According to a new study, teenagers who drink a lot of soda are more likely to display violent tendencies. Researchers found that the link between soda and teen violence was very strong --and non-diet soda drinkers were between nine and 15 percent more likely to be violent."The more soda the students drank, the more likely the students were to perpetrate violence," said study author David Hemenway said.

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURIES! The motorist got the surprise of her life when she opened up a police notice to find she had a $44,500 parking ticket waiting for her. The small Sicilian town she lives in was billing her for unpaid tickets going back to 2008, but a clerk typed the year 208 into the computer, which charged her for parking fines going back to Ancient Rome. Her real bill? A bit over $140.

A British man put the luna into lunacy when he called authorities to breathlessly report that he'd just seen a mysterious light blazing in the sky -- which turned out to be the moon! The man, whose name was not released, made a call to the Brit equivalent of 911 to say, "There's something flying over our house. Um, It's coming towards me now, there's all this light blazing. I don't know what the hell it is!"

A California woman learned the real meaning of the old saying "Neither a borrower or a lender be" when she lent her car to a friend, only to have him put it up for sale on Craig's List. Laurel Rudolph agreed to let acquaintance Jeff Keller use her vehicle at the beginning of the month, but when he didn't return it as promised and stopped returning her calls she called the cops.

For those of you who've been longing for a Kanye West and Saved by the Bell collaboration, your long wait is finally over. Here comes Kanye'd by the Bell, a blog pairing the rapper's lyrics with screenshots from Saved by the Bell. Find it at KanyedByTheBell.tumblr.com.

The St. Louis Cardinals celebrated their incredible championship run with a parade yesterday in downtown St. Louis. There was no official crowd estimate immediately available, but city officials had expected hundreds of thousands. It was so crowded that there was no parking for miles. The parade ended inside Busch Stadium, the scene of the Cardinals miraculous season.

The Northeast was hit by a huge by a huge storm over the weekend that left some towns buried in snow, streets closed and millions without power. Although the storm had run its course by yesterday, more than three million customers were left without power and might be for several more days.

Lady Gaga turned a lot of heads by donning a dress made entirely of meat, and now PETA is asking her to turn over a new leaf by wearing a frock made completely of lettuce. The folks at the Indiana branch of PETA issued the singer a challenge, saying, "If she agrees, we'll make her a dress entirely of lettuce and held together by pins and threads. It will be a full-length gown, and we'll make sure it looks sexy."

Madonna's homeless brother, Anthony Ciccone, isn't holding back, tossing the "b" word her way and saying she wouldn't care if he turned up dead.
Anthony, who's battled substance abuse issues for two decades, told London's Daily Mail, "We hated each other [as kids]-- sibling rivalry, I imagine. She was a b---h, just like she is now. She remains true to form. You have to give her credit for consistency."

Taylor Swift is going to war with the Celebrity Jihad website for leaking photos of a topless woman who resembles Taylor with the headline, "Taylor Swift Topless Private Pic Leaked?" T's camp fired off a letter threatening a lawsuit. The website fired back on their page writing, "Taylor Swift clearly brought this upon herself by running around without a burka, exposing her lanky bird like figure in public."

A gym teacher in Denver probably wishes she would have settled for a note from her mom when she was arrested on charges of trying to get out of class by making a bomb threat. Jennifer Gomes said she simply didn't feel like going to work, so she left a note at her school warning that there was a bomb inside the gym. She now faces one felony count. Might we also suggest a few laps around the gym?

Happy birthday to Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-founder turns 56 today.

A 33-year-old former Ohio high school teacher was convicted yesterday of having sex with teenage boys at her home. As a result of the conviction, Stacy Schuler could face decades behind bars. Schuler was a teacher and athletic trainer at a school north of Cincinnati, but resigned after she was accused of having sex with five Mason High School students, including some football players, at her home in 2010.

The condition of Scott Olsen improved yesterday, as doctors transferred him to an intensive care unit. The 24-year-old Iraq War veteran was critically injured after being hit by police during Occupy protests in Oakland on Tuesday. Olsen's story has become a rallying point for protesters. Turns out, he's gainfully employed by a software firm and has a nice hillside apartment with a scenic view of San Francisco Bay.

Charlie Sheen's new sitcom Anger Management has been picked up by the FX Network and will start airing next summer. The cable channel has ordered 10 episodes, and if the series does well, FX will pick up another 90. According to the Hollywood Reporter, at least three cable networks had bid on the show. Sheen will play a therapist -- loosely based on Jack Nicholson's character in the movie Anger Management.

Sugarland return to Indianapolis, Indiana tonight night to play a free concert to honor those who were injured and killed in the stage collapse before their performance at the Indiana State Fair this summer. During the show at the Conseco Fieldhouse, they'll collect money for the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund, which will go to the victims and their families.

Three Alabama men who robbed a pizza guy at gunpoint made off with a decent amount of dough -- but wound up being busted by a mislaid pizza box. The delivery dude was summoned to an address that didn't exist, and when he got out of his car to scope out the situation, he was approached by three men who accosted him, stealing his wallet and the pie they had ordered to lure him there in the first place.

A Georgia man thought way outside the bun when he registered a complaint about his Taco Bell order by returning to the restaurant and bombing it with a Molotov cocktail. The man, who is still at large, called the eatery to complain of a serious lack of beef in his XXL chalupas and demanded that the manager have a meatier set waiting for him when he arrived to pick up some replacements. Cops are still seeking the man.

Ruth Madoff, the wife of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, sat down with 60 Minutes and said that things got so bad for the couple, at that height of the scandal, that they tried to kill themselves. Ruth said the couple downed "a bunch of pills," including Ambien and possibly some Klonopin, on Christmas Eve, but woke up the next day. She added, "It was very impulsive and I am glad we woke up."

A former U.S. Marine was listed in critical condition yesterday after apparently being hit in the head with a tear gas canister fired by police during an Occupy Oakland showdown on Tuesday night. According to reports, 24-year-old Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen remains unconscious with a fractured skull.

A 74-year-old grandma from California is claiming she was roughed up by federal agents when she tried to sell a tiny piece of moon rock she's owned for nearly 40 years. Joann Davis tried to sell a piece of moon rock encased in a paperweight that she says was given to her by her husband, who worked as a space engineer nearly four decades ago. Some experts say the rock could be worth $1 million.

Scientists in London have developed a new kind of broccoli that's being specially grown to include two-to-three times the normal amount of the heart disease-fighting nutrient glucoraphanin. To develop the new super vegetable, scientists cross-bred regular British broccoli with a Sicilian strain, but did not modify the genetics of the vegetable.

According to a new study, gas pump handles are the filthiest surface that Americans encounter each day before work. Researchers went around swabbing everyday objects in six U.S. cities to find which objects have the worst bacteria and viruses. The nastiest places include:
public mailboxes
escalator rails
ATM buttons
parking meters
crosswalk buttons
buttons on vending machines in shopping malls

A 28-year-old woman in India went to the doctor after getting bitten by a puppy. But it wasn't the bite that brought her to the doctor -- it was the fact that ever since the incident, she'd had an uncontrollable sex drive. Four days later she died of rabies! Apparently the brain inflammation that arises from an untreated rabies infection can cause hyper sexuality!

Orlando Robertson walked into a police station and asked to be incarcerated because he had nowhere else to go. When the officer on duty said he couldn't book him without a crime being committed, Robertson began to tamper with the court-ordered ankle bracelet he was wearing, but the deputy checked and found out his parole was up. The 28-year-old walked out of the station a free man -- a very disappointed free man.

A California man needed the help of emergency responders after the 21-year-old man made a $100 bet with friends and wedged himself into the child's swing, but needed to lube his body with liquid laundry detergent to get in -- and didn't save enough to get himself out! His friends, of course, took off after seeing he was in distress -- leaving him to swing back and forth until six in the morning.

Behind every straight-laced, prim-and-proper American president is a suave player who knows how to get the ladies with some clever pick-up lines. Check out PresidentialPickupLines.tumblr.com.

She's being called the miracle baby. A two-week-old baby girl was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Turkey yesterday, 48 hours after the quake. When the infant was pulled from the rubble, rescue workers cheered and applauded, and did so again when the baby's mother and grandmother were pulled out alive. Sunday's magnitude 7.2 quake has killed at least 459.

Can killer whales be protected under the 13th Amendment? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals thinks so. They're planning to sue SeaWorld alleging that the park is keeping killer whales as slaves. In the suit, PETA plans to file today in U.S. District Court in San Diego, they claim that the 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, does not specifically say it only relates to humans.

Michael Jackson is once again the top-earning dead celebrity, according to Forbes magazine. The singer, who died in 2009, took in $170 million between October 2010 and October 2011. That also puts him at number-two among living pop acts. Only U2 earned more since October 2010. Elvis Presley, who's been dead for 34 years, remained in second with $55 million. Elizabeth Taylor earned $12 million over the last year.

Lindsay Lohan's mom confirms that her daughter will bare it all in Playboy. Dina Lohan tells X17 Online, "The photo shoot went well." According to reports, Lindsay will appear on the cover and get paid nearly $1 million for the shoot.

MTV is giving the people "Occupying Wall Street" another platform for protest. They will air True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street for the first time on November 5th at 6 p.m. The show will follow those involved in the protest and will give you an inside look at the people and their feelings. Maybe this will give viewers a better idea of what is really going on, rather than just what they see on the news.

An employee at a nuclear power plant in Washington he was using a portable toilet when he was picked up by a forklift and dropped across a road some 15 feet away. The forklift operator insisted he thought the dial on the outhouse door indicated that it was unoccupied, but once he put the structure down, he heard banging on the door -- where a Teamster was trapped for several minutes.

A California man dipped into the world of crime by stealing nearly a thousand pounds of avocados was sentenced to probation -- and banned from possessing more than 10 avocados at a time. Barron Stein made off with his avo haul in a rural part of San Diego county, but was caught on surveillance tape on his way out of the grove. It was unclear what Stein, an unemployed truck driver, planned to do with the stolen cargo.

The next time you find yourself wondering how you could have gotten so broke, just take a look around your house at all the stupid and useless stuff you've wasted money on over the years. And you know what? You're going to buy more. Check out ThisIsWhyImBroke.com for a catalog of ridiculous and useless garbage you'll probably buy.

On this day in 1955, the first microwave oven was introduced by the Tappan appliance company. The rest, as they say, is burnt popcorn history.

McDonald's rib-less McRib sandwich is back, much to the delight of its strange cult following. The boneless barbeque pork sandwich is available at most McDonald's through November 14th. The McRib actually made its big comeback last fall, after a 16-year absence from U.S. restaurants, and contributed to a 4.8-percent increase in overall sales for McDonald's in November 2010 compared to the same month in 2009.

Moammar Gadhafi is likely to be buried today, a Libyan official said yesterday. If so, the burial will come five days after he was killed in Sirte. Since then, the bodies of Gadhafi, his son Mutassim and his former defense minister, Abu Baker Yunis, have been on public display in a meat locker, and were only removed temporarily so autopsies could be performed.

JACKSON TRIAL: PROSECUTION RESTS - After four weeks and 33 witnesses, the prosecution rested its case yesterday in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial. Murray is accused of administering a fatal dose of propofol to Michael Jackson.

A British man couldn't find the proper card to thank his employer for a promotion -- so he decided to burn his workplace to the ground. Daniel Freeman had just been told he'd be managing Mickey's Diner in Faversham, England, instead of washing dishes there. To celebrate, he poured a flammable liquid around the restaurant and set it ablaze -- but not before stealing more than a thousand bucks from his boss.

A Florida woman who thought it was all about the Benjamins found out it was actually more about the Washingtons when she went to great pains to steal a cash register -- only to find that she'd made off with a grand total of 25 cents. Erica Phillips and a male friend broke into a Gainesville bagel shop and stole a cash register, presuming they'd come away with a big haul; instead, they found a single quarter inside.

Some clarity about the death of Moammar Gadhafi came to light yesterday when an autopsy revealed he died from a gunshot to the head. Meanwhile, the bodies of Gadhafi, his son, Mutassim, and his former defense minister, Abu Baker Yunis, were displayed for public viewing in a refrigerated room at a Misrata meat market.

Katy Perry and hubby Russell Brand visited the Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York Saturday. They join such celebs as Alec Baldwin, Kanye West, Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon who have showed their support in recent days.

#Longer MADONNA'S BROTHER IS HOMELESS- The 55-year-old tells the Michigan Messenger, "My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a hard time."Anthony says, "You think I haven't answered this kind of question a bazillion times -- why my sister is a multi-bazillionaire, and I'm homeless on the street? Never say never. This could happen to anybody." He collects cans for money and relies on churches for food.

Administrators at a Florida elementary school wanted to give a special thank you to students so they rewarded them with some X-rated gifts. Admittedly, school officials were unaware that the slap bracelets they'd distributed to about 100 kids at the Tallahassee school had photos of nude women hidden beneath the cloth holding the bracelets together revealing the not-safe-for-school images.

MicroLawns.tumblr.com is one of the most original blogs ever. It celebrates the tiny patches of lawn that oddly appear in unusual places.

Prison is no picnic, especially in Texas where the prison system has been withholding lunch from inmates on weekends in an effort to cut down on food-service-costs. The New York Times reported yesterday that prisoners in Texas are usually served brunch on weekends between 5 and 7 a.m. and have to go hungry until dinner, which is served between 4 and 6:30 p.m.

On the same day that the state prepared for the Big One with their annual Great California ShakeOut, San Francisco was hit with a 3.9-magnitude quake. The relatively minor quake, with an epicenter two miles from Berkeley, was felt across the Bay Area and rattled nerves. Earlier in the day, some of the 8.2 million people registered to participate in the statewide drill.

Everyone seems to agree that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead, but no one seems too sure exactly how he died, with conflicting stories about his death yesterday circulating around the world. Whatever the case, Libyans, President Obama and family members whose relatives died nearly 24 years ago on Pan-Am Flight 103 -- which was brought down by Libyan terrorist -- are pleased that he's gone.

The Kardashians are far from insulted after learning that the President won't allow his daughters to watch their reality show. A source tells Us Weekly that Kim, Kourtney and Khloe are actually "flattered" that Mr. and Mrs. Obama themselves have tuned in to their escapades.

A day after taking a tongue lashing from a judge, Lindsay Lohan arrived late to her new community service assignment at the L.A. County Morgue and was turned away. Her publicist claimed Lindsay was 40 minutes "due to a combination of not knowing the entrance to go through and confusion caused by the media waiting for her arrival."

Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Sugarland, Zac Brown Band and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery have signed on to perform at the CMA Awards. They join a bill that already includes Faith Hill, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, Chris Young, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. The CMA Awards air live from Nashville on November 9th on ABC.

Toby Keith wasn't too impressed with himself when Forbes magazine named him the top-earning country star of the past year. He tells Reuters, "Those figures make me laugh. Who cares about stuff like that? I've not come up for air since 1993. I've not missed a tour, I've not missed putting out an album, I've not taken time off. That's why we're in Forbes. Because of that work ethic."

A pair of North Carolina men probably feel pretty dopey after they approached cops to report that they'd just been robbed -- of a sizable quantity of pot and cocaine. One of the men flagged down a cop car to complain that he'd let an acquaintance into his home, only to have the other man pull a gun and steal the drugs and about $1100 in cash.

A Texas man assaulted his neighbor with an unusual weapon -- a frozen armadillo. The man was in the process of selling the icy critter to the woman when the pair broke into a heated argument over the price. She planned to have the armored creature for dinner, but balked when his asking price soared past value-menu levels.

An elderly Niagara Falls woman had to call 911 to be taken to a hospital after she fell and broke her hip at a hospital! Doreen Wallace slipped and fell in the lobby of a hospital where she was visiting her terminally ill husband. She thought that she'd be helped immediately since she was surrounded by doctors and nurses, but instead had to wait more than half an hour due to a "miscommunication" between staffers.

Who says marriages don't last? A couple married for 72 years died one hour apart in a Des Moines, Iowa hospital last week as they held hands. 94-year-old Gordon Yeagar and his wife, 90-year-old Norma, were critically injured in a car accident last week. At the hospital, nurses kept the couple side-by-side where they held hands.

It was hunting season yesterday in Zanesville, Ohio after the owner of an exotic animal park let loose 56 wild animals before committing suicide. In the name of public safety, sheriff's deputies shot and killed 48 of the animals. While officers hunted the animals with shoot-to-kill orders, residents took cover inside their homes, with one nervous homeowner calling 911 to report a lion sighting.

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, whose spectacular exit down an emergency chute made him a national sensation last year, was sentenced to a year of probation. Slater avoided jail time by pleading guilty to attempted criminal mischief and agreed to undergo counseling and substance abuse treatment and plans to write a memoir about his 20 years in the airline industry, was also hit with a $10,000 fine.

President Obama doesn't just know about world affairs. During a recent trip to a high school in Virginia, a girl asked the Prez if he knew Justin Bieber. He said "I do," and even called the singer a "very nice young man." But before the teen could ask for the Bieb's digits, Obama added, "I think he's got a girlfriend."

Brad Paisley followed up his recent guest shot on Sesame Street by going in the opposite direction -- he visited the studios where South Park is created. He tells us, "I went in and cut a couple of voices of little kids for them." Brad's episode aired last night.

Shawn Weimer, who hails from a Detroit suburb of was busted after a witness saw a nine-year-old swap places with him. The witness notified cops, who pulled the vehicle over, much to the dismay of the girl, who asked, "What did you stop me for? I was driving good?" A police spokesman said she was, but Dad was charged with child endangerment and being a habitual offender -- since he's had several DUI busts in his past.

A Kentucky man was arrested on drunk driving charges after he drove his car into a ditch, then informed cops that he'd only had "two pizzas to drink" before the accident. Donn Adams gave the cheesy reply after deputies asked him about his apparently disoriented behavior. Police searching his car found two syringes and a vial containing what appeared to be heroin.

A father in Washington state punished his teen daughter by forcing her to don a suit of armor then smacked her with a wooden sword. Freemon Edward Seay, described as a renaissance enthusiast, did play fair, giving the girl a sword of her own, but he has still been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He told cops he had a right to discipline because she'd gone to a crack house the night before which she denied.

There are so many blogs boasting amazing pictures, but ImaginaryImageBlog.tumblr.com is a bit different. Instead of showing amazing photographs of things that exist, it gives detailed -- and hilarious -- descriptions of amazing photos that don't exist.

Celina Aarons received a $200,000 cell-phone bill normally $175 The South Florida resident's cell-phone plan includes her two deaf brothers, who use their phones for texting and to watch videos but her brothers spent two weeks in Canada. She contacted T-Mobile, who told her the bill was accurate, but after they were contacted by a TV station, the phone provider cut the bill down to $2,500, payable in six months.

In perhaps one of the most lopsided prisoner swaps in history, Israel let the first of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners free after Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released yesterday. The swap has pumped up militant Palestinian group Hamas, which declared yesterday a holiday and vowed to capture more Israeli soldiers.

AskMen.com has compiled a list of the 49 most influential men of 2011, and unsurprisingly the late Apple founder Steve Jobs tops it. He's followed by Seal Team Six, Google CEO Larry Page, Warren Buffet and Kanye West.
Others on the list -- Ryan Gosling (9th), Jon Stewart (12th) and George Clooney (14).

A Chicago woman who thought keeping her husband in line was a piece of cake got a harsh lesson when she was arrested on battery charges -- for attacking him with cupcakes! Dawn Montesdeoca was charged with pelting her hubby with a box of the sweet treats, leaving icing marks on his head and shirt.

We all scream for ice cream, but one Florida man got screamed at -- for his decision to walk out of a convenience store with stolen ice cream in his pants. Robert Silvia was nailed by the manager of a Family Dollar store who saw him leave the shop, then reach into his pants and pull out an ice cream sandwich.

If you're planning on picking up your iPhone 4S tomorrow, don't go to the Apple Store between 1 and 2 p.m. ET. The stores are reportedly shutting down for that hour to allow employees to view a live webcast of a memorial ceremony for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that'll be held at the company's Cupertino, California headquarters.

Viewers of Sesame Street's YouTube channel may have got an eyeful on Sunday after it was hacked and its usual programming was replaced with hardcore porn. The hackers, who have yet to be caught, posted a banner on top of the page that read, "Sesame Street: It's Where Porn Lives." Google reportedly discovered the hack and shut down the channel, so the X-rated programming was only on the site for about 20 minutes.

There's no good news to report in the case of missing Kansas City 10-month-old Lisa Irwin. The National Guard joined the search over the weekend and the girl's mother, Deborah Bradley, admitted she was drunk in an interview with Fox News, saying that she had several glasses of wine, possibly up to five, prior to the girl's disappearance on October 4th.

SERIOUS DEATH THREAT MADE AGAINST SELENA GOMEZ - According to TMZ, 46-year-old Thomas Brodnicki, who has a criminal history of stalking, allegedly told his shrink he was going to murder the star. Brodnicki also allegedly told the shrink he traveled from Chicago to L.A. to meet Selena, visited her workplace at least three times and has told people he had conversations with God about killing her.

A New Mexico woman was arrested last week for placing a personal ad on Craigslist, saying she was seeking a "casual encounter" -- with a nice, friendly bag of marijuana. Anamicka Dave used her ad to say she was new to Santa Fe, and was hoping to hook up with "Mary Jane" -- a move one police spokesperson said was "so blatant [that] I wanted to be sure it wasn't one of our guys trying to do a reverse sting."

A Florida man was so upset about taking a hit from an ATM that he punched the machine's screen and shattering it. Joel Gaudreault of Vero Beach was charged with criminal mischief after police said he damaged a ATM because he was upset about the high fee being requested. Gaudreault began yelling at the machine, then hauled off and smacked it. Gaudreault headed off to a jail cell where he was held overnight.

THAT GOT HER GOAT! A Colorado teenager got some ba-a-a-a-ad news at this year's state fair when she had to relinquish first prize in an agricultural show -- because her goat tested positive for an illegal drug. Maggie Weinroth allegedly hopped up her little critter on a steroid usually used to add muscle to hogs -- pumping Theodore up to an impressive 83 pounds and winning a $5500 grand prize.

The Internet is more than just a tool for wasting time. It happens to be pretty educational. In fact, you could probably educate your kids just by parking them in front of YouTube all day. OK, that may be a stretch, but one blogger is compiling a daily collection of educational YouTube videos that she believes children should watch. It's called TheKidShouldSeeThis.com.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was remembered yesterday by hundreds of Silicon Valley VIPs at a memorial service at Stanford University's Memorial Church. The event, which was heavily guarded by security, came days ahead of a memorial at Apple, which is scheduled for Wednesday. A private funeral was held for family and close friends more than a week ago.

The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. was finally dedicated yesterday, after it was postponed first by an earthquake and then by a hurricane. Yet many who spoke at the ceremony yesterday said that the slain civil right leader's dream of social and economic justice is far from being a reality.

In a horrific 15-car crash, 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed yesterday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Following the news of Wheldon's death, officials called off the remainder of the race and many of Wheldon's fellow drivers were in tears, but decided to drive a five-lap tribute in his honor.

Robert Downey Junior wants Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson. While being honored Friday at the American Cinematheque Award ceremony, Downey said, "I urge you to forgive my friend his trespasses. Allow him to pursue this art without shame." Downey recounted how the much-maligned actor-director helped him when he was struggling with drinking and drug abuse a few years back.

Former Heroes villain and current Spock Zachary Quinto has come out of the closet. Zachary, who played the Vulcan in the recent big-screen reboot of the Star Trek franchise, didn't make a splashy announcement. He simply mentioned it during an interview with New York magazine.

Dierks Bentley's Sixth Annual Miles and Music for Kids motorcycle ride and concert took place in Nashville yesterday. Starting at the Harley dealership in Columbia, Tennessee, with Dierks, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Craig Campbell, Bucky Covington and Kevin Fowler, the riders cruised their way to Nashville's Riverfront for a show that also included Josh Thompson, Eli Young Band and Colt Ford.

Woman Suing Continental Airlines Because of Turbulence - A Texas woman is suing Continental Airlines for mental trauma after taking a bumpy flight to Houston. She says she's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and wants the airline to pay for her medical bills as well as kick in some money for "mental anguish."

These days, lots of things are being super-sized to fit people's ever-growing frames -- from car seats to coffins. And over in England, they are even making fitting rooms bigger! A plus-sized store called Simply Be has replaced all its normal fitting rooms with giant, roomy fitting lounges, equipped with couches instead of chairs, so everyone feels they have enough room to be comfortable while trying on clothes.

For the last 30 years, 44-year-old Englishman and bachelor Jonathan McGowan has lived on a diet of roadkill. He has eaten mice, moles, hedgehogs, pigeons, crows, gulls, and badgers. He even provided readers with some of his personal recipes -- for "Roadkill Pigeon Au Vin" and 'Roadkill Badger Stew" -- and weighed in on the tastes of different animals.

Look, over by the operating room. It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's Filipino designer Herbert Chavez who has been transforming himself into his childhood icon, Superman. He has had surgery performed on his nose, thighs, cheeks, lips, chin, and has had his skin whitened. He is also considering a surgery in Japan that would make him taller by inserting steel into his leg bones.

The Occupy Wall Street protestors are an impassioned group of people who've signed on to fight against corporate greed. Many of them have personal stories about economic hardship, which they're putting in writing and posting to WeAreThe99Percent.tumblr.com.

There may be a showdown this morning where Occupy Wall Street protesters have been camping out for nearly a month. Yesterday protesters were told to move out because the owners of Zuccotti Park plan to power-wash the area this morning. They also handed out leaflets informing protesters that than can return, but only if they follow new rules, which include no tents, tarps or sleeping bags on the park's grounds.

Masked vigilante crime-fighters aren't just on your movie screen and in comic books. In Seattle, they're part of everyday life and yesterday (Thursday), a self-proclaimed superhero had his day in court. Phoenix Jones, whose real name is Ben Fodor, was arrested early last Sunday after he tried to break up what appeared to be a fight and was allegedly attacked and then retaliated with pepper spray.

Jamie Waylett, who played the nasty Crabbe in six of the Harry Potter flicks, has been charged with possession of a homemade bomb. The 22-year-old actor was carrying a Molotov cocktail while looting a London drug store and stealing bottles of champagne. He was hauled in after cops reviewed surveillance tapes and raided his home where they also found more than a dozen marijuana plants. He's no wizard in real life.

Lady Gaga has always been very upfront about her sexuality, but she tells USA Today that she's not as much of a nasty girl as she's made out to be. Gaga, who's long advocated practicing safe sex, is urging her little monsters to be choosy about who they practice it with. She says "I hope that young women know that sex is still a big deal, and they don't have to put out soon.

TMZ reports that LiLo was ordered to do 360 hours of service at L.A.'s Downtown Women's Center as part of her probation on her shoplifting charge. The judge said she had to serve at least four hours at a time, but according to TMZ's sources, Lindsay would often split after about an hour and she also failed to show for nine scheduled visits. Lindsay is re-assigned to the Red Cross

Longtime Charlie Daniels Band keyboardist Joel "Taz" DiGregorio died Wednesday night in a single-car accident in Cheatham County, Tennessee. He was driving to meet the band's tour bus. The co-writer of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was 67. Daniels canceled concerts last night (Thursday) in Cumming, Georgia and tomorrow (Saturday) in Waterbury, Connecticut.

A high school football player in Ohio is in trouble after placing a tack in his glove before walking through a post-game handshake line. He ended up pricking the hands of 27 opponents as he walked through and "congratulated" them on a game well played. The 16-year-old kid, who didn't even play in the game, ended up causing each of the 27 opponents to receive tetanus shots.

An Oklahoma man was arrested after leaving bystanders shaken and stirred -- by running naked down a busy street, carrying a bottle of gin in one hand and a Bible in the other. Cops had to tussle to subdue Antonio Laray Fuller, ultimately forcing him to the ground at gunpoint so they could wrap him in a blanket. He insisted he was simply on his way to church, although he couldn't explain the not-so-holy water he was toting along.

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM A Scottish dad really took a licking at the hands of a mall security team that threw him off the premises and put him on a terror watch list -- for taking pictures of his own four-year-old daughter eating an ice cream cone. Chris White says that guards tried to seize his camera, then called for police backup when he refused to delete two photos of toddler Hazel.

One of the responsibilities of a world leader is to look at things. We see it in this country, as the president is always shuttled around to see things like new schools or natural disasters. Same thing in North Korea, where dictator Kim Jong Ill is always looking at things. Check out KimJongIllLookingAtThings.tumblr.com.

AMISH BEARD-CUTTING CONTROVERSY: Mullets Stand Accused - Although 66-year-old Sam Mullet claims he didn't order the hair-cutting of a 74-year-old man in rural eastern Ohio, he also didn't tell his son not to do it. He explains that the goal of the attack was to send a message to the Amish in Holmes County, Ohio that they should be ashamed of themselves for shunning Mullet and his breakaway Amish group.

In a story that reads like the plot to a Hollywood thriller, U.S. agents were able to shut down a murder-for-hire plan to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., officials said yesterday. And U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says that the Iranian government was behind the alleged plot. The plot was exposed by an undercover informant posing as an associate of a Mexican drug cartel.

Rosie O'Donnell's debut on OWN is being called a flop. The Rosie Show gathered only 497,000 viewers for its premiere Monday night.

Now 16 actors dressed as zombies have been injured in an accident on the Toronto set of Resident Evil 5. According to TMZ, the costumes were so gory officials had a hard time assessing the real injuries. The fake zombies, who had fallen about 20 feet off a set that was on wheels, were treated for arm, leg and back injuries. None of the injuries were believed to be life threatening.

AUSTIN POWERS ACTOR SUSPECTED OF MURDERING CELL MATE - Remember that Austin Powers bad guy who was recently convicted of kidnapping and torturing a woman? Well, Joseph Son -- who played Dr. Evil's henchman Random Task in the 1999 movie is in trouble again. He's suspected of murdering a 50-year-old sex offender who was sharing his cell at Wasco State Prison in central California. Son is already serving a life sentence.

Rihanna has been named the Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine. She tells the mag, "At the end of a concert, I don't feel like I've been this sexy thing. Really, I don't even think about it."

An Arizona man apparently needed to fill up after committing a stick-up, and went directly from the bank he'd just robbed to the pizzeria next door. Henry Elmer robbed a Wells Fargo branch in Yuma and made off with a haul of cash sufficient to convince him to stop next door for pizza and beer. Elmer was sipping his beer and when a cop came in and asked an employee how long he'd been there then cuffed on him.

The Week magazine has created a hilarious Bad Opinion Generator, which is a collection of the worst opinions and off-the-mark predictions throughout history. Check it out at TheWeek.com.

On this date in 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC and quickly became TV's hippest show, mixing cutting-edge rock and comedy. More than 35 years later with such staples as Weekend Update, commercial parodies, the hottest names in music and a live audience at the network's New York studio. George Carlin was the first "guest host," and Billy Preston and Janis Ian were the musical performers.

VITAMINS: Could Be Harmful to Your Health - A new study of 38,000 women age 55 and older showed that when it came to reducing the risk of death, most supplements had no effect, but women who took certain vitamins -- vitamin B6, folic acid, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron and multivitamins had a slighter higher risk of death than those who didn't. Only those who took calcium showed a reduced risk of death.

A Chicago woman ran a marathon on Sunday and then gave birth to a healthy baby girl. 27-year-old Amber Miller said she signed up for the 26.2-mile race before she discovered she was pregnant and by the time the race rolled around, she got her doctor's OK to run half the race. Weighing in at seven-pound, and 13-ounces, baby June was born at 10:29 p.m., just hours after her mom and dad crossed the finish line.

SWAT TEAM RAIDS SET OF BRAD PITT MOVIE - Is Brad Pitt a terrorist? Probably not, but that didn't stop a Hungarian SWAT team from raiding the set of the star's upcoming zombie movie World War Z yesterday. Police seized a stash of guns, including AK-47s and sniper rifles, filled with live ammo. Authorities, who seized 85 weapons from a warehouse in Budapest, called the situation "a disaster waiting to happen."

Now that Tim McGraw has conquered music and movies, he'd like a shot at Broadway. He tells HollywoodLife.com that he's game to do a show, as long as it isn't a musical. He says, "I don't know if I want to sing. But I would love to do a drama. That would be fun." Tim's latest movie, Dirty Girl, opened last week in limited release.

Hank Williams Junior is striking a blow against Fox and Friends and ESPN for the firestorm surrounding the political comments he made on the Fox News show. He's released a new song, "Keep the Change," which blasts the two networks. One lyric says, "So Fox 'n Friends wanna put me down/ Ask for my opinion, twist it all around." Catch it soon on tabiandguru.com

HE CAN LEAP TALL TURDS IN A SINGLE BOUND!
If you want to catch a glimpse of Eastern Europe's newest superhero, don't look up in the sky, look down at the curb, where he's doing battle against the new villain in town -- piles of dog poo! Super Vaclav, who wears tights, a cape and a mask to protect his identity, goes after inconsiderate dog owners and flinging the excrement at them if they refuse to pick it up.

THE SLOW AND THE FURIOUS - An elderly London woman has had her driver's license suspended for a year after leading cops on an hour-long chase -- at a speed so slow one officer was able to catch up to her car while on foot. Caroline Turner's excellent adventure began when she went the wrong way leaving a traffic circle and began driving against traffic -- followed by three police cars.

We've heard of people stealing street signs, but a bridge? That's pretty much what one ambitious Pennsylvania thief did last week -- stealing a rural bridge piece by piece in an apparent attempt to sell it for scrap metal. The 50-foot long North Beaver Township bridge was made of corrugated steel and valued at about $100,000, according to authorities, who can't quite pinpoint the exact date it was swiped.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BUN - A Florida man nearly caused a major case of mistaken identity when he answered a police request for his ID by trying to hand them a taco. Matthew Falkner was passed out in the drive thru lane of a Taco Bell when officers approached his vehicle -- which was belching smoke because his foot was jammed on the accelerator as it revved in neutral.

Bookmark Star.me and visit it each day to receive a fun mission of the day. It might ask you to share a favorite joke or share a helpful piece of advice. Or it might even ask you to record yourself laughing.

Samsung said today that they are delaying the release of their latest smart-phone based on Google's Android operating system because the world is still occupied by paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The two companies are also engaged in a legal battle over technology trademarks and are set to meet in court this week in the U.S., the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

Tiger Woods played golf over the weekend at the Frys.com Open, but his performance was upstaged by a flying hot dog that was tossed at him by a fan, who was later arrested. The hot dog attack occurred on the seventh green at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California. The fan allegedly charged the green and tossed the dog in Tiger's direction. Although the hot dog made the green, the bun fell apart in mid-air.

Simpsons fans can breathe a sigh of relief. FOX has renewed the long-running show for two more seasons. Producers had threatening to cancel it unless the voice actors took a significant pay cut. Terms of the cast's new deal were not announced, but the Hollywood Reporter says the actors accepted a 30-percent pay cut in the $440,000 they'd received for each of 22 episodes per season.

A hearing will be held on November 29th to determine if Tim McGraw can record new music while his legal battle with Curb Records is pending. In May, Curb sued Tim for breach of contract, saying that he'd recorded music outside of a specific time frame for his Southern Voice album. Tim counter-sued, asking to be released from his contract with Curb.

Sugarland will perform a free concert at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on October 28th. The event, which is the final stop on their Incredible Machine Tour, marks their return to the city where that August 13th stage collapse killed seven people. People who held tickets to that show will have those tickets honored. For additional information, go to SugarlandMusic.com.

An employer's decision not to hire you may have had nothing to do with your interview or your qualifications, and everything to do with what he or she found on your Facebook or Twitter profile. According to Forbes magazine, 69 percent of employers admit to rejecting job candidates because of something they saw about them on a social network site. http://ping.fm/roD76

Police in New York City got a clear picture of the man who swiped a woman's Iphone on the street -- by an app on the Iphone. The app, called iGotYa, took a picture of the thief when he attempted to unlock the phone with a wrong password. The app automatically e-mailed the photo of the man to the 31-year-old victim.

A Louisiana man who stood outside a Baptist church wearing nothing but a woman's thong to win a bet probably didn't bet on being arrested. Apparently the thong did not do a very good job covering up 23-year-old Brandon Ames, who was charged with obscenity, disturbing the peace, and resisting an officer. Ames allegedly told officers he donned the thong to win a $300 bet.

An Ohio barber was shot in the rear end when a customer accidentally dropped a gun -- and it went off. Kurt Voelkel said as the customer was preparing to sit down, a 9 mm handgun fell from his holster. The gun discharged a round, which went through the chair and Voelkel's wallet before ending up lodged in his buttocks. The barber said he will not press charges.

Actual letterhead of celebrities and public figures from over the years is on display at Letterheady.com. The collection is oddly interesting and entertaining.

Taylor Swift will be making some appearances in between her concert dates to promote her new perfume, Wonderstruck. October 18th -Sephora -- Glendale, CA, October 19th - The Ellen Degeneres Show, October 28th - Belk- Franklin, TN

ESPN has officially separated from Hank Williams Junior after the country star received a ton of negative press for seemingly comparing President Obama to Hitler. A statement at ESPN Media Zone says, "We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Junior. We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games, and that will continue."

Jobs wowed audiences, and consumers, with one game-changing hit after another: iTunes (2003), the iPhone (2007), the App Store (2008), and the iPad (2010). He inspired godlike devotion among Apple "fanboys" (and scorn from PC fans) and his "one more thing" surprise announcements. He sold people on a product they didn't know they needed until he invented it and all this on an official annual salary of $1.

An Atlanta police officer had no trouble getting a guy who robbed a local convenience store -- because he was standing right behind the not-so-smooth criminal the entire time. Stephen Daniel approached the counter at the store and demanded the clerk hand over "all the money in the [bleepin'] register." Although the 20-year-old didn't display a weapon, the clerk decided to comply -- smiling broadly the entire time.

Fans of The Simpsons are familiar with scenes showing Lisa Simpson reading books. One blogger has tracked down every instance of Lisa reading and created a record of what books she's read. Check it out at LisaSimpsonBookClub.tumblr.com.

Sarah Palin has finally announced that she won't be running for president in 2012. Palin made the announcement one day after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie also announced that he won't enter the presidential fray, despite Republican leaders attempting to pull him into the race.

Occupy Wall Street gained more supporters and union backing yesterday, after the major labor unions gave their support to the group's anti-greed message. Christopher Shelton, vice president of the regional branch of the Commutations Workers of America said, "Every one of us is here because of corporate greed. It's time not to occupy Wall Street, but to take back Wall Street."

A day after Apple introduced their latest iPhone, Steve Jobs, the company's charismatic co-founder and visionary, died yesterday at age 56 of pancreatic cancer. Despite his early success at Apple that made him a multi-millionaire at 25, he was ousted from the company at age 30. Before rejoining Apple in 1997, he started Pixar Animation Studios and went on to produce several hit films, including Toy Story.

A Florida man should've used his one phone call to summon a taxi instead of trying to steal a car from a police station parking lot after being released on bail for criminal mischief. Donald Gartner was initially hauled in by cops responding to neighbors' complaints that he'd been banging on their doors and urinating in at least one front yard. When nabbed, he admitted to downing six beers and six oxycodone tablets.

A Minnesota man's plan to use three grand in fake money to buy a pound of pot went up in smoke when he mistakenly set up the transaction by calling an on-duty cop instead of a dealer. The officer was sitting in his cruiser when his cell phone rang, and the weed shopper asked if he could deliver the goods. He was persistent, so the uniformed cop agreed to meet him only to have the man and a sidekick make a run for it.

An Indiana man apparently couldn't wait to submit to a drunk driving test when cops pulled him over -- because he tossed a container of his urine at them as soon as they approached his car. Scott Grahg raised suspicions by driving erratically near the town of Muncie, and admitted that he was wasted.

THE SIMPSONS FACING CANCELLATION - FOX is asking the staff to take a 45-percent cut in salary, but when the voice talent countered with a 30-percent cut they were shot down. An insider tells The Daily Beast, "FOX is taking the position that unless they can cut the production costs really drastically, they'll pull the plug on new shows." The show is in its 23rd season.

Lindsay Lohan writes about how Marilyn Monroe influenced her in an essay she wrote for the new coffee table book Marilyn: Intimate Exposures. She writes, "People in their mind have created who I am and act as if there is no real person inside of me. Just like Marilyn, who created the blond sex goddess on camera. Marilyn never wanted to be a celebrity. Neither do I."

Sherri Shepherd took offense to Barbara Walters using the word while discussing the name of a hunting camp used by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. Whoopi Goldberg used the N-word first. Barbara repeated it, saying, "It's very hard for me to say... The fact that I just said it now gives me chills." But Sherri told her co-host, "I didn't like the way you said it. I don't know if it's a semantics thing"

Trace Adkins admits that he's not thrilled with some of the pop stars his daughters are fans of. He tells CMT, "I don't think the messages that they have in their songs are good for my little girls to be listening to. Of course, I don't let them listen to my music, either. But I don't make music for kids. I don't record music and then try to market it to children.

Cramped Conditions Causing Fish-On-Fish Violence - There are close to 200 million fish living in aquariums across the United States and, according to a new study, many of them are angry. So angry, in fact, that they are becoming homicidal.
Researchers have found that fish need their space and when they're in small tanks and fishbowls, they go berserk and attack their friends.

The newest rage amongst Japanese club-goers is Forehead Donut Saline Injections. They get the look by having medical grade saline pumped into their foreheads while pressing a finger into the middle of the saline bubble -- causing the donut effect. The process takes about two hours and only lasts for one night. The saline slowly absorbs into the body, leaving the forehead donut free.

A man in upstate New York apparently misunderstood the concept of the right to bear arms -- when he hatched an unsuccessful plot to kill his girlfriend by first shooting a bear, then dressing up in its skin to attack her.
Clyde Gardner believed that by wearing the bear's paws over his hands, he could avoid leaving fingerprints, then make tracks out of the area. He then he tried to offer to pay a pal to kill the woman.

An Indiana teenager saved local cops by walking into a police station wearing a set of handcuffs. Zachary Keilman showed up at the station in Lowell, IN and announced that he was pretty sure there was a warrant out for his arrest. He came to this conclusion because he'd just escaped from a deputy's car after being detained for underage drinking but He left his identification in the back seat of the police cruiser.

A Florida woman assaulted her son's girlfriend with a copy of the good book! The younger woman told deputies she had been arguing with her boyfriend's mother when the woman picked up a Bible and threw it at her, hitting her in the eye and opening up a good-sized gash. The alleged assailant insisting she accidentally hit the second gal in an effort to make her "get out of her face" with a camera phone.

The protests against Wall Street greed have gone nationwide with protest in front of the Federal Reserve banks and made their presence felt from Wall Street to Los Angeles in a demonstration of frustration and anger over corporate greed. On Wall Street, protesters dressed like zombies, holding handfuls of fake money. The protesters ranged from college students to veteran workers who are jobless.

TV pitchman Donald Lapre was found dead of an apparent suicide Sunday while in federal custody. Lapre, who was discovered in his Arizona jail cell, had been charged on 41 counts in a scheme that allegedly defrauded more than 220,000 victims of nearly $52 million. His trial was scheduled to begin today.

THEY URNED A NICE VACATION - Deb Green of Vancouver says that her dad, who died in 1994, and her mom, who passed away this past summer, always dreamed of seeing the world, but couldn't afford to. So she's embarked on a Craigslist campaign to fix that by asking travelers to take small vials of their ashes on trips and to sprinkle them along the way. So far at the base of the Eiffel Tower and a fountain in Las Vegas.

A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, $100 FOR YOUR SAUSAGE - Managers at a Pennsylvania Wal-Mart lost a court battle with a woman who sued them after being overcharged on a bill -- by two cents!
Mary Bach was awarded $100 in damages and $80 for her court costs after she took the retail giant to task for making her pay a dollar for a package of sausage, even though the price sticker clearly said 98 cents on two occasions.

An Indiana woman was arrested last week when cops spotted her driving erratically in her golf cart -- after she'd stopped to buy a bottle of whiskey and a scarecrow. Jacqueline Hamilton was weaving between lanes on a yellow brick road in Chesterton, Indiana, leading her fellow motorists to call police. When she was pulled over, officers said she smelled strongly of alcohol and admitted to having 10 drinks.

Simon Cowell isn't like the rest of us. As proof, he details a typical day in his life. Every morning begins with breakfast in bed. "I'll do 500 push-ups in a day religiously, and if I can I like to have a workout," "Then I have a steam and a bath." How does he wind down? "I'll have a massage and then I'll have four or five beers ice cold then I'll carry on until 4 or 5 in the morning and that kind of keeps me awake."