ESPN fires Jeremy Lin headline writer, suspends anchor
ESPN issued a statement today saying that it had fired the employee responsible for the “Chink in the armor” headline. In issuing the statement, the network also admitted a third episode, this one on...
View ArticleCell-phone photos show purported Chinese gangster
Porsches, puppies and lots of yuan: That’s the life of a supposed Chinese gangster. Odd photos of this odd character showed up on the photo-sharing site imgur recently and the gallery has since been...
View ArticleAwkward family Easter photos
More often than not, the cute photo of your kid sitting on the mall Easter Bunny’s lap doesn’t go as planned. From creepy-looking bunnies to terrified tots, the folks at Awkward Family Photos have seen...
View ArticleMy height? Keep that question to yourself
By Kristi Barlette, Albany (N.Y.) Times Union, kbarlette@timesunion.com. This goes out to you, the man who knocked down the bread display on your dash to ask me The Question; the nurse who, while...
View ArticleFaces of the Spelling Bee
At last night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, 14-year-old Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego took home the trophy after spelling winning word “guetapens.” The Bee was a hard-fought battle, with a range of...
View ArticleSkinny-dipping woman distracts homeowner during robbery
By Jennifer Wadsworth You’d think an offer from a strange woman to skinny-dip in your pool would arouse more suspicion than anything else. But a former police officer in Tennessee got hoodwinked when a...
View ArticleUndercover S.F. cops to pose as Seahawks fans
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) – Football fans at Sunday’s home game against San Francisco 49ers’ rival the Seattle Seahawks are advised to keep their hands to themselves with many undercover police officers...
View ArticleTeacher allegedly shows up for school drunk, sans pants
A newly-hired Oklahoma teacher was arrested on accusations she was drunk on the first day of school, Tulsa’s KOKI-TV reports. Wagoner police say Lorie Hill, 49, was found in an empty classroom at...
View ArticleVideos, photos of police throwing tear gas in Ferguson
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View ArticleA sigh of relief after rocket launches to International Space Station
By Eric Berger 12:05 A.M. FRIDAY UPDATE: The Progress spacecraft made it safely to orbit, right on time. When it docks with the International Space Station in two days it will deliver 3,100 pounds of...
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