The Food and Drug Administration released a safety announcement yesterday warning that methylphenidate products, one type of stimulant drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may in rare instances cause priapism: a persistent and usually painful erection lasting more
“At first I didn’t think I read it right,” Jeff White, a student at the University of West Florida, told the Washington Post. “I was worried that another customer might think I somehow picked that code. If I were a gay male,
VIRGINIA – Police say they have charged 31-year-old Tevin Kievelle Monroe with brandishing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct after he took an unorthodox approach to procuring employment. Monroe reportedly entered the McDonalds on St. Paul’s Boulevard and asked the store
Johnny Orris, 86, had lived alone in his Sullivan, Illinois home for 11 years following the death of his wife. It was his grandson’s idea to enter him into Howard Stern’s “Get My Grandpa Laid,” contest. The contest was tied to
After a man lost his right hand in a work place accident in November, doctors in Changsha, Hunan province successfully reattached the limb by grafting it to his ankle for a month. The man, Xiao Wei, said that at the
A group of men, believed to be participating in SantaCon, was captured on video throwing blows at the corner of 17th St. and Third Avenue in Manhattan Saturday night. The Daily News notified cops of the video posted on YouTube.
Police say a dispute among brothers over a video game turned violent Wednesday morning about 5 a.m. Officials say 18-year-old Luke Marshall was playing a video game with a friend when his older brother told him to be quiet. Shortly
The D.C. Cop charged with production of child pornography after allegedly photographing a naked 15-year-old runaway, has died. Marc Washington was pulled from the Potomac river off Hains Point after U.S. Park Police received a 911 call at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday
One year after she won a case acknowledging her first amendment right to display a middle finger in Christmas lights on the roof of her home, a Denham Springs woman has brought back the display this year as part of an
SEATTLE – Two Seattle veterinarians are pioneering the use of medical marijuana to treat pets. Dr. Sarah Brandon, co-founder of Canna-Pet, says medical cannabis can be used for many ailments plaguing your dog or cat. “Cannibanoids control inflammation to reduce
DULUTH, Minnesota – A 19-year-old University of Minnesota-Duluth student is in critical condition after she was found unconscious on a neighbor’s porch, having spent more than nine hours outside in sub zero temperatures. Alyssa Joe Lommel was reportedly dropped off
NEW ZEALAND – Prisoners in New Zealand jails will be having less fruit in their daily diets. In fact, they will be limited to three pieces of fruit a day after it was discovered that a major jailhouse riot was
MEXICO – A 17-year-old girl reportedly addicted to the flesh eating drug known as Krokodil, shocked doctors in Puerto Vallarta recently when she showed up with “severe lacerations” to her genitalia. Jose Sotero Ruiz Hernandez, an official of the National
EUGENE – In an attempt to enjoy the rare coat of snow blanketing the University of Oregon campus last Friday, the football team challenged fans to a light hearted snowball fight that somehow devolved into an unruly and dangerous attack.
SAN ANTONIO – A 28-year-old man was formally charged Friday with aggravated robbery after police say he used a sword in an attempt to procure 6 free tacos from a Bexar County Mexican restaurant. According to an arrest warrant affidavit,
LEBANON, Ohio – On Sunday, the associate pastor of Solid Rock Church gave an unusual sermon…he tamed a “wild” horse as part of a lesson in overcoming adversity in life. Lawrence Bishop II rode the horse for ten minutes as
CHINA – a 38-year-old man leaped to his death after an argument with his girlfriend who insisted they continue shopping. CCTV captured Tao Hsiao and his girlfriend in a mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China where they had reportedly
Nearly eight months ago, Kobe Bryant limped off the court with a torn Achilles tendon. After the injury, there was some doubt whether Bryant would return to the game, so when it was announced he would join the Lakers’ line-up for
PAYNE COUNTY, Oklahoma – A 97-year-old Payne County man has been charged with first degree murder after police say he admitted to shooting his granddaughter, 30-year-old. Sonja James. Russell Eugene Dawes reportedly told authorities “I got tired of her carrying on
UPDATE: Over the weekend, we reported on an incident where a woman was hospitalized after she sat on a toilet seat that was covered in glue at her local Home Depot. In a strange turn of events, Banks County Sheriff’s
A Georgia man contracted with the National Park Service to clean the National Mall’s storm water system finds himself in legal trouble after being accused of dumping waste into the Potomac River from Hains Point. 47-year-old Patrick Brightwell was arrested
OREGON – A 58-year-old truck driver found that he could not ascend a steep grade while transporting a 1969 Chieftan battle tank weighing 50-tons. According to Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings, the driver, Jeffrey Glossop of Pistol River, then
Sister Julie Newman told a local radio host that she was “very upset” after a group of thieves broke into a convent garden “in the dead of the night” and purloined an entire field’s worth of Brussel sprouts. Brussel sprouts
MELBOURNE, Florida – Authorities need your help locating a woman suspected of burglarizing a Melbourne home Tuesday with an unusual accomplice: a small dog. Surveillance cameras at the home show the woman and the dog casing the joint, approaching the
A Czech bank robber left Police bewildered after turning himself in the day after he robbed a bank so he could “pay back good friends.” Just 10 minutes after stealing the equivalent of £6,000 from a bank in the Radotin district
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – According to a university spokesman, it was created as part of a diversity program designed to “raise awareness and promote discussion on issues such as race, gender and sexual identity.” The controversial display was posted on a bulletin
LENEXA, Kansas – After catching a peeping Tom attempting to photograph her inside a dressing room on Monday, a topless woman chased the suspect through a Kohl’s department store. Jeanne Ouelette told police she was trying on bras when she
INDIANAPOLIS – A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on charges of public indecency, resisting law enforcement, criminal confinement and battery, after reportedly “swinging” his genitals at two women on the street. Police said the two women flagged down a Metro
MANCHESTER, Tenn. – Having just stepped out of a meeting with lawyers to discuss a divorce, police say a woman fired seven shots from .40 caliber pistol, striking her husband as they stood outside the offices of Rogers, Duncan and North
VANCOUVER, Washington – Salmon Creek’s Caran Johnson is well known in her social-media circles for tweeting about Clark County traffic using the twitter handle @ScanCouver. On Wednesday afternoon, she live-tweeted about a two car collision that occurred at 1:41 p.m.
SAN ANTONIO – It’s how you handle yourself when the chips are down that really illustrates character. Take for example, the story of off-duty Olmos Park officer, Frankie Salazar. According to police documents, all Salazar wanted to do was swap
WASHINGTON D.C. – A seven-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department has been arrested and charged with production of child pornography after allegedly photographing a naked 15-year-old girl at a D.C. apartment, while he was on duty, and in uniform. After an investigation,
PALM SPRINGS, Florida – Recitivism has a new friend and his name is Edwin Michael Alvin. Last month, the 34-year-old Palm Spring man was arrested for masturbating in the lobby of the DMV. This month, less than 30 days after
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. – Sheriff Martin Pace said a man took a bullet to the abdomen on Monday during a drive-by shooting. The trigger man was not a member of any gang, but rather, the man’s estranged wife. 58-year-old Mary Lou
JOHANNESBURG – Rapport newspaper is reporting that a 66-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly shooting and wounding his neighbor’s son and a friend for playing music too loud. The suspect, Dave Ridgeway, a retired estate agent, allegedly hid
Mike Momany worked as a contract programmer for years before falling on hard times. Now homeless in Seattle, he has been experimenting with innovative ways to make money ever since. His main focus at the moment: a “private course in Applied
FAIRFAX, Va. – Joseph Chapman was a decorated Army colonel. He died recently at the age of 80. When his son, Jim McLean went to view his father’s body, he saw a man in uniform. Unfortunately, the man wearing his
SWEDEN – A man serving a one-month sentence for an unspecified crime, busted out of the minimum security Östragård facility in the municipality of Vanersborg in south-western Sweden…because of a toothache. The 51-year-old jailbird told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, “my whole face
An 11-year-old Oregon girl who wanted to help her father pay for her braces by selling mistletoe over the holidays, found herself embroiled in city bureaucracy. On Saturday, Madison Root went to the downtown market to sell fresh mistletoe she
ALASKA – Police say a 15-year-old freshman boy faces a second-degree criminally negligent burning charge, a misdemeanor, and a first-degree terroristic threatening charge, a felony, after he ignited a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom of West High School Wednesday
