Newspapers mull idea of paywall for online content. In a move sure to be akin to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a number of major newspapers are expected to start charging for access to their web-based content. Newspapers, those quaint, dead-tree-based objects from which people used to get their news, just aren’t selling too well these days, with publishers awash in red ink. Very few business models premised on pay-per-view online use have found success. We doubt the newspaper industry’s luck will be any different.
Kansas couple boinks in a trash bin, then held up by two elderly robbers. The 60-something robbers took the amorous dumpster-divers’ wallets, shoes and jewelry. Which begs the question: if they have jewelry worth stealing, why couldn’t they afford to get a motel? How much could that really set them back? It’s not like Wichita has any lodging listed in the Michelin Guide. Somebody just had the immediate urge to join the Pile High Club.
Bad news: Man falls off freeway overpass in Minneapolis. Good news: He conveniently lands in a convertible traveling on the highway below. Bad news: Man dies anyway. Good news: We now have a new extreme urban adventure sport, just waiting for someone to perfect.
An Ohio woman who cheated on her fiance stood on a busy street corner, holding a sign saying “Honk if you think I deserve a 2nd chance.” Nineteen year old Jess Duttry spent the day holding the sign in hopes that her act of penance will win back her now-estranged boyfriend. Many passersby responded by honking, with several enthusiastic male drivers stopping to get her phone number. No word yet on whether Duttry and her former beau have made amends.
Massachusetts postal worker admits stealing over 30,000 DVDs from mail. USPS employee Myles Weathers, of Springfield, MA, reportedly stole up to 100 Netflix DVDs from incoming mail each day, taking them home in his lunch pail. When asked by postal inspectors about his motives, Weathers replied that it has been his lifelong dream to start a video rental store in his garage.
A freak dust storm blanketed Sydney, Australia, creating an eerie red landscape in the city. The thick later of dust prompted drivers to keep their headlights on during the daytime and forced airline flights to be diverted elsewhere. Meteorologists initially blamed dry westerly winds from the Outback for the unusual dust storm. However, it was later revealed that the storm was a result of huge wind generators outside of the city, used to stir up dust as a prop for filming of a Mad Max sequel. Movie producers on the set apologized for the “dustup” and moved their filming location to a more remote location.
This week’s edition of NFTS was compiled by Gordy, who amazingly manages to stay just one step ahead whatever bleak fate that seems to be following him.
