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[SteveMax58]

73-Year-Old, Sold Pot And Had Illegal Guns In Oklahoma, Cops Say

"That was quite a surprise," Vinita Police Chief Bobby Floyd told The Daily, an iPad-only news site. "She is in very good shape for her age."

Interesting piece of this wonderful article.

Surprised that she's in such good shape for her age? What an odd context to note such a thing.

Or surprised that she had that much pot in her house? What does her being such great shape have to do with that?

[Galaxy]

Help Find Man Who Impregnated Woman in Megadeth/Motorhead Concert Bathroom - Music News - Fuse

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Help Find Man Who Impregnated Woman in Megadeth/Motorhead Concert Bathroom - Music News - Fuse

The craiglist post is a classic.. I'm still laughing..

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

The craiglist post is a classic.. I'm still laughing..

So it wasn't you?

[Chubby]

2 houses away from our house...

DeWitt woman, 69, accused of peddling prescription drugs from home | syracuse.com

[Radii]

Not exactly sure what thread this belongs in, this seems as good as any.

Taliban commander turns self in... for reward on ‘Wanted’ poster - BlogPost - The Washington Post

[molson]

Originally Posted by Radii

Not exactly sure what thread this belongs in, this seems as good as any.

Taliban commander turns self in... for reward on ‘Wanted’ poster - BlogPost - The Washington Post

LOOPHOLE!

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

The craiglist post is a classic.. I'm still laughing..

Today In Obvious: Motörhead/Megadeth Pregnancy Story Was A Fake | Metal Insider

[Suburban Rhythm]

Transgender man linked to Pitt bomb-threat investigation claims discrimination

The picture is just....wow

[Izulde]

The hilarious part of it is that Johnston is a transgender born female now male and the wife is transgender born male now female.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Izulde

The hilarious part of it is that Johnston is a transgender born female now male and the wife is transgender born male now female.

I need a flere diagram.

[Suburban Rhythm]

For further hilarity....

PPGNow - Default Player -- Homepage

5 minute interview with them.

My favorite part is how "Katherine's" Scottish accent comes and goes throughout.

[Grover]

Oh god, my buddy that works for KDKA showed me this couple the other day.

Fascinating... strange...

[Suburban Rhythm]

And...a local radio station is having a great time with all of this. Including, this morning, asking Katherine to call in if s/he's listening.

They were offering two tickets to tonights Pens-Flyers playoff game if s/he agreed to wear a Scott Hartell jersey.

[JediKooter]

It's like Ben Franklin and Doc Brown had a kid.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Izulde

The hilarious part of it is that Johnston is a transgender born female now male and the wife is transgender born male now female.

I guess it's a bit difficult for them to claim they were born to be together.

[cartman]

Gives a whole new insight into the lyrics:

Why do birds,
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?

Spoiler

[Ksyrup]

Maryland Man Facing Illegal Dumping Charge | The Smoking Gun

[PilotMan]

Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar killed by co-stars



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1064143

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Maryland Man Facing Illegal Dumping Charge | The Smoking Gun

Guessed where this one was going, based on the title.

SI

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar killed by co-stars



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1064143

Goodness.

[SteveMax58]

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[flounder]

A woman I work with was standing right next to the guy when this happened.

A Roanoke, Va., man and his wife were recovering after he accidentally shot himself and her during a firearms safety class.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office tells media outlets that Michael L. Deel shot himself in the hand with a .45-caliber handgun. The bullet also struck his wife, Michelle, in the leg as she was sitting beside him.

The incident occurred Saturday during a firearms safety class at a residence. The instructor, Thomas Starke, told police he’d left the room and then heard a shot.

The Deels were taken to a local hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Michael Deel says the shooting was a “stupid accident.”

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by SteveMax58

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I see what you did there.

[JediKooter]

There's a joke or two in this headline.


Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

[JPhillips]

Russian Man Trademarks Beard

Pugach, whose real first name is obscured by those two initials and whose last name (perhaps adopted) means “scarecrow,” claims to have trademarked a certain beard: the type with no sideburns that covers just the chin and the patch above the upper lip. He says this beard is the exclusive province — even a “racial attribute” — of the Russian people and maintains a Web site that rants about violations of his exclusive rights to it. In his opinion, misuse of the beard, which includes its being worn by non-Russians, amounts to “genocide” (his term).

“I reprimand Barak Obama for delaying the punishment of Muammar el-Qaddafi, enemy of the Russian people, for illegally wearing the beard,” Pugach has written. He has also chided the French and Egyptian crowns and challenged the Russian Orthodox Church.

[Chief Rum]

Naw, he's not crazy.

[Ksyrup]

Woman Kills Man By Squeezing His Testicles

[sterlingice]

You know what- I'm just not reading that story. The headline is painful enough.

SI

[Lathum]

Burning toilet paper in campfire leads to $2.7 million fine | Outdoors | The Seattle Times

[sterlingice]

Dufus trying to burn toilet paper = $2.7M fine

Where are the $50B fines for Bernie Madoff and Tony Heyward?

For the $3T+ damage from the 2008 Financial crisis, you can just split it between the executive officers of Goldman Sachs, BOA, JP Morgan, Chase, Fannie/Freddie, WaMu, Merrill, Lehman, and AIG.

SI

[tyketime]

Cheating in High School? Not so fast...

Student cheats, gets caught -- and his father sues. What gives? - latimes.com

[sterlingice]

That's right, Billy. The lesson is that if you or your dad are rich and have a rich lawyer, you can get away with anything you want!

SI

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Dufus trying to burn toilet paper = $2.7M fine

Where are the $50B fines for Bernie Madoff and Tony Heyward?

For the $3T+ damage from the 2008 Financial crisis, you can just split it between the executive officers of Goldman Sachs, BOA, JP Morgan, Chase, Fannie/Freddie, WaMu, Merrill, Lehman, and AIG.

SI

I got your $50B fine right here, bitch!

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

There's a joke or two in this headline.


Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

The mistake was not actually related to her appearance.*

*Detail added at the request of the boyfriend.

[albionmoonlight]

Dentist Pulls Out Ex-Boyfriend’s Teeth in Act of Revenge | fox4kc.com – Kansas City news & weather from WDAF TV – FOX 4

WROCLAW, Poland — Oh, the fury of a woman scorned. A 45-year-old Polish man now knows a woman’s wrath after his ex-girlfriend (and dentist) removed all of his teeth.
Anna Mackowiak, took advantage of a heavy dose of anesthetic and removed Marek Olszewski’s pearly whites. Every last one of them.
The couple had separated just days before. Olszewski, who was suffering from a toothache, said since Mackowiak was a “professional”, he had no reason to think anything would go wrong.
But it did.
“I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions, but when I saw him lying there I just thought, ‘What a bastard,’” Mackowiak told the Daily Mail.
She then locked the door and plucked out Olszewski’s teeth one by one.
Mackowiak then wrapped his jaw in bandages. When he woke up, she told him there had been some complications and suggested he wait until he was home to remove the bandages.
“I knew something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn’t feel any teeth and my jaw was strapped up with bandages,” Olszewski told the Daily Mail.
Olszewski, outraged at his new-found misfortune, used expletives to recount what happened. He added that his new girlfriend dumped him after learning he was now toothless.
As for Mackowiak, she is being investigated for medical malpractice and could face up to three years in prison.

[Ksyrup]

U.S. News - Mom, son killed in car accidents hours apart in Wisconsin

Mom, drinking, lays down in road and is run over by car driven by a likely drunk driver. Son is driven to the hospital at a high rate of speed by friend, who is also drunk, and is killed when HIS drunk driver/buddy gets into an accident.

West Allis, Wisconsin must be a pretty depressing place to live.

[Rizon]

Airport cheerleaders an added perk? - CNN.com

While some Chinese travelers storm the tarmac when flights get delayed, others might wish their flights never take off -- assuming they're flying from the northeast China city of Dalian.

To entertain waiting passengers, Dalian International Airport recently recruited a squad of cheerleaders to perform kicks, jumps and splits in the airport's main hall.

[molson]

NJ mom arrested over 6-year-old's alleged tanning visit - CBS News

Mother charged with child endangerment for letting her 6-year old in a tanning both. She claims it was a "misunderstanding". I totally buy her defense, because if you click on the link and look at a picture of her, it's clear that she's not some kind of crazy tanning enthusiast.

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by molson

NJ mom arrested over 6-year-old's alleged tanning visit - CBS News

Mother charged with child endangerment for letting her 6-year old in a tanning both. She claims it was a "misunderstanding". I totally buy her defense, because if you click on the link and look at a picture of her, it's clear that she's not some kind of crazy tanning enthusiast.

the fuck ...

[Eaglesfan27]

Saw this on our local news.. she looks 70 something instead of in her 40's. Hideous.

[Lathum]

Times like this I'm so proud to be from New Jersey

[Pumpy Tudors]

She's doing blackface totally wrong.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

She's doing blackface totally wrong.

Wait. What?

Ah never mind. I don't want to know.

[whomario]

Finally, a Shark With a Laser | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Marine biologist-cum-TV personality Luke Tipple attached a 50-milliwatt green laser to a lemon shark off the coast of the Bahamas in late April. The escapade was sponsored by Wicked Lasers, a consumer-focused laser manufacturer based in Hong Kong that produces some of the most brilliant — and potentially dangerous — handheld lasers in the world.

“This was definitely a world first,” Tipple told Wired. “Initially, I told them no. I thought it was a frivolous stunt. But then I considered that it would give us an opportunity to test our clips and attachments, and whatever is attached to that clip, I really don’t care. It was a low-powered laser that couldn’t be dangerous to anyone, and there’s actually useful applications in having a laser attached to the animal.”

nothing to see here people, just a shark with a laser on his back, please move on ...

[gstelmack]

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2012/04/...year-erection/

[DanGarion]

Meet-An-Inmate.Com: Ranker Rates Top Most Beautiful Women Behind Bars (PICTURES)

We’re a planet of list-makers, of voters, we like to group things into top tens, top 100s, best ever and worst ever.

So it should come as no surprise that hot on the heels of FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women In The World list, is a vote on the sexiest dame in prison.

Yes, you read that right. Lonely jailbirds across America have online profiles and dammit, they’re HOT!

According to the good people at Ranker, the accolade of sexiest jailbird goes to Renee Bell, a 33-year-old who is “in search of a real man for friendship, companionship and possibly more. Must be stable in all ways, willing to take on the responsibility of having a woman in prison."

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Meet-An-Inmate.Com: Ranker Rates Top Most Beautiful Women Behind Bars (PICTURES)

Heh, I have a hard time picturing some of those girls committing crimes. Which is probably a good tipoff that they are criminal minds.

[PilotMan]

How Kurt Busch Got The OK To Drive His Own 'Talladega Nights' Car In A Real Nascar Race

Coming into Talladega, Kurt Busch had no sponsorship for his car. So instead, he decided to run his car decked out in full Ricky Bobby livery — straight from the movie Talladega Nights — in this Sunday's real race. They'll even be playing the roles of the characters from the movie on the in-car communications.

[Lathum]

Indiana mom sends son to school with stun gun to confront bullies - CNN.com