Tag Archives: human interest

PFFT….WHATEVER!

Next time you roll your eyes and say “whatever”, don’t be surprised if someone flashes you a dirty look.
According to a recent Marist Poll, 47% of Americans find “whatever” to be the most annoying word.
“You know” came in second place, at 25%, and 11% can’t stand “it is what it is.”
Meanwhile, 7% of people would [...]

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER ACCEPTS CASH SETTLEMENT IN TASER INCIDENT

A 72-year-old great-grandmother from Texas who was Tasered by a deputy constable on a local highway has accepted a $40 000 settlement offer from Travis County, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
Kathryn Winkfein had sought more than $135 000 for pain and suffering, medical expenses and humiliation.
The 4-foot-11 woman was zapped by Deputy Constable Christopher Bieze after [...]

CHEERLEADERS PROHIBITED FROM HOLDING BIBLE VERSES AT FOOTBALL GAME

It’s school spirit and school spirit only for a group of cheerleaders at a north Georgia high school who have been told they will no longer be allowed to hold up signs bearing Bible verses at tonight’s football game.
After a few discussions and meetings, the Catoosa school district banned the signs over concerns they were [...]

HALLOWEEN DISPLAY OF DEAD CELEBS IS D.O.A.

The Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati has taken down its planned Halloween Haunt display featuring skeletons of dead celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Sonny Bono after endles negative feedback from the public.
“We weren’t intending for it to be distasteful and we do apologize if we offended anyone,” Don Helbig, Kings Island spokesman, [...]

BIGFOOT SPOTTED IN KENTUCKY!

Lurking in the undergrowth could this grainy image finally prove the existence of Bigfoot? And in a bizarre twist could the fabled creature be a vegetarian?
Kenny and Margaret Mahoney set up a motion camera in their back garden in Fairdale, Kentucky after their home-grown vegetables began to mysteriously disappear earlier this month. Convinced [...]

CHILD MIRACULOUSLY ELUDES CAR CRASH

Check out this video of a young girl barely escaping being crushed by a speeding car outside a convenience store in Sunnyside, WA, when the vehicle struck a concrete pole that lifted it off the ground above her head.
The driver’s Toyota was traveling in reverse at high speed and later booked at the Sunnyside jail [...]