`A death-row inmate held in solitary confinement in Vietnam for almost a year is pregnant and is seeking a pardon to give birth, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Lao Dong newspaper quoted a police doctor as saying tests in September confirmed that convicted heroin trafficker Nguyen Thi Oanh, 39, was then 11 weeks pregnant.
The report said it was the first time that a death-row prisoner had become pregnant in Vietnam and that police were investigating how it had happened.’
‘Someone has brilliantly taken a bunch of clips of girls running and jumping on the Price is Right. I guess this is Bob Barker meets Baywatch.’
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‘Doing a hand stand down the stair case seems like a really good idea right? It turned out to be a very painful decision.’
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`An enormous ring of superconducting magnets similar to a particle accelerator could fling satellites into space, or perhaps weapons around the world, suggest the findings of a new study funded by the US air force. [..]
The tunnel would direct the cone to a ramp angled at 30° to the horizon, where the cone would launch towards space at about 8 kilometres per second, or more than 23 times the speed of sound. A rocket at the back end of the cone would be used to adjust its trajectory and place it in a proper orbit.’
`An Australian researcher using high-tech software has found the tiny missing article in Neil Armstrong’s declaration as he became the first human to step onto the moon’s surface.
[..] Armstrong always insisted he had intended to say: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”, and he and NASA believed that he had. [..]
Now Sydney researcher Peter Shann Ford says he has the technological proof that Armstrong said the critical “a”.’
`Angus MacDougall is a three-year-old terrier mix that has recently been blessed with the revered and holy image of Jesus Christ on his hindquarters. Is this manifestation of The Prince of Peace a coincidence or a bona fide miracle? One thing is for certain, this apparition of the Son of God is sure to inspire controversy. Not much if any true scientific or theological inquiry has been made into the nature of this sign to date, but “seeing is believing” as little Angus’ terrier-tush is obviously marked by the likeness of Christ.’
`Reclusive North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct its first-ever nuclear test, blaming a U.S. “threat of nuclear war and sanctions” for forcing its hand.
The statement by North Korea’s foreign ministry, which was carried on the official KCNA News Agency, was immediately condemned by Japan as called “totally unforgivable.”
Its announcement capped weeks of rumors that the Stalinist state was planning a test and came amid increasingly bitter relations with the outside world after it test-fired missiles in July.’
‘A couple of old bags beat each other with a couple of old bags. No my grandson is cuter!’
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`A woman in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse survived a car crash thanks to her silicon breasts which acted as an airbag, Standart newspaper reported Monday. [..]
“The two cars were crumpled past recognition in the crash but the woman’s silicon breasts acted as airbags and saved her life,” Standart wrote, citing eyewitness reports.
But survival as well as beauty comes at a price as the woman burst her silicon implants in the crash.’
`Greek authorities have denied knowledge of an alleged incident in which Greek officials threw illegal immigrants into the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. On Tuesday morning, some 31 illegals were plucked out of the sea near the Turkish coastal city of Izmir. They claimed that the Greek Coast Guard had thrown them into the water. They did so, said one survivor, “without even asking if we could swim,” according to Turkey’s state-owned Anatolia news agency. Six people have reportedly drowned; three are missing.
Greek officials denied the charges in general terms. “We never throw people into the sea,” said Haris Bournias, a Greek Coast Guard commander on the island of Chios. [..]’
`Police in Poland have launched a nationwide hunt for a man who farted loudly when asked what he thought of the president.
Hubert Hoffman, 45, was charged with “contempt for the office of the head of state” for his actions after he was stopped by police in a routine check at a Warsaw railway station. [..]
When told to show more respect for the country’s rulers, he farted loudly and was promptly arrested.
Hoffmann was arrested and released on bail but failed to turn up at a Warsaw court early this week to be tried, and the judge in the case rejected an appeal by defence lawyers to throw the charges out. [..]
Instead the court ordered the police to start a nationwide hunt for the man, and interpol have been alerted.’
`A woman in Orange County, Fla., was injured when she ignited a fire while smoking a cigarette as she filled her car with gas, according to Local 6 News. [..]
Flames burned the gas pump and set her car on fire.
“The car is virtually ruined,” a fire official at the scene said. “(It happened) just by doing something stupid by smoking while fueling her car.”
Signs near the gas pump said “no smoking.”‘
`The mother of an 11-year-old boy said Thursday that school officials were to blame for a rattlesnake attack that injured her 11-year-old.
Erik Kelly and his friends were playing football on the campus of Shephard Middle School last week when the boys started playing with the snake.
“My friend was stepping on it,” Kelly said. “And when I went and moved his foot, the snake had jumped back and bit me.” [..]
But his mother said the incident could have been prevented.’
Prevented by teaching your idiot kids not to play with rattlesnakes, I say.
`A public school is requiring detention for parents who get their kids to school late.
Under the new rule at the Manhattan School for Children, parents who don’t drop off their children by 8:25 a.m. have to pick up late slips from the principal’s office and go to the auditorium to serve 20 minutes of detention with them.’
`A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to autopsy results.
Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida following the shooting death of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Williams Thursday.
“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.’
‘While scuba diving some dude felt a little too comfortable with sharks swimming around him and decided to try and kiss one. The shark rejects the kiss and bites the mans lips off.’
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`Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he has received warnings from within the White House that the Bush administration is plotting to assassinate him or topple his left-leaning government.
Citing what he said were warnings from an alleged White House informant, Chavez told thousands of supporters at a campaign rally that President Bush has ordered him to be killed before he leaves office in 2008.
Bush “has said that before he goes, Hugo Chavez shouldn’t be the president of Venezuela,” Chavez told the crowd. “The president of the United States has said it, especially in recent days. What he doesn’t know is that I have friends in the White House.”‘
‘Alton Verm filed a “Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials” Thursday with the district regarding “Fahrenheit 451,” written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953. He wants the district to remove the book from the curriculum.
“It’s just all kinds of filth,” said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read “Fahrenheit 451.” “The words don’t need to be brought out in class. I want to get the book taken out of the class.”
He looked through the book and found the following things wrong with the book: discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, “dirty talk,” references to the Bible and using God’s name in vain. He said the book’s material goes against their religions beliefs. [..]’
`A man upset that his neighbor’s children helped break his wife’s eyeglasses is accused of trying to bomb the neighbor’s house in retaliation. David Michielsen, 27, of Hammond is charged with detonating a destructive device with intent to intimidate or destroy and manufacturing a destructive device. He faces 58 years in prison if convicted on both counts.
Police said the canister was an explosive device made from a carbon dioxide container filled with a shiny black powder.
A search of Michielsen’s home turned up a wick matching the one in the device, a pack of model rocket engines and other items believed used to make the device, police said.’
`Sheriff’s officials said the paint-ball spree began Tuesday night and continued into the early morning hours.
When the men fired at a car about 2 a.m. near Green Hills Way on the northeastern edge of town, the occupants chased them down and pummeled one with a steel bar, sheriff’s officials said. They also smashed the paint-ball gun through the vandals’ car window and then took it with them.
The motorists fled, and deputies caught up with the two suspected vandals as they tried to leave in their car.’
‘An Ohio chiropractor who claimed to treat patients using time travel has surrendered his license to practice.
State regulators had been investigating Dr. James Burda of Athens, who said he could take care of anyone, anywhere by reaching back in time to when the injury occurred.
Burda said he discovered the skill six years ago when he hurt his own foot while driving. He said he gave the pain a command to stop and it went away.
He said he doesn’t use force to realign bones, but he uses his mind to manipulate the body. But if that doesn’t work, he said he travels back in time to fix the problem. He calls the practice Bala-Keem. State medical officials call it malpractice.’
‘Watch this unlucky shot. This is a professional tournament and this final shot was to win the game.’
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`When Bobby Akien forced himself on women, he made his victims clear him in writing afterward, police say.
But his legal strategy backfired. Authorities say it helped him get caught. [..]
Police say he sneaked into her bedroom early Saturday morning and forced her to have sex while he concealed his identity. Later, detectives say, he ordered the girl to write a letter saying she had sex consensually on that day.
Then he left with the letter and her house key.’
‘Sony may be forced out of the battery manufacturing business after today announcing a global product recall for batteries it has manufactured, Dow Jones reports. [..]
According to a statement issued by Sony, “Sony Corporation will initiate a global replacement program for certain battery packs that utilize Sony-manufactured lithium ion cells used by notebook computer manufacturers in order to address concern related to recent over-heating incidents,” the company said in a statement.’
‘Some big guys car breaks down and while he pushes it to the nearest gas station his pants keep falling off.’
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`A man showed up Thursday for his preliminary hearing in Greensburg wearing a crisp dress shirt and a snappy tie — just like his attorney wanted — and a box on his head.
Yes, that’s right: a blue-and-white cardboard carton that covered his head and had two eyeholes cut in it so he could see. [..]
Box Man’s attorney, Jeff Leonard, said he decided that wearing the box would be in his client’s best interest. It literally was part of his defense, the attorney explained.
“I’m trying to think outside of the box, so to speak,” the lawyer said. [..]
Box Man’s case apparently did reach a conclusion. And he left the courthouse, with no comment coming from the box.’
`There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies.
A glass of deer penis juice amongst food on a table at the restaurant (Photo credit: Stefan Gates)
Many of the restaurant’s guests are wealthy businessmen
The dish in front of me is grey and shiny.
“Russian dog,” says my waitress Nancy.
“Big dog,” I reply.
“Yes,” she says. “Big dog’s penis…”‘
