In a strange case of "trading places," a Florida woman ended up behind bars after deciding to burglarize a neighbor's apparently empty house -- only to get caught when he came home the day he was released from jail. Shellie Leonard broke into the unidentified man's home and stole a knife, some CDs and the curtains off the windows. But when she came back, the home's owner caught her in the act and called cops.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appear on The Simpsons. Assange recorded his lines over the summer while under house arrest for sexual assault. He'll appear on the show's 500th episode, titled "At Long Last Leave." Producer Al Jean tells Entertainment Weekly, "He invites them over for a home movie and it's an Afghan wedding being bombed." The episode airs February 19th.
Judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, as well as host Steve Jones, have parted ways with The X Factor, The Wrap reports. One source said, "They expected Paula to be the goofy girl, and Nicole to be the pretty one. But Paula was so bad that it made none of it work."
An Oklahoma student's photo of a substitute teacher sleeping on the job landed in the hands of administrators and led to a swift punishment ... for the student! The ninth-grader snapped the shot, which shows the male teacher slumped with his eyes closed, and posted it online. School officials saw the picture and punished the student for "using a telecommunications device" -- a violation of district rules.
A New Jersey man is headed for the record books after his small boat made the 3,200-mile journey from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Spain ... without him in it. Scott Douglas and his brother-in-law were fishing off the New England coast in August of 2008 when they were tossed from their boat in high seas. They swam to shore and assumed the Queen Bee was a lost cause until it reached Spain.
Correction fluid, like Wite-Out and Liquid Paper, has helped people fix writing mistakes for more than 50 years. But it has another function. As one blogger demonstrates, you can also use it to make newspaper headlines and captions a lot more interesting. Check out WhiteOutNews.tumblr.com.
Kim Kardashian said of Kris Humphries, "He's a good heart, he's a Christian -- everything on paper I want in someone, but for some reason, my heart isn't connecting...He fell in love with me and I fell in love with him and now all my feelings have changed...I invited all these people to this huge wedding and flew everyone out, wasted everyone's time and everyone's money -- everyone's everything -- and I feel bad."
SPICE GIRLS REUNITING FOR THE QUEEN
Girl Power is making a comeback. The Spice Girls are set to reunite for the Queen's Jubilee concert June 4th in the U.K. Mel B let the news slip during an Australian TV interview when asked whether the girl band will perform at the 2012 London Olympic Games. "Ooh, I think the Queen's Jubilee concert is the event I'd be looking at more closely for that to happen," she said.
In the wake of her father-in-law's death, Miranda Lambert is coping with another tragedy. She posted on Twitter, "I have lost a friend I've had since third grade today in a tragic accident. When will this pain end? My friend is Mark Adams."
According to Florida's Orlando Sentinel, Mark had pulled off the interstate to assist a stranded motorist. As he reached her window, an SUV drifted off the road and hit him.
According to a new British study, working overtime could double your risk of depression. It's common sense that having mental troubles can lead to problems at work -- but researchers found that the reverse is also true, that working too much can cause mental troubles. The scientists found a big people who worked 11 or more hours a day were twice as likely to be depressed.
A mayoral election in Italy will be decided by the poles, and not the polls -- because the two main candidates are planning a pole-dancing contest as part of the campaign. Amandha Fox and Luana Borgia, both of whom have worked in the adult film industry, are vying to be mayor of the town of Taranto. While the pair faces other opposition, they're the only ones to accept the offer to reveal their positions in public.
A British girl collapsed at school was found to have overdosed on Chicken McNuggets! 17-year-old Stacey Irvine has eaten McNuggets every day for the past 15 years, and admits she's never touched fruit or greens -- a diet that resulted in her developing anemia and swollen veins in her tongue.
Despite being held in intensive care and given intravenous vitamins to counteract damage, she's not about to nix the nuggets.
A legally blind 18-year-old high school student in Arkansas has managed to cut through obstacles by learning how to operate a chainsaw. When Jackson Matteri was 16-months old, he suffered from a brain tumor that damaged his vision. He says, "I was just always under the impression that blind people can't use chainsaws because a lot of people say, 'Oh gosh, you're using a chainsaw,' that's a scary thought you know."
Yesterday during a public memorial for the late former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight defended Paterno, saying that he did the right thing by reporting assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's alleged sexual abuse of young boys to university officials, but not to police. Knight received a standing ovation for making the comments.
Drew Carey and his longtime fiancee Nicole Jaracz have called off their engagement. His rep tells People magazine, "He and Nicole still have a great deal of love and affection for one another. He will still be very involved with their son's life." The two, who announced their engagement in October 2007, have a six-year-old son together.
POP GOES THE WEASEL - A woman in Massachusetts was popped for destroying a bottle-return machine by feeding it full soda cans -- which she'd just bought with a stolen food stamp card. Tina Cafarelli purchased 18 twelve-packs of soda with an electronic benefits card, then went outside and immediately began putting them into the machine to get the deposit money.
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On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton went on TV to announce that he "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."
A U.S. assault team, including some of the same Navy SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden, pulled of a dramatic rescue of American and Danish hostages and killed their nine kidnappers on Tuesday night. The mission was just wrapping up before President Obama's State of the Union address, and the president mysteriously congratulated Defense Secretary Leon Panetta prior to his speech.
Talk about a dry spell. Project Runway host Tim Gunn made a shocking admission on his new daytime talk show The Revolution. On Tuesday's episode, he said, "I haven't had sex in 29 years. Do I feel like less of a person for it? No. Not even remotely." Gunn explained that he chose to remain celibate after a bad breakup in the '80s.
DEMI DID NOT WHIP IT GOOD - It was nitrous oxide that sent Demi Moore to the hospital earlier this week, according to TMZ. The actress was allegedly doing whip-its, which are canisters of nitrous oxide that can be inhaled. A pal says Demi had a reaction after inhaling the nitrous and lapsed into semi-consciousness.
Merle Haggard has been re-admitted to a Macon, Georgia hospital after being released last Friday following treatment for double pneumonia. He was headed back to California on his tour bus when he fell ill again. Doctors are awaiting test results, but they expect Merle to be well enough to travel in a month. His late February tour dates haven't been rescheduled yet.
First off its a sad day, today is my birthday, I turn 29 years old of celebrating my escape from the womb. One last year to enjoy my youth.
The fundamentalists in charge of Iran have declared public enemy number one --Barbie! Barbie was first banned in Iran back in the '90s, but the nation's leaders have just started a major new crackdown. Barbies are being pulled off shelves by police, who have shut dozens of stores peddling her and her Dream House. Iranian officials have introduced twin girls named Dara and Sara, who sport headscarves and long dresses.
A Los Angeles man is facing a number of charges after he tried to join a different sort of mile high club. Adam Blumenkranz was on a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Newark, New Jersey, when he aroused flight crew suspicions by dropping a Ziploc bag with an odd substance inside. He picked up his parcel and retreated to the bathroom, where a "strong odor of marijuana" began seeping through the door.
An Illinois man found himself behind bars after calling 911 to report a fight -- one he wanted to have with a police officer.
John Pacella dialed the emergency number to say he needed to have cops sent to his address because he wanted to fight them. The dispatcher, eager to keep a citizen happy, obliged and sent a pair of deputies to Pacella's place, leading him to immediately start flailing at them.
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Mitt Romney is near the top of the top one-percent, according to tax returns. The 2010 adjusted gross income of Romney and his wife, Ann, adds up to $21.7 million, according to their tax return. According to their tax return, the Romneys paid an effective tax rate of 13.9-percent on their 2010 adjusted gross income, far below the 22-percent average that IRS data reveal the wealthiest citizens paid in 2009.
Jay Leno is being sued for poking fun at the Sikh religion. The Tonight Show host recently joked about Mitt Romney spending his summers in a solid gold palace and then flashed a photo of India's Harmandir Sahib, considered holy by Sikhs. That prompted Dr. Randeep Dhillon of Bakersfield, California to file a libel suit against Leno, claiming he's responsible for encouraging hatred and ridicule of his religion.
Jimmy Fallon has no problem taking orders from women. In fact, he prefers it. So claims a fired staffer who's suing the late-night host for gender bias. In the lawsuit, Paul Tarascio claims he was canned as first stage manager at Late Night and replaced by a "totally incompetent woman" two years ago. He says other male staffers were also replaced by women at the comedian's request.
GARTH BROOKS: Wins $1 Million in Hospital Suit - Garth Brooks emerged victorious in his court battle with a hospital last night when an Oklahoma jury ruled in his favor and decided to award him $1 million which includes $500,000 in punitive damages plus original amount. Garth sued Integris Health after he donated $500,000 but they failed to honor his request to name a building after his late mother, Colleen.
KIM KEEPS THE KASH- According to Fox News, Ms. K recently auctioned off some items on eBay for the "Charity Auction Supporting the Dream Foundation," but she only gave a measly 10 percent of the cash to the actual organization. 10 percent is the absolute minimum you can give when it goes through eBay, by the way. She pocketed the rest of the money. You just showed that it's possible to lose even more respect for you.
A woman in China thought her life was in the toilet, so she made a bold decision -- to never leave the toilet! Leong Mee Yan sat down on the throne in her apartment in March of 2009 and spent the next 900 days stuck there -- not by Super Glue, but by her own thoughts. She says she felt a strong force holding her there and imagined she'd be pelted with rocks if she tried to leave.
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Yesterday morning Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, son of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, triggered an alarm during an airport screening in Nashville. When Paul refused to complete the screening process by allowing TSA agents to pat him down, he was escorted to a screening area by local law enforcement. His Dad, Ron Paul said, "The police state in this country is growing out of control."
Disneyland has changed its strict dress code to allowing employees to sport facial hair beginning on February 3rd. Beards and goatees shorter than a quarter of an inch will be allowed, but soul patches are a no-go. The rules still also forbid visible tattoos, body piercings with the exception of women's ears, and "extreme" hairstyles and colors -- men can have shaved heads, but not women.
BRITNEY SPEARS GETTING BACK CONTROL OF HER LIFE? Jamie Spears is looking to end his conservatorship over his daughter's affairs in time for her wedding to Jason Trawick -- which reports say will take place February 14th on Maui. Jamie was granted a court-ordered conservatorship over his daughter's life following the pop star's public meltdown which included her infamous head shaving.
LAW & DISORDER: Widow's Car Burglarized At Graveyard - Boca Raton, Florida, a widow, Harriet Singer, was visiting her husband's grave -- when someone smashed out the passenger side window and stole her purse and a shopping bag. The suspect then fled the scene in his getaway car.
A pair of crooks in Chicago proved they were serious about committing a warehouse robbery -- by stealing the entire warehouse! The men used two semi-trucks to pull down the free-standing corrugated structure after calling the owners of neighboring businesses to tell them that it had been sold and was about to be dismantled. They piled the metal into the trucks and drove off to sell it for scrap.
Michael West a Wisconsin man didn't have a ghost of a chance of getting police to believe his story about domestic violence charges brought by his wife -- namely that a ghost was responsible for attacking her. The victim had said that the couple was fighting over an imminent foreclosure, and that West dared her to call 911 if she wanted to stop the argument from escalating. When she did, he flipped out.
Divers recovered another body from Costa Concordia cruise ship yesterday, bringing the death toll to at least 13, as the ship's captain and the cruise line pointed fingers at one another over who's to blame for the shipwreck. An executive for Costa Cruises, which is a unit of Carnvial Corp, admitted ships engage in what is known as "tourist navigation" in which they cruise close to the coast, but done only when safe.
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced yesterday that she'll resign from Congress this week to focus on her recovery from the gunshot wound to the head she suffered a year ago in an assassination attempt that left six dead and 12 others wounded.
Newt Gingrich is still high on his upset victory in Saturday's South Carolina Republican presidential primary. The win comes after he finished fourth in Iowa and New Hampshire and many pundits predicting that Mitt Romney had the Republican nomination wrapped up. Gingrich had about 40 percent of the vote on Saturday with Romney pulling in 27 percent. Rick Santorum had 17 percent, Ron Paul 13 percent of the vote.
Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach who was fired in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, died early yesterday morning of complications from lung cancer. He was 85. Known as "JoePa," Paterno's 46 seasons at Penn State made him one of the most beloved and successful coaches in the history of college sports until the scandal with former assistant coach, Sandusky.
It's deja vu all over again as the New York Giants will meet the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, just as they did in 2008. Four years ago, the Giants pulled off an upset and won 17-14. This time, we'll have to wait until February 5th to see how Super Bowl 46 will play out in Indianapolis.
Elizabeth Smart has gotten engaged. Wedding details, including the groom's name, haven't been disclosed. Her father Ed Smart says his daughter "wants to keep it very private and feels very strongly about that right now." Elizabeth, who is now a contributor for Good Morning America, made headlines in 2002 when she was kidnapped and held captive for nine months.
Blame it on the fanboys. George Lucas has vowed never to make another Star Wars movie -- and it's all because he's fed up with fans who criticize the prequels and gripe about the changes he made to the original trilogy. In an interview with The New York Times magazine, Lucas says, "Why would I make any when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?"
Scottish police cited a woman for taking the idea of having God as her co-pilot a little bit too literally -- by tooling down a highway while reading the Bible. The woman, who has not been named, was stopped after cops noticed her talking to herself and not watching the road as she drove. When they approached, they saw that she had the Good Book in hand. She told the officers she was practicing for a funeral later.
A Florida man made a clean getaway after a unique attempt to rob a Laundromat -- by pumping several bullets into the change machine. The man, who was wearing a grey hoodie, calmly approached the machine and demanded cash -- which he thought he could extract by shooting the thing several times.While the perpetrator did get away, he didn't come away with the desired dough.
So much for that money laundering scheme.
Newt Gingrich's second ex-wife says that the former House Speaker wanted an "open marriage" so he could continue an affair with his mistress without divorcing. In a bombshell interview that aired last night (Thursday) on ABC's Nightline, Marianne Gingrich said that she wouldn't stand for such an arrangement, so the couple divorced.
Coral Gables, Florida resident Marc Smit received a magazine in the mail earlier in the week a little late -- 36 years to be exact. The copy of Ms. magazine was delivered to the correct home, but it was addressed to the woman who lived there 25 years ago. d, the Miami Inspector General came by to pick up the magazine since it was addressed to the wrong person.
Dolly Parton celebrated her 66th birthday yesterday by announcing plans for a new theme park near the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. At a press conference, Dolly and Nashville dignitaries described the venture as the very first water-and-snow park in the United States. They plan to have it open by spring 2014. Dolly said," I live here, so you're liable to see me anytime."
Anyone who stays home to take care of the house and the kids knows it's hard work. All the work is often underappreciated. And, it's always underpaid because ... well ... because it's unpaid. What if it were a salaried job? How much would a homemaker be paid? Grand Total -- $96,261 per year
An elderly man who got lost while hiking in the mountains stayed warm after turning to a very green source of energy -- the cold, hard cash that he used to stoke a bonfire. Yong Chun Kim was hiking and weather turned cold very quickly, so Kim needed a way to generate heat -- and found it in the form of the one, five and 10 dollar bills he had stashed in his wallet. Hiking trip to Mt.Rainier? $300.
Fred Parker walked into an internet cafe and began rubbing himself against the walls and gaming machines. When asked what the heck he was up to, he informed them that he had a drug-resistant staph infection and demanded money or else he'd start infecting employees.The cashier refused, and Parker was arrested later that day with the police saying, "It's our first case of robbery by threat of an infectious disease."
One Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor to draw some new blood to the congregation. Reverend Steve Bentley of The Bridge Church says he opened Serenity Tattoo as effort to reach out to folks who aren't drawn to traditional places of worship. While some of his parishioners have objected to the practice, Bentley says he views tattooing as "a morally neutral practice". And a little sacramental wine helps ease the pain, too!
Happy birthday to Dolly Parton -- who is a young 66 today! With a new movie, Joyful Noise, in theaters and a musical based on her life in the works, Dolly has no intentions of slowing down and continues to embrace opportunities.
TOYS FOR THE TROOPS? An adult toy company called RealTouch wants to donate thousands of "personal pleasuring systems" to military families. Apparently, the company has developed software and "hardware" that would synch up overseas so that the couples could have "virtual encounters" together. Though this is a nice gesture, it remains to be seen if the military is going to approve this type of thing.
Are you one of those people who always wants to have the last word? Well, Facebook has introduced a new app that will let you do just that -- by delivering messages to friends after you kick the bucket! "If I Die" lets you record personalized messages -- naughty or nice -- to be posted once your Facebook "executors" confirm that you have, in fact, gone offline for good.
A Los Angeles woman tried to give a whole new meaning to the phrase "happy meal" by approaching men at a McDonald's drive-through and offering sexual favors in exchange for some chicken McNuggets. Khadijah Baseer was spotted opening car doors at random in order to propose her trade, but she found no takers. One customer took the time to inform cops of the fast-times for fast-food offer and Baseer was arrested.
Tonight, American Idol kicks off its 11th season with auditions in Savannah, Georgia. On Thursday, it's off to Pittsburgh for more. The eight audition episodes will also send judges Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez to Aspen, Galveston, Portland (Oregon), San Diego and St. Louis.
One Seattle area resident took issue with msnbc.com's headline, "Foot of snow in Seattle? City frantic after forecast" by posting on Facebook, "Dear rest of the world: We are not 'frantic.' We are calmly driving home...We're not losing our cookies and crying like hysterical little schoolgirls."
If you're hoping to find some information on Wikipedia today, you're out of the luck. The encyclopedia-style website has gone dark today for 24 hours to protest anti-piracy bills that are the subject of debate in the U.S. Congress, with Hollywood squaring off with tech companies and free-speech advocates. In a show of solidarity, Google covered their logo with a black box, craigslist and other sites joined in.
It's official -- Paula Deen has type-2 diabetes. The celebrity chef, known for her decadent Southern recipes, came clean on the Today show yesterday. "I've always said, 'Practice moderation, y'all.' I'll probably say that a little louder now," Deen said. "You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake."
The lawsuit that Garth Brooks filed against an Oklahoma hospital has gone to trial. Garth, who donated a half-million dollars to the facility, claims that the hospital reneged on an agreement to name a building after his mother, Colleen -- even after he'd seen drawings of the structure bearing her name. The hospital says that the donation was made anonymously without any conditions.
Taylor Swift is learning to spot the red flags in dating. A few of them are: 1. Guys who fall in love with her without really getting to know her. 2. Those who are turned off by her security guards. Taylor says, "I don't have security to make myself look cool, or like I have an entourage. I have security because there's a file of stalkers who want to take me home and chain me to a pipe in their basement."
Our condolences go out to Blake Shelton whose father, Dick, died last night. In December, Blake gave an emotional performance of "God Gave Me You" at the American Country Awards, and later it was revealed that his father was in an Oklahoma hospital battling pneumonia. He had been in declining health for much of the year.
According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, watching football puts spectators at risk for heart attacks. The researchers found there is a link between big sporting events and cardiac emergencies on the day of and days following big games. Other than the stress of the game, all the eating and drinking going on during parties also play a role in people keeling over the next day.
Brent Aguirre lost the ring just a few months after his high school graduation in 1966, and says that he totally wrote off the idea of getting it back. Over the course of the past few decades, he moved around, from Germany to Korea, but recently ended up near his old home, where he was tracked down on facebook by someone who recognized his name from the inscription on the ring.
Happy birthday to Betty White, who turns 90 today. The Emmy winner has appeared on countless television programs. Happy birthday to Jim Carrey who turns 50 today and to Muhammad Ali. The Greatest, born Cassius Clay, turns 70 today.
Wikipedia's English language version website is planning to go dark for 24 hours tomorrow in protest of anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular online encyclopedia said in a statement yesterday. The Wikimedia foundation said, "If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States."
Former Utah Governor Jon Hunstman officially dropped out of the race for the White House yesterday. He endorsed Mitt Romeny for the Republican presidential nomination, while calling on his one-time Republican rivals to unite and put aside the negative ads and personal attacks.
If O.J. Simpson ever gets out of the big house, he might not have a house to live in. A bank is foreclosing on the disgraced star's Miami home. O.J., who's serving a nine-to-33-year prison sentence for stealing sports memorabilia at gunpoint in 2007, bought the place for $575,000.
Kid Rock apologized, sort of after a man complained he smoked at a nonsmoking venue. Rock said, "I doubt I'm the first one to ever make a bad decision while being intoxicated, so he without fault please cast the first stone. My most sincere apologies to the patrons I may have offended, and a big middle finger in advance to all the haters and attorneys who will somehow try to find an easy paycheck in all this."
Keith Urban has announced his third annual We're All for the Hall concert benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The event will take place April 10th at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and feature Keith and Vince Gill as performers and directors. Also includes Alabama, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Pistol Annies, Rascal Flatts and Thompson Square.
How does a 21-hour workweek sound to you? Too good to be true? It probably is, but one group of people is making a pretty good argument for cutting the typical 40-hour workweek almost in half. The New Economics Foundation, a British think tank, believes that cutting the workweek is necessary for our personal lives and would also benefit the economy.
William Blankenship had been arrested on drug charges and tossed into the cop car when he managed to wrangle his way into the front seat and drive off while cuffed. The episode unnerved Blankenship enough to make him want a smoke -- so he used the cruiser's radio to get in touch with dispatch and ask where the cigarette lighter was.
A Florida man is sure to be the butt of plenty of jokes after law enforcement officials found him in his jail cell with a gun -- hidden inside his rectum!
Michael Ward had been arrested on an outstanding warrant from the state of Georgia, and was awaiting processing when officers performed a strip search and discovered the 10-inch long, .38 caliber weapon. Sounds like his plan had some serious cracks in it.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is today but yesterday the recently opened monument dedicated to him in Washington, D.C. Members of his family were present as the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to the slain civil rights leader on what would have been his 83rd birthday. Martin Luther King the Third said, "We're celebrating the best of what we are, but also what we must become, knowing that we've not arrived there yet."
Laura Kaeppeler [pr: KEP-ler], a 23-year-old from Kenosha, Wisconsin became the new Miss America Saturday night in Las Vegas. She gets a $50,000 scholarship and wears the crown for one year.
Lindsay Lohan didn't need a Golden Globes nomination or an invitation to get her photo taken.
Linds reportedly crashed the Weinstein Company's pre-Globes party at the Chateau Marmont in L.A. Wednesday. An insider tells the New York Daily News she sneaked in via the hotel's back entrance, and then "made her way to the entrance for photo ops."
A group called the Courage Campaign is going after Kim Kardashian, claiming the star is not paying her fair share of taxes. The organization, which has launched the website TaxKimK.com, says, "Kim Kardashian made more than $12 million in 2010, but she only paid 1% more in taxes than a middle-class Californian. That's not OK."
NOT SUCH A SWEET DEAL - Life's not so sweet for a Missouri woman who's facing drug charges after calling cops to complain that she'd paid 40 bucks for some crack cocaine -- only to find she'd been sold a bag of sugar instead. Suzanne Basham called 911 to offer up the address of the guys who tried to give her a sugar high, but they refused to allow investigators inside.
A Florida man was arrested for calling 911 to claim he'd been kidnapped -- by a cab driver who was taking him home. The driver said that Paul Coombs was rambling incoherently and smelled strongly of urine, so he drove him back to the cab depot where he was picked up -- prompting Coombs to dial the emergency number and insist he was being kidnapped.
Have you ever seen those websites featuring screenshots of funny texts from people's phones? Many of them are real, but a lot of them are probably fake. IFakeText.com doesn't claim to be real. It's a collection of phony screenshots of bogus text messages submitted by you and other funny people just like you.
After more than six years since she went missing on the Caribbean Island of Aruba, Natalee Holloway was declared legally dead yesterday by an Alabama judge. Holloway's parents, who are divorced, disagreed over the ruling. Her mother, Beth Holloway, said there's a lack of evidence to prove Natalee's deceased, but her father, Dave Holloway, requested the ruling to resolve issues related to her estate.
Hulk Hogan plans to shave off his iconic mustache and at least one person thinks the move will have dire consequences. Dr. Aaron Perlut, chairman of the American Mustache Institute, Perlut says, "Not only would the removal of his lower nose foliage cause angels in heaven to die and fall to earth -- as is written in biblical texts -- but it would send a poor message to young people of Mustached American descent.
Dierks Bentley is offering fans a chance to visit him at home, or at least at his hometown show in Nashville. Go to his Facebook page and click on the Vevo "Meet Dierks Bentley" update. There you can enter to win airfare, hotel, ground transportation, concert tickets and a meet-and-greet with Dierks at his February 2nd show at the Ryman Auditorium.
We've heard of panty raids, but pantyhose raids? A Cleveland-area man demanded a pair so that he could use them for a car fix. The man, who is still at large, approached the 16-year-old in a shopping mall parking lot and told her he needed her hose to patch his hose -- the one attached to the exhaust system in his car. She complied and passed them over, at which point he legged it out of the parking structure.
Tim Tebow loves Jesus and America loves Tim Tebow -- or at least that's what a new ESPN Sports Poll suggests. The monthly poll has the Denver Broncos quarterback ranked as America's favorite active pro athlete, topping NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.
Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift are among Next Movie's nine hottest Nashville movie stars. According to their website, these three -- along with Dolly Parton, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson -- have done the best job of transferring their talent from the stage to the screen.
For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift was named Favorite Country Artist at last night's People's Choice Awards, but she wasn't there to collect the honor. She tweeted, "I'm not there, but I'll be watching on TV from Nashville." Taylor beat out Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts for the honor.
Earl Williamson of Maine dialed 911 after hearing suspicious noises outside, and got a suitably quick response from the boys in blue -- which turned out to be a mixed blessing. The intruder was, in fact, scared away, but deputies found more than two dozen marijuana plants growing in the garage, and nearly a pound of weed ready to sell.
GAYEST CITY: Salt Lake City Takes the Crown, S.F. Not Happy. The Advocate recently named Salt Lake City the gayest city in America and some folks in San Francisco aren't amused for the second year in a row. SF Weekly writes, "To add insult to injury, the Advocate has not only decided San Francisco is still not the gayest city, but Salt Lake City -- home of the God-worshipping Republicans, is."
For the second time in less than a week, a U.S. Navy crew came to the rescue of Iranian seamen in danger yesterday. The Americans pulled six Iranians from a cargo boat that was in trouble after its engine room was flooded. The Iranians were rescued by a Coast Guard patrol boat known as the Monomoy, which is on assignment in the northern Arabian Gulf. One of the six Iranians said, "Without your help, we were dead."
There's bad news if you believe in the Doomsday Clock, the figurative timepiece that marks how close we are to oblivion. Yesterday it was moved to 11:55, one minute closer to midnight or the apocalypse. It's the first time the clock has moved forward since 2007. The clock is re-set by a group called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, warn the public about the dangers of nuclear weaponry and other dangers.
It's looking like Mitt Romeny will win the Republican nomination and go head-to-head with President Obama in November's general election after Romney won the New Hampshire primary last night by a healthy margin. Romney got 36-percent, Ron Paul in second with 23-percent, Jon Huntsman pulled 18-percent, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum both got 10-percent, with Texas Governor Rick Perry in the cellar with one-percent.
Willow Smith ruffled a few feathers when she posted a picture of herself swinging on a pole in what appeared to be a nightclub in Las Vegas with the caption "Vegas Chick." In the pic, the 11-year-old is dressed in leggings, red Ugg boots and a white jumper, grabbing the pole and throwing her head back.
Lindsay Lohan was hit with a double dose of bad news yesterday. First came word that the IRS has filed a lien against her for failing to pay $93,000 in income taxes from 2009. Then we heard she's being sued by a photographer who claims he was injured when a car in which Lindsay was riding hit him in Hollywood. There was some good news, too. The actress is in talks to play Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic.
Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton will host the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 1st, live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This will be the second time Blake has partnered with Reba to host the show. Throughout the awards show, the action will cut away to Vegas's Mandalay Bay Events Center where the Zac Brown Band will be headlining the second annual Fan Jam.
According to a new study from the University of Vermont, people with more money tend to be less happy. They found that as people are making more money, they put in a lot more hours at work -- and they have less freedom, which makes them less happy. Not surprisingly, They also found that people are generally happiest over the weekend with happiness levels lowest on Mondays and Tuesdays.
According to New York Daily News, Beyonce and Jay-Z's bodyguards have been clearing other visitors out of the intensive care unit -- including families of premature babies. New dad Neil Coulon says the couple's security kicked him and his family out, and have been treating the unit like the VIP area of a nightclub. Beyonce and Jay-Z reportedly paid nearly $1.3 million to renovate the neo-natal unit to their liking.
Officials in Illinois have given new meaning to the phrase "drive-thru restaurant" -- by making it legal for motorists to pick up and eat any dead critter they find on the side of the road. Asked if it's safe to chow down on curbside cuisine, a biologist said, "It depends on what shape it's in and how long it's been there. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Two Florida men, who ended up behind bars after calling a guy and trying to peddle an I-Phone and I-Pad -- which they'd stolen from him two days earlier. Devonte Suckie and Zachary Swindle held up Hank Yan at gunpoint, snagging the devices and $500 in cash. After finding his number in the phone, they rang him up and offered to sell the stuff back at a good price. Yan couldn't refuse and brought cops to help him.
If you're a fan of Twinkies, you may want to stock up. Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is preparing to file for bankruptcy, according to sources familiar with the company's finances. The Irving, Texas-based company employs about 19,000 people and has been struggling due to high labor costs and the rising cost of sugar and flour.
Charlie Sheen has made a big announcement -- he's no longer a lunatic. The actor, who was promoting his new sitcom Anger Management at the FOX all-star party for TV critics Sunday, said, "I'm not crazy any more. That was an episode." He added, "I think I'm a different person than I was yesterday. Everything is a lot more mellow and focused and much more rooted in reality."
HANDS UP, YOU'VE GOT A GUN! A British crook who thought his heist was in the bag found out otherwise when he approached a bank teller with a gun in one hand and a getaway bag in the other -- only to point the bag at the victim, and hand him the gun instead! The cashier pressed an alarm button and made a grab for the gun, but the wanna-be thief managed to escape -- without a penny of the bank's proceeds.
Anquin St. Junius, who was jailed on suspicion of assaulting a bartender, wanted a sympathy release on grounds that he can't move his arms or walk for more than 15 seconds at a time. Unfortunately for St. Junius, there was a surveillance camera right outside his holding cell, which captured his workout in all its sweaty glory.
An ill-advised homework assignment from a Gwinnett County, Georgia elementary school in which teachers attempted to incorporate social studies lessons on slavery into math problems. One question read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?" Another one asked, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"
Beyonce gave birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter in New York City Saturday. Blue's father Jay-Z was there as Bey delivered the newborn via C-section. The first two letters of "Ivy" are the Roman numerals for four, which is Beyonce's favorite number and the name of her last album. Also both Bey and Jay's birthdays are on the fourth. "Blue" could be related to Jay-Z's Blueprint series.
Miranda Lambert will make her acting debut on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit playing an actress who is harassed by a sleazy reality show producer. Miranda expressed her joy on winning the role on Facebook. She wrote, "Y'all I'm so freaking excited to be on my favorite show ever !!!"
A Colorado woman got extremely cheeky at a Denver art museum, grabbing a 30-million-dollar painting, throwing punches at it, then rubbing her bare buttocks against the canvas while attempting to urinate on it. While Carmen Tisch didn't manage to moisten Clyfford Still's 1957-J-No. 2, she did urinate on herself, causing a spectacle and more than $10,000 in damage to the painting.
A Canadian woman really gave cops an eyeful when they showed up to investigate a shooting at her home... only to find her shot through the eye -- and casually sipping a brewski. The woman was bleeding from the eye and "severely impaired" when officers arrived on the scene. A police spokesperson said, "It was like she was oblivious to what had happened. She didn't want any treatment until after she finished her beer."
Drew Barrymore plans to walk down the aisle for the third time. The 36-year-old actress has gotten engaged to boyfriend Will Kopelman -- who popped the question during a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho during the holidays.
Kelly Clarkson probably knows more country stars than she does fellow pop stars. She tells People magazine, "At country music events, everyone's so nice. But at pop events, everybody's too cool for school. Nobody ever talks. I like the acts musically, but I don't know anyone, which is weird 'cause I've been doing this for 10 years.
A suburban Chicago cop is in hot water after pulling over a female motorist in order to charge her with speeding and driving while sexy. Officer Chris Collins issued a $132 ticket to Evangelina Paredes, then waited two days before going to her home and leaving a note on her windshield asking for a date. Collins said he knew he probably didn't have a shot at a hook-up but said, "The least I can do is buy you dinner."
A teenager who smashed car windows and spray-painted walls was nabbed by Philadelphia police after he left a YouTube video of the whole spree. The clip, which clearly showed the face of the 16-year-old, also showed a group of kids spray painting the letters W and L -- shorthand for the local gang Wreck Locals. To further clear things up, the kid posted the video under the title "Wreck Locals [Mess Stuff] Up."
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KODAK: Preparing to File for Bankruptcy - It's the end of an era. Eastman Kodak is planning to seek bankruptcy protection. The 131-year-old film company, which was once one of America's best-known brands, is trying to sell off some of its patents in an effort to avoid Chapter 11, but it's making plans for the worst if those efforts fail.
Michele Bachmann's dream of being president is over -- at least for now. Yesterday the Minnesota congresswoman packed in her presidential bid after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. Texas Governor Rick Perry also initially sounded like he was going to pull out of the race, but later tweeted that he was still in and will focus on the race in South Carolina.
VIGILANTE MOM: 18-year-old Sarah McKinleyShoots Intruder After Checking With 911- Before pulling the trigger of her shotgun, McKinley moved a couch in front of a door, gave her three-month-old son a bottle, and called 911 to ask the operator if it was OK to fire her weapon which she did and killed Justin Shane Martin, 24, his alleged accomplice, 29-year-old Dustin Louis Stewart, is charged with first-degree murder.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, JESSICA BIEL ENAGAGED!
They've been on and off for years, but now Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are on for a wedding. Justin popped the question in Jackson, Wyoming over the holidays, according to Us Weekly. Also Zooey Deschanel has filed the divorce from her husband, rocker Ben Gibbard.
Taylor Swift has reportedly won the role of Eponine in the movie version of Les Miserables. She beat out Scarlett Johansson, Glee's Lea Michele and Evan Rachel Wood for the part. Also in the cast are Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. Production is set to start in March, and the film will hit the screen in early December.
A man who filed a lawsuit after he claims he found a dead mouse inside a can of Mountain Dew got a cheesy reply from the soda maker, which insists he's lying -- because the carbonated drink would have dissolved the critter's corpse right after canning. Pepsi has moved to dismiss the suit, saying that the corrosive soda would have turned the creature into "mouse jelly" or dissolved it altogether within days.
A pair of wanna-be crooks in Utah got a taste of their own medicine after returning to their truck after a shoplifting bust -- only to find that someone had stolen a good chunk of their loot. Korin Vanhouten and Eldon Alexander were stopped on their way out of a drug store with about $36 worth of merchandise. They found that someone had jimmied their vehicle and stolen a stereo and over $60 worth of goods.
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ARNOLD SLIPS WEDDING RING BACK ON - All signs are pointing to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver staying married. TMZ says Maria might call off the divorce -- despite Arnie knocking up the family maid -- because of her deeply held religious views.
Lauren Alaina sat talked about missing family, her friends from American Idol and meeting boys now that she's a country star. She sums it up in three words: "Boys are dumb.""It's so weird like the guys that liked me before don't really talk around me anymore. They're so embarrassed and shy. And then the ones that weren't interested at all are like, 'What's up?' You know, like trying to, I don't know. Guys are dumb."
Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood top Country Weekly's best dressed list for 2011. The other finalists in the men's category are Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Chris Young. On the ladies' side, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Nettles, Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry and Reba McEntire round out the Top 5.
A Canadian man called 911 to report that he'd been the victim of a hit-and-run -- via a shopping cart that rolled over his foot. The man called authorities in Barrie, Ontario, after he was traumatized by the toe-tapping experience in a grocery store parking lot. The woman who allegedly perpetrated the crime in question apologized, but the victim wasn't satisfied and demanded that police get involved.
A Florida man who was busted as part of a cock-fighting ring three years ago was arrested picking up a live rooster at the post office last week. Danny Pham pleaded ignorance, saying he was only transporting the bird for a friend. In the earlier bust, he insisted he didn't know there was a cockfight at his home, despite the fact that there were more than 80 roosters caged up in his backyard.
SHE CAN'T DRIVE 55 ... OR 20! A British woman is protesting her town's decision to institute a 20-mile-per-hour speed limit -- because she says her snazzy new BMW can't go that slow. Diane Greenwood is threatening to sue the city council of Cleveleys because she believes operating the sports car in fourth gear will damage the engine.
Actor, director and alleged racist and heavy drinker Mel Gibson turns 56 today. Mel, of course, is the star of the Lethal Weapon and Mad Max movies, as well as Braveheart and The Patriot. He's also the writer-director of The Passion of the Christ. Mel was born in Peekskill, New York and moved to Sydney, Australia when he was 12.
An unusual group was marching at the tail end of yesterday's Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California -- several thousand Occupy protestors. They carried a 250-foot banner reading "We the People" and chanted, "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out." The demonstrators tailed the parade for about a mile and half before veering off to a rally near Pasadena's City Hall. No arrests were made during the march.
Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in the 53 cases of arson that have gripped the city -- and caused an estimated two-million dollars in damages -- since Thursday night. The suspect was identified as Harry Burkhart, a 24-year-old Hollywood resident. He was picked up early Monday morning in West Hollywood.
The 2012 presidential campaign, which has been seriously under way for nearly a year already, moves a step closer to actually selecting a Republican nominee to challenge President Barack Obama today as Iowa's caucuses open for the state's non-binding straw poll.
Brandi Glanville married Mixed Martial Arts manager Darin Harvey over the weekend in Las Vegas, but it's not going to last. The 38-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star tied the knot on a drunken whim. The newlyweds celebrated by visiting a strip club. Brandi's last husband, Eddie Cibrian, left her for LeAnn Rimes.
Russell Brand could cash in big time by divorcing Katy Perry. The couple reportedly does not have a pre-nup. According to California law, the two -- who wed there 14 months ago -- must split their earnings 50/50. She's estimated to be worth at least $44 million -- he's worth about $15 mil.
The official Elvis Birthday Celebration begins Thursday in Memphis and continues through Sunday when the King of Rock would have turned 77. That day, a new Elvis on Tour exhibit opens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the movie of the same name.
According to a survey, 33% of women admitted they were more likely to have a one-night stand on New Year's Eve than any other night of the year! Not only that, but another 29% of respondents said they'd hooked up with a co-worker at a holiday party. And 57% said they'd snuck off for a quickie during a holiday gathering.
Detroit may have a reputation for violent mischief on Halloween, but New Year's Eve has become a nightmare for authorities in Los Angeles. A rash of late-night car fires in that began on Friday spread to different neighborhoods Saturday, bringing the total number of suspicious blazes to 40. Police are calling it the worst arson attacks in 20 years.
Verizon Wireless has reversed its decision to charge a $2 fee for telephone and online bill payments following a storm of criticism. The company said it made the decision after many of its customers complained and some threatened to leave if the fee was instituted. A Verizon spokesman said the company had just wanted to encourage consumers to pay their bills via different methods such as autopay.
RUSSELL BRAND & KATY PERRY GETTING DIVORCED - The British comedian filed for divorce from his wife of 14 months Friday. He tells Us Weekly, "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I'll always adore her and I know we'll remain friends."
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