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"Love me, bat boy; save me, bat boy. Love the bat boy; save the bat boy," wail the lyrics of the opening and closing songs of a cautionary tale for our times, "Bat Boy: The Musical."
The "Twinkie defense" is so ingrained in our culture that it appears in law dictionaries, in sociology textbooks, in college exams and in more than 2,800 references on Google. Only a few of them call it what it is: a myth.
A Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees of the company he blames for bombarding his computer with Web ads promising to enlarge his penis.
A new device called a "dog on a chip" may combine the benefits of technology and nature by not only detecting dangerous or illicit substances but by providing the electronic equivalent of a dog barking.
It would be a dream come true for many: a prize of 6,000 euros ($7,118) to spend on a three-hour shopping spree. But one Spanish woman turned down just that, saying she was too busy.
In the latest food fad to emerge in the United States, Seattle specialty soda maker Jones Soda Co. scored a hit with the introduction of a limited batch of Turkey & Gravy-flavored soda.
