If you think certain four-letter words are bad, try the one with a 'j': Cops have arrested a Pennsylvania woman for texting the word 'jerk' to her ex-boyfriend. It's cost her $750 dollars a letter plus a whole lot of trouble. Considering the repercussions, perhaps Kimberly Bush should've considered one better. Read more
Less than a year ago in late August 2010, owner of exotic-animals Sam Mazzola gained nationwide notoriety after one of his bears mauled a woman--a caretaker who died in what was ruled a workplace accident. Now the Ohio owner himself has died after choking to death--on a sex toy, the man found dressed in bondage gear. Read more
Every year, someone puts things in a strange place: A guy is indicted--police claiming he's linked to DNA samples for semen-tainted yogurt samples that were handed out at a Sunflower Market grocery store in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more
While "Carmaggedon" reports flooded news stations for over a month, the devastation that was going to cripple Los Angeles and its residents never happened. In fact the 405 freeway project is finished--way ahead of schedule. There's good reason for early completion: Aside from heavy fines for every minute the roads weren't reopened, 'early bird' Kiewit construction got a $300,000 bonus. Read more
Casey Anthony's not even out of jail yet--she won't be released until July 16. The accused murderer may have gotten off with a jury trial acquittal in court but her meeting with the outside world may be very different. Anthony is right if she fears for her life: Someone wants a bullet through her forehead -- and someone else has already tried to run 'her' off the road. Read more
It sucks for people to think you're a murderer--and apparently it also sucks if people think you look like one: One Oklahoma woman is pissed over the Casey Anthony verdict and she's allegedly taken that anger out on a store clerk who looks like the Florida mom acquitted. The clerk's also got a daughter named Caylee--and her car was flipped twice in a crash. Read more
Unemployment sucks--but then so does being dead. One man thinks he's a savvy marketer in offering to allow someone to hunt him as prey. As long as there's ten grand involved. Apparently someone's going to want the Utah landscaper after he's insisted on being hunted alive -- in what the man seems to believe is a prime job application. Read more
It's an odd concept: that diners will be willing to pay higher rates for beef served at restaurants if they know the cow's origins--or, more specifically, the cow's DNA. A new seal will tell restaurant visitors if they can be assured the beef they're being served is a vegetarian from the Midwest. Be prepared to pay more. Read more
A North Carolina preacher didn't turn the other cheek after hearing about a gay pride event he opposed. Waving a Holy Bible, he was kissed on the cheek by a 74-year-old female gay rights supporter -- then charged that woman with assault. Taylorsville police chose not to remove the protestor who had no permit or legal right to even be at the event. 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