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Brussels Plans to Battle Offensive Language With Hefty Fines

Mike Adams — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:00:23 +0000

Brussels, Belgium, has unleashed a sonic street sweeper into the city, hoping to curb the verbal cesspool coming from the mouths of its citizens and, in turn, make the city a more habitable community for its residents.

According to a spokesperson for Brussels mayor Freddy Thieleman, any form of insult, be it racist or homophobic, offensive language or words used to sexually harass someone in public is now punishable with fines anywhere from $95 to $315.

Woman Takes Cops On High-Speed Chase After Her Accelerator Gets Jammed

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:52:42 +0000

This video turns to expression “pedal to the metal” into a literal translation. Only the person putting said pedal to said metal has no choice — it’s jammed. This almost-episode of ‘Cops’ went down in Kansas City, Mo. While cruising down Interstate 35, the accelerator pedal of this Kia Sorento got stuck to the floor, [...]

Drunk Man Arrested For Assault With a Burrito

Jay Perrone — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:00:32 +0000

Picture this scenario: you are in grade school, having lunch in the cafeteria, and all of a sudden someone yells out “food fight!” Before you know it, you are hurling freshly-scooped mashed potatoes at anything that moves in slow-motion, high-fiving friends and laughing at the absurdity of the situation. Oh, to be young! Ok, realistically [...]

Man Arrested for Killing Knuckle Children in Neighbor's Homes

Mike Adams — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:15:28 +0000

In a strange case of jerking and entering, an Oregon man was arrested earlier this week for allegedly breaking into people’s homes and wrestling the old bald headed champ while watching porn on their personal computers. Not only that, but apparently this twisted little monkey-spanking fiend wasn’t even considerate enough to clean up after himself [...]

Cops Nail Extreme Counterfeit Couponing Ring Worth $40 Million

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:49:55 +0000

Smuggling drugs can be pretty lucrative, but it’s also really dangerous. So a trio of women allegedly turned to contraband of the less obvious variety: counterfeit coupons. Lots and lots and lots of counterfeit coupons. After an eight-week undercover investigation, police raided three homes in the Phoenix area last week, arrested three middle-aged women and [...]

Woman Arrested For Falling Asleep 'Spread Eagle' On Front Porch

Ernio Hernandez — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:12:13 +0000

Few of us would mind if a woman — accidentally locked out onto her front porch naked — decided to take the opportunity to “get some sun” and happened to fall asleep in a “compromising” position. That is, until we learn that the narcoleptic tanning nude is a 56-year-old woman. Officers found Michelle Knutson of [...]

'Serial Hugger' Is Terrfiying Women in the St. Louis Area

Mike Adams — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:41:46 +0000

It appears as if a new brand of lunatic has emerged from the blistering heat of an excruciating Midwest summer. A serial hugger has been caught in Missouri, and now prosecutors cannot seem to decide whether they can actually charge him with a crime. That’s right — we said serial hugger, and to date at [...]

Tonee Walker, the 'Buxom Bandit,' Turns Her 'Accomplices' In

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:45:36 +0000

News of a busty burglar known as the ‘Buxom Bandit’ first broke July 2nd after a security camera caught the 22 year old blonde brandishing a knife and snatching money from the cashier with her bare hand, all while not wearing a mask. She recently turned herself into authorities, which means we now have a name to put to the funbags – Tonee Walker.

Wife Beats Cheating Husband With Ice Cream

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:43:34 +0000

What would you do if you walked into a drug store and found the person you are married to shopping with the person they are currently sleeping with? Well, it probably depends on what your philandering spouse has in their shopping basket.

In the case of Dawn Elaine Barran of Port St. Lucie, FL, she grabbed a carton of ice cream from her husband. Then, after loudly arguing with him about the whole “other woman” thing, she began beating him with the frozen dessert.

Man Pulls a Gun After Neighbor Farts Too Loud

Shauna Wright — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:37:00 +0000

Noisy neighbors are bad enough, but when one passes gas so loudly that you can hear it through your front door, what’s someone to do but whip out a gun and go all ‘Dirty Harry’ on the dude?

Serial Flasher Claims He's Trying to Overcome a Phobia

Shauna Wright — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:35:01 +0000

Lots of shrinks say that if you have a fear, the best way to get rid of it is to do exactly what it is you’re afraid of — Unless your fear is public nudity. Probably best not to use immersion therapy on that one.

Candy Thief Steals $600 Worth of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Don Deane — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:43:44 +0000

We love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as much as the next guy, but a robber in Ohio has taken his love of candy to a whole new thieving level by stealing between $400-$600 worth of Reese’s over the past few months. The “Peanut Butter Cup Bandit” has been targeting a Sunoco in the town of [...]