LOS ANGELES—Local woman Veronica Reilly spent the entire morning being barked at by her dog and was perfectly okay with that.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•22 • May 27, 2013
CROWN POINT, IN—Wayne Tyler can’t believe he had a kid with such shitty, mainstream taste in nursery rhymes.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•21 • May 26, 2013
SAN ANTONIO—Concertgoer Kurt Asplund, 29, had no idea what to do with his arms while the songs were playing.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•21 • May 24, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS—April Hackins’ dating profile name “REOSpeedwagonFan” is attracting the right kind of people.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•21 • May 22, 2013
CLEARWATER, FL—Lonnie Dawson, 31, took his job loss and lupus diagnosis as confirmation that God believed he was a strong person.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•21 • May 20, 2013
COLUMBIA, SC—Unemployed Man Roger Thorndale, 34, discovered that if he tells people he runs a business installing central vacuuming systems, most of them just accept it as true.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•20 • May 19, 2013
DALLAS—Mary Harris, 38, complimented the dinner host on the excellent meal, but feels that maybe she didn’t need to follow that up with a 25-minute explanation about why she was so hungry in the first place.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•20 • May 17, 2013
LENOIR CITY, TN—While drafting a letter in Microsoft Word, Vera Hutchison pressed enter a few times to give herself some breathing room.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•20 • May 15, 2013
PORTSMOUTH, NH—Joseph Stevens, 25, smirked when he saw an old man trip and fall on the sidewalk, but felt bad right after when he realized this wasn’t TV.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•19 • May 13, 2013
SAN LEANDRO, CA--Staunch liberal Christy Tate started to seriously reconsider her political views after getting sucker punched by Noam Chomsky.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•19 • May 12, 2013
WESTMINSTER, CO--Meredith Snider's boyfriend, Troy Preston, turned out to have disappointingly few layers.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•19 • May 10, 2013
ST. PAUL, MN--Brian Arias, 32, felt so positive about the job interview that he decided to go ahead and call his potential future boss to let him know that he wasn't going to take any more of his shit.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•19 • May 8, 2013
PEORIA, IL—Local artist Andre Milliken really had to stretch to fill out Peoria International Airport's 'Welcome To Peoria' mural.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•19 • May 6, 2013
YUMA, AZ—Marianna Kaeser continues to hold on to her private hope to one day have a fully carpeted bathroom.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•18 • May 5, 2013
ROCHESTER, TX—After being cut from the basketball, football, soccer, track, swimming, baseball, wrestling, and debate teams, 16-year-old Nate Parker was finally successful in getting his father off his back.National News Highlights • May 3, 2013
ELWOOD, IN—Suze Palmer just started pronouncing the “n” in badminton, and she’s feeling pretty good about it, too.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•18 • May 1, 2013
NASHVILLE, TN—Frontier Airlines gate agent Sara Dowling, 42, thought to herself, “Fuck it,” and just started boarding Zone 4.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•18 • Apr 29, 2013
PHILADELPHIA—Mrs. Smith’s third grade class came in from the playground to find her chewing gum like it wasn’t obvious she’d just been just smoking.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•17 • Apr 28, 2013
CHULA VISTA, CA—While karaoking Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn,” Carrie Janson realized she had such a good voice.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•17 • Apr 26, 2013
DALLAS—Exonerated suspect Tom Mills, 33, really started to miss the excitement of being a suspect.National News Highlights • ISSUE 49•17 • Apr 24, 2013