Apparently all kinds of things go on in Taft (CA)--or such a lack of things that it literally takes in-air sex tape video to garner a spot in the news. The FAA investigates a skydiving pilot after video by a self-proclaimed porn star-slash-skydive instructor is shot in the plane. The instructor wants Howard Stern’s attention badly. Read more
Some find pot brownies take the edge off life and alter memory. For others, weed-filled sweets are proving a big memory. Newport Beach and Huntington Beach invitees of an October funeral service in California have been given a memory meant to celebrate a lifetime. Unfortunately, eating some treats put three in the hospital -- but only temporarily. Read more
It's not a dog-eat-dog world: It's a dog-save-dog world. A miraculous save that occurred on earth may as well have dropped from the heavens above. A dog running between cars on a freeway is suddenly hit by oncoming traffic in Santiago, Chile--a moving truck leaving the canine severely wounded, still on the ground. Read more
Sponge Bob nearly got his square pants kicked off after apparently saying something to two women on Hollywood Boulevard. Whatever the comment, the women seemed to have a complaint--the star from under the sea taking a few hits by "USC" outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Read more
A dog again proves to be man's best friend. Size doesn't matter--loyalty shown by animals and pets is undying, once again proven by "Ted" the toy poodle--a canine who refused to be grabbed by responding emergency crews and insisted firefighters follow the dog to the basement of a sleeping teenager who would have died in the Utah fire. Read more
It's one of the most rough and tumble economies since the Great Depression--and, still, the world is filled with some truly honest people. While one guy rejoices in regaining lost funds, one woman can rejoice in doing the right thing. It was a serious wad of cash turned into Cleveland-area cops, in what must have been one fat wallet stuffed with money. A guy got his $4600 back. Read more
It seemed to be luck shone from the marijuana gods above. In one of the summer's largest disasters, a scorching New Mexico fire began burning tribal lands and threatened to destroy one of the U.S.' top nuclear facilities. And flash floods followed. Yet, through it all, more than 9,000 pot plants survived--without going up in smoke. Read more
There’s a lot to see from a plane and those beautiful aerial views. But an Arkansas man’s first airplane flight turned from serenity to outrage and panic when he happened to spot his home from above – while being burglarized. The robbery scene gives whole new meaning to a fear of flying. 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