Watch out for those iPad fanatics -- they may be bad apples. A survey cited by Wired magazine found owners of the gadget are likely to be "wealthy, well educated, power-hungry, overachieving,...
He may be just 10 years old, but he's doing his part for America. Steven Goodman, of Surprise, Ariz., creates home-made greeting cards, and plans to send one to each of the 180,000 members of the...
This crook should get a chamber of commerce entrepreneur award. Travis Kevie wandered into Penryn, Calif., and noticed that a historic tavern, the Valencia Club, had been shuttered -- so he broke...
ant to catch a two-bit cellphone thief? There's an app for that! David Kahn's iPhone was stolen in San Francisco, where he was in meetings to show off his company's new product -- a GPS tracking...
Shut yo' mouth, buddy! A 58-year-old Bremerton, Wash., motorist got so angry when a 55-year-old jokester shouted a "Yo' momma" line at him that he slammed on the brakes of his pickup and...
Third time's not a charm. A Montana woman arrested for two bank heists in a week was caught after her third robbery when she locked her keys in her getaway car. The woman had been on the...
A Utah man whose wife had an order of protection against him sent a letter to her cat -- and ended up being ratted out. Ronald Charles Dallas allegedly sent the feline, named Molly, a message...
Unfortunately, skunks don't go very well with melted butter. A Maine lobsterman made an unwelcome discovery on dry land, when a lobster pot he left out behind his house managed to trap a skunk...
He should open his first dealership in Flushing. Dave Hirsch of Colorado will never again have to worry about toilet breaks on road trips. He's designed a vehicle that seats two adults -- on...
A military museum in New Orleans is honoring some of America's least-known heroes -- in an exhibit called "Loyal Forces: The Animals of World War II." Among them are Lady Astor, a pigeon that...
As a World War II combat pilot, former South Dakota senator and presidential candidate George McGovern never had to jump out of a plane. He's planning to make up for that today -- at the age of 88...
A Springfield, Mo., man is steamed at cops for releasing him from the county jail wearing only his blue-plaid boxer shorts. Jerry Robertson, 64, was in bed when cops arrested him on a...
The town's buzzing over his stupidity. Propane salesman John McMillan, 59, set himself on fire after he was confronted by bees near a customer's tank in Colorado City, Colo. He sprayed the...
You probably ought to think twice when part of your genius criminal plan is: "Have someone shoot me." One Dallas man didn't think of that, however, when he hired a pal to shoot him as part of a...
They've given their lives time and time again to keep drivers safe. And now they're being honored for their sacrifice. Celebrity crash dummies Vince and Larry, the stars of highway-safety ads...
They won't have to send this accused thief to jail -- he's already there. Roberts Cherry, incarcerated at the Tombs in lower Manhattan on a narcotics charge, swiped more than $1,000 in stamps...
If some dark night you hear strange notes coming from the bottom of Massachusetts' Willis Pond, it's probably "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." When Babe Ruth played for Boston, he owned a cabin...
They're flaming idiots! A group of friends drinking at a pub in Las Cruces, NM, made a bet: The one who consumed the least would agree to be set on fire by the others. Luckily, the loser had a...
It was the crash of the living dead. Emergency responders at the scene of a one-car highway crack-up in Portland, Ore., found the victims a bloody mess. But it turned out the five occupants...
Is that a grenade in your pocket or are you just glad to see my Mercedes? A Boston car dealer was wondering that after a customer asked to test-drive a vehicle. Because he was fidgety,...
Now we know why fireflies turn on their lights -- it makes them look hot. Scientists at the University of Connecticut have found that males fly around flashing when they're looking for a date. ...
Do they even look at their own reports? A watchdog group sent a lawyer to the Food and Drug Administration's Washington headquarters -- where he found at least three beverages making phony health...
It was the best revenge. A Hollidaysburg, Pa., woman allegedly stole $2,000 from the jail where she'd been held for theft. When she was sprung, she got a check for the $6.95 remaining in her...
This demonstration really sucked. Two salesmen in Syracuse were charged with reckless endangerment of property after they destroyed a $1,300 mattress while trying to convince a homeowner to buy a...
Two off-duty coroners in State College, Pa., showed they're pretty good with the living, too. Judy Pleskonko and Debra Smeal, still in scrubs, were having dinner at a steakhouse when a...
This catfight got a little messy. An argument over prescription drugs in New Port Richey, Fla., took a stinky turn when a woman used a litter box as a weapon against her girlfriend. The victim,...
Guess the moonshine must'a dun been all drunk! A booze-craving Tennessee woman was so desperate to get hammered, she downed two and a half bottles of vanilla extract, which contains 35 percent...
Hard times call for tough measures. The Los Angeles County town of Maywood, Calif., is firing all its workers -- including the entire police and fire departments -- and outsourcing its municipal...
Caution: Vampire crossing. Colorado may have to install new traffic signs after a woman driving along a dirt road in the town of Fruita crashed into a canal after she said she was startled by a...
A showdown will end at sundown tomorrow when two rivals "draw" on each other in the Wild West state of Nevada. Incumbent Nye County Commissioner Andrew Borasky and challenger Carl Moore Sr. each...
Could this be the world's worst case of heartburn? Cops in Suffolk, Va., are looking for two men and a woman who swiped more than $3,500 worth of Prilosec OTC off the shelves of the local...
This election is close enough to flip a coin. Literally. Two Republicans seeking the nomination for a seat on the Nye County (Nev.) Board of Commissioners finished in a 381-381 tie. Now...
He claimed he was just trying to do the "reich" thing. When a 42-year-old man in West Omaha, Neb., was busted for keeping marijuana plants, he provided an excuse that none of the cops had ever...
Prenup in Aisle 9. A Wisconsin couple who met in Aisle 9 of a grocery store last year were married there this week. Members of the wedding party shouted "cleanup on Aisle 9" after...
If kids can play nice, why not the adults? Sheriff's deputies in Victorville, Calif., were called to break up a brawl among parents at a kindergarten graduation. Two combatants were busted. * ...
A Utah woman stole two cars, including a police cruiser, and led cops on a wild chase -- all while naked, authorities said. Sylvina Beagley, 31, allegedly stole a car from a man who was hanging...
Unicorns really don't exist. If you don't believe us, just ask the National Pork Board. The organization wasn't amused by a joke ad describing canned unicorn as "the new white meat." Pork Board...
No soup -- or cocaine -- for you! Feds busted a man for allegedly trying to smuggle 4 pounds of coke through Washington's Dulles International Airport using powdered-soup packets. He got into...
This time, the tax man headed off a heart attack instead of causing one. Earl Phillips was on the phone with Kentucky state employee Natalie Brown going over his income-tax bill when she noticed...
This paint job was anything but T-riffic. An out-of-town worker painting a water tower in Stoughton, Wis., misspelled the name of the burg, christening it "Stoughon" in letters 6 feet high. He...
A Wisconsin woman kept a nonworking freezer filled with 100 dead cats. Gabriella Bernabei said she is a Wiccan and has been collecting the cats with the intention of "returning them to Mother...
Grapes are healthy -- but these could kill you. A Boston man said that after he bought his sons a bag of grapes this week, the tots opened it up -- and two black-widow spiders crawled out. ...
An Orlando teenager helped deliver her 16th-birthday present -- a new sister. Kaitlyn Carrick was driving her pregnant mom to the hospital when the baby decided it was time to make her debut. ...
Hold the mayo, please. A 74-year-old woman in Boise, Idaho, was arrested after allegedly pouring mayonnaise into a library drop box, and she's being eyed for at least 10 other condiment-related...
Have pot, will travel. A rolling medical marijuana dispensary has found a groovy new home in Riverside County, Calif., after officials in the bedroom community of Norco chased him out. ...
Food fight! Customers at a Wendy's drive-through in Kalamazoo, Mich., got mad after their order wasn't properly filled, so they hurled drinks, hamburgers and fries at a worker inside. The...
C'mon, son, I dare you! An enraged Arkansas man arguing with his inebriated son tossed a gun to the kid, dared him to "pull the trigger" -- and was shot dead. Zachary Bowers, 22, told cops:...
A convicted murderer has willed his TV, radio and his corpse to the judge who convicted him. Troy Alvin's attempt to leave his earthly remains to Pennsylvania Judge Edward Smith didn't go too...
"Drove my Chevrolet to the levee" just doesn't have the same ring. GM execs sent an internal memo to employees asking them to refer to Chevys only by their official name. When the suits...
It a small world after all. A North Carolina couple uncovered a remarkable coincidence while sorting out old photos -- they had crossed paths as toddlers at Disney World, long before they met...
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