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25 most recent entries:
US officials fail test of Amerian history, economics, civics (Nov 23 2008 09:51 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AFP) ? US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). “It is [...
Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald?s get online (Nov 23 2008 09:24 GMT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ? Here’s some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.
?Granny Robber? suspect (Nov 22 2008 09:37 GMT)
CINCINNATI ? Police in Ohio have arrested a 68-year-old woman on a bank robbery charge ? and they want to know if she’s the so-called “Granny Robber”
We seek snitches (Nov 22 2008 09:24 GMT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? The Albuquerque Police Department has turned to the want ads for snitches. An ad this week in the alternative newspaper The Alibi asks “
China zoo Panda bites student (Nov 21 2008 09:27 GMT)
BEIJING ? A college student in southern China was bitten by a panda after he broke into the bear’s enclosure hoping to get a hug, state media and a park employee said Saturday. The student was visiting Qixing Park with classmates on Friday when he jumped the 6.5-foot (2-meter) -high fence around the panda’
Fat People Entitled to 2 Airline Seats (Nov 20 2008 09:43 GMT)
OTTAWA (Reuters) ? Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are “functionally [...]
Suspect arrested for greasy imprints (Nov 20 2008 09:40 GMT)
OMAHA, Neb. ? Police have arrested a man suspected of leaving greasy, graphic imprints on the windows of stores, churches and schools in a small Nebraska town. A 35-year-old man was caught in the act by police early Wednesday morning, Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott said Friday. The man hasn’
Boo! Revelers celebrate the spookiest of holidays (Nov 02 2008 15:04 GMT)
A parade-goer in a monster mask marches in Greenwich Village’s Halloween parade, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 in New York.
Dog shows up 1,000 miles away in Illinois (Nov 02 2008 14:31 GMT)
RACINE, Wis. ? A Maltese dog named Max is headed home to Florida after he was spotted in Chicago ? 1,000 miles from where he vanished. Richard Gonzalez had reported a pet theft after Max disappeared several months ago from his daughter’
Brazil sets rules for its official cocktail (Nov 01 2008 15:11 GMT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ? So how do you make Brazil’s national cocktail? Maybe you’d better call a lawyer.
Drivers in Wales find translator out of the office (Nov 01 2008 14:48 GMT)
LONDON ? In English, the road sign was just fine, warning drivers that the route ahead is not suitable for heavy trucks. But the translation in Welsh didn’t work so well. “
Happy Birthday to the Goose Thief (Oct 31 2008 15:04 GMT)
TAIPEI (Reuters) ? Police in Taiwan served a lonely man cake and sang happy birthday after arresting him for stealing a goose to celebrate on his own, an officer in charge said on Friday. Police in the southern township of Neipu treated the 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Lee, on Thursday after they caught him making off [...]
Australian Gambler sues casino (Oct 31 2008 14:46 GMT)
CANBERRA (Reuters) ? An Australian gambler who lost millions in a A$1.4 billion (577 million pound) gaming spree is suing one of the country’s largest casinos, claiming he was targeted by managers despite a known gambling addiction. In a case which lawyers say could have implications stretching to China, gambling addict Harry Kakavas is suing Crown [...
Cheetahs get loose on plane (Oct 31 2008 14:31 GMT)
ATLANTA ? A Delta baggage worker got a bit of a fright before Halloween when she opened a jetliner’s cargo door and found a cheetah running loose amid the luggage. Two cheetahs were being flown in the cargo area of a Boeing 757 passenger flight from Portland, Ore., to Atlanta on Thursday when one escaped [...
Germany to air toy re-enactment of history on live TV (Oct 30 2008 14:51 GMT)
BERLIN (Reuters) ? Two German entertainers will use hundreds of Playmobil men to re-enact the history of Germany from 1949 until 1990 on live television, a spokeswoman for the production company said on Thursday. The re-enactment is based on a 500-page book by German historian, Hans-Ulrich Wehler and will be aired on Thursday night on [...]
Man sues prosecutor to get his leg back (Sep 04 2008 11:55 GMT)
ALLIANCE, Neb. ? After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors. The Box Butte County Attorney’s office gave Val McCabe’
Alleged thief leaves his signature (Sep 04 2008 11:53 GMT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa ? Police didn’t have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card ? he signed his own name on one of the receipts. The 21-year-old Iowa City man is accused of using the credit card to buy a latte at a coffee house and to buy cigarettes at a [...
This ain?t no jive, particle physics rap is a hit (Sep 01 2008 23:18 GMT)
Who says science doesn’t turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance ? about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube.
Dead man?s visit to doctor scuttles insurance scam (Sep 01 2008 16:35 GMT)
As a dead man, Ahmad Akhtary shouldn’t have needed a doctor’s appointment. Akhtary’s checkup, six months after he allegedly died in Afghanistan, scuttled his ex-wife’
Michigan couple tie the knot at funeral home (Sep 01 2008 16:12 GMT)
It generally has flowers, and a clergyman is often present, but this was a first for a local funeral home. Jason and Rachael Storm held their wedding at Starks and Menchinger Family Funeral Home, where he is a funeral director. Their reception, including dinner and dancing, also was held at the funeral home. “This room is usually filled [...
Malaysian man gets nut stuck around penis (Aug 31 2008 13:01 GMT)
A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said Sunday. The nut got stuck on his penis following an erection, the Star newspaper said, forcing him to seek help at a hospital in [...]
Modesto man tries to amputate own arm (Aug 31 2008 12:58 GMT)
Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action. Authorities say 33-year-old Michael Lasiter rushed into the Denny’s restaurant late Friday and started stabbing himself [...]
Japan says no word from China on dumpling poisoning (Aug 30 2008 15:17 GMT)
Japan’s Foreign Ministry denied on Saturday media reports that Beijing had for the first time acknowledged that pesticide-laced dumplings — at the heart of a bilateral row — had probably been contaminated in China. Japanese media, including NHK public television, said China had told Japan an individual working with the factory that produced the poisoned dumplings [...
Georgia town?s scarecrows h(a)unting for world record (Aug 30 2008 13:14 GMT)
This small northeastern Georgia town’s population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town. There’s a scuba diver, the Georgia Bulldogs football team and ?
Man says he found dead shark in Lake Michigan (Aug 30 2008 12:55 GMT)
There’s no telling what might turn up in Lake Michigan. Rich Fasi of Traverse City says he found a dead 2-foot shark in the water while fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay on Wednesday. The saltwater fish was a juvenile blacktip shark, said Mark Tonello, a fisheries biologist from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Tonello said someone [...
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