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An unnamed 39-year-old prisoner must’ve thought it was his lucky day until the ice gave way.  He managed to escape off a prison chain gang in Grant County, Washington.  He stole a truck and nearly got away, jumping into frozen Moses Lake.  Except the lake wasn’t frozen, and the man found himself chained up, drowning […]

In the old days, you’d get service with a smile.  Even if you didn’t get a smile, you’d at least know there was some human you could deal with, talk to, reason with, or just ask questions of.  Nowadays, it takes a special effort on your part to get past the computer question and answer […]

There are a lot of health benefits to good old vitamin D.  Normally found in sunshine and fish like the salmon you see on your left, this crucial vitamin has been summarily added to basically every food, from breakfast cereal to milk and vitamins, due to the many positive benefits it has on the human […]

It was a night of high drama, high comedy, upsets, surprises, and confusion.  All in all, it was a microcosm of Hollywood.  In a nutshell, the 2010 Oscars were basically like any other huge awards show, except this one matters more than any other because once you win an Oscar, you’re set for life.  You […]

Take one claustrophobic sheriff’s deputy.  Add in one brand-new $12.4 million dollar county judicial center on its opening day.  Mix in an unlocked jail cell and you’re on a collision course with wackiness! When Charles Wright, deputy sheriff in Adair County, Kentucky, accidentally got locked in a jail cell, he did what anyone in that […]

Everywhere you look in London, that historic and cool old building you see is probably infested with rats.  Rats are everywhere in the capital of Old Blighty, and apparently things are starting to get worse than ever.  The best actors in the world stand before the footlights in London’s West End, and they find their […]

It’s tough to run a small business these days.  You’ve got Starbucks over one shoulder, increasing cup sizes, and the economy over the other shoulder, decreasing people’s mad money.  You’ve got to do something to get a little attention and maybe increase your customer base.  If you’re Jason Bernal of Perky Cups, a coffee shop […]

It was only a matter of time before the company caved in.  Surrounded on all sides by companies who put out cups of coffee that make the venerable Venti look like a thimble full of tapwater, Seattle coffee giant Starbucks has finally announced plans to roll out a test size of a new, even larger […]

In 1944, Fred Gough was a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid who got sent off to fight in a man’s war.   He served his country well, no doubt, and did all that he was asked to do.  For the 66 years since then, he’s lived a quiet life in Darlaston, England, until a recent bout of […]

You have to hand it to PETA.  There is not an organization more dedicated to its cause.  Of course, in this case, the cause of PETA is to promote PETA.  Just a few days after their planned Tiger Woods neutering billboard gets rejected in Florida, PETA’s German wing is in the news for their drive […]

Whatever you do, don’t show up at Marissa Ann Putignano-Keene’s house if you have a previous history of intimacy with her husband Timothy Keene.  She just might try to kill you for it.  After all, she is accused of trying to run over one of Tim’s ex-lovers at the couple’s wedding, so she’s capable of […]

Some folks say the creature that was captured by wildlife workers from the Wild Heart Ranch animal shelter is nothing more than a raccoon with mange.  Others say that the beast is, in fact, the mythical chupacabra of Mexican legend. Either way, the weird little hairless critter recovered from a camp in northeast Oklahoma is […]

It’s time once again to celebrate one of my favorite yearly events, National Grammar Day!   When it comes to weird–but necessary–holidays, there’s nothing quite like a day in which to celebrate the proper manipulation of the English language.  After all, having read some of the spelling and grammar mistakes that are commonly made on […]