• Jeopardy champions no match for IBM’s Watson [video]

    So how do you think a couple of sharp human minds would stack up against IBM’s Watson in a game of Jeopardy? Former Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter find out when they taste bitter defeat in this rather one-sided three-minute practice session. To be fair, Ken scores...
  • Could ATMs be dirtier than public bathrooms?

    The answer is yes! According to a British study. You might remember from last year’s H1N1 media crash course on microbes and viruses, that our little friends can be quite fun, and may cause vomiting, diarrhea and other ailments. Bacteria can also carry viruses like the common flu, or...
  • Domino’s assistant manager leaves with a “possibly hallucinogenic” bang

    A Domino’s assistant manager chose to spend his last day with the establishment creating something of a ruckus. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the aforementioned employee definitely wanted to get fired – and that he chose to make an obnoxious statement...
  • Superhero crime-fighter only human after all [Phoenix Jones]

    I must admit that I was a little intrigued when news first started to circulate about an amateur crime fighting movement involving people dressed as superheroes. But part of me knew that publicizing what they were doing would only serve to encourage greater acts of stupidity – and that...
  • Human namesake displeased with Chuck Norris brand marijuana

    Word on the street: a type of marijuana being sold in LA has been dubbed “Chuck Norris Black”. Some would argue that it is not much of a stretch of one’s imagination to name a kick-ass strain of weed after one of the world’s biggest (and best preserved) ass...
  • Man Accused of Making Sex-Toy Bomb

    Breaking up is hard to do and for some it leaves a lingering sense of resentment and a desire to blow up the one who broke your heart. At least this is the feeling it gave a 37-year old American man. He’s been arrested on suspicion of making and...
  • Culinary excuses for public masturbation

    Not too many excuses fly when a person is caught fondling his or herself – but people being people will always try to talk their way out of trouble… as was the case with the two gentlemen that are the subject of this article....
  • Attack of the killer cow leaves Florida man critically injured

    Poor Oscar Wilcox of St. Lucie County, Florida.  The 70-year-old was out mending a section of fence at his ranch when the unthinkable happened—he was attacked by a crazed, bloodthirsty…cow? Yes, cow. But this was no ordinary cow.  No sir, this was a lean, mean, unkillable machine, with 12-18...
  • Colonoscopy reveals incredibly resilient insect

    Colonoscopies are gross and scary enough on their own without cockroaches being introduced into the mix – but the photograph that you see before you is of exactly that: a cockroach in someone’s colon, a live one no less....