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Spain police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak (Reuters)

Jul 04 2009

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Reuters - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker’s plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-metre-long zeppelin.

Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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George Shea, left, of Major League Eating presents the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held with Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, July 3, 2009. The competition features three Ringling Bros. Asian elephants, from left to right, Susie, 46, Minnie, 48 and Bunny, 42, and three Major League Eaters. The human eaters will compete the next day in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)AP - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people ? the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the 'Bare Essentials of Safety.' The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)AP - New Zealand’s national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew’s uniforms are nothing but body paint.

Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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This undated photo released by the Tigard Police Department shows Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions. In a plea deal, she was forbidden to have animals for five years. On Tuesday, authorities say she was found holed up in a hotel room in Tigard, Ore., with more than a dozen rabbits and was arrested. (AP Photo/Tigard Police Department)AP - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.

Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn’t have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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AP - A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.  One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)AP - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn’t wait to get started.

Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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AP - A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman’s amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman’s bedroom in the Torrington home on June 6, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said Thursday.

Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin (AP)

Jul 04 2009

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AP - Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. “They opened the door and she got out,” said landfill manager Ron Kimble.

Mung bean mystery stumps British military (Reuters)

Jul 04 2009

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Reuters - The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans.