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Jul 24th
Mercedes-Benz stock triples on news that effective Tuesday, minimum wage workers will bring home an additional $0.70 an hour
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The first minimum wage increase in 10 years takes effect Tuesday, to $5.85 from $5.15 an hour, with two more steps over the next two years taking base pay for millions of workers to $7.25.
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Jul 23rd
They are building a subway line underneath Amsterdam. What could possibly go wrong?
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Seventeenth-century masons built Amsterdam on a foundation of wooden poles planted in soggy, sandy ground, leaving behind a beautiful architectural museum _ but one with walls prone to sinking or crumbling without warning. So how do you dig a subway under it?
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Inexperienced recreational wheelchair riders please be advised that although the elevator is wheelchair accessible, the elevator shaft is not
A MAN man who took a wheelchair for a joyride was seriously injured when it tipped and he plunged down a lift shaft in southwest Germany.
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OPEC official says that $60-$65 a barrel oil is "appropriate." However, $59 oil is very inappropriate
KUWAIT (Reuters) -- A fair price for both oil producers and consumers for a barrel of oil would be around $60 to $65 a barrel, a Kuwaiti state oil newsletter quoted the head of OPEC's research division as saying.
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Man who hired a detective to find out if his daughter was cheating on her husband finds out it was actually his wife that was cheating. Doh
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli man who hired a detective to find out whether his daughter was cheating on her husband was told by the investigator his wife was in fact the one being unfaithful, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
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The ten best blogs for pets. Uh, thanks?
Americans have long had a love affair with their pets. And the Web is booming with sites paying tribute to the bond we have with our furry friends.
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Two 13-year-old Oregon boys face permanent record as sex offenders and 10 years in juvenile detention for the heinous crime of butt-slapping female classmates. Yay, justice
MCMINNVILLE, Ore., July 22 (UPI) -- Two 13-year-old Oregon boys are facing serious sex charges for allegedly slapping female classmates' bottoms as a form of horseplay.
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Jul 20th
German police spring into action after report from woman of a dangerous masked criminal trying to steal van. Turns out the criminal was a large toy beaver
BERLIN (Reuters) - Armed police went into action in the German city of Wuppertal after a woman reported seeing a masked criminal -- but having rushed to the scene, they were surprised to find not a crook, but a large stuffed toy.
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Ten thousand bees found in lounge chair. Bee-infestation trifecta now in play
Sheila Sabatine said she was pulling an outdoor lounge chair into the shade of a tree when she heard a sudden buzzing sound.
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Nebraska senator known as "Hair Force One" blames his new 'do on hair rinse gone wrong (with before and after pics)
OMAHA Sen. Ben Nelson's hair has always been his most distinguishing feature. The Nebraska Democrat's aides have long called him "Hair Force One."
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Twenty cheap date ideas. Submitter regularly overdoes #1, which keeps #16 from happening
With great weather and a desire to be adventurous, there's no excuse for you and your partner not to go on a date. Don't have enough money, you say? Here are 20 ideas for memorable dates that won't set you back more than $20.
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So the Catholic Church was all like "Uh huh", and a Baptist leader was all like "Nuh uh"
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Instead of taking offense at a recent Vatican statement reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, evangelicals should seize the chance to respond with equal candor that “any church defined by the claims of the papacy is no true church,” according to a prominent Southern Baptist leader.
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Average worker goes into the red 27 days after payday
LONDON (Reuters) - More than two million people are permanently overdrawn, and the average worker goes into the red 27 days after payday, a survey shows.
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Costco finds its "Black Widow Surprise" surprisingly unpopular among people who bought its grapes
Judy Reardon found something unexpected in the four-pound box of grapes she brought home from Costco in Coon Rapids last week. Something dangerous. As she washed off the grapes and put them in plastic bags last week, she saw something move a spider. With the help of her husband, she captured it alive in a jar.
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Jul 19th
Beach-blanket thieves are targeting Daytona Beach tourists (with hidden cam video)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dozens of people were arrested after a rash of beach-blanket thefts in Daytona Beach prompted beach patrol officials to set up a reverse sting operation.
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Environmentalists smash the windows of a man's new Hummer then slashed the tires and scratched into the body: "FOR THE ENVIRON"
WASHINGTON - When Gareth Groves brought home his massive new Hummer, he knew his environmentally friendly neighbors disapproved. But he didn't expect what happened next. The sport utility vehicle was parked for five days on the street before two masked men smashed the windows, slashed the tires and scratched into the body: "FOR THE ENVIRON."
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Marine convicted of murder in Hamda.. Hamda.. Hamda.. ain't gonna work here anymore anyway
CAMP PENDLETON, California (AP) -- A military jury Wednesday convicted a Marine of kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi man in a bungled attempt to abduct and kill a suspected insurgent in Hamdaniya.
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Are you okay with hearing: "Dude, your mom's hot"? These kids better be
(CBS13) TRACY In Tracy she's known as a "hot mom". Now she's appearing in a special edition of Playboy called "Hot Housewives".
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Bloody warfare errupts over a fungus
A FEUD between two Chinese towns over access to valuable wild fungus has erupted into a gun battle that left eight people dead and 44 wounded, Xinhua news agency has said.
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Large erection in India city of Mumbai collapses, killing 22 less-endowed victims
MUMBAI, India - At least 24 people were killed and nine others injured when a seven-story building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said Thursday as rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble for survivors.
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Jul 18th
Which is funner: the fact that a fat guy had to be rescued by a helicopter with a winch or that the Pine County EMS has hovercraft
(WCCO) Grantsburg, Wis. Crews rescued a Pine City, Minn. man from the St. Croix River at Fox Landing, near Grantsburg, Wis. after he spent 12 hours stuck in the water. Authorities said the man's weight was a mitigating factor in his delayed rescue.
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Vatican says child sexual abuse isn't just a Catholic problem. In related news, other companies make facial tissue but we still call it all Kleenex
VATICAN CITY - Sexual abuse of children is not just a Catholic Church problem and other institutions should take steps to acknowledge and deal with such “wickedness” within their own ranks, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
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Step 1: Take in five orphaned siblings. Step 2: Get "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" to come turn your house into a mansion. Step 3: Profit by kicking the kids out of your new mansion
LOS ANGELES — A judge has dismissed a case against ABC Television filed by five orphaned siblings who claim the network broke a contract to provide them a permanent home after their appearance on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
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Airliner carrying 170 Brazilian people crashes into a gas station in Sao Paulo. That's a lot of people
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A plane with as many 170 people aboard crashed and burst into flames in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after skidding off a runway that has been criticized as being too short in a driving rain, the nation's airport authority said.
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Magazine offers teenage girls free vodka, tequila or margarita lip balm. Predictable outrage ensues
A GOSSIP magazine that is giving away free alcohol-flavoured lip gloss to its tween readers has outraged drug and alcohol groups.
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Here's to you, Mister "I had sex with a 13 year old but don't have to go to jail because I'm only 5 foot 1 inch tall" guy
Nebraska Appeals Court Upholds Judge's Issuing Probation Instead of Jail Time for 5-Foot-1 Sex Offender
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Jul 17th
Archeologists unearth 2,400-year-old golden mask, take turns fighting crime, singing Cuban Pete, and boning Cameron Diaz
SOFIA, Bulgaria - A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
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Comcast service has gone from terribly annoying to actually dangerous
An apparent cable failure in west suburban Aurora has left a firefighter and another man injured and caused scattered power outages around the western suburb Monday morning.
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Michigan now more boring than ever before
A wood-boring insect that kills pine trees and also has turned up in New York, Pennsylvania and Ontario has been detected in Michigan, state and federal officials said Monday.
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Senator Vitter is shocked, SHOCKED I say, that people would believe rumors about him having sex with a prostitute in New Orleans
METAIRIE, La. - Sen. David Vitter on Monday denied having relationships with New Orleans prostitutes, a week after admitting links to a Washington escort service that federal prosecutors allege was a prostitution ring.
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