After appeals to the Iraqi Supreme Court failed, Saddam Hussein's number two man was hanged this week to Bush's great relief... His head remained attached to his body throughout the entire procedure...
Hooters announced plans to open their first restaurant in Israel... On a site near the Wailing Wall to remind worshippers what they're praying for...
The Pentagon says sexual assaults in the military rose 24% last year... And that's not even counting astronauts...
Don't wonder off... There's more!
A drunk passenger jumped from a Carnival cruise ship off the coast of Miami and somehow managed to survive for eight hours in 70 degree water... He was saved only after someone tossed him an emergency midnight buffet...
Cate Blanchett announced that she'll star opposite Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones IV"... We understand she'll play Indiana's caregiver.
"Fashion Week" kicked off in Los Angeles and the hottest new summer outfit appears to be the "Depends Bikini" from Malibu's trendy Nutty Astronaut Swimwear...
Making its first touchdown in the US, the 555-passenger Super Jumbo Airbus weighs over a million pounds... a quarter of which is luggage belonging to passengers on other planes...
Pete Rose has admitted to reporters that he bet on every Cincinnati Reds game while employed as their manager. But he swears he stayed within MLB rules by using a designated bookie...
The FBI reports that a total of $2.5 billion will be bet on the NCAA Championships before March Madness concludes... Office betting the J Edgarites are good at----it's laptop computers they can't seem to keep track of.
Bill Maher will host a documentary on world religions to be released in theaters in the fall... We understand it will be closely followed by sequels on Tarot card reading, astrology and UFO's.
Prosecutors in Miami announced that the trial of astronaut Lisa Nowak is set to begin sometime between July 30 and August 12... Meanwhile, NASA engineers are rushing to replace missing tiles on her Huggies...
Fans have asked the New York City Council to name 53rd Street and 8th Avenue "Jerry Orbach Corner." If approved, it will be about midway between Telly Savalas Boulevard and Rue de Jack Lord...
Congress will hold hearings to name the new $127 million federal courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi... One proposal would involve rotating the names of dead southern political hacks on a monthly basis...
The body of a woman who died on a British Airways flight from Delhi to London was moved from coach to First Class... Apparently, it was part of their current "Fly Dead For an Upgrade" promotion...
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