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Hairy Stockings Are Designed to Repel Guys You Don't Want Hitting On You

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000

Summertime is the perfect time to show off those legs. Or is it? Check out these unusual stockings, posted on the Chinese website Sina Weibo. According to the site, they’re “Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for all young girls going out.” It’s unclear whether they’re real or not, but clearly these should only [...]

Surprising Study Reveals Falling Toilet Seats Are a Real Danger to Your Kids

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:22 +0000

If you’re teaching your son how to use the toilet, here’s some sobering news. New research has found that trips to the ER caused by falling toilet seats are on the rise and that most of the victims are kids. Essentially, the injuries are caused when the toilet seat falls on a penis while someone [...]

Is It Fair for the NFL to Ban Purses at Games? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:54:07 +0000

The NFL’s new purse policy has many female fans angry. Is it fair to ban handbags from stadiums? News broke over the weekend that the NFL had enacted a new policy for the start of the 2013 season. From now on, standard-size purses will not be allowed inside stadiums. As you can imagine, this isn’t [...]

Bravest Mom Ever Runs Over Carjacker to Heroically Save Her Kids

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:41 +0000

The things we’ll do for our children. A Baytown, Texas woman driving with her two kids looked more like Bruce Willis in ‘Die Hard’ when she outfoxed a carjacker in a violent confrontation after he burst into the vehicle. Dorothy Baker-Flugence jumped into action last week when the suspect, armed with a knife, hopped into [...]

Will Tim Tebow Make a Difference in New England? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:51:44 +0000

The incredible saga of the most followed backup quarterback in football continues: Tim Tebow has joined the New England Patriots. But will it matter? When Tim Tebow took over for the Denver Broncos during the 2010-2011 season, his unconventional play helped the Broncos into the playoffs. They won the first round against the Pittsburgh Steelers, [...]

84-Year-Old Winner of $590 Million Powerball Lottery Finally Claims Prize

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:32:57 +0000

The winner of the largest Powerball prize ever, $590 million, is Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Florida. Lottery officials made the announcement in a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Mackenzie opted not to attend the news conference, but issued a statement that revealed that on May 18 another customer at the Publix Supermarket in Zephyrhills, [...]

Math Enthusiast Offers Staggering $1 Million Prize to Solve Mind-Bending Problem

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:51:27 +0000

Think math is for nerds? There are a million reasons you’re wrong. A banker in Texas is offering $1 million to whoever can figure out a math problem that no one has been able to solve. You don’t need to have aced advanced calculus to know that’s a lot of money. D. Andrew Beal initially [...]

Boneheaded Woman Collecting Workers Comp Caught on 'The Price Is Right'

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:25:40 +0000

The price was definitely not right. A postal worker from North Carolina has been busted for worker’s comp fraud after she was spotted spinning the big wheel on ‘The Price Is Right’ after claiming an on-the-job injury prohibited her from lifting mail trays. An indictment stated Cathy Wrench Cashwell spun the wheel twice. The indictment, [...]

Survey Reveals Surprising Number of Married Couples Meet Online

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:55:23 +0000

The stigma of meeting that special someone online may officially be a thing of the past. A new survey has found that 35% of marriages between 2005 and 2012 occurred between lovebirds who met online. Out of the couples that met online, about 45% did so on a dating site, while the rest first came [...]

Exhausted Mother Defies Odds to Give Birth to Third Set of Twins

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:26:41 +0000

The third time continued to be the charm for one mother. A Scottish woman recently gave birth to her third set of twins. Karen Rodger, 41, and her 44-year-old husband welcomed two girls via C-section. They join the couple’s two other sets of twins, all of whom are boys. There must be something in the [...]

Vicious Tornadoes Tear Through Oklahoma Once Again, At Least 5 Dead [UPDATED]

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:34:18 +0000

UPDATE Saturday 6:15 a.m. EST: The number of reported fatalities is at least five, with another 71 injuries caused by what authorities say are a total of 17 tornadoes ripping through the Midwest on Friday. UPDATE 10:12 p.m. EST: The Associated Press reports a mother and a baby have died due to the tornadoes. Their [...]

The Fittest City in America Is…

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:27:36 +0000

Running to get away from the cold weather sure has its benefits. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota has been named the fittest city in the country for the third year running, while Washington, DC took the runner-up spot for the second straight year. The American College of Sports Medicine is the group responsible for the study, creating [...]

This Billboard Looks Eerily Similar to One of the Most Reviled World Leaders in History

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:11:00 +0000

A new billboard for JCPenney is raising quite a fuhrer. The department store, which has battled lagging sales and a squandering customer base, now has a new problem: the billboard above. In one of the more bizarre advertising campaigns to come along in a some time, an ad for a new Michael Grave-designed tea kettle [...]

Watch Heart-Pounding Footage of Two-Day-Old Being Saved from Inside a Sewage Pipe

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:12:13 +0000

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. An absolutely horrific scene had a happy ending for one baby over the weekend. Video captured firefighters saving a two-day-old baby from the inside of a sewage pipe. Residents of an apartment building tipped off authorities after hearing the baby’s cries in a toilet on the fourth floor. [...]

Australia Is the World's Happiest Country — Where Does the USA Rank?

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:33:46 +0000

Every day is a g’day in Australia. The people from Down Under will be tickled pink to learn that their nation has been named the happiest country in the world for the third consecutive year. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development created its list by crunching the numbers for 230 developed countries, including data [...]

Wedding With 25,000 Guests Sounds Ridiculous, But It Actually Happened

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:21 +0000

Trimming the guest list for a wedding is never easy, so you can only imagine the problem one couple with 25,000 people in attendance faced. A wedding featured 25,000 guests on Wednesday night in Jerusalem. This was no Bridezilla demanding everyone she’s ever met be invited to witness her big moment. Rather, the nuptials were [...]

Lucky Cashier Sells Herself Winning $1 Million Powerball Ticket — One Week After Another Win!

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:33 +0000

Some jobs pay better than others. A Doniphan, Missouri woman who works as a convenience store clerk recently sold herself a winning $1 million ticket in last weekend’s $590 Powerball jackpot. Maryjane Hart’s windfall came just one week after she collected $500 on another ticket she played. For her million dollar payday, Hart chose numbers [...]

Man Discovers $100K Comic Book Hidden in Wall of His House, In-Laws Nearly Ruin It

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:25 +0000

David Gonzalez was taking down a wall in a fixer-upper house he had bought in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, when he made a most interesting discovery: tucked in among some old newspapers as insulation was a copy of Action Comics No. 1, the first appearance of a character named Superman.

What Little Trick Could Help You Get a Lost Wallet Returned?

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:26 +0000

It costs a lot of money to raise kids, but who knew having them might actually help keep money in your wallet? A new study has found that people who find wallets with baby pictures inside them are more likely to return them than they are wallets without pictures of any cute lil’ buggers. (We [...]

Death Toll in Oklahoma Lowered to 24; Search for Survivors Continues

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:52 +0000

Officials in Oklahoma have lowered the number of deaths suffered to 24 in the massive tornado that swept through the town of Moore Monday night. Originally, the figure had been as high as 51, probably a result of double-counting.