Wednesday quickie

In the utterly ridiculous department: Janet Jackson was bleeped by censors while talking to TV talk show host David Letterman — for saying “Jesus”. Since when is "Jesus" one of the seven dirty words?

A motorist injured in a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of a freeway with a broken neck for 36 hours before he was rescued.

When Mark Walters received a $2,500 bill from his long-distance carrier, Denver-based Qwest, he figured it had to be a mistake. It was, and it was his daughter's boo-boo.

A man falling from a plane caused a power outage Monday when he hit electrical lines at a Santee mobile-home park, knocking out power in the area.

What the hell is this?

I'm sure there's a simple explanation as to how it works, but check out this guess your number thing.

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Internet giant AOL has ratcheted up the war against unsolicited e-mail with a publicity-grabbing coup - an online raffle of a spammer's seized Porsche.

A Cambodian man cut off his penis when he said he was visited by four hungry spirits in a dream and he had no chicken or duck to offer them.

A spring break celebration among friends ended tragically when a UC Berkeley student apparently drank himself to death during a contest to see who could consume the most alcohol.

A Newport News woman charged with a felony for receiving oral sex in a car is challenging a state law that prohibits certain types of sex between consenting adults.