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Sometimes, when it comes to bank robbers, the older they are the dumber they are.  Such is the case of Robert Evans, who at 68 had embarked on a fairly profitable string of bank robberies.  That is, until he made a crucial mistake:  he robbed his own bank.  That’s right, he stuck up the bank […]

It’s an age-old story of sibling rivalry.  Two sisters get into a fight and next thing you know, someon’s bitten off someone else’s nose.  That’s what happened to 28-year-old Sandra Smith.  Police say her sister, 27-year-old Bobbie Smith, bit off over one-third of her sister’s nose.  Bobbie finds herself in Jackson County Jail on $5000 […]

I’ve been doing a lot of shopping recently.  Since my weight has stabilized at right about 185 pounds, I figured it was time to stop wearing stuff that’s too big for me and outfit myself in some proper clothes.  While I’m not a germophobe, there’s just something about new clothes that gives me the creeps.  […]

California is one of America’s most polluting, and most anti-pollution, states.  While they have a serious problem with smog and emissions, they’re also the leaders of the green revolution.  They were one of the first states to have strict emissions laws for cars, and now they’re the first US state to have a green building […]

It’s a great billboard.  The advertisement put up by BMW of Bridgeport, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has attracted a lot of attention.  The dealership has been prompted to launch an overnight test drive offer where potential buyers can take home a Beamer for the night and try it out.  Unfortunately for local police, the billboard features […]

For over 50 years, the Poe Toaster has made an appearance.  From January 19, 1949 until January 19, 2009, a mystery man has gone to Edgar Allan Poe’s original grave in Baltimore and left a tribute of cognac and roses, along with the occasional note.  However, this year was the first time that no one […]

I can appreciate a fine ham.  Like any reasonable person, I adore a nice big chunk of the other white meat.  Honey baked, salt-cured, par-boiled, jellied, or fried, I’ll take ham pretty much any way I can get it.  That’s why I wish I could try the £1800, 15-pound Iberico ham that went on sale […]

Churches have been trying any number of things to help get people into services, but one Catholic Church has been undertaking the unusual for quite a long time.  Since the 19th Century, the Church of San Anton in Madrid, Spain, has been honoring their saint, the patron saint of animals, with an unusual parade and […]

If you’ve ever seen a book with the front cover cut in half, then you’ve rescued a book from the trash.  When a book chain cuts or removes a front cover like that, that’s a book that was headed for the recycling plant.  Those books aren’t meant to be in your hands, those generally end […]

I am a longtime evangelist of the electric blanket.  To me, nothing says a good night’s sleep quite like a cold room and a warm bed.  Just something about that combination allows me to drift right off for a nice nap, if nothing else.  That’s the logic behind Holiday Inn’s novel plan to get a […]

Look at Avatar; it’s successful from both a box office and a critical standpoint thanks to its Golden Globes wins.  The movie has made an impressive $491 million dollars in the United States, but has nearly tripled that internationally with a gross of $1,111.0 million dollars.  That’s $1 billion, 110 million bucks!  Clearly, the international […]

There’s nothing quite like breaking into a brand new bar of chocolate.  One of the things I missed most while dieting wasn’t the taste of chocolate so much as it was that second before I popped that first bite into my mouth.  There’s nothing quite like that barely-audible snap that leads to chocolatey goodness.  That’s […]