Stealing another's man's wife costs $4,802

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Stealing someone's heart can cost you: Just ask German Blinov.

A Cook County jury ordered Blinov to shell out $4,802 last week after he was sued by a husband from a Chicago suburb for stealing the affections of the man's wife.

Arthur Friedman used a little-known state law to mount the legal attack against Blinov. The alienation of affection law, one of eight across the country, lets spouses seek damages for the loss of love....More?

source: cnn.com

Wrestlers to Testify on Capitol Hill?

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A couple of years ago, baseball players were brought before Congress, where their implausibly comic denials of steroid use resulted in a much tougher major league drug policy.

Retired football players went to Washington last week. Recounting careers that left them crippled and concussed will make it easier for them to collect the disability payments they deserve.

Now it's time for wrestlers to testify on Capitol Hill....More?

source: msn.foxsports.com

Benoit’s doctor charged with drug distribution

Well, the fun begins...

ATLANTA - The personal doctor of pro wrestler Chris Benoit was charged Monday with improperly dispensing painkillers and other drugs.

The seven-count indictment said Dr. Phil Astin dispensed drugs including Percocet, Xanax, Lorcet and Vicoprofen between April 2004 and September 2005...More?

source: msnbc.com

Police Seize Benoit Wikipedia Imposter's Computer

I had not posted anything Benoit-related in a few days because it was really getting to me. However, this Wikipedia investigation is interesting. Newsvine.com has a recap of the "wiki-events" and a photo of the alleged perpetrator.

It was widely reported by Fox News, the Associated Press, ABC News, digg and a host of other news sites (and originally on Wikinews) that an anonymous user on Wikipedia altered the online encyclopedia's article on Chris Benoit noting the death of the pro-wrestler's wife some 13-14 hours before police found the dead bodies of Benoit, his wife, and 7-year-old son. The incident is being treated as a murder-suicide.

What the anonymous user on Wikipedia may have failed to realize, is that little about your activity on Wikipedia (or the rest of the internet) is anonymous...More?

Get rid of ugly people?

Why would evolution have gotten rid of ugly people? Usually if you're not shallow...you would marry for personality, not looks. So, then the "ugly gene" would get passed down.

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The 8 Most Insane Moments in Professional Wrestling

For some much needed humor in wrestling, the eight most spectacularly crazy moments in professional wrestling!

source: cracked.com

The 25 Most Ridiculous Band Names in Rock History

Here's a scenario: You start a rock band, which you just happen to name after spending several hours huffing paint and drinking bleach. You spend a few years playing small clubs until you're discovered by a major label and start selling a lot of records. And suddenly you realize that the stupid name you thought up when you were huffing all that paint is going to follow you around for the rest of your life.

Here are the 25 bands who, regardless of their own musical quality, have the stupidest names on record.

source: cracked.com

9 Superhero Powers That Would Be More Trouble Than They're Worth

Sure, who hasn't wished for superpowers? Super-speed, super-flight, super-strength—these are the cool powers, the ones with which all comic book superheroes seem to do so well for themselves. But there are a few lesser-known powers found in the funny pages that nobody wants to be saddled with. Any practical use they have would be countered by the sheer embarrassment and/or inconvenience of having them.

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Marvel Comics Buries Captain America

It's a funeral fit for a superhero.

In the drizzling rain at Arlington National Cemetery, thousands of grieving patriots solemnly watch as the pallbearers — Iron Man, the Black Panther, Ben Grimm and Ms. Marvel — carry a casket draped with an American flag.

Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest issue of Marvel Comics' "Fallen Son," due on newsstands the morning after Independence Day. After 66 years of battling villains from Adolf Hitler to the Red Skull, the red, white and blue leader of the Avengers was felled by an assassin's bullet on the steps of a New York federal courthouse...More?

source: newsvine.com

The Air Guitar Hall of Fame

Songs that you can "play" to.

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Holmes & Cooney Remember Fight That Divided America

Gerry Cooney had just lost two points for hitting low, and both Larry Holmes and the desert heat had combined to sap his strength. Now, as the 10th round began, his manager leaned into the corner and urged him to fight even harder.

Amid the din of 25,000 people in the parking lot at Caesars Palace, Dennis Rappaport was playing the last card he had.

"America needs you," Rappaport told his fighter.

He wasn't far from the truth.

Back in Cooney's dressing room, a phone had been specially installed. The president of the United States was going to be calling to congratulate him if he won.

There was no phone in Holmes' dressing room.

"I was that close to getting that phone call," Cooney said, chuckling at the thought. "I might have become the vice president, who knows."

It was 25 years ago on a blisteringly hot night in Las Vegas, and Holmes was defending his heavyweight title against the big-punching Cooney in the richest fight of its time. The fight was an intriguing matchup of puncher versus boxer, but that wasn't why each fighter was making $10 million...More?

source: mmmanews.com

Patience Pays Off Big for Dallas iPhone Fan

DALLAS -- No doubt you've seen people all over the country who camped out for hours to get the hot new iPhone. So how did one local guy get the gadget AND eight crisp $100 bills to boot? More

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