Kevin Gausepohl, a 34-year-old music instructor at Tacoma Community College, is charged with trying to convince a student to use sexual arousal techniques to improve her singing. The girl, 17 at the time, was attending the college as part of the Running Start program and complied with some of his requests to strip naked or touch herself during private voice lessons. 1/5/12 5:32pm ET
A man with a rather unique name was arrested in Madison, WI last week for violating the terms of his bail. Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop (30), formerly known as Jeffrey Drew Wilschke, was tentatively charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, and a probation violation. 1/9/12 6:13pm ET
A department store in Osaka, Japan held the ultimate clearance event earlier this month, offering 20% off everything in a 'Fuckin' Sale'. Apparently there's no word for that in Japanese. 1/9/12 5:40pm ET
at only 20% off that sounds like just a heavy petting sale
Lindsay Lohan may be taking it all off for Playboy. The one-time child star reportedly scored a $1 million payday to pose nude for the famed skin magazine. TMZ claims the 25-year-old flashed her flesh for the cameras at a photo shoot last weekend. 10/25/11 4:17pm ET
she good $500,000 to show her "freaky friday" and the other $500,000 to show her "parent trap" ...disney to offer her another million not to show where she hid herbie the love bug
Lindsay Lohan may be taking it all off for Playboy. The one-time child star reportedly scored a $1 million payday to pose nude for the famed skin magazine. TMZ claims the 25-year-old flashed her flesh for the cameras at a photo shoot last weekend. 10/25/11 4:17pm ET
According to a new study by Kimberly-Clark, gas pump handles are the filthiest public surfaces in America. The other germiest offenders: handles on public mailboxes, escalator rails, ATM buttons, parking meters, crosswalk buttons, and vending machines. 10/25/11 5:57pm ET
this should be the mta's new slogan "public transportation: less germy"
According to a new study by Kimberly-Clark, gas pump handles are the filthiest public surfaces in America. The other germiest offenders: handles on public mailboxes, escalator rails, ATM buttons, parking meters, crosswalk buttons, and vending machines. 10/25/11 5:57pm ET
According to Georgia police, a woman identified as Alexandrea Brooks infiltrated a Walgreens in Marietta last month and made off with 26 boxes of condoms, an ovulation test, and a box of Huggies baby wipes. The total value of her score: $562.68. 10/25/11 5:12pm ET
sounds like she should have just stolen the morning after pill
Concerned parents are complaining about a new $50 limited edition Barbie created by the Italian-based, Japanese-inspired brand Tokidoki. The new edgy Barbie has a pink bob hairstyle, punk clothing, and tattoos running down her arm and around her collarbone. 10/25/11 4:47pm ET
wait until they see crack pipe strawberry shortcake
Halloween has a new nemesis: JesusWeen. What is JesusWeen? It's a Christian organization that opposes ''ungodly'' Halloween and its ''evil characters.'' This October 31st, instead of Mars bars, group members plan to hand trick-or-treaters mini Bibles. 10/11/11 2:36pm ET
suddenly razor blade filled candy doesn't sound so bad
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will soon recommend that men not get screened for prostate cancer. A review of studies shows screening with the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test results in ''small or no reduction'' in prostate cancer deaths. Their report adds that PSA testing is ''associated with harms related to subsequent evaluation and treatments.'' 10/7/11 12:15pm ET
that means my "free prostate exams" t-shirt will no longer help me score at the bars
Halloween has a new nemesis: JesusWeen. What is JesusWeen? It's a Christian organization that opposes ''ungodly'' Halloween and its ''evil characters.'' This October 31st, instead of Mars bars, group members plan to hand trick-or-treaters mini Bibles. 10/11/11 2:36pm ET
neighbor who gives out toothbrushes sighs of relief.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated earlier this year after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a member of their household staff who had worked with the family for 20 years. 5/17/11 3:06pm ET
maria, that's what you get for marrying a republican.
German hairdresser Elmar Weisser defeated 160 contestants at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Norway on Sunday with a beard that included a sculpture of a moose. Weisser had won twice before with sculptures of the Branderberg Gate and London Bridge. 5/17/11 2:09pm ET
Exercising or having sex triples a person's risk of heart attack in the hours immediately afterward, especially if the person does those activities infrequently, according to a new analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association. 3/23/11 11:49am ET
another reason to give 1 night stands 911 as your phone number
Police in Scranton, PA, say they found 54 bags of heroin, cash, and loose change in a woman's vagina during a cavity search. Karin Mackaliunas, 27, was detained last weekend following a crash. 3/23/11 11:44am ET
police expecting to find charlie sheen in the next day or two.
After more than 146,000 people signed a petition against a 'gay cure' app, Apple has removed it from the App Store. The app's goal, according to its creator Exodus International (a Christian organization), was to 'provide support for individuals who want to recover from homosexuality.' 3/23/11 11:54am ET
ornthologists following suit and starting petition against angry birds
Yelp has added a new field to its restaurant and bar ambiance selection menu: Hipster. So now, if you're a hipster, you know where to go, and if you aren't, you know where to avoid. The new Hipster option joins existing ambiance descriptors such as Romantic, Classy, Casual, Trendy, and Intimate. 3/21/11 2:20am ET
since only rich skinny jean hipsters are the only people who post on yelp the classification is rendered utterly useless.
The owner of a North Carolina diner has removed a sign from the front door of the restaurant that read, "No Speak English, No Service." The sign, which explained in multiple languages that they only speak "American English," bizarrely showed a surprising dexterity with foreign languages. 3/18/11 11:40am ET
ironically the sign was removed not because it was racist, it was because none of his customers could actually read.
The porn industry is about to get .xxx as its own .com, and after years of protests by the Bush administration, the Obama administration is standing on the sidelines as it happens. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the creation of top-level domain names like .com, .net, and .biz, is expected to approve the .xxx domain today, though many in the Adult industry disapprove of it.
Update 3/18: And it's official. ICANN has approved the new .xxx top-level domain.
3/18/11 12:01pm ET
so the real story is the recently approved website www.ICANNmasturbate.xxx