What it is: A hard-edged Civic track car for the street. Honda doesn’t do surprises anymore, so the new Honda Civic Type R plays to type with big power, a big wing, and a little red H on its nose. More important: no hybrid, no all-wheel drive, and no automatic transmission. Why it matters: Two decades have passed since the first-generation, Japan-only Type R tantalized … [Read more...]
Ice Cream Loving Squirrel Puts around North Carolina
Putter the squirrel lives in a tree above Fantasy Isle Ice Cream and Mini Golf in Holden Beach and has gotten quite comfortable fattening up with her daily treats. “You call her name, and she literally will come out of her nest in one of these big trees and hop her way down to the roof, ultimately to the rail and waits on her cone,” Scott Martin told local ABC affiliate … [Read more...]
Hacker sets off emergency sirens overnight in Dallas
April 8 (UPI) -- Officials in Dallas said the city's emergency siren system was hacked Friday night, setting all 156 sirens blaring multiple times in the middle of the night. The city was forced to manually shut down the siren system, which is typically only used during weather emergencies such as a tornado threat. It will not be fully operational again until Sunday or … [Read more...]
Ms. Pac-Man takes over Google Maps for April Fool’s Day
Google transformed its Maps application into a game of Ms. Pac-Man in honor of April Fool's Day. Google Maps users can open the app on their desktop or smartphone and tap an icon or click on a small window bearing the words "Insert Coin" to guide the bow-wearing, mouth-flapping heroine to collect dots around a map of their current location. If the player's current … [Read more...]
CASH ME OUTSIDE’ GIRL MOM SUED FOR FOOD FIGHT BEATDOWN
Danielle Bregoli, aka the "Cash Me Outside" girl, is being accused of unleashing a can of whoop ass on a 27-year-old Florida woman ... but it's her mom who's being sued for the beatdown. Bregoli's mom, Barbara Ann, is named in the lawsuit ... Danielle is only 13. The woman, named Kimberly Peterson, claims she and Danielle got into a verbal altercation on Feb. 26 in Lake Worth, … [Read more...]
Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ Host, Dies at 87
Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87. His autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book, he claimed to have worked for the CIA as an … [Read more...]
Middle-school student threw wood block at Trump’s motorcade
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday identified the person who threw the block of wood at President Donald Trump’s motorcade Friday afternoon as a middle-school student. The State Attorney’s Office will decide whether any charges are filed in the case, according to the press release from the sheriff’s office. RELATED: The Post’s complete coverage of Trump … [Read more...]
Telephone owned by Adolf Hitler sells for $243,000
Andreas Kornfeld of Alexander Historical Auctions says the phone sold Sunday afternoon to a person who bid by phone. The auction house does not disclose the names of buyers. Bidding for the phone started at $100,000. The red telephone includes a Nazi party symbol and Hitler's name engraved on the back. Occupying Russian officers gave the phone to a British officer, Sir … [Read more...]