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YouTube Kicks Off Comedy Week With Some of the Web's Funniest People

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:44:49 +0000

If you’re a fan of comedy you’ve surely found yourself inundated with commercials and promotions for YouTube’s Comedy Week. Well, the wait is over because it’s finally arrived. Simply put, YouTube Comedy Week will be just that: a week filled with videos of sketches, stand up, improv and music, all in celebration of the comedic [...]

High Schooler Expelled and Charged With Felony for Lesbian Relationship

Donald Deane — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:35 +0000

In what seems to be the latest in a disturbing trend of anti-gay sentiment directed against kids and teens, a 18-year-old Florida high school student named Kaitlyn Hunt has been expelled and faces criminal charges for having a consensual relationship with another student of the same sex.

College Student Fakes Own Kidnapping to Hide Failing Grade

Donald Deane — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:58 +0000

Nobody likes sharing bad report cards with parents, but one college student in Atlanta gets high marks for creativity by faking his own kidnapping to hide a failing grade. According to officials, 19-year-old Aftab Aslam texted his parents about a kidnapping, then went camping for a week in an undeveloped area in Forsyth County. Aslam [...]

70 Years Later, Class of 1943 Is Finally Having Their Prom

Emerald Catron — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:28 +0000

It took some time (quite a bit of time, actually), but the New Haven Hillhouse High School class of 1943 will finally be having prom this Sunday. The cancellation was just one of many “pleasure bans” Americans endured during World War II. Alumni are hoping at least 70 people will show up for this dance, [...]

Chili's Waitress Fired For Making Negative Comment About Cops on Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:08 +0000

In November, Ashley Warden was fined $2,500 when a police officer spotted her three-year old son urinating on the front yard of her two-and-a-half acre property in rural Piedmont, Oklahoma. The cop was ultimately fired for issuing the ticket. But apparently Warden still holds a grudge against law enforcement, which she made known through a recent post to her Facebook page.

Disney Glams Up Merida from 'Brave,' Fans Freak Out

Emerald Catron — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:52:33 +0000

Merida, the heroine from ‘Brave,’ was officially proclaimed the 11th Disney Princess. But instead of celebrating, people got angry. Fans were happy to see Merida being recognized as an official Disney princess because of her independent nature and un-Disney princess looks. Or they would have been, if Disney hadn’t redesigned Merida and taken those things [...]

Daughter Trying to Evict 91-Year-Old Dad From House He Built

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07:12 +0000

World War II veteran John Potter is in the process of being evicted from the Zaleski, Ohio house he built 56 years ago. But the villain of this story isn't some heartless bank bureaucrat. Instead it's Potter own daughter, Janice Cottrill, who's using the power of attorney that Potter had given to her to throw her father out on the street.

Rich Parents Are Using Handicapped Tour Guides to Avoid Lines at Disney World

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:58 +0000

The lines at Disney Land can be pretty brutal, especially during school holidays. But it turns out if you have enough cash you can assure your child will jump right on Splash Mountain, no matter what time of the year. According to the New York Post, wealthy Manhattanites are hiring handicapped tour guides when they [...]

Brooklyn School Bans Hipster Glasses

Donald Deane — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:31 +0000

In a tacit admission that Brooklyn has become hopelessly overrun by hipsters, a Jewish Orthodox school in Borough Park recently banned the wearing of "thick plastic eyeglasses" among its student body. No word on whether skinny jeans or lumberjack shirts are next.

Man Claims to Have Found Long-Lost Coca-Cola Recipe

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:48:53 +0000

Maybe you can beat the real thing. Cliff Kluge, of Ringgold, Georgia – who describes himself as a “treasure hunter” — claims to have come across an item as steeped in Americana as baseball and apple pie: a 1943 recipe for Coca-Cola. Since Coke protects its secret like a guard does Buckingham Palace, this could [...]

Shocker! Nancy Grace Fakes Split Screen Interview

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:31:45 +0000

Presumably, Nancy Grace has some fans. The prosecutor turned talking head pundit has been hosting high profile shows for almost 20 years, after all.

But, for the most part, she's somebody everybody loves to hate. And Grace certainly gave the public another reason to ridicule her during a segment she did with Ashleigh Banfield.

Abercrombie & Fitch Doesn't Want Larger Women Wearing Its Clothing

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:25:26 +0000

If you wear more than a women’s size 10 you’re going to have some trouble shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch. That’s because the retailer limits all of its female apparel to ten and under. And the reason for this restriction is causing controversy. In a 2006 interview with Salon, A & F CEO Mike Jeffries laid [...]

A Chocolate Maker Is Bullying an Entire Town, And Only You Can Stop Them

Emerald Catron — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:15:11 +0000

Nestle, it seems, is trying to bully a small town in Maine into signing a 45-year contract so they can use their spring water for Poland Spring brand bottled water. As Nestle takes their spring water, the residents of the town are forced to take water from a site where an old industrial site once stood.

7-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Using Pencil Like a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:31:52 +0000

The debate over guns in schools has taken a turn for the unusual. A second grade student at Driver Elementary School in Suffolk, Virginia named Christopher Marshall was suspended for two days last week after he and a classmate pointed pencils at each other and made machine gun-like noises. Christopher’s mother, Wendy, said her son’s [...]

High School Teacher Fired for Working as Bikini Model

Donald Deane — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:08 +0000

Having a teacher who’s also a bikini model might be every teen boy’s fantasy, but this got a high school English teacher in Florida fired recently. Olivia Sprauer was working as a teacher at Martin County High School when one of her bikini photos caught the attention of the school’s principal. She was asked to [...]

Senior Class President Suspended After Tweeting About High School Sports

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:35:11 +0000

An eight word tweet has gotten former Heights High School Class of 2013 President Wesley Teague in hot water with his school administration. WSU is Wichita State University, whose football team was disbanded in 1986. The athletic department at Heights High School, which is in Wichita, Kansas, is often referred to on Twitter by the hashtag [...]

Five-Year-Old Faces Expulsion Because His Parents are Lesbians

Donald Deane — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:05:34 +0000

South African lesbian couple Kally and Samantha Mabe enrolled their young son in a private Christian school because they were expecting tolerance and open-mindedness. What they got was anything but. Instead, the pastor of Secunda Highveld Christian School described the married couple’s relationship as “problematic” and demanded that they divorce or their son, who’s now [...]

High School Students Hold Online 'Hotness Contest,' School Does Nothing

Donald Deane — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:27:13 +0000

High school is hard enough, but imagine if you had the added pressure of competing in an online "hotness" contest organized by the male student body. That's currently what's happening at Issaquah High School in Washington state.

Second Grade Teacher Allegedly Taped Students' Mouths Shut

Donald Deane — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:56:17 +0000

Sure, kids can be a handful sometimes, but a second grade teacher in Colorado may have taken things too far when she allegedly taped the mouths of 28 students shut because they were being noisy.

Obituary for Matt Groening's Mother Sheds Light on Inspiration for 'The Simpsons'

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:45:27 +0000

Matt Groening is the creative genius behind ‘The Simpsons.’ But one thing he wasn’t too creative with was the names of the now iconic four-fingered characters. Sadly, Groening’s mom — Margaret Ruth Groening — passed away last month at 94, and reading her obituary is like taking a walk through Springfield. Over the years Margaret [...]

High School Bans Yearbook Photo of Student With Her Baby

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:57:30 +0000

Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina has found itself in one mother of a controversy. The school has made waves by banning a yearbook picture featuring a student holding her baby son. The school asked seniors to pose with a prop that represents who they are. Caitlin Tiller, 17, decided to use her son, [...]

Antoine Dodson Is Back and You Won't Believe What He's Saying Now

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:52:31 +0000

Antoine Dodson, of "hide your kids, hide your wife" 'Bed Intruder' viral video fame, is one of the more colorful stars of the internet era.

Part of the Huntsville, Alabama native's charm was his comfort with his sexuality. Which is why we were all surprised to see that last night Dodson announced a change in his sexual preference.

33 High School Students Were Suspended For Twerking

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:25:00 +0000

"Twerking" is the latest dance craze. And by that we mean Miley Cyrus is quite fond of posting videos of herself doing it.

But the administration at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego are not fond of Twerking. In fact they just suspended 33 students for their o

Principal Got Rid of Security Guards and Then Something Unbelievable Happened

Emerald Catron — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:03:26 +0000

Where most people saw a “drop out factory” and “career killer,” Andrew Bott saw a school with potential. Bott was the sixth principal in seven years when he took the job at Orchard Gardens, a failing K-8 school in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He proceeded to eliminate the school’s security infrastructure and used the money to jumpstart [...]

Twitter Celebrates NBA Center Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

Emerald Catron — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:09:56 +0000

If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here’s a newsflash — Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay. The Washington Wizards center came out in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Obviously, the world is going bananas, and his name [...]

15 Oddly Eerie Photos of Boston as a Ghost Town

Emerald Catron — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:14:03 +0000

Boston is currently on lockdown as police continue the manhunt for Dzhokar A. Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. No people out and about makes for a pretty eerie scene in the town. Here are 15 pictures taken by people and uploaded to Twitter and Instagram to give you an idea of how Boston looks right now. It's pretty bananas. Have a look.

Boston Marathon Runners Don't Let Terror Attack Stop Their Wedding

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:18:35 +0000

Robert Watling and Kelli Johnston are a speedy pair. In fact, Watling proposed to Johnston last October after they completed the Chicago Marathon, which was one of the many 26.2 mile races the couple had completed together.

Given their shared history of racing together -- their first date was a 5K race -- getting married after the Boston Marathon seemed like the natural thing to do.

Woman Assaults Boyfriend For Singing 'Thrift Shop' Over and Over

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:40:54 +0000

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' smash hit 'Thrift Shop' in undoubtedly a very catchy song. But is the ode to finding bargain basement prices a good song?

Therein lays the problem for many folks, including Samanta Malson of Longmont, Colorado who now faces jail because 'Thrift Shop' really got under her skin.

TheFW Is an Official Webby Honoree!

TheFW Staff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:57:40 +0000

All the yoga we’ve been doing has finally paid off — we found out today that we are an official Webby honoree, and we can pat ourselves on the back without any shoulder pain at all! The Webby Awards are a symbol of online achievement and success — they’re kind of like the Oscars for [...]

Facebook's New 'Home' Ad Proving Controversial

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:30:35 +0000

Usually when Facebook draws the ire of the collective internet it’s because it’s made a change to its format. But this time it’s one of the social network giant’s TV commercials that has the Web firing off a barrage of negative comments. The spot is for Facebook’s new Home phone feature. In the ad, a [...]