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Texas Man Dies After Lighting Firework On Chest
Lots of Darwin awards being handed out this past week. We have our second reported death by fireworks incident. Police say a Texas mailman died this week after lighting a firework on his chest while partying with friends. Justin Bartek, 30, from Columbus, Texas and some friends were shooting off
Audience Member Attempts to Charge Phone During Broadway Play
An audience member quietly made his way to the stage during a staging of the hit Broadway play “Hand to God.” As the play was going, he plugged his phone into a dummy electrical outlet on the set and stood watching the play as his phone presumably charged. House staff
New York woman sues 12-year-old nephew over hug that broke her wrist
A Manhattan woman is suing her 12-year-old nephew after he jumped into her arms welcoming her to his eighth birthday party. Jennifer Connell, the aunt, claims her nephew acted unreasonably as his exuberant welcoming went too far, knocking her to the ground and breaking her wrist back in 2011. Connell
Activist says ban ‘Sexy Photos of Skinny Girls’ from social media
We stumbled across this madness on Tumblr. We know eating disorders are a problem, but is this really a way to combat them? In an attempt to fight anorexia, one woman is on a mission to persuade social media sites to ban all images of skinny women wearing bikinis and
Woman says she is happier than ever after fulfilling lifelong wish of becoming blind
NORTH CAROLINA — A North Carolina woman said she has now found true happiness after fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming blind. Jewel Shuping, 30, apparently has something called Body Integrity Identity Disorder which causes able-bodied people to believe they are meant to be disabled. Same sort of thing as
Woman Files Lawsuit Against Psychic for ‘Horrible Predictions’
SANTA MONICA — Saffron Jones is taking a street psychic to court for making “horrible predictions” that she says changed her life forever. Jones found the street psychic, Monica Star, on Santa Monica Pier seven months ago and paid her $3 for what she thought would be a fun and positive
Florida man, 91, accused of shooting at landscapers for getting grass on his car
AVON PARK, Fla. — A 91-year-old man, Max Horton, has been charged with attempted murder after threatening to kill and shooting at a landscaper who apparently got lawn clippings on his his white 1987 Cadillac, according to Highlands County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Horton yelled at the landscaper, “That’s a
Man Bitten by Rattlesnake While Taking Selfies With It
LOS ANGELES, CA — A Lake Elisnore man decided it would be a good idea to wrap a 4-foot-long rattlesnake around his neck and take selfies with it. 36-year-old Alex Gomez found the poisonous snake when he was walking around a field behind his home. “I was taking it off
Florida Man Claims He Is The Devil… World Ending
TAMPA, Florida – Ashton Black said he was just a normal guy working at Ace Cash Express when The Devil approached the counter where he stood late one night. “Satan was about 10 foot tall, had huge 12 inch horns, was red,” Black said. “He told me he wanted to
Lesbian using her own father as sperm donor
We were alerted to an interesting Facebook conversation by one of our readers. We reached out to Shelly about her plan to use her father as a sperm donor and she surprisingly agreed to chat. First, here is the Facebook conversation thread we saw… apparently this is just the latest