TSA agents are unsure why a man decided to bring the body of his dead dog with him in a cardboard box on a flight from Newark Airport to Los Angeles on Tuesday, but he reportedly didn't seem too suspicious. During check-in, he informed workers of the contents of the box; the workers then told him that it would need to be screened at the Continental cargo facility. However, once the plane was in the air TSA workers realized that the box hadn't been screened, and feared it could contain a bomb or a disease. more ›

The Montauk Monster is still in the news (and on the Colbert Report), with the East Hampton Star now reporting that the mystery carcass is missing! More disturbing than that and the fact that the nation has been staring at a dead, bloated dog for a week, is the fact that the two locals holding the remains were planning to profit from the dead body. The duo were planning on reducing it to bones, creating some sort of artistic piece out of it, and watching the money roll in.

"Someone came and took the carcass. Now I have to hunt for my damn creature," said Eric Olsen, a Montauk real estate agent and surfer who retrieved the rotting animal from the beach. more ›