The Motorist’s Insurance Claim Was a motorist committing an obvious fraud or simply confused about how accident insurance policies work? In Pennsylvania, that state’s attorney general accuses motorist Michael Traveny of calling from an accident scene to buy auto insurance: An Altoona man faces insurance fraud charges after he allegedly called to buy insurance from…

View image | gettyimages.com It’s Friday the 13th, one of three times in 2015 that a Friday will be the 13th day of the month (February, March, November). If fear merely of the number thirteen is triskaidekaphobia, then fear of Friday the 13th is the even less-easily pronounced paraskevidekatriaphobia. (Use of Greek makes all of…

House-Demolishing Husband In Middleton, New York, James Rhein decided to tear down his home, and he did so without telling his wife: The Middletown Police Department says that when officers arrived Monday at the property owned by 48-year-old James Rhein’s (rynz) wife they found him using an excavator to knock down the house. Officers say…

Extraterrestrials or CIA? One reads the CIA claims that, if one thought he or she saw a UFO in the ’50s or ’60s, the object sighted was most likely not of extraterrestrial origin, but instead a CIA project So what do you think? Were those mysterious objects that people spotted (1) alien spacecraft or (2)…

Eggnog? Yes or no on that concoction of “milk and/or cream, sugar, and whipped eggs (which gives it a frothy texture). Spirits such as brandy, rum or bourbon are often added. The finished serving is often garnished with a sprinkling of ground cinnamon or nutmeg”? I’ll say yes, in very small amounts. What do you…