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 [...]
Peter Schworm’s article: Northeastern journalism professor Nicholas Daniloff sharply criticized the school’s handling of the contract status of longtime journalism instructors Gladys McKie and Lincoln McKie, who are in jeopardy of losing their jobs for not having master’s degrees. “I think this a shocking way to run a railroad,” he said. “They handled it in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I simply could have not worded it better than Nick Daniloff in regards to the Northeastern University school of journalism not renewing the contacts of two of their professors, Gladys and Lincoln McKie. “This is unbelievably bad administrative management,” Daniloff told the News May 23. “I have to ask myself, ‘Do I want to work [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett sent MySpace a letter ordering them to “secure and maintain all information concerning MySpace profiles used by registered sex offenders” in his state. “It is essential that MySpace preserve any information about online profiles created by registered sex offenders,” Corbett said. “We know that online predators are actively using social [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]