Six Flags amusement park operators are the latest to feel our current economy. "Six Flags has hired the boutique investment bank Houlihan Lokey to advise it on restructuring and the law firm Paul Hastings to...
"Going to the amusement park with your family is supposed to be a memorable time that you can keep tucked away, as one of the absolute best times of your life. There is possibly nothing that can be more exciting...
opinion by panzerlawyer | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 516 views | 7 recommendations | 11 comments
This is an interesting story and not what you'd expect."NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 394 views | 9 recommendations | 6 comments
"I suppose that we have all seen cartoons of elderly gentlemen carrying placards containing our text. "Prepare to meet thy God". It seems almost as if this prophecy, first spoken by the prophet Amos, has become a joke. The end of the world is at hand, so, just in case there...
created by gtatler | 1 year ago 204 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The annual Mermaid Parade kicked off in Coney Island, New York today, but one person will be making a political statement and will be undertaking a hunger strike in protest to the proposed changes to the...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 595 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
New York Mets manager Willie Randolph has been fired, the New York Times just reported. Earlier, writer William Rhoden took a look at the Mets' mess."Hurry, hurry. Step right up. See the saddest show in town. It’s fitting that the Mets’ managerial farce has come to...
created by PEP | 1 year ago 254 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Evel Knievel's son Robbie recreated one of his father's most famous stunts today in Ohio, when he successfully jumped over 24 delivery trucks."Knievel had said he would be going 95 miles per hour during the...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 307 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
A man just commited suicide by jumping from the 14th floor of his Disneyland hotel room."A man apparently jumped to his death on Friday from the 14th floor of the Disneyland Hotel at the world-famous amusement...
created by poolparty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1759 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" conservation group is asking the state to ban the use of prairie dogs as target practice and amusement. A group called WildEarth Guardians says violent videos that are popping up on the Internet are causing...
created by JonBaker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 590 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
A new Washington Post feature on the safety of amusement park rides entitled "On Thrill Rides, Safety is Optional," details the largely unregulated and unchecked world of the thrill ride. In the article, writer...
created by Kaitlin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2353 views | 5 recommendations | 18 comments
"Officials have condemned the antics of a young motorist who is filmed accidentally flipping his car on to its roof during a dangerous stunt posted on the video-sharing website YouTube.
The mobile phone footage shows a driver skidding around a Daventry industrial estate using...
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 689 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
This is really dreadful and disappointing. I adore Coney Island and will be very sad to see the old place torn up and replaced by a "swanky Vegas-style hotel and glitzy indoor attractions". I suppose all of these...
created by kate | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 443 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
If offering a 30ft penis was an effective method of vanquishing cruel women in today's society, then those penis enlargement spam emails might get a lot more attention. "Beijing - An amusement park in China has...
Hail the size of grapes thwacked Denver yesterday, piling up to four inches deep in some areas. No reports of deaths or serious injuries, but lots of bruises and dented car roofs:"Motorists scurried under...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 897 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
After attempting to retrieve a visitor's wallet from the tracks of the "X-treme racers" roller coaster, a young staff member of the Billund Legoland Amusement Park was struck and instantly killed this past...
created by Nicole Billard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 6902 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments