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Meet The Man Who Lost His Life Savings Playing A Carnival Game [Video]

Bruce Mikells — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:54:54 +0000

Carnival workers look for the weak of mind and the flush of cash. A fool and his money will soon wind up on this website.

Woman Unhappy With Mugshot, Gets Arrested Again to Re-Take Picture

Jude Walker — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:38:49 +0000

A Georgia woman was so upset with her mugshot from a previous arrest that she called 911 to demand a new one.

Houma Man Popped For DUI On a Scooter Stolen From Walmart

Jude Walker — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:48:12 +0000

Good thing for people like 24-year-old Thomas Phillips of Houma, our What Were They Smoking? segment never has a shortage of substance. Phillips decided it a good idea to steal a motorized scooter from the local Walmart and take it for a “joy ride”. Even better, he brought a friend along for the ride as [...]

Woman Calls Cops When Dealer Doesn't Deliver Weed

Jude Walker — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:54:29 +0000

It’s people like New Jersey’s Marsha Wilcox that keep our What Were They Smoking? segment alive and kickin’! The 50-year-old called the cops to tell them she’d been ripped off — in a drug deal. Wilcox called 911 and told the dispatcher that she was robbed. She explained that she had given a drug dealer [...]

Willie Moving For Weed?

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:10:04 +0000

Why is Willie Nelson planning on purchasing or renting a home overseas?

Taco Bell Puts Big Mac to Shame By Selling 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos in Under Three Months

Shauna Wright — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:30:35 +0000

Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos, made with a nacho cheese-flavored Doritos shell, have been a hit. A huge hit. In fact, more than 100 million of them were gobbled up in the first 10 weeks after they were introduced, making them the most successful product launch in Taco Bell’s 50-year history. In touting that 100 [...]

Minnesota Man Steals $25,000 Worth of Tide Detergent

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:35:30 +0000

If it’s gotta be clean, it’s gotta be Tide. If it’s gotta be stolen Tide, it’s gotta be Patrick Paul Costanzo. Costanzo systemically stole $25,000 worth of Tide liquid detergent from a St. Paul, Minnesota store over the course of a year. About a week ago, managers at the Wal-Mart in West St. Paul noticed that $25,000 [...]

Why Is a Woman in New York Suing the City for $900 Trillion?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:41:10 +0000

There are million-dollar — and even billion-dollar — lawsuits. But if a woman in Staten Island, NY has her way, she’ll get trillions in damages. Fausat Ogunbayo, 46, recently filed a $900 trillion (no, that’s not a typo) suit against the city and its Administration for Children’s Services for allegedly improperly placing her two sons [...]

Couple Gets Into Fight Over Who Was Least Drunk to Drive!

Jude Walker — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:24:18 +0000

Monday night in picturesque North Stonington, Connecticut found a couple of love birds a little too deep in the proverbial “bottle”. 40-year-old Brandi Fein and her 58-year-old boyfriend David Abbot had a little too much fun then couldn’t decide who was less inebriated to drive! Fisticuffs broke out, witnesses heard Brandi utter the phrase “if [...]

What Were They Smokin' (1/24)

Dave Steel — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:35:29 +0000

In case you missed it at 6:40 this morning, here’s today’s Smokin’ stories: 1. Leo Powers, 23, of Abington, Massachusetts is facing a number of charges after cops say he used bombs to blow up snow banks so he didn’t have to shovel them. (via: Blog: Eric Millikin: Man uses homemade bombs to clear snow [...]

What Were They Smoking (1/18)

Dave Steel — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:38:50 +0000

1. 18-year-old Amanda Byrne of Rowe, New Mexico is no longer with us. She apparently thought it a good idea to job on some railroad tracks while listening to music on her headphones. The engineer that struck her said he sounded the emergency horn several, all to no avail. (via: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70E1Y720110115) 2. And in the [...]