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Thousands Brave the Rain to Enjoy Willie Nelson + More at 2013 Taste of Country Festival – Day 1 Pictures

Taste of Country Staff — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:20:54 +0000

Heavy rain showers didn't stop country music fans who'd come from all over to see Willie Nelson on Thursday night. Thousands packed Hunter Mountain in New York for the inaugural Taste of Country Music Festival. Ponchos, umbrellas, cold beverages and great country music kept fans in good spirits while the LoCash Cowboys, Parmalee and Nelson took the stage.

Dogs Hanging Their Heads Out of Car Windows Will Brighten Your Day

Emerald Catron — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:58:57 +0000

Hey, is it a rainy, miserable day where you are too? No? Then get off the internet and enjoy the sun for those less fortunate. For the rest of us, here’s this video of dogs hanging their heads out of a car window. It should make you feel at least a little better. Unless you [...]

Wendy's Employee Photographed Scarfing Frosty Right From the Machine

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:05:59 +0000

What is going on with fast food employees lately? On the heels of the internet firestorm that developed when a Taco Bell employee took a picture licking a bunch of tacos comes this new photo that’s sure to cause controversy. A Wendy’s worker decided to help himself to a Frosty by drinking it straight from [...]

Prepare Yourselves for Wendy's Nine-Patty 'T-Rex' Burger

Donald Deane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:02:24 +0000

First featured in a joke ad in ‘Sports Illustrated,’ Wendy’s nine-patty “T-Rex” burger is now a real thing. We can feel our arteries hardening already. Seriously, even a real T-Rex would have trouble choking this thing down. After the fictitious burger was featured in the sports magazine nine years ago, fast food customers actually started [...]

10 Things You Didn't Know About Disney's Haunted Mansion Ride

Sara Franks-Allen — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:02:25 +0000

Welcome, foolish mortals! If you’re anything like us, then no trip to Disneyland (or Disney World) is complete without at least one visit to the Haunted Mansion. The Mansion’s 999 happy haunts have been scaring and delighting park guests since 1969. If you’ve always wanted to take a peek behind the scenes of this classic [...]

11 Painful Sunburns We Never Want to Experience

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:51:16 +0000

Recently we've been discussing the best things about summer, like Slip N' Slides and lemonade. OH yes. But with the good obviously comes the bad, and in this case, the really bad. Brace yourself folks, because we've scoped out some pretty awful sunburn fails we never want to experience. Oof.

Bozeman Bike Thief Forgets About The Cameras! [Photos]

Russell Damm — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:57:48 +0000

Stealing is never right, but it’s even stupider that someone might do it in a public place that is under surveillance. According to Justin Brodin’s Facebook page he recently had his bike stolen from a Bozeman establishment. The poster he made already has over 475 shares on Facebook— You can only run from the law [...]

Lauren Alaina Graduates High School

Amy Sciarretto — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:02:00 +0000

At 18, Lauren Alaina has already released a debut album (‘Wildflower’) and is working on a followup. Despite having a successful career and achieving considerable fame, the Season 10 ‘American Idol’ runner-up celebrated a huge milestone in her life on Friday (May 31) — she graduated high school! Alaina’s platinum blonde hair popped against the [...]

Baby Mugging Is What You Should Actually Take Pictures of Babies Doing

Emerald Catron — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:10:05 +0000

If you're not taking advantage of your baby's pliability and lack of motor control skills to pose them for silly photographs, frankly we don't understand why you even had kids. If for no other reason than to post a picture of your kid to Facebook every once in a while that is actually entertaining, instead of just sharing "the magic" of a 10-month-old eating pie. Of course they like it -- it's pie.

10 BBQ Fails to Avoid on Memorial Day

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:52 +0000

Got any Memorial Day plans? Maybe you’re heading to a parade and dressing up in those American flag shorts (guilty). Or perhaps heading to the public pool to kick off swimming season is more your style. Whatever you do, there’s one Memorial Day staple that all Americans must experience on Monday— the BBQ. While barbecuing [...]

Before and After Interactive Map of Oklahoma Tornadoes

Cole — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:54:13 +0000

The tornadoes in Oklahoma earlier this week destroyed thousands of structures and claimed the lives of 24 people. Sometimes it's hard to imagine a single force that devastating. Here are before and after satellite images of the towns hit. Seeing the path of destruction helps us a little to understand what happened during the storm.

Many families are still in great need of assistance after having lost everything. Donate to the Red Cross to help get families the items necessary to fight through this tragedy.

7 Mind-Blowing Disney Urban Legends

Sara Franks-Allen — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:14:21 +0000

A company like Disney, which has been around for ages and maintains a family-friendly image, is bound to be the subject of some strange stories. But are any of them true? Is Walt Disney's body lying frozen beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, waiting to be revived? Was Donald Duck really banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants? Did Disney really make a cartoon to teach girls about their time of the month? TheFW has the real story on these and more of the most popular Disney urban legends

High School Teacher Fired for Working as Bikini Model

Donald Deane — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:08 +0000

Having a teacher who’s also a bikini model might be every teen boy’s fantasy, but this got a high school English teacher in Florida fired recently. Olivia Sprauer was working as a teacher at Martin County High School when one of her bikini photos caught the attention of the school’s principal. She was asked to [...]

10 Excited Kids That'll Totally Make Your Week

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:53:12 +0000

Need a quick pick-me-up? Something to make your mood brighten a bit? Well folks, we’ve got the perfect solution—the Web’s most adorably excited munchkins. What are these kiddos totally stoked about? We haven’t the slightest clue, but who cares! When young-uns are excited, they wiggle and freak out and aww! It’s almost too cute. So [...]

Montana Mom Photo Contest Voting Page

XL Country — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:15 +0000

Voting has begun for the Montana Mom Photo Contest! We have moms fishing, zip-lining, jumping, digging, packing heat and more! It’s up to XL Nation to decide who is the Montana Mom! See the submissions and vote inside! The grand prize winning Mom will receive $100 towards metal photo art to preserve precious memories in a [...]

11 Guilty Pets Who Know What They Did

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:45:51 +0000

There’s nothing surprising about our pets getting into shenanigans when we’re not looking. Sometimes we find the little buggers in the act, and what results is adorably hilarious. But other times, we’re not lucky enough to catch them red-handed, although their guilty expressions totally allude to trouble. Basically, pets are really bad at keeping a [...]

15 Oddly Eerie Photos of Boston as a Ghost Town

Emerald Catron — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:14:03 +0000

Boston is currently on lockdown as police continue the manhunt for Dzhokar A. Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. No people out and about makes for a pretty eerie scene in the town. Here are 15 pictures taken by people and uploaded to Twitter and Instagram to give you an idea of how Boston looks right now. It's pretty bananas. Have a look.

See the Cast of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Then and Now

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:50 +0000

Of all the movies on late writer/director John Hughes’ impressive resume, it seems that his 1986 comedy hit ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ has the most staying power. Ferris, played Matthew Broderick, actually made his return in a 2012 Super Bowl Commercial, and over the past few years there has been quite a bit of debate over [...]

The Scariest Fish Ever Has Been Caught in New Jersey

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:55:11 +0000

As it turns out, the cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ may not be the most frightening thing you can find in New Jersey. In what is surely the first fish tale to live up to the hype since ‘Moby Dick,’ some lucky soul named Doug Cutler managed to catch the creature in the above photo with [...]

The Craziest Fashions of Oscar Night 2013

Cameron Simcik — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:06:52 +0000

When it comes to taking fashion risks, awards shows are the ideal time to just buck up and go for it. There are like, millions of people watching, after all. That being said, it does take a whole 'lotta guts to ere on the side of crazy couture, but this year's Oscars were bound to have some of those fashion risks, right? You betcha! Check out the craziest getups from the Red Carpet.