Bloodshed and death aren't standard inclusions for a Christmas scene--but San Juan's mayor Santini in Puerto Rico proudly displays wife, son and daughters in a bizarre scenario that ain't a manger scene. Try a stuffed leopard killing an antelope as centerpiece. Read more
It's a strange scenario unfolding. While the Christmas Tree Promotion Board is now on hold--delayed November 9 after the Obama Administration came under fire for a tax on freshly-cut live trees, the battle continues: Rhode Island's Governor Lincoln Chafee calls a a donated spruce for a December 6 lighting a "Holiday Tree". The farmer wants that tree back. Read more
A Southern California-style Charlie Brown Christmas that draws more than 70,000 locals annually including those in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach may be forcefully ended this year for residents but Wachovia may ensure it never happens again--possibly destroying $100,000 and nearly 45 years of work related to the "Snoopy House" holiday decorations now caught up in a home foreclosure head Read more
Nothing like guns and ammo to spruce up those holiday pics. The Scottsdale Gun Club in Arizona is touting pictures with Santa Claus and a choice of machine guns. It costs just five to ten bucks to pose with the holly, jolly, Christmas man himself--plus some automatic weapons valued at a sixth of a mil. Read more
A night of Halloween fun turned to an evening of horror for a new Massachusetts mother and her family. It’s an experience one woman won’t easily forget as twilight hours resembled the midnight hour for a terrified new mom. Read more
She turned red, he turned white--and things turned very blue for both--over Fourth of July in the Florida Keys. As it turned out, it was all over the color yellow. It seems a blonde streak is more dangerous than a mean streak--or, possibly, can lead to one. Read more
What goes in must come out — a theory proven by a young Italian who was shot in the head during a New Year's celebration, subsequently sneezing out the .22 cailber bullet that was lodged in his head. Read more
So I loaded this bag with a whole lot of swag, and headed over the bridge to deliver my load. But when I arrived and sat down for a break, I noticed lo and behold I had made a mistake. Read more
So I loaded this bag, with a whole lot of swag And headed over the bridge to deliver the load. But when arrived, and sat down for a break I noticed lo and behold I had made a mistake. Read more
North Carolina has received its own "Secret Santas" -- not waiting for kids to sit on their laps but actively roaming for donors, handing out $100 bills in the form of handshakes to people in need. Read more