Special Guests Include: Comedian Greg Behrendt and America's Got Talent Chipps Cooney! (9-8-2010)
Chipps Cooney Greg Behrendt
Burning of the Quran...right or wrong?
A class to die for: Zombies 101 at U. Baltimore
BALTIMORE – Call it Zombies 101.
The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead.
The course is being taught by Arnold Blumberg, the author of a book on zombie movies, "Zombiemania," and the curator of Geppi's Entertainment Museum, which focuses on American pop culture.
Students taking English 333 will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. As an alternative to a final research paper they may write scripts or draw storyboards for their ideal zombie flicks.
America's job situation
Toy Pony Sparks Bomb Scare In Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A child's toy sparked a bomb scare late Tuesday morning. The Orange County Bomb Squad was on scene investigating a suspicious package, which was a toy pony, on Whisper Glen Court in Orlando. Just before noon it was blown up. Officers told WFTV that a concerned citizen called it in.
No one knows where the toy pony came from, but it was found in a cul-de-sac near Waterbridge Elementary School.
It's not something you see every day, a child's toy treated like a terrorist's weapon. But investigators said they could take no chances with a toy pony equipped with wires and batteries.
George Clooney Says Darfur Involvement 'Greatest Failure of My Life'
Clooney, 49, told The Sun newspaper that apart from his charmed life, one world event with which he has become intimately involved -- the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan -- remains a personal albatross.
"I've been honored to be able to lend my celebrity to help wherever I can, especially on behalf of the United Nations," he said in a wide-ranging interview. "But in the case of Darfur it's been the greatest failure of my life."
Paroled Pedophile Caught Working as a Clown
Homeless Upset About McDonald's Dollar Menu Increase
CANVAS STAFF REPORTS - Unhappy meals have arrived at a McDonald's in San Francisco.
Homeless people who hang out at the nearby Golden Gate Park used to get 99-cent burgers at the McDonald's located at Haight and Stanyan streets in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
But the eatery got rid of its Dollar Menu about a month ago. That move, which McDonald's called a simple business decision, means items on the menu are now too expensive for the people who spend much of their day hanging out on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant.
Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as economy sputtered in '09
The wealthiest members of Congress grew richer in 2009 even as the economy struggled to recover from a deep recession.
The 50 wealthiest lawmakers were worth almost $1.4 billion in 2009, about $85.1 million more than 12 months earlier, according to The Hill’s annual review of lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/116489-wealthy-lawmakers-increased-their-riches-as-economy-sputtered-in-2009-?page=2#comments
Tampa: Man, 21, posed as middle-schooler for football
TAMPA - A 21-year-old man impersonated a 14-year-old by playing in a youth football league and attempted to enroll at a Hillsborough County Middle School, according to league and school district officials.
Julious Threatts, 21, used the name Chad Jordan to register and play for the Town N' Country Packers on Aug. 21, said Packers athletic director Ray McCloud. The Packers are made up of 13- and 14-year-olds and play in the Tampa Bay Youth Football League on Aug. 21.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38903075/ns/sports-othersports/
Florida Man Has Scarred Elderly Couple For Life Because He Keeps Sexing Their Horses
Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink tend to die sooner than those who do. The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is that many of those who show up as abstainers in such research are actually former hard-core drunks who had already incurred health problems associated with drinking.
But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2014332,00.html
Amateur 'Ghost train' hunter killed by real train
The facts: On August 27, 1891, a passenger train jumped the tracks on a tall bridge near Statesville, North Carolina, sending seven rail cars below and about 30 people to their deaths.
The legend: On the wreck's anniversary, the sounds of screeching wheels, screaming passengers and a horrific crash might still be heard. You might also see a uniformed man with a gold watch.
Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, on the 119th anniversary of the Bostian Bridge train tragedy and at about the same time, between 10 and 12 ghost hunters were on that approximately 300-foot long span.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/27/north.carolina.ghost.train/index.html
Special Guest: Comedian Gary Owen! (8-18-2010)
http://www.garyowen.com/
Mosque! At Ground Zero! are you kidding me!?
Cocaine found in woman's bank deposit
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Connecticut authorities said a woman was arrested after she accidentally included a small bag of cocaine with her bank deposit.
Wethersfield police said the envelope Kendl Murphy, 43, used to make her deposit at the drive-up window of Rockville Bank at about 4 p.m. Thursday was found to contain a small bag of white powder, leading tellers to call police while the deposit was being processed, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Friday.
Police Sgt. Scott Custer said a field test on the bag showed positive results for cocaine. He said Murphy admitted the cocaine was hers and told officers "something to the effect that it was left over from the weekend and she didn't realize she left it in that envelope."
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/08/13/Cocaine-found-in-womans-bank-deposit/UPI-78051281727665/
Gun Found Underneath Baby In Stroller
MILWAUKEE -- Two seasoned Milwaukee Police Officers found a gun in an unusual place. A shotgun was hidden underneath a baby in a stroller.
Police were called to an apartment near 84th Street and Mill Road for a report of a man with a gun hidden in a baby stroller."The whole time I was personally hoping that there wasn't one in the stroller, but unfortunately there was, and fortunately we found it," Officer Andrew Moutry said.Daryl McGregory, 19, and Michael Nelson, 22, are charged with possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The gun was in a duffel bag underneath McGregory's 8-month-old child.
http://www.wisn.com/r/24628045/detail.html
Escort charged with stealing client’s Taurus
A La Crosse man got a lesson in trust last week when he loaned his car to an escort.
The man hired a date, named “Candy,” through an online service, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Candy asked to borrow his 1999 Ford Taurus. He agreed as long as she returned it by 5 a.m., then contacted police several days later after Candy failed to return and ignored his calls.
The man said his car was trashed when he got it back, according to the complaint.
Police identified Candy as Stephanie Hennessey, 20, whom they found at the Affordable Inn on Monitor Street. They also determined she had never had a Wisconsin driver’s license, according to the report.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_d6a1be14-a4fc-11df-867a-001cc4c002e0.html
Police Nab Pa. Woman Alleged As Clown Bank Robber
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Police in northeastern Pennsylvania have arrested a woman they say robbed a bank in a clown costume.
Bethlehem police said the woman was captured about five minutes after the bank robbery late Friday morning. Her name has not been released.
Police said the suspect told bank employees she had a bomb, and fled with an unknown amount of cash.
Arriving officers say they chased her to a nearby park and nabbed her changing out of the clown suit in her car.
A bomb squad robot checked out items found in the car, including the clown suit and a multicolored wig. No explosives were found.
No one in the bank was injured.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/06/ap/strange/main6751084.shtml
Special Comedic Guest: Matt Braunger! (8-11-2010)
Churchgoers, strippers protest one another in Coshocton County
WARSAW, Ohio -- Strip-club owner Tommy George rolled up to the church in his grabber-orange Dodge Challenger, drinking a Mountain Dew at 9 in the morning and smoking a cigarette he had just rolled himself.
Pastor Bill Dunfee stepped out of a tan Nissan Murano, clutching a Bible in one hand and his sermon in the other, a touch of spray holding his perfectly coiffed 'do in place.
Inside the New Beginnings Ministries church, Dunfee's worshippers wore polyester and pearls.
Outside, George's strippers wore bikinis and belly rings.
Both men agree it is classic sinners vs. saints. But George says it is up to America to decide which is which and who is who.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/09/of-ire-and-brimstone.html?sid=101
Muslims Ask for Protection as Ramadan Approaches
Muslim leaders in Connecticut are asking police to ensure that they can worship without being harassed after a group was confronted on Friday.
Worshipers at the Masjid An-Noor mosque in Bridgeport were confronted by about a dozen members of Texas-based Operation Save America last Friday and the protesters left after about an hour.
"This is a war in America and we are taking it to the mosques around the country," Flip Benham, of Dallas, Texas, organizer of the protest, said, yelling at the worshipers with a bullhorn, the Connecticut Post reports.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/CT-Muslims-Concerned-by-Backlash-as-Ramadan-Approaches-100254049.html
Tampa Tree trimmer attacked by Africanized bees released from hospital Sunday
Safety Harbor, Florida -- For the first time, a tree trimmer stung about 500 times by Africanized killer bees on Saturday described the attack.
He was working on a tree in the front yard of a home in Safety Harbor when he cut through a massive hive.
"This giant swarm just came directly at me. It's like they knew who did it," Ralph St. Peter explained.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=140502&catid=250
Arties Birthday Bash Show! (8-4-2010)
Special Guests Include: Jim Norton, Jim Florentine, Maurice Star, Mike Morris and many many more!
31 Year Old Woman Indicted For Dating Teen Girls While Pretending To Be A Boy
In one of the creepier stories to bubble up recently, a 31 year old Ohio woman has been indicted on misdemeanor charges for tricking a teenage girl into believing she was a 14 year old boy and having a relationship with her for months. Cincinnati’s WLWT News 5 has the report on Patricia Dye, the woman who called herself “Matt Abrams” and went about trying to pick up young girls.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/31-year-old-woman-indicted-for-dating-teen-girls-while-pretending-to-be-a-boy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mediaite/ClHj+%28Mediaite%29
Sex Makes the Brain Grow
Since previous studies have shown that stressful, unpleasant situations can hinder brain growth, researchers from Princeton University wanted to see if stressful but pleasurable situations -- like sex -- would achieve the opposite effect. So, they divided male lab rats into three groups: The rats in one group were given sex partners daily, the second group got set up with female companionship once every two weeks and the third group got nothing at all.
http://www.asylum.com/2010/07/30/princeton-university-sex-makes-the-adult-brain-grow/
Women 'view modesty as sign of weakness'
Research suggested that females have found the rise of the “more feminine man”, or “metrosexual”, a big turn-off.
Women see modesty amonsgt men as a poor character trait that could adversely affect their employability or earnings potential.
The study of 132 female and 100 male student volunteers found, however, that men did not view female modesty negatively.
The participants viewed footage of 15-minute job interviews of males and female actors delivering similar responses to questions for the position that required social skills.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7918699/Women-view-modesty-as-sign-of-weakness.html
Inside Hollywood's Secret GOP Jamboree
Most politicians make their Hollywood debuts at lavish fund-raisers or intimate house parties. But Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO now running for a U.S. Senate seat in California, made her entrance at an event organized by the Friends of Abe.
For those unfamiliar with the highly secretive club of conservatives in the entertainment business, the name refers to iconic Republican Abraham Lincoln, not Abe Vigoda. Mostly meeting informally at the West Hollywood greasy spoon Barney's Beanery, the GOP-leaning crowd held its annual blowout in mid-June at a sprawling horse ranch near the Ventura County line. Hosted by "CSI: NY" star Gary Sinise, hundreds of actors, directors and craftspeople came out for the right-wing Woodstock.
The Friends of Abe have been around for a few years now, and conservative frustration with the Democratic control of Washington might be helping them flourish. Indeed, as politicians on both sides of the aisle court such nontraditional groups as the Tea Party and Netroots, the conservative Hollywood clique is hoping for real relevance as Election Day nears.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib4a9d37a20f2a7c9c3760b2077458d9e
The Moral Naturalists (7-28-2010)
Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Most people think it is a gift from God, who revealed His laws and elevates us with His love. A smaller number think that we figure the rules out for ourselves, using our capacity to reason and choosing a philosophical system to live by.
Moral naturalists, on the other hand, believe that we have moral sentiments that have emerged from a long history of relationships. To learn about morality, you don’t rely upon revelation or metaphysics; you observe people as they live.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?_r=3&ref=opinion
Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media' Prevents Hitler from Being Portrayed 'in Context'
EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson: 'I Want Jew Blood On My Hands' - Oksana's Charge
The anti-Semitic slur was allegedly made by Mel in reference to a high-profile Hollywood figure who is Jewish and who Mel believed had “publicly humiliated” him.
Gibson hired individuals to place this person under surveillance, Oksana told authorities.
“Oksana says Mel told her, ‘I want Jew blood on my hands,’ and said he wanted the person taken to the desert, stripped naked, knee capped and left in the heat,” a source close to one of the investigations involving Mel told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/07/exclusive-mel-gibson-i-want-jew-blood-my-hands-oksanas-charge
The Beer-Every-Mile SF Half Marathon: 13 Beers in 13 Miles
Several of you told me that I was “going to die” if I drank 13 beers while running the San Francisco Half Marathon. I did not die.
I puked three times, blacked out for miles 11 and 12, and needed five hours to finish. This is my story.
This blog declared its intentions to drink 13 beers over the 13.1-mile SF Half Marathon. Realize that it is not possible to run a half marathon while carrying a 12-pack of beer. Sure, you could try… but the beer would get shaken up and explode upon opening each can. And then no one gets to drink any.
Perhaps even more problematic are the goddamned do-gooders and paramedics onhand in case of medical emergencies. They will take your swerving, stumbling, and vomiting as signs of delirium or fatigue, and then get all interventionny and try to take way your beer. That can not happen.
http://exercisingwhileintoxicated.wordpress.com/
President Obama to Appear on ABC's 'The View'
Obama is appearing as part of the show's "Red, White & View" series, which has featured prominent American politicians and discussions on current political issues. Vice President Joe Biden made a guest appearance in April.
The president will take the hot seat among the show's five female hosts, who represent a range of backgrounds and political views, at a time when his administration grapples with challenges from the economy to the BP oil spill.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-view-abc/story?id=11241260
Michelle Obama to vacation in Spain
Washington/Madrid - US First Lady Michelle Obama and one of her two daughters will take a summer break in Spain, a White House source said Monday.
Mother and daughter would come to the southern holiday resort of Marbella on a "private visit in the company of old friends," the source told the German Press Agency dpa.US President Barack Obama will not accompany his wife, the source said.Spanish media reports said Michelle Obama and her younger daughter Sasha, 9, would be on Spain's Costa del Sol between August 4 and 8.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/336549,michelle-obama-vacation-spain.html
Tonights Special Comedic Guest: John Morgan at 9:45pm! 7-21-2010
http://johnmorgancomedy.net/bio.html
Bernanke calls economy's outlook uncertain
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the outlook for the U.S. economy is "unusually uncertain" and that the Fed is willing to do more if growth proved to be weaker than forecast.
"We remain prepared to take further policy actions as needed to foster a return" to full employment with low and stable inflation, Bernanke said in written testimony delivered before the Senate Banking Committee.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bernanke-to-address-fears-of-the-double-dip-dragon-2010-07-21?siteid=rss&rss=1
The Beauty Advantage
Not all employers are that shallow—but it’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the “beauty premium”—the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts (good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare longer at good-looking faces (and we stare longer at good-looking babies). A couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving—and it was a makeup-less Kate Moss, not a plastic-surgery-plumped Paris Hilton, who was considered the beauty ideal—we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial. But in 2010, when Heidi Montag’s bloated lips plaster every magazine in town, when little girls lust after an airbrushed, unattainable body ideal, there’s a growing bundle of research to show that our bias against the unattractive—our “beauty bias,” as a new book calls it—is more pervasive than ever. And when it comes to the workplace, it’s looks, not merit, that all too often rule.
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/19/the-beauty-advantage.html?from=rss
Love Addiction: Tough to Kick
New research on the brain shows losing a lover can have the same effect on a person as trying to kick a substance addiction, says biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
She's studied the brain for 35 years, and says that discovery is the most interesting one yet.
When people have been rejected from love, they pine for it, they whine for it, they live for it, and they die for it, Fisher said on The Early Show."
"You can't stop thinking about this person. You crave the person. You do inappropriate things. You distort reality. You lie in bed and cry," said Fisher."You drink too much, you drive too fast, you do very inappropriate things when you've been rejected in love," said Fisher.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/19/earlyshow/health/main6691914.shtml
Playboy is safe to read at work ... finally
CHICAGO — Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it.
Playboy Enterprises Inc. launched a website Tuesday that it swears will be safe to browse while at work, eliminating the need for men to throw themselves over their computer screen when the boss walks by.
TheSmokingJacket.com will contain none of the nudity that makes Playboy.com NSFW — not suitable for work. Instead, it'll rely on humor to reach Playboy's target audience, men 25 to 34 years old, when they are most likely to be in front of a computer screen.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38322734/ns/business-media_biz/
Seinfeld's 'Soup Nazi' makes a comeback (but banned Jerry's not invited)
Officials: National Guard troops headed to border next month
U.S. National Guard forces will begin deploying along the U.S. border with Mexico in August and will be fully trained and deployed by the end of the month, government officials announced Monday.
Some 1,200 Army and Air National Guard troops will be in place for a year to assist the border patrol in monitoring and capturing illegal immigrants crossing the border into the United States.
They will served as a "gap-filler" while the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency hires additional staff to fill the demand in protection along the almost 2,000-mile-long southern border with Mexico.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/19/border.troops/?hpt=T1
Catt County Sheriff Arrests Teen After Buggy Chase
LEON-A 17 year old Amish teen from the Town of Leon is in trouble after he led police on a chase through his town.
The teen was observed running a stop sign in his horse and buggy. Sheriff's deputies tried to stop him, but he refused to stop and a chase ensued for almost a mile. After making an unsafe turn, the teen crashed the horse and buggy and took off on foot.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79645&catid=13
Police: Handcuffed man opened car door, escaped
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Police in central Florida say a man who was handcuffed somehow managed to open a police cruiser's door and escape after complaining he was claustrophobic and couldn't breathe.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHbWby3-Led3roqeE9HgcztO86ugD9H0R9300
Special Guest: Joel Lindley! (7-14-2010)
Tribute to George Steinbrenner
The Feds vs. Arizona
The administration's lawsuit against the State of Arizona for attempting to stem the tide of illegal immigrants across its southern border isn't just an exercise in litigation. It's an exercise in irony.
For once upon a sad time, namely the bad old days in these Southern latitudes, states systematically denied a large class of their citizens the equal protection of the laws, denying their rights and, when challenged, waving the banner of States' Rights to cover the mistreatment of their own citizens.
The federal government was bound by law and conscience to step into that vacuum of law, and protect the privileges and immunities of all its citizens, to use the language of the Fourteenth Amendment. And it finally did so. The happy result is that the evils of racial segregation enforced by state law, and defended by various and distinguished advocates, is now a thing of the past.
http://townhall.com/columnists/PaulGreenberg/2010/07/12/role_reversal_the_feds_vs_arizona
Holder Floats Possibility of Racial Profiling Suit Against Arizona
Attorney General Eric Holder, just days after filing a federal lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law, on Sunday floated the possibility of filing another court challenge on racial profiling grounds.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Arizona claimed the state was infringing on federal immigration responsibilities and urged the judge to prevent the law from going into effect at the end of July. Despite some officials' claims that the law could lead to racial profiling, that concern was not cited as grounds for the suit.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/11/holder-floats-possibility-racial-profiling-suit-arizona/
Poker Limits Lifted At Casinos Across Florida
Isle Casino in Pompano Park held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Thursday morning to welcome players to higher stake games and extended hours. The relaxation of rules for the stakes in games comes amidst a flurry of other laws. But for gamblers and casinos, it's a win-win situation.
According to the new law, betting limits that had been set at $100 for buy-in for cash games at state-sanctioned poker rooms have now been lifted. It's a historic mark for Florida gaming that will set the Sunshine State up to do battle with Las 
http://cbs4.com/local/casino.betting.limits.2.1783087.html
Retail wedding trend leads to "I do's" at T.J. Maxx, Taco Bell
Instead of getting married in a church or banquet hall, more couples are choosing their favorite retail spots as the backdrop for their special day. The shops range from T.J. Maxx to Taco Bell, and they all combine the couple's love for a brand with a desire to have a wedding with a personal twist, says Rebecca Dolgin, executive editor of theknot.com.
"Brides are obsessed with making their wedding different from anyone else's," she says.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2010-07-08-retailweddings08_ST_N.htm
Jihad monkey!
Taliban terrorists have a secret weapon to destroy the infidel American enemy — monkey marksmen.
According to The People’s Daily in China, the Taliban in Afghanistan is “training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops.”
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GIl4zKrV8&feature=player_embedded
Tonights special Guest is Donnell Rawlings from the Dave Chappelle Show LIVE at 10:45pm! (7-7-2010)
Thousands of Pinellas jail inmates released without a judge ever setting bail
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1107054.ece
11 injured at fireworks accident in central Pa.
PALMYRA, Pa. — A fireworks accident injured 11 people gathered to celebrate Independence Day and the long-planned 250th anniversary of the borough of Palmyra in central Pennsylvania.
Two people, including a child, remained hospitalized Monday afternoon with injuries that did not appear life-threatening, Palmyra police said.
"This accident occurred after one of the firework charges misfired, causing an explosion, sending firework material into a nearby crowd located near the games and ride area. ... This accident also propelled fireworks material across the football field and beyond," Palmyra Borough Police Department said in a news release.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihSCzcCZ5IxQMNRg376Zd6YD0MRQD9GP5B9G0
NJ prison worker charged with having sex with inmates, giving them drugs
Tampa ranked 5th most patriotic city
Tampa, Florida -- It's definitely something to be proud of: Tampa is the fifth most patriotic city in America, according to Men's Health magazine.
"We love our country, we love to support our veterans and the Fourth of July in my favorite holiday of the year," said Josh Potter.
Potter is loading up on fireworks. He plans to make a big bang this Independence Day.
"I started buying fireworks with my parents when I was very young. It has escalated to the point where, on New Year's, I'll go out and spend $2,500 on fireworks," Potter said.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=135455&catid=250
Fake money a growing problem for small businesses
Funny money is no joke for small-business owners.
Counterfeit cash cuts into profits at firms, many of which are already struggling in the tight economy, and puts pressure on prices.
The fake bills can be hard to spot with an untrained eye, and sophisticated digital printers have made it easier for criminals to create higher-quality bad bills, faster. And the problem appears to be growing.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-fakemoney-20100705,0,7819596.story
Leno's 'Tonight Show' Has Lowest Rated Quarter Since Letterman Went To CBS
There's big news on the late night TV battlefront today: The late-night ratings for Q2 - the first full quarter since Leno came back as host after Conan O'Brien was dumped - are in, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno posted its lowest-rated Q2 since the Late Show with David Letterman launched on CBS in 1993. Additionally, Late Show delivered its most competitive finish against The Tonight Show in viewers and key demographics since 1995. Still, Leno topped Letterman comfortably in the ratings during their first quarter in 9 months as late-night rivals, by 23% in both total viewers and adults 18-49. The Tonight Show averaged 4.0 million viewers and a 1.1/4 in adults 18-49, down 20% in viewers and 31% in adults 18-49 from last year’s second quarter, which was inflated by the big ratings for Leno’s sign-off and Conan O’Brien’s debut.
http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/tonight-show-has-its-lowest-rated-quarter-since-late-show-debuted-on-cbs/
Comedian Christian Finnegan on at 10:05pm! (6-30-2010)
http://www.christianfinnegan.com/
Should it be legalized to help the economy?
"Higher" Education in Jersey Could Mean Medical Marijuana Classes
Come next year, Rutgers University could be known as "Pot U."
A New Jersey lawmaker who was instrumental in helping pass a medical marijuana law back in January is now suggesting that the state's premier university become a national center for research and curriculum into the plant and its benefits.
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) is already cooperating with Republican Governor Chris Christie's administration to delay implementation of the law by 90 days.
But even as the Assembly Budget Committee voted 7-0-2 to release the delayed implementation to the full Assembly for a full vote, Gusciora suggested his fellow legislators turn Rutgers into "a national academic leader in marijuana research and curriculum."
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Pot-U-Higher-Education-in-NJ-Could-Mean-Medical-Marijuana-Classes-97087684.html
Women Who Love Murderers
For some women, there is nothing quite as sexy as a suspected killer.
Take Joran van der Sloot, the 22-year-old Dutch native awaiting trial for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Apparently, Van der Sloot has been biding his time in a Lima jail cell, poring over love letters from a flood of women. “I get more letters every day,” he bragged to the Dutch paper, De Telegraaf. “One of them even wanted me to get her pregnant.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-23/the-sexual-attraction-of-a-killer/
Drunk football fan beats police officer with vuvuzela
A drunken German football fan severely beat a police officer with a vuvuzela horn after the national team’s victory over Ghana on Wednesday night, the authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia said on Thursday.
Most of the celebrations in the town of Dinslaken just north of Duisburg were peaceful after the game, which more than 10,000 people turned out to watch, the Wesel county police department reported.
But at 11:10 pm, one intoxicated 20-year-old fan began taunting a police officer who was directing traffic around a gathering of some 1,500 people.
“As he turned to the 20-year-old, the man suddenly began hitting and kicking the officer,” the statement said. “Furthermore he began pounding the officer’s head with a vuvuzela.”
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100624-28089.html
6-23-2010
Special Guest...John Henton from "Living Single" at 10:10pm
What do women want?
OIL SPILL!!
Amsterdam mayor considers using 'decoy Jews' to combat anti-semitism
Acting Amsterdam mayor Lodewijk Asscher is considering using police offcers posing as Jews in an attempt to stamp out anti-semitic violence, the Parool reports on Monday.
A spokesman said the suggestion, made last week by Labour MP Ahmed Marcouch, fits in with Asscher's decision to take unorthodox measures to try to reduce verbal and physical attacks on Jews in the capital.
‘Pot Dad’ Losing Custody of Children Because of Medical Marijuana
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Younger women dating older men! why is this...and how does this happen?
Official: Van der Sloot confesses to Peru slaying
LIMA, Peru - Joran van der Sloot confessed to the slaying of a 21-year-old woman in a Lima hotel room, a high-ranking Peruvian government official told NBC News on Monday.
According to La Republica newspaper, van der Sloot said he broke Stephany Flores' neck after she grabbed his laptop without his permission and found out that he was involved in the disappearance of an American woman.
The paper quoted van der Sloot as saying, "I did not want to do it. The girl intruded into my private life... she didn't have any right. I went to her and I hit her. She was scared, we argued and she tried to escape. I grabbed her by the neck and hit her."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37542848/?gt1=43001
Is the Internet Ruining Our Minds?
"I found my inability to concentrate a great disability," Carr told Reuters in an interview.
"So, I abandoned my Facebook and Twitter accounts and throttled back on e-mail so I was only checking a couple of times a day rather than every 45 seconds. I found those types of things really did make a difference," he said.
After initially feeling "befuddled" by his sudden lack of online connection, Carr said, within a couple of weeks he was able to stay focused on one task for a sustained period and, thankfully, able to do his work.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/03/internet-ruining-minds-carr-shallows/
Science proves beer goggles really do exist
Scientists have finally proven what many of us have believed for years – beer goggles really do exist.
The phenomenon, where less attractive people suddenly become more appealing when the onlooker has consumed copious amounts of alcohol, is well known in pubs and clubs across Britain.
Until now, though, no one really knew why. But a new study has found that drunk students were up to ten per cent more likely to fall for less attractive people than those who were sober.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284370/Science-proves-beer-goggles-really-exist.html?ITO=1490
Gaydar really exists: Scientists prove gay people are more able to pick out fellow homosexuals
Gay people really do have an inbuilt radar that helps them seek out like-minded souls, scientists have shown.
This sixth sense, or 'gaydar', ensures they pay more attention to detail, allowing them to pluck potential partners out of a crowd.
The Dutch researchers looked at whether straight and gay people focus their attention differently when faced with a problem.
Artie's thoughts on Depression
Man allegedly drove drunk to police
Police in New York state said a man who found a stray dog and needed directions to the animal shelter allegedly drove drunk to the police station.
Monroe police said Oleksandr Nayda, 38, arrived at police headquarters with the stray Rottweiler and asked directions to the nearest animal shelter, the Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., reported Monday.
Officers said Nayda smelled like alcohol and registered a 0.17 blood-alcohol level, more than twice the legal limit for driving. He told police he stopped drinking at about 6 a.m.
Investigators said Nayda was also wanted on a driving while intoxicated charge from 2006. They said a new driving while intoxicated charge could turn into a felony if he is convicted on the 2006 count.
Nayda was jailed in lieu of $1,000 cash bail. An animal control officer took the dog from police headquarters to the shelter.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/31/Man-allegedly-drove-drunk-to-police/UPI-76291275328290/
Special Guest Author of The Real Alice in Wonderland: Cathy Rubin
http://www.cmrubin.com/Alice.html
Pa. Liquor Control Board: Give mom vodka
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's latest radio advertisement is urging the state's residents to get mom what she really wants for Mother's Day: vodka.
The agency's ad, which joins a previous ad promoting wine as a Mother's Day gift, informs Pennsylvanians that vodka is available at affordable prices in several flavors, including cherry, strawberry kiwi and tropical punch, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.
"Treat her to the perfect Mother's Day cocktail this year," a voice says during the ad. "Try a Mother's Kiss mixed drink, made with equal parts ... strawberry kiwi vodka and lemonade."
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/05/Pa-Liquor-Control-Board-Give-mom-vodka/UPI-17641273091026/
Police: Man accidentally shoots self in testicles
Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the testicles at a Lynnwood department store.
Police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions says the man was carrying his handgun in his waistband and it accidentally went off about noon Sunday.
She says he was wounded in the testicles and also in his leg and foot. No one else was hurt.
The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but there was no immediate word on his condition.
Mexicans Angered by Beating Death of Illegal Immigrant in California
90-Year-Old Granny Arrested For Dealing Pot; Had 170 Pounds
90-year-old grandmother suspected of selling cannabis was arrested Friday after police raided her home and found more than 170 pounds of marijuana.
A squad of armed South African police officers with drug dogs stormed the elderly woman's home and discovered the pot stashed in multiple bags, according to the Daily Mail.
"This lady was quiet, old and looked like an angel sent from God," said the rather poetically inclined Police Inspector Kobeli Mokheseng.
"But we received a tip-off two weeks ago that a lot of people were going into her house and coming out looking happy," Mokheseng said.
http://current.com/news/92459660_90-year-old-granny-arrested-for-dealing-pot-had-170-pounds.htm
Why do you hate me? (5-26-2010)
U.S. birth rate fell in 2008, report finds
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
* 4,251,095 babies were born in the United States in 2008, down nearly 2 percent from the 2007 peak of 4.317 million.
* The general fertility rate, which measures births among women aged 15 to 44, declined in 2008 to 68.7 per 1,000.
* The crude birth rate, which refers to births in the total population, was 14 per 1,000, 2 percent lower than the rate in 2007.
* The birth rate for teenagers aged 15-19 fell by 2 percent in 2008 to 41.5 per 1,000, resuming a long-term decline seen since 1991.
* The birth rate for unmarried women aged 15 to 44 declined about 2 percent to 52 per 1,000 women.
* The rate of Cesarean deliveries rose for the 12th straight year, to 32.3 percent of all births.
* The percentage of preterm births declined 3 percent, to 12.3 percent in 2008. "The percentage of births delivered by Cesarean has risen more than 50 percent since 1996," the report reads.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6353NJ20100406
U.S. Birth Rate Drops Below Replacement Level
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. births dropped 2% in 2008, bringing the country's birth rate below replacement level, new government statistics released Tuesday reveal.
The U.S. National Vital Statistics Report showed that the U.S. birth rate dropped in 2008 to 2.08 births per woman, below the 2.1 level needed to replace the population. The report indicates that the birth rate had surpassed replacement level for 2006 and 2007, after having been below replacement since 1972.
The drop in 2008 follows a period of growth, with fertility in 2007 reaching its highest point in two decades. The country saw 4.2 million births, down from 4.3 million the year before.
The decline included a 2% drop in births among teenage girls, which had been on the rise the two previous years, with 41.5 births per 1,000 teens aged 15 to 19.
The birth rate for women in their twenties, the main childbearing years, fell 2 to 3 percent, but the rate for women aged 40-44 increased 4% to 9.9 births per 1,000 women, the highest since 1967.
While the reasons for the decline are unclear, the Washington Post suggests that the drop is linked to the economic recession. They cite a study from the Pew Research Center indicating that the birthrate fell more in states that were more heavily affected by the recession, and vice versa. They also pointed out an October Pew survey that found 14% of Americans aged 18 to 34 and 8% aged 35 to 44 had chosen to postpone birth due to the recession.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040802.html
U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession
Birth rates in the United States began to decline in 2008 after rising to their highest level in two decades, and the decrease appears to be linked to the recession, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of state fertility and economic data.
This analysis is based on data from the 25 states for which final 2008 birth numbers are available. State-level indicators were used because the magnitude and timing of the recent economic decline varies from state to state, thus allowing a more nuanced analysis of links with fertility than is possible at the national level.
In 22 of these 25 states, the birth rate -- the share of women of childbearing age who gave birth -- declined or leveled off in 2008, compared with the previous year. In 20 of the 25 states, the number of births declined or leveled off from the previous year.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1552/birth-rates-united-states-decline-recession
Artie mad at Deadbeat dads....still!
NYers wage jihad vs. WTC mosque
Angry relatives of 9/11 victims last night clashed with supporters of a planned mosque near Ground Zero at a raucous community-board hearing in Manhattan.
After four hours of public debate, members of Community Board 1 finally voted 29-1 in support of the project. Nine members abstained, arguing that they wanted to table the issue and vote at a later date.
The board has no official say over whether the estimated $100 million mosque and community center gets built. But the panel's support, or lack of it, is considered important in influencing public opinion.
The Oil Spill...What are they doing?
Blind Justice? Attractive Get Breaks with Juries
(CBS) Justice may not be blind after all.
According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones. And the unattractive also get slapped with harsher sentences - an average of 22 months longer in prison.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/17/national/main6492046.shtml
Vatican to court: Priests are not our employees
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops are not its employees and that a 1962 Vatican document did not require them to keep quiet, The Associated Press has learned.
The Vatican will make the arguments in a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds filed in Louisville, Kentucky, but it could affect other efforts to sue the Holy See.
The Vatican's U.S. attorney, Jeffrey Lena, said it will include a response to claims that the 1962 document "Crimen Sollicitationis" — Latin for "crimes of solicitation" — barred bishops from reporting abuse to police.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37182162/ns/world_news-europe/
Woman, 87, Busted For Selling Crack
MAY 14--An 87-year-old Florida woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly selling crack cocaine to undercover cops. Ola Mae Agee, pictured in the mug shot below, was collared after a month-long investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office targeted drug dealing in her Pensacola neighborhood. During the police operation, Agee sold $20 worth of crack to an undercover cop inside her Martin Luther King Drive home. The April 30 transaction was secretly videotaped by investigators, according to a sheriff's report, which listed Agee as a "retired janitor." Police executed a search warrant at Agee's home yesterday, and charged the senior citizen with selling cocaine. She was later released from jail on her own recognizance due to her age. Remarkably, Agee is not the oldest person arrested for peddling crack. In 2004, a 96-year-old North Carolina woman was arrested (along with some younger kin) for selling the drug from her Kings Mountain home
CVS Shoplifter Death Now An 'Active' Investigation
No one's denying what he might have done was wrong: allegedly stuffing crayons and toothpaste into his pockets and shoplifting.
But the fact that Anthony Kyser was killed after he was caught, and allegedly choked by a store employee -- with an off-duty sheriff's officer watching it happen -- continues to hit a nerve.
CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports.
Chicago congressman Bobby Rush calls it a case of political hot potato. First he sent a letter about Kyser to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. He says that office put it off on police. So he sent a letter to the police, accusing the department of ignoring a homicide. Kyser's ex-wife believes that to be true.
Ann Marie Balboa said she wants justice served.
"I want the man that killed my ex-husband to pay for what he did," she said.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/CVS.homicide.2.1693571.html
Comedian Mike Birbiglia on LIVE at 9:45pm! (5-12-2010)
http://birbigs.com/
Terrorists! How do we stop them!?
Tensions High at California High School Following Flag Flap
Tensions are rising at a California high school where five students were sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.
Morgan Hill Police Department Cmdr. Joe Sampson said two officers were stationed at Live Oak High School school midday Friday to give a "visual presence" in order to thwart any potential acts of violence.
"We want to give them peace of mind should they need us," Sampson told Fox News.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/07/tensions-high-california-high-school-following-flag-flap/
Woman says 3D porno made her pregnant
US military man Erick Jhonson came home from a stint in Iraq to find that his wife was pregnant. Clearly he assumed she had an affair, but his wife Jennifer claims the “other man” was actually someone a little less physical.
It seems he actually buys her story, however. “I see it as suspicious. The films in 3D are very real. With today’s technology, anything is possible,” he said.
http://www.techeye.net/internet/woman-says-3d-porno-made-her-pregnant
$100 Million Mosque Planned for Near Ground Zero
WSJ: Ground Zero is going to get a new neighbor: a mosque. The project is driven in part by the needs of a growing Muslim population in Lower Manhattan. The nearest existing Islamic prayer space, the Tribeca Mosque, has been holding three evening prayer services on Fridays to keep up with demand.
http://www.breitbart.tv/100-million-mosque-planned-for-near-ground-zero/
Lord Jesus Christ (his real name) hit by car
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The victim might have forgiven the woman who ran him down in a
crosswalk, but police haven't.
Police say a Pittsfield woman has been cited for running down a man named Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed a street in Northampton on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37015837/ns/us_news-weird_news
For Airport Security, Size Matters
A Transportation Security Administration screener is facing an assault rap after he allegedly beat a co-worker who joked about the size of the man's genitalia after he walked through a security scanner. The May 4 confrontation involved Rolando Negrin, 44, and other TSA employees who had previously taken part in a training session at Miami International Airport, according to the below Miami-Dade Police Department reports. Negrin, pictured in the mug shot at right, and his co-workers had been training with new "whole body image" machines--the controversial kind that provide very revealing images of a traveler--when Negrin walked through the scanner. "The X-ray revealed that [Negrin] has a small penis and co-workers made fun of him on a daily basis,"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0506101tsa1.html
Leno’s Mean-Spirited Facebook Gag Puts Times Square Bomb Suspect on “Team Coco”
http://www.geekosystem.com/faisal-shahzad-facebook-jay-leno-team-coco/
Grandmother Arrested After Slapping Granddaughter for Cursing at Her
Florida -- 10Connects.com reports that Theresa Collier, a 73-year-old grandmother was arrested last week for slapping her 18-year-old granddaughter who was swearing at her.
Collier says she allowed her 18-year-old granddaughter, Felicia Collier, who had just gotten kicked out of Catholic school and is now enrolled in online classes, to use her computer to do homework. Felicia was kicked out for cursing at a nun, explained Collier.
Felicia did not want to obey her grandmother’s direction to complete her assignments.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/03/grandmother-arrested-slapping-granddaughter-cursing/?test=latestnews
German man 'marries' his dying cat
A German man has unofficially married his cat after the animal fell ill and vets told him it might not live much longer, Bild newspaper reports.
It says Uwe Mitzscherlich, 39, paid an actress 300 euros (£260,$395) to officiate at the ceremony, as marrying an animal is illegal in Germany.
Mr Mitzscherlich said he had wanted to tie the knot before his asthmatic cat Cecilia died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8658327.stm
Artie with his Idol Mancow..(5-12-2010)
Artie with the very funny Finesse Mitchell
I present to you Creepy Artie
Artie with dear friend
Greg Fitzsimmons will be LIVE on at 9:15! (5-5-2010)
http://www.gregfitzsimmons.com/
Obama! Did we make the right choice?
Christian preacher on hooligan charge after saying he believes that homosexuality is a sin
A Christian street preacher has been arrested and charged with a public-order offence after saying that homosexuality was sinful.
Dale Mcalpine was handing out leaflets to shoppers when he told a passer-by and a gay police community support officer that, as a Christian, he believed homosexuality was one of a number of sins that go against the word of God.
Mr Mcalpine said that he did not repeat his remarks on homosexuality when he preached from the top of a stepladder after his leafleting.
But he has been told that police officers are alleging they heard him making his remarks to a member of the public in a loud voice that could be overheard by others.
Man dies after having eel inserted in rectum during a prank gone awry
In what may be one of the most shocking stories of the year, a man in China died after having an eel inserted into his rectum. Doctors who treated the victim in the Sichuan Province, did not know how the man met his demise until they performed an autopsy and discovered an Asian swamp eel up his backside.
Reports indicate that the man, who has only been identified as a chef, apparently was a victim of a horrible prank. The chef, after a heavy night of drinking, passed out with some of his friends. Those friends thought that it would be funny to put the eel inside of the victim. The medical examiner determined that the cause of death was that the eel, which was fifty centimeters long, devoured the man’s bowels. No word yet on charges against the friends for their role in the death
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/30/man-dies-after-having-eel-inserting-in-rectum-during-a-prank-gone-awry/
You're not guilty of rape: Those skinny jeans were too tight to remove by yourself, jury rules
A man was acquitted of rape today after a jury agreed his victim could not have been sexually assaulted while wearing skinny jeans.
Nicholas Gonzales, 23, told a court in Australia that sex with the 24-year-old woman was consensual, despite her claim he had ripped off her size six skinny jeans before the attack.
The Sydney jury sent a note to the judge during the trial asking for more information about 'how exactly Nick took off her jeans'.
The note from a jury member added: 'I doubt those kind of jeans can be removed without any sort of collaboration.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1270113/Youre-guilty-rape-Those-skinny-jeans-tight-remove-jury-rules.html
'I'm doing nothing wrong': Mother defends decision to breastfeed five-year-old son and other people's babies
A mother who breastfeeds her five-year-old son as well as other people's babies has today insisted that she is 'doing nothing wrong'.
Amanda Hurst says she still feeds Jonathan and is convinced she is doing 'the right thing', despite facing criticism.
The 29-year-old said she had intended to stop when her son reached six months – like most mothers do - but continuing became the 'natural thing’.
Florida Man Drank While Waiting for Sobriety Test, Cops Say
BELLEVIEW, Fla. -- Authorities say a central Florida man took one last swig of alcohol while waiting to take a sobriety test.
Marion County Sheriff's deputies stopped 61-year-old Dana Seaman after noticing his car swerve three times. Seaman said he'd been drinking and agreed to a sobriety test.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/03/florida-man-drank-waiting-sobriety-test-cops-say/
Finesse Mitchell from SNL will be on LIVE! 4-28-2010
http://www.finessemitchell.com/
Why should the Muslim Religion Control Censorship for Comedy Central's South Park?
Man cleared of weighing penis on fruit and veg scales
Thirty-three year old James Jones of Castleview House, Craigour Crescent, Edinburgh, had denied the charge at the city's Sheriff Court.
Jones, she said, told her: "We are just having our privates weighed". Asked what she actually saw, she replied: "He had something on the scales. I didn't see it properly. It looked like a penis".
http://www.scotsman.com/news/Man-cleared-of-weighing-penis.6248019.jp
Police barred from penis enlargement
Forget about getting a job as a police officer in Indonesia's Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won't get it, according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief.
An applicant "will be asked whether or not his vital organ has been enlarged," said Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto, quoted on local website Kompas.com. "If he has, he will be considered unfit to join the police or the military." http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63M3LF20100423?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29
'Gay dog' refused entry to Australian restaurant
The restaurant's owners said a misunderstanding had arisen between Jolly's female companion and a waiter who understood the woman "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".
"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the owners said in a statement to South Australia's Equal Opportunity Tribunal.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.377b0429ec51fd84619bcb757b614e71.591&show_article=1
Racial Profiling by Artie...what could go wrong? (4/21/10)
U.N.'s Ballooning $732 Million Haiti Peacekeeping Budget Goes Mostly to Its Own Personnel
Some $495.8 million goes for salaries, benefits, hazard pay, mandatory R&R allowances and upkeep for the peacekeepers and their international staff support. Only about $33.9 million, or 4.6 percent, of that salary total is going to what the U.N. calls "national staff" attached to the peacekeeping effort.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/uns-massive-haiti-budget-goes-staff/
Usama Bin Laden Had a Facebook Page
The al Qaeda leader, or someone posing as him, was using the social-networking site as a platform to show videos and speeches to Islamic militants -- until Facebook shut him down, that is.
His address was given as "the mountains of the world."
On Thursday, a security expert urged Facebook's U.S. owners to shut down the profile page, named "The leader of the Mujahideen, Osama bin Laden." The profile became active on March 25 and had already attracted nearly 1,000 extremists. Access was via the Taliban's own Facebook presence, according to U.K. publication The Sun.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/16/usama-bin-laden-facebook-page/
Evil Clown hired for stalking, threats and a pie in the face
Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.
He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked.
But Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster.
He is a birthday treat, hired by mum and dad, and the ‘attack’ involves being splatted in the face with a cake.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/821591-evil-clown-hired-for-stalking-threats-and-a-pie-in-the-face
Severe Migraine Leaves English Woman with Chinese Accent
Any migraine sufferer will tell you that the headache pain can be unbearable. After suffering a migraine so intense it changed her voice, a 35-year-old British woman is describing the pain with a Chinese accent. “I have had my friends hanging up on me because they think I'm a hoax caller,” she said. “I speak in a much higher tone now, my voice is all squeaky.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591259,00.html
Binge Drinkers Still Fail To Heed Warnings
One in 10 people plans to drink more than 40 units of alcohol during an evening out, according to research.
That is the equivalent of twice the recommended weekly limit for men and three times the weekly recommended maximum for women.
The figures were discovered following research into the drinking habits of 214 people in Liverpool, Manchester and Chester.
The scientists took them through a series of interviews, breath tests and assessments of their levels of drunkenness, such as slurred speech and ability to walk.
From the overall sample, 80% said they intended to drink more before returning home, with one in 10 believing their total alcohol intake would be more than 40 units before bedtime.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Binge-Drinkers-Have-Regular-Nights-Out-Of-Around-40-Units-Says-Research-From-Liverpool-John-Moores/Article/201004315608960?f=rss
Wacky Wednesday's makes the Tampa Trib! (4-14-2010)
www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/10/na-bad-boy-of-comedy-improvises/
Should Pot be legal?
Casual Sex Increasing in U.S.
WEDNESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- People in nonromantic sexual relationships today are likely to have multiple partners, researchers have found, and that behavior could promote the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, they note.
"The United States has seen a major shift toward nonromantic sexual partnerships -- people becoming sexually involved when they are just casually dating or not dating at all," study author Anthony Paik, a sociologist at the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said in a university news release.
- 17 percent of the men and 5 percent of the women said they had been with someone other than their relationship partner.
- 17 percent of women and 8 percent of men said they'd been exclusive but their partner had not.
- 12 percent of women and 10 percent of men said neither they nor their partner had been monogamous.
- Being sexually involved with a friend increased the likelihood of not being monogamous by 44 percent for women and 25 percent for men. Involvement with an acquaintance or stranger increased the likelihood by 30 percent for women and 43 percent for men.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100408/hl_hsn/casualsexincreasinginus
The Ultimate Airline Insult: Pay to Pee!
Yesterday, in writing about Spirit Air's plan to charge a fee for carry-on bags, I concluded by joking that pay toilets were next. Ha-ha. But then I got an email from SmarterTravel alerting me that Ryanair, the king of cheapo European carriers, was already working on exactly that. The carrier actually plans to install pay toilets on its short-haul flights. Apparently Ryanair believes that you should be able to hold it in for hour, and if you can't—better have a €1 coin handy.
Leadville deputy shot 30 students with Taser
Approximately 30 students voluntarily chose to be shot with a Taser by a sheriff's deputy during an annual career fair Thursday. The tasings were not authorized by the school district. The incidents happened at Lake County High School, where the Lake County Sheriff's Office had a booth. http://www.gazette.com/articles/county-96846-lake-9news.html
One in five adults believe aliens are on earth, disguised as humans
The poll questioned 23,000 adults in 22 countries and found that more than 40 per cent of people from India and China believe that alien life exists with a human facade on this planet.
European respondents in the survey were more sceptical with only eight per cent of people from Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands convinced that life from outer space exists on earth.
Men were more likely to believe in extra-terrestrial life than women with 22 per cent convinced compared to 17 per cent of women.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7569672/One-in-five-adults-believe-aliens-are-on-earth-disguised-as-humans.html
Weird but true
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_9NIAdE1w18tib3S0GnLGTK
fat chinese kid sings i will always love you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3-p_4z6FiM
Tiger Nike Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTRvlrP2NU
4-7-2010
DeRay Davis will be on the show LIVE at 9:45pm
http://www.deraydavis.com/
Artie's First LIVE Remote (3-24-2010)
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Harland Williams will be on LIVE at 9:45PM!
Special Guest: Maria Bamford at 9:45PM!
3-10-2010
http://www.mariabamford.com/
Artie and the Gang with Jim Florentine
3-3-2010
Tipping How Much is too Much or not Enough?
Comedian John Witherspoon on TONIGHT!
2-24-2010
http://www.bangbangbangbang.com/bio.html
Drug smuggler swallows 123 condoms of cocaine, say Swiss border guards
A Nigerian drug smuggler has been arrested in Switzerland with 123 condoms stuffed with cocaine weighing 3.7 pounds in his stomach, border guards said Thursday.
Michel Bachar, a spokesman for federal border guards, said the 123 condoms represented the equivalent of a 5.5 meter long string of sausages or 3.5 liters in volume.
"It's exceptional," he told AFP, underlining that the contents of just one of the condoms could have killed the carrier.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/drug_smuggler_swallows_condoms_of_HaZEIktgIB0UOG4aNTCEbM
MLB Mascot Accused of Gruesome Wiener Attack
Royals -- is accused of poking a fan's eye out with a steaming hot wiener during a Major League Baseball game last year ... and now the team is being sued over it.
It's all in a lawsuit filed in Jackson County, Missouri in which John Coomer claims he was just chillin' at a game on September 8, 2009 -- when Slugger "climbed atop the third base dugout and started shooting hotdogs into the stands from an air gun."
Coomer claims Slugger eventually put the air gun down -- and started firing off the wieners by hand ... when, according to the suit, things went horribly wrong.
In the docs, Coomer claims "Slugger lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff."
Coomer claims the dog hit him right in his left eye -- leaving him with a detached retina and the development of cataracts.
Coomer is now suing the Royals for more than $25k for negligence and battery -- claiming they "failed to adequately train its agents ... in the proper method in which to throw hotdogs into the stands at Kauffman Stadium."
Cold days, hot nights: Olympic Village secrets
It may be the most exclusive neighborhood in the world. Money can’t buy a room there: The only currency accepted is supreme athletic talent.
It’s the Olympic Village, and its residents are the strongest, fastest, most competitive and most confident men and women in the world. Scattered among this population of athletic heroes are the greatest champions from across the globe, people who have won multiple Olympic medals and world titles and dominate their sports.
“You can’t believe there’s all these iconic champions from every sport you never thought you’d meet, and now you’re having lunch with them,” said Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics men’s singles figure skating champion and a participant in the 1980 Lake Placid Games.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35439222/ns/today-today_in_vancouver
World's fattest man hospitalized
The world's fattest man was in a hospital Friday after a suspected heart attack, just one week after he announced plans to write his autobiography revealing his weight-loss tips.
Paul Mason, 48, was rushed from his home in Ipswich, Suffolk Thursday night in a reinforced ambulance after suffering agonizing chest pains.
Mason - who used to be 980 lbs but slimmed down to 686 lbs - was seen clutching his chest and gasping for breath as paramedics hoisted him onto a massive stretcher bed.
Arizona Man’s ‘Penis’ Tree Stirs Neighborhood Debate
“Just a kind of practical joke my friends played on me.”
http://www.breitbart.tv/arizona-mans-penis-tree-stirs-neighborhood-debate/
CBS halts sitcom production after Charlie Sheen checks into rehab
LOS ANGELES (AP) - CBS is temporarily halting production of television's top-rated comedy, "Two and a Half Men," following news that star Charlie Sheen is in rehab and is taking a break from the show.
Sheen was arrested after a fight with his wife at their Colorado home. He was charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor offenses.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=12037252
'Growing Pains' Star Emptied Out Apartment
Lance Miccio tells TMZ he went to Koenig's apartment last night and found it cleaned out.
Miccio says Koenig told friends two weeks ago he planned to move back to Vancouver to "start over," because he considered Vancouver his "place for solace."
Koenig -- son of "Star Trek" star Walter Koenig -- was last seen February 14 in Vancouver. Cops told us there have been reported sightings of Koenig since he went missing, and that they are still looking "for a living person."
Artie and the Gang with Jake Johannsen!
2/17/2010
Artie and the Gang with John Pinette!!
2/10/2010
Artie and the Gang with Pauly Shore!!
2/3/2010
