Oil wrestling brings suspension for Florence teacher

FLORENCE, Texas -- Some call it competition, others entertainment, and the title of the YouTube video calls it like it is -- women's oil wrestling. "It's actually clean fun except it's in baby oil," said Hardtails Bar and Grill owner Martha Edwards.  For the past four months the event has drawn hundreds to Hardtails in Georgetown . "We have different people who come out and see it -- men, women ...

Teacher suspended for oil wrestling back at work

FLORENCE, Texas - A Florence High School teacher is back at work for the first time Tuesday since being suspended for oil wrestling. Last week, KVUE found the YouTube video showing volleyball coach Joanne Hensley wrestling at Hardtails Bar and Grill in Georgetown. In it, the unmasked teacher wrestled one of the five women she competed against for a $200 prize in the monthly contest. Monday ...

Holding on

KENNER — Day one of the State Wrestling Tournament pushed the midnight oil at the Ponchartrain Center in Kenner, but it was plenty worth it for quite a few Acadiana area wrestlers.

Sudans' Oil Feud Risks Shattering a Fragile Peace

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan and the breakaway nation of South Sudan have been locked in an exceedingly dangerous game of brinkmanship over billions of gallons of oil, seizing tankers, shutting down wells and imperiling the tenuous, American-backed peace that has held -- just barely -- between the two countries after decades of war.

A graphic take on Gulf oil disaster

The hand-lettered sign on the bar in the tiny town of Grand Isle, La., caught our eye at once. “Daddy’s Money,” it read. “Oil wrestling featuring the girls from Slidell.” Amid the jukeboxes and fraternity-like atmosphere, tired bar owner Jack Jambon sat on a bar ...