Pranks News
- Bert Newton Calls In Police Over Pranks Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 6:16AMVeteran Australian entertainer Bert Newton has called in police over allegations he has been the victim of prank telephone calls, vandalism and a nasty letter campaign. The 72 year old, who was hospitalised with a serious bout of pneumonia last month (Jun1...
- 116th honors fallen Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:46AMBAGHDAD - Soldiers and leaders of the 116th Cavalry Brigade joined with members of United States Forces for a memorial service recently at Camp Victory in Baghdad to honor their fallen comrades Sgt. Nathan Ryan Beyers and Spc. Nicholas Wayne Newby, both of Coeur d'Alene.
- Four lessons from LulzSec vs Murdoch Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:09AMLulzSec's hack of News International websites including The Sun yesterday is one of the highest-profile information security breaches in history. Down went a major media company. But it means almost nothing beyond the daily news cycle.
- Watch: Top Terrorist Missed After Bin Laden Raid Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:56PMSeries of errors in U.S. mission led to terror leader Anwar al Awlaki's escape.
- Watch: Murdoch Scandal: Father and Son Testify Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:11PMRupert Murdoch and son James' testimony will decide media empire's fate.
- Watch: U.S. Women's Soccer Stars Discuss World Cup Final Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:11PMHope Solo, Abby Wambach and teammates chat about their impressive World Cup run.
- Watch: Casey Anthony Spotted in Orlando? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:40PMVideo shows someone running from a plane, hidden under a jacket.
- Watch: Rupert Murdoch Testimony: The Headlines Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:26PMMurdoch's appearance before Parliament included a foam-pie attack.
- Watch: Rupert Murdoch: When Protesters Attack Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:26PMMurdoch's pie incident is only the latest in a series of activist pranks.
- Watch: Rupert Murdoch: 'Most Humble Day of My Life' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:26PMRupert Murdoch and James, Murdoch testify to Parliament about hacking scandal.
- Domodedovo Airport Chairman Tells of Huge State Pressure Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:03PMDmitry Kamenshchik, chairman of Domodedovo Airport's board of directors, prefers to stay out of the spotlight. Perhaps it's no surprise, given that a terrorist attack killed 37 at the airport in January, President Dmitry Medvedev has demanded to know its ownership structure, and speculation has swirled for years about the possibility of a hostile state-backed takeover bid.
- Friends recall Jeff Seale's humor Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:38AMThe pranks Jeff Seale pulled could be almost as big as his right arm. If the former Fairview High star pitcher wasn`t mowing down batters with a mid-90s fastball, chances are he was making his teammates laugh with bits like wearing a full arm cast to practice to scare coach Rick Harig into thinking he`d lost his ace just before the postseason.
- A film review about two yes men trying to fix the world Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:16AMBy JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – What does it take to fix the world? Two activists Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano tried to fix the world from its endemic defects in the documentary film The Yes Men Fix the World (2009). Given the current global crisis that the present “free market” ideology has [...]
- Sheriff's Office investigating fatal crash in Painesville Township - UPDATED Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:57PMThe Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in a one-car fatal crash Saturday in Painesville Township as Joel Patrick “Grant” Furr, 20, of Fairport Harbor.
- The Sun gets hit for Six Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:08PMHOT new street dancing pop band squeeze into The Sun bunker to showcase vocal talent
- Longtime police chief
of Bull Valley dies at 58 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:59PMBULL VALLEY – Even after he became sick in April, longtime Bull Valley Police Chief Norbert Sauers continue to lead his department every day.
- Oklahoma City teen homicide suspect made firebombs after watching ‘Jackass 3' movie, police say Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:49PMTristan Ryan Owen, 15, of Oklahoma City is being held on murder and arson complaints. He denies setting the July 13 fire that killed Boyd Haynes, 87, and his wife, Doris Haynes, 86, but admits playing around with Molotov cocktails beforehand, police said.
- Anonymous to launch social networking site Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:12PMAnonymous has apparently decided to enter the social networking market.
- WWE: The Top 15 Tag Teams Since 2000 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:44PMHello folks! Welcome to another slideshow. This time I am looking at the best tag teams of the last decade. Tag team wrestling is almost dead, and is not not helped by the break-up of every decent tag team that has come out of WWE. Bear in mind that if you are part of a good team nowadays, you will break up! Anyway, I digress. Please sit back, relax and enjoy the read, as I take you on a ...
- WWE: The Top 15 Tag-Teams Since 2000 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:44PMHello folks! Welcome to another slideshow. This time I am looking at the best tag teams of the last decade. Tag team wrestling is almost dead, and is not not helped by the break-up of every decent tag team that has come out of WWE. Bear in mind that if you are part of a good team nowadays, you will break up! Anyway, I digress. Please sit back, relax and enjoy the read, as I take you on a ...
- Say 300,000 Gay Men Disappeared, Nearly All at Once Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:35PMThis is the final piece in our series on the 30th anniversary of the AIDS crisis. Read previous pieces in this series here . I've always had a terrible memory, or a perfectly normal memory—who knows? It's my first. Either way, my spotty recall used to bother me. After all, without a good mental record, how could I, like everyone else, pen a torrid and lucrative memoir? There are so few other ...
- The Hacker Social Network: Google+ Stiffs Anonymous Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:27AMThe Hacker Social Network: Google+ Stiffs Anonymous
- Anonymous Incurs Google+ Ban, Retaliates by Launching Own Social Network Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:50AMIf you can't join 'em, try and beat 'em—that's the gist of the reaction by notorious hacker group Anonymous to several of its members' accounts feeling the banhammer from Google's new social network site, Google+. But instead of hacking Google+ in retaliation for the bans, Anonymous says it's launching its own social networking site, dubbed [...]
- Raising Awareness About Disabilities Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:08AMWhen parents of newly diagnosed children decide to raise awareness and encourage opportunities for their child and others who share the same diagnosis, we may find that many friends, coworkers, neighbors and others already have more personal experience and knowledge, and can offer us support.
- Workplace grievance backlog leaves Mounties waiting years for justice Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:22PMOTTAWA - Mountie Gerry Hoyland has waited over five years for vindication and, given the RCMP's track record, he expects to bide his time for a few more.
- A Life Remembered: Reynolds devoted to family, electric business Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:51AMHe was known as ''Big E,'' blessed with a pleasant disposition, a giving heart and strong work ethic. Ernie Reynolds died June 26.
- Fallen soldiers hailed for spirit, character - Sun, 17 Jul 2011 PST Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:14AMTwo pairs of boots, two rifles, two helmets and two sets of dog tags were displayed on stage as a community mourned the loss of two young soldiers Saturday afternoon. The items belonged to Sgt. Nathan R. Beyers, 24, and Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, 20, both of Coeur d’Alene. The Idaho Army National Guardsmen were killed in Baghdad on July 7 by an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the ...
- Hundreds gather to remember Coeur d'Alene soldiers - Sat, 16 Jul 2011 PST Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:58PMHundreds of friends, family and service members gathered in a Coeur d’Alene church today for the memorial of two young soldiers killed recently in Iraq.
- Details are lost from Harry Potter books to movies Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:21PM7) Gnomes - During his first trip to the Burrow in "Chamber of Secrets," Harry and Ron are assigned to the lovely chore of removing gnomes from the Weasley's garden. The process requires wizards to pick up the gnomes, spin them until they're dizzy and throw them over the garden wall.
- Friends from lemonade stand Gazette photo reunite after 60 years Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:11PMGeorge “Whatson” Whiteside knows you sometimes have to write off a person, knowing you’ll never see him again.
- From Miss Universe to VJ Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:00AMA FORMER Miss Universe Australia contestant and cheerleader has become the new host of Channel V. Check out our behind the scenes photo shoot.
- Punk'd Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:58AMThese giant organizations were all targets of pranks. These are the guys who did it. Why? They have their reasons.
- Inside the minds of corporate pranksters Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:58AMThese giant organizations were all targets of pranks. These are the guys who did it. Why? They have their reasons.
- Rapper pals show chemistry Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:15PMBad Meets Evil, "Hell: The Sequel" ***
- Sneak Peek! Selena Gomez Surprises Fan in 'PrankStars' Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:19PMDisney Channel stars Selena Gomez, Debby Ryan and Mitchel Musso surprise their biggest fans in the premiere episode of "PrankStars," a hidden camera series in which unsuspecting tweens and teens are set up by family members and come face to...
- UPDATED: Man Accused in Tainted Yogurt Case Remains Jailed Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:51PMA New Mexico man indicted on charges that he handed out a semen-tainted yogurt sample at a grocery store will remain behind bars pending his trial after a federal judge... Read more »
- Public Displays of Pranks Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:13PMTomorrow, New Yorkers in-the-know will have their chance to screw with the unsuspecting population around them–in a united cause! And you can join in the shenanigans!
- Scenes from books that were left out of film adaptations Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:36PMBook enthusiasts know that not everything on the printed page makes it into a movie adaptation.
- Masand: 'ZNMD' shows that boys will be boys Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:18PM'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' takes the light-hearted tone of a fun, all-boys road trip.
- Comic-Con 2011: 'The Vampire Diaries'' Julie Plec on Fangirl Memories of Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:25PMLesley Goldberg "We have a wish that there might be a frame or two of footage that we might be able to show off,”" the executive producer teases of what to expect at the series' panel. read more
- India coach Duncan Fletcher's boffinry can stump England just as Sir Alf Ramsey undid the Germans Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:37AMWhile reading Leo McKinstry's excellent biography of Sir Alf Ramsey, I came across a line that made me smirk with recognition.
- Zombies to Plunder San Francisco, Traffic Sign Warns Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:07AMRudeen Monte Hacking electronic road signs so that they display warnings of impending zombie invasions has become something of a national pastime. Such pranks have taken place in Florida, Illinois, Ke
- Potter films leave behind some magical scenes from the books Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:45AMBook enthusiasts know that not everything on the printed page makes it into a movie adaptation.
- Zimbabwe: Sulu, Energy Mutodi Clash At Ochi City Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:15AMIT will be music, brawn and muscles when Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu and rhumba group of the moment Real Sounds of Africa fronted by Energy Mutodi "square off" with bodybuilders at this year's edition of Ochi City's Mr and Ms Iron Man Championship to be held in August.
- NM man accused of handing out semen-tainted yogurt Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:55AMA New Mexico man was indicted after police said he was linked through DNA samples to semen-tainted yogurt samples handed out at a grocery store
- Top Picks Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:41AM"Tour de France" (8 a.m., VS) Stage 13, a 152.5km leg through the mountains from Pau to Lourdes.
- Invisible cloaks, Purdue scientists are working on it Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:49AMAs Harry Potter fans head to the movies this weekend, Purdue researchers are trying to turn Sci-Fi into Sci-fact.
- Man calls ambulance for steamed bun delivery Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:36PMThirty percent of emergency ambulance call-outs are unnecessary, said Beijing's 120 Emergency Medical Center. "This month, for the ambulance I'm assigned to, 30 to 40 runs were from timewasters out of 140 in total," a doctor surnamed Zhao from 120 told qianlong.com.
- No One Wants to Have a Fun Camp David Sleepover Party with Obama [Rejected] Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:36PM# rejected President Obama, who deservedly hates his life right now, extended congressional leaders an invitation to his swanky mountain retreat at Camp David as a way to finish debt ceiling negotiations in private. But maybe also as a way to get drunk and party in the mountains? We're just trying to figure out a compelling reason to allow so many assholes into your vacation home. But no one ...
- Hacktivism Moves From Pranks to Problems Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:42AMFar from being "sophisticated" attacks, LulzSec and Anonymous are run of the mill, say experts. But companies need to look to their defenses.