1. For $9,600, fans of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can rent a luxury suite for her scheduled June speech near Denver, part of a package that includes seats for 26 guests. “That’s a rip-off, she’s given me many a stern lectures for free,” said Bill Clinton.
2. According to a new study, education campaigns that aim to inform people about the benefits of vaccines do little to increase the intent of parents to vaccinate their children. Said the parents, “We didn’t listen to the pamphlet about safe sex, what makes you think I’m gonna listen to this one?”
3. On Monday, scientists in South Africa announced they have mapped the evolution of an antibody that kills different strains of the HIV virus, which might yield a vaccine for the incurable disease. “Hurry up,” said the rest of Africa.
4. A man in New Jersey has spent the past 30 days conducting a pay-it-forward campaign by doing good deeds for random strangers like paying for gas and adding time to expired parking meters. The man says, as a result, he’s already seen his luck change for the better, for instance, last week he was only stabbed three times.
5. On Sunday, citing a back injury, Tiger Woods pulled out of the final round of the Honda Classic, which was ultimately won by Russell Henley in a four-way playoff. I’d hate to be the guy who broke the news to Tiger that he missed out on a four-way.
6. A selfie taken by Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres, which included Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt and others caused Twitter to crash Sunday night. Proving once again Ellen is a master at convincing people and things to go down.
7. A state Senate special committee has offered a plan to allow two huge casinos in South Florida. It’s all part of Florida’s plan to corner the market on sketchy characters and unseemly drifters.
8. Peyton Manning, who led the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl appearance last year, has been fully cleared after a medical checkup to play next season, according to reports. But keep in mind this is the same doctor who said Eli Manning was fully capable of playing before last year, so there’s a good chance he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
9. Sunday’s Oscars telecast drew 43 million viewers in the U.S., delivering the biggest audience for the Academy Awards in a decade. Although those number are less impressive when you realize the show was on tv for nine hours so people were bound to stumble upon it at some point.
10. According to a new study, over half of German people who are told they have cancer through a set of accepted guidelines for breaking bad news are unsatisfied with the conversation. The German doctors have a hard time with the guidelines too, specifically the part about showing human emotion.
