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Justice Reighn Mansfield, a newborn baby in Fort Worth, Texas, came into the world a little early.  The infant was born 3 weeks prematurely.  He was expected to be big, thanks to his mother’s type-2 diabetes, but nobody knew just how big the little bruiser would be.  Despite being 3 weeks early, Justice Mansfield weighed […]

Some months back, a dating website got into a little public relations scrap for booting off overweight and unattractive members.  Given that they’re a dating website for the beautiful, they kind of had to (and invited their porky former members to return after they’ve hit the gym).  However, most people aren’t attractive.  If you’re ugly […]

It’s Friday, October 29.  If you’re doing anything Halloween-related this weekend, and you don’t have a costume idea prepared, then you’ve officially waited until the last minute.  Thankfully, there are lots of great resources out there for people looking for last-minute costume ideas for Halloween parties this weekend.  Among my favorites is this great list […]

In the constantly-evolving world of air travel safety, the Transportation Security Administration is constantly trying to stay one step ahead of those that might wish to harm people or bring shampoo on board an airplane.  In addition to the usual battery of x-ray machines, metal detectors, and alert security staff, the TSA has also instituted […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  For six innings, Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson held the offense of the San Francisco Giants in check.  However, after a blister split open on his middle finger (he’d been gluing the blister shut for weeks), Wilson was pulled and the Texas bullpen as lit […]

They say it’s dangerous to wake up a sleepwalking person, but sometimes it’s more dangerous not to wake them up.  For instance, take the case of 63-year-old somnambulist Sanford Rothman of Boulder, Colorado.  One minute, Rothman is asleep.  The next minute, he wakes up in searing pain, bleeding from the leg.  As it turns out, […]

For years, men were lucky.  We could be as doughy as we wanted, and fashions would cover for us.  We weren’t stuffed into low-cut, tight-fitting, and otherwise unflattering things like drainpipe jeans or bustiers.  Now, things are a little different.  Fashions are evening out, jeans for men are skinnier than ever, and those of us […]

There have been some adorable mutants on Popfi before.  I’m thinking specifically of the four-eared kitten in Russia.  However, giving the adorable mutant cat a run for her money is an even more adorable mutant baby chicken.  Drumstick the chicken was born with four legs, thanks to a double yolk in her egg when she […]

It’s been called, “the stench of Washington,” but long-time Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez says the bad smell is in bad taste.  In tightly-contested Santa Ana, California, incumbent Democrat Loretta Sanchez is squaring off against her first major challenge since winning the seat in 1996 in Republican Van Tran, and Tran is taking the gloves off.  Tran’s […]

It’s the rarest baseball card in the world.  A T206 Honus Wagner card, of which only 60 are known to exist, is incredibly valuable no matter how beaten up or damaged it might be.  Just having one is a minor miracle, of which the School Sisters of Notre Dame are incredibly thankful.  The Honus Wagner […]

Cliff Lee’s been the talk of baseball during this postseason.  Tim Lincecum had a 14-strike-out game earlier in the postseason and is a two-time Cy Young Award-winner.  You’d expect a pitchers duel between two of the best pitchers in baseball.  What happened was an offensive explosion as the Giants piled up double digits in hits […]

The official excuse for the recent hospitalization of Charlie Sheen is “an adverse allergic reaction to some medication.”  I know lots of people often have allergic reactions to massive amounts of cocaine.  Not that I think this is the case for Charlie Sheen.  Oh no, a man having violent outbursts and trashing a hotel room […]

Oh, MySpace.  Once, you were the big brother of the social networking world.  You got all the attention, you got all the money, and you got all the glory.  Now, like the older child after a few cuter, funnier siblings are born, you’re an afterthought.  Facebook has taken your lunch money, and Twitter’s pushing you […]

The slogan of GE is “We bring good things to life.”  The new slogan of Sears must be “We bring dead things to life.”  Why do I say this?  Well, in case you haven’t noticed, in the spirit of Halloween, Sears has debuted a new zombie-centric Sears website for the discriminating, brain-hungry shopper.  It’s offered […]

It’s not often I feel really sorry for a country, but Indonesia has to be one of the most unfortunate places on earth right now, and both of the events are completely out of their hands.  On Monday, an underwater earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that killed 150 people on the Mentawai Islands west of […]