Litchfield, CT (AP) -- Four Connecticut teenagers have pleaded guilty to going on a three-town
crime spree that authorities say was inspired by a joke by comedian Dane Cook. Officials say the teens smashed mail boxes and threw rocks through some windows, enacting a joke Cook made on an HBO special about committing a "B&E," or breaking and entering.

In their defense, the teens say they actually got the idea from another bunch of teens, and just changed it around a little bit. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords: dane cook connecticut vandalism
Added: Sat, 26 Jul 2008

Five severed human feet in sneakers have washed ashore in British Columbia and mystified authorities.

Nike says this is the last time they'll hire those Aqua Teen Hunger Force guys from Boston. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords: feet canada mystery
Added: Fri, 20 Jun 2008

NBC has launched the latest season of televised comedy competition Last Comic Standing. The winner will receive $250,000 and an all new 2008 Honda Pilot, which NBC will have the option of turning into a 2009 Honda Series. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Entertainment
Keywords: comedy last comic standing tv television comedians
Added: Fri, 23 May 2008

DANBURY, Conn. - Fire officials said a cigarette started a fire that damaged a Danbury nail salon. The cigarette pleads innocence, claiming it was in Cannes with Sean Penn at the time. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords: sean penn cannes fire connecticut
Added: Sat, 17 May 2008

BRANFORD, Conn. -- Police were called to a Dollar Tree store in Branford late Friday on a report of an armed robbery. They immediately went after the suspects, searching all strip clubs within a 10-mile radius. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords: strip clubs armed robbery connecticut
Added: Sat, 17 May 2008

MARCH 20 -- On St. Patrick's Day, Ohio cops seized crack cocaine that had been dyed green, apparently in recognition of the holiday. As seen in the evidence photo, the emerald green crack was packaged in small plastic bags.

I guess this means this weekend's Easter Crack Hunt is off. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords: green crack ohio easter st. patricks day drugs
Added: Fri, 21 Mar 2008

For the record, she did say "No, no, no." [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Entertainment
Keywords:
Added: Thu, 24 Jan 2008

In Toluca Lake, near the Warner Bros. studio, striking writers converged on a house serving as a location shoot for "Desperate Housewives."

"We write the story-a, Eva Longoria," about 30 strikers chanted, referring to a star of the hit ABC show.

Added a WGA union rep, "We would have written a much better thing to chant if we weren't on strike." [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords:
Added: Wed, 7 Nov 2007

The 21-year old actress went on to say that the plane she took from Utah back to L.A. was 'flying'; subsequently, the limo that brought her home from the airport was 'making go.' [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Entertainment
Keywords:
Added: Tue, 9 Oct 2007

A Florida teen used his martial arts training to protect his family after a chainsaw-wielding intruder broke into their home.

The family has sold the film rights to their story to Cinemax. The movie is expected to debut some random Saturday night at 3 AM. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: News
Keywords:
Added: Thu, 13 Sep 2007

After months of playing coy, veteran actor Fred Thompson launched his presidential candidacy Hollywood style. He confirmed his bid to Jay Leno in Los Angeles — "I'm running for president of the United States" — an announcement that was immediately followed by that "dunh-dunh!" sound from "Law & Order". [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Political
Keywords: thompson leno presidential candidate 2008
Added: Thu, 6 Sep 2007

"You know, from what I hear, dogfighting is a sport." - Knicks guard Stephon Marbury

So, the Knicks should have electrocuted and drowned Stephon Marbury three seasons ago? [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Sports
Keywords:
Added: Thu, 23 Aug 2007

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail.

"It feels really good," the boy said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."

#1 "Unless of course maw and paw agree to let me go whale huntin this summer like I asked."

#2 "Unless they find a bigger pig, in which case I'll have to go hunt that pig down and kill it, to, you know, maintain my title."

#3 "Unless some big fat guy comes at me real fast and spooks my trigger finger." [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Weird
Keywords: kid shot big pig hog hogzilla
Added: Sat, 26 May 2007

All 25 guys were immediately asked to leave. [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Sports
Keywords:
Added: Fri, 11 May 2007

A German woman's plan to turn her dead father's ashes into a diamond was thwarted Tuesday. A district court in Wiesbaden ruled the 19-year-old could not take the cremated remains to Switzerland where a company creates synthetic diamonds from ashes.

"Dammit," said the woman, "I guess I'll just have to snort him." [more]

Author: Gregory B Dubno
Category: Weird
Keywords:
Added: Wed, 4 Apr 2007