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Man Arrested Two Times in 3 Months for Having Sex With the Same Horse
A Texas man has now been arrested and jailed two separate times for having sex with the same horse. Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies arrested Cirilo Castillo earlier this week after they allegedly...
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Top Judge Sworn In as President of Egypt, Morsi Arrested by Army
The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in as president today, after four days of protest led to a military coup against the democratically-elected Mohamed Morsi. The army,...
View ArticleThe Statue of Liberty has reopened to the public for the first time since...
The Statue of Liberty has reopened to the public for the first time since Superstorm Sandy. It had only been open for a few days last October after a year of renovations when Liberty Island was...
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Texas Teacher Wears Same Outfit to Picture Day for 40 Years
Dale Irby, a gym teacher in Texas, retired earlier this year after 40 years on the job. And 40 years of taking his yearbook picture in the same disco-era outfit. “I was so embarrassed when I got the...
View ArticleJoey Chestnut has won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest for a record 7th...
Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest for a record 7th straight year.
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Costa Rica Accidentally Legalizes Gay Marriage
On Monday, Costa Rican lawmakers passed a bill that concerned various social services for young people. On Tuesday, they woke up to the realization that they had pretty much legalized gay marriage....
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There Are Still Poor People All Over Silicon Valley
A rising wind raises all rideshare helicopters—or so the pixel Pollyannas of the Valley would have you think, all progress and prosperity. And the fact that they're raking in more money than when gold...
View ArticleThe doctors of Nelson Mandela report that he has entered a "permanent...
The doctors of Nelson Mandela report that he has entered a "permanent vegetative state" as his family has resolved a conflict over the final resting place of his three children who predeceased him. He...
View ArticleJoey Chestnut Eats 69 Hot Dogs, Breaks Record, Wins 7th Straight Belt
Joey Chestnut retained the mustard-yellow belt and broke his own record with an astounding 69 hot dogs today at Coney Island, earning the praise of competitive eating mavens worldwide as he cruised to...
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Happy Birthday, America!
Some people on Twitter are confused. Is America a wizard? Highlander? Jesus's twin brother? They're probably making a pretty good joke.... but maybe they aren't?
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Florida Woman Assaults Officer With Unwanted Kiss on Nose
After being called to a house on a report of a disturbance last Saturday, a Florida woman kissed a police officer on his nose (against his will). Peggy Hill, 62, not a cartoon character, encountered...
View ArticleLate popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints, the Catholic...
Late popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints, the Catholic Church declared on Friday, conferring on both men a special "VIP status" that gives them discounts on select concession stand...
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Fireworks Shot into Crowd Injure 28
An accidental fireworks explosion in Simi Valley, California sent 20 people to the hospital and injured eight more, leading a bomb squad to removed the leftover fireworks. As many as 10,000 people were...
View ArticleThe U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June.
The U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June.
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Egyptian Army Kills Three in Clash with Pro-Morsi Protesters
The AFP reports that at least three people were killed when the Egyptian army opened fire on protestors demonstrating in favor of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi outside the barracks where...
View ArticleWhy did 19 elite firefighters die in an Arizona wildfire on Sunday?
Why did 19 elite firefighters die in an Arizona wildfire on Sunday? Not to save lives—no, they died protecting "people’s summer homes and year-round retreats."
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Trayvon Martin's Mother Testifies: “I Heard My Son Screaming”
Trayvon Martin's mother testified this morning in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, the man who is charged with shooting the 17-year-old last year. Just before speaking in court, Sybrina Fulton...
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Just Like Walter White: All the Breaking Bad Copycats
Breaking Bad begins when a high school chemistry teacher finds out that he has a fatal form of cancer and decides to manufacture and sell high-grade meth in order to provide for his family after he...
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Who Told All Those Europeans Ed Snowden Was On Evo Morales’ Plane?
On Wednesday, Bolivian President Evo Morales was geopolitically stopped-and-frisked in Austria on his way home from Moscow, which Bolivia has claimed was because the U.S. believed Ed Snowden was...
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David Brooks Is Mentally Unprepared for Egyptian Democracy
New York Times columnist David Brooks is "defending the coup" today. Why? Because "Egypt... seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients" for democracy. It's not just that, as Brooks writes, members...
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