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Watermelon Flavored Oreos Hit The Shelves This Summer

Aaron Galloway — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:17 +0000

Hey Nabisco, stop screwing with sanctity of the original Oreo, you got it right the first time.

Hairy Stockings Are Designed to Repel Guys You Don't Want Hitting On You

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000

Summertime is the perfect time to show off those legs. Or is it? Check out these unusual stockings, posted on the Chinese website Sina Weibo. According to the site, they’re “Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for all young girls going out.” It’s unclear whether they’re real or not, but clearly these should only [...]

U.S. Post Office Doesn't Allow Children to be Sent Via Parcel Post

Bethany Lee — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:09:08 +0000

Thinking about sending your kids away to grandma’s house for the summer? You might want to try a different method.

Husband Mistakenly Sells Wife's $23,000 Diamond Wedding Ring for $10

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:26:25 +0000

If he likes it, he’s going to have to put a ring on it. Again. A Laguna Niguel, California man made the ultimate blunder when he accidentally sold his wife’s $23,000 diamond wedding ring at a garage sale for a measly 10 bucks. Racquel Cloutier was in the hospital earlier this month after having delivered [...]

Bank Employee Falls Asleep on Keyboard, Transfers Millions to Customer

Donald Deane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:15:07 +0000

Everyone gets sleepy during work sometimes, but as a clerk in Germany recently learned, a bank transaction probably isn't the best time for a power nap. In fact, he fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transferred more than $295 million dollars to a customer. How come our bank never did that for us?

NYC Restaurant Eliminates Tips for Servers

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:30:59 +0000

Have you ever gone to a restaurant and agonized over how much of a tip to leave? Well, an eatery in New York City has decided to save you the trouble by completely eliminating tips and paying staff salary plus benefits instead.

Make Your Own Cronuts!

Emerald Catron — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:43:44 +0000

Cronuts have taken over New York City (and the internet) in a big way. The hybrid croissant-doughnuts are only available at one bakery, and when they're gone madness ensues. People are scalping pastries, folks. There's a cronut black market on Craigslist, where you can have one delivered to you for $40. There are bootleg "doissants." It's insanity.

Leah and Firefly – Humane Society Pets of the Week!

Bethany Lee — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:51:39 +0000

These awesome pets are looking for a home!

Texas Man Gets Away With Murder – Acquitted for Killing Prostitute Who Wouldn't Have Sex With Him

Aaron Galloway — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:13:09 +0000

Getting away with blatantly murdering someone sounds like something that would’ve happened in the Wild West or maybe in the middle east somewhere, But not in the U.S. in 2013. Not even in Texas. A Bexar County, Texas man was just acquitted of murder charges for killing a prostitute because he paid her and she [...]

The Scariest Drunk Driving Ad You Will Ever See [VIDEO]

Drew — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:58:47 +0000

We all know you should never drink and drive, but if you had any doubts about that a new anti drunk driving PSA in Britain should set you straight.

Pop, Soda, or Coke? New Map Shows Regional Differences

Drew — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:21:22 +0000

Is it pop....or is it soda.....or is it coke? A new study has found, and mapped out, the different ways people say it.

Dad Who Named Son Adolf Hitler Makes Questionable Fashion Decision By Wearing Nazi Uniform to Custody Hearing

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:00:06 +0000

There have got to be better ways to show a judge you deserve to have your kids back. A New Jersey man trying to win visitation to see his youngest child showed up in court Monday dressed in a Nazi uniform. Heath Campbell, 40, has been at the center of controversy for several years now [...]

Giant Deadly Snail Found in Shipping Crate and No One Else is Panicking For Some Reason

Jackie Mancini — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:00:42 +0000

Hello? Anyone home? Can someone please declare Marshall Law? I just want to confess, first off, that when I first typed that last sentence I initially typed ‘Martial Law,’ which makes me realize that in the action movie in my brain, Steven Seagal is definitely a leading man. Because I feel like this news is [...]

Teacher Says She's Dying So She Can Get Out of Work for an Entire Year

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:53:51 +0000

Ashley Barker lied so she could skip work. Now, she doesn’t have to worry about having a job to go to at all. Barker, a first-grade teacher at Laurel Elementary School in Florida’s Polk County, is under fire for telling her superiors she and her father were both dying, just so she could get out [...]

New Study Finds Diet Soda as Bad For Your Teeth as Meth

Drew — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:14:27 +0000

A new study had found that something you may drink every day can have the same effects on your teeth as meth use.

Kindly Customer Leaves $1,000 Tip So Waitress Can Visit Italy

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:50 +0000

Some days, you make more in tips than others. A woman on Tumblr shared a story about how her waitress mother recently got a $1,000 tip from a customer on a $60 bill. The rather large gratuity came after the woman told the customer how her family is from Italy and she has studied art [...]

Chili's Waitress Fired For Making Negative Comment About Cops on Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:08 +0000

In November, Ashley Warden was fined $2,500 when a police officer spotted her three-year old son urinating on the front yard of her two-and-a-half acre property in rural Piedmont, Oklahoma. The cop was ultimately fired for issuing the ticket. But apparently Warden still holds a grudge against law enforcement, which she made known through a recent post to her Facebook page.

Father Arrested After Letting 9-Year-Old Daughter Drive Car

Donald Deane — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:06 +0000

In our experience, parents generally let their small children drive when they're too drunk to drive themselves. But a father in Ohio was apparently stone cold sober when he let his 9-year-old daughter drive the family car. Can't blame alcohol for this one, dude. That dumb decision was all yours.

College Student Fakes Own Kidnapping to Hide Failing Grade

Donald Deane — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:58 +0000

Nobody likes sharing bad report cards with parents, but one college student in Atlanta gets high marks for creativity by faking his own kidnapping to hide a failing grade. According to officials, 19-year-old Aftab Aslam texted his parents about a kidnapping, then went camping for a week in an undeveloped area in Forsyth County. Aslam [...]

What the…? Man Burns Down Neighbor's House Because He Didn't Cut His Lawn

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:31:09 +0000

If you have good neighbors, consider yourself lucky. Police have arrested Phillip Roger Bennett, 58, of Cartersville, Georgia, after he tried to burn down a neighbor’s house as a punishment for not mowing the lawn. Bennett had reportedly been up in arms because his neighbor across the street, Marty Corbitt, had let his front lawn [...]