http://www.thesmokinggun.com – NOVEMBER 18--Claiming that he has been unfairly branded a "douchebag" in the book "Hot Chicks with Douchebags," a Las Vegas man has filed a libel lawsuit against the volume's author and publisher. Michael Minelli, a 27-year-old club promoter, claims that the inclusion of his photograph in the book has subjected him to "hatred, contempt, and humiliation" and has resulted in "friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employees, and strangers alike" calling him a "douchebag." Read more »

http://www.newsvine.com – PORT ST LUCIE — A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off. Read more »

http://timesbusiness.typepad.com – A revolving gold statue, pink champagne and a "Pleasure Brigade" of nubile retainers all feature in Times Money's list of history's most decadent dictators. While their people suffered, these men - and sometimes their wives and children - agonised over how best to spend their ill-gotten gains... Read more »

http://www.newsvine.com – WILMINGTON — A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son — and used a Taser on him in the process. Read more »

http://www.foxnews.com – SWEET HOME, Ore. — An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark. Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front. Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive. Read more »

http://www.upi.com – KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Kansas City, Mo., said attempted carjackers were forced to abort their theft when the vehicle turned out to have a manual transmission. Read more »

http://yardloo.com – After a brothel in Europe offered free entry for life to customers who have its name tattooed on their arm, a large number of men have come forward to avail of the offer. Read more »

http://abcnews.go.com – Astronaut Loses Tool Bag During Repair Mission By GINA SUNSERI HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2008 Spacewalks aren't easy. Ask astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn Piper. She was several hours into a grueling seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station when a grease gun exploded in her tool bag, and as she tried to clean the mess off her gloves and a camera, the tool bag slipped away and drifted off into space. Read more »