Human Interest

The British comedian Victoria Wood passed away after a short battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family, her publicist Neil Reading confirmed saying: “The multi Bafta award-winning writer, director, actor and comedian died peacefully at her north London home with family this morning. She was 62. The family ask for privacy at this very sad time.” Victoria who was born in Prestwich, Lancashire started her career in 1974 when she won the ATV talent show New Faces.

VIX crashed out of the gate this morning, plunging to 12.50 lows - the lowest since August 2015 (right before the market crashed).

The front-end of the 'greed' index has collapsed, driving the term-structure of 'fear' to its steepest since Dec 2014 as we suppose everyone and their pet rabbit is confident that The ECB will do something and The Fed won't.

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Local residents are reporting a marked increase in serious birth defects five years after the nuclear accident at Fukushima. There are reports of a surge of babies are being born with extra arms and legs, a high rise in the numbers of still births and many are also reporting an increase in cancers, both near and far away from Fukushima. But due to a continuous coverup by Japanese authorities and the media, along with a severe lack of scientific studies being performed, very little information on the subject is reaching the public.

A message on a postcard inside a glass bottle thrown into the sea by a Plymouth biologist in 1906 and recovered in Germany has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest message-in-a-bottle. Metro reports: The historic message was sent by George Parker Bidder between 1904 and 1906 – along with a postcard and the promise of a shilling to the finder. It was eventually picked up in April last year by retired post office worker Marianne Winkler who was holidaying on the island of Amrum, off the north coast of Germany.

On the heels of saying "Any New Yorker who even thinks of voting for Ted Cruz should have their head examined", Rep. Peter King (R-NY) engaged in even more civil discourse in an interview on Morning Joe, when he had this to say about the Senator from Texas:

"I'm Not Endorsing Ted Cruz, I Hate Ted Cruz, I Think I'll Take Cyanide If He Ever Got The Nomination"