EDITORIAL: Short takes on April fools, Disney disasters, traffic tangles and dilly do’s and don’ts.
Lexus, on the other hand, offered a doozy of an April Fools' joke, which aired as a real commercial on "Saturday
Dumped by
Jackson, 22, is 25 weeks pregnant and had her doctor's clearance to go on the cruise. She was set to sail with nine family members when she was turned away at the Disney Magic terminal, where women more than 24 weeks pregnant aren't allowed to sail.
With their luggage already on the ship, Jackson told the
The family received a refund. A company spokeswoman said that
Smells like spring spirit
When downtown's paid cheerleader
Curiously, the
Traffic, weather and the Redbirds. Ahh, springtime in
Dilly do's and don'ts
So it was entirely believable when the British golf website, Bunkered Online, reported that security guards at this week's Masters Tournament (which is, you may have heard, a tradition like none other) had been instructed to eject anyone in the crowd (sorry, "gallery") who yells the phrase "Dilly-dilly" as golfers strike the ball. Alas, it wasn't entirely true. Yelling almost anything can get you ejected. This is not the Quad Cities Open.
The people on
To which the brewery's "King
Stupid teenager tricks, Part LVII
We're late to this latest sensation, but The Wall Street Journal reports an outbreak of young people spending the night inside big box stores, bowling alleys and even
Some 1.6 million videos of young people taking the "24-hour challenge" have been posted to YouTube, the Journal reports. The idea is to hide when the store is closing, hang out until morning, upload video of yourself and then try to catch some sleep.
The problem: Once you've stacked the toilet paper into a fort and played on the slides, it's really boring and uncomfortable. Many kids bug out before 24 hours; those who hang in can't stand the Muzak. Stores, of course, are trying to crack down.
Still a trespassing rap is better than poisoning yourself with Tide Pods.
Score one for simple kindness
The British, world famous for their civility, have taken simple human kindness to a new level. Prime Minister
We live in an era of sometimes harsh cutbacks in government spending, almost to the point where lawmakers have forgotten what it's like to be regular humans grappling with extreme hardship and loss. The fund is estimated to cost British taxpayers about
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