I own that book! In the forward, Norris actually appeared on a radio show with Spector and claimed he was at first puzzled by the jokes, but then started to laugh and is generally ok with them.
TORRINGTON, Conn. -- They may not be state champs, but a Connecticut basketball team did something it hasn't done in 19 years.
They won.
"We never really talked too much about the streak here much but we had lost 265 games in a row and we all knew it in the back of our minds," says Coach Mark Eucalitto.
Wolcott Tech's losing streak weighed on seniors.
So much some of them considered not playing this year.
It was a good thing they did, because when they laced up for their third game of the season they did something 18 previous wildcat teams couldn't.
They came away with a victory.
"Oh, we were so excited. We ran into the middle of the court we were jumping up and down all excited. Some people started crying and we just all hugged each other. Yeah it was good," says player Samantha Dziedzic.
The team won the game 54-43.
I'm not entirely sure, but I've heard that the last win was due to a technicality.
WARREN, Mich. -- An Eastpointe woman who sued a Warren police dog was fined by a judge to pay $500 for frivolously naming the dog as a defendant. She was also fined another $500 for failing to appear in Macomb County Circuit Court for a February hearing.
Inez M. Starks, 55, filed a lawsuit in August against the city of Warren and several police officers for a 2007 incident outside of her daughter's Warren home. During the altercation, Starks claimed she was bitten in the buttocks by the Warren police dog Liberty.
Starks said she was bitten by the German shepherd April 7, 2007, outside of her daughter's home during a confrontation between police, her daughter and others.
Police went to the home after receiving a truancy complaint against Stark's daughter involving her daughter's child. During the visit police found the woman's brother, who had an outstanding warrant. The dog was brought in because the man started to flee.
The Macomb Daily reported that Starks, who was living across the street from her daughter at the time, said she came over to complain when a fight broke out, causing the dog to attack. Starks said she was bitten on her right buttock.
Starks claims the bite caused damage to her sacroiliac nerve, impairing her ability to walk and keeping her in pain.
But according to the police report of the incident, no evidence that Starks was bitten was found.
Judge David Viviano ordered Starks to pay the $1,000 fine by April 13 or her case will be dismissed.
According to the Maccomb Daily, even if Starks does pay the fine to have the case restored, attorney Raechel Badalamenti, representing the city of Warren, said the defendants will still ask the judge to dismiss the case.
ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi was arrested on felony battery charges in Miami last month following a violent encounter with a hooker, according to The Smoking Gun:
Shlomi told cops he paid [Sasha] Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for straight sex." Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly "bit his tongue and would not let go." Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue. The affidavit...notes that during the 4 AM fight Harris sustained facial fractures and lacerations all over her face.... After freeing his tongue, a bleeding Shlomi ran to the [hotel] lobby, where security summoned cops. Harris refused to cooperate with officers, who recovered $930 from her purse.
Harris is reportedly considering a lawsuit against Shlomi, though prosecutors "declined to file formal charges" against him.
(CNN) -- An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool.
The barstool was welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine.
"It was just an accident. I mean a little minor accident," Kile Wygle, 28, explained in an interview this week with CNN affiliate WSYX.
His homemade vehicle was made from a barstool welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine, four wheels and a lawnmower steering wheel, according to the Newark, Ohio, police accident report.
Officers responding to a report of a crash with injuries March 4 said they found Wygle nursing his injuries and highly intoxicated. According to the police report, when asked how much he had had to drink, Wygle responded, "a lot."
He crashed during his attempt at a U-turn while speeding down the street in front of his home -- a daring move from atop the specialized barstool even for the most nimble and sober of men. Measuring 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, and after having consumed what he later told an officer was 15 beers, Wygle appeared to be neither.
He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
According to the police report, Wygle claims his unique vehicle can reach a speed of 38 miles per hour, though at the time of the crash he was going around 20.
He didn't seem very apologetic, and he shouldn't of been cause no one but him was hurt. It also seemed he realized he needed some help, so that's good too!
I didn't get the impression he realized he needed some help. Seems to me he was drunk off his ass to the point he couldn't really focus on what he was saying, so he just went with whatever people told him to do, and then the next morning when he woke up and was sober (with or without a hangover), he realized he had a huge fine and thought "That's ridiculous! I didn't endanger anyone, I was just drunk!"
The fact that he was riding a barstool lawnmower mobile is the best part though.
I can never get that many beers in me. After so many bottles of beer I have to pee so damn much that I just tired of drinking. It's like a safety net, I can't get shitface drunk on beer.
SALT LAKE CITY – Police said a customer fired one or two shots into a Salt Lake City McDonald's after the driver of the car he was in was told the restaurant was not serving lunch yet. Police said the female driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered from the lunch menu early Sunday but was told only breakfast was available.
Police said two men then got out of the car and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun from the trunk, shooting into the drive-thru window once or twice, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday. No one was injured.
But the indicted ex-chief executive needs permission from federal authorities to go to Costa Rica for taping of 'I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here'
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich couldn't survive an impeachment trial, but perhaps he'll fare better in a Costa Rican jungle where scheming is more than allowed—it's encouraged.
The indicted pol has agreed to appear on "I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here," a survival-style reality show set to air beginning June 1 on NBC, the network confirmed. The opportunity could prove a bonanza for the financially pressed former governor, given the show would pay him $80,000 a week, a source said.
Before he can ink the deal, however, Blagojevich would need permission from the federal judge presiding over his corruption trial to fly to Costa Rica, where the show will be filmed. Blagojevich's attorney told the judge Tuesday that the ex-governor soon would be making a request to loosen travel restrictions placed on him as part of his bail.
The network describes the show as a "Swiss Family Robinson"-type competition in which 10 celebrities are dropped in the heart of the jungle "to face fun and comedic challenges designed to test their survival skills." American viewers decide which celebrities go, in addition to selecting the challenges used to earn food, supplies and luxury items. The last celeb left is crowned King or Queen of the Jungle.
The show, inspired by a popular British program of the same name, debuted on ABC in 2003 and suffered anemic ratings over its 15-night run. Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband Cris Judd won the first stateside competition, beating the likes of Melissa Rivers, Bruce Jenner and Robin Leach.
NBC has not released the names of other Z-list celebrities who have agreed to participate. The program's producer, Granada America, declined to comment.
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Well the football team is following in the basketball team's footsteps...
Funniest news EVER
Also, isn't his last name Offer? Vince offer? That's what I get on Wikipedia. Look him up. He has led an extremely intersting life.
The fact that he was riding a barstool lawnmower mobile is the best part though.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich hoping to appear on reality show