It's the ultimate legal 'no-no': A juror tries to become friends with a court defendant. He could've wanted to be a bit more than friends. That aim toward intimacy didn't work out too well. The juror who stupidly made that request for 'friendship' official via Facebook also provided evidence against himself, garnering a legal count--or four. Read more
People think it sucks to have a DUI or DWI--but it must suck even worse to be mistaken for a clown while dressed in (what you believe to be) golf attire. New York cops were first sure a guy from Massachusetts, in what's proven the worst fashion faux pas in golf attire, was posing as a clown when cops busted him for allegedly drinking and then driving a stolen golf cart. Read more
It takes a lot of skill to be one of the top skiers in the world. And it takes the brain of a teenager to potentially blow a chance at the 2014 Olympics before the age of 21. 18-year-old Robert "Sandy" Vietze--one of the world's best skiers--has been officially kicked off the U.S. Ski Team after allegations of drunkenly urinating on a 11-year-old girl aboard a Jet Blue flight. Read more
There are bad surgeries--and then there are very bad, or wrong, surgeries. A man who went to Jewish Hospital Louisville for a routine surgical procedure ended up with an amputated penis. A jury verdict--finding in favor of Doctor John Patterson who instead lopped an inch off Phillip Seaton's penis while under anesthetic--stuns experts. Read more
People are strange--and actions are often stranger: A boyfriend and girlfriend get into a physical brawl after the Kentucky woman visits her ex's home, informing him she's pregnant. No, she's not really pregnant. Yes, she did hit him with a brick. But the ex-boyfriend has escaped with a lot more than the California guy who's lost his penis to a garbage disposer. Read more
Pet food just got way more expensive for one dog-slash-jewelry store owner: A canine in Albany, Georgia, seems to love diamonds as much as some women--he just eats them instead of wearing them. 'Honey Bun' the Pomeranian gobbled roughly $10,000 worth of diamonds he seems to have mistaken for snacks. Read more
There are traditions--like Friday-evening get-togethers--and then there are traditions, like sleeping in a casket every Friday night. A guy in Brazil has slept in a casket every Friday night for 23 years running. Zeli Rossi, of Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, swaps out a mattress for a coffin once a week. Read more
A lot of things fall to prompt freeway or highway closures--but it's not usually bull semen. Oranges, lemons, fruits of many varieties have all caused major arteries to be shut down. But fruit spills -- unlike unidentified canisters in Tennessee -- don't cause a scare to emergency crews over vapors, foul smell and wonders of toxicity. Read more
A councilman doesn't seem to believe in the First Amendment. Los Angeles Councilman Dennis Zine is battling a back-to-school campaign by retail art store Aaron Brothers--claiming he'll do anything to stop the campaign and class. There seems to be some misrepresentation by Zine, who insinuates that kit includes paint -- not its actual contents of markers and paper pads. Read more