BALBOA PARK – A gathering of teens with aspirations of playing out science fiction fantasies met Saturday, and with the help of drones, competed in a first-of-its-kind ‘space battle.’ The first annual Star Flight Tournament drew more than 50 participants… Read More ›
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Witnesses say vigilante is superhero, not murderer
LOS ANGELES – Witnesses took the stand this week in the trial of a vigilante they regard as a superhero with extraordinary abilities but law enforcement officers regard as a murder suspect who allegedly bypassed the legal system to bring… Read More ›
Doc’s advice to NTS patients: Get a non-virtual life
MALIBU – A rehabilitation facility celebrating its grand opening and dedicated to helping people cope with a newly identified tech disorder is already at maximum occupancy, according to site administrators. “We currently have a six month waiting list, and while… Read More ›
Alleged murderer: Rift in space-time continuum makes victims ‘disappear’
SCOTTSDALE – Authorities are scrambling to determine whether a retired restaurateur with ties to organized crime is responsible for killing countless adversaries who have shown up on his doorstep, or if his alibi is true that a multi-dimensional portal located… Read More ›
Annoyed Internet users struggle to manage passwords
SAN FRANCISCO – Losing Web site passwords causes more aggravation than misplacing car keys according to one recent survey, while creating an easy, secure password management system continues to elude most Internet users, experts warned. “In our new digital lifestyles,… Read More ›
Limo driver mistakes synced ads for ‘singularity’
GRANADA HILLS – A limousine driver crashed into his neighbor’s living room Sunday morning, excited to share a series of coincidences that he mistook as proof that computer consciousness had superseded human consciousness. Witnesses said Ralfi Amar, 47, a contracted… Read More ›
‘No gas taxation without representation,’ say Eco-Socialists
SAN FRANCISCO – Rush hour traffic into the city came to a standstill longer than usual Monday morning thanks to a giant disembodied head of the Statue of Liberty and protesters shackled to it who demanded change to United States’… Read More ›
Black ‘superhero’ mistaken for public nuisance
LOS ANGELES – A masked vigilante who some said has exceptional abilities escaped police custody yesterday after being accused of committing a robbery he claimed he stopped. An African-American male, identified as Dwight D. Jacobs, 38, engaged a robbery suspect… Read More ›
‘Sexual reproduction’ activists seek ban on artificial womb
WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Capitol today demanding a ban on an artificial womb that allows embryos to grow without a female body, allowing stem cell tissue, organs and perhaps human beings to be cloned in a lab. For years,… Read More ›
Nasty spray keeps the creeps away
LOS ANGELES – A repugnant stench designed to ward off bullies, lurk balls, prowlers and other societal detritus is making its mark on the $30-billion fragrance industry. When a person sprays Get Off My Ass! around unwanted company, the noxious… Read More ›