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Video of the moment:   LA Gov. Bobby Jindal Eviscerates Obama Administration On Energy2/28/2012Obama and IsraelNetanyahu will urge Obama to publicly back attack on Iran, sources sayTop US General Grilled on Iran Strike For the second time in two weeks... Sen. Lindsey Graham took aim at the Pentagon's top man over deteriorating relations with Israel. ...US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey .. told a Senate panel he did not counsel Israel against attacking Iran over its nuclear program.Israeli Officials angry and dismayed that Obama is conducting secret back channel talks with IranWhy won't Barack Obama cut...

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — A SoCal woman says the energy efficient window installed in a neighbor’s condominium is melting the plastic components on cars parked in her carport. Heather Patron of Studio City was dealing with a mystery regarding her Toyota Prius. “The side view mirrors were melting,” says Patron. “Anything that was plastic on the car was melting.” Toyota told Patron nothing was wrong with the car. After having the mirrors replaced, she noticed the mirrors on the car parked next to hers were also melting.

SARASOTA— Authorities say a 53-year-old homeless man was decapitated by another homeless man during what they believe started as a fight over food.

A few excerpts:"2011 Honey Princess To Visit Fryeburg Fair After The Swelling Goes Down" "Governor Touts Online Fraud Hotline. To See If You’ve Been Scammed, Send Your Name, Social Security #, And D.O.B. To The Meteor And We’ll Forward It " "Proposed New Red Sox Uniform Omits Shoelaces, Belt"

Geithner Said to Ignore Obama Wind Down Order on Citi theme: tender young president's authority "overrun" by "senior advisors." Maggots Heal Diabetic Wounds After Other Methods Fail in Study Bill Clinton: Obama’s Bill Worth 2 Million Jobs

A Massachusetts man whose colorful golf attire was briefly mistaken for a clown outfit has been charged in New York with driving a golf cart while drunk. The Genesee County sheriff says they got a report that someone dressed as a clown was operating a stolen golf cart in the western New York town of Batavia on Sunday night. Deputies found 37-year-old James Straub, of Stoneham, Mass., driving along a road. He wasn't dressed as a clown - just wearing some colorful clothing after an outing at Terry Hills Golf Course.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Everything went according to plan for two pajama-clad stepsisters who took a goat they'd freed from a Minnesota zoo for a late-night walk. Until they told the Mankato police officer who stopped them about 11:30 p.m. Saturday that the animal lived in their bedroom closet.

A dwarf who appeared in the Harry Potter and Star Wars films has dodged a short spell behind bars for indecently exposing himself to a teenager on a train. (edit) The celebrity was shown mercy by Recorder Richard Bond despite having previous convictions for sexual offences, including an incident in which he clambered into the bed of a stage manager and his girlfriend. The 40-year-old's previous convictions also included a series of "random" and explicit phone calls made to women from a hotel room as long ago as 1995. (edit)It is understood that Read has recently been hiring himself out...

CLEVELAND, OHIO -- Police say man well known for his collection of exotic animals has died after choking on a sex toy. Sam Mazzola, 49, was found dead in his Columbia Station home on Sunday. Last year, Mazzola came under scrutiny when a black bear, named Cherokee, killed an employee of the sanctuary. According to Lorain County Chief Deputy Coroner Dr. Frank Miller, Mazzola was found face down on his water bed, restrained with handcuffs, chains and padlocks. An autopsy determined the preliminary cause of death was asphyxia due to airway obstruction by foreign body. Mazzola had a sex toy...

HOQUIAM, Wash. – Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state. The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker answered, "It's not a weasel, it's a marten," then punched him in the nose and fled.

The highest ranking Democrat in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, refused to give any support for scandalous Rep. Anthony Weiner. The New York Democrat confessed on Monday to lying about sending a photo of his bulging underpants to a college student. Mr. Weiner also admitted to sexting and sending other obscene photos to as six other women. At a press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, I asked Mr. Reid whether he thought the Mr. Weiner should resign. “I’m not here to defend Weiner,” responded the Nevada Democrat. “But what do you think he should do?” I asked. “That's...

FARMINGTON -- While the state has yet to officially cancel any events involving horses that might have been exposed to a local recent equine herpes outbreak, owners and arenas are taking precautions. Because of the outbreak, contestants at the Davis County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Junior Queen Contest had to cowgirl up Thursday night without their mares. Instead of competing on horses, as is typically the case, contestants were asked to trot around the arena with stick horses as their show ponies. The only horses in the arena were in this bucket. "It's kind of weird, but you can't really help...

A flock of ten flamingoes have met a brutal end at a zoo in Eskilstuna in eastern Sweden after a curious anteater broke into their compound and clawed them to death, leaving a further five birds nursing injuries.

Authorities said a woman entered the Amherst County courthouse this morning with a tiny monkey tucked into her bra, dressed in diapers and a white dress with pink flowers. The woman was not identified, but officials confirmed the incident — from Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Maddox to deputies who were working in the courthouse. “You couldn’t make up something like this,” Maddox said. The woman had arrived for a hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations court, officials said. They had no idea that she had the monkey — a female named “Kara” — until she went into an office to fill...

"A man deputies found with crack in his buttocks was arrested after a drug sniffing dog noted a 'narcotic odor coming from his rear,' according to a recently released St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office report. . . . "The deputy believed he felt something tube-like in Colbert's caboose. A drug sniffing dog was brought in, and the deputy got a 'positive alert for the presence of narcotic odor coming from his rear,' a report states. "A deputy extracted the tube from the 'crack of Colbert's buttocks' and found 12 crack cocaine rocks. Deputies also found $145 on Colbert.

I try on most days to write "headlines" with a humorous or satirical twist that reflect what is going on that day. Here is a round-up of what are my personal favorite/best 30-ish headlines(in chronological order) that give a view of how 2010 went. I know there is still some time in the year, so I may add to the list as we approach the end of the year. ---------- Attorney For Underwear Bomber's Advises Against "Not Bomb Just Happy To See Allah's Virgins" Defense - January 11 Elizabeth Edwards Successfully Removes Tumor Without Surgery According To Her Divorce...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. -- In what was apparently a phone prank that has taken place in other parts of the country, a motel guest said someone called his room and told him to smash the things inside in order to free a "midget" trapped next door. Watch The Video

Barney Frank: Serving on Appropriations Committee in Republican House Will Be A 'Pain In The A--' Tuesday, November 23, 2010 By Nicholas Ballasy (CNSNews.com) - House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) predicts that serving on the Appropriations Committee in the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives will be a “great pain in the ass." “Fascinating fact, apparently for the first time in anybody’s memory, members of Congress have declined seats on the Appropriations Committee," Frank said. "Republican members have said, ‘I don’t want to be on the Appropriations Committee.’ The Appropriations Committee, which has been a great plum, is now...

The point to take away from this story is not that porpoises forged an incredible and instantaneous bond with a human, and saved his life. The point is, obviously, that old people can fall asleep ANYWHERE.

In what universe are these people living? From Salon: Nancy Pelosi probably deserved better than thisLuckily, we have several conservatives weighing in at the comments section. Useful Info Nation