Rudy or Just Plain Rude?

A catering worker at Notre Dame was accidentally given a $29,000 gratuity on her paycheck instead of $29, and now she won't give the money back to the school. However, the lawyer for the Fighting Irish says he plans to "win one for the tipper."

Obscenity Now

Shocking news last night, as rapper Kanye West stormed onto the stage at MTV’s Video Music Awards during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to praise a Beyonce video. Yes, truly shocking that MTV still has a music video awards show.

West then barged into a private residence and interrupted a bris in progress, saying the baby boy had “a fine foreskin, but all-time, you’ve got to bow down to Sammy Davis Jr.’s.”


Tennis star Serena Williams had an on-court meltdown in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open, telling a line judge, “I feel like shoving this f*cking ball down your throat.” For her outburst, Serena was assessed a point penalty, fined $10,000 and will have to change her name to Obscena Williams.


An 11-year old boy in Huntsville, Alabama faked his own kidnapping to avoid taking home a bad report card. Man, these kids today just don’t think things through. Instead of a fake kidnapping, one real act of arson could have guaranteed there was no “home” to take the report card to.

Malibu Bad Banker Barbie

A Wells Fargo employee was discovered to be living in a luxurious Malibu beach house her bank had seized in foreclosure. She even threw huge parties on the property. Bank officials said they were outraged by the employee’s actions, and would ‘probably take some rent money out of her bonus, or at least make her pick up all the empties.’

A gang member in Texas was arrested after a botched home-invasion robbery. The bad guy was chased out of the house by the owner-- an 87-year old woman with a can of Raid. The criminal is going to jail, while Texas Governor Rick Perry has deployed the old lady to guard the border.

The Iraqi journalist who infamously threw his shoes at President Bush will be released from jail on Monday, and is getting a hero’s welcome. Offers of marriage are pouring in, his TV station bought him a posh Baghdad condo, and he’s getting a lifetime supply of loafers from “Mahmoud’s Death to the Infidels Fine Footwear Outlet Store.”

The Grrrrreat Escape!

A tiger that escaped from a Las Vegas magic act was successfully recovered by its owners, the Fernando Brothers. The giant jungle cat was tracked down outside a plastic surgeon's office, where it admitted it was planning to pursue its lifelong dream of becoming a Cher impersonator.

Downward Facing Spiral

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has cleared former Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick, freshly released from a 19-month stretch in prison on a dogfighting conviction, to return to professional football. However, before that happens, President Obama wants to have a beer with Vick and the ghost of a strangled pit bull.

Anyone up for 'Total Recall'?

With his state facing a $26 billion deficit, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking heat for posting a video in which he brandishes a 2-foot knife and jokes about budget "cuts." Critics say they haven't seen this much gubernatorial insensitivity since Minnesota's Jesse Ventura put an assisted suicide advocate in a sleeper hold.

Habeas Compact

The Mary Kay cosmetics line is suing Yahoo for trademark infringement. At first blush, it seems like they have a good case.