Thursday night, former President George W. Bush attended an event for the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, and made a speech in front of hundreds of people. While taking the podium, he talked about being in the library of Lyndon B. Johnson, but then made a dirty joke that raised some eyebrows. Overall, the joke did garner a few laughs, but it was still a little awkward! [HuffPost]
Rapper Treach of the legendary hip-hop group Naughty By Nature has been arrested for allegedly charging cops after a 10-block police chase through 4 red lights. The rapper, who’s real name is Anthony Criss, was signaled to pull over because he was speeding, but then floored the gas and sped off. Treach has since been released on $15,000 bail. [TMZ]
There’s another update in the case of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight from last month, after a black box signal was discovered coming from the middle of the Indian Ocean. The Australian Prime Minister says that the signal from that black box is “rapidly fading”, and that the search for it needs to be “narrowed as soon as possible”. He also says he is confident that the black box is from the missing flight, but there is still no confirmation. [BBCNews]
Reports concerning President Obama’s income have surfaced, claiming that it’s dropped 21% since he took oath for office in 2008. His yearly income has gone from around $5 million, to now $481,098 as of 2013. According to the Obamas’ return, their tax bill for last year was $98,169, but they’re supposedly due a refund of $19,108. [CNN]
