From SFGATE.COM: 
A real reporter in a virtual world Second Life gamers can read ‘news’ of online goings-on
Second Life is an online community that has its own monetary system, tattoo parlors and wedding planners — and now the role-playing game that runs out of San Francisco has a full-time beat reporter from the Reuters international news […]

From This Is Bristol: 
PANIC AS CAPTAIN QUITS HOLIDAY JET
Passengers on an airliner bound for Bristol were plunged into panic when their captain refused to fly them home, telling them the aircraft was unsafe. Evening Post readers on board the flight from Antalya in Turkey say a “mini-riot” broke out after the pilot walked into the […]

 
From Faux News: 
Starbucks Sued for $114M Over Recalled Employee Coupon
NEW YORK  — Starbucks (SBUX) was sued Friday for $114 million over its recall last week of a coupon that entitled the holder to a free large iced drink.
Peter Sullivan, a lawyer who sued on behalf of a 23-year-old Starbucks regular who felt “betrayed” when her […]

From CBSNews.COM:
Hotels Pressured To Halt Porn
Coalition Wants Federal Investigation; Hotels Say It’s Legitimate Income
Pornographic movies now seem nearly as pervasive in America’s hotel rooms as tiny shampoo bottles, and the lodging industry shows little concern as conservative activists rev up a protest campaign aimed at triggering a federal crackdown.
A coalition of 13 conservative groups — […]

From YahooNews:
Hundreds expected to come to Masturbate-a-thon
LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Britons are being urged to attend what is being branded as Europe’s first “Masturbate-a-thon”, a leading reproductive healthcare charity said on Friday.
Marie Stopes International, which is hosting the event with HIV AIDS charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, said it expected up to 200 […]

From MSNBC: 
Horse’s head dumped in official’s pool
Authorities investigating possible ‘Godfather’-style threat
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - A councilwoman found a severed horse’s head in her swimming pool Tuesday, state police said.
“We’re looking at a threat as a possible angle,” Lt. Pierce Gallagher said. “Certainly, we can’t rule that out.”
There have been some prior instances of harassment directed toward […]

From YahooNews: 
Biker gang auctions off a day with them
SYDNEY, Australia - The Comanchero Motorcycle Club is auctioning off a day in the life of a biker, including a visit to the infamous site of a shootout with a rival gang that left six people dead.
The club has advertised the chance to spend eight hours with […]

From CNN.COM: 
US Airways to place ads on barf bags
US Airways wants to make the most out of a nauseating situation.
The Tempe, Arizona-based airline plans to sell advertisements on its air-sickness bags — those pint-sized expandable envelopes tucked between the in-flight magazines and safety cards.
“They’re in every back seat pocket,” said spokesman Phil Gee. “We figure […]

 
(inside a MagiQuest Nerd cave)
A company called “MagiQuest” is trying an interesting new concept.  They are building “Kingdoms” where people will come into a computer fantasy game like setting in a 20,000 square foot facility and interact with video screens, (and maybe live actors?  I’m not clear on this) to solve puzzles in quests etc.

(Nerdy kids with […]

Israeli warplanes strike Beirut airport
With Israel now attacking, well, everyone.  What has the response from the White House been?  Nothing, crickets.
Just imagine for a moment what it might be like if we had a REAL President in the White House, not some fool who didn’t even know Iraq had these sects called Shiites and Sunni’s […]

From YahooNews: 
Texas school district bans grillz
ARLINGTON, Texas - The school district here has expanded its dress codes to include mouths — and earlobes.
 
Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as “grillz” — shiny teeth caps — or the earlobe-stretching practice known as “gauging.”
“The district is having to respond to fads because they’ve become distracters […]

 
From YahooNews:
Romanian government puts final nail in the coffin of Dracula theme park
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Dracula’s eternal sleep can remain undisturbed after Romanian authorities decided to scrap a project for an amusement park dedicated to everybody’s favourite vampire.
 
Following a plague of difficulties, the Romanian government spelt the death of the theme park project in Snagov, […]

Redtopia strikes again.
Not happy enough to just psychologically screw up their daughters for life with “Virginity Pledges”  our Christian Taliban friends in Tennessee now want to desecrate a proud American symbol of liberty far more than any hippy burning a flag ever could.
Out with the old, in with the new.
 
Lady Liberty has been replaced with….

Jessica […]

 
From YahooNews: 
Sex church preaches how ‘Jesus loves porn stars’
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Christian missionary group making the rounds at US adult entertainment conventions hands out Bibles with “Jesus loves porn stars” stamped on their covers.
 
Jesus loves porn stars just as much as he does pastors and soccer moms, XXXchurch contends.
The outreach team from XXXchurch, […]