Steve Martin: An Unwitting Participant in an Art-Forgery Ring
Steve Martin wasn’t laughing over the fact that he unknowingly bought and sold forged art.
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The Great Crab Heist: 25,000 Pounds of King Crab Stolen En Route to Seattle
Anybody seen a 25,000-pound truckload of Russian king crab lying around? Yeah, authorities searching for it after it went missing during a delivery to Seattle haven’t seen it either.
Should Restaurant Servers Ditch the Pen and Pad?
In a quest to connect with customers—and up the tipping potential, NewsFeed surmises—the new craze for restaurant servers has them ditching their trusty pens and pads of paper.
QUOTE: Sarah Palin’s Mother on Her Daughter’s Bus Tour
“It was unexpected because I really didn’t think that anybody would notice — except now that I see the bus, I could see how it would attract attention.”
— SALLY HEATH, Sarah Palin’s mother, on the media circus …
QUOTE: Cell Phones Possibly Carcinogenic
“What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain.”
— DR. KEITH BLACK, chairman of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los …
Would You Hang Out at Subway? Chain Tries Café Concept
Rumor has it that this whole Starbucks model of doing business works. And Subway has taken notice, testing out an upscale Subway Café concept.
QUOTE: Kate Middleton Loves Anne of Green Gables
“It is something of a sentimental journey.”
— AN UNNAMED SOURCE speaking on the newly married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Catherine, adding a stop at Prince Edward Island during their Canadian trip in June …
Have $500 to Waste? Try These Gold-Coated Jelly Beans
This is getting downright ridiculous. $500 for a jar of jelly beans? A bit over the top, especially since NewsFeed isn’t so sure that coating candy with 24-karat gold actually improves the taste. Of course, we’re willing to …
10 Deadliest Tornadoes in U.S. History
With tornado season in full swing, we look back at tornadoes that wreaked havoc on the U.S.
QUOTE: Billboard Calls Non-Rapture ‘Awkward’
“That was awkward. ‘No one knows the day or the hour …’ Matthew 24:36”
— A BILLBOARD in Greensboro, N.C., that appeared after Harold Camping’s non-rapture event. (via My Fox 8)
‘Candy Land,’ the Movie: It’s Real, and It’s Inspired by ‘Lord of the Rings’
Think Frodo toting a massive bag of candy.
QUOTE: Improvement in NFL Labor Talks
“I’ve said it many times the only way we’re going to get this accomplished is face-to-face dialogue and really digging into the issues and I think we had a good step in that direction today.”
— JEFF PASH, the NFL’s lead …