From The Tennessean:
Titans’ T-Rac subject of suit
Former QB says mascot hurt him
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Adrian McPherson has sued the Titans because their mascot, T-Rac, ran into him with a golf cart at halftime of an Aug. 12 preseason game at LP Field.
The suit, filed Friday in Davidson County Circuit Court, seeks $15 million […]

In 2002, a new Ship arose out of the desert at Burning Man, it was…

La Contessa!
Unfortunately it has succumbed to arson, I’m not sure where it was “parked” it looks like it might be the Burning Man ranch, or somewhere near Black rock in Northern Nevada.

I hope they catch the bastards, and then maybe…someday…
La Contessa […]

From SFGATE.COM: 
Man Accused of Faking Retardation
For nearly 20 years — ever since Pete Costello was 8 — his mother has collected disability benefits on his behalf. In meetings with Social Security officials and psychologists, he appeared mentally retarded and unable to communicate. His mother insisted he couldn’t read or write, shower, take care of himself […]

From The SeattleTimes.COM: 
Spanaway man first arrest under state’s new bestiality law
TACOMA, Wash. — A Spanaway man believed to be the first person in the state charged under Washington’s new bestiality law bailed out of the Pierce County Jail this morning.
Pierce County prosecutors say 26-year-old Michael Patrick McPhail was caught by his wife on Wednesday night […]

 
The First Amendment protects all speech, even dorky non-sensical teenager goofball speech.  I hope he wins.
From MSNBC.COM:
Supreme Court takes ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ case
Student hung banner off school property, sparking free speech debate
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court stepped into a dispute over free speech rights Friday involving a suspended high school student and his banner […]

From The Australian: 
Fantasy fights off reality
DURHAM, North Carolina: When little Stevie Long and his mother and sister were held at gunpoint by armed robbers who forced their way into the family’s apartment, the four-year-old boy changed into his Power Rangers costume and attacked their assailants, scaring them off.
The boy managed to sneak out of the […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Bingo habit blamed for grandma’s drug running
61-year-old faces up to 12 years in jail after 214 lbs. of pot found in her car
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A grandmother found with a trunkful of marijuana was convicted of drug running in what prosecutors said was an attempt to earn cash for a bingo habit.
State troopers […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Man accused of spray-painting three goats
‘Obviously it’s not an occurrence you see every day,’ officer says
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - A man broke into a barn on Thanksgiving morning, spray-painted three pet goats and scattered pages of pornographic magazines on the floor, apparently to harass the property owner, police said Tuesday.
Drew Gagnon, 37, of Mahopac, was […]

From YahooNews:
Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police
ATLANTA - A police official said narcotics officers were justified in returning fire on a 92-year-old woman they shot to death after she shot them as they tried to serve a warrant at her house.
Neighbors and relatives said it was a case of mistaken identity. But police said […]

(warning, if you care about your freedoms you may be disturbed by this video that was shot in the UCLA Library 3 days ago)
So what are the real side effects of Bush/Cheney condoning torture in Cuba or other countries?
Because the shit comes home to roost.
When you have a Nation whose leaders will find a justification […]

From YahooNews:
Pair accused of ‘overt’ plane activity
RALEIGH, N.C. - A California couple are facing federal charges after they refused to stop “overt sexual activity” during a flight to Raleigh, authorities said. Carl Warren Persing of Lakewood, Calif., and Dawn Elizabeth Sewell of Huntington Beach, Calif., are accused of interfering with flight crew members during […]

From YahooNews:
Naked man arrested for concealed weapon
EL CERRITO, Calif. - A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after police found him outdoors — naked — and he told them he had a tool in his rectum, authorities said.
The man was lying on a tree stump, masturbating beside a nature path, near […]

 
From YahooNews:
Nearly 80 stolen garden gnomes discovered in central France
LIMOGES, France (AFP) - Some 79 garden gnomes snatched by a so-called gnome liberation group, were discovered along the banks of a stream in the central Limousin region, police said.
The gnomes were hidden in some underbrush with a banner that read, “gnome mistreated, gnome liberated,” police […]

From YahooNews: 
Angry shopkeeper uses forklift on car
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - A shopkeeper got so angry about the way a man had parked his car that he climbed into a forklift, placed the fork under the car and lifted it off the ground, police said Wednesday.
Wasek Safrah, 51, of Ossining, also punched out both the offending car […]