Weird: Perhaps the best scam ever

Australia - It is amazing what kind kind of brilliant scams people thing of.
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam. A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Beauty

Big Lie: Author of Best-Selling Holocaust Book Admits Survival Story Not True

BOSTON — Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true.
She didn't live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She didn't trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deported parents, nor kill a German soldier in self-defense. She's not even Jewish. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Body Candy

Hero: Girl, 12, Declared Hero for Saving Siblings in House Fire

Illinois - A 12-year-old Illinois girl was honored Friday with her own day for her heroism during a recent house fire, MyFOXStLouis.com reports.
East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks Jr. presented the girl, Derrionna Adams, with a plaque and declared it Derrionna Adams Day in the city at an assembly for Adams held at her school, according to MyFOXStLouis.com. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hunting Knives

Dumb Crook: Git-N-Go robber sheds jacket with W-2 personal info

Iowa - A man who stole $115 from a Git-N-Go just after midnight left the store after shedding his hat and jacket. Police officers found a W-2 form in one of the pockets, which provided the suspect’s personal information, according to the police report. When officers checked the name on the W-2, results showed that the 25-year-old man has a suspended driver’s license and is currently on probation for theft charges. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Great American Products

What a nightmare: Americans get too little sleep - Yawn

WASHINGTON - With late-night TV watching, Internet surfing and other distractions, Americans are getting less and less sleep, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
And all this sleeplessness can be a nightmare for your mental and physical health, CDC experts cautioned, calling sleep loss an under-recognized public health problem. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hallmark

US Currency: 29 N.J. Students Punished After Using Pennies To Pay For Lunch

READINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing.
Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff said it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fog Dog Sports

Mean: Nurse's Aide Accused of Abusing, Urinating On Patients - Faces 15 years in prison

MUSKEGON, Michigan — A Michigan nurse's aide abused an elderly couple by urinating in the woman's hair and pouring liquid soap on her husband's head, according prosecutors.
Timothy Andrew Carl, 26, was charged in an arrest warrant with two felony counts of vulnerable victim abuse, Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague said Wednesday. If convicted, Carl faces up to 15 years in prison.
The alleged abuse happened Friday at the couple's Muskegon Township home, Tague said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - eBooks

Melissa Moss: Teacher Charged With E-Mailing Topless Photos To Student

Missouri: She's being called the topless teacher.
A 27 year old Chesterfield woman who taught at a newly opened, private St. Charles County high school is facing a criminal charge for allegedly e-mailing topless pictures of herself to one of her students!
The former teacher, Melissa Moss, was fired from her job as an English teacher. Moss e-mailed two pictures of herself nude from the waist up to a 15 year old boy in her class. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Electronic Appraiser

Come Home: Britain to pull Prince Harry from Afghanistan

London - Britain's defense chief decided Friday to immediately pull Prince Harry out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment was leaked on the U.S. website the Drudge Report.
Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup, chief of the Defense Staff, said he decided to withdraw the prince after senior commanders assessed the risks, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, has been serving on the front line with an army unit in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province since mid-December. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Buckle

Poison: Ricin, made from castor beans, possibly found at Las Vegas motel - 7 people in hospital

LAS VEGAS — The FBI says a package containing a toxic substance found at a Las Vegas motel does not appear to be a targeted attack.
Authorities say preliminary tests indicate the package found at the Extended Stay America Motel Thursday contained the toxin ricin. Seven people, three motel employees, three police officers and another person were taken to hospitals. All were reported in good condition.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington says the event does not appear to be terrorism related. He says the FBI is assisting local police in the investigation. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Bargain Cell

Detroit City Council Committee to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick - It's Time to Resign

DETROIT, Michigan — A City Council committee passed a resolution on Thursday accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of using his office for personal gain and calling on him to resign or risk being forced from office.
The resolution, which is expected to go before the entire City Council for a vote on Tuesday, accuses Kilpatrick of lying under oath when he denied during a whistle-blower lawsuit that he was involved in a romantic relationship with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty. Full Story- Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Pinatas

Michael Jackson late on payments on home used by his family

LOS ANGELES - Public documents show Michael Jackson has repeatedly failed to make mortgage payments on a Los Angeles home that has been used for years by his family.
Documents filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office indicate the reclusive pop star was most recently in default last month on the property in Encino, an area in the San Fernando Valley. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Problem Solvers

Boy George denies imprisoning charges

LONDON - Boy George has denied imprisoning a 28-year-old Norwegian man at his London home last year. The former Culture Club singer pleaded not guilty to the charge of false imprisonment during a court hearing in London on Thursday.
Audun Carlsen claims Boy George handcuffed him to a wall after he went to the singer's apartment as a photo model. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Michigan Bulb

Police review alleged Britney Spears drugging

LOS ANGELES, California - Los Angeles police say they are looking into allegations that someone drugged Britney Spears but have not decided whether to open a formal investigation. Police Capt. Kyle Jackon said in a statement Wednesday that the allegations "are being considered" by the Robbery-Homicide unit to determine if laws have been violated. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hotwire

Hero: Lucky Soldier Wins $1 Million - Sergeant Plans to Return to Iraq for a 3rd Tour

After completing two tours in Iraq, Sgt. Wayne Leyde won $1 million from a scratch-and-win lotto ticket on Tuesday. Now that he's won, Leyde, a 26-year-old member of the Washington National Guard, says he's still going to volunteer to go back to Iraq for a third tour and won't spend any of the money in the meantime. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Health Center for Better Living

Teyon and Keyon: Twin Porn Actors Charged in Burglary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A majority of the Daily News’s grizzled, Rizzo-revering readership probably choked on their scrapple this morning after the paper’s front page featured a pair of shirtless young black men — twin gay-porn stars, no less — following the duo’s arrest yesterday on a string of burglary charges. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Film Movement

Religious Police: Professor Faces 180 Lashes for Having Coffee With Student

Mecca - A university professor allegedly caught in a Saudi-style honey trap has been sentenced to 180 lashes and eight months in jail — for having coffee with a girl.
The man, a prominent and well-respected Saudi teacher of psychology at Umm al-Qra University in the holy city of Mecca, was framed by the religious police after he angered some of their members at a training course, his lawyer said.
The academic has not been named by the local media, which have given his case wide coverage, but one senior Saudi journalist told The Times he was Dr. Abu Ruzaiz, a married man in his late 50s with children. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fingerhut

What Can Brown Do For You: Man Arrested in Sale of 213 Pounds of Marijuana Shipped to Him via UPS

Minnesota - The Ramsey County Attorney's Office charged a 27-year-old Inver Grove Heights man with First-Degree Sale/Possession of Marijuana Thursday after finding 213 pounds had been shipped to the man from California. Doanzell Gieddarr Johnson was arressted after Los Angeles Police notified local authorities that three individuals had been arrested for shipping Marijuana via UPS. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Easy Comforts

Natural Born Citizen: McCain Says Citizenship a Dead Issue - Born in Panama Canal Zone

RICHARDSON, Texas — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday the question of whether he can run for president, despite being born in the Panama Canal Zone, was put to rest 44 years ago in Barry Goldwater's run for the White House.
McCain added that he doesn't know why his campaign sought legal analysis of whether his birth outside the continental United States might disqualify him from the presidency.
The Constitution says only a "natural-born citizen" may serve as president. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Free College Scholarships

Running: Presidential candidate Ralph Nader selects Matt Gonzalez to be his running mate

USA - Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has selected Matt Gonzalez, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, to be his running mate.
At the presentation Nader said, that he wanted " someone who shares my sense of justice and opposition to corporate state control over our society."
"I have no illusions about what's happening here today," 47 year old Gonzalez stated. "But let me also say that I've never entered a political contest with the idea that it couldn't be won." Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - McAfee

Fooling Old People: A robotic dog could be a good companion for your dog-loving grandmother who can’t care for a living pet

ST. LOUIS - A sophisticated robotic dog could be a good companion for your dog-loving grandmother who can’t care for a living pet, a new Saint Louis University study suggests. The researchers compared how residents of three nursing homes interacted with Sparky, a living, medium-sized gentle mutt, and Aibo, a doggie robot once manufactured by Sony that looks like a three-dimensional cartoon. “The most surprising thing is they worked almost equally well in terms of alleviating loneliness and causing residents to form attachments,” says William A. Banks, M.D., professor of geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Luggage Online

Fowl Language: Feathers fly over language on billboard for chicken sandwich

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania - A convenience store chain's billboard advertising its fried chicken sandwich is ruffling the feathers of some residents.
Sheetz Inc. unveiled the "Crispy Frickin' Chicken" billboards at the beginning of February.
The campaign consists of 100 billboards placed locations that carry the sandwich, spokeswoman Monica Jones said Thursday. The campaign is aimed at young adults, and the company did not intend to offend anyone, Jones said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Nutri System

Miracle Survivor: Impaled Elevator Worker Recovering - Rebar went in the man's chest down his body and into his leg

DENVER, Colorado - A 31-year-old elevator worker is recovering after a piece of rebar fell about 200 feet and impaled him at a construction site.
The man was working in the elevator shaft at One Lincoln Park, a new condo building going in at 20th and Welton in downtown Denver.
Firefighters say he must have looked up just as the piece of metal was coming down. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - NFL Shop

Nutty: Ex-Grocery Clerk Admits to Internet Hoax Threatening 7 NFL Stadiums

NEWARK, N.J. — A former Wisconsin grocery clerk pleaded guilty Thursday to making bogus Internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against seven NFL stadiums in 2006.
Jake J. Brahm admitted he posted false information that so-called dirty bombs would be detonated at stadiums having games on Oct. 22, 2006. Brahm had said the stadiums were in Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland, Cleveland and New York City. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Lumber Liquidators

Zombie debt: They're coming for you - And there's no escape

USA - When I heard the term zombie debt, I had to grab the post. My zombie story, "Five Places You Must Visit After You Die" is included in the new anthology, "Book of Dead Things."
But those aren't the zombies in question. Zombie debts are those old, unpaid debts owed companies that have given up trying to collect. Now, however, they are selling those debts to debt collectors, who miraculously bring them back to life and resume the pursuit. Of you. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Smart Bargains

Georgia Man Kills Motorcyclist Who Was Following Teen Daughters

Bogart, Georgia — A man is facing a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed a motorcyclist who followed his daughters home from a department store.
Richard Harold Gear, 45, claimed he was acting in self-defense when he shot Bryan Joseph Mough around 6:45 p.m. Monday as Mough drove his motorcycle past Gear's house, Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said.
The daughters, ages 17 and 19, had called their father on a cell phone to tell him they were being followed, Berry said. As they arrived home, Gear was waiting at the end of his driveway with a pistol, Berry said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Pet Street Mall

Leap Year: How the World Makes Up for Lost Time

Friday, February 29, marks leap day, a day that's added to the month of February almost every four years—that is, every leap year—to keep the modern calendar in line with the celestial cycles that frame it.
But where did leap year come from? How does it work? And have other cultures, with their own systems for tracking time, needed to use it, too?
The short answer is: Yes. Think of leap year as the little trick the world uses to make up for lost time. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Small Flower

Coptic Christians: Exchange student almost starves to death in Egypt

HALLOWELL, Maine - Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
But when he returned home to Maine just four months later, the 5-foot-9 teenager weighed a mere 97 pounds and was so weak that he struggled to carry his baggage or climb a flight of stairs. Doctors said he was at risk of a heart attack.
McCullum says he was denied sufficient food while staying with a family of Coptic Christians, who fast for more than 200 days a year, a regimen unmatched by other Christians. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Musicnotes

Bird Boy: A boy can only communicate by 'chirping' - After living his life in a virtual aviary

Russia - According to reports from Russia, the 7-year-old 'bird boy' has spent his life in a flat filled with bird cages with a mum who treated him like one of her pets.
Pravda said the boy's 31-year-old mum did not talk him and treated him like a bird, forcing him to learn avian language.
Social worker Galina Volskaya said shocked authorities discovered the boy in a two-bedroom apartment with bird mess littering the floor. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hawaiian Airlines

Shocking: 1 In Every 99 Americans Now Behind Bars

USA - For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population. The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008 -- one out of every 99.1 adults, and more than any other country in the world. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Economy Travel

Weird: Spanking May Lead to Sexual Problems Later in Life

University of Michigan - Children who are spanked or given some form of physical punishment by their parents may be more likely to have sexual problems as adults, a new study finds.
An analysis of four studies by Murray Straus, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire-Durham, found that children who suffer physical punishment in the form of spanking, hitting or slapping are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior as adults, it is reported by USA Today. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Avenue

Strange: I Lived like a Freegan Once

USA - The people in this movement have nicknamed themselves 'freegans'. Their lifestyle is a reaction against consumerism and capitalism in America. Instead of focusing on building up wealth and adding materials to their life, they avoid these possessions. In order to do this, they spend very little money on essential items like food and even less on non essential things. Lisa reports that one of the ways that they do this is by scrounging through other people's garbage to find what they need. I am not a freegan, but this whole lifestyle reminds me of a time when I was a part of a similar society. The group that I was involved with: college students. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Buyer Zone

Weird: Texas Waitress Gets Horse as a Tip

Texas - "All this started about a week and a half ago when I was waiting tables," Carrol said. "There were two men drinking coffee and I had to ask them to move to make way for a larger group. One of the men just asked me if I wanted a horse. I said, 'sure.' Two days later he came back with the trainer's phone number and Mailman was mine."
Carrol was told that Mailman Express, just 5 years old, is a racehorse has-been. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Beatport

Congress Asks Justice Department to Investigate Whether Roger Clemens Lied About Steroid Use

WASHINGTON, DC — Congress asked the Justice Department Wednesday to investigate whether Roger Clemens lied under oath to a House committee reviewing steroid use in baseball.
The chairman and ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting a perjury probe into Clemens' sworn depositions. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - DISH Network Satellite TV

Bobby Cutts Jr. Sentenced to 57 Years After Jury Votes to Spare His Life

A former Ohio police officer was sentenced to at least 57 years in prison today for killing his pregnant lover and her unborn child, after a jury voted to spare his life.
Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 57 years. He had faced a possible death sentence for murdering Jessie Davis and her unborn child, who was to be named Chloe. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Catherines Plus Sizes

Plane Spotter Matt Cawby: Pilot Buzzing Airport

HONG KONG — A Cathay Pacific Airways pilot was fired after he swooped down and buzzed a Seattle-area airfield without permission while taking delivery of a Boeing 777-300ER passenger jet, the airline said Wednesday.
The Hong Kong carrier — which would not identify the pilot — said it was still investigating the Jan. 30 fly-by event at Paine Field, 30 miles north of downtown Seattle and home to a Boeing plant. Images of the stunt were posted on YouTube and the Web site of a Seattle-area plane spotter, Matt Cawby. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Netflix

Scary: High School Girl Lights Teacher's Hair On Fire - Student Arrested, Expelled

MILFORD, Connecticut - Milford officials have expelled a Jonathan Law High School student accused of lighting her science teacher's hair on fire during class. Police say the girl was arrested after she ignited the ponytail of George Lardas with a lighter. A police spokesman says Lardas did not require medical attention, but his hair was singed. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Orange Glo

Conservative Writer, Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82

NEW YORK, New York — Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has died at age 82.
His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Office Furniture

Another Freedom Gone: Pet Sterilization Becomes Law in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, California - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday signed one of the nation's toughest laws on pet sterilization, requiring most dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by the time they are 4 months old.
The ordinance is aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating the thousands of euthanizations conducted in Los Angeles' animal shelters every year.
"We will, sooner rather than later, become a no-kill city and this is the greatest step in that direction," Councilman Tony Cardenas said as he held a kitten at a City Hall news conference. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - New Health

3rd-Grade Students Searched for Missing $5 - Innocent

HOPKINSVILLE, Kentucky - A class of third-grade students at a western Kentucky elementary school was searched by a group of teachers after an envelope containing $5 disappeared, a school official said.
The students at Martin Luther King Elementary in Hopkinsville were asked to remove their shoes and socks during the search.
Some parents were angered by the Feb. 15 incident, which did not turn up the missing money.
"The way they treat our students is ridiculous," said Zlatko Skuljan, the father of a 9-year-old girl in the class. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Just My Size

Pamela Anderson Seeks Annulment from Porn Star Hubby Rick Salomon

Rick Salomon and Pamela Anderson's marriage has been on the rocks since the moment they said their "I do's" in October of last year.
Less than 10 weeks after their wedded bliss, Anderson filed for divorce from her porn star husband, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. On December 17 of 2007, three days after she reportedly filed for divorce, reports surfaced that the former Baywatch star and her One Night in Paris husband were working things out. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Frederick's of Hollywood

Steelers Announcer Myron Cope Dies - 35 seasons in the broadcast booth

PITTSBURGH — Myron Cope, the screechy-voiced announcer whose colorful catch phrases and twirling Terrible Towel became symbols of the Pittsburgh Steelers during an unrivaled 35 seasons in the broadcast booth, has died. He was 79.
Cope died Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Mount Lebanon, a Pittsburgh suburb, Joe Gordon, a former Steelers executive and a longtime friend of Cope's, told The Associated Press. Cope had been treated for respiratory problems and heart failure in recent months, Gordon said.
Cope's tenure from 1970-2004 as the color analyst on the Steelers' radio network is the longest in NFL history for a broadcaster with a single team and led to his induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2005. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Dog Toys

Robert Schimmel: Comedy’s best medicine - Diagnosed with cancer

USA - Veteran comedian Robert Schimmel knows a lot about loss. But it’s because of that, he now knows exactly how to live. In his new memoir, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day, the cringe-worthy comic (one of Comedy Central’s Top 100 stand-ups of all time), lets us tag along on a very personal, painful and yes, hilarious journey.
As one of the most respected working stand-up comedians of our time, Robert Schimmel, has for more than 20 years, made thousands of comedy fans laugh as well as influenced a huge crop of up-and-coming comics, as he’s constantly likened to Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and Richard Pryor. But since he beat the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he was diagnosed with in 2000, his comedy has done a lot more than create laughs. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Canvas on Demand

Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist: Busty mayor stripped of office - Arlington, Oregon

Arlington, Oregon - A busty mayor who was snapped posing in lacy underwear has been stripped of her office.
Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist’s strip was exposed when a relative posted the saucy snap on MySpace.
But Carman – the mayor of Arlington, in Oregon, US – said the pictures of her in black bra and panties were taken for use in a fitness contest. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - CARIBBEAN Travel Deals

Strange: Woman dies during kinky sex

Canada - A Quebec man may face criminal charges after a woman died while they were having sadomasochistic sex.
The 39-year-old woman died Saturday night in a home in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville on Montreal's South Shore, police said.
She went into cardiac arrest while engaging in "out of the ordinary" sexual practices using "very particular" accessories. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Gift Baskets

For You Mom: Mothers' Day flowers destroyed after florists discovered they were infested by spiders

UK - The bunches of roses and carnations were about to be prepared for Sunday's big day when shocked shop assistants realised they were crawling with spiders and infested with eggs.
A waste disposal firm was called in to take the blighted blooms away.
"When the van driver arrived at our waste depot to with the flowers, he looked terrified," said Biffa waste firm manager David Graham. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - 1-800-PetMeds

Gotta Go: Man stabbed in Stomach After Taking too Long in Bathroom

California - An 18-year-old man suffered five stab wounds to the stomach in a fight over how long he was taking in the bathroom of a home in the Linda Vista area, authorities said Tuesday. An argument between the victim and a 28-year-old man who lived at the home escalated into a fight in which three of the man's friends jumped in and began fighting with the victim. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Pocket Knives

Strange: Man changes clothes in the middle of the Waffle House restaurant

Florida - A 50-year-old man known for public intoxication in Niceville showed up recently at the Waffle House on John Sims Parkway. According to a Niceville Police Department report, Waffle House employees called for help after the man began to change clothes in the middle of the restaurant. An employee asked the man to change in the bathroom. When he came out of the bathroom, he stated he was going outside to smoke a cigarette, according to the report. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Karmaloop

McCain Apologizes For Comments About Barack Hussein Obama - And he wasn't even the one who said it

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Republican John McCain quickly denounced the comments of a radio talk show host who while warming up a campaign crowd referred repeatedly to Barack Hussein Obama and called the Democrat a "hack, Chicago-style" politician. Hussein is Obama's middle name, but talk show host Bill Cunningham used it three times. "Now we have a hack, Chicago-style Daley politician who is picturing himself as change. When he gets done with you, all you're going to have in your pocket is change," Cunningham said as the audience roared. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Briefcases

Proud: Man arrested for posting nude pictures of himself near cars in grocery store parking lot

VIRGINIA BEACH - Police arrested a man in a grocery store parking lot after they say he put nude pictures of himself near people's cars.
According to police, a man and his young daughter came out of a Harris Teeter on the Oceanfront Tuesday to find the nude photographs on his car. The suspect, Robert B. Lewis, was allegedly in the same parking lot, sitting drunk in his vehicle. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Personal Creations