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Watch a Heroic Cop Save a Woman From a Burning Car

Annie Fleming · 12/03/10 11:10AM

A woman's car burst into flames following a highway accident. Somehow a cop managed to remove her from the burning vehicle by shooting the passenger window and dragging her limp body to safety. Footage of the rescue inside.

A Collection of Russian Truck Driver Badassery

Matt Cherette · 12/02/10 02:34PM

In Soviet Russia, trucks don't drive around water—they drive through water! Or so it appears in this predictably insane video, featuring nearly three minutes of Russian truck drivers—and their vehicles of choice—plowing through seemingly unmaneuverable roadways. Watch inside.

This Mitsubishi Has a Case of the Mondays

Matt Cherette · 11/29/10 01:54PM

It's the Monday after a holiday. Naturally, everybody is a bit off. Sort of like this Mitsubishi 3G Eclipse, which—after some freezing rain in Minnesota last week—tried (and failed) to park on a nearly flat driveway. Watch inside.

Top 10 Video Reminders To Never Drink And Drive

Morgan Barry · 11/25/10 02:00PM

Every year around Thanksgiving time, drinking and driving seem to go together almost as often as the turkey and stuffing. Let's let these idiots serve as cautionary tales as to why the two should never mix.

Shep Smith Reads the TSA List of Prohibited Items

Ena Brdjanovic · 11/23/10 04:42PM

In case your only access to the outside world is Fox News, don't fret; Shep Smith has your back. Watch Shep list all the prohibited food items that the TSA will confiscate (and later consume) during Thanksgiving travel.

Watch a Car Try, and Fail Miserably, to Park

Matt Cherette · 11/18/10 05:40PM

At first sight, there doesn't seem to be anything remarkable about this—just some surveillance footage of a car about to park in front of a shop. But wait! Because instead of parking... well, watch and see what happens.

Drunk Woman Interviewed Moments After Crashing Into a School Bus

Matt Cherette · 11/15/10 03:34PM

On Friday, Elizabeth Crull was arrested for DUI after crashing her car into a school bus in Orlando, Florida. Moments after the crash, Crull gave an... enlightening (read: still drunk) interview to a local news crew. Watch—and laugh—inside.

Is the Carnival Splendor Cruise Ship Cursed?

Max Read · 11/10/10 01:35AM

The Carnival Splendor, a cruise ship bound for the Mexican Riviera, has been drifting off the coast of Mexico since a fire disabled engine operating systems. But it's not the first time the ship's run into trouble.

This Is the Most Amazing Halloween Costume Ever

Matt Cherette · 10/28/10 04:44PM

Seriously, I'm not joking. I don't think I've ever seen a Halloween costume as epic as this one. Watch as a small, cardboard-looking yellow car on a party room floor transforms (hah) to reveal an actual person under/inside of it.