I always thought that David Copperfield was a bit cheesy. Heck, I still do. But this incident gives me a bit of respect for him: WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — One of three teenagers charged with attempting to rob illusionist David Copperfield as he left a performance has pleaded guilty. Terrance Riley, 17, was […]
Category: News of the Weird
Categories
A Hooters on Big Beaver?
As a native Detroiter, I couldn’t help but find this little story amusing (sorry, it’s just the adolescent in me): Hooters of America Inc. is moving ahead full throttle with a campaign to pressure the Troy City Council into granting a liquor license transfer for the chain’s new Troy location on Rochester Road near Big […]
Share this:
Just what a high school needs to warm up the crowd at a football game, a little speech by Joseph Goebbels: CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: Part of a speech by World War II Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was played over the public address system before a high school soccer game, prompting an apology by the […]
Share this:
Here’s a real example of religious insanity: LONDON, Kentucky (AP) – A woman died after being bitten by a snake during a serpent-handling service at church, police said. Linda Long, 48, of London, Ky, died Sunday at University of Kentucky Medical Center, said Brad Mitchell, a detective with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. […]
Share this:
A “reality” television show is being developed in Israel that has to be about the biggest misnomer I’ve ever heard. You see, infamous fake “spoon bender” Uri Geller is doing a televisions show in which he seeks an “heir” to his psychic/telekinetic throne: JERUSALEM (Reuters) – After four decades of bending spoons, halting clocks, reading […]
