Culture Buzz Here are the first photo from the scene, taken just minutes ago. The two Navy pilots managed to successfully eject and, as of this writing, no one was killed. Three people, including the pilots, have been hospitalized with minor injuries. UPDATED: Video of the immediate aftermath has surfaced.
Culture Buzz Gary Trudeau launched a story arc in “Doonesbury” mocking the raft of forced sonogram bills flooding state legislatures around the country, and certain papers aren't very happy about it. Here's the first strip, which has either been moved to the editorial pages or removed from some newspapers altogether.
Culture Buzz Headline writers everywhere are in your debt, Noah the Cat. As is your owner, Janet Batten. Noah began behaving strangely one day and sniffing Batten's head. Six months later, Batten suffered an aneurysm. This bit of diagnostic prowess earned Noah a coveted Animal Hero Award at the Virginia Veterinary Conference.
Culture Buzz Transvaginal ultrasound is the new scarlet letter. Virginia leaps backward to take first place with one of the most Big Brother draconian reproductive laws to date.
More East Coast dudes display their wacky antics to either disprove Hurricane Irene's media sensationalism or simply because hopping around barefoot in a tropical thunderstorm is totally boss. You be the judge. (via.)
Hurricane Irene has arrived but no worries. My knight in shining armor will keep me safe.
Some bros in Virginia Beach are having way too much fun today. (via.)
Culture Buzz Have you seen this posterior-pricker? Police are investigating a series of strange attacks in the Fairfax, Virginia area in which a man is slashing the buttocks of young women with a box cutter or razor. It's certainly not funny, and this is clearly a disturbed individual who is inflicting violence on women, but the reporter in this clip actually uses the phrase “booty stabber.” C'mon. (via nydailynews.com)
Worst ad campaign? Or worst ad campaign ever? OR! The best ruse for mass Pedobear hunting?
PETA's dog park, right next to our Virgina headquarters, was closed to allow for undisturbed napping. Check out our Live Cam to see if the ducklings are back.
In Virginia a woman with a small monkey that “requires constant attention” went to court with the monkey hidden in here bra. “I can’t understand why the deputy didn’t see her — she was peeking out.” Real classy.
A man in Virginia recently lost his protracted battle with the Department of Motor Vehicles and will no longer be able to use this awesome vanity plate. They claim that “'eating' children could be defined as cannibalism or as a sexual act.”
Awkward, white-noise-filled footage featuring Ike Turner 2.0 pulling up weeds and clearing clearing debris in Richmond, Virginia as part of his sentence. You know what would go great with that florescent vest? A bow tie.
Culture Buzz What do you get when 317 nudists squeeze into a Virginia pool, in what they call “The Largest Skinny Dip Across North America”? Hopefully nothing if the chlorine does its job correctly. “You don't have any pockets when you're naked,” said one attendee who had apparently not yet met a nudist with a FUPA (those things can hold stuff for days!).
Portions of this video are currently on CNN. This is laced with profanities but has more action and tension than any summer film. [Editor's Note: This guy is a jackass. But it's all pretty riveting.]
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A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy is among at least seven pharmacies across the nation that are refusing as a matter of faith to sell contraceptives of any kind.