Hershey uses foreign "slave" labor

Hershey is being accused of taking advantage of foreign students using a J-1 visa to come to America. I worked with some of these students when I was in college and know how happy they were to come to America to do some crappy job no one else here wanted to do. The least Hershey could do is treat them fairly. Well, I'm switching to Nestle... oops, I mean Cadbury.

Restaurant bans kids under 6

As a parent of a 3 month old... I have to agree with this grouchy old man. The last thing I want to do when I'm out is to dine with someone else's annoying kids. Especially when I'm at such a fancy place as the driving range restaurant.



A longer version of the story with more cranky comments is here

Dexter Morgan finds his next target

Christiane Amanpour knew where Bin Laden was

This is from 2008... Someone should have listened to her "very knowlegable" friend.

Osama's hiding place

This is where Osama Bin Laden was supposedly found and killed.  Click to see it in Google Maps.

Charlie Crist apologizes to David Byrne

Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has issued a video apology to musician David Byrne for copyright infringement after using the song "Road To Nowhere" in a campaign video. This is all part of a settlement he made with the Talking Heads front man:

Insane Tsunami footage

Early this morning an earthquake ripped through Japan, triggering a 13-foot Tsunami. Here's some of the footage that's coming through. Incredible.

1,000 dead birds fall from the sky

It's the end of the world! Or a hail storm.

Guy goes nuts at school board meeting

Here's some crazy video of a man interrupting a school board meeting in Panama City, Fla., spray painting a red “V” on the wall, then shooting at the board members. He fortunately missed and no board members were harmed. The man, Clay Duke, later shot himself. (This video does not contain footage of his suicide)

New cigarette warnings may hit packages soon

Federal health officials are considering putting more graphic warnings on packages of cigarettes. Below are a few examples. What do you think? Good idea or too graphic?

Weatherman throws his mic at polar bears

Clumsy weatherman will never live this moment down:

Hiccup girl charged with murder!

Remember the girl from a few years back who went on all of the talk shows and told her story about how she couldn't stop hiccuping? Well, she was arrested this week and charged with murder!

The good news? She no longer has the hiccups. Here's her mug shot:


And here's video of Hiccup Girl before she was busy killing people:

Stop The Mosque music video

It's intolerant and has a catchy beat. I give it a 7.

No, this isn't a song from an upcoming South Park episode, it's a REAL video made by those crazy Mosque protesters. You know, the folks that make us look like a bunch of scared, racist rednecks. Oops, I forgot tone-deaf. Amerukuh... F-yeah!

Bieber gets revenge on Twitter hacker

So, we told you yesterday about the kid that hacked into Justin Bieber's best friend's Twitter account, stole Bieber's phone number and texted him. Bieber got revenge by Tweeting the kid's phone number with the message "Call Me". This is what's been happening to the poor kid's phone ever since:

Beacon Pinball Arcade on CNN

I'm not sure how we missed this, but CNN covered the city of Beacon shutting down the Retro Arcade Museum. They did kind of leave out the part about the museum getting all sorts of noise complaints and the city trying to relocate it... but it's a much better story without all of those pesky facts.

The wedding celebration begins in Rhinebeck

Last night the Clintons, Madeline Albright and a few other well known people were spotted arriving at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. Here's some of the footage:

Awesome news interview goes viral

A woman in the projects of Alabama woke up to find a strange man in her bed. Her brother ran in to rescue her and is still a little upset about the whole thing...



Hide ya kids, hide ya wife, and hide ya husband, 'cuz they rapin' everybody out here!

Headline of the week

UFO spotted in China

This Unidentified Flying Object closed down an airport in Hangzhou:


Some are speculating that it's a private jet (no way), "rocket debris" (fat chance) or a military test (probably). Of course, it could be a real-life district 9 situation. I'm certain that the Chinese won't be as friendly to the aliens as the South Africans were. Full story here.

Fireworks mishap at the HV Renegades game

Here's video of the fireworks fail at the Hudson Valley Renegades game on Friday night. Forward to 1:50 to see the first problem firework fly through the fence and down the 3rd base line. The real scary one happens at 2:28 when a rocket zooms over the spectators' heads and lands on top of one of the luxury boxes.

The incident is currently under investigation.



Update: Here's video from a much closer point of view