Rich Talarico of Chicago's Second City Theater takes the 72-ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan Steak Ranch at Amarillo, Texas. The steak won. It's an amusing video, but Talarico apparently isn't good about reading fine print. The billboard says the meal is free if you eat a 72-ounce steak dinner, not the steak itself. … Continue reading Steak 1, Challenger 0
Day: January 9, 2008
Route 66 rescue
A woman apparently fell into the rain-swollen Vermilion River in Pontiac, Ill., on Tuesday and was swept downstream for three-quarters of a mile by the current. She was rescued by police and firefighters near the Route 66 bridge in town, and capturing it all on videotape was Mayor Scott McCoy, reports WEEK-TV. "I just so … Continue reading Route 66 rescue