LOS ANGELES—A crew of nearly 200 technicians working on a 15,000-square-foot soundstage was required to realize the director’s wildly imaginative fantasy world.

BUFFALO, NY—"I told myself there was no way in hell I was going to let them find me curled up beside a stack of ...

CHICAGO—After waiting for the e-mail to load, Gwen Petersen was subjected to mass-circulated poetry, pet humor, and vaguely religious inspirational aphorisms.

AURORA, IL—Plaza Diner patron Roger Trabers, upon noticing that one french fry on his plate had eluded his field of vision, demanded that the...

SHELTON, CT—According to family members, ever since area father Gerry DiCenzo purchased a 52-inch HD LCD television last month, he has refused...

SIERRA VISTA, AZ—After a week spent searching for the perfect birthday gift for Jed Lowry, her boyfriend of eight months, Susan Novecky...

WASHINGTON— Jaded by the sight of what it deemed "run-of-the-mill" orifices, the nation's pornography-saturated populace released a statement...

WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush told reporters Monday that he remains optimistic that the impending recession will end before his memoirs...

President Bush has urged the House to pass a bill that would broaden the surveillance powers of the government and protect phone companies from...

TAMPA, FL—In a spring showdown between two venerable organizations that will battle one another daily during the 2008 regular season, the New York Yankees ...

NEW YORK—National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announced yesterday that the NHL has offered actor/comedian Will Ferrell $350 to...

TAMPA, FL—MLB pitchers snuck out of their bunks well past lights-out Tuesday night, meeting at the Tampa Bay Rays training facility to rehearse...

TUCSON—South African golfer Ernie Els followed an errant golf ball into the scrub woods of the Dove Mountain course rough Wednesday during the...

COOPERSVILLE, NJ—The pink-frosted single-candle used in the second place-winning slam-dunk contest routine of Timberwolves guard Gerald Green...

NEW YORK—NBA commissioner David Stern held a press conference Tuesday to announce that the league had formed a 15-person committee to probe...

The NBA Slam-Dunk Contest is the most popular part of All-Star weekend, outshining the game itself, and for good reason. Onion Sports looks back...

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The United States gave billions of dollars in aid to the wealthy European principality of Andorra, which it mistakenly assumed was a poor African country.

The Department Of Transportation unveiled a new mandatory safety system designed to protect American drivers by keeping Nick Nolte off the road.

Former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has endorsed John McCain for their party's nomination. What do you think?

President Bush wants to keep a contested provision in his global AIDS package in which one-third of all prevention spending goes to abstinence...

With Warner Brothers, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Netflix committing to Sony's Blu Ray discs, Toshiba announced that they are no longer manufacturing the...

The news of Kosovo’s secession from Serbia has been met with concern by countries such China and Spain. What do you think?

The powerful Teamsters labor union endorsed Barack Obama. What do you think?