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Mandatory helmets for pedestrians?
It's just a slippery slope away. In London, they perceive a public health problem from people using cell phones, mainly for text messaging, running into things. Their solution? Make stuff…
Mutilate your thirst
They wouldn’t promote the movie, but the fictional beverage in it, now that’s worth marketing! From Danny Leigh of The Guardian: 1) Early last year, Mike Judge, creator of Beavis…
Next “Endangered Species”: Crab lice?
A Dutch museum is appealing for donations: they need crab lice – or at least one louse. No questions asked . . . and they are afraid for the species,…
Three words that I never thought I'd see together in a headline…
Obscene Yogurt Conviction….
Some days I just love the Boston Herald…
Especially on days when they give me so many good stories to blog about. Today's one of those days, and there are so many, I'm gonna stick a bunch in…
So much for his blaze of glory…
In Belmont, New Hampshire, David Moore decided he'd had enough of his life, and it was time to end it. And he concocted an elaborate plan to commit suicide, planning…
Taking the "blind justice" notion a bit too literally…
Classically, justice is portrayed as a blindfolded woman holding scales, symbolizing the ideal that justice should be blind, judging matters regardless of outside considerations. One New Hampshire judge, it seems,…
"Gun control means hitting your target"
Via the recovering Acidman comes this pictorial that gives graphic evidence why those wars in Africa seem to keep going on and on and on: Hardly anyone fighting over there…
A real secret Santa
Recently, a commuter in Massachusetts had a rather unusual incident. As he does every day, the man (whose name is being withheld) left his car at the commuter parking lot…
Hey Man, Nice Catch!
New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza and New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada will have to fight it out for second billing as New York's top catcher for a little…
Pregnant Skydiver Survives Face-First Free-Fall
This story has it all – video of the fall, the happy ending, and the surprise pregnancy.SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — Shayna Richardson was making her first solo skydiving jump when…
The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be…
In Australia, prostitution is pretty much legal. With that obstacle out of the way, the more common laws of economics — such as supply and demand — hold much more…
Ronald MacDonald Charged With Robbing Wendy's
Looks like Ronald MacDonald is a hamburgler…MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – You'd think that just working at a Wendy's restaurant would be difficult for Ronald MacDonald. Now, the 22-year-old MacDonald…
A jigger of Old Granddad for Old Granddad
"Seamus, you never liked my mother. So why are you so eager to see her in the home all of a sudden?" "Er… no reason, Colleen…" More proof that God…
South Korean Train Door Horror!
Video A video surveillance camera at a South Korean subway station caught a scary scene Thursday. A subway train pulled away from the platform with a baby in a…
Wal-Mart: Home Of Falling Cessnas
Yesterday morning, a small cargo plane ran into engine trouble just after leaving the Manchester airport. It tried to make it back, but didn't quite make it. It crashed into…
"I think I'll go for a walk."
Colleges are always looking for money, and one of the more reliable sources has always been successful alumni. They are usually willing to kick in a few bucks for their…
I think it's safe to say it wasn't stolen for parts…
I'll most likely never own a Ferrari, let alone drive one. I'll probably never even get a ride in one, and the one time I touched one, I got a…
Sail away, sail away, sail away…
Everyone has neighbors. And nearly everyone has neighbors they don't get along with. Learning to live with their presence is a learning experience we all go through, because we're stuck…
And You Thought Late Fees Were Bad
Matthew O'Neil, a librarian at Palm Harbor Library in Palm Harbor, Florida, hates junk faxes. He's channeled his disgust for one particular fax blaster into small claims court. His reward?…
A Jetson Christmas
Available in the new Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog Full size The M400 Skycar – the worlds first vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Developed by Moller International, the Skycar travels at…
Signs Of Life In New Orleans – Strippers Return
The entrepreneurial spirit runs strong in the face of disaster. Witness the French Quarter, which knows it's customers.NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – In a sign that things may be returning to…
Big Bad Momma
Pregnancy sometimes does odd things to women. They find themselves experiencing odd cravings, as their bodies react and adapt to the amazing experience of creating and growing a new person…
Sticking it to the skeptics
I think of myself as a "born-again skeptic." I have a hard time believing in the supernatural, the incredible, the spiritual. And for the most part, my skepticism has been…
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