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Cops Bust Crook ... in Pile of Teddy Bears

Man's sneakers sticking out gave away his carnival hideout

(Newser) - He might have gotten away with it, but for those darn sneakers. An El Paso man running from the law at a carnival was captured when police said they spotted David Caro's sneakers poking out beneath a pile of stuffed teddy bears. Authorities say Caro was trying to hide after...

Whose Awful Song Is Worse?
 Whose Awful Song Is Worse? 
tila vs. lilo
May 11, 2010 10:39 AM CDT

Whose Awful Song Is Worse?

Two trainwrecks, four disgusting songs

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s new song is called “I Wanna Be Bad,” and—hooray!—mission accomplished. The instant classic includes such poetic lines as “How about that lap dance / I got cash I’m spending” and “Don’t need you to leave your number, ain’...

Cops Mistake Movie Robbery for Real One

Officer nearly shoots actor in Long Island convenience store

(Newser) - Note to filmmakers: There's such a thing as too much realism. To wit, an actor almost got shot yesterday when a New York cop, responding to a 911 call about a robbery in progress, came upon what looked like, well, a robbery in progress. The scene: There was the actor,...

Woman Busted for Dumping Dog Poop on Lawn

30 gallons worth, to punish deadbeat client

(Newser) - Melinda Hofmann has a literally crappy job: People pay her to clean up after their dogs. So when one of her clients missed several payments, she kind of lost it. “I just decided to give her poop back,” she tells KTVZ.com . “I kind of lost all...

Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger
Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger
A MOUTHFUL
Apr 27, 2010 10:11 AM CDT

Busted, Dude Chows Weed, Double Cheeseburger

Stupid people don't get smarter when they're high

(Newser) - Dude, you don't put your weed in there: The St. Petersburg Times has a chortler about one Samuel Collins, who was chewing furiously on a bag of pot early Saturday morning after being pulled over for tossing a McDonald's bag out the car window. As cops yelled for him to...

Ask a Tea Partier: Why Do You Hate Obama?
 Ask a Tea Partier: 
 Why Do You Hate Obama? 
'umm, see, well...'
Apr 22, 2010 7:52 AM CDT

Ask a Tea Partier: Why Do You Hate Obama?

Most can't exactly explain

(Newser) - Why does the tea party hate Barack Obama? For a vast number of reasons—most of which apparently aren't rooted deeply in reality. New Left Media asked protesters at the National Tax Day demonstration to explain their motivations, and perhaps predictably gathered some less-than-well-thought-out answers in this video, picked up...

How Stupid Are Your Twitter Followers? Find Out

Site uses latest science to decide who's fans are dumbest

(Newser) - Do you love Twitter, celebrities, or making fun of people? Than Mashable has found an excellent timekiller for you in the form of Stupid Fight , a new site from comedian Tom Scott that allows you to pit the followers of any two celebrities against each other, to see which fans...

Hazmat Storms House Over Meth Lab&mdash;Er, Stinky Cat Box
Hazmat Storms House Over Meth Lab—Er, Stinky Cat Box
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Apr 14, 2010 1:29 PM CDT

Hazmat Storms House Over Meth Lab—Er, Stinky Cat Box

Cops mistook kitty pee for meth lab

(Newser) - Police, firefighters, and Hazmat teams stormed a home in Westland, Mich., on Monday after the home’s owner mistook the stink emanating from an abandoned litter box for the smell of an active meth lab, WLBZ2 NBC reports. The homeowner, Sue Walters, had recently kicked out the home’s longtime...

Drunk Robs Fishing Store, Cops Hook His Butt
Drunk Robs Fishing Store, Cops Hook His Butt
STUPID CRIMINALS
Apr 14, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Drunk Robs Fishing Store, Cops Hook His Butt

German proves not all thieves are the sharpest

(Newser) - The dumb-criminal file has a brilliant new entry from Germany: Police charged a man with breaking into a fishing and hunting shop when they caught him near the store, reports Der Spiegel . He couldn't run quickly because a) he was drunk and b) he fell on fishing hooks in the...

Man Shoots Girlfriend After Drunken Gun Foreplay

Love hurts

(Newser) - Safe sex tip of the day kids: When using guns during foreplay, make sure neither they, nor you, are loaded. A 25-year-old Washington man says he learned this lesson the hard way Saturday, when he and his girlfriend busted out a firearm after a night of hard drinking. He told...

Pet Cobra Escapes, Costs Teenage Owner $134K

Cops tear apart 19-year-old's flat to find missing snake

(Newser) - A 19-year-old German boy is facing a huge repair bill after authorities tore apart his apartment building looking for his poisonous pet snake. Authorities evacuated the building, stripped the boy’s apartment bare, and ripped out the walls and floorboards hunting for the foot-long monocled cobra, which escaped on March...

12-Year-Old Blows $1,400 on Farmville

Uses mom's credit card to rack up debt on Facebook game

(Newser) - A 12-year-old UK boy has earned himself the grounding of a lifetime by racking up roughly $1,400 in Farmville charges, first emptying some $450 from his own savings account, and then charging another $950 to his unwitting mother’s credit card—all in the space of about two weeks,...

Couple Busted After Finding, Keeping Suitcase Full of Cash

Australians charged with 'theft by finding,' kept $100K

(Newser) - Imagine this: You buy an old suitcase from the Salvation Army, get it home, and discover that it has $100,000 hidden in its lining. It’s your lucky day right? Well, not if you live in Australia. A Melbourne-area couple who found themselves in that situation have been arrested...

Man Fleeing Police Jumps Into Women's Prison

Discovers this was a poor way to end car chase

(Newser) - Here’s a tip for budding fugitives: avoid prisons. Ricky Flowers needs a reminder, considering that he led police on a 90mph chase across several Ohio towns and two interstates early Monday before hitting a dead end in front of a women’s prison facility. Flowers and the three other...

Mom Throws Baby Into SUV to Stop Repo Man

A 15-year-old then shot the guy in the leg, police say

(Newser) - Krystal Gardner must be really attached to her car. When a man tried to repossess the SUV on Monday, police say the 28-year-old Dallas woman threw her 1-year-old child through an open window and into the car’s back seat—a deranged but clever ploy, since state law prevents vehicles...

Breast Milk Attack Ends in Felony Charge

Woman squirts deputy, who expresses 'bio-hazard' fear

(Newser) - Toni Tramel had been arrested for public drunkenness, a misdemeanor. But when the 31-year-old Kentucky woman was putting on her inmate uniform, she allegedly squirted a stream of breast milk in the face of the female deputy watching her, WYMT-TV reports. After cleaning the “bio-hazard” off her face, the...

Bride and Groom Jailed for Trying to Run Over Ex

Newlywed couple spends first night in separate cells

(Newser) - A pair of Cape Cod newlyweds spent their first night as husband and wife in separate jail cells, after allegedly attempting to run over the groom’s ex-girlfriend and her son. Police say they found the couple and their would-be victims in a restaurant parking lot. The couple was drunk,...

Alleged Jewel Thief Leaves Trail—in Snow

Police had no trouble following suspect to relative's house

(Newser) - Police in Illinois used a cutting-edge technique to apprehend a suspected jewel thief: They followed his footprints in the snow. When a Des Plaines woman came home Tuesday night to find a man rifling through her jewelry, the culprit fled out her back door, reports the Chicago Tribune . Police arrived...

Man Gets Penis Stuck in Steel Pipe; Firemen Called

Everything ends well, however

(Newser) - There’s no tactful way to relate this story, so here it is: A UK man got his penis so horribly stuck inside of a steel pipe Tuesday that it took seven firefighters and a metal grinder to get it out. The man had initially been rushed to a hospital,...

'Green' Gizmos You Don't Need
 'Green' Gizmos 
 You Don't Need 
dumb gadgets
Dec 12, 2009 9:09 AM CST

'Green' Gizmos You Don't Need

These gizmos won't improve the world

(Newser) - Sure, we’re all trying to save energy and help the environment, but some of the “green” gadgets out there are just plain stupid. Here are some of the worst offenders—wind-up razors, energy monitors that Tweet, etc.—via the Business Insider .

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