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Church billboards are well-known for turning the public eye to any number of offensive messages, especially regarding homosexuality. But Toledo’s Central Methodist Church, in a quixotic move, has posted a message on their digital billboard stating “Being Gay is a Gift from God.” Capitalization issues aside, the display of...
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Remember the story of William Parminter, pulled over and arrested for DUI as he drove away from his fourth DUI hearing? Well, at least he started drinking after the hearing. Sharry Long, on the other hand, had to get her buzz on so bad, she got tanked before getting...
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On Saturday, one Floridian learned that pubic hairs and dried toothpaste are pretty benign bathroom horrors compared to the presence of a 7-foot alligator. Alexis Dunbar didn’t have to turn over a waste bin to find the large amphibious reptile, which hissed at her and was promptly locked in...
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In one of the most elaborate fraud schemes I’ve ever seen, David Deng recruited Chinese nationals into a fake military reserve, swindling more than eight hundred immigrants out of thousands of dollars under the pretense of assisting their odds at becoming US citizens. For between $300 and $450, plus...
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Perhaps she watched Juno one too many times, or perhaps a real social experiment was at hand. Regardless, 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez pulled a well-timed “gotcha!” when she pulled a fake tummy insert out from under her sweater at a school assembly in Washington to reveal that she hadn’t been...
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In a day and age when offshore oil rigs spew millions of barrels of oil straight into the ocean and dysfunctional nuclear reactors turn communities into uninhabitable wastelands, a group of homeowners in Illinois find themselves inconvenienced by, of all things, “shadow flicker” from clean energy-producing wind turbines in...
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It has been said that anything vaguely criminal or unflattering posted on Facebook, whether it be the pictures from that party where you blacked out or a quote by Charlie Sheen, might come back to haunt you later. In the case of four Houston residents, one Facebook slip-up will...
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In Tel Aviv, researchers are working toward integrating computers with ‘regret’ in order to improve overall efficiency. In theory, a computer system would register the difference between a desired outcome and the actual outcome, then attempt alternatives over time to achieve or exceed the desired outcome without instructions by...
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While it’s widely known that many prostitutes operate out of hotel rooms, a group of four women ranging in age from 18 to 27 evidently knew little more about the Biz (like subtlety and common sense) and were arrested last Thursday for prostitution. Somewhere between nonchalantly rolling into the...
Church billboards are well-known for turning the public eye to any number of offensive messages, especially regarding homosexuality. But Toledo’s Central Methodist Church, in a quixotic move, has posted a message on their digital billboard stating “Being Gay is a Gift from God.” Capitalization issues aside, the display of...
Remember the story of William Parminter, pulled over and arrested for DUI as he drove away from his fourth DUI hearing? Well, at least he started drinking after the hearing. Sharry Long, on the other hand, had to get her buzz on so bad, she got tanked before getting...
On Saturday, one Floridian learned that pubic hairs and dried toothpaste are pretty benign bathroom horrors compared to the presence of a 7-foot alligator. Alexis Dunbar didn’t have to turn over a waste bin to find the large amphibious reptile, which hissed at her and was promptly locked in...
In one of the most elaborate fraud schemes I’ve ever seen, David Deng recruited Chinese nationals into a fake military reserve, swindling more than eight hundred immigrants out of thousands of dollars under the pretense of assisting their odds at becoming US citizens. For between $300 and $450, plus...
Perhaps she watched Juno one too many times, or perhaps a real social experiment was at hand. Regardless, 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez pulled a well-timed “gotcha!” when she pulled a fake tummy insert out from under her sweater at a school assembly in Washington to reveal that she hadn’t been...
In a day and age when offshore oil rigs spew millions of barrels of oil straight into the ocean and dysfunctional nuclear reactors turn communities into uninhabitable wastelands, a group of homeowners in Illinois find themselves inconvenienced by, of all things, “shadow flicker” from clean energy-producing wind turbines in...
It has been said that anything vaguely criminal or unflattering posted on Facebook, whether it be the pictures from that party where you blacked out or a quote by Charlie Sheen, might come back to haunt you later. In the case of four Houston residents, one Facebook slip-up will...
In Tel Aviv, researchers are working toward integrating computers with ‘regret’ in order to improve overall efficiency. In theory, a computer system would register the difference between a desired outcome and the actual outcome, then attempt alternatives over time to achieve or exceed the desired outcome without instructions by...
While it’s widely known that many prostitutes operate out of hotel rooms, a group of four women ranging in age from 18 to 27 evidently knew little more about the Biz (like subtlety and common sense) and were arrested last Thursday for prostitution. Somewhere between nonchalantly rolling into the...