Man Sues Over Smack From Stripper's Shoe

Says his teeth were chipped when it flew off during a high-kick

(NEWSER) - An Indiana man is suing a strip club over some chipped teeth he says he sustained when a dancer accidentally kicked off her shoe and hit him in the face. According to a lawyer, Jake Quagliaroli, 34, was about 20 feet from the stage when the dancer tried a “high-kick maneuver,” sending “one of those heavy shoes with a big heel” across the room and into the roof of his mouth. More»

David Kelley filed suit after hearing driver had been attempting suicide

(NEWSER) - What began as a heroic rescue of an Ohio woman from her burning vehicle has turned into a nightmare for the two Good Samaritans who sustained life-altering physical and emotional damage while saving her life—leading them to sue her, the Columbus Dispatch reports. David Kelley and Mark Kinkaid spotted the bumper of Theresa Tanner's Hummer lying in the middle of the road on a March day in 2009, and heard her screams for help. They pulled a severely injured Tanner from her flaming SUV—even reaching into the fire again and again after spotting a child's toy, to make sure no one else was trapped inside. More»

Ohio congregation gets a taste of its own medicine

(NEWSER) - Sunday services at one Ohio church have had an unusual feature lately: strippers frolicking in front of the building. Fed up with protests by the New Beginnings Ministries community, which employs tactics like filming clubgoers' license plates and posting them online, employees of the Foxhole have begun traveling 7 miles to the church on Sundays to mount a counterprotest. "When these morons go away, we'll go away," the club owner tells the Columbus Dispatch . More»

Company could be fined $1M for misleading claims

(NEWSER) - North Face may be kicked with a fine of up to $1 million for claiming its shoes have the power to kill fungus and bacteria. The EPA filed a lawsuit against the outdoor clothing company's parent firm yesterday, alleging that the operation violated federal law by advertising that its specially treated footbeds prevent disease-causing germs. More»

(NEWSER) - Runners may be safer going barefoot than stuffing their feet into pricey sneakers with thick, synthetic heels, Wired reports. Research shows that the modern jogging shoe, first sold by Nike in the 1970s, hasn't prevented injuries and may even be causing them. Barefoot running—or running with geeky, minimalist footwear like the Vibram Fivefingers—could be much healthier. More»