Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Stay in the boat! Gator “feeding frenzy” in Georgia
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 21:03 | One Comment
Stay in the boat! Gator “feeding frenzy” in Georgia

Apparently the mob of hungry alligators in this video numbers around 300. While I am not in a position to confirm or deny the accuracy of the count, it is pretty safe to say that …

Baptism party violence leaves two dead in Jersey
Monday, 14 Jun, 2010 – 23:45 | One Comment
Baptism party violence leaves two dead in Jersey

A verbal dispute attendees of a baptism party and another group outside a Mexican restaurant in New Jersey was resolved with knives.

Flight Turns Around After Family Fight
Sunday, 2 May, 2010 – 22:08 | One Comment
Flight Turns Around After Family Fight

A U.S. Airways flight from Orlando to Pheonix had to turn around while in flight due to a 16-year-old boy and his parents arguing on board and becaming too disruptive.
The captain decided to turn around for safety reasons. The …

Woman Gets Home Detention For ‘Surprise’ Head Hammering
Thursday, 22 Apr, 2010 – 2:16 | One Comment
Woman Gets Home Detention For ‘Surprise’ Head Hammering

A Utah woman received 30 days of home detention after she blindfolded her husband and told him that she was going to give him a surprise… then hit him on the head with a hammer.
Amy …

Teen Electrified Nipples and Stopped Heart For Mountain Dew Supply
Wednesday, 14 Apr, 2010 – 10:21 | One Comment
Teen Electrified Nipples and Stopped Heart For Mountain Dew Supply

Dover, New Hampshire: A teenager placed electrical clamps on his nipples on a dare in a bid to earn Mountain Dew every day for the rest of the school year.
The shock that 18-year-old Kyle DuBois …

Man Drove Drunk to Prison to Serve DUI Sentence
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 21:14 | One Comment
Man Drove Drunk to Prison to Serve DUI Sentence

Southern State Correctional Facility, Vermont: Vermont State police say that charged a man with a second DUI offense as he was driving himself to the Southern State Correctional Facility to serve prison time for his …

Cheerleaders’ Pee Prank Determined To Be In Bad Taste
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 20:48 | One Comment
Cheerleaders’ Pee Prank Determined To Be In Bad Taste

Fort Worth, Texas: A group of high school cheerleaders is reported to have been disciplined for giving teammates drinks laced with urine.
Administrators reportedly told UPI that at least two girls Saginaw High School received in-school …

Prisoner Gets 20 Years For Cigarette Run
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 20:37 | One Comment
Prisoner Gets 20 Years For Cigarette Run

Camden County Jail, Georgia: Twenty-six-year-old Harry Jackson has been given 20 years to think about where his unplanned excursion from Camden County Jail to pick up 14 cigarette packs from a store window went wrong.
Jackson …

Qatari Diplomat to Walk Over In-flight Smoke, Shoe Bomb Joke
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 20:22 | 3 Comments
Qatari Diplomat to Walk Over In-flight Smoke, Shoe Bomb Joke

Washington: The Qatari diplomat whose furtive smoke aboard a United Airlines flight will not be charged with any crime, thanks to his diplomatic immunity.
The Qatari ambassador to the United States said that Mohammed Al-Madadi, who …

Man’s Nude Coffee Making Ruled Decent
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 19:36 | One Comment
Man’s Nude Coffee Making Ruled Decent

Springfield, Virginia:A Virgina man who was accused of indecent exposure when he decided to make a cup of coffee in the nude and was spotted by passers by has had his conviction overturned.
It took …

Inmate’s “Get Out of Jail Free” Card May Earn Extra Seven Years
Monday, 5 Apr, 2010 – 20:06 | One Comment
Inmate’s “Get Out of Jail Free” Card May Earn Extra Seven Years

Rikers Island, New York: A 46-year-old Brooklynite stands accused of tampering with a court order and forging a court official’s initials in a bid to get out of jail where he was held on burglary …

Husky Sheriff Makes Inmates Pedal For Television
Monday, 5 Apr, 2010 – 19:26 | One Comment
Husky Sheriff Makes Inmates Pedal For Television

Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona: A visit by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the Tent City Jail in which he witnessed large numbers of overweight inmates resulted in the implementation of a program called “Pedal …

Woman Jailed For Stealing Identity to Pay For New Breasts
Thursday, 1 Apr, 2010 – 6:43 | 2 Comments
Woman Jailed For Stealing Identity to Pay For New Breasts

Westminster, Orange County, California: A woman has been jailed for stealing someone’s identity in order to set up a line of credit to pay for $12,000 worth plastic surgery procedures.
Thirty-year-old Yvonne Jean Pampellonne was …

Absentminded Pervert Incriminates Self
Thursday, 25 Mar, 2010 – 9:34 | One Comment
Absentminded Pervert Incriminates Self

Edwardsville, Illinois: An Alton man found himself charged with 10 counts of possessing aggravated child pornography, after he attempted to reclaim a flash drive that he had misplaced.
Stanton D. Holliday is said to have implicated …

Teacher Gets Ax For Inciting Chuck E. Cheese Smackdown
Thursday, 25 Mar, 2010 – 1:05 | One Comment
Teacher Gets Ax For Inciting Chuck E. Cheese Smackdown

Houston, Texas: Good intentions weren’t enough to save a private school teacher from the ax after it was found that they had encouraged students to hit a 5-year-old boy that had just punched a girl.
The …

SWAT Team Rounds Up Alaskan Pizza Bandits
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 1:37 | No Comment
SWAT Team Rounds Up Alaskan Pizza Bandits

Anchorage, Alaska: A SWAT team was called in to arrest a gang of pizza thieves that had barricaded themselves in a home after their robbery went wrong.
The standoff occurred on Sunday night when a pizza …