UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.

Ah, the Brits. Gotta love it when they come up with something like this. :)

BBC NEWS | Middle East | British blamed for Basra badgers

ANN (lets hair fall forward, sweeps hair back with both hands, tosses head): Are you telling me your own mother slept with a monkey?

I don't think Roger likes these two very much...

:: rogerebert.com :: Commentary :: Chris Curveball & the Blonde Bomb (xhtml)

But do any of these “boundary-pushing moves” ever work? We collected some of the more common Cosmo tips and ran them by a group of New York men. Their general response: Mind blowing. Not the sex, mind you. The ideas.

Wow, totally wrong and really funny at the same time.

SEX, LIES & FROZEN MARBLES | By MACKENZIE DAWSON | Entertainment News | Celebrity News | Arts & Entertainment

Defence Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer said the film makers "will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult".

Guess the Germans don't care much for that whole e-meter thing.

ABC News: Verboten: Germany Bans Tom Cruise

"The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soliders would become gay," explained Hammond.

Your tax dollars at work...

cbs5.com - Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

The petition, directed to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, asks that Hilton be pardoned from her sentence of 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation by driving with a suspended license. The punishment was handed down in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. An appeal has been filed.

"I urge all fans and supporters and all that are outraged by injustice to sign this petition," writes Hilton.

I only have one thing to say about this, and it's not a word.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Paris Hilton Asks for Schwarzenegger Pardon - Paris Hilton : People.com

I'm not much of a fan of country, but... LOL

YouTube - Hot Country Singer Has Message for the Troops

With Contex, it Makes Sense.

And now for something completely different...

Like Scratches in the Sand - Like Comics, In a Way.

These words or phrases are your cues to drink:

* "9/11" - drink once
* "September the 11th" drink twice - is that extra "the" supposed to make the mention more dramatic?
* "Surge" - drink once
* "Escalation" or "escalate" - drink twice.

Tonight's drinking rules! Because no one should have to be sober listening to someone who sounds that drunk.

Bush Iraq War Escalation Speech Drinking Game | The Huffington Post

"I figured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years," he said after turning it in Friday with the $171.32 check. "Fifty-seven years would be embarrassing."

And now from the "Oops" department.

Man pays library $171, 47-year late fee - Yahoo! News