Author: Erin Elizabeth

On Saturday, “Mad” Mike Hughes a 61-year-old limousine driver plans to launch himself on a mile-long flight over the Mojave Desert in a steam-powered rocket of his own making. The rocket is built from salvaged metals, his launch pad is repurposed from a used mobile home, and he is quite confident that this flight this will mark the first step toward proving the Earth is, in fact, flat: “It’s the most interesting story in the world. I don’t believe in science. I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size...

David Cassidy, the ’70s teen heartthrob and lead singer on “The Partridge Family,” has died. He was 67. Cassidy had recently been admitted to the intensive care unit of a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area hospital and was in critical condition and suffering from organ failure. His publicist Jo-Ann Geffen said, “David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long. Thank you for the abundance and support you have shown him these many years.”  “His father was famed actor and singer Jack Cassidy, and his mother...