http://www.wtfiwwp.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:44 EST en http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=lindsay-lohan-sues-over-milkaholic-etrade-ad http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=lindsay-lohan-sues-over-milkaholic-etrade-ad Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:44 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=lindsay-lohan-sues-over-milkaholic-etrade-ad


NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also named Lindsay, improperly invoked her "likeness, name, characterization, and personality" without permission, violating her right of privacy.

In her lawsuit filed Monday in a Nassau County, New York state court, the 23-year-old actress sought $50 million of compensatory damages and $50 million of exemplary damages. She also demanded that E*Trade stop running the ad and turn over all copies to her.

Lohan's lawyer Stephanie Ovadia did not return requests for a comment. An E*Trade spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the New York-based

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=no-speed-limits-ive-got-a-plan http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=no-speed-limits-ive-got-a-plan Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:06:05 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=no-speed-limits-ive-got-a-plan


EL CAJON - James Sikes was on his way home to Jacumba yesterday afternoon, driving his blue Toyota Prius on a winding stretch of Interstate 8, when he encountered a car that was going a little too slow. Sikes hit the accelerator, totally unprepared for what happened next.

"It did something kind of funny," said Sikes, 61. "It just stuck there."

For about 30 hair-raising miles beginning near Lake Jennings Park Road near Flinn Springs, Sikes tried frantically to slow down the 2008 hybrid. At one point the speedometer hit 94 mph, said Sikes, who called 911.

A CHP officer was dispatched and while driving alongside, coached Sikes over a loudspeaker on how to get control of the car, a process that involved the brakes, the emergency brake and, when the spe

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=more-americans-can-call-themselves-millionaires-study-finds-uhhh-wtf http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=more-americans-can-call-themselves-millionaires-study-finds-uhhh-wtf Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:40 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=more-americans-can-call-themselves-millionaires-study-finds-uhhh-wtf
The number of Americans who can call themselves millionaires has gone up in the past year, according to a report released Tuesday by Spectrem Group.

The number of U.S. households with a net worth of at least $1 million, not including primary residence, increased 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009, according to the group's press release.

The number is up from 6.7 million in 2008. That follows a 27 percent decline in the millionaire population in 2008.

The number of households with a net worth of at least $5 million, known as Ultra High Net Worth households, surged 17 percent to 980,000 in 2009.

"The nation's millionaires - together with its Ultra High Net Worth households - are bouncing back from the recession. Following a sharp decline in 2008, both groups saw their numbers advance nicely in 2009," said President of Spectrem Group George H. Walper,

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kids-getting-stoned-on-digital-drugs-or-i-dosing http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kids-getting-stoned-on-digital-drugs-or-i-dosing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:03:55 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kids-getting-stoned-on-digital-drugs-or-i-dosing


MUSTANG, OK -- School administrators are sending a warning to parents about a new and dangerous fad. It's called I-Dosing, or digital drugs. Kids are downloading music and tones that supposedly alter brain waves. The Web sites claim users can experience everything from euphoria to sedation.

Mustang Superintendent Bonnie Lightfoot told parents, "Some students who listened to one of these MP3s exhibited the same physical effects as if they were under the influence of drugs or alcohol."

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is investigating after several parents' complaints.

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Doctors are trying to save a metro man's life after he drank antifreeze.

He told authorities that his girlfriend tried to poison him.

For some people, antifreeze is a regular household product that mant use regularly to keep up maintenance on cars. However, consuming it can be deadly.

"Antifreeze is very dangerous. It's not only ethylene glycol but also may contain methanol, which are both very, very toxic solvents," said Lee McGoodwin, who is with Oklahoma Poison Control.

"These solvents get converted in the body to organic acids that do multi-organ damage," McGoodwin said.

In a police report, the man told officers "he thought his girlfriend put something in his coffee."

After he drank it, he fell asleep. When he woke up, his girlfriend had packed her belongings and left, according to the police report.

The man -- whose name has not been

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=wichita-man-pays-crack-dealer-with-monopoly-money http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=wichita-man-pays-crack-dealer-with-monopoly-money Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:21:33 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=wichita-man-pays-crack-dealer-with-monopoly-money


NBC -- Police in Wichita, Kansas are investigating an odd crime that involves drugs, assault and Monopoly money.

It started as a routine traffic stop

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=video-of-poker-tournament-rushed-by-6-armed-gunmen-live-on-german-tv http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=video-of-poker-tournament-rushed-by-6-armed-gunmen-live-on-german-tv Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:37:31 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=video-of-poker-tournament-rushed-by-6-armed-gunmen-live-on-german-tv


BERLIN - GERMAN police said on Sunday they were hunting a masked, machete-wielding gang that staged a brazen raid on a million-euro poker tournament in broad daylight at one of Berlin's swankiest hotels.

In what some media have dubbed an 'Ocean's 11' style heist, four men brandishing handguns and machetes stormed into Berlin's Grand Hyatt hotel on Saturday and made off with hundreds of thousands of euros in cash.

Michael Gassen, a police spokesman, told AFP the gang had secured a sum 'in the low six-figures.' Previously, reports had ranged between 250,000 (S$477,000) and 800,000 euros.

Mr Gassen said they had interviewed 20 witnesses since the incident took place at around 2.15pm (1315 GMT, 9.15pm S

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=shooting-on-ohio-campus-kills-1-wounds-2 http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=shooting-on-ohio-campus-kills-1-wounds-2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:28:38 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=shooting-on-ohio-campus-kills-1-wounds-2
According to an OSU police dispatcher, the three people were shot early Tuesday inside a maintenance building near the campus power plant, which is close to Ohio Stadium.

Police told WBNS-TV in Columbus that one person was pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were taken to Ohio State University Medical Center, where one victim was in critical condition and another in stable condition. The university says the shooting did not involve any Ohio State students.

Police say the shooting suspect was taken into custody after heavily armed officers searched the power plant and area.

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-killed-2-men-injured-in-las-vegas-shooting-following-domestic-dispute http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-killed-2-men-injured-in-las-vegas-shooting-following-domestic-dispute Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:55:25 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-killed-2-men-injured-in-las-vegas-shooting-following-domestic-dispute
Police Capt. Randy Montandon told the Las Vegas Sun that a man shot three people, including the woman, before police responded and shot the gunman in the parking lot of the apartment complex after a confrontation.

The gunman and the two surviving victims were taken to Sunrise Hospital.

A nearby elementary school was placed in lockdown during the incident but later was re-opened.

The shooting occurred less than a mile from Sam Boyd Stadium.

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The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. outside the United Texas Bank, housed in the office tower. Employees locked themselves in the bank's vault.

The gunman pointed his gun at arriving police, who fired at him and missed. The suspect then shot himself, police said. He is now in critical condition at an area hospital, MyFoxDFW.com reports.

The victims are reportedly both in stable condition.

A witness tells KRLD-AM of Dallas that a bank customer went outside, then came back inside and said, "You'd better lock your doors." Another witness reported seeing a man sitting in a chair with blood all over his chest.

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=6-women-hospitalized-after-botched-butt-enhancing-procedures http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=6-women-hospitalized-after-botched-butt-enhancing-procedures Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:15:24 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=6-women-hospitalized-after-botched-butt-enhancing-procedures
NEWARK, N.J. - A black-market butt-enhancement "practitioner" is injecting New Jersey backsides with household caulk and other hazardous materials, according to New Jersey health officials who have alerted New York authorities to the rear and present danger.

Six Newark-area women in the last two months have been hospitalized with infections caused by injections of "a variety of unknown materials," said New Jersey Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Tina Tan.

Officials said they believe the injected mixture includes silicone, petroleum jelly and hardware-grade caulk.

After botched efforts to plump their rear ends like naturally well-endowed celebs such as Kim Kardashian, the victim's derrieres resembled "moonscapes" filled with lumps and craters, said a hospital source.

"What we've been hearing from the hospitals is that these women are presented with deep tissue infections and skin infections. Abscesses form in some cases," said Tan.

According to

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=n-c-man-accused-of-carving-mine-on-rape-victim http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=n-c-man-accused-of-carving-mine-on-rape-victim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:40:37 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=n-c-man-accused-of-carving-mine-on-rape-victim
HICKORY, N.C. - A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with raping a woman and carving the word "Mine" on her stomach.

Multiple media outlets reported the Hickory woman was attacked early Saturday.

Forty-one-year-old Keith Alan Campbell of Hickory is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female and two counts of communicating threats.

He was being held in the Catawba County jail Monday awaiting a first hearing. It was unclear if he had an attorney.

The arrest warrant says Campbell tied up the woman and used a box cutter to carve the word "Mine" on her stomach.

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kentucky-student-reportedly-wrapped-in-toilet-paper-set-on-fire http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kentucky-student-reportedly-wrapped-in-toilet-paper-set-on-fire Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:53:35 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=kentucky-student-reportedly-wrapped-in-toilet-paper-set-on-fire
WKYT-TV in Lexington reported 19-year-old fraternity member Shaun Dunn wrapped another member in toilet paper and set it on fire. The carpet caught fire and the smoke detectors went off.

Dunn is charged with first degree arson, wanton endangerment and tampering with physical evidence.

The incident early Saturday also disclosed fire code violations, so the house was closed for the semester. Members were given 24 hours to move out.

Fraternity member Joe McKinley is charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest - accused of hitting the officer in the face when told to leave his room.

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=man-sues-airline-for-not-looking-at-his-scrotum http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=man-sues-airline-for-not-looking-at-his-scrotum Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:11:21 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=man-sues-airline-for-not-looking-at-his-scrotum
His illness? Sudden and mysterious bleeding in the area between his legs.

The curious incident occurred February 15, 2008 during a flight from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Marcel Cote was comfortably seated in business class an hour after takeoff when, for some unknown reason, he felt enough discomfort to make an emergency visit to the washroom, where he discovered spots of blood on his body.

In a panic, Cote asked for the help of a flight attendant, who quickly came to his side. When the passenger noticed that the agent was female, he asked to be assisted by a male attendant because the bleeding seemed to be coming from his genital area.

When the male attendant came to him, Cote then asked to be closely examined so that the exact nature of the problem can be determined.

2 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=florida-driver-busted-for-shaving-the-downstairs-while-driving http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=florida-driver-busted-for-shaving-the-downstairs-while-driving Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:08:06 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=florida-driver-busted-for-shaving-the-downstairs-while-driving
Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.

"She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit," Trooper Gary Dunick said. "If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have believed it. About 10 years ago I stopped a guy in the exact same spot ... who had three or four syringes sticking out of his arm. It was just surreal and I thought, 'Nothing will ever beat this.' Well, this takes it."

If that weren't enough, Megan Mariah Barnes was not supposed to be driving and her 1995 Ford Thunderbird was not supposed to be on the road.

The day before the wreck, Barnes was convicted in an Upper Keys

2 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-charged-in-breast-milk-assault-on-jailer http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-charged-in-breast-milk-assault-on-jailer Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:05:22 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-charged-in-breast-milk-assault-on-jailer
The woman now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at $10,000

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=8-teens-shot-while-leaving-indiana-concert http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=8-teens-shot-while-leaving-indiana-concert Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:24:11 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=8-teens-shot-while-leaving-indiana-concert
Police Cpl. Gabrielle King says "chaos broke loose" when a fight erupted Friday night event at World of Skates. Police say the shooting started in the parking lot.

The victims were taken to three area hospitals, where some remained Saturday. Police say they ranged in age from 14 to 18, with wounds in the

2 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=new-hampshire-teacher-charged-with-sending-nude-photo-to-student http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=new-hampshire-teacher-charged-with-sending-nude-photo-to-student Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:35:47 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=new-hampshire-teacher-charged-with-sending-nude-photo-to-student

LONDONDERRY, N.H. - A New Hampshire high school English teacher who allegedly e-mailed nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old male student was arrested Friday on a felony charge of indecent exposure and lewdness.

Melinda Dennehy, 41, of Hampstead, turned herself in to Londonderry police and was later released on $10,000 bond. She was placed on administrative leave from her job at

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-bitten-by-bear-at-wisconsin-zoo-fingers-severed http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-bitten-by-bear-at-wisconsin-zoo-fingers-severed Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:28:18 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=woman-bitten-by-bear-at-wisconsin-zoo-fingers-severed
MANITOWOC, Wis. - Police say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal.

The Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc closed after the incident Friday morning. Police say the 47-year-old woman lost a thumb and a forefinger, and two other fingers were partially severed.

The woman's boyfriend was bitten as he tried to pry the bear's m

1 WTFs(s) ]]> http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=couple-lets-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-virtual-baby-online http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=couple-lets-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-virtual-baby-online Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:43:10 EST http://www.wtfiwwp.com/story.php?title=couple-lets-baby-starve-to-death-while-raising-virtual-baby-online
A South Korean couple left their baby daughter to starve to death at home while playing an Internet game which simulated child-rearing, police said Friday.

The man aged 41 and his 25-year-old wife were arrested Thursday, five months after they reported the death of their three-month-old baby, a police investigator in the city of Suweon just south of Seoul told AFP.

The father met his wife in 2008 through the Internet. They had bee

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