Looking Too Generic Can Cost You Your Driver's License

Lauri Apple · 07/17/11 01:56PM

Do people always tell you that you look "just like" someone else they know? Do you live and drive in Massachusetts? If yes and yes, then you might be in danger of losing your driving privileges, just like John H. Gass did.

Guy 'Forgot' He Had Shrooms, Is Acquitted of Drug Possession

Lauri Apple · 07/17/11 11:14AM

Are you facing drug possession charges? Here's a possible defense: "hey, so, uh ... I forgot about those drugs, therefore I didn't really possess those drugs, see?" Cannabis club worker Eric Meoli tried this one out in a San Francisco courtroom recently, and it actually worked!

Meet the Newest Beckham, Harper

Max Read · 07/17/11 11:13AM

The Beckhams show off their latest project. Marc Anthony missed out on meeting the Royals thanks to the divorce. Nicole Scherzinger is engaged. Sunday gossip is looking to get its hands on some Ibogaine.

Casey Anthony Freed

Max Read · 07/17/11 09:51AM

You may want to block your aunt on Facebook for the next couple days: Casey Anthony was released from jail just after midnight, 12 days after being acquitted of charges that she murdered her daughter Caylee. [CNN]

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Alleged Pre-Assault Sex Binge

Max Read · 07/17/11 08:55AM

What was former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn up to on the weekend he was arrested for sexually assaulting a hotel worker? Why, just "[blowing] off steam before the French presidential race" by having sex with three women!

Straight Man Who 'Appears to Be' Gay Rejected by Blood Center

Lauri Apple · 07/16/11 07:00PM

Aaron Pace is a 22-year-old straight man from Gary, Indiana who wanted to donate blood at his local blood and plasma center. But after undergoing the usual interview and screening procedures, Pace asserts, he was told by members of the center's highly-trained Secret-Gay Detection Unit that he "appear[ed] to be a homosexual" and therefore couldn't donate.

Kentucky Woman, Angered by Sentencing, Attacks Judge

Lauri Apple · 07/16/11 05:24PM

Just like the "Kentucky Woman" Neil Diamond sang about, Melissa Harvick "shines with her own kind of light," you could say. Earlier this week, Harvick appeared at a family court hearing as the defendant in a dispute with her husband, who had filed a domestic violence order against her. While her husband tried to explain his side of the story to the presiding judge, Harvick allegedly interrupted him and wouldn't stop talking. This prompted the judge to sentence Harvick to ten days in jail for contempt of court. The jail sentence did not please Harvick very much, as you will soon come to understand by watching the video above.

Why Jet Packs and Live TV Don't Mix

Max Read · 07/16/11 04:45PM

Sure, you could see this video as a hilarious blooper and warning against live local news teasers involving advanced technology. Or you could see it as a beautiful lesson of failure and redemption, made literal in the person of the stocky wet guy rising from the sea powered only by his jet... pack... thing. [via The Hairpin]

Guy Scores Fancy House for $16, Now Has Neighbor Issues

Lauri Apple · 07/16/11 03:09PM

To move into his brand-new home, all Kenneth Robinson had to do was fill out a form, write down that the home had been foreclosed upon and abandoned, take the form to his local courthouse, and hand over $16 to the nice clerk lady. So easy!

Yes, Human-on-Bird CPR Works

Max Read · 07/16/11 02:47PM

Haven't you always wondered if mouth-to-beak resuscitation—"bird CPR"—would actually work? Well! We can confirm that, yes, in at least one instance it has: Bend, Ore. veterinarian Jeff Cooney saved a bald eagle (named, boringly, "Patriot") this week by performing CPR on it. Patriot, whom Dr. Cooney is rehabilitating from an apparent car accident, was under anesthesia at the time; KTVZ provides the image above, though we're not sure if the photograph is a staged re-creation of the event or an actual action shot of the heroic lifesaving attempt. Either way, it's good to know that, in the event that you come across a dying bird, you may have a shot at saving its life. [KTVZ]

Scotland Yard Basically Owned by Rupert Murdoch

Max Read · 07/16/11 01:41PM

Wondering why Scotland Yard botched the investigation into the News Corp phone-hacking scandal so badly? Well, it wasn't because the police agency was comically inept—at least, not entirely because it was comically inept—but because it was comically corrupt!

Woman Arrested for Grabbing TSA Agent's Boob

Lauri Apple · 07/16/11 01:31PM

Important travel info(!!!): When Transportation Security Administration agents grope and grab your or your baby's body parts at airport security checkpoints, they're protecting America from terrorism. When prospective airplane passengers grope and grab TSA agents' body parts, it's felony sexual abuse.

Totally Gratuitous Shots of Celebrities in Their Swimsuits

Brian Moylan · 07/16/11 01:05PM

It's summer, and if you're not at the beach, you should be and if you're not fit enough to be seen in public in your swimsuit, here are a bunch of fit celebrities to make you feel even worse about yourself.

Either Jesus or the Star of Your Nightmares Appears on Receipt

Lauri Apple · 07/16/11 12:37PM

Jacob Simmons and Gentry Lee Sutherland, an engaged couple from Anderson County, S.C., believe the man's face that magically appeared on their Walmart receipt is maybe Jesus's face, and therefore a blessing from God. What do you think?