The Kavalaris family gathered round the table on Christmas Day to celebrate a double-birthday…Jim, age 37, and his grandmother, age 96. The cake, purchased by Jim’s mother, was was decorated with the words, “Happy Birthday, Mom and Jim.” After the candles were blown out, Jim tried to chisel out a piece, finding it strangely hard…
In Mentor, Ohio, firefighters were surprised to discover shoppers in a Dillards South store kept buying even as thick smoke filled the store from an electrical fire. They had to block the door to prevent customers from entering. We know that Christmas sales can be cutthroat…but are people really dying for a good deal? “Daddy…
Recently, we were shopping at our local market and discovered that Barilla pasta sauce had redesigned its jar. While the new jar is rather nice, it is two ounces smaller and costs the same price. We decided to email them to see why… To: Consumer Relations Subject: Re: Barilla Pasta Sauce in Jars I am…
Mariesa Weber, a 38 year old Winn-Dixie cashier lived with her parents and her sister. Late in October, she came home, greeted her mother, went to her room, and disappeared. For 2 weeks, the family searched for her, believing she had been abducted. They distributed fliers and appealed for her return on television. All the…
A recent rash of articles crossing our desk has inspired us to create an award to recognize those involved in youth sports who do the most to promote, how do we put this, differently-valued sportsmanship. We’re big tent people, and certainly wouldn’t deign to impose our outdated definitions of sportsmanship on today’s youth. Clearly these…
A Bangkok radio station’s attempt to entertain military troops by hiring a contingent of go-go dancers has been rebuffed by the leaders of Thailand’s coup. Said a military spokesman “We have to maintain the seriousness of the coup.” The Thai Ministry of Silly Walks was unavailable for comment.
A Brazilian woman, illegally living and working in Britain, has been convicted of blackmailing a female immigration judge who had employed her. Roselane Driza also had an intimate relationship with another (male) immigration judge and stole 2 explicit video tapes from him, one featuring him and the first judge in flagrante delicto. In addition, Driza…
Steve Silver calls it the “worst thing ever” and we can’t disagree. A young mother returned to the homeless shelter where she was staying after a night of drinking. After retrieving her baby from a sitter, she went to sleep with the baby and sometime later, vomited into a bucket of cleaning solution near her…
Jessica Durham of Montana recently had her conviction upheld for giving her 18 month old daughter hits from a bong. (Former) friend Brandi Nichols testified that Durham encouraged photographs of her 18-month-old daughter with the water pipe and said Durham wanted to send the pictures to a marijuana magazine. Nothing like a proud mother taking…
Apparently Mitch Cozad was unhappy playing second fiddle as backup punter to starting punter Rafael Mendoza at Northern Colorado. Cozad alledgedly attacked Mendoza from behind as he got out of his car near his apartment, stabbing him in his kicking leg. Cozad was arrested not long after the incident, and suspended from school and the…