Author: Darren O

Over the weekend some motorists in Beaumont, Texas became concerned, understandably, when they noticed a man in a banana suit on the side of the road strapped with an AK-47 and an attached 50-round magazine. Find out what in the world the dude was thinking, what the police did before he banana split, and how this all directly relates to a previous headline-grabbing story about guns in the Lone Star state. #KeepinItPeel

On Tuesday night near San Diego, California cameras were rolling when a CHP officer detained an on-duty firefighter in handcuffs over a dispute relating to where he parked his fire engine while assisting victims of a car accident. See the footage that has local residents outraged, read the joint statement from both groups after a meeting, the angry response from the firefighter’s union and the fate as it now stands for the officer in question.

Excluding residents of Seattle and fans of the Seahawks, most people woke up this morning after the big game bemoaning how bad everything about the Super Bowl was. The game was a stinker, folks seem split about the halftime show and even the costly advertising mostly disappointed. And then there were the citizens of Savannah, Georgia who were treated to an insane local commercial spot from attorney Jamie Casino. The attorney rolled the dice and bought out the entire first two-minute block available for local advertisers to deliver the following epicness that has to be seen to be believed.

A bizarre story from Houston, Texas ended with the return of a taken 6-year-old and the arrest of the alleged kidnapper at the hospital where his wife had just given birth to their 4th child. Find out how the child’s quick thinking resulted in her rescue, the surprising party that identified the kidnapper to the police and the straight forward response that the child’s aunt had about the kidnapper and what happens to “guys in jail like him.”

Things broke bad in a Florida high school classroom as a vicious girl fight broke out after tensions escalated. Prior to the melee, the teacher can be seen trying to break up the fight but no assistance is offered to her as other students egg on the violence. In hunting down the video, our research turned up an apparent serious problem of female violence at the school. See 2 other crazy fights all involving female students and here what a school board member had to say about the school’s bad reputation.

Eric Lawson, who played the part of the rugged Marlboro Man in ads for the cigarette brand in the late 70s has died at the age of 72. Read what his wife had to say about the habit he had since the age of 14.

A new report from Oxfam International, a British humanitarian group, indicates that the wealthiest 85 people on Earth have as much wealth as half of the global population. Get a brief numbers breakdown and find out why the group feels this is a bad economic reality in relation to global income inequality.