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Reese Witherspoon Suffers Minor Injuries After Being Hit By Car
Reese Witherspoon was hit by a car Wednesday while she was jogging in Santa Monica, California.
Man’s Facebook Date Used as Unwitting Getaway Driver
Leah Gibbs was so impressed with Adam Minton’s Facebook profile that she agreed to go on a date with the man she knew just through the social networking site.
The 23-year-old Australian woman probably realized this wasn’t going to be a traditional date when Minton kicked it off by asking her to drive him to a betting parlor and then wait in the car while he presumably made a wager.
Finally! Astrophysicist Figures Out Most Efficient Airplane Boarding System [VIDEO]
Anybody who’s ever boarded an airplane knows that there is something terribly inefficient about the slow, agonizing process. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen decided to do something about the messy procedure, using science to develop a plane boarding method that cuts seating times in half.
East Coast Earthquake May Have Restored Deaf Man’s Hearing [VIDEO]
Not only was last week’s East Coast earthquake nice enough not to seriously injure anybody, but its rumbling effects may have actually helped a deaf man hear again.
Facebook Costs American Companies a Staggering $280 Billion a Year
Checking your Facebook status could lead to your company’s downfall.
Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but tech blogger Michael Fitzgerald was able to calculate that workers wasting time on the social networking site costs US companies $280 billion in annual productivity losses.
Little Duckling Eats a Big Pizza [VIDEO]
In the clip below, a little fuzzy duckling has an unlikely nosh: a large pizza.
If this video makes you go, “Mmm, duck pizza,” you’re not alone: The YouTuber who posted the recording of his pet going to town on a loaded Pizza Hut pie actually disabled all YouTube comments “due to sick idiots that want to eat him.”
Cat Traps Fellow Cat in Box And Won’t Let It Out [VIDEO]
When gray cat sees white cat playing in a box with an open top, it seizes the opportunity and collapses the box’s lid, trapping white cat inside.
Solange Knowles Accuses Cop of Trying to Deflate Her Giant Banana
Perhaps in an attempt to upstage big sis Beyonce’s pregnancy, singer Solange Knowles had gotten herself into a bizarre incident involving Miami Beach police, accusations of racism and a five-foot inflatable banana.
Aww! Little Boy Has Adorably Naive Reaction to Bug Stuck in Spider Web [VIDEO]
When this little boy’s father tells him that a bug caught in a spiderweb isn’t going to ever be able to escape, the boy naively responds that he thinks the bug’s “mommy has to come and get him out.” It’s a touching reminder of how the innocence of childhood can stand up to even the starkest cruelty of the natural world.
ESPN Envisions a White Michael Vick [PICTURE]
ESPN The Magazine has dedicated its entire football preview issue to controversial QB Michael Vick, including a feature which poses the question, “What if Michael Vick were white?”
It’s complicated, concludes the thought piece’s author, Touré. What’s also complicated is the status of the article’s photo — a digital rendering of Vick as a white man — on ESPN’s website.
Shark Swims Down Puerto Rico Street [PICTURE]
As Hurricane Irene nears the East coast, there’s been talk of evacuating below-sea-level areas from Florida all the way to New England. If you’ve got a fear of flooding, it’ll only be bolstered by this horrifying photo out of water-logged Puerto Rico. In the shot taken from a car, a shark can be clearly seen swimming down the highway, like something out of a terrible Samuel L. Jackson movie.
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Elderly Soccer Fan Attacks Ref With His Scooter [VIDEO]
The legendary passion of the European soccer fan isn’t just for the young, apparently.
This aged spectator at a Dutch Second Division (minor league) match was so irate that the ref had showed the home team six yellow cards in a four-to-three loss that he stormed the pitch with his mobility scooter and then twice rammed into the offending official. Checking out the low-speed assault below.
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Loyal Dog Won’t Leave Casket of Fallen Navy Seal Master in Heartbreaking Pictures
In a final act of loyalty, Hawkeye, the dog of slain Navy SEAL U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jon T. Tumilson walked up to his fallen master’s casket during the funeral in Rockford, Iowa, and then laid mournfully down beside the body for the rest of the proceedings.
Megan Fox Explains Why She Is Removing Her Marilyn Monroe Tattoo [VIDEO]
Megan Fox has confirmed what has been apparent from recent photographs: the 25-year old actress is in the process of removing the prominent Marylin Monroe tattoo from the inside of her right forearm.
Singer-Songwriter Nick Ashford Dead at Age 70
Nickolas Ashford, who along with his wife Valerie Simpson made up the Motown songwriting team Ashford & Simpson, succumbed to throat cancer Monday at age 70.
The duo penned such classic hits as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,’ ‘Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing’ and ‘I’m Every Woman,’ and had their music recorded by Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, amo
Kate Winslet Rescues Richard Branson’s 90-Year-Old Mother from House Fire [VIDEO]
Kate Winslet was among the guests who were unharmed when a fire caused by tropical storm Irene destroyed part of tycoon Richard Branson’s vacation complex in the British Virgin Islands — and became a hero when she rescued Branson’s elderly mother from the blaze.
Women Gain Weight After Marriage, Men After Divorce
Getting hitched results in women putting on the pounds, whereas the male waistline is more likely to expand after a divorce.
Researchers from Ohio State University discovered this discrepancy after analyzing a study on the effects marital events had on 10,000 people between 1986 and 2008.
Hilary Duff Loses ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ Role Due to Pregnancy
Apparently, Hilary Duff won’t be playing Bonnie Parker in “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.”
According to TMZ, she was dropped from the starring role last week, when she announced that she was pregnant with her first child with husband Mike Comrie.
Arizona Mom Strives to Be Fattest Woman Ever [VIDEO]
World’s fattest mom Susanne Eman weighs 728 pounds, and the 32-year-old mother of two is consuming over 20,000 calories a day in hopes of eventually setting the all-time record for heaviest woman, which is 1,600 pounds.
Woman’s Hair No Match for Car Stereo Speakers [VIDEO]
While a typical car stereo produces about 100 watts of sound this sound system can belt out up to 40,000.
As you can see from the video below, that type of wattage makes for a hair-raising experience when the bass gets heavy. Our sympathies to anyone who hitches a ride with a fellow who’s installed this supercharged monster in his car.