Laptop Riot leads to Xbox Shootout
DES MOINES (AP) A Black Friday laptop riot at a Des Moines Walmart rapidly escalated into an Xbox shootout requiring the use of overwhelming force by local S.W.A.T. teams and the deployment of the Iowa National guard.
Read full storySanta Claus Resorts to Outsourcing to Counter Production Plight
NORTH POLE (Reuters)-Prohibitive production problems and local labor loopholes have forced the Jolly Ole Elf to seek alternative budgetary strategies or else cease global toy distribution operations altogether.
Read full storyGeorge Best Dead - Secret Past Revealed
Often called the fifth member of hellraising rockers, Middle Of The Road, footballing legend, George Best, has chirped his last cheep The final whistle blown, heralding an away win for his maker and the hairy cornflake has returned to the dressing ro...
Read full storyStars Pay Tribute To Maggie
Recording artists from the period during which Mrs. Thatcher dominated British politics have gathered to record a special album in her honour. The compilation goes under the inspired title of ‘Margaret: A CD', and is the brainchild of pop genius and...
Read full storyAlaska Flagging Handbook
Summer time (a week) up here in Alaska has come and gone. Our local Village Council, in it's finite wisdom, saw fit to drag about 10 people per village from the 5 villages in our region to "Qualify" us as Alaska Roadside Flaggers. Then in a fit of Nepotism, only the immediate relatives of the Village Council members got to work the 2 year construction job in my village.
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