebuked comments made by some priests on a weekly internet program about praying for Pope Francis to die as soon as possible. The priests later apologized. Archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves of Toledo posted a statement on the archdiocese website saying it rejected the comments and warned that it may … Read more

Warren Buffett joked he’d be ‘eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald’s’ if the US government didn’t bail out the banks in 2008

Warren Buffett.REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett once joked he would have faced a fast-food Thanksgiving without the 2008 bailouts. “If the government hadn’t acted, I would be eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald’s,” he quipped. Buffett often eats McDonald’s for breakfast, and owns one of the restaurant chain’s gold cards. Warren Buffett would have celebrated Thanksgiving with … Read more

Household Feud contestant who joked about marriage on air will get life in jail for spouse’s homicide

Quincy Police Division Reserving picture of Tim Bliefnick Timothy “Tim” W. Bliefnick, a former Household Feud contestant who infamously joked about regretting marriage whereas showing on the sport present, was handed three life sentences in jail in an Illinois courtroom Friday for the homicide of his spouse, Rebecca. In accordance with native information station KHQA, two of … Read more