If we didn't fail French 101, we might have a vague idea of how annoying this student really is, and why his laptop deserves punishment. From the looks of it, the romance language has lost its loving feeling.

The world record-winning, 721 claps per minute clap, that is. Check out the Guinness certificate at the beginning, then just sit back and marvel at his mastery of fleshy rhythm. Just don't applaud at the end, because he'll...

But strictly as a demonstration of how to fire up a crowd for sleep-walking presidential wannabe Fred Thompson. The "Law & Order" candidate has so much heat that he had to grovel in front of a group of people (who ostensibly...