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]

Last weekend, Vishon Murphy put on his Sunday best—a dress and gladiator sandals—and waltzed into a Pizza Hut in Wallace, North Carolina. But instead of saying "Shantay you stay," the restaurant's general manager was all "sashay away" and forced Murphy to leave. A must-watch local news report detailing the saga is above. [via Eater]

Down in Roanoke, Virginia, WDBJ 7's Holly Pietrzak is charged with keeping residents apprised of the news. But as you'll see in the above clip, Pietrzak had some X-rated trouble recently when reporting on the fact that many teens are having luck—yes, that's luck—finding summer jobs this year. [via Reddit]

Ah, the luxuries of life in a world with more media outlets than ever. A world where any ambitious young aspiring journalist can... move to New York, and work for a blog. Hmm.

When Rep. Anthony Weiner said he was done talking about Weinergate (for maybe the third time?), he really meant it: His office called the cops on Marcia Kramer, a reporter for New York's CBS 2, after she asked for an interview about the dick picture.

On Mother's Day, the Annapolis Capital ran a story about a local lesbian couple with two kids. Something out of the ordinary, progressive, and perhaps even controversial? We'd call that "news." The paper's editor calls it a mistake.

After Charlie Sheen's show at Toronto's Massey Hall last week, local news correspondent Saphia Khambalia filed a live report from outside the theater. Unfortunately for Khambalia, all that anybody could focus on was the giant snot rocket that kept going in and out of her nose. Poor girl! [via The Hairpin]

President Obama hosted a series of local news interviews yesterday afternoon in the White House. And according to some interpretations, the president "[lost] his cool" with one reporter, Brad Watson of Dallas station WFAA. Obama just went ballistic on this friggin' guy! Maybe?

Weatherman Jim Kosek, better known for his snowpocalypse freak-out of 2010, was speaking directly to the escaped menace from the Bronx Zoo, a cobra snake, when providing his weather report.

On a recent segment during Youngstown, Ohio's WFMJ morning show, Nancy from Sparkles Market appeared to discuss biscotti. How delicious! Unfortunately for Nancy, a slip of the tongue let viewers in on a dirty little secret regarding her tastes.

In Spring, Texas you can be a christian and still go to poll dancing class, the only catch is you must dance to upbeat contemporary christian music.

Meet working class hero "Joann From Bensonhurst". Her segments for MyFoxNY's City Rants! series are creating a cult of worshippers who breathlessly await new rant-ings. This videologue is a guide to Joann's New York City.

During Denver's 2008 St. Patrick's Day parade, Fox News 31 let a drunken parade goer file this amazingly awesome news report.

While taping a segment on the Seattle waterfront, news reporter Shomari Stone witnessed a fight break behind his cameraman and bravely jumped in to help stop the vicious attack.

Here's a local news interview featuring Tommy, a Hazelton, Pennsylvania resident whose house had just burned down. That's sad! Tommy's insane—and I mean insane, child—level of drunkenness, however? Well, that's just plain hilarious. "I'm gonna get racial!"

A Michigan woman turned into a human tornado over an unwanted car repair bill, trashing an auto shop and causing close to $10,000 worth of damage.

Yesterday afternoon, FOX 17 reporter Abbey Sloan—who I graduated high school with!—visited an auto repair shop to report on a 50-60 car pileup in Mecosta, Michigan. Instead, she witnessed (and recorded) an angry customer's dangerous destruction. Yikes!

A normally peaceful retirement community was shaken up once surveillance video revealed a man stealing breakfast sausage from their clubhouse...in the nude.

Understandably, a Michigan woman was not pleased when her mother appeared on the website "People of Walmart." Less understandable is the news reporter's shock at the existence of a website so popular that even Michigan moms know about it.

We just caught this funny little segment about Mayor Bloomberg's budget cuts from our local ABC affiliate. Okay, so his reporting isn't funny, but the gaggle of people tip-toeing behind him in unison definitely is. Well played, random street people!