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Man charged after allegedly passing gas toward cop 2008-09-25 08:14:00 UPDATE: CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED ON THE FARTING MANSOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrolman has been charged with battery on a police officer. Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, was pulled over early Tuesday for driving without headlights, police said. According to the criminal complaint, Cruz smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech an Read more:passing
NJ farm flings pumpkins with giant catapult 2008-09-24 08:29:00 Now this looks like something I would get some real joy out of! I assume it would be a great stress reliever imagining that the pumpkin you are hurling into the air is someones head! NEWTON, N.J. - One New Jersey farm has a special attraction to go with the season's hay rides and corn mazes: giant
pumpkin catapult.A group of middle school students who became obsessed with the medieval weapon asked
Wayward wallaby ditches UK zoo, runs wild.. 2008-09-23 06:03:00 I just wanted to point out that after reading this story, I immediately envisioned a wallaby jumping through the streets with a smoke hangin out if its mouth, headed inside of a pub looking to get his drink on. Leave the wallably alone mean ole zookeeper! He just needs some stress relief because hes been dealing with snot faced kids for too long! LONDON (AP) — Zookeepers and police were chasing
PUT SOME CLOTHES ON PEOPLE!! 2008-09-22 16:49:00 What is with people wanting to be naked so much these days???? Click on the video below to watch this freak! 9-1-1 FLOODED WITH CALLS ABOUT NUDE CYCLIST
Illinois woman accused of bartending in the buff 2008-09-22 07:31:00 Unfortunately there is no pic to go with this story but, I bet you can imagine why! LOL DELHI, Ill. - Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested. Sheriff's deputies doing a routine check this week at a southern Illinois
bar say they discovered a not-so-routine sight. Authorities allege that 33-year-old Janet Brannon was naked while serving bar patrons at the Cabin Tavern in Delhi (DEL'-ee Read more:woman
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City bylaws torpedo pirate ship tree house 2008-09-21 09:34:00 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The front yard of a house in a tony British Columbia neighborhood is a little less welcoming for pirates now.Architect Andrew Dewberry and a crew of friends spent Saturday dismantling the pirate ship tree house he's had in his Vancouver yard for two years. He said he had no choice after a court ordered it to be removed for not complying with city bylaws.Dewberr
Welcome to Wonkey News 2008-09-21 09:13:00 Hello and good morning! I have been wanting to create a blog about stupid, outrageous things in the news for a while now, but have never really known how. I am currently learning about the world of blogging and so far I have created 2. I have Private EYE which digs into the reality of private investigation work. And I also have Background Check which is similar to my first blog. I figured Wonkey Read more:Welcome
New Hampshire pair wins wife-carrying contest 2008-10-13 07:32:00 NEWRY, Maine (AP) — A New Hampshire
team that narrowly lost a year ago returned to Sunday River Ski Resort to win the ninth annual North American Wife-Carrying Championship.Ri Fahnestock and Sarah Silverberg, friends from Dover, N.H., claimed victory Saturday and were awarded Silverberg's weight in beer: five cases.They also won $610 — five times Silverberg's weight — and qualified for the W Read more:carrying
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BREAKING NEWS....... 2008-10-13 07:16:00 NEW HAPPY SHIRTS FROM T-SHIRTHELL.COMI wanted to share with everyone the new 'Happy Shirts' that one of my favorite apparel stores have just released. These are the ones that I purchased! Sends a great message! LOL These would be great to wear on election day, don't ya think? Go to the polls in style...Now back to the news.... Read more:BREAKING NEWS
NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot 2008-10-12 08:19:00 Im sorry, but I think this was an intentional typo! What do you think?TROY, N.Y. - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama
."The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, th
Leaping dolphin knocks woman unconscious in Fla. 2008-10-09 21:43:00 Im gonna kick your ass!! EDGEWATER, Fla. - A woman
was hospitalized in Florida after a dolphin leaped aboard the boat she was in, knocking her unconscious. The Coast Guard says witnesses called 911 Thursday after seeing the dolphin jump from the Intracoastal Waterway and hit Barbara Howard of Mansfield, Ohio. Howard was sitting in an 18-foot boat with her husband, their daughter and her daughter' Read more:Leaping
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Angry airline passenger flings foot powder 2008-10-08 13:10:00 I WILL KILL YOU WITH FOOT POWDER!!BOSTON - Boston police said a passenger who was angry because his flight was delayed tried to get back at the airline by throwing foot powder around the plane. Arthur Nicolson, of Framingham, was arrested Monday after the U.S. Airways flight from Las Vegas landed at Logan International Airport.The plane's captain told state police that after the plane landed, Nic
Spermicide Coke, stale chips research wins Ig Nobels 2008-10-07 07:43:00 DONT TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS!!WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A researcher who figured out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale chips if they crunch loudly enough won alternative "Ig Nobel" prizes Thursday.Other winners included physicists who found out that anything that can tangle, will tangle and a team of biologists who ascertained that dog fleas jump
Doctor seeks help for Indonesian 'Treeman' 2008-10-05 20:50:00 When dermatologist Anthony Gaspari first saw photos of Dede, the Indonesian
fisherman who has come to be known worldwide as "the Treeman," he figured they must be a hoax. The photos are all over the Internet. They show a man in his mid-30s whose skin is covered with bark-like lesions. And instead of fingers or toes, he appears to have roots sprouting from his arms and legs.But staffers from Discov Read more:Doctor
Distinctive blanket leads to burglary suspects 2008-10-04 19:51:00 CHALMETTE, La. (AP) — Police didn't have to look far to find the stolen possessions of a Louisiana family whose house was burglarized while they were away.Their distinctive blanket, which had a dog pattern, was hanging in their next door neighbors' window, police said. And the rest of their belongings were not far away — police said the alleged burglars were using the blanket to shield themsel Read more:suspects
Good grief! Gigantic gourd goes missing in Mich. 2008-10-03 20:51:00 Finally something stupid happens in the state I live in!!GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A massive pumpkin has gone missing from a front yard of a home in suburban Flint, Mich. — and its owner suspects some mighty strong thieves.The Flint Journal reports Thursday the 450-pound pumpkin had been on display for only a day at the Grand Blanc Township home of Bill Teer. He spent five months growing the Read more:gourd
Can you say DUMBASS??? 2008-10-02 07:08:00 MUKWONAGO, Wis. - Police said a man was arrested after he used a cigarette lighter while trying to siphon gasoline from a van. The man, who was visiting friends, went to drive home early Saturday but realized that he didn't have enough gas in his SUV.Police said the man tried to siphon the gas with help from another woman, but he couldn't see how much gas was in the container, so he used the light
Man faces charges after hugging officer 2008-10-01 06:49:00 I couldnt resist I had to post this today too! Come here and give me a hhuuuugggg!!IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A hug has landed an Iowa City man in hot water. An Iowa City man who thought a police officer
just "needed a hug" faces
several charges including assault on a peace officer and public intoxication.Police said a 21-year-old man was arrested on Saturday. According to police records, the man ran
Police say postman was making pot deliveries 2008-10-01 06:44:00 VERNONIA, Ore. (AP) - State and federal authorities have arrested a Vernonia mail carrier, Ronald Richard Berkan, Jr., after his indictment on charges of distributing marijuana, sometimes from his postal delivery truck. The indictment says Berkan, 46, distributed pound quantities of the drug to underage buyers in the Cedar Mill area of Washington County, a Portland suburb, over a period of years. Read more:Police
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Tenants: Landlord used dead cats to push us out 2008-09-30 05:02:00 This is utterly disguisting and I cant believe how foul this landlord is. NEW YORK - Tenants
of a Brooklyn building said their landlord came up with a new idea for how to kick them out: Let the smell of the cats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is. The stench from the carcasses did catch the tenants' attention — but they stayed and sued.One tenant, Daisy Terry, told a City Hall news conference o Read more:Landlord
Japan holds diaper fashion show for adults 2008-09-29 13:03:00 TOKYO (AP) — One after the other, the models strutted across the stage to bouncy '80s dance tunes, all showing off designs of the same article of clothing — adult diapers.Japan
has one of the world's most rapidly aging societies, and the fashion show Thursday proved the country's diaper producers are intent on keeping the elderly clean and dry."Diapers are something that people don't want to l Read more:holds
Man nabbed at airport with 200 birds in bag 2008-09-28 19:26:00 BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities detained a Portuguese man at Sao Paulo's international airport
with 200 birds in his bag, police said on Thursday. Customs officials found 65 of 200 Canary birds dead, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. Police will charge the man, who arrived from Peru and resides in Brazil, with animal trafficking, a federal police officer at the airport said.
Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee 2008-09-28 08:43:00 I wonder if she drank the whole cup? CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next
Run Awwwaaaaayyy!! It's Ninga Cat!! 2008-09-27 21:22:00 If you havent seen this video yet I think now is the time. Enjoy!*Video may not work well with Firefox, best viewed in IE.*Ninja Cat @ Yahoo! Video
Hospital tells grandfather, 71, that he's pregnant 2008-09-27 09:24:00 PORTLAND, Ore. - A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant
." Surprising indeed for 71-year-old John Grady Pippen.The staff at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach gave the retired mechanic and logger the ridiculously happy news this month, along with some pain pills.Hospital adminis Read more:tells
AMAZING!: Palin carved into Ohio cornfield 2008-09-26 10:03:00 WHITEHOUSE, Ohio
- An Ohio farmer would like to invite you to get lost inside the head of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. A 16-acre corn maze near the town of Whitehouse has been carved in Palin's likeness, complete with her familiar updo hairstyle and eyeglasses.Farmer Duke Wheeler says that Palin created a lot of excitement in the campaign and that he was hoping to generate s
Free sex toys — and much more — for voting!!! 2008-11-03 08:59:00 OH MY!"I Voted" stickers, like these being given to early voters in Las Vegas, could be your ticket to free sex toys.Just when you thought it was safe to focus on the issues in this historic election season, a chain of sex toy shops has joined retailers, restaurateurs and other businesses across the nation in the time-honored tradition of rewarding Americans who go to the polls.Babeland, with stor
Train toilet drags passenger round the bend 2008-11-03 07:58:00 A Frenchman became trapped while trying to fish his mobile phone out of the toilet on a high-speed train, forcing firefighters to cut through the U-bend to free him, passengers said."He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off," said Benoit Gigou, who witnessed Sunday's rescue on board the 4:47 pm (1547 GMT) from La Rochelle to Bordeau Read more:Train
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Coffee's free, not the pastries 2008-11-02 08:57:00 On weekday mornings, Sgt. Steve Brody of the Morrisville State College University Police often would stop at the local convenience store to buy a newspaper and pick up a free cup of coffee. The coffee at the Valero Nice N Easy is free to any police officer in uniform. What wasn't free were the Tastykake pastries that state police now say he helped himself to, often concealing them in the paper Read more:Coffee
Pub row erupts after feces found in ice cream 2008-10-30 22:03:00 SYDNEY (Reuters) – A bitter row has broken out between one of Sydney's largest tourist pubs and a family of five who accused chefs of serving human excrement in their gelato after they complained about noise during a football match. State government food minister Ian Macdonald confirmed on Wednesday that frozen fecal matter had been found in a serving of chocolate gelat
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