Tattoos latest clues in goat burning

12-20-2012 • upi.com

Police in Gavle, Sweden, said pictures of tattoos posted online are the latest clues in the mystery of the Christmas goat torching.

A New Jersey Gas Station Filled Cars With Jet Fuel

12-10-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Alex Davies

Drivers unknowingly filled up their cars with jet fuel yesterday after a fuel delivery service accidentally filled a pump at a Keyport, New Jersey gas station with kerosene, CBS New York reported.

California teachers create an animated video depicting the rich peeing all over the "not rich**

12-05-2012 • The Political Commentator

"Tax the Rich: An Animated Fairy Tale" courtesy of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT)! Taking a page out of Barack Obama's playbook, the video created by the CFT paints a picture of the rich as a class of people who got to where they a

Abandoned toddler found in K-Mart parking lot after Black Friday sale

11-24-2012 • David Ferguson via RawStory.com

A two-year-old boy was found abandoned in a Springfield, Massachusetts K-Mart store’s parking lot late Friday night. According to Springfield’s WWLP News 22,

Lockout-hit NHL scraps games though Dec. 14

11-23-2012 • RawStory.com

The National Hockey League lost another showcase event to its ongoing lockout on Friday, announcing the cancellation of the 2013 All-Star game along with another fortnight of regular-season contests.

Gray Matter: How Not To Deep-Fry A Turkey

11-22-2012 • Theodore Gray via PopSci.com

Deep-frying a turkey can be a delicious Thanksgiving treat—or a deadly conflagration, as our rather dramatic video shows

Danish website holding ‘smallest penis’ contest

10-13-2012 • Raw Story

In Denmark, one of the smallest countries in the world, size clearly matters: a website has invited men to send in photos of their private parts and the man with the smallest penis wins an iPhone.

You'd be hard-pressed to find an urban cyclist who hasn't run a red light on a deserted street, pedaled the wrong way down a one-way street, or sailed past stop signs once in a while.

Abe Gonzalez creates free font for dyslexic readers; gets copyright cease-and-desist threat

10-04-2012 • Center For Stateless Society

After creating a free open source font to help benefit people with dyslexia, developer Abelardo Gonzalez was hit with a cease and desist letter from a fellow designer threatening a lawsuit. The letter was intended to end competition due to Gonzalez's

Nestle Embeds GPS Trackers In Candy Bars To Hunt Down Eaters

09-21-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle

Select Kit-Kat bars in the UK will contain GPS devices, which Nestlé will use to find the buyers and give them a cash prize.

Texas Posse Hunting for Halliburton’s Missing Radioactive Device

09-14-2012 • www.bloomberg.com

Texas may call out the National Guard in the hunt for a seven-inch radioactive rod used in drilling natural-gas wells, lost this week by Halliburton Co. (HAL) somewhere in a 130-mile swath of the state’s western oil fields.

Michael Smeriglio accidentally shoots off his penis and testicle; friend arrested on drug charge

09-10-2012 • http://www.wtsp.com, CBS NEWS

A teenager is recovering after police say he shot himself in the penis and testicle while cleaning a gun he just bought.

Video Shows Cop Kicking Defenseless Man in the Throat

08-30-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson

A new police brutality video shows a St. Paul police officer kicking a defenseless man in the throat while he lay on the ground.

3 Delaware Daycare Employees Accused Of Encouraging Toddlers To Fight Released

08-22-2012 • http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, By Todd Quinones

The three daycare employees who were arrested on Monday for allegedly watching and encouraging toddlers to fight each other were released Tuesday afternoon after posting $10,000 secured bond.

WATCH: Todd Akin Says Abortion Is More 'Un-American' Than Slavery

08-20-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, William Wei

Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is at the center of a political firestorm today over remarks he made Sunday suggesting that victims of what he called "legitimate rape" are less likely to get pregnant.

Pregnant teen dies of cancer

08-20-2012 • http://www.upi.com

A 16-year-old girl who was at the center of the Dominican Republic's abortion debate died of complications from cancer, hospital officials said.

Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property

07-29-2012 • http://cnsnews.com, By Kendra Alleyne

A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater.

Chaos Erupts After Anaheim Police Open Fire on Unarmed Crowd Including Women and Children

07-24-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Activist Post

The video below marks a new low in police conduct. The final horrific incident on display allegedly was sparked by the suspicious killing of a man who witnesses say did nothing more than turn to run from police.

Caffeine Pollution Found in Oregon Coast Waters

07-22-2012 • http://www.livescience.com, Wynne Parry

Seawater off the coast of Oregon is polluted with caffeine; however, little caffeine turned up near large population centers and other places where researchers expected to find it.

'How hard is it to sell a hot dog?' asks 13-year-old entrepreneur shut down by Holland City

07-20-2012 • Garret Ellison/mlive

A 13 year old trying to help out his family who has fallen on hard times has been shut down by authorities for a zoning violation in regard to the hot dog cart he hoped to set up. After saving up, getting the proper insurance, and jumping through the

Family slugged with ‘carbon tax fee’ for funeral

07-11-2012 • http://news.ninemsn.com, Ali Best

A Melbourne family who claim they were slugged an extra $55 “carbon tax charge” when burying a relative were told “even the dead don’t escape the carbon tax”.

Confirmed: The TSA Is Ordering Travelers to “Freeze” On Command

07-11-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson

“Obedience training” is part of TSA’s Code Bravo security drill

Couple, 54 and 55, arrested and spent 23 hours in jail for DANCING at train platform

07-09-2012 • Daily Mail

The headline says it all.

Living wills for megabanks released

07-04-2012 • By Jennifer Liberto CNNMoney

Regulators took another step toward ending the era of "too big to fail" Tuesday, releasing so-called living wills, guidelines for unwinding nine of the largest banks doing business in the United States.

Sidewalk Chalk Ban: Emerson Cohen, 3-Year-Old, Prohibited From Drawing In Denver Neighborhood

06-22-2012 • Huffington Post

There's a new threat pervading the streets of Colorado, and it is one that needs to be stopped---immediately!

Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with orange 'shackles' like those worn by black

06-19-2012 • By Daily Mail Reporter

Adidas has come under fire for creating a pair of trainers with ‘shackles’.

Salafist group warns tomatoes are “Christian”

06-18-2012 • NOW Lebanon

Using a photo of a cross revealed in a tomato cut in half a Lebanese Salafist group is urging its followers not to eat tomatoes because the vegetable (or fruit) is a Christian food.

Americans' Creationist Views on Human Origins

06-17-2012 • http://www.livescience.com, by Ross Toro

Despite new discoveries in biological and social science, there has been virtually no change in Americans' views of the origin of the human species.

15 More Utterly Appalling QR Code Fails

06-06-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Laura Stampler

Even though Quick Response (QR) codes are significantly more effective when placed in newspapers and magazines, that doesn't stop over-eager marketers from putting the scanable codes on everything from produce to body parts to burqas.