Job Center Apologizes For Ejecting Jedi Via Force
Tue, 16/03/10 – 0:27 | No Comment

Southend, Essex, UK: Chris Jarvis, 31, scored a point for Star Wars fanatics when he received a formal apology over a force-related incident that occurred at an employment center.
Jarvis, a member of The International Church …

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Job Center Apologizes For Ejecting Jedi Via Force
Tuesday, 16 Mar, 2010 – 0:27 | No Comment
Job Center Apologizes For Ejecting Jedi Via Force

Southend, Essex, UK: Chris Jarvis, 31, scored a point for Star Wars fanatics when he received a formal apology over a force-related incident that occurred at an employment center.
Jarvis, a member of The International Church …

Police Serve Up Non-compliant Lesbian Sergeant to Military Brass
Sunday, 14 Mar, 2010 – 23:30 | No Comment
Police Serve Up Non-compliant Lesbian Sergeant to Military Brass

Rapid City, South Dakota: By now most people are familiar with the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay servicemen and women. Under the policy, people who keep their private lives a secret …

Israeli Supermarket Advertisers Channel Hamas Leader’s Assassins
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 0:55 | One Comment
Israeli Supermarket Advertisers Channel Hamas Leader’s Assassins

The assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh made for some pretty exciting news, who would have thought that it could help to sell groceries?
Apparently the creative minds behind an advertisement for the Mahsaney Kimat Hinam …

Lady Gaga Stripped For Own Safety
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 22:47 | 6 Comments
Lady Gaga Stripped For Own Safety

Lady Gaga was forced to change into normal clothes on a flight from London to the United States when one of her outfits caused her to develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
When the flight attendants saw …

Croatian Penis Ready For Action After Lightning Strike
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 18:18 | One Comment
Croatian Penis Ready For Action After Lightning Strike

Perkovci, Croatia: Plenty of people get a little nervous at the sound of thunder, but 35-year-old Zoran Jukovic has a better reason to than most – three years ago lightning struck his penis.
Croatian Times reports …

Romanian Street Sign Warns of Stumbling Drunks
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 20:11 | No Comment
Romanian Street Sign Warns of Stumbling Drunks

Pecica, Romania: A Romanian town decided to take action over what was considered to be a “despairing” amount of accidents involving cars and drunken pedestrians by warning about them with street signs.
The Daily Mail reports …

Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 19:59 | 8 Comments
Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter

Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, …

Herbal Remedy Saves Bull From Chopping Block
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 4:59 | No Comment
Herbal Remedy Saves Bull From Chopping Block

Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom: A herbal remedy saved a bull with a slack libido from a trip to the abattoir.
Three weeks ago, Boris the bull had an appointment with the slaughterhouse. Unable or …

Bomb Squad Responds to Misplaced Fancy-dress Prop
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 4:38 | No Comment
Bomb Squad Responds to Misplaced Fancy-dress Prop

Havelock North, New Zealand: Bomb squad officers were called to a New Zealand football field on Monday on account of what appeared to be an improvised explosive device.
As it turned out, the “explosives” had been …

PETA Wants Knut’s Nuts
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 22:28 | One Comment
PETA Wants Knut’s Nuts

Berlin, Germany: The German chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has asked for celebrity polar bear Knut to be castrated because he and a female companion share the same grandfather.
According to …

O.J. Victory Suit Probably Not Smithsonian Material
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 22:18 | No Comment
O.J. Victory Suit Probably Not Smithsonian Material

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution has said they are not likely to accept the suit that O.J. Simpson was wearing when he was acquitted over the murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown …

Tradesman Fueled Three-week Sleepless Bender With Evidence Room Drugs
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 22:29 | No Comment
Tradesman Fueled Three-week Sleepless Bender With Evidence Room Drugs

Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia: Authorities at a police station in Maroochydore, Queensland, unwittingly hired a concrete cutter with a 20-year amphetamine addiction to modify their evidence room.
Perth Now reports that while cutting a ventilation hole in …

Inmate Escaped Through Toilet
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 22:04 | One Comment
Inmate Escaped Through Toilet

Osceola County Jail, Florida A gang leader is reportedly still at large after escaping from prison through a toilet.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that gang leader Michael Rigby, 21, escaped from a maximum-security section of …

Man’s Big Mouth Landed Him 21 Extra Years in Jail
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 21:43 | One Comment
Man’s Big Mouth Landed Him 21 Extra Years in Jail

Chicago, Illinois: Pedro Carbera is likely ruing the day that he told a judge he was innocent after accepting a plea bargain that would have seen him serve 6 years in prison – his protestations …

Man Gets Probation For Attempting to Use Geek Squad Badge to Dodge Prostitute Bill
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 21:23 | No Comment
Man Gets Probation For Attempting to Use Geek Squad Badge to Dodge Prostitute Bill

Parsippany, New Jersey: A 26-year-old man was sentenced to probation after it emerged that he had attempted to use a Geek Squad badge to impersonate a police officer. He was impersonating a police officer because …

Implanted D-cup Stops Point Blank Bullet
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 21:04 | No Comment
Implanted D-cup Stops Point Blank Bullet

Beverly Hills, California: A woman might have survived a point blank gunshot from a semi-automatic assault rifle thanks to her breast implants.
The Metro reports that the gunman entered the dentist office, shot his wife and …