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Record-breaking fish caught with Barbie Doll toy fishing pole
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:16 AM EDT (AZ Times)
RALEIGH, N.C. – The following is a press release from the North Caronlina Wildlife Resources Commission:
Thief caught "hanging" around upside down when owner gets home
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:14 AM EDT (the Mail online)
The picture is worth a good laugh alone! This is the amazing scene of a burglar hanging upside down that greeted home owner Paul Ives when he returned home from work.
Affluent Mexicans fear of being kidnapped, implanted with GPS chips
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:11 AM EDT (the Mail online)
Middle class Mexicans are spending thousands of pounds to have tiny transmitters implanted under their skin because they are terrified of being kidnapped.
Man fed ex-employee to pride of lions, to be released early from prison
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:07 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The white owner of a construction company, initially sentenced to life in prison in 2005 for ordering that a black man be beaten and then thrown to a pack of lions, was released Thursday on parole — a stunning turn in the notorious "lion's den cas …
Alabama To Charge Obese Workers $25 Monthly
Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:04 AM EDT (ClickOnDetroit.com)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.
Russian Troops Move Into Western Georgia
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:18 PM EDT (Associated Press)
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Russian armored vehicles rolled deep into western Georgia on Monday, quickly taking control of several towns and a military base and slicing open a damaging second front in Russia's battle with Georgia.
Ohio church: Please don't kiss, tickle or wrestle the altar boys!
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:01 PM EDT (AP.org)
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has issued a detailed list of inappropriate behaviors for priests, saying they should not kiss, tickle or wrestle children.
Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:57 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
MONTERREY, Mexico - A 700-pound man once considered the world's most obese person left his home for the first time in five months Sunday with the aid of a forklift and a platform truck.
Invisibility cloak one step closer, scientists say
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:53 PM EDT (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have created two new types of materials that can bend light the wrong way, creating the first step toward an invisibility cloaking device.
Former Thai PM Thaksin skips bail, flees to Britain
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:51 PM EDT (Reuters)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail on Monday and went into exile, accusing political enemies who removed him in a 2006 coup of meddling in the courts to "finish off" him and his family.
Strategic blunder led Georgia into S.Ossetia folly
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:48 PM EDT (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Georgia made a strategic miscalculation in trying to rapidly overrun South Ossetia, and as a result has probably lost the region for good, regional analysts say.
God Bless Foreigners: Finally, Someone Wants To Buy Our Foreclosed Houses
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:46 PM EDT (Clusterstock)
When investors from oil-rich Abu Dhabi purchased the Chrysler building in June, many waxed indignant.
Chris Wallace Exposes McCain Lies and Third Bush Term (Warning: Graphic Acts of Journalism Inside)
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:44 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
In his first stunning act of journalism, this morning Chris Wallace called out the McCain campaign on their latest but most egregious (and potentially effective) lies.
Illegal immigrant from Honduras executed in Texas
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 2:02 PM EDT ()
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Pleas from an illegal immigrant from Honduras who claimed he was unfairly denied legal help from his consulate when he was arrested for a robbery-murder near Dallas weren't enough to spare him from the death chamber.
Tax Law Professor Expelled From Republican Party for Supporting Obama
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:37 AM EDT (TaxProf)
Tax Professor Jan Ting (Temple), the Delaware Republican Party's candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, has been expelled from the Delaware Republican Party for quietly supporting Barack Obama for President.
You know times are bad when you hail a taxi for a bank robbery!
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:25 AM EDT (WKRG.com : News Stream)
Malcom Christian has met plenty of unusual people during his time as a taxi driver, but he says the woman he picked up Wednesday morning seemed as normal as anyone. "She was standing their waiting," said Christian. "She said the bank don't open for 21 minutes."
Man escapes prison one day before his release date! Congratulations, you're an idiot!
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:18 AM EDT (Sacramento News, Stockton, Modesto Breaking News, Weather & Sports - KCRA Sacramento's Channel 3)
GRAYSON, Calif. -- An inmate who was just a day away from release fled from the Stanislaus County Inmate Honor Farm in Grayson on Thursday, the sheriff's department said.
Man Almost Loses Penis Humping A Steel Bench!
Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 11:06 AM EDT (Weird Asia News)
Last night in Hong Kong, the police received a disturbing call from a man in trouble.
Estrogen may ease schizophrenia in women, breathe easy men!
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 5:08 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Adding estrogen to routine medication helped reduce the number of psychotic symptoms in women with schizophrenia, researchers said on Monday.
Obama backs some drilling, tapping oil stockpile
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 4:13 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
LANSING, Mich. - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices.
Man beheads his girlfriend on Greek island
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 4:07 PM EDT ()
A man, 31, suffering from mental illness has been arrested with the head of a woman he had murdered. After beheading his companion, he was wandering in the streets holding her head.
Woman shot and killed after being mistaken for a bear
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 3:58 PM EDT (komonews.com)
ROCKPORT, Wash. - A 54-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday by a boy who was hunting bear in Skagit County, sheriff's deputies said. The woman, a resident of Oso, was hiking with a friend in the area of Sauk Mountain near Rockport when the shooting occurred.
Oil falls to 3-month low as OPEC output rises
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 3:51 PM EDT (Reuters)
Oil fell to a three-month low on Monday, pressured by evidence of rising OPEC output in the midst of declining demand in the United States and Europe.
Navy wonders, just how do you trim a $3.8 billion fuel bill?
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 3:43 PM EDT (PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com )
For Navy vessels, operating at sea has taken on a different feel. Some nights, sailors cut the engines and the warship just floats. "We did a lot of that on deployment," said Cmdr. Michael Junge, skipper of the Whidbey Island.
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