Looks like former heavyweight boxing champion, ear biter and convicted felon Mike Tyson got a new hoverboard for Christmas. Tyson ignored his daughter’s warning that the hoverboard was dangerous and hopped on — and it delivered him a knockout that would have had Evander Holyfield smiling from ear to deformed ear…. Read More
Mosque arsonist arrested — and you’ll never believe who it is
The alleged perpetrator of a recent Texas mosque fire that was feared to be a hate crime has been arrested — and he’s a fellow Muslim. The man charged with arson in the Christmas Day fire at the Houston mosque told an investigator he worshipped there, authorities said Wednesday. Gary… Read More
“Affluenza” mom back in America — in handcuffs!
The mother of fugitive Texas teen Ethan Couch, known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident, has been returned to the U.S. from Mexico minus her son, whose own deportation was delayed by a Mexican judge. Tonya Couch arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight… Read More
Surprise, surprise! Vegas car killer was high
A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk had marijuana in her system, but prosecutors said Wednesday that it’s unlikely she will be charged with driving under the influence. Tests showed that Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, had more than… Read More
Utah woman survives 320-foot fall off a cliff
Sarah Crenshaw was edging along a familiar mountain road in Utah when her SUV hit a patch of black ice and slid over a precipice. “I started praying, ‘Don’t let me die on Christmas,’” she later told the Standard-Examiner. Crenshaw, 48, survived the 320-foot tumble into a ravine on the… Read More
Whoops! Health insurer calls thousands of seniors at 3 a.m.
A Massachusetts health insurer is apologizing after sending automated phone calls to as many as 10,000 senior citizens in the wee hours of the morning. Tufts Health Plan accidentally sent the robocall between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Tuesday to remind patients to get their flu shots. A spokeswoman for… Read More
All-time football great dies at 85
Doug Atkins, a defensive lineman who earned induction into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 85. Robert Shelton, a co-owner of Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home in Humboldt, Tennessee, said that Atkins died Wednesday morning of natural causes at Fort Sanders… Read More
NYC mailman throws away 1,000 pieces of Christmas mail
Federal court papers say a postal worker was so overwhelmed by the holiday season workload on his delivery route that he dumped 1,000 pieces of mail in the trash. The New York Post is reporting that Queens postman Daniel Darby was charged with unlawfully delaying and destroying the mail. Federal… Read More
Touching gift for 2-year-old cancer survivor
A 2-year-old cancer survivor with an amputated arm is getting a special gift: A kitten that also suffered an amputation. Matt and Simone Tipton, of Orange County, California had been searching for a kitten for their daughter Scarlette, who was born with a rare form of cancer. Scarlette’s left arm… Read More
Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault
The law has finally caught up with Bill Cosby. Cosby was arrested and charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America’s… Read More