• Japan’s Massive Earthquake Makes Days Shorter

    The massive earthquake 8.9 / 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan last week has not only devastated the country. It’s shifted the earth’s figure axis (the axis balanced by mass) about 15 centimeters and this is going to make days shorter. According to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL) specialist Richard...
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    19-year-old arrested for killing brother’s hamster

    When Monique Smith visited her family’s apartment last June to find that her hamster had died, she found herself beset with grief.  But instead of getting angry, she got even – with her brother, whom she accused of being responsible for the rodent’s death. In what can be only...
  • Prison security unprepared for break-in, TV stolen

    In what could be called a “reverse prison break” thieves managed to infiltrate a prison’s administration building and make off with a 50-inch plasma screen TV in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Police were only alerted to the theft after firefighters were called to fight a blaze in the administration...
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    Well that’s just crazy: Teen attempts to steal unborn fetus

    Evidently unable to obtain a child in a more traditional fashion, an 18-year-old girl in Maricopa, AZ is now behind bars for attempted first-degree murder, burglary and arson in the fallout of a botched plan to kill her nine-month pregnant friend and claim the baby as her own. Kassandra...
  • Intruder Calls 911 on Home Owner

    In the world of the stupid criminal, an intruder called 911 when the homeowner returned because he feared for his life. Turns out the man, Timothy James Chapeck, broke into the house in Portland, Oregon, and decided it was a good idea to take a shower. While in the...
  • Japanese Man Awarded 2.4Billion Dollar Tax Refund

    Taxes, ugh taxes. Tax time again – which for most is a tearful goodbye to hard earned money. Not for Toshiki Takei. For him it’s the biggest payday of his tax paying life after being awarded a refund of $2.4 Billion. However, it didn’t happen in one return. In...
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    Tweaker takes spouse on 40-mile ghost-riding adventure

    “Ghost-riding” which has gained popularity from East Bay rappers like E-40 and Mistah Fab is the practice of operating a motor vehicle from outside said motor vehicle.  Beyond California, this is frequently called “Iowa Surfing” or “wicked retarded.” In any case, a man clearly on the cusp of a...
  • Politician blames Facebook for election loss, gets litigious

    Majed Moughni is a failed Republican candidate – he took a shot last year and came fourth in the Republican primary in Michigan’s 15th district. Some would say that coming fourth means that you are not connecting with your demographic, that people didn’t warm to your personality and that...
  • Baby Gaga breast-milk ice cream taken off the market

    Last week, I skipped over posting an article on a particular brand of ice cream had been created called “Baby Gaga”, distributed in Westminster UK by a company called The Icecreamists, Baby Gaga had for only difference, that it was made from human breast-milk. I had read the news...