TAMPA, Fla. – For the past 20 years or so, the Super Bowl has been known for a mystifying phenomenon: the giddy embrace of TV ads by consumers. Instead of using a TiVo-like device to skip past commercials during the big game, consumers are known for actually rewinding them for repeated enjoyment.
Now, NBC and the [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On the eve of the sport’s upcoming season debut, the Daytona 500, NASCAR has suddenly decided to eliminate drivers from races permanently, citing both safety and economic concerns.
“These guys have families, some more than one,” said Dirt Wilting, Jr., a NASCAR spokesman. “We can’t have a bunch of wives and sons [...]
PHILADELPHIA – Kurt Warner believes The Lord has answered many of his prayers over the years. He’s asking again. When asked yesterday on the Dan Patrick Show, Kurt said, “[I] just need to put my faith in The Lord, prepare as thoroughly as I can, do my best, and trust in my teammates and trust [...]
PEORIA Ill – The SexxyFood Incorporated annual 3 day food fetish convention, now in its ninth year, hosted its most memorable convention to date this past weekend, but not memorable for the reasons co-creators Ellis Byron and Harley Karolina-Szabados had hoped. A rampant outbreak of salmonella, attributable to the use of tainted peanut butter [...]
WAZIRISTAN – In yet another troubling sign that no sector of the economy is safe in the deepening recession, terrorism bellwether Al Qaeda has announced a massive round of layoffs. The Waziristan-based terror conglomerate, which had already imposed a wage freeze and a new-hire moratorium on all management positions, says it will lay off 5,000 [...]
NEW YORK – For an unprecedented 18th straight year, the venerable Labrador Retriever has captured the top spot on the list of most disposable pure-bred dog in America. The American Kennel Club released the findings on Thursday, reporting that more than 100,000 pure-bred models were manufactured in fiscal year 2008.
Painless Rote, a spokeswoman with the [...]
CHICAGO – Now that a federal judge has voided a state law that mandated a moment of silence in Illinois schools, the group who lobbied against the law is seeking further action with a proposed law of its own.
Marsh Boner, a born-again atheist and Chicagoland shock jock, led the charge against the proposed law and [...]
DETROIT – Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul and self-proclaimed best singer in the history of the human voice, is unhappy about the way her rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” has been perceived by fans around the world. Criticisms of Franklin’s inaugural performance continue to surface on many Internet forums, with some accusing [...]
WASHINGTON – Utter pandemonium reigned in most major U.S. cities today as residents took to the streets to protest a lack of change in the wake of the nascent Obama presidency.
As the administration began its second day, confusion turned to outright anger as citizens noticed that stubborn problems such as unemployment, disease and gravity seemed [...]
WASHINGTON – It’s 2009: the dawn of a new political era. Change is no longer content simply to be in the air; it is now the prevailing wind, powering ‘round-the-clock bursts of self-serving cliché in every corner of politics.
That includes Washington, of course, and the biggest political stage of them all: Inauguration Day. But living [...]
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