Tabloids
Training cheerleaders, Jennifer Aniston's new boyfriend, Great Dane's big swallow
Twenty-six teenage cheerleaders from Texas had to be rescued after they all squeezed into a single elevator at a cheerleading camp.
Going for Radio City Music Hall, Bullying Verne Troyer, Flirting with cats and dogs
A retired Air Force colonel who likes to play the organ has rented Radio City Music Hall in New York City for $120,000 so he can perform on its giant Wurlitzer pipe organ.
Shooting the lawnmower, Fossett's fake death?, Thumper to the rescue
A Milwaukee man is facing felony charges after shooting his lawnmower with a shotgun.
Mister Python's bathwater, Clooney's no kids policy, Octopus pornography
A Maine woman who was reaching into her washing machine for clothes got a shock when she found a writhing, 8-foot-long python.
Swimming with sharks, Heart of stone, All hands on deck
The shark was “just swimming happily up and down at one end of the pool,” said a spokeswoman for the Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club.
Toe-eating dachshund, Hugh Hefner's sex toy, Spontaneous sex change
A diabetic Illinois woman is recovering in a hospital after her dog chewed off her big toe.
Rat-a-tat-tat dining, Anna Nicole's lingerie, Steak au hair
A restaurant with an armed-conflict theme opened this week in strife-torn Beirut.
Stuck in a porta-potty, Angelina Jolie's blood lust, Zero turnout
Pennsylvania firefighters in biohazard suits had to use soap and a saw to remove a naked man stuck in a porta-potty.
Arson for bees, Jessica Simpson's overbearing father, Doctors leave rod in head
An Alabama man reduced his home to a smoldering ruin trying to get rid of some bees from a utility shed.
Tornado coincidences, Milk-squirting eyes, Uninvited guest
A tornado that struck Hugo, Minn., last week left a string of bizarre coincidences in its wake. In Terry Clarkin’s yard, the tornado dropped four steak knives in a perfect square, each with its blade embedded 3 inches into the dirt. Over at Jason Akin’s home . . .
Deer attack, Christina Aguilera swells, Larry Craig bobble toys
A Pennsylvania man tackled a panicky deer that broke into a hair salon and nearly ran over his son. Randy Goepfert, 36, was paying for his son Tyler’s haircut when a whitetail buck crashed through the salon’s glass window. “He was charging right at my son,” says Goepfert . . .
Divorce over unveiling, Nicole Kidman's meltdown, At home but reported missing
A 50-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia is asking for a divorce because her husband lifted her veil and looked at her face while she was sleeping. The unnamed wife told Al-Riyadh that she had kept her face hidden for the past 30 years. . .
Human-skull bong, Oprah touts dogs over romance, Self-performed tracheotomy
Three Texas teenagers have been charged with digging up a corpse and using its skull as a “bong” through which to smoke marijuana. Police Officer Jim Adkins says he was initially skeptical of the horrific tale. . .
Demoted for pornography, Katie Holmes' Scientology boot camp, On stage heart attack
A Japanese civil servant has been demoted for visiting pornographic websites at work 780,000 times over a nine-month period. The scale of the man’s habit came to light when technicians were trying to rid his computer of a virus. . .
