At least this gentleman gets bonus points for actually doing his own Facebooking. Tony Phillips, a Republican candidate for mayor of Allentown, PA, "is considering bowing out of the race after a flirtatious-turned-salacious exchange between him and a professed married woman on his campaign’s Facebook page was made public," the …

This is certainly one way to draw attention to your rally. A 65-year-old man had his finger bitten off Wednesday evening at a health care rally in Thousand Oaks, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.  [ouch] And just how did the man with his finger bitten off respond? The …

A former? GOP candidate in Idaho recently joked about hunting him some Obama. After an audience member shouted a question about "Obama tags" during a discussion on wolves, Rammell responded, "The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those." Rammell, a veterinarian and former elk rancher from Idaho Falls, said his …

Clinton’s former COS got her contraband on recently. Betsey Wright, chief of staff under Gov. Bill Clinton and a long-time familiar figure in state and national politics, has been charged with 51 felony counts of attempting to take contraband items into the Varner Unit of the prison system, which houses …

Don’t even want to know… Hutchison site is loaded with hidden phrases—including two “Perry gay” references, which the campaign says it’s removing. [taking SEO to a whole new level]

Minutes after announcing a budget deal and billions of dollars in program cuts, CA Governor Schwarzenegger sent out a ridiculously strange knife-wielding tweet. The official response: "I don’t know why he is holding a knife" — CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) spokesperson h/t Last Call via KABC UPDATE: That’s not …

Chuck Norris turned 70 today?  [get the hell outta here] It’s hard to believe, but Chuck Norris – the man famous for portraying “Walker, Texas Ranger” and inspiring a legion of fans – turns 70 today. If Chuck is 70, that must make Larry King 113. h/t SV

This is a problem. NBC Cafeteria Celebrates Black History Month With Fried Chicken Special Here’s the picture. We have no further comment.

Thank God we already ate lunch. John Edwards finally admitted to what the National Enquirer reported over two years ago – that he had an affair with a former staffer and then later fathered a child with her. But his problems are far from behind him. A tell-all book from …

This makes about as much sense as Heidi Montag’s decision to have plastic surgery. Hugo Chavez Mouthpiece Says U.S. Hit Haiti With ‘Earthquake Weapon’ Dear Hugo and Co., Go sell crazy somewhere else, we’re all stocked up here. Hugs, The United States h/t David Almacy

Certainly the strangest and saddest story we’ve seen all week. A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. It’s a strange story, but also a sad one. His mother claims he got drunk and wandered the streets looking for his father – who …

This has to be the dumbest thing we’ve read in quite some time. A Japanese airline has started asking passengers to go to the toilet before boarding in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. No, seriously … All Nippon Airways (ANA) claims that empty bladders mean lighter passengers, a lighter …

Dumbest criminal to ever walk the streets, or just extremely addicted to Facebook updates? The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar’s arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim’s computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond …

The Buckhead Invitational golf tourney, which was played this past weekend in Atlanta, GA, handed out some pretty interesting t-shirts to all tournament participants. What’s not clear is which political party the tournament sponsors belong to.  It’s also unclear as to why the t-shirts were printed in hunter safety orange.

Without the replacement refs to kick around, we’ll just have to go back to bitching about the players. Week four is past us, so it’s time to look at who’s leading what and why. For you Florida grads that means there’s going to be a lot of numbers to look at.  I’ll try to keep them in the two digit range and I promise there will be no math.  You just need to promise me in return that you’ll try to breathe through your nose every once in awhile.  Deal? Clock starts on my whistle….