Santa stoned by rich snotty kids

FATHER Christmas was forced to flee a posh estate — after being attacked by stone-throwing yobs.
Santa and his helpers had to halt their charity visit — giving out gifts to kids from their festive float.
But after bravely returning to see autistic Ella Rowe, 11, the yobs targeted Santa again — putting a plant pot through [...]

Man Pulls 7-Foot Python From Toilet

An Australian wildlife worker pulled a 7-foot python out of a septic tank Wednesday after a plumber found it hiding in a woman’s toilet, officials said.
Peter Phillips, a wildlife officer for the Northern Territory’s Parks and Wildlife Service, was called to remove the snake after a plumber who was fixing the blocked toilet discovered it [...]

Severe Geomagnetic Storm Expected

Space weather forecasters revised their predictions for storminess Wednesday after a major flare erupted on the Sun overnight, threatening damage to communication systems and power grids while offering up the wonder of the Northern Lights.
“We’re looking for very strong, severe geomagnetic storming” to begin probably around mid-day Thursday, Joe Kunches, lead forecaster at the NOAA [...]

Paris Hilton defends Britney’s “partying ethics”

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Socialite Paris Hilton has come to the defense of the “partying ethics” of her new best friend, Britney Spears, whose all-night clubbing has led to criticism that she is neglecting her two young sons.
Spears, 25, has hit the town — sometimes leaving her underwear at home — since filing for [...]

Wreaths of respect

Sometimes you run across people who do something just because it’s the right thing to do.
Led by Maine state police, the Wreaths Across America procession pulled into the state liquor store at the traffic circle, where New Hampshire state police and members of the Patriot Guard Riders waited to escort it on the next leg [...]

Sobriety can be sobering

I do not make a habit of drinking to excess, but I have my days. Likewise, sometimes my friends have their days and I’m the one driving them around. Saturday was one of those days. If I had volunteered, that would be one thing, but it was the sheer logistics of the [...]

1-year AA vet Lindsay Lohan: I haven’t had a drink in a week

NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Lohan says she’s been going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for a year, but hasn’t talked about it because “it’s no one’s business.”
“I just left an AA meeting,” the 20-year-old actress tells People magazine in a story posted Tuesday on its Web site.
“I haven’t had a drink in seven days. Or [...]

Judge rejects injunction against ‘Borat’

LOS ANGELES - A judge rejected a request by two fraternity brothers to block the DVD release of the hit spoof movie “Borat.” West Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph S. Biderman also refused to order the removal of a scene that includes the two men, who claim they had been duped into misbehaving on [...]

Border agents find alligator in suitcase

YUMA, Ariz. - Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma found an alligator stashed in the suitcase of a California man who was on his way to Phoenix. The agents found the 4-foot, 4-year-old cayman alligator during a routine checkpoint search on Interstate 8 on Thursday night, agency spokesman Lloyd Easterling said.
Easterling said a [...]

Man impersonates cop to go bowling

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Savannah man went to jail this weekend for impersonating a sheriff’s deputy so he could go bowling. Jeffrey Eugene Ferguson, 46, pulled up to a gate at Hunter Army Airfield on Saturday and showed a guard a driver’s license that was cracked in half, police said.
When the guard requested a second [...]