The manager of a Louisiana drive-through car wash was doing some routine cleaning when his power-washer hose got sucked into one of the large, rotating scrubber, and sucked him in along with it. Unable to move, thanks to the hose wrapped around him, Josh Hood endured roughly 30 embarrassing seconds of spin-cycle before slipping free.

Police in Chicago say a Minnesota man was pronounced dead after attempting to retrieve his cellphone from the iced-over waters of the Chicago River just after midnight on Monday.

Taking a firm stand against discourteous customers, one coffeehouse has decided to charge its patrons based on how polite they are to employees.

If you're going to leave a lascivious comment underneath a gallery of glamour model lingerie pics informing the world that you're willing to leave your loving family for just "one night" with the gallery's subject, make sure your comments aren't linked to your Facebook account.

"A Relationship in 5 Minutes," the latest short film from Restless Short Films, does exactly what it says on the tin.

Are you one of the many people who have reported feeling symptoms of motion sickness as a result of the "aggressive" animations found in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system?

After Sonya Gore caught her husband Ivan Lewis cheating, she did what any jilted woman would do: She forced her spouse to put up a Facebook photo of himself holding a sign that reads "I cheated on my wife!!! (and she was ugly!!!)"

The 26-year-old Beltway gossip and "memoirist" who flipped out on a guy who "dumped" her via text after two dates says she has no regrets — and neither should he.

Quin Woodward Pu, a 26-year-old DC "memoirist" who runs a Beltway "events, society, and gossip" blog called Little Black Blog, recently got dumped via text message.

So it's come to this: In an effort to get patrons to interact with the people seated in front of them, one restaurant is offering a discount to customers who agree to abandon their smartphones for the entire duration of their meal.

We've all been there. Many, many times.

It's a story as old as time: Boy meets girl; girl becomes Facebook friends with boy; boy and girl hook up after finding each other through Bang With Friends; boy likes some other girl's Instagram photo; girl unfriends boy; boy vines his break up with girl and uploads it to Reddit.

Authorities in Oregon say a homeless man who held up a bank for $1 was just looking for a way to go to jail so he could receive free health care.

Leave it to Kevin Spacey, the first actor in the Edinburgh International Television Festival's 37 year history to deliver the keynote James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, to outline everything that's wrong with the mindset of today's TV execs.

Quintuple threat (actress/comedian/musician/tap dancer/awesome person) Charlene deGuzman stars in I Forgot My Phone — a short film she wrote about life in these modern, soul-sucking, smartphone-saturated times.

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly held a news conference earlier this week to brag about the largest gun bust in the city's history.

One rather progressive praise team is ironically going viral on Facebook after declaring Holy War against the scourge of Facebook oversharing with a praise and worship song called "Keep Yo Business Off of Facebook."

The terrifying incident that took place over the weekend started as most nightmare scenarios often do: With strange voices coming from inside the children's bedroom.

After finding herself locked alone inside her local church with no one around to let her out, Sarah Greep knew there was only one higher power she could turn to for help in this time of need: Twitter.

A young Colorado rapper who goes by the stage name Adequate Advocate put some of his tough talking peers to shame by recording a song about engaging the local police in a standoff — while in the middle of an actual standoff with local police.