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For Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, launching ill-advised throws on Monday Night Football seems to run in the family. Stafford’s wife, Kelly, caused a stir by throwing a pretzel at a trash-talking 49ers fan at Levi’s Stadium during the Rams’ 31-10 loss to San Francisco on Monday, a defeat that featured two costly interceptions thrown by her husband. After getting called out on social media by a fan who claimed to witness her fury-filled fling, Kelly Stafford apologized for putting an ugly twist on the Rams’ embarrassing night. “Who do you think you are to do such a thing?” the witness...

For the crime of “buzzing” a crowd of European adventurers so close that he clipped one of their cars with the wing of his single-engine plane, on Friday a Yukon RCMP constable was stripped of his pilot’s license for two years.

Here is video of of First Lady Michelle Obama appearing to hit her head as she boarded Air Force One Friday night to leave Martha's Vineyard and head to Boston where President Obama will speak at a service for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy today. . . . . (Watch Video)

First Lady Michelle Obama hits her head while boarding a smaller version of Air Force One.

A randy couple were nicked as they had a steamy sex session — on the Queen’s front lawn. Crowds of astonished tourists watched as the drunken pair stripped and got down and dirty on a private grass bank at Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty was in residence. They kept at it for 20 minutes before armed Royal Protection Squad officers stepped in to take down their particulars. The pair romped in daylight beneath the castle’s Garter Tower, in full view of hotels, pubs and shops over the road. Some onlookers cheered them on while others shouted “disgusting” and called cops....

In the midst of a pending catastrophic catastrophe (if the stimulus bill isn’t signed immediately), it is important to focus on real news.Superfluous news just isn’t news. If it’s not serious, it shouldn’t be reported on - much less discussed. Ever.

President Barack Obama has been banging heads with Congress over his economic stimulus bill. And as if that weren't enough of a headache, as he entered Marine One this morning to chopper over to Andrews Air Force Base to begin his trip to Elkhart, Indiana today, he forgot to bend his 6 ft 1-1/2 inch frame as he entered the aircraft's door and banged the left side of his head against the top of the doorway.

A commercial airplane clipped a truck on landing at the Unalaska airport Wednesday, causing minor injuries to some people aboard, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the city's public safety department. Nine people were aboard the Peninsula Airways G-21 Grumman Goose -- flying in from Akutan -- as it came in for its final approach about 4:30 p.m., said Unalaska Sgt. Jennifer Shockley. As it came in, its wheel touched the roof of a truck crossing one end of the runway and the plane tumbled onto the pavement.

A bull escaped from its handlers at the Minnesota State Fair today, running loose for about a block before it rammed a fire hydrant and died, witnesses said. No people were injured in the incident. The bull, owned by Morris-based Wulf Limousin Farms, was being unloaded from a trailer around 9:15 a.m. when it got spooked and broke free. Witnesses said they were shocked to see the bull running down the street on the south side of the fairgrounds, where most of the animal exhibits are. "All we heard was screaming, and then we saw the bull starting to run...

A Pasadena man died after he accidentally walked into the side of a tanker trailer in the 9300 block of Lawndale Sunday, police said. Mack Herbert Vance III, 36, was lighting a cigarette when he hit the side of the truck trailer as the rig made a left turn onto Central from Lawndale, HPD accident investigation Off. L.C. Morrison II said today. The incident occurred at about 9:15 p.m. No charges will be filed against the truck's driver, who Morrison said was so upset at Vance's death that he wept and vomited at the scene. Vance had been dropped off...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in Berlin said on Wednesday they had arrested two men on suspicion of placing cement-filled soccer balls around the city and inviting people to kick them. At least two people injured themselves by kicking the balls, which were chained to lampposts and trees alongside the spray-painted message: "Can you kick it?" Police said they had identified a 26-year-old and a 29-year-old and had found a workshop in their apartment where they made the balls. The two are accused of causing serious physical injury, dangerous obstruction of traffic and causing injury through negligence, police said. Berlin hosts...