Parents: what gives? When a mom and dad in Dinwiddie County, Va. discovered that their 13-year-old daughter had been sending nude photos of herself to boys on her phone, they decided to take her into the police station with the hopes that it would never happen again. The Virgina parents claimed that their readiness to turn over their daughter to …
1-in-2M Find: 14-Year-Old Nabs Blue Lobster
A rare sight made landfall in a lobsterman’s trap Saturday. Jay LaPlante with the Miss Meghan’s Lobster Catch company caught a blue lobster around 10:45 a.m. ET Saturday off Pine Point here, about 10 miles southwest of Portland, Maine. LaPlante and his 14-year-old daughter, Meghan, were hauling traps when she discovered the 2-pound cerulean crustacean, the first time they’ve ever …
Man Eats Pasta Off Subway Floor To Prove Vacuum’s Effectiveness
Well this is one way to make a cleaning demonstration stand out. A brand manager for Bissell Canada vacuum cleaners is sucking up a lot of attention for his stunt in the Toronto subway. In the video above, Ravi Dalchand vacuums a patch of floor with a Bissell and proceeds to eat pasta off the same spot. Then he sops …
Pageant Mom Feeds Daughter Tapeworms
As a pediatric E.R. nurse, Maricar Cabral-Osorio has to have a strong stomach, but some things are too gross even for her — like tapeworms trying to climb out of a toilet bowl. Cabral-Osorio saw the disgusting sight when a teenage girl arrived with a bulging stomach at the Florida hospital where she works. At first, she and her fellow …
ESPN Airs Update On Michael Sam’s NFL Showering Habits
Michael Sam, who will likely become the first openly-gay man to play in the NFL this fall, is currently practicing with the rest of his teammates at the St. Louis Rams training camp. But in addition to how he’s faring on the field, ESPN is also reporting on Sam’s locker room activity, or lack thereof. During a recent SportsCenter report, …
Compton To School Guards: Bring Your AR-15!
When students in the Compton Unified School District return to classrooms on Monday, some of them will have new pencils or notebooks. Their teachers will have new textbooks. But this year, the district’s campus police will be getting an upgrade, too: AR-15 rifles. The board of the Los Angeles-area school district approved a measure to allow the campus cops to …
More Women Than Ever Own Guns
More women than ever before own guns. Nearly 79 percent of firearms retailers reported an increase in female customers between 2011 and 2012, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. From this surge in popularity comes classes, specialized apparel, custom firearms, shooting-group memberships and conferences for women. Women have also become the sellers, the lobbyists and the business owners. Entrepreneur …