It's the best 'reason' yet for viewing child pornography: Los Angeles Commissioner Albert Abrams blames charges he allegedly viewed hundreds or at least 100 downloads of kiddie porn are related to a split personality--after a tumor's growth on his spine. The FBI says Abrams has been downloading pictures of kids as young as age four using the moniker "boywonderusa". Read more
While 11-year old Skylar Capo rescues a baby woodpecker from the jaws of her cat--rescuing a bird slated for certain death--a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee at Lowe's allegedly issues threats that her mom could face a year in jail plus a $535 ticket fine over the rescued bird in Virginia. Read more
Someone claims to know the true identity of the infamous D.B. Cooper--and that person has the same last name. 'Dan Cooper' boarded, then hijacked a Northwest Orient flight before acquiring $200,000 in ransom money and parachuting his way to freedom in 1971. He's been on the FBI's 'Most Wanted' list 40 years. Read more
Cops in Idaho Falls have kindly requested a man stop wearing a bunny suit in public. It may be legal but it's kind of been freaking out the kids. It could all lead to nightmares of a large, haunting rabbit that dances--or at least wears a tutu. And carries a 'gun'. This guy one-ups the "Donny Darko" movie. Read more
A Swedish guy's gotten himself in trouble after trying to split atoms. Those atomic experiments took place in his kitchen -- a minor meltdown on a stove dubbed just a 'hobby' by Richard Handl. It seems Handl's been housing radioactive elements of radium, americium and uranium in his apartment -- in the south of Sweden. Read more
A Lithuania mayor is tough on crime: Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas is making clear how he feels about rude people who park luxury cars like Mercedes on his city streets: The mayor speaks straight from the heart--and breaks the heart of car lovers while rolling over a new Mercedes using a military tank that crushes the car. The mayor would like bike lanes utilized. Read more
Sometimes you just need a nap. Especially if you've got two first names like "Billy Joe": A guy from Mississippi apparently decided his kid should take over the wheel to drive Interstate 12 so he could sleep. Plus, two free hands--to crack open another beer once you wake up--are better than one. Read more
Perhaps the thought was that a relaxed voter is a good voter: Some question what could’ve been smoked when a Michigan medical marijuana dispensary decided to offer half a gram of free pot to those registering to vote for Lansing city council members. The pot clinic's being investigated by the attorney general. It's just trying to remember what for. Read more
Perhaps LAPD police might consider an investigation into restaurant employees working the afternoon Matthew Lee ate his last lunch: A crucial and key witness for prosecutors in the Bryan Stow beating is mysteriously dead--after an allergic reaction to food. Read more
Much of the nation has experienced its own set of alcohol-infused set of events at one point or another. But then most of the nation isn't acting mayor. A Wisconsin mayor apologizes for a 3-day alcoholic binge where he ended passed out in a Sheboygan bar. Yet Mayor Bob Ryan doesn't want to step down. He refuses to resign. Read more