Gregornot's Visions Day by Day

Have not been blogging due to illness

2009-06-20T15:15:00.001-07:00

I have been down with Hep-C I get a biopsy on Friday, Hope to be blogging again soon, thanks for your patience, gregor

I have been sick lately

2009-03-01T12:41:00.000-08:00

I have been unable to update due to sickness and loss of my main web computer. I have ordered aNEW COMPUTER. So PLEASE check back I expect to be updating soon, gregor

You ain't fat, it's just a tubby bug

2009-01-26T12:45:00.000-08:00

PEOPLE can catch a bug which makes them obese, claim scientists. The virus is picked up from a sneeze, a cough or dirty hands like a cold. The new research supports earlier theories from studies on weight gain. Weight off some people's minds ... claim by scientists Evidence in tests on mice and chickens shows the bug could cause tubbies to pile on the pounds. In one test a THIRD of obese

Text size: increase text sizedecrease text size Former cop draws fire for alleged remarks to college students

2009-01-26T12:43:00.000-08:00

For Chicago police, beating suspects is just a way of life, he reportedly says Angela Rozas Crime scene January 26, 2009 As if Chicago police need another black eye.This one could come from a punch extended halfway across the country, from a former Chicago

A pensioner who got trapped under his own sofa survived for two and a half days by drinking a conveniently-placed bottle of whisky

2009-01-26T12:32:00.000-08:00

Whisky: usefull if, say, you're trapped under a sofa for two days A pensioner who got trapped under his own sofa survived for two and a half days by drinking a conveniently-placed bottle of whisky. Joe Galliott first became ensnared by his sofa when he tripped over a phone cord during a power cut, sending him tumbling onto the sofa. This made the sofa flip over, landing on top of him and

Beware: The daft egg-box warning that contents 'may contain eggs'

2009-01-25T10:34:00.002-08:00

In these health-conscious times food companies are increasingly keen to warn consumers if ingredients may cause allergic reactions. But one firm has gone a step further by advising shoppers that its boxes of eggs contain...egg. The Happy Egg Company’s six-pack of eggs – which features the company’s name and is decorated with a picture of an egg and a cartoon chicken – contains the message ‘

Be careful around squirrels? Minnesota has it’s share of odd laws

2009-01-25T10:34:00.001-08:00

WINONA, Minn. — Minnesota law requires all bathtubs have feet.It is also illegal to sleep naked, tease a skunk or cross state lines with a duck on your head. They may sound absurd, but these are actual laws on the books in Minnesota. Well, mostly.Strange laws like these are widely circulated around the Internet, said Michelle Timmons, state revisor of statutes, and

Two Burglars Dressed As Firefighters Steal TV's

2009-01-25T10:32:00.000-08:00

Video Gallery <1> Two Burglars Dressed As Firefighters Steal TV's2:17 WNVideoWidgetGallery.initialize(); Metro says two men dressed as Clark County firefighters stole two flat-screen TV's from an apartment complex near Flamingo and Cambridge. Now police are asking for the public's help to

150 Hungry Elephants Trample Village - 3 Dead

2009-01-19T11:49:00.000-08:00

GAUHATI, India — A herd of nearly 150 hungry elephants rampaged through a village in India's remote northeast, trampling to death a young family as they slept in their hut, a resident and a wildlife official said Saturday. The Asiatic elephants destroyed four homes in Assam state's Karbi Anglong village Friday night, said resident Rimi Marak. "The herd was just too

Man stabbed at York Hotel ignores wound to finish his beer

2009-01-19T11:46:00.002-08:00

A man who was stabbed at the York Hotel Saturday night opted to return to the bar to finish his beer rather than seek medical attention.Police responded to 10401 96 St. hotel just after 9 p.m. with reports that a man had been stabbed.When they arrived, they found the victim at his table drinking beer. fctAdTag("bigbox",MyGenericTagVar,1); "He's got a minor poke to his chest, but he's not

Woman, 81, killed in street mugging 'ignored by passers-by as she called for help'

2009-01-19T11:46:00.001-08:00

An 81-year-old woman, who died after being mugged in the street, was ignored by passers-by as she cried for help.Police said that Molly Morgan sustained head injuries suffered in the attack on her from behind - yet people who could have helped her thought she was drunk.She was left on the pavement for 10 minutes before eventually being taken to hospital on Thursday evening, but died the

Woman motorist banned after police catch her drink-driving... on a 2.4mph mobility scooter

2009-01-16T09:58:00.001-08:00

A woman has been given a driving ban after being caught more than twice the legal alcohol limit - while riding a 2.4mph mobility scooter.Amanda Leaff, 46, said she had taken the buggy from an Asda supermarket to save herself the taxi fare for her trip home.A court was told yesterday how it would have taken Leaff, of Stretford, Manchester, more than four hours to complete the ten-mile journey, had

Mass. Man Shot Twice In Year At Same Pizza Place

2009-01-16T09:56:00.000-08:00

OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1'); WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- A 26-year-old Worcester man may want to avoid a certain pizza place -- after he was shot in front of the restaurant twice in less than a year. Police said the man, whose name was not immediately released, is expected to survive three gunshot wounds he suffered in front of the Golden Pizza on Tuesday, after surviving another shooting there

I Triple-Dog Dare You:

2009-01-16T09:53:00.000-08:00

I Triple-Dog Dare You: Indiana Boy Gets Tongue Stuck on Light PoleHAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Hammond boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Police say the unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in

Harper's Index: the Bush Years

2009-01-14T10:25:00.001-08:00

Harper's Index: the Bush Years Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 14, 2009 8:34 AM | permalink Here's Harper's Index for the Bush years -- some real gems here: Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to avoid an “ironic death”: 1 Estimated total calories members of Congress burned

Wanted: hubby for 107-year-old bride

2009-01-14T10:22:00.000-08:00

107-year-old Chinese woman never marriedMakes up her mind it's finally timeWants man roughly her own age A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow

Father and son try to cut to front of line, go to jail

2009-01-14T10:19:00.000-08:00

MUNCIE -- City police said a Frankfort man picked the wrong time to cut in line at the north Walmart store on Sunday, setting the stage for events that landed both him and his father in the Delaware County jail.Edward R. Pluhar Jr., 26, was preliminarily charged with battery on police officer Chris Kirby, while his father, 61-year-old Edward R. Pluhar Sr., was preliminarily charged with criminal

German Firefighters Burn Own Firehouse Down for Second Time

2009-01-14T10:17:00.000-08:00

German firefighters lost all their engines for a second time after their station burned to the ground in a fire they are believed to have set themselves, the Austrian Times reported. The weekend blaze in Syke, northern Germany, was reportedly set by the firefighters themselves in a training exercise accident. However, faulty wiring could have been to blame. It took

Firefighters: Goats May Be to Blame for Iowa House Fire

2009-01-14T10:15:00.000-08:00

NORWALK, Iowa — A group of goats may have started a fire that destroyed a home in central Iowa, firefighters said. The fire broke out early Tuesday near Norwalk. Three people in the house escaped unharmed. John Hadley said his cat woke up him up, and he saw smoke coming from a ceiling. Hadley then woke up his ailing mother and her companion and got them out of

Geithner Failed to Pay Taxes, Hired Housekeeper Without Proper Immigration Documents

2009-01-13T16:30:00.000-08:00

President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, failed to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for himself for four years and employed a housekeeper whose immigration documentation lapsed while in his employ. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus called a meeting with committee members to discuss the matter inside his office Tuesday. Geithner

Man Allegedly Tries to Sell Daughter Into Marriage for Cash, Beer and Meat

2009-01-13T16:29:00.000-08:00

GREENFIELD, Calif. — Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat. Police say they only learned of the deal after 36-year-old Marcelino de Jesus Martinez went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised.

Exercise for the new year

2009-01-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

Exercise for the new year -Walking 20 minutes can add to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month. -My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60.. Now he's 97 years old and we don't know where he is. -I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.-The only reason I would take up

More bedbugs are biting in Cincinnati

2009-01-06T11:27:00.001-08:00

Email Picture Associated Press CIMEX LECTULARIUS: Adult bedbugs live on blood — human and animal — and lay nearly invisible eggs. More bedbugs are biting in Cincinnati Associated Press CIMEX LECTULARIUS: Adult bedbugs live on blood — human and

EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases

2009-01-06T11:23:00.002-08:00

Call this one of the newest and innovative ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions. Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.

Horse runs into movie theater

2009-01-06T11:23:00.001-08:00

BOLDON, England, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Witnesses said an escaped farm horse shocked film-goers when it ran through the automatic doors of a Boldon, England, cinema. A witness said the horse, one of three that had escaped from a farm, was frightened by a little girl blowing a raspberry outside of the Cineworld complex Dec. 19 and ran straight for the cinema entrance, The Sun reported Monday. "The horse

Boozy Britain's bloody New Year: A 999 call every seven seconds in alcohol-induced mayhem

2009-01-02T10:03:00.000-08:00

Boozy Britain's bloody New Year: A 999 call every seven seconds in alcohol-induced mayhem By Neil SearsLast updated at 9:09 AM on 02nd January 2009 Violence scarred celebrations and led to a bloody New Year across the country as emergency services endured a chaotic end to 2008.Ambulance control centres reported receiving 999 calls as often as once every seven seconds - the second highest

Wacky Laws Still on the Books in America

2009-01-01T12:05:00.000-08:00

AP In Massachusetts, it is illegal to use a human-shaped target for practice at a shooting range. In Massachusetts, it is illegal to use a human-shaped target for practice at a shooting range. From changing the color of baby chicks to shooting effigies to properly honoring the glory of

Man, 72, jumps from second-floor window and extinguishes fire

2009-01-01T12:02:00.000-08:00

A 72-year-old Batavia man this morning jumped from the second-floor of his townhouse, broke open a first-floor window and single-handedly extinguished a fire, according to the Batavia Fire Department.Firefighters were called to Walden Estates, an apartment complex at 337 Bank St., about 3:40 a.m. and arrived to find that the male tenant in Apt. 5 had already extinguished the fire, said Batavia

The Ultimate Fart Silencer

2009-01-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

The Ultimate Fart Silencer

The Top 10 'Most Curious' stories of 2008

2008-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:00

The Top 10 'Most Curious' stories of 2008The Most Curious box gathers up the more offbeat and diverting news items of the day. We've taken a note of the offbeat stories that diverted you the most Footage from Australia's Channel 7 of the shark thought responsible for the attack Brian Guest, 51, was looking for crabs early on Saturday morning with his 24-year-old son off a beach in Port Kennedy, about 30 miles south of Perth,

Man blows himself up after smoking while attached to ventilator

2008-12-29T12:08:00.001-08:00

A CHRONIC smoker blew himself up when he lit a cigarette while using an oxygen ventilator to help him breathe. The 75-year-old man was admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong on Sunday with severe facial burns after lighting up in his home while the ventilator's plastic tubes were still running to his nose. The man relies suffers from lung disease, caused by his smoking, and relies

GPS, hidden cameras watching over Baby Jesus

2008-12-11T10:55:00.000-08:00

When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him. By ERIC GORSKI AP Religion Writer J PAT CARTER / AP When Baby Jesus disappeared

4-foot reptile sightings spike

2008-12-11T10:54:00.000-08:00

FORT WALTON BEACH - In the dark, a shadowy figure looked ominous to some residents on Marshall Court. It was an alligator, they told Fort Walton Beach police. Police investigated the incident but found nothing startling in a fenced-in area around an apartment complex. The "alligator" was actually a 4- to 5-foot-long broken tree limb. The people who called police had spotted the limb from a

Firefighters called to rescue plastic owl

2008-12-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

RAYLEIGH, England, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- An animal protection officer and the fire brigade called out to rescue an owl in Rayleigh, England, only to learn the owl was a fake. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said an officer was sent to the scene after a mailman reported seeing an owl on a telephone pole that hadn't moved for days, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The

Whistleblowers sent to mental ward, Chinese paper says

2008-12-10T10:46:00.000-08:00

BEIJING: Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistleblowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital. According to an investigative report published Monday by a state-owned newspaper, public security officials in Xintai city have been

Bull storms mall, scares shoppers

2008-12-10T10:45:00.000-08:00

DHAKA (Reuters) - A bull bought for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival charged through a posh shopping mall in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka Monday, causing panic and damaging several shops. No one was hurt in the incident which took place in the city's Gulshan diplomatic area. Guards captured the bull in a net and handed it back to its owners, police and witnesses said. Parts of

Parking ticket fight stretching into 2009

2008-12-10T10:44:00.000-08:00

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Lebanon farmer grows super-sized spud

2008-12-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

AFP – Lebanese farmer Khalil Semhat holds his giant potato in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. The enormous …

To repair Rhode Island roads, report calls for new tolls, taxes and higher fees

2008-12-06T10:15:00.000-08:00

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New England border protection chief charged with hiring illegal immigrants

2008-12-06T10:14:00.001-08:00

(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff) Henderson leaving the courthouse with her lawyer, Oscar Cruz. By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff The regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and Border Protection was charged today with repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her Salem home after one cleaner wore a wire during an undercover investigation. Lorraine

Car dealer offers second car for free

2008-12-06T10:12:00.001-08:00

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Buy one, get one free: it's a familiar sales pitch for happy-hour cocktails or last season's fashions, but now a Belgian car dealer is luring customers with just that line. Antwerp-based Cardoen, which sells about 10,000 new and nearly new cars per year, started the promotion at the end of November and said it would run until December 15. During that period,

Camels found wandering in Mexican border city

2008-12-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

(AP) Police officers restrain two stray camels in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. The...Full Imagep {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;}CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers

NJ woman sues Pa. sports bar for toilet seat break

2008-12-05T10:26:00.000-08:00

A woman is suing a Pennsylvania sports bar and restaurant, saying she got stuck inside a toilet bowl for 20 minutes after the seat brokeKathleen Hewko of Delran Township, N.J., says she was in the bathroom at Starters Pub near Allentown when the handicapped toilet seat she was sitting on cracked and dumped her into the bowl. Hewko says in her lawsuit filed in federal court in November that she

Convict's Mother Goes Undercover for Months, Gets Dirt on Juror

2008-12-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

AP May 2008: Doreen Giuliano, AKA Dee Quinn, and juror Jason Allo at a Brooklyn, N.Y. bar. NEW YORK — Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder. She gave herself an extreme makeover — blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe, phony name — and began spying

School cancels Christmas nativity in favour of Muslim Eid celebrations

2008-12-04T10:22:00.000-08:00

junior school has cancelled its Christmas performances because they got in the way of the Muslim children celebrating Eid. By Nick Britten Last Updated: 4:06PM GMT 04 Dec 2008 Greenwood Junior School sent out a letter to parents saying the three day festival of Eid al-Adha, which takes place between 8-11 December, meant that Muslim

Fisherman Finds Long-Lost Class Ring in 8-Pound Bass

2008-12-04T10:21:00.000-08:00

AP Nov. 28, 2008: Joe Richardson's class ring, found by a fisherman inside his catch. BUNA, Texas — A class ring lost for decades in an East Texas lake is back with its owner after turning up in a fish caught the day after Thanksgiving. Joe Richardson of Buna told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he wishes he

Woman arrested for Xmas decoration thefts

2008-12-04T10:20:00.001-08:00

WESTMINSTER, Md., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A woman in Manchester, Md., has been arrested for allegedly stealing christmas decorations from her neighbors' lawns, police say. Police allege Gabriele Margo Markert, 51, stole $360 worth of holiday lawn decorations from her fellow town residents, including a 4-foot-tall Santa Claus, The Carroll County (Md.) Times said Tuesday. Also included among the stolen

Port St. Lucie woman says ex-boyfriend snatched wig, rode away on bike

2008-12-03T11:42:00.001-08:00

PORT ST. LUCIE — A 20-year-old woman told police the wig she was wearing got snatched by an ex-boyfriend, who pedaled away on a bicycle, according to a report released Monday. The victim said she left a party and was walking east on Southeast Voltair Terrace about 3 a.m. Friday when her ex-boyfriend came up on a bicycle. She said he started arguing and yanked off a black wig that was sewn to

Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him

2008-12-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

p {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;} SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) - A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. Randy Goodman, 49, said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life. The buck rose up,

Message in a Beer Bottle Found 39 Years Later - 400 Miles Away

2008-12-03T11:38:00.000-08:00

NORTH HALEDON, N.J. — A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina — 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle. It was dated Aug. 17, 1969 and read: "If found notify the North Haledon Fire Co. .2." Mark Ciarmello and his 3-year-old daughter found the bottle along a beach in Corolla, N.C., in

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede

2008-11-28T09:53:00.001-08:00

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede BY JOE GOULD DAILY NEWS WRITER Updated Friday, November 28th 2008, 12:31 PM

Missing man, 75, and his mother, 100, are found OK near Litchfield

2008-11-28T09:50:00.000-08:00

Missing man, 75, and his mother, 100, are found OK near Litchfield ST. LOUIS Missing man, 75, and his mother, 100, are found OK near Litchfield ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH11/28/2008 Police announced that they have found a 75-year-old man and his mother who left their home in O'Fallon, Ill., in the afternoon and failed to arrive at a family Thanksgiving dinner at another residence in the same

Va. School Board Sued Over Boy's In-Class Haircut

2008-11-28T09:48:00.000-08:00

Va. School Board Sued Over Boy's In-Class Haircut

China executes man for ant-breeding scheme

2008-11-27T13:00:00.000-08:00

(11-27) 05:53 PST BEIJING, China (AP) -- China has executed a businessman convicted of bilking thousands of investors out of $416 million in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, state media reported Thursday. The official Xinhua News Agency said Wang Zhendong, who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to death in February last year, was executed in north China's Liaoning province on Wednesday. The

Japanese man releases hundreds of worms in train

2008-11-26T10:16:00.000-08:00

Tue Nov 25, 10:01 am ETJapanese man releases hundreds of worms in train AFP/File – Commuters board a bullet train in Japan. A Japanese man was arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle …TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese man was arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police said Tuesday."I wanted to see women get scared and shake

Cops: Drunk Driver Ends Police Chase by Running Over Himself

2008-11-26T10:15:00.001-08:00

SANTA FE, N.M. — A man is in a northern New Mexico jail, accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself.Roy Travis Aguilar, 21, was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked into the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two

Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes

2008-11-26T10:12:00.000-08:00

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Facebook Wins $873 Million Judgment Against Spammer

2008-11-25T09:58:00.000-08:00

The penalty is the largest award yet under the 2003 Can-Spam Act. By Thomas Claburn

Police: ATM Robbery Scheme Goes Awry

2008-11-25T09:57:00.001-08:00

Bobcat-Driving ATM Robbery Suspect Ends Up At Bottom Of CliffLEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- A crook went to great lengths to get the money inside an automatic teller machine early Sunday morning, but ended up putting his life in danger, police said.Leavenworth police said a thief stole a Bobcat loader from a construction site about 1 a.m., then used it to pull an ATM out of the ground at the Frontier

Carjacking suspect hit with frozen turkey

2008-11-24T08:30:00.001-08:00

Carjacking suspect hit with frozen turkey Posted: Nov. 23 2:00 p.m. Updated: 26 minutes ago Fuquay-Varina, N.C. — Fuquay-Varina police arrested a man whom bystanders say they hit with a frozen turkey when he allegedly carjacked a woman's sedan outside a grocery store Sunday.The man stole money from a BP

Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back for Canceled Mission

2008-11-22T09:53:00.000-08:00

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he claims the company that was supposed make his dream come true brushed him aside with little more than a "sorry, no refunds." A federal judge heard arguments Friday in Enomoto's lawsuit

Saved by his cell phone

2008-11-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

Slidell, LA -- RJ Richard was on his riding lawn mower, tending to his 5-acre spread in Slidell, when something hit him in his chest. He thought it was a rock that kicked up from underneath the mower. He pulled out his cell phone from his chest pocket, which is where he was hit, and a bullet fell out and into his lap. It was a 45-caliber bullet that was stopped by his trusty Motorola cell phone

Woman wins $2.4M in her first trip to Vegas

2008-11-22T09:49:00.001-08:00

Nov 20, 5:35 PM (ET) p {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;}HONOLULU (AP) - A 24-year-old woman, on her first trip to Las Vegas, is worrying less about the nation's economy. That's because Jessica Agbunag won $2.4 million on Wednesday at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the California Hotel and Casino.Agbunag, a baby sitter who graduated high school in 2002, was in Las Vegas with her boyfriend and

Police helicopter avoids colliding with UFO, report claims

2008-11-22T09:46:00.001-08:00

A police helicopter narrowly avoided colliding with a UFO over Birmingham, a report has claimed. Last Updated: 8:05PM GMT 21 Nov 2008 Police helicopter pilot says he had to avoid UFO in skies above Birmingham The pilot managed to swerve out of the mystery aircraft's way while he was on a routine police surveillance

Foreign Aid Money Spent on $23 Million Art Ceiling at U.N. Human Rights Council

2008-11-19T10:20:00.000-08:00

AP Nov. 18: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, far right, attends the unveiling of a $23 million mural at the European headquarters of the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland. Nov. 18: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, far right, attends the unveiling of a $23 million mural at the European headquarters of the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland.

Bonfire party caused Montecito fire

2008-11-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

Bonfire party caused Montecito fire 4:39 PM, November 18, 2008 The fire that destroyed scores of homes in Montecito and Santa Barbara was caused by a group of young people who had built a bonfire, authorities said today. A group of 10 young men and women described by authorities as locals went to the Tea house, an abandoned mansion, on Wednesday night for a bonfire party. They told

Wal-Mart truck used to smuggle immigrants

2008-11-19T10:18:00.000-08:00

Nov 18 03:10 PM US/Eastern McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Four illegal immigrants were found in the back of a Wal-Mart truck, and the driver and two

Man arrested for hitting girlfriend with sandwich

2008-11-18T09:04:00.000-08:00

Man arrested for hitting girlfriend with sandwich By Will Greenlee |TCPalm.com8:45 AM EST, November 18, 2008

Environmental groups plan lawsuit over kangaroo rat habitat slashing

2008-11-17T12:48:00.000-08:00

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W. Virginia Town Shrugs at Poorest Health Ranking

2008-11-17T12:46:00.000-08:00

Huntington, W.Va., home to highest percentage of obese; also tops in diabetes, loss of teeth By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical WriterHUNTINGTON, W.Va. November 16, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press 42 comments FONT

Climate change 'to halt ice age'

2008-11-17T12:43:00.000-08:00

Polar ice would spread further south in the next ice age A new model of the Earth's climate suggests that human-made carbon dioxide emissions may prevent the onset of the next ice age. Based on geological

CANNY QUEEN CUTS ROYAL BILLS BY GROWING HER OWN FRUIT AND FLOWERS AT BALMORAL

2008-11-17T12:41:00.000-08:00

THE Queen has ordered fruit to be grown at her Scottish estate for the first time to cut costs. Her Majesty has ordered royal gardeners at Balmoral to plant apples, pears, cherries, apricots, grapes and figs, to save spending money on buying in food. Ten new varieties of roses are also being planted to provide fresh cut

Smoking ban lifted at struggling casinos

2008-11-16T12:02:00.000-08:00

A controversial smoking ban in Atlantic City casinos has been lifted by the city council after the local economy was hit by a steep fall in profits. After a month of fresh air, smoking has been allowed once again inside the city's 11 casinos.The City Council passed a total smoking ban in April but the financial meltdown led to a steep decline in takings at the casinos.The council has now changed

Cache of Celtic Coins Uncovered in Dutch Cornfield

2008-11-16T12:00:00.000-08:00

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A hobbyist with a metal detector struck both gold and silver when he uncovered an important cache of ancient Celtic coins in a cornfield in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. "It's exciting, like a little boy's dream," Paul Curfs, 47, said Thursday after the spectacular find was made public. Archaeologists say the trove of 39 gold and 70

2008-11-16T11:57:00.000-08:00

A system's fatal flawsThousands of inmates admit they're in the U.S. illegally, but even those convicted of violent crimes are often released right back onto Houston's streetsBy SUSAN CARROLLCopyright 2008 Houston ChronicleNov. 16, 2008, 7:33AMMayra Beltran ChronicleInmates are interviewed by jailers in the booking office at the Harris County Jail, where officers maintain a database of inmates

No ban on nudity in Seattle parks

2008-11-16T11:56:00.000-08:00

The Seattle Parks and Recreation board has decided the city is large enough and diverse enough to include those who like to bare it all in public.Parks commissioners have dropped an effort to have those who go nude in the parks charged with criminal trespass, The Seattle Times reported. They even said they will ask officials to consider making one of the public beaches clothing optional.A large

Spam Turns Serious and Hormel Turns Out More

2008-11-15T10:41:00.000-08:00

AUSTIN, Minn. — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they wantThe workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.Through war and recession, Americans have

Financial Meltdown Summit Featured Lavish Dinner Menu, $300 Bottles of Wine

2008-11-15T10:38:00.000-08:00

Nov. 14: President George W. Bush welcomes world leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House at the world financial summit.WASHINGTON — Brother, can you spare a $300 bottle of wine?The White House dinner Friday night for foreign leaders working to resolve the global economic crisis featured traditionally gourmet selections for such an august gathering.There was no risk of a menu

LET'S SEND IN THE CLOWNS

2008-11-15T10:36:00.000-08:00

If you've thought Wall Street is being run by a bunch of clowns, yesterday you were right on the money.Members of the Big Apple Circus took the reins of financial power by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange invited Grandma the Clown and Master of Ceremonies Carrie Harvey to both honor the circus' 31st season of entertainment and perhaps bring a bit of Main

Lucky man survives after being run over by train

2008-11-15T10:35:00.000-08:00

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Talk about being lucky — a north Alabama man is alive after being run over by a train on Thursday afternoon. Huntsville Fire and Rescue officials said a train engineer spotted 61-year-old Arnold Romine lying across railroad ties. Witnesses said the conductor sounded the horn and tried to stop the train.Firefighters said by the time the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had

QE2 liner runs aground on final farewell

2008-11-12T10:49:00.000-08:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the world's most famous ocean liners, ran aground briefly off the south coast on Tuesday on her final farewell voyage.The Cunard ship, which in her 39 years of service has sailed 5.9 million nautical miles, completed 806 trans-atlantic crossings and carried more than 2.5 million guests, ran into a sandbank as she was coming into her home port of

Baby disappears, found safe under floorboards

2008-11-12T10:47:00.000-08:00

Baby disappears, found safe under floorboardsPolice released these photo of a 1-year-old found underneath the floorboards of a Woodburn home. KATU has altered the images to protect the child's identity.Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comSave a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comStory Published: Nov 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM PSTStory Updated: Nov 12,

Flame thrown: Boy hurled through window when toilet exploded after he sprayed air freshener then sparked a lighte

2008-11-12T10:43:00.000-08:00

Flame thrown: Boy hurled through window when toilet exploded after he sprayed air freshener then sparked a lighterBy Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 1:50 PM on 12th November 2008A German schoolboy was blown out of his toilet and through a window when the lavatory exploded into a fireball after he sparked a lighter just moments after spraying the room with air freshener.The toilet turned into

POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED AFTER £4.5M 'MURDER' INVESTIGATION FINDS...NOBODY WAS MURDERED

2008-11-12T10:42:00.000-08:00

POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED AFTER £4.5M 'MURDER' INVESTIGATION FINDS...NOBODY WAS MURDEREDWednesday November 12 2008 byGeoff Marsh for express.co.ukThe government of Jersey today launched a stinging attack on police conduct during the island’s child abuse investigation.Deputy Andrew Lewis, the home affairs minister, also confirmed the force’s chief officer, Graham Power, had been suspended.He said: “

Marshmallow Eating Game Show

2008-11-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

Marshmallow Eating Game Show Just as creative as we have come to expect Japanese television shows, here two teams fight to try and be the fastest to eat some hanging marshmallows.Of course they have a silly and interesting obstacle to overcome…

How your unique body odour could identify you as effectively as a fingerprint

2008-11-11T10:27:00.000-08:00

How your unique body odour could identify you as effectively as a fingerprintBy Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 11:44 AM on 10th November 2008 woman holding her noseYour body odour, like fingerprints, would remain distinctive even if you changed your diet, a new study revealedEvery person has a unique body odour, like their fingerprints, that could be used as an 'odourprint' to identify them

Blogger jailed for 20 years over poem that mocked Burmese dictator<

2008-11-11T10:26:00.001-08:00

Blogger jailed for 20 years over poem that mocked Burmese dictatorMyanmar Senior General Than ShweThe poem spelled out "Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe", referring to the Burmese dictator (above)Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia EditorA young blogger and a writer who disguised an attack on the country’s dictator in the form of a love poem have received heavy jail sentences, in the latest blow to

Army Retiree and Grandpa, 60, Volunteers for Iraq

2008-11-11T10:24:00.001-08:00

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Maj. James Richards Jr. thought his 22-year Army career was done when he retired in 1993. But when the military called, the 60-year-old volunteered for another hitch and deployed to Iraq.The Fayetteville Observer reported Monday that Richards, a married father of five with several grandchildren, deployed to Iraq two months ago to become the headquarters company commander for

Study: Music Headphones Can Interfere With Heart Devices

2008-11-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

NEW ORLEANS — Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck — even when they're disconnected. A study finds that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them.They might even prevent a defibrillator from delivering a lifesaving shock, say doctors who tested them."Headphones contain

DOGS NAIL DUMB-ASHES

2008-11-09T12:48:00.000-08:00

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Will there be disclosure of UFO files under the Obama administration?

2008-11-09T12:44:00.001-08:00

by Dan Bacher Friday Nov 7th, 2008 6:24 PM Lawyer Stephen Bassett of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG) is now spearheading a national political campaign, the “Million Fax on Washington” campaign, to pressure Obama to release UFO files and "end the UFO Truth Embargo." 640_million_fax.jpgoriginal image ( 700x65) Will there be disclosure of UFO files under the Obama administration? By Dan

2 Clergymen Arrested After Brawl Between Monks Next to Jesus' Tomb Site

2008-11-09T12:40:00.000-08:00

AP Nov. 9: Israeli police scuffle with an Armenian monk next to the site traditionally believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ. JERUSALEM — Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergymen after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

Oregon town elects nation's first transgender mayor

2008-11-09T12:39:00.000-08:00

Oregon town elects nation's first transgender mayor