Naked man seen at golf course – Looking for balls?

Bangor, Maine -  Bangor police were on the lookout for a man who was seen in the evening running around naked at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course. The man, who fled the golf course shortly before 7 p.m. in a red four-door sedan with Massachusetts plates, then was spotted on Vine Street, where he reportedly struck a sign before turning onto Third Street. He last was seen speeding away, Bangor police Sgt. Larry Weber said, citing a police report.  more 

Saudi Woman Spared Lash in Driving Conviction

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Apparently bowing to pressure from human rights activists, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a woman who was sentenced to flogging for driving a car.

The woman, who is now identified in numerous media reports as Shaima Jastaniah, was sentenced to 10 lashings on Monday after being found guilty of driving without permission in July...More

Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant Didn’t Work

Portland, Oregon – It turns out that the down-and-out in Portland like to eat free food and linger. For hours on end. While the point of the eatery is to help people out, the experiment was never intended as a homeless shelter. The business model depends on attracting customers who will pay retail for their meals, and some who will pay a little extra. There’s a difference between a restaurant with a diverse clientele and a day shelter with paintings of bread on the walls, and the restaurant began to resemble the latter. “We had to help them understand that this is a café of shared responsibility and not a handout,” Panera founder Ron Shaich said. “It can’t serve as a shelter and we can’t have community organizations sending everybody down.”  more  

Teacher lowers grade if student says “bless you” after someone sneezes

Fresno, California – A Northern California teacher says he doesn’t want to hear a common courtesy in his classroom. He’s even lowering students’ grades if they say “bless you” after someone sneezes. Steve Cuckovich says the practice is disrespectful and disruptive. He’s banned saying “bless you” in his high school health class in Vacaville. He even knocked 25 points from one student’s grade for saying the phrase in class. After parents complained about students losing points for saying “bless you”, Cuckovich says he decided to stop the practice. However, the teacher says he will just find another way to discipline students for saying “bless you” in class.  more 

Poor Chinese county used relief fund to build temple (Reuters)

Reuters - A poor county in southern China, prone to natural disasters, forced villages to hand over their irrigation subsidies to finance a multimillion-dollar temple to attract tourists, state media reported on Monday.---Poor Chinese county used relief fund to build temple (Reuters)

Woman finds profanity on Starbucks cup

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A New York woman said she was shocked to find a derogatory name written on the side of the cup she received from her usual Starbucks.Woman finds profanity on Starbucks cup

Pit bull saves old woman who fell into ditch

Carnegie, Pennsylvania – A Pennsylvania man said he is proud of his 2-year-old pit bull for saving the life of an elderly woman who fell into a ditch. Jimmie Belchick of Carnegie said Cobain, his American pit bull terrier, a breed often in the news for attacking people, found the woman crumpled against a grate at the bottom of a ditch about 1 p.m. and quickly ran to alert his master. “My dog put Lassie to shame. He came and alerted me when somebody needed help and what more can you ask for out of your dog,” Belchick said. ....More   

Detroit investigates Booty Lounge bus

DETROIT, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Detroit Police said Chief Ralph Godbee believes a mobile strip club dubbed the Booty Lounge is illegal and officers are investigating.---Detroit investigates Booty Lounge bus

Large monkey spotted wandering in Florida

ST. CLOUD, Fla., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a large monkey, estimated to be 4 feet tall when on all fours, has been spotted at...Large monkey spotted wandering in Florida

Lesbian actress kicked off flight for kissing her girlfriend

A lesbian actress who starred in “The L-Word” said she kissed a girl — and got escorted off of a Southwest Airlines flight for doing it. Leisha Hailey took to Twitter to call for a boycott of the carrier after a flight attendant told them other passengers had complained after witnessing the affection. Her first tweet said: “I have been discriminated against.” She later added, “Since when is showing affection to someone you love illegal?” Southwest Airlines Co. responded on its website that Hailey was approached “based solely on behavior and not gender.” The airline’s four-sentence response said passengers were characterizing the behavior as excessive.  ....More 

Cemetery Worker Stole Guitar From Casket

Wisconsin – A Wisconsin cemetery worker allegedly removed a valuable Fender guitar from the casket of a 67-year-old Army veteran who died and had told family members that he wanted to be buried with the instrument, which was his pride and joy. Steven Conard, a 39-year-old grounds worker at the Allouez Catholic Cemetery, was arrested and charged with felony theft from person or corpse. Conard, who plays in a band, reportedly confessed to stealing the Fender Telecaster when confronted at his Green Bay home by Brown County Sheriff’s Department deputies.  more 

Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner Engaged

the 51-year old soap opera star finally popped the question to the woman who counts Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora as her ex-husbands. Locklear has a 13-year old daughter, Ava Elizabeth, with the latter....More

Playful pigs elude animal officers

ANNE ARUNDEL, Md., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- An administrator at Anne Arundel, Md., Animal Control said the agency was up against mission impossible: capturing two small potbelly pigs in an office park.--Playful pigs elude animal officers

'Book Of CIA Humor' Declassifies Top-Secret Jokes

Two spies walk into a bar. One spy says to the other, "I'm sorry, you're not clear to read the punchline." CIA veteran Ed Mickolus tells host Scott Simon more top-secret jokes from his new book, The Secret Book of CIA Humor...More

Matchmaker makes guinea pig matches

HADLIKON, Switzerland, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A woman in Hadlikon, Switzerland, says she rents guinea pigs to help pet owners comply with a Swiss law...Matchmaker makes guinea pig matches

Justin Bieber -- I Really Am ... King of the World

Justin Bieber will almost certainly get lucky tonight ... because TMZ has learned he just surprised girlfriend Selena Gomez with the most romantic surprise ever.

He's corralled the entire Staples Center in L.A. for a screening of the movie "Titanic" ... just for the two of them.

Sources connected to the Biebs tell us .. Justin hatched the idea after seeing the movie "Mr. Deeds" -- where Adam Sandler surprises Winona Ryder with a date at Madison Square Garden.

Here's how it went down tonight ... Justin took Selena to the Demi Lovato concert at neighboring Nokia Theater. He then said, "Come with me" -- and took her underground to Staples Center to watch the biggest shipwreck of all time....More

And if you don't hate him enough already -- Justin didn't have to pay a penny for Staples. We're told since he sold out the venue three times, and it was empty tonight ... they gave him the entire arena for free.

Man calls police to tell them to stop chasing him

Utah – A Park City man accused of leading police on a 30-mile chase called dispatchers during the pursuit to tell them that deputies needed to leave him alone. The man, 20, was driving east on U.S. Highway 40 near Strawberry Reservoir when a deputy tried to stop him for going 15 miles over the speed limit. The driver did not stop and the deputy told dispatchers he was pursuing a fleeing driver. A short time later, a dispatcher notified the deputy that the driver had called in and said that he was not going to stop and that I needed to leave him alone.  more

Cold case detectives arrest Ronald McDonald after 33 years

Reno, Nevada – Cold case detectives from the King County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect in a 33-year old murder case. Ronald Wayne MacDonald, 50, was arrested in Reno, Nevada and was charged with a 1978 homicide. Prosecutors asked for a bail of $2 million. The body of Arlene Roberts, an 80 year-old widow, was found in her small trailer in the Lakeshore Manor Mobile Home Park, 11448 Rainier Ave South on October 28, 1978. She lived alone, and had not been seen in several days so neighbors went to check on her. Evidence collected at the time included latent fingerprints from the crime scene Detectives realized that advances in AFIS technology now allowed prints to be entered into the system that previously may have not met the criteria for quality or detail.  more  

Fla. couple gets some stinky roommates skunks

PALM BAY, Fla. -- A Florida couple returned from a monthlong vacation to find they had some new - and stinky - roommates.Stephanie and Bill Palieri told the Florida Today newspaper ---Fla. couple gets some stinky roommates _ skunks

Baseball mascot's head stolen

AVON LAKE, Ohio, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The Lake Erie Crushers, an Ohio Frontier League baseball team, said someone stole the head of their mascot, Stomper the bear, from a storage closet.--Baseball mascot's head stolen

Man sues Starbucks over restroom camera (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. man is suing Starbucks Coffee Co after his 5-year-old daughter allegedly found a video camera pointed at the toilet in a bathroom in one of their cafes.---Man sues Starbucks over restroom camera (Reuters)

Man confuses police station with casino, lands in detox

Lincoln, Nebraska – An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips. The 21-year-old man approached the University of Nebraska-Lincoln police station front desk after a college football game. He left after a staffer told him it was a police station but returned a few minutes later. That’s when an officer administered a blood alcohol test, which registered at .273 percent – more than triple the state’s legal driving limit.  Full 

Mel Gibson Accused of Pastry Meltdown!

Mel Gibson allegedly tried to run over a man outside a Costa Rican bakery ... but at least one eyewitness tells TMZ the man's a liar....More

Local school board ends ban on Slaughterhouse Five (Reuters)

Reuters - A school board in southwest Missouri on Monday restored two books it had banned from public schools for being contrary to teachings in the Bible.---Local school board ends ban on Slaughterhouse Five (Reuters)

Teen accused of taking $17,000 in donations for cancer hoax (Reuters)

Reuters - A Texas teenager faces theft charges after police said she duped her community into giving her $17,000 because they erroneously believed she was dying of cancer.Teen accused of taking $17,000 in donations for cancer hoax (Reuters)

Water Scarcity in Kashmir Affects Womens Education, Health

BARAMULLA, KASHMIR, INDIA - Shamshada Bano, a young woman from Sopore, a town in Kashmir's Baramulla district, says the day starts early for women here as they set out to fetch water for their familie----More

Rock band KISS to mingle with Archie

MOMARONECK, N.Y., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. publisher Archie Comics says a new series starring its wholesome fictional American teen Archie will feature the real and risque rock band KISS.----Rock band KISS to mingle with Archie

Hero rabbit saves owners from house fire (Reuters)

The rabbit woke up the homeowner by scratching on her chest, the Ketchikan Fire Department said in a statement. The homeowner realized that the house was full of smoke, woke up her daughter and fled the house. The fire was brought under control fairly quickly, with four engines, a ladder truck and 33 firefighters responding. While there were no injuries to the mother or daughter, the rabbit was not so lucky. The animal succumbed to smoke inhalation and did not survive, the fire department said.  ..More

PETA to launch porn site in name of animal rights (Reuters)

Reuters - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, no stranger to attention-grabbing campaigns featuring nude women, plans to launch a pornography website in the name of animal rights.---More

Stupid News-Suspected meth lab was brewing beer

Stupid News-Colorado Springs, Colorado - Police in Colorado said an apartment building was evacuated when a manager confused a home beer-brewing operation with a meth lab. Colorado Springs police said the apartment building was evacuated and a Hazardous Materials team was brought in after the manager conducted a routine inspection and discovered a pair of 5-gallon buckets giving off an odor he suspected to be involved with the production of meth. Residents were allowed back into the building after about 45 minutes when the buckets were found to contain home-brewed beer.  More

Hunters nab 11-foot, 520-pound gator

COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A group of South Carolina alligator hunters said they bagged an 11-foot, 520-pound gator on the opening weekend of the monthlong hunting season.---Hunters nab 11-foot, 520-pound gator

Weird News-Japan’s hotel for the dead

Japan - Across from a noodle shop in a Yokohama suburb, Hisayoshi Teramura’s inn looks much like any other small lodging that dots the port city. Occasionally, it’s even mistaken for a love hotel by couples. But Mr. Teramura’s place is neither a love nest nor a pit stop for tired travellers. The white-and-grey tiled building is a corpse hotel, its 18 deceased guests tucked up in refrigerated coffins. “We tell them we only have cold rooms,” Mr. Teramura quips when asked how his staff respond to unwary lovers looking for a room. The daily rate at Lastel 12,000 yen ($154.33). For that fee, bereaved families can check in their dead while they wait their turn in the queue for one of the city’s overworked crematoriums.  More

Officials sticking with Stoner Avenue

Bemidji, Minnesota - Officials in a Minnesota town have shelved plans to change the name of Stoner Avenue, despite having about 15 of the street’s signs stolen each year. The Bemidji City Council put plans to change the name of the street on hold after residents complained it would force them to update their driver’s licenses and other documents, including bank records. Council members said they will instead seek options for making the signs less prone to theft. City officials said about 10 of the signs currently need to be replaced. Theft of the signs has cost the city about $20,000 during the past decade. More

Ordinance would cover naked bottoms (Reuters)

Reuters - In the San Francisco Bay area where tolerance is king, it is a rare politician willing to clamp down on citizens who let it all hang out.----Ordinance would cover naked bottoms (Reuters)

Aruba Murder Suspect Hires Casey Anthony's Lawyer

Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez must love a challenge -- because he's been retained to help defend the main suspect in a Maryland woman's disappearance in Aruba.

Gary Giordano remains in jail on the Caribbean island ... held as the principal suspect behind the mystery of Robyn Gardner. Giordano has claimed Gardner got swept out to sea when the two went snorkeling on August 2 -- she hasn't been seen since.
Aruba Murder Suspect Hires Casey Anthony's Lawyer

Woman stripped, men sitting next to her go to restroom

Detroit, Michigan - A U.S. woman said that she endured nearly four hours in police custody that included being forced off an airplane in handcuffs, strip-searched and interrogated at Detroit’s airport on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks - all, she believes, because of her Middle Eastern appearance. Shoshana Hebshi, 35, told The Associated Press she was one of three people removed from a Denver-to-Detroit Frontier Airlines flight after landing. Authorities say fighter jets escorted the plane after its crew reported that two people were spending a long time in a bathroom - the two men sitting next to Hebshi in the 12th row. Hebshi said she didn’t notice how many times the men went to the bathroom. “I wasn’t keeping track,” she said.  More

Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/13/super-earth-1-50-newfound-alien-planets-could-potentially-support-life/#ixzz1Xq3eMbwm

More than 50 new alien planets — including one so-called super-Earth that could potentially support life — have been discovered by an exoplanet-hunting telescope from the European Southern Observatory (ESO)....Read more: 

Pres. Bush, Obama Observe Moment of Silence at 9/11 Memorial

Former President George W. Bush, with his wife Laura, and President Barack Obama, with his wife Michelle, observed a moment of silence at the north pool at the National September 11 Memorial for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks at World Trade Center.

Flight Diverted, Passenger Uses Restroom Twice

 Nashville, Tennessee - A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Baltimore was diverted to Nashville after a passenger displayed suspicious behavior. Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz said Flight 1307, was diverted because the crew witnessed suspicious behavior specifically with regard to one passenger on board. Assistant FBI Special Agent Keith Moses said the passenger had used the restroom on two occasions, once at pre-takeoff as the flight was delayed on the ground and a second time in flight. His behavior prompted a search of the restroom and a suspicious item was found. The suspicious passenger was detained, interviewed by authorities, and cleared for flight.  More

Red lingerie to lure Hungarians online for census (Reuters)

Reuters - Hungary has produced a provocative video advertisement to encourage more people to fill out its national census online next month.---Red lingerie to lure Hungarians online for census (Reuters)

School bus stop moved from strip club

ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A South Carolina school district announced it is moving a bus stop after parents complained about its location directly behind a strip club.---School bus stop moved from strip club

Coffee servers cited for nudity

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Police in California said three women were issued public nudity citations for allegedly serving customers in a Vietnamese coffee shop while topless.----Coffee servers cited for nudity

Daycare owner is accused of doping kids’ milk

Van Alstyne, Texas - A North Texas daycare owner is accused of doping kids’ milk in order to make them sleepy. According to police, on several occasions Kimberly Lane, owner of the Luv-n-Learning Daycare in Van Alstyne, mixed over the counter antihistamines in a jug of milk and gave it to children in her care to make them fall asleep. The children possibly drugged range in age from 20 months to four-years-old. Luv-n-Learning Daycare was licensed through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Daycare Division, which allowed the facility to care for toddler and pre-kindergarten age children. Kimberly Lane faces a maximum of two years in jail and fines up to $10,000 for each count.  More

Leo DiCaprio -- Jewelry Clerk Panics ... Please Don't Rob Me!

Leo DiCaprio -- Jewelry Clerk Panics ... Please Don't Rob Me!An Australian jeweler feared she was about to be robbed by a shady American ... who goes by the name Leo DiCaprio.

A clerk named Linda -- who works at The Family Jewels shop in Sydney -- panicked when she saw two burly men walk into her store and then stood guard at the door. Suddenly, a man whose face was concealed by a hoodie, cap and dark sunglasses entered the store. Linda sensed she was about to get robbed, so she sent a customer next door to summon the owner of The Family Jewels.

Alas ... by the time the owner arrived, Linda realized it was not a robber, but a "Titanic" star who was more than able to plunk down $1600 for a Nepalese antique necklace set with lapis lazuli and coral.

Lee picture auctioned for $23K by Goodwill

MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Goodwill officials said a tintype photograph of Robert E. Lee donated to a Tennessee store sold for $23,001...Lee picture auctioned for $23K by Goodwill

Students find body of a burglar in their apartment

Columbus, Ohio - Police say some Ohio State University seniors found the body of a suspected burglar and a lot of blood when they returned to their off-campus apartment from a weekend away. Columbus police Sgt. Steven Little believes the man broke a window to enter the apartment and severed an artery on his arm in the process. Little says the apparent intruder “sat down on the floor and bled to death.”More  

Pawn Stars' Chumlee Drops $11,500 at Club -- LET'S POP CRISTAL!!

Pawn Stars" badass Austin "Chumlee" Russell made one hell of a birthday negotiation at a nightclub this weekend -- You give me 40 bottles of Cristal ... I'll give you $11 THOUSAND DOLLARS!!

Chumlee rolled into Push nightclub in Tunica, Mississippi on Saturday night -- and decided he wanted to treat the entire place to some fancy champagne ... so he did.

Chum -- who was hanging with "Pawn Stars" bodyguard Antoine -- racked up a total bill of $9,558 ... and then dropped a $2,000 tip ... for a grand total of $11,558.

Wonder what the Old Man would say ...More

Burglar Returns Pickup Truck With Apology Note

Pennsylvania - Police in York County are investigating two home burglaries, a pickup truck theft and an attempted burglary where the homeowner fired at the burglar. Investigators said they think the crimes are related and were committed by the same person. Two homes were burglarized. Tools and credit cards were taken, police said. A pickup truck was also taken from the Old Hanover Road home. The burglar returned the truck, leaving a note in Spanish apologizing for the theft, police said.  More

Man found dead in bathtub with meteorologist

Maumelle, Arkansas - Authorities say a man was found dead in a bathtub with a chain around his neck in central Arkansas. Maumelle police were summoned to the home, where they found 24-year-old Dexter Williams of Mountain Pine dead. The homeowner told police he found Williams in the tub with meteorologist Brett Cummins of Little Rock television station KARK. He says Cummins was asleep and promptly vomited after he awoke and saw that Williams was dead.  More 

 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Phil Ray Gage, 40, was arrested on a complaint of disturbing the peace after a neighbor called police to report him for mowing a lawn. But Gage said he’s been mowing in the early morning hours for 10 years, and nobody has complained before. He said when he was arrested he was in the process of finishing up mowing his neighbor’s yard. “When the officer came up to me she asked me if I knew it was illegal to mow at that time of day,” Gage said. “I thought she was cracking a joke. Then she told me to get up against the car, and she put cuffs on me.” Gage said he would have stopped mowing in the early morning hours if someone had asked him to. “I just wished he would have talked to me about it before he called the police.”  More 

Officials seek origins of roadside panties

LANCASTER, Ohio, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Officials in an Ohio township said they are trying to determine the origins of about 3,000 pairs of panties...Officials seek origins of roadside panties