JCPenney’s decision to hire Ellen DeGeneres as its new spokesperson has come under fire by conservative groups, but CEO Ron Johnson is standing by the decision. The conservative organization One Million Moms posted on their Facebook page calling for people to boycott JCPenney stores because DeGeneres is a lesbian. The group accused JCPenney of “hopping on the pro-gay bandwagon” and... 

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Los Angeles, a man parked in a Police Station parking lot and ascended the 220 foot communications tower while removing his clothing and shouting, “Onward Christian Soldiers!”. After a four hour standoff, police managed to persuade the man to be lowered to the ground by safety basket. It is unknown why he decided to climb the tower not is there any word on the... 

It sounds like a character from a children’s story book, not something to hit the news; however, this purple squirrel is real and definitely noteworthy! According to a couple from Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, they caught a purple squirrel last Sunday. Percy Emert decided to set a trap with several peanuts as bait after his wife claimed to have seen the oddly-colored squirrel in their backyard. Sure... 

A seven year old girl is safe today after fighting off a man who was trying to kidnap her from a Georgia Wal-Mart store as she was standing in the toy aisle. Security footage recorded the young girl, Brittany Baxter, being carried by a man and then being released as she struggles and fights with him. Brittany credits her quick actions to stranger training she learned in school. The children are shown... 

Jennifer Aniston has had enough and wants the world to know that there is no bad blood between herself and former hubby, actor Brad Pitt. Aniston and Pitt were married in 2000. Pitt met fellow actress, Angelina Jolie, in 2004 while filming thy spy-action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Pitt and Jolie, dubbed Brangelina, went public in 2005. The two have adopted several children together. Their public romance,... 

Elizabeth Scarlett from South Wales shocked her students and their parents with her raunchy Facebook postings. In a disciplinary hearing that was held on Tuesday, the 50-year old former teacher was criticized by the headmaster of the Triant Primary School for her behavior. On Facebook she had become friends with some of her students whose ages ranged from 11 to 17. She made the questionable posts while... 

Elizabeth Scarlett from South Wales shocked her students and their parents with her raunchy Facebook postings. In a disciplinary hearing that was held on Tuesday, the 50-year old former teacher was criticized by the headmaster of the Triant Primary School for her behavior. On Facebook she had become friends with some of her students whose ages ranged from 11 to 17. She made the questionable posts while... 

At a McDonalds in North Carolina, the police used a taser on a women in the restaurant’s drive thru. Apparently, Evangeline Lucca cut other drivers in the line at the drive thru and the employees informed her that she would go in line and wait for her turn. After some discussion and no results, the police were called to remedy the situation. This was not the first time the 37 year old women has... 

A New York woman has decided to file a $900 trillion lawsuit against the state because social services intervened on behalf of her children and removed them from her home three years ago. Fausat Ogunbayo filed the suit, claiming that the removal of her children and their placement in foster care was unwarranted. Ogunbayo was said to be unstable and suffered from a mental disorder that she refused to... 

Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum spent the weekend with his family in Pennsylvania when his daughter Bella, age 3, was hospitalized with complications from pneumonia. The complications were severe, due to a birth defect in Bella known as Trisomy 18. Trisomy 18 is the addition of an 18th chromosome to the body of a baby during development. It is common in children conceived later in...