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travel

LAX Terminal Evacuated Due To "Suspicious Comment"

20 Southwest Airlines and 2 U.S. Airways flights were delayed after a LAX terminal was evacuated for two hours due to a "suspicious comment" made by a passenger on SWA Flight 1182 from El Paso. We were unable to find out what exactly the "suspicious comment" was, but UPI suggests that it had something to do with explosives in his luggage. The LAPD bomb squad was called, but no explosives were found. More »

1:54 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Meg Marco
3,132 views, 42 comments

Latest by strathmeyer: The amount of time it takes us to find out what the comment was is probably inversely proportional to its more »

marketing

Marketing Campaign For Aqua Teen Hunger Force Summons Bomb Sqaud

From Boston.com:
The discovery of a series of suspicious objects on bridges, near a medical center, underneath an interstate, and in other crowded public places have set off a wave of bomb scares across Boston, snarling traffic and subways across the city.
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6:09 PM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Meg Marco
606 views, 25 comments

Latest by suckonthat: I find this whole thing *hysterical* for many reasons: * The mayor was quoted in the Boston Globe as saying that more »

rocky

Is Sylvester Stallone Taking Over Your TV?

Well, this is totally impossible to confirm, but we just got a complaint from a reader saying that their DVR was recording Sylvester Stallone movies all on its own. They think this might be some sort of sly promotion tied into the new Rocky movie. Is this happening to anyone else, or do these people have a possessed DVR? They use Time/Warner Cable and live in New York. From Zak's email:
    This past week, however, I was scanning through my DVR, minding my own business and trying to clean up old shows or things I've previously watched....and lo and behold, 'Rocky' was recorded on my DVR. Now, I never set my DVR to record Rocky nor would I—-I just have no interest. So I delete it, mind my own business again and....what is this? 'Demolition Man' was recorded by my DVR. Well this is awfully peculiar now, isn't it? I see a bit of a common thread here. Point is this: I don't want to see Rocky and I don't want to see any new Rocky movie and I certainly don't want to see ANY other Sylvester Stallone movie. So why the hell is my DVR magically recording his films for me?

    Something's fishy.

This sounds really unbelievable, but funny. Has this happened to anyone else? Is Sly taking over? Is this even possible? Oh, it was too funny not to post. ADRIAN! Gilmore Girls is on!—MEGHANN MARCO

2:44 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Meg Marco
174 views, 13 comments

Latest by Triteon: The best part of Demolition Man is that lent yet another nickname to Dennis Rodman. Non-DVR owner here, but I thought more »

best buy

BestBuy Doesn't Want You Using Your Gift Card?

Does Best Buy have a policy designed to trick you into not using your gift card? More »

11:27 PM on Wed Nov 1 2006
By Meg Marco
1,051 views, 21 comments