Police in Fairfield, Connecticut, had no trouble tracking down a bearded man who robbed a bar tip jar while dressed in a dark tank top and light colored capri pants and carrying a large purse. As usual, his surveillance tape was on YouTube before his mug shot was on the evening news.
Bill Murray jumped out of an airplane 13,500 feet over Chicago and landed safely attached to a member of the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team. Was he scared? Let’s just say that “Stripes” can now refer to one of Bill’s movies or one of his boxer shorts.
It’s official: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married over the weekend at an intimate ceremony in Beverly Hills. Actually, a lot of people were invited but most stayed away out of fear of getting stepped on or smacked in the face when Ellen danced the bridal dance.
The Hershey Company announced it is increasing prices on its products by an average of 11 percent. Company executives decided this was beter than reducing the size of Hershey Kisses to pecks.
After meeting with his security team, President said that some progress has been made in resolving the Georgia crisis. In fact, Bush was confident enough to predict that that, because of his efforts, Georgia should have no trouble beating Georgia Tech.
A local diamond hunter found a 4.42-carat stone at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Proving she’s still got it, the first call he received was a marriage proposal from Elizabeth Taylor.
Two Ogden, Utah, neighbors got into a fight after a minor league baseball game that ended with one them biting off a part of the other's ear. That’s what happens when you try to bring in fans with a Mike Tyson Bobble-Head Night.
Results from DNA tests on samples allegedly taken from a Bigfoot corpse found in Georgia showed that one sample was human and the other was 96 percent opossum. The men who have it in their freezer now claim it’s not Bigfoot but an ancient ancestor of Michael Phelps.
The U.S. military is paying scientists $4 million to study ways to read people's minds. They’d better work fast because the General Accounting Office is already asking generals, “What the heck were you thinking?”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled out of an environmental conference in Lake Tahoe to have his knee examined after injuring himself while exercising. Arnold may have other problems too because he said tio his training buddies, “I’ll be … oooh, my back!”
About 8,000 bagpipers from 17 countries gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for the World Pipe Band Championship competition. It’s held every year on the same weekend as the World Fingers In The Ears Championship.
Madonna turned 50 over the weekend and was recognized by the Guinness World Records people for selling more albums than any other female solo artist in history. At her birthday party, she also set a record for the fastest-ever complete and utter destruction of a cake with 50 candles.
Simon Cowell said in an interview that his $65 million-a-year paycheck allows him to spend nearly $9,400 on T-shirts. They actually cost him nothing because he sells the used ones for the same price to Ryan Seacrest.
Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC has filed for bankruptcy. Now you know what really happens when the chips are down.
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