4 hrs ago | WIVB-TV Buffalo
Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town
Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay a ' a name the company considered offensive.
8 hrs ago | WOODTV.com
Proposed slogan: 'Low pants, no chance'
A Baton Rouge Metro Council member wants the parish to support a public awareness campaign against men who wear their pants so low that their boxer shorts show.
12 hrs ago | WNDY-TV Indianapolis
NJ shore bumper sticker disses visitors
First it was Bennies, then Shoobies. Now there's another derogatory nickname for summer tourists who visit the Jersey shore: FOOTs.
12 hrs ago | www.mirror.co.uk | HOGstr
Grandad boosted pension by dealing crack
A grandad became a crack dealer because he couldn't survive on his pension, a court heard yesterday.
13 hrs ago | www.cnn.com | HOGstr
Giant rats put noses to work on Africa's land mine epidemic
Niko Mushi hated rats, as did most people in his village near Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro -- until he learned the critters had a nose for land mines.
14 hrs ago | WTVG
Cleveland Clinic patient gowns get stylish
Designer Diane von Furstenberg helped the Cleveland Clinic come up with a more stylish hospital gown without the peek-a-boo back.
18 hrs ago | WWLP
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A fight between two men just before 5 p.m. Saturday resulted in one man being hit in the head and cut with an axe.
Three percent of Twitter traffic comes from Justin Bieber
Ever wondered how much of an impact on Twitter a user with millions of followers has? Well, it could be so much of an impact that they need racks of servers.
A nurse at a Bronx hospice went to greet her new patient last week and was stunned to find that it was her estranged father, who she hadn't seen in 41 years.
Mind control? There's an app (and neural interface) for that
When PLX Devices sent us a press release on Tuesday regarding their "Brianwave Interface for iPad/iPhone/iPod" we realized one thing: whatever it was, it didn't do spell checking.
Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires
Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna.
Palin's non-word 'refudiate' gets most online searches
Maybe the language lovers who looked up "refudiate" this summer wanted to refute or repudiate its existence as a real word.
Ordering pot via text message? Make sure you don't SMS the sheriff
At least, as far as we know, this teenager was not violating another law: texting while driving.
A class to die for: Zombies 101
The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead. The course is being taught by Arnold Blumberg, the author of a book on zombie movies, "Zombiemania," and the curator of Geppi's Entertainment Museum, which focuses on American pop culture.
Latest Google doodle mystery: bouncing balls on their homepage
It's not unusual for Google to modify the Doodle on their homepage. Normally just a Google logo, they change it to fit various events, like anniversaries, birthdays, and the like.
Post Office manager apologizes for baking 'poopy cake'
A Florida Post Office manager was forced to apologize to offended employees after she baked a cake that resembled human feces because her office received a bad score from a mystery shopper.
Sign Hacked To Say "Eat My Shorts"
It's the kind of thing that would make Bart Simpson proud. The Seattle Department of Transportation,however, is not laughing after one of their construction signs in West Seattle was hacked to read "Eat My Shorts".
Baseball fan hit by falling letter
Baseball fans have long been warned to look out for foul balls and flying bats. Now add falling letters to the list.
Tortoises breathe easy with oxygen masks after fire drama
Firefighters saved the lives of four giant tortoises after a fire at an Austrian Zoo by strapping oxygen masks onto them.
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Doctor sucked woman's nipple for diagnosis
A FINNISH court is to hear a sexual molestation case against a doctor who says he sucked a patient's nipple to diagnose a medical problem in accordance with an old midwives' trick.
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