It's the defense most people would like to argue: Pornography is simply a hobby. A New Jersey physics professor is making a case for a very 'Bad Teacher'. With hobbies including scuba diving and dreams of working with theater lighting, vice says a professor of physics is the mastermind behind a prostitution website aimed at connecting prostitutes with clients. Read more
People may say they feel like they're "going in circles" but a couple guys in South Florida have an absolute right to that concept: A drunk tow boat captain towed a couple guys whose boat had broken down in what probably felt like way more than a three-hour tour--since it was. The men drove in circles, all night. Read more
If you've got a bag of pot, perhaps throwing it onto a police cruiser isn't the best idea. A New Yorker's got some seriously bad aim while trying to ditch a baggie of marijuana. But--maybe stupider yet--probably wouldn't have been throwing a bag of weed from a moving car in the first place, had he not been standing through a sunroof. Read more
Dating website Beautiful People claims to have booted 30,000 of its members who don't make the cut--not pretty enough or handsome enough for the site's standards. Stranger than the dump of what the site deems "ugly" members is its claim those people never should've been on its member list, and snuck in through a "Shrek" virus. Some call it a hoax and publicity stunt. Read more
If you've got a fish hook in your ass, it seems like the best idea to attract attention in whatever way possible. A man who says he's got a fishhook "embedded in his buttocks" fires a few rounds, reportedly to gain attention of Maryland police. Read more
It's hard work to break out of prison, which makes knocking on the wrong door--to get yourself caught--a sorry mistake. A guy busts out of the Washington State Penitentiary, loose for a day before knocking on a cabin door to use a phone. The man renting that cabin was an off-duty guard from the Pen--but don't think that doesn't mean the inmate didn't escape a second time. Read more
Released today is a bedtime book to give parents a bit of peace in having kids: "Go the F**k to Sleep" is officially released June 14, with Amazon pre-sales numbering in the hundreds of thousands on the path of the soon-to-be bestseller. Read more
Facebook has been used for all sorts of things other than "friends" -- including extracurricular activities like affairs. A nasty divorce takes an uglier turn when a spouse tries to dig up some dirt on her husband, only to find she believes he's gunning for her murder.
It's usually not a good thing when someone wants you dead -- particularly your spouse. Read more
Step 1: Only get on a plane with a pilot who's instrument-rated. Step 2: Never get on a plane with any moron who decides he's arrogant enough to land on water, on Rockaway Beach, New York, at night. Read more
Assault and a dead marten: A guy carrying a dead weasel bursts into a Washington apartment to attack his girlfriend's ex. She was a guest at the ex-boyfriend's but not home for carcass delivery. Read more