Runners-up for top story: Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, Representative Henry “Hank” Johnson, Todd Palin (which helps to explain Sarah Palin’s bizarre resignation as Alaska’s governor), former major leaguer Matt Keough, white supremacist Buford Furrow Jr. and rapper Kanye West
Runners-up for top story of the month:
Celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, 36, found dead with eight undigested OxyContin pills in his stomach and a ninth in his mouth, along with cocaine, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole (a drug use to cut cocaine) in his system. Goldstein was famous for spinning records for as much as $25,000 for a three-hour set at some of the world’s most exclusive parties, including private events for Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Stiller. Throughout his early 20s he struggled with drugs and his weight, reaching 300 pounds before getting sober and undergoing gastric by-pass surgery. After surviving a fiery Learjet crash barely a year ago on the runway of ...