The artist formerly (and still) known as Meat Loaf, whose real name is the less tasty Michael Aday, is suing his former collaborator Jim Steinman for $50 million over the rights to the phrase "Bat Out of Hell." That was…
Bloomberg News reports this week that the Canadian government’s $204 billion budget package was passed in the House of Commons by accident, after legislators of the opposition parties forgot to stand up to debate it. Isn’t that what the Democrats…
Shouldn’t they all be resolved this way?
The AP reported this week on a new contract suit filed in Orange County Superior Court in California. The lawsuit involves an alleged agreement to settle a dispute over $170,000 that Jinsoo Kim had invested in a Korean corporation owned…
Documents released Thursday by Britain’s National Archives discussed the search for a proper hangman in the late 1930s after Thomas Pierrepoint, described as "one of Britain’s longest-serving hangmen," neared retirement age. Apparently, officials found it more difficult than you might…
If the legislation is bad enough, you might consider eating it.
I really have no idea what category to put this one in. Earlier this week, a new political party was registered in the Netherlands by a group of Dutch pedophiles, who evidently feel oppressed by the fact that even in…
A policeman in New Zealand testified yesterday that he had cited Colin Smith for "driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public" after he stopped Smith for speeding and then happened to notice that Mr. Smith had…
A citizen panel in Oregon has come to the conclusion that state legislators and legislative staff should not be drunk while performing their official duties. The Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature adopted the policy on Monday after it was…
That she leapt from her wheelchair and ran away seems to confirm their suspicions.