Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Grandma Hides Cocaine in Bra

She has not yet been charged for the two stolen TVs, stolen DVR and illegal immigrant also found in the bra.

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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - Broward County authorities said a grandmother was arrested for hiding cocaine in her bra during a drug raid in Oakland Park. Eight others were also arrested Friday at or near the home of Henrietta Corvin Daise, 62. Many of them were her grandchildren.

In this undated police photo provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office, Henrietta Corvin Daise is shown. Authorities say the 62-year-old  grandmother was arrested for hiding cocaine in her bra during a drug raid in Oakland Park, Fla. Eight others were also arrested Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 at or near Daise's  home, many of them were her grandchildren. (AP Photo/Broward Sheriff's Office, HO)

The Broward County Sheriff's Office said deputies conducted a search warrant on her home and found Daise with powder cocaine stuffed in her bra. Deputies also found 20 crack cocaine rocks, four grams of powder cocaine, marijuana and $1,000 in cash.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Holmes Discovers Churchill is a Fake

There are a number of people I wished were fictitious but this is a bit bad.
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LONDON (AFP) -
Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

Undated picture of Sir Winston Churchill making the victory sign.  Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.(AFP/OFF/File)


The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.


And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.


Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Salami Captures Thief

You should always remember to take your salami with you!

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BERLIN (Reuters) -
German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his
DNA at a crime scene, police said Thursday.

A Bulgarian cook cuts slices from a large Mortadela salami in central Sofia, December 20, 2004. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

The 37-year-old Romanian man is accused of breaking into a workshop office in the western city of Darmstadt, stealing cash and two locks and causing damage worth around 3,400 euros ($5,055), Suedhessen police spokesman Ferdinand Derigs said.
"He didn't bring the salami with him -- it was just lying around in the office," Derigs said.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Bird Poops in Reporter's Mouth

During a live report on bird infestation a bird dropped something into a reporter's mouth as he was looking up. A whole new meaning to the phrase "potty mouth!".


Bird Poops in Reporter's Mouth

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Father and Son Have Webbed Hands

A father and son in China were both born with webbed hands. They are looking to have surgery to correct it.

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Cheeta to Write Tell All Book

Actually, it will probably be better than some other Hollywood biographies.
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Cheeta the Chimp, who co-starred in a dozen Tarzan films, is to publish his memoirs.

Cheeta with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in Tarzan the Apeman in 1932 /Rex

The chimpanzee is listed in the Guinness World Records as the oldest living non-human primate at 75.

He has taken on a literary agent and is working with a ghostwriter on a "funny, moving and searingly honest" autobiography.

Me Cheeta will be published in October. The publisher would not reveal the advance payment, but said the sum was "substantial - not bananas".

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Duck Prodigy

Obviously home schooled.

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A duck in China has become a celebrity for its singing, dancing and counting abilities.

Duck /Lu Feng

According to Dahe Daily, Bengbeng (Silly), follows its owner, Du Xinai of Xingxiang city, to the local agricultural market to buy vegetables every day, wearing a small red scarf and a pair of tiny shoes.

"If you ask him to sing, he quacks rhythmically while shaking his head and body. He quite enjoys it."

"If you put up one finger, he quacks once, then twice with two fingers, and so on."

Du says Bengbeng has become quite a star. "Everywhere he goes, people welcome him like a super star."

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Public Space Flights Coming Soon

I wonder if you have to go through immigration when you return? Technically you would have left the country, but you hadn't landed in another. Let's hope they offer air miles!

Richard Branson has unveiled plans for commercial space flights - Virgin Galactic. Over 200 people have already signed up.


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Lost Cat Turns Up in Texas

Lucky the suitcase didn't get lost!

A missing cat was found 1300 miles away after it crawled into a suitcase.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - The last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was before she took her husband to the airport. The 24-year-old came back to her house late Friday to find the bottom step, where Gracie Mae would usually be waiting, empty.

Seth Levy, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. holds his 10 month old cat, Gracie Mae at home in Palm Beach Gardens, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. The cat sneaked into Seth's suitcase for a flight to Dallas/Ft. Worth and landed in Texas. At baggage claim, another passenger mistakenly grabbed the suitcase and when he returned home Gracie Mae jumped out. The traveller brought Gracie Mae back to her owner for a return flight back home, and she is doing fine. (AP Photo/Sun-Sentinel, Rhonda Vanover)

"Hi, you're not going to believe this, but I am calling from Fort Worth, Texas, and I accidentally picked up your husband's luggage. And when I opened the luggage, a cat jumped out," Levy recalled the caller saying, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

Gracie Mae had crawled into Seth Levy's black suitcase undetected, been put through an X-ray machine, loaded onto an airplane, thrown onto a baggage claim conveyor belt and picked up by a stranger.

Carter delivered Gracie Mae to Seth Levy and the tabby made the 1,300-mile trip home on an $80 plane ticket Sunday night.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Another Reason Teenagers Hurt Their Wrists


If you can get hurt using a PC then something like the Wii could really hurt, especially if you're unfit.

British medical experts say that the Wii has caused thousands of injuries in the UK, especially among the middle-aged.

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Prince Charles In Two Places At Once

This could come in handy when playing golf!

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Prince Charles delivered a speech on the environment to the world's leaders as a hologram before vanishing into thin air.

A hologram of Prince Charles delivers a speech on the environment to world leaders in Abu Dhabi /PA pics.

The Prince was reluctant to attend the summit in person because the flights for him and his entourage would have generated an estimated 20 tons of carbon waste.

In comparison the hologram is thought to have left a carbon footprint equivalent to a lightbulb, reports the Daily Telegraph.

It meant that the Prince could be seen in two places at the same time - in Abu Dhabi and visiting a former colliery in Ayrshire.

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Monday, January 21, 2008

Thief Calls a Cab

Well, perhaps he didn't want to run his mintutes up on his mobile phone.

A thief in Wales, called a cab after he had finished ransacking the victim's house.

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