Archive: October 8, 2006 - October 14, 2006
Euro Disney Orgy Caught On Tape
In an attempt to perhaps stimulate business at Disneyland's Paris Resort, theme park employees shot and distributed a "home movie" of everyone's favorite costumed characters getting busy backstage.
By Emil Steiner | October 13, 2006; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (23)
Looking For Urine In All The Wrong Places
How far would you go to pass a drug test? In a potential last minute bid to win this week's Stupidest Criminal Award, OFF/beat proudly presents Nick and Teresa Kintigos of Greenup County, Kentucky. This desperately innovative couple stand accused of breaking into an elementary school bathroom and soliciting young boys to micturate into a cup so that Nick could have clean urine to pass his drug test.
By Emil Steiner | October 13, 2006; 9:02 AM ET | Comments (2)
New Life On Death Row
A convicted Vietnamese heroin dealer dodges the death penalty thanks to an unexpected pregnancy.
By Emil Steiner | October 12, 2006; 3:08 PM ET | Comments (4)
Academics For God
Professors may be absent-minded, but what they aren't by and large is anti-God, at least according to a new joint sociological survey conducted by Harvard and George Mason universities. The research found that only 23.4% of academics surveyed "are either atheists or agnostics," while 35.7% of respondents said, "I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it."
By Emil Steiner | October 12, 2006; 2:38 PM ET | Comments (3)
I Learned From Watching You Dad
Brian Paul Biederman, son of Ballwin, Missouri's head cop James Biederman, was charged, Tuesday, with impersonating an officer after he and a friend were busted rocking police clothes and pulling over motorists in dad's unmarked cruiser.
By Emil Steiner | October 12, 2006; 8:49 AM ET | Comments (2)
"Stupidest Criminal" Race Tightens
From equine DUIs to pot laced Whoppers, here are this week's nominees for OFF/beat's Stupidest Criminal Award.
By Emil Steiner | October 11, 2006; 1:13 PM ET | Comments (2)
Team Loyalty
Bad news for women who think they have some shot of getting guys to pay attention to them this football season. According to a new study by University of Maryland physician David Jerrard, about 50% of men chose to wait until their football game had ended before seeking emergency medical care.
By Emil Steiner | October 11, 2006; 11:27 AM ET | Comments (2)
When In Rome, Puff, Puff, Pass Legislation?
Adding new meaning to "I didn't inhale" a political satire show in Italy has apparently uncovered rampant drug use among members of parliament. Of the 50 lower house deputies who fell for the trick, 32% appeared to have taken drugs in the previous 36 hours, with 12 testing positive for cannabis and four for cocaine
By Emil Steiner | October 10, 2006; 12:38 PM ET | Comments (3)
If The Crescent's A'Rockin' Don't...
There may be "no sex in the champagne room," but what about in a Mosque during Ramadan? Peter Kimani and Jennifer Wairimu pleaded guilty, Monday, to getting busy in a place of worship after being caught on October 3 at the Abubakar mosque, about 60 miles north of Nairobi, Kenya.
By Emil Steiner | October 10, 2006; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (1)
Automaton Defined
Maybe "Terminator" was onto something with its grim prognostications of a future where humans are ruled by machines. Take for example Volker Heinmann of Germany, who followed his car's GPS so obediently, over the weekend, that he ignored highway detour signs and drove his Benz half a mile through a construction zone, before crashing into a pile of sand
By Emil Steiner | October 10, 2006; 8:59 AM ET | Comments (1)
Holy Cow!
On Sunday, a crazed bull went on a seven hour rampage across downtown New Delhi, smashing its way through markets, temples and even a YWCA
By Emil Steiner | October 9, 2006; 11:52 PM ET | Comments (7)
