Watchers Watching Porn Wednesday, January 30

A leading “adult” search engine reported in December that, over the last seven years, just two of the most popular Internet pornography websites it analyzes have been viewed 93 billion times, …

Let’s Hear It for the Birds Wednesday, January 30

Almost-extinct vultures may be making a comeback within the Parsi community of Mumbai, India, after a pain reliever (diclofenac) nearly wiped it out. Parsi’s Zoroastrian religion requires …

Stinking Suspicion Wednesday, January 30

Once again, a public library has been sued for gently asking a patron to leave because his body odor provoked complaints. George Stillman, 80, filed a $5.5 million lawsuit in October against the New …

Least Competent Criminals Wednesday, January 30

Peter Welsh, 32, and Dwayne Doolan, 31, aren’t the first burglars to try breaking into a building by smashing through an adjoining basement wall, but they may be the clumsiest. Their New Year’s …

Teen Asbestos Crew? Wednesday, February 6

In December, neighborhood observers reported the asbestos-removal “crew” working at the former YWCA in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, consisted of volunteer teenagers, students at local religious …

Pastor’s Redemption for Pornographic Past Wednesday, February 6

Senior pastor Claude Gilliland III was forced to admit to his flock at New Heart church in Cleburne, Texas, in January he’s a convicted sex offender and he and his ex-wife had worked in the porno …

Shoes for (Non)Believers Wednesday, February 6

Dublin, Ireland, inventor David Bonney recently changed the marketing of his new shoes to “Atheist Shoes.” Two years before, he’d started the business to sell “Christian” shoes that had …

Bad Time for a School Drill Wednesday, February 6

Four days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., officials at Public School 79 in New York City decided it’d be a good time for a full-blown lockdown drill — with …

Redneck Chronicles, Tennessee Edition Wednesday, February 13

1. Timothy Crabtree, 45, of Rogersville, was arrested in October and charged with stabbing his son, Brandon, 21, in an argument over who would get the last beer in the house. 2. Tricia Moody, 26, …

Stuck with Jury Duty Wednesday, February 13

A man with admittedly limited English skills went to a Springfield, Mass., courthouse in December to address a traffic ticket, but somehow wound up on a jury trying Donald Campbell on two counts of …