National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest: Editors’ picks
Every year National Geographic calls on intrepid travelers to submit the best shots from their adventures. The result is always a collection of stunning photography that transports you to magical...
View ArticleCraigslist ad offers cash for five-star Yelp reviews
A blogger over at Jezebel noticed a help-wanted ad on the Los Angeles CraigsList job board offering cash for five-star Yelp reviews. As of noon on October 3, when I started writing this story, the ad...
View ArticleWar tourists watch Kobani fall to Islamic State
The images war photographers are capturing in the besieged Syrian city of Kobani are heart-wrenching. Bombed-out buildings. Raging street fights. Wounded soldiers. Refugees fleeing their home, carrying...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel proves it: Americans don’t know who Joe Biden is
Los Angeles commuters faced traffic nightmares on Monday and Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade blocked major highways and roads around West L.A. and downtown. The Vice President’s visit...
View ArticleGa. hunter claims to save naked man lost in woods after music fest
A Georgia man was supposedly wandering his wooded land in the Chattahoochee Hills last week when he heard a man call out to him for help. In the creek ahead, Casey Sanders spotted the person who wasn’t...
View ArticleHow to get a $10 refund from Red Bull
If you were wondering, Red Bull doesn’t give you wings. Red Bull GmbH — the makers of the popular energy drinks — had to clarify this fact in court. This week, the company settled two class action...
View ArticleArmy vet not allowed to hang jacket on U.S. Airways flight
Thousands of people took to Twitter to express their outrage over a U.S. Airways flight attendant who refused to allow an Army veteran to hang his decorated jacket on a recent flight. On Flight 1930...
View ArticleWoman allegedly abducted for 2 hours by Uber driver
Story update: Uber reached out to SFGate with the following statement: Early reports on this ride are inaccurate. Based on the information we have at this time, this driver called 911 to ask for...
View ArticleAt 113, a woman is forced to lie about her age to join Facebook
When Anna Stoehr went to join Facebook and plug in her date of birth, she faced a problem. Her birth year wasn’t available in the pull down menu. That’s because Stoehr of Plainview, Minn., is 113 years...
View ArticleEbola scare in San Diego was a false alarm
The latest news on an Ebola scare at a college outside San Diego is that the incident was a false alarm. This morning a building at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif., was cordoned off after...
View ArticleSee the giant inflatable ‘sex toy’ that’s making Parisians blush
A giant inflatable sculpture erected in Paris’s Place Vendôme is leading some Parisians to blush. The 80-foot-tall object towering over 17th-century buildings was designed to look like a Christmas tree...
View ArticleMonica Lewinsky finds a new voice on Twitter
This morning Monica Lewinsky, 41, joined Twitter and immediately attracted thousands of followers with her first step into the bumper-sticker culture. Tweet No. 1 simply read “#HereWeGo.” Less than two...
View ArticleOver one-quarter of Americans admit to being Internet trolls
Ten years ago, a troll was a grumpy guy covered in warts parked under a bridge. Today, a troll is someone who cruises the Internet wreaking havoc by striking up arguments and leaving mean-spirited...
View ArticleLovesick woman spends week in KFC after boyfriend breakup
A Chinese woman spent an entire week at a Kentucky Fried Chicken feeding her heartbroken soul. After being dumped by her boyfriend, Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu in China’s southwest Sichuan Province,...
View ArticleGotcha! ‘Alex from Target’ is a hoax
Story update: The CEO of a new Internet marketing company is shocked by the overwhelming response to a media stunt implemented by his staff. Breakr CEO Dil-Domine Jacobe Leonares says the famous “Alex...
View ArticleAtlantic City diner mistakenly orders bottle of wine costing $3,750
Joe Lentini doesn’t know a thing about wine. The New Jersey man is not a drinker and only enjoys maybe one glass of wine a month. But during a recent business dinner at the Bobby Flay Steakhouse at the...
View ArticleFamily presents transgender woman as man at open-casket funeral
Many people were shocked and horrified as they passed by the open casket at the funeral for their friend Jennifer Gable. The transgender Idaho woman, who tragically died of a brain aneurysm in October...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Co. launches new milk product
Soda sales are flat and diet soda sales down as America seems to be on a health kick, snubbing artificial sweeteners and high-sugar foods. So what’s a company like Coca-Cola to do? Jump into the milk...
View ArticleRegistered Florida sex predator wins $3 million lottery jackpot
The world is a screwed up place . . . When the Florida Lottery released an image of its latest jackpot winner, proudly holding a sign showing off his $3 million win, the photograph quickly went viral...
View ArticleSee the crazy photo from Zuckerberg announcing Instagram’s big milestone
Congrats to the Instagram community for reaching 300 million people! Here's a photo of Kevin and me celebrating in the Instagram gravity room. A photo posted by Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Dec 12, 2014...
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