Bill Hoffmann
The Archive
CO-ANCHORING
August 26, 2007 | 9:00amAlycia Lane - the twice-divorced TV anchorwoman who got into hot water sending bikini photos of herself to married NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen - has a new pal: Channel...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 9, 2005 | 5:00amThat's why they call it dope. A Wisconsin woman chained her 15-year-old daughter to a bed without food or water for 17 hours - after accusing her of stealing her...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 3, 2005 | 5:00amAn ex-stripper famously cleared of battering a nightclub patron with her "really big, crazy big" breasts has had them removed and put one up for auction. Tawny Peaks of Detroit...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA college slam-dance party turned deadly when revelers banged into each other and started a chain reaction that propelled five of them through a third-story window. Daniel James Martin, a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 30, 2003 | 4:00amThe Coney Island hot-dog champ has nothing on Rich "The Locust" LeFevre - the Dallas man wolfed down a dozen fried franks in 10 minutes at the first World Corn...
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS - LAURA BRAVES WEASEL KISS; CHIRAC'S LIP SERVICE LEAVES FIRST LADY COLD
September 30, 2003 | 4:00amGrim-faced First Lady Laura Bush looks as if she'd rather be anywhere else in the world yesterday as French President Jacques Chirac takes a stab at chivalry by planting a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAn identity thief stole the wrong name when he unknowingly assumed the moniker of a convicted sex offender, authorities said. James Perry of Clinton, Conn., allegedly swiped the name and...
ACID-RX PILLS SPUR WARNING
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAcid-indigestion medicines such as Zantac have contributed to an alarming rise in food allergies, a new study claims. Scientists at the University of Vienna found that acid-reduction remedies allow food...
YOU GO, GIRLS! - MOST-POWERFUL WOMEN RANKINGS SHOW CARLY NO. 1, OPRAH RISING
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amJust when it seemed that Oprah Winfrey couldn't become any more powerful than she already is - she's done it again! The 49-year-old queen of daytime talk has been named...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 26, 2003 | 4:00amHeidi Stevenson walked onto her porch in Minnesota to find a 300-pound black bear sitting on the deck furniture and calmly licking bird seed from a feeder. "It looked at...
ANUDDER MILK HIKE TO $3.25/GAL.
September 26, 2003 | 4:00amGot cash? You're going to need more of it to buy milk beginning next Wednesday as retail prices rocket 9 cents a gallon. That's the sour news from the state...
SHOCK OVER BOATER'S DISAPPEARANCE
September 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe heartsick girlfriend of a New Jersey boater who vanished off the coast of Long Island says she's mystified by his disappearance because he's a highly experienced seaman who never...
MEN ADD TO LABOR PAINS
September 25, 2003 | 4:00amExpectant dads may mean well - but they're not really up to the task of supporting their women during labor, a new study reveals. Moms-to-be who have ongoing help from...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 25, 2003 | 4:00amCops in Arkansas got a double shock when they checked out an SUV parked by a reservoir - inside, they found a sleeping man dressed in a bra and panties,...
AOL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTonight's big show in Central Park will not only bring great music to the Big Apple, it will help raise money for our cash-strapped schools. AOL is presenting the red-hot...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Florida judge has ordered motorists convicted of drunken driving to attach a bumper sticker to their cars that reads: "How's my driving? Call Toll-Free 1-866-I- SAW-YOU The Judge wants...
COOLER BEDS PREVAIL: SEX DECLINES IN U.S.
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWe may think about sex all the time, but - gasp! - we're actually doing it less. That's the less-than-lusty conclusion of a new sex poll that finds that Americans...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 23, 2003 | 4:00amInterstate 40 in Oklahoma City was transformed into a giant sty when 800 baby pigs spilled onto the road when the truck carrying them flipped over. Cops, who closed the...
MILLIE IS HUM-MING HAPPY TUNE
September 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Post has put lucky reader Millie LaRocca in the driver's seat. That's because the 52-year-old New Jersey grandma is the grand-prize winner of a fabulous 2003 Hummer...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 22, 2003 | 4:00amWhere are Orville and Wilbur when you need them? One hundred years after the Wright Brothers first took to the skies, a replica of their legendary airplane has failed to...