February 16, 2009

An upscale boutique in Anchorage, Alaska is forced to change its name following an unexpected cease-and-desist letter it received from a Los Angeles-based thrift store chain with the same name. The trademark issue broke out after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mentioned the store’s name in an interview. According to reports, Out of the Closet owner [...]

February 13, 2009

A woman from Salt Lake City encountered a car accident on Tuesday which broke off her record-length fingernails in the process. Lee Redmond, the current world record holder for having the longest fingernails, sustained multiple injuries in the accident. The authorities reported that these are non-life threatening injuries. Redmond’s nails had not been cut since [...]

February 09, 2009

A Sri Lankan native who currently lives in Toronto, Canada sets another world record for non-stop television watching this weekend. Suresh Joachim set a record of 72 hours of non-stop watching at Stockholm, Sweden, officially breaking his own record of 69 hours and 48 minutes that was set in 2005. Joachim is already known in [...]

February 05, 2009

A Baltimore woman filed a $100,000 damage suit against a local McDonald’s restaurant, claiming that the iced tea she ordered contained chemicals that are used to clean kitchen equipment. Jones’ lawyer Patricia Steiger said that her client ordered an iced tea at the restaurant last year and the staff gave her a cup containing the [...]

January 31, 2009

A 23-year old man from Berlin, New Jersey got a brand new car, a $7,500 diamond ring and a crown of miniature chickens after gobbling down the most number of chicken wings in this year’s Wing Bowl held in Philadelphia. John Squibb, also known as “Super Squibb,” bested other contenders after eating the aforementioned number [...]

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