Comedian Joan Rivers dies at 81
Comedian and television host Joan Rivers died Thursday in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, the Associated Press reported. Rivers was 81.
Rivers was hospitalized last week after she went into cardiac arrest following a routine medical procedure. She died surrounded by close family and friends, her daughter said.
Rivers made her fame onstage as a late-night comic.
Along with comedy, Rivers hosted shows on both TV Guide Network and E! and had a late-night show similar to “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” titled “The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.”
She also hosted “Fashion Police,” with her daughter, in which she critqued actors’ and attresses’ wardrobes on the red carpet.
She made her comedic living on making fun of pop-culture figures, including Miley Cyrus and herself.
Rivers was featured in a documentary in 2010 and recently started her own jewelry line.
Study shows students need more sleep
A University of Alabama study reported 60 percent of college students do not get enough sleep, WMBF reported.
The study said the figure is almost twice the percentage of how many adults do not get enough sleep, which comes in at 33 percent.
Among the reasons the study gave for students not sleeping enough were juggling classes, finances, social life, athletics, expectations at home and working.
The study also said since students find it hard to balance these things, they try to do all of them while not sleeping as much as they should, but a solution to this problem would be for students to turn off all electronics before bed.
A health promotion professor from Coastal Carolina University said that if a student gets less than five hours of sleep per night, they are 50 percent more likely to be obese down the road.
Distillery found in Holly Hill woods
A liquor distillery was found in the woods near Holly Hill, South Carolina, WLTX reported.
Officers were investigating marijuana growing operations when they found the still.
Authorities questioned the property’s owner, who said she didn’t know anything about the distillery — she said a storage building in her backyard was where she operated a social club and sold food and beer. She said it was a private club, where members paid for the beer and food.
Officers found 25 25-55 gallon barrels full of fermenting corn mash. Two 5-gallon containers were found containing what was believed to be moonshine. Officers also found items on the property that are usually used to make moonshine.
No charges have been filed yet.