ANDERSON COUNTY — A Belton woman, who admitted to drinking, faces an October hearing in Anderson Municipal Court after she struck a vehicle, sped through a construction zone and stopped when she reached an Anderson bar, authorities said.
Loretta Tollison, 52, of Stevenson Drive was ordered to pay a fine of $262.50 or spend 20 days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to public intoxication.
Judge Ken Mattison allowed Tollison to sign a $1,152.50 bond and told her to return to court Oct. 17 to hear charges of leaving the scene of an accident and a temporary work-zone violation.
Officer Jada Burgin testified that Tollison was found about 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Passing Time Bar on Williamston Road. Tollison’s Chrysler LeBaron was found in the bar’s parking lot with extensive front-end damage and its air bag deployed, according to the incident report.
During Friday's appearance, Tollison tried to explain.
“I told police that I did not understand that they were working at night,” she said. “There were no lights.”
According to the incident report, the Chrysler hit another car that was stopped for highway construction on U.S. 29 North. The impact spun the other car 180 degrees and pushed if off the highway and into a convenience store's parking lot, the report states.
“The driver of the Chrysler continued through the construction site, disregarding the construction workers directing traffic,” the report states.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Man Actually Struck by Lightning for Swearing to God
Man Actually Struck by Lightning for Swearing to God
You better think twice the next time you swear to God about something, because you never know when he might make a miracle out of you.
On Aug 26, in Fujian Province, China, an upset Wong decided to visit his friend Xu’s house to collect an unpaid debt.
3 years ago Xu borrowed 500 yuen (about $70) from Wong for his wedding and never paid the money back.
Wong showed up at Xu’s house with a bat in hand demanding that Xu pay back the money he had borrowed. Xu then pulled out a metal rod he had laying around to use in defense if Wong decided to attack him.
Xu denied that he had borrowed any money from Wong and asked him to prove that there was a debt to be owed.
Wong finally “told him that if he dared to swear to God that he didn’t owe me the money, then I would waive his debt.”
Xu, obviously seeing a way out of paying the debt, then pointed the pole straight up in the air and shouted “if I ever borrowed money from Wong, let me be struck by lighting.”
Less than a minute after shouting those words, lightning struck the outstretched pole and passed through into Xu’s body.
Xu was taken to the hospital but survived the incident.
No mention as to whether this proves Xu did indeed borrow the money or if he has any plans to now pay Wong the money he owes.
Magician Blaine to hang upside down for 60 hrs
By Christian Wiessner
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's a bird! It's a bat! It's ... David Blaine? The 35-year-old magician and showman strung himself upside down above Central Park's Wollman ice skating rink on Monday and plans to stay there for 60 hours.
Wearing a safety harness attached to a crossbar, Blaine dangled by his feet from a large steel scaffold structure.
The spectacle is due to conclude on a prime-time television special Wednesday night when Blaine takes what he calls the "Dive of Death" and falls 44 feet to the ground.
"I think we can really, when put in any situation, I think we can really adapt to it," Blaine told Reuters. He answered questions after being lowered close to the ground for a brief equipment check.
New York has been the scene for many Blaine stunts.
In November 2000, he spent 61 hours inside a block of ice that was situated in Times Square. Two years ago, he lived for a week underwater in an acrylic sphere in front of Lincoln Center, and in 2002, he stood atop a 90-foot (27 meter) pillar erected behind the New York Public Library for 35 hours.
Blaine also lived for 44 days inside a transparent box suspended over the Thames River in London in fall 2003.
"I like to do these things because it gives me a different perspective, for a short duration. But that perspective is important to the rest of my normal existence," he said.
He will face a multitude of risks during this stunt. Doctors say the increase in blood pressure raises the risk of stroke or blindness, and gravity could restrict the blood flow to his lower extremities. Doctors will be monitoring him throughout the feat.
Blaine and his handlers were mum on details of Wednesday night's finale, giving no indication what would break his fall.
"It's a crazy ending, for sure, especially after 60 hours without sleep, plus the last 24, so it'll be 84 hours without sleep," he said.
Blaine will be without food, but will pull himself upright to drink liquids and restore circulation.
He will have control of the cables suspending him and will have front-to-back and side-to-side maneuverability. He said he will periodically lower himself closer to ground to interact with fans during the stunt.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Chicken-footed duck scared of water
Chicken-footed duck scared of water
Ananova - Chicken-footed duck scared of water: "A Chinese farmer is baffled after he bought a duck that has feet like a chicken and is scared of water.
Curious villagers in Huangjin village, Xicheng town, are flocking to the home of Fu Haiwen to see the duck.
Fu said he bought the duck in June but did not notice its unusual feet for ten days, reports Laibin News.
It was only after he noticed it acting differently to the rest of the ducks that he examined it closely and was surprised to see it did not have webbed feet.
'It never went with the other ducks to swim in the river,' he explained."
Man Successfully Used a $200 bill
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87 Million Year-Old Praying Mantis Found
87 Million Year-Old Praying Mantis Found
It is a rare find indeed and its true significance is still to be deciphered.
Discovered in January of this year by Kazuhisa Sasaki, director of the Kuji Amber Museum, the fossil mantis measures 0.5 inch (1.4 centimeters) from its antennae to the tip of its abdomen.
It was found buried more than six feet below the surface of an amber mine in a part of Japan that is famous for producing large amounts of amber, the northeastern Iwate Prefecture.
“I found it in a deposit that had lots of other insects—ancient flies, bees, and cockroaches—but this was the only praying mantis” said Sasaki.
According to Kyoichiro Ueda, executive curator of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History, it is the oldest mantis fossil ever found in Japan and only one of seven in the entire world from the Cretaceous Period.
Even more unique is the fact that this mantis is different from the other six, in that it has two spines protruding from its femur and it has mysterious, tiny hairs on its forelegs.
No mantis from this particular time period has ever been found with spines, although modern mantises have five or six on their forelegs, which help them catch prey.
“The years of the late Cretaceous period were a kind of transition phase between the ancient and modern worlds, and this fossil displays many intermediate elements between the two eras” said Ueda.
Time alone will reveal the significance of this important find.
Illinois police arrest woman accused of bartending in the buff
DELHI, Ill. - Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested.
Sheriff's deputies doing a routine check this week at a southern Illinois bar say they discovered a not-so-routine sight.
Authorities allege that 33-year-old Janet Brannon was naked while serving bar patrons at the Cabin Tavern in Delhi.
Brannon was arrested and charged with misdemeanour public indecency. She was freed on $8,000 bond.
She was the only bar employee working at the time, so the tavern was closed Thursday
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