What does a man covered in feces look like? According to Boulder police, this man (less the human waste). It started when a woman at a yoga festival used a Porta-Potty and swore she saw something move in the "tank" when opening the lid. It ended with a feces-covered guy running through the Hanuman Yoga Festival in Colorado.
People certainly have some beyond-strange fetishes. Read more
Alameda residents are enraged about a horrific that unfolded before onlookers as emergency services and firefighters did nothing while a suicidal, drowning man died Memorial Day 2011--in shallow waters of San Francisco Bay. On the job just one week prior, Interim Fire Chief Mike D'Orozio claims budget cuts are to blame. Read more
While cops battle the idea of guns "on the street", one Seattle Police Department officer left one mean gun--literally, on the street. Actually on the trunk of a cruiser. The SPD apologizes for a police-issued AR-15 semi-automatic rifle that was left unattended, atop the law enforcement patrol car. Read more
You're dumber than dumb to get yourself banned before one of the football season's most important tournament in Copa America. You're an absolute moron when busted for prostitutes--all because you got your iPad and cash ripped off by a hooker (or six). 8 Mexico national footballers have six-month bans, eliminating over 1/3 of the soccer team instantly. Read more
People may stash valuables in "books" and apparently mobster James "Whitey" Bulger is no exception. He used 'em for guns. There's no escaping the irony that one of the most famous mobsters in U.S. history has been using no less than hollowed-out history books to hide weapons--in a home housing pictures of cats on the walls. Read more
The odds of getting struck by lightning may not be that high -- but if it happens, count on it being men. In lightning strikes, 5 times more often it's males who are more likely to be fatally struck by a bolt. Call it lack of common sense or stupid bravado. Or call it golf. Read more
It's pretty much the thing nightmares are made of: A woman dies, the "second time", of heart failure--after going into shock from waking up at her own funeral service. The Russia woman had been lying in a coffin when her eyes opened and she subsequently went into shock over the realization she was about to be buried alive. Read more
We've noticed something odd: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is kicking off "Shape Up San Francisco"--a soda-free summer (supposedly) designed to tackle obesity and diabetes in the Bay Area. But the mayor's got one interesting, very specific suggestion that could make waves. Water may be good for health. But local tap water may be good for financial health, of a city. Read more
She's not Lucy Lawless but she is a Lawless—and she is a “Princess Warrior” of sorts, who doesn't believe in lawlessness. A Texas woman singlehandedly stops Walmart robbers by jumping on the hood of a getaway car when no one other customers bother helping. Read more
The baby penguin that washed up on Peka Peka shores of New Zealand, nicknamed "Happy Feet" by locals, is getting a ride home--but not after being forced into surgery to save the Emperor penguin's life that ate or ingested seven pounds in sand. The penguin's desperately ill and in Critical Condition thanks to wildlife officials. Read more