Police Officer Leaves Gun in Starbucks

Oopsy. Well, I guess the price of coffee is highway robbery - she was probably just making point.

A specialist armed police officer is facing investigation after leaving a loaded gun in a Starbucks cafe in central London, police said on Thursday.

The unnamed officer, who the Sun newspaper said provided personal protection for Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, forgot the weapon after she visited the coffee house last week.

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Costly Cocktail

If I could afford it I'd buy it, if I couldn't afford it and was drunk...

The Movida nightclub, a hangout of celebrities, footballers and the super-rich, has already taken some orders for a new cocktail named the Flawless - with a price of $70,000.

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Potential British PM Snubbed

This is the sort of thing that makes for a great story - at America's expense.

David Cameron, leader of the opposition party in the UK, was asked to leave the lighting of the New York Christmas tree when NBC employees thought he was a gatecrasher.

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$1 Million Bill Bounced

Maybe he forgot to endorse it?

A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for a man on Monday. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill.

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Woman Smashes into Hair Salon, Keeps Appointment

Maybe she was late?

It was a hair-raising situation when a woman's car plowed into a hair salon. One customer of Tina's Hair Pros was knocked six feet across the room when a car driven by 73-year-old Della Miller crashed into the salon's windows Wednesday, Soldotna police officer Marvin Towle said.

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"Ho Ho Ho" is a "No No No"

If they're worried about that, then what about the whole "here little girl, sit on my lap" thing?

clipped from news.yahoo.com SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday. Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported. One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute. "Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids. "We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph. "Leave Santa alone."

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Cop Tasers Themselves

I think their pride was probably hurt too!

clipped from news.yahoo.com MADISON, Wis. - A police officer has been reprimanded for accidentally discharging a Taser, causing an injury — to the police officer. According to a summary of the investigation, officers are required to make sure no air cartridges are loaded before testing the Taser gun at the start of each shift. It's the air cartridges that propel the Taser's prongs, which deliver a jolt of electricity when they strike a target. The officer's hand was injured, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

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"Loosen, Or I'll Shoot"

The amazing thing is, is that this guy was sober! Although I have to say that lug nuts do get me a little wound up sometimes.

clipped from news.yahoo.com SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said. The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said. From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.

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Truck Gets Stuck

I knew those GPS things had a sense of humor!

LONDON (AFP) - A Czech lorry driver was stranded for three nights in south-west England after his satellite navigation system directed him down a narrow country lane, British newspapers reported Friday.

Yuri Odenhai, 45, was on his way to pick up a cargo of televisions from a depot in the county of Devon when his 40-tonne truck became stuck fast on a sharp bend near the village of Ivybridge, east of Plymouth.

The trucker's company, Kohlman and Hasek, refused to pay for an expensive recovery operation at the weekend, meaning the 50-foot (15-metre) long, eight-feet wide truck remained wedged in place.

Newspapers said Odenhai had tried to ask for directions before following the sat-nav down the lane but his English was not up to scratch and he could not make himself understood.

The lorry was eventually towed out by a tractor after a tree surgeon cut away surrounding vegetation.

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Burglar Leaves Toddler Behind

Way too many criminals on this blog; but when you leave a two-year old at the scene of the crime...

Police are looking for a suspect that was identified by the two-year old he was baby-sitting.

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Thief Leaves Behind His Own Picture

Well, he had to see if the thing he was stealing was any good!

Police investigating the theft of a camera from a store in Connecticut were surprised to find the thief had left a picture of himself on a display model.

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Men Feel the Need to Drive Fast

So young men drive fast; now we know. What are they going to waste money on next? Is the sky blue? Is grass green?

clipped from news.yahoo.com GENEVA (AFP) - Young men drive fast because speed is perceived as inherently male, a team of Swiss and German researchers claimed in a study released on Monday. The scientists at the Universities of Zurich, Neuchatel and Heidelberg found that men who were exposed to a "typically male environment" drove "significantly" faster than when they were in female or neutral environments. The study was prompted by concern about the high proportion of young men involved in road accidents linked to speeding. Schmid Mast said the results were statistically significant. "The link between a macho attitude and aggressive driving has often been evoked but it hadn't been demonstrated," she told AFP.

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