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Brooklyn's Vespa Vigilantes Are Cutest Crime-Fighting Duo in America

Maureen O'Connor · 08/17/10 02:46PM

Bumrushed by a thief on the street, an innocent female shrieked: Her cellphone had been stolen! Just then, a Vespa scooted onto the scene. Chromed wheels shining like justice, its passengers chased down the bandit and retrieved the maiden's phone.

Flight Attendant Gets In Pillow Fight, Does Not Flee Plane

Richard Lawson · 08/13/10 10:31AM

As a reminder that sometimes air travel can be fun and freak-out free, here's a video of a Lufthansa flight attendant playfully pillow fighting with her passengers, somewhere between Tel Aviv and Frankfurt. Everyone laughs! No one disembarks! Peace.

City Life, In Miniature Stop-Motion Animation

Matt Toder · 08/09/10 08:29AM

This fantastic short combines the elegance of stop-motion animation with matchbox cars and graffiti to create a perfectly current city scene. It's a nice reminder that the simplest shooting techniques can still be used inventively to create beautiful work.

Hot Japanese Girl Drives Super-Fast Train

Matt Cherette · 08/04/10 01:07PM

What's better than a video of an attractive Japanese girl? A video of an attractive Japanese girl who also happens to conduct a train on Japan's high-speed rail system, Shinkansen! Watch as she revs things up to a cool 270km/h.

Shaq Takes on Dale Jr, Gets Dusted

nightintern · 08/03/10 09:38PM

Shaq is back to take on the greatest athletes in the world, whether it be in an athletic competition or not. This week Shaq Diesel decided to test himself on a Nascar track against the legendary Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The World's Tightest Parallel Park

Emily A. Farris · 07/26/10 04:13PM

A man from New Zealand attempts to regain the world record from China for Tightest Parallel Park. He successfully wins it back by breaking a 32cm gap, and goes even further to make it a 27cm gap.

Amish Kid Leads Police on One-Mile Horse and Buggy Chase

Max Read · 07/20/10 08:05PM

This is Levi Detweiler, a 17-year-old kid arrested following a police chase last week and charged with possession of alcohol and reckless endangerment. And "overdriving an animal." See, he's Amish, and he was driving a horse and buggy.

Woman Drives Car 100 Feet Into School Building

Matt Cherette · 07/19/10 04:55PM

At about 9:50 this morning, a female student at a Tewksbury, MA job training school drove her Pontiac Bonneville into the building, making her way 100 feet into the structure before stopping. Inside, a local newspaper's video report.

This Is How a White Trash Wedding Car Gets Decorated

Matt Cherette · 07/16/10 12:24PM

Ah, you've got to love white trash—and this video is a perfect example of their unintentionally headdesk-inducing behavior. Watch as members of a wedding party decorate the bride and groom's "Just Married!" car—with a bunch of gross food.

Horned Man Attempts to Murder Landlord with Minivan

Max Read · 07/15/10 12:31AM

This tattooed, horned fellow is named Jesse Thornhill. He was recently arrested for attempting to run down his landlord. In a 1996 Ford Windstar minivan. Naturally, we have some questions for Mr. Thornhill. Such as: