In a great piece of blogging by the folks at Spare Room, a New Zealand woman said she made a (clearly and obviously) photoshopped image of a tornado hitting New Plymouth, NZ as a joke to her coworkers. Well, the local television stations didn’t get the memo, and they posted it as news!
According to New [...]
The Associated Press reported today that a naked South Carolina couple died after falling off their Columbia rooftop.
Their clothes were found on the roof, leading authorities to believe the two may have been having sex at the time of their demise.
“It’s too early to rule out anything,” Columbia police Sgt. Florence McCants told the AP.
Authorities [...]
In a great report today out of Reuters, a German thief found himself on the opposite side of the exchange when would-be victim not only fought him off, but stole the thief’s wallet instead.
The 20-year-old attacker in the western German town of Aldenhoven waited, wanting his wallet back, while the taxi driver he had been [...]
Another wonderful Top 10 list has come out.
DogFriendly.com has unveiled their list of dog-friendly destinations in the United States and Canada.
1. Boston — Take a boat or whale watching cruise. Walk the Freedom Trail, visit Salem and explore history at Minute Man Park. Your leashed dog is also welcome on the subway.
2. Vancouver — Walk [...]
In the realm of all things absolutely screwed up, Reuters repoted the victim of a suspected Tijuana gangland murder was wrapped up in Christmas tree wrapping paper when police found him in a Mexican wasteland last week.
The unidentified victim in his 40s had his eyes taped over with two bullet bounds and signs of torture [...]
A Tacoma woman and her son will serve time for faking a mental retardation to collect governmental benefits.
CNN reported that Rosie Costello, 46 will serve three years and pay $288,000 in restitution for coaching her son, 28-year-old Pete, to pretend he was retarded so the pair could collect money at the expense of the American [...]
Well, it’s not crack, meth, pot, acid tabs or prescription drug cases, but U.S. customs announced today, the recovery of $3 million worth of stolen wedding dresses as they were being smuggled over the border in Arizona.
In November 2006, a trailer filled with wedding dresses destined for a breast cancer charity event was heading from [...]
According to CNN/AP fifth-grade students in New Orleans had sex in their classroom and posted a lookout to make sure no one was coming when they were left in a class without a teacher for 15 minutes March 27.
When no teacher came to class, two 11-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy started [...]
Google, if you believe what you read, has come up with a way to provide free, fast Internet services to the entire country.
There’s only one catch.
It goes through your toilet.
Check out Google TiSP for yourself
This one comes courtesy of my friend, Berkeley Beacon editor Nate Hurst via our respective colleague and PRrag reader Michael Corcoran.
Former Editor Can’t Believe Shit College Newspaper Is Printing
NEW YORK—"It’s clear the new people don’t give a shit, and believe me, that kind of thing starts at the top," Troy Bartell said of the newspaper’s [...]
