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Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 22, 2008 · Comments (3)

David Hayes' granddaughter just asked him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce. Alyssa's father had bought the pink Barbie fishing rod for Christmas and she had... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

The Craziest F*cking Thing I've seen all month

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 19, 2008 · Comments (6)

Oh. My. God. The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast)

"Bigfoot" fails DNA test

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 18, 2008 · Comments (2)

Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever. Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence. One of the two... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Hate-Monger Fred Phelps picket Bernie Mac's Memorial

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 14, 2008 · Comments (4)

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Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Big Foot Captured?

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 14, 2008 · Comments (6)

Two Northern California men and two Georgians say they've got a body, a photo and DNA evidence pertaining to the elusive forest-dwelling man-ape -- and that they'll reveal all at a press conference in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday. "I think you'll find that this is the real deal,"... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (10 votes cast)

Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, a sweetshop owner told Reuters on Friday. Jose Martinez was counting the cash in his till in the city of Aviles, northern Spain, when... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Ohio woman bills Michigan $16 for work zone delay

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

An Ohio woman has sent Michigan transportation officials a bill for the $16 she says she wasted on gasoline sitting in construction zone traffic. Carol Greenberg complained there were no signs warning about the work on southbound Interstate 275 where it merges with I-75 near Newport, Michigan, about 27... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

My sickness has a name: The Truman Show Delusion

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 31, 2008 · Comments (1)

Joel and Ian Gold, brothers and psychiatrists from Montreal, believe they have discovered a signature mental illness of the YouTube era: patients who claim they are subjects of their own reality TV shows. They have named the malady the "Truman Show Delusion," and though they are in the process... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Fat N.J. cat's origins uncovered

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 31, 2008 · Comments (2)

A 44-pound cat found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday. The porky white cat found Saturday became a local media sensation and was dubbed "Princess Chunk". But the animal is really a male whose... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 31, 2008 · Comments (0)

The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today. It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

'Joker' Arrested for Batman Poster Theft

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 29, 2008 · Comments (0)

Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker. Detective Mike Mohney said Monday 20-year-old Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers has been booked for investigation... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

The Comic Con Photo Album

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 28, 2008 · Comments (2)

All the fun of Comic Con without all the pesky cavorting with nerds. San Diego's Comic Con is the biggest in the country and it's tickets for attendance are sold out in minutes. If you're promoting a Sci Fi show or movie, this is the nucleus of your demographic. The... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Judge Say No to Ridiculous Names

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 24, 2008 · Comments (0)

A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed. Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Men sentenced for setting friend's crotch ablaze

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze while boozing in Grover Beach. Matthew Craig Pillers and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer pleaded no contest to a felony great bodily injury charge. Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Pillers, a parolee, was sentenced to two years in... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Boy, 11, tracks speeders with toy radar gun

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 18, 2008 · Comments (2)

Landon Wilburn, 11, has a future as a cop -- a traffic cop. The youngster, who used to shout at speeders to slow down as they drove through the Stone Lakes subdivision in Louisville, now has taken matters into his own hands. Dressed in a reflective vest, wearing a... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Ravers lose sight at laser show

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 15, 2008 · Comments (0)

Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas, Russian health officials said on Monday. Moscow city health department officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic, and daily newspaper Kommersant said... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 11, 2008 · Comments (1)

Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Crazy Broad Steals Cat to Get Dog Back

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 3, 2008 · Comments (1)

Police say a South Florida woman stole a couple's cat to get them to return her dog. Linda Urioste's black Labrador was recently picked up by animal control officers and later adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband. Hollar learned a couple of weeks later that Urioste had been... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Faceless freaks in the crowd

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 2, 2008 · Comments (0)

So Splash news has a ton of pictures of these creepy faceless people at Wimbledon yesterday and apparently they've been spotted other places such as the opening of Harrod's summer sale and Elton John's White Tie & Tiara Ball. So who or what are they? Mike D at DListed... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Dutch marijuana coffee shops brace for smoking ban

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 29, 2008 · Comments (0)

Pre-rolled joints with tobacco are seen at The Green House coffee shop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday June 15, 2008. Amsterdam's marijuana bars may be facing the ultimate buzz kill: a smoking ban. On July 1, the Netherlands will comply with European law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Motorcyclist Cited For Driving 144 MPH

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (5)

A motorcyclist clocked by state police driving 144 miles-an-hour in a 55 mile-an-hour zone in New York's Putnam County faces having his license suspended. The state police in Brewster said the motorcycle driven by 21-year-old David Puchalski, of Carmel, was stopped at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at I-84 in the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Cloud machine takes marketing to new heights

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (1)

Pretty soon, when we're lying staring at the sky, we're likely to see Nike swooshes or Mercedes insignias floating above our heads thanks to a new cloud machine made by magician and Hollywood special effects entrepreneur Francisco Guerra. His US-based company Snowmakers has developed a machine that can produce... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Surfers Turn Protective, attack pappazzi

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 22, 2008 · Comments (2)

Around 12 photographers were on the beach in Malibu this afternoon trying to get shots of Matty hitting the surf, when an all-out smackdown was laid on the pappers by turf-protecting surfers. One pap was hit in the face and we're told suffered a broken nose, while another was... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Stranded divers chase off Komodo dragon on island

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 9, 2008 · Comments (0)

Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon. The divers -- three from Britain and one each from France and Sweden -- came face-to-face with the giant, carnivorous... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Japanese patient's 'tumour' turns out to be 25-year-old towel

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 5, 2008 · Comments (1)

Doctors who carried out surgery on a Japanese man to remove a "tumour" had good news and bad news for him. He did not have cancer -- but the "growth" that had been causing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel. The patient had been carrying the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

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