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Another Botched Rendition Of The National Anthem [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:42 +0000

Prepare to cringe for a few minutes...

Man Clings To Car Hood For Two Miles After Hit-And-Run [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:34:35 +0000

Elton Kim tried to stop a hit-and-run driver from speeding off after she backed into his wife’s car. Somehow, he ended up clinging to the woman’s hood for about two miles. This happened Roswell, Georgia, just north of Atlanta. Another driver was able to catch some of the ordeal on video. You can hear Elton [...]

Tiger Escapes At Circus Ends Up Face To Face With Woman In The Restroom [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:44:21 +0000

I’ve never been a huge fan of the circus, mainly because of the clowns. But after learning what happened at the Salina Bicentennial Center in Kansas over the weekend, I think I’ll stay home next time the circus comes to town! Jenna Krehbiel was at the circus for the first time with her family on [...]

Westboro To Picket Boston Marathon Funerals – Sign The Petition Here To Stop Them [NSFW]

Jeremy Fenech — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:11:06 +0000

While Americans are still looking for answers to why bombs exploded in Boston on Monday, those idiots at Westboro Baptist Church are at it again.

Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years Has Heart Attack Less Than Two Days After His Release

Jeremy Fenech — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:51:22 +0000

Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man" comes to mind when I read about this. Last Thursday, a 58-year-old man was released from prison in New York after being wrongfully convicted 23 years ago. Then on Friday night, he had a massive heart attack.

BREAKING NEWS: The Vatican Reveals The New Pope

Jeremy Fenech — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:42:08 +0000

White smoke was seen coming from the Sistine Chapel, meaning that the Catholic Church has a new pope. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is now the 266th pope in the Roman Catholic Church and was revealed to the world around 3:20pm (ET). The cardinal who has taken the name Francis replaces Pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to resign from the papacy since Celestine V in 1294.

Giant Mosquitoes Set To Invade Florida This Summer

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:21:02 +0000

Remember this when you’re planning that once-in-a-lifetime family trip to Disney World this summer. While you’re there, there’s a chance you’ll stumble into a real-life low-budget horror movie about ‘giant evil mosquitoes.’ According to entomologists at the University of Florida, a swarm of “Mega Mosquitoes” is set to invade central Florida this summer. The mega [...]

Woman Pulls Gun at Wal-Mart When Cashier Won't Accept Her Coupon

Jeremy Fenech — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:45:27 +0000

On Friday afternoon, 61-year-old Mary Frances Alday was at a Walmart in Crawfordville, Florida. As she was checking out, she tried to use a coupon for $1 off. We're not sure what she was buying. Mary had printed the coupon off a website, and the assistant manager told her it's their policy not to take those coupons. So Mary reacted just about how you'd expect.

10-Year-Old Boy Calls 911 To Avoid Bed Time [AUDIO]

Jeremy Fenech — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:08:48 +0000

"It's not fair!" "You're being mean!" The list of things kids scream at their parents when they don't get their way is endless. The mother of a 10-year-old boy from Brockton, Massachusetts told her son to go to bed Wednesday night. Because there was no school the next day, the boy thought that the 8:00pm bedtime was to early and unfair which prompted him to take matters into his own hands.

Las Vegas Strip Closed for 15 Hours Following Shooting That Ended in Fatal Fiery Car Crash

Jordan Dawson — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:34:01 +0000

A shootout that ended in a car crash engulfed in flames on the Las Vegas strip closed down the main road where the incident left a cab driver, a passenger in the cab and a rapper dead, and four other people injured. According to CNN, a dispute broke out a little before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, [...]

Mississippi Finally Abolished Slavery… Two Weeks Ago?

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:31:50 +0000

We’ve come a long way as a nation. Slavery was abolished 149 years ago in this great land… or was it? Strange that this came out during Black History Month, but it turns out slavery was finally abolished just two weeks ago. I was blown away when I read the story of Dr. Ranjan Batra [...]

Shocking Report Shows Just How Bad Traffic Is in America

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:27 +0000

Everyone hates traffic. Now there’s reason to hate it even more. A new study has found that Americans wasted $121 billion in gas in 2011, because of traffic. We also sat in our cars an extra 5.5 billion hours that year because of traffic. And the average American wasted an average of $818 in 2011 [...]

Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end. According to officials in Alabama, the boy has been recovered safely by officers. His kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed, when authorities stormed his underground bunker. The boy was taken from a school bus last week, [...]

Punxsutawney Phil Does Not See Shadow; Predicts Early Spring

Joe Hyer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:43:47 +0000

Spring will arrive early this year, according to America’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. Phil did not see his shadow when he emerged from his home in Gobblers Knob, Pa. early Saturday morning. Legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow on Feb. 2 winter will last six more weeks. If he doesn’t [...]

BREAKING NEWS: School Shooting in St. Louis

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:45:24 +0000

Breaking news out of St. Louis, Missouri, where a student apparently shot a financial adviser in the chest before turning the gun on himself. According to ABC 17 News, it happened on the fourth floor at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in downtown St. Louis.

Another School Shooting Happened This Morning in California

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:48:27 +0000

After the horrific school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School less than a month ago, and the school shooting threats that shut down Genesee and Lapeer county schools, another shooting has taken place. This time it occurred at Taft Union High School, about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. As tragic as any school shooting is, there is some good news. As of now, there is no word of any fatalities.

BREAKING NEWS: Elementary School Shooting This Morning in Connecticut

Jeremy Fenech — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:47:40 +0000

Details are still coming in about a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. It happened this morning shortly after 9:40 at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A shooter was reported in the main office, and one victim has numerous gunshot wounds. The Newton Bee reported that a police officer carried out a seriously wounded child. Another report [...]

3 Killed, Including Gunman, After Shooting at Oregon Mall

Joe Hyer — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:19:49 +0000

A shooting at the Clackamas Town Center, which is located near Portland, Ore., has left at least three people dead and one seriously wounded, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say that one of the deceased was the gunman. Dozens of shots were fired in the mall’s food court near the Macy’s store [...]

Less Than 20 Days to The End of the World? [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:03:50 +0000

The countdown is on… There have been predictions about the end of time since… well, since time began. The Mayans, Hopi Indians, Nostradamus, even The Bible tells us about the end of days. But then again, the world was supposed to end several times before, and yet we’re still here (even after Y2K). So many [...]

Five States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours

Mike Adams — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:00:22 +0000

Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in a three-year pilot program devised to make the American school system more competitive. [...]