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'Toilet Strike': Bono, Richard Branson, Olivia Wilde Not Using Bathroom Until Water Crisis Solved (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2013 | 6:00 PM

These famous philanthropists really have a can-don't attitude.

Bono, Richard Branson and Olivia Wilde have joined Matt Damon in his jokey pledge to not go to the bathroom until the world water crisis is solved. And they've invited us all to achieve stardom by saying no to nature's call.

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Best Friends Antonia Lee Candelaria, Emily Conatzer Die Holding Each Other In Oklahoma Tornado: Reports

(7) Comments | Posted May 23, 2013 | 3:40 PM

Best friends Antonia Lee Candelaria and Emily Conatzer reportedly stayed "inseparable" when a massive tornado took their lives Monday. The two 9-year-old third-graders were found dead in each other's arms amid the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., according to reports.

"They were inseparable, even in their...

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Paula Fauble, Hero Teacher In Oklahoma Tornado, Shielded Students With Her Body

(2) Comments | Posted May 23, 2013 | 12:39 PM

Among stories of valor emerging from the rubble in Moore, Okla., many involve educators who could teach us a thing or two about lifesaving.

As Monday's killer tornado rumbled toward Briarwood Elementary School, Paula Fauble and three other teachers wedged 18 students into a hallway between bathrooms, area...

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Broadway Florist In Moore, Oklahoma, Donates Flowers For Funerals Of Tornado Victims

(11) Comments | Posted May 22, 2013 | 4:47 PM

One local business can't ease the suffering of those who lost loved ones in Monday's tornado, but it is determined to relieve their financial burdens.

Broadway Florist in Moore, Okla., announced Wednesday it was providing free flowers for the funerals of the tornado victims.

"That's how I...

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3D Printed Food Could End World Hunger, Says 'Universal Food Synthesizer's' Anjan Contractor

(35) Comments | Posted May 22, 2013 | 2:10 PM

NASA has funded the development of a 3d food printer to feed astronauts in space. But the developer thinks the machine could also have a purpose closer to home: ending world hunger.

The engineer of the so-called "universal food synthesizer," Anjan Contractor of Systems & Materials Research Corporation,...

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Waiter At Red Lobster, Tyler Segraves, Donates His Tips To Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado Victims (PHOTO)

(4) Comments | Posted May 21, 2013 | 3:36 PM

Here's a tip for Tyler Segraves: Keep doing what you're doing.

Segraves, a 30-year-old server at a Red Lobster in Oklahoma City, has been donating his tips to victims of Monday's tornado. His cause got a viral boost when he tweeted a photo of $220 that diners gave him Monday...

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Warren Movie Theater In Moore, Oklahoma, Becomes Volunteer Site And Makeshift Morgue (PHOTO)

(87) Comments | Posted May 21, 2013 | 1:45 PM

The Warren theater in Moore, Okla., often the place where fictional heroes perform great deeds onscreen, produced real-life heroes in the wake of Monday's deadly tornado.

After staff and moviegoers safely rode out the twister in the hallways, IMAX manager Alex Ansari tried to calm those wandering the...

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Keith Richards Stabbed Syringe Of Drugs 'Straight Through His Shirt,' Says Ronnie Wood's Ex-Wife

(53) Comments | Posted May 20, 2013 | 3:14 PM

Keith Richards wasn't known to hide his drug use, but a new tell-all reportedly reveals just how casual he could be about it.

In "It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll: 30 Years Married To A Rolling Stone," Ronnie Wood's ex-wife Jo Wood writes about meeting Richards for the first...

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Talking Butt Crack Makes Ass Of Himself In British Polycell Ad (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted May 20, 2013 | 2:47 PM

Cheeky butt crack, isn't he?

A new ad (watch above) shows what appears to be a bent-over handyman telling his son how to seal a wall crack with U.K.-based Polycell's new spray.

The son dutifully follows the instructions until the big reveal: Dad is one big rear with...

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Golfer Nicolas Colsaerts Takes Drop In Bathroom During World Match Play Championship (VIDEO)

(3) Comments | Posted May 20, 2013 | 1:41 PM

The Volvo World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria just became one of golf's majors for potty jokes.

Belgian golfer Nicolas Colsaerts hit into a hazard on Saturday and had to take a drop from "the nearest point of relief" -- golf terminology that's now catnip for the scatological....

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UFC's Nate Diaz Suspended For Calling Another Fighter 'Biggest Fag In The World'

(749) Comments | Posted May 18, 2013 | 10:29 AM

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is putting a chokehold on slurs against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

The mixed martial arts fighting league suspended Nate Diaz after he called another fighter "the biggest fag in the world" on Twitter Thursday, according to MMAFighting.com.

The 28-year-old...

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Toilet Workout VIDEO: Man Sitting On Can While Instructor Leads Squat Exercise Goes Viral

(182) Comments | Posted May 17, 2013 | 3:01 PM

So she's doing squats. That makes sense. She's an instructor in an exercise video for TheDailyHiit.com. But there's a guy squatting, too, in the next room, on a toilet. The camera catches him at about the :20 mark of the video above. The clip has gone...

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Inmate In Wisconsin Jail Knocks Out Guard With 1 Punch (VIDEO)

(654) Comments | Posted May 17, 2013 | 2:27 PM

It was swift and brutal. An inmate at a Wisconsin jail knocked out a guard with one punch, newly released video shows.

Caught by surveillance cameras, the March 27 fight apparently erupts as three corrections officers gather lunch trays and another enters the room. The alleged puncher, identified...

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Office Golf Putt Down Stairs Is A Hole In Wonder (VIDEO)

(4) Comments | Posted May 16, 2013 | 2:58 PM

Never play this man in miniature golf.

In an amazing feat of slacking at work, our hero sinks a jaw-dropping putt down the stairs at the office. If the Masters featured staircase trick-shots, he'd be wearing the green jacket.

"Nice way to enjoy [time] in the office...

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Jarron Collins Gets 'I'm The Straight One' T-Shirt From Jimmy Kimmel (VIDEO, PHOTO)

(230) Comments | Posted May 16, 2013 | 1:03 PM

If you're the twin of a gay athlete pioneer, it helps to have a sense of humor.

Jarron Collins, brother of "out" basketball player Jason Collins, received a T-shirt gift on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Wednesday that reads, "I'm the straight one."

"It'll save me a lot of time,"...

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Diddy 'Downton Abbey' Spoof On Funny Or Die: So That's What Those Tweets Were About (VIDEO)

(11) Comments | Posted May 16, 2013 | 9:03 AM

Diddy isn't joining "Downton Abbey." But he's a hoot on "Downtown Abbey."

That's what Diddy repeatedly calls the hit show in his spoof of "Downton Abbey" at Funny Or Die. The video was posted midnight Thursday on the heels of a Diddy Twitter tease Wednesday...

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Jay Harris Football Scholarship Reportedly Revoked By Michigan State After His Rap Videos Appear

(98) Comments | Posted May 15, 2013 | 4:32 PM

This rapper is no longer a player.

Jay Harris, a hotshot receiver from Downingtown High School East in Exton, Pa., saw his football scholarship revoked by Michigan State University after his explicit rap videos appeared on YouTube, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Despite the excitement he once expressed on...

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Kobe Bryant Achilles Surgery PHOTO Has Tendon-cy To Gross Viewers Out (GRAPHIC IMAGE)

(100) Comments | Posted May 15, 2013 | 1:02 PM

Kobe Bryant on Tuesday shared a photo of his Achilles' surgery. You might wish he hadn't.

It's got blood, stitches and rubber-gloved hands. If the mental picture isn't enough, scroll down to the Instagram image. You've been warned.

"One month ago yesterday," he captioned the Instagram pic, noting...

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French Are Most Arrogant, Say French In Pew Poll Of European Union Nations

(1432) Comments | Posted May 14, 2013 | 6:19 PM

Are the French really arrogant? They seem to think so.

France rated itself the most arrogant among eight European Union nations, a new survey indicates. But in the same poll, France also said it was the least arrogant -- a twist The Guardian called a "display...

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Youth Hockey Fight In Russia Goes On For Minutes (VIDEO)

(90) Comments | Posted May 14, 2013 | 3:00 PM

While brawls on the ice can happen at many levels, the duration and intensity of this youth hockey fight in Russia are remarkable.

Punches -- and players -- fly from one end of the rink to the other, while the referees appear to give up trying to...

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