April 16, 2006
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Group Mistakenly Lists Foot Fetish Line
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The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System doesn't encourage its members to call phone sex lines. But that changed this week, thanks to a typo. |
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Serbian prisoner sews lips and tongue to avoid court hearing in robbery case
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A Serbian prisoner using needle, thread and safety pins stitched his lips and tongue together to avoid a scheduled court hearing in his robbery case, the Blic newspaper reported Saturday. |
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Diaper Dumper Strikes Again in Wisconsin
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A small stretch of this Wisconsin village might want to change its name to "Mount Unpleasant" now that the diaper dumper has struck again. |
April 15, 2006
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Bank Heist Suspects Toss Cash in Chase
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Three bank robbery suspects were arrested after tossing money and a handgun out of their speeding getaway truck in a rush-hour freeway chase. |
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Cat in Germany saves baby's life
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A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman said on Saturday. |
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Old Woman fined for crossing the road
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An 82-year-old woman has been given a £80 fine for walking too slowly. |
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Drunk driver sues truck maker
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An FBI agent who pleaded guilty to drunken driving has sued the maker of his pickup because it caught fire after he passed out behind the wheel. |
April 14, 2006
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Three-year-old glued to loo seat
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A three-year-old required hospital treatment after becoming stuck to a toilet seat in a bowling alley which had been smeared with glue. |
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Boy Sets Self on Fire in Alleged Gas Theft
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A teenage boy accidentally set himself on fire early Wednesday morning after allegedly trying to siphon gas from a firefighter's car. |
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Florida Has Big Problem: Snakes The Size Of Phone Poles
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Florida's newest problem is a creepy one, and it is roughly the circumference of a telephone pole. It has no toes. It snacks on rabbits. |
April 13, 2006
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Teen Accused of Making one thousand 911 Calls
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A teenage girl acknowledged making about 1,000 fake 911 calls from her cell phone, laughing, taunting and saying, "You can't catch me," police said Monday. |
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Fishermen blew up train
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Russian fishermen accidentally blew up a train using dynamite they planned to use to help them catch fish. |
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Clerk Defends Store By Throwing Cash At Robber
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Denver police are asking for the public's help to find a man who tried to rob a Walgreens store and got away with handfuls of cash that was thrown at him. |
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Potato gunman convicted in Sweden
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A man in central Sweden was convicted of shooting potatoes from an apartment window with a home-made gun. |
April 12, 2006
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Pizza award for humiliated worker
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The Brazilian aviation authority has been ordered to pay £10,000 and a slice of pizza to a disgruntled former employee. |
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Huge Block Of Ice Falls From Sky In Oakland
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Even the experts are having trouble explaining a solid block of ice that fell from the sky, crashed into earth and left behind a three-foot hole in the grass. |
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Can't show Brokeback Mountain in prisons
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A prison officer faces punishment for showing the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain" to inmates at the state's largest prison, a corrections department spokeswoman said. |
April 11, 2006
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British teacher loses ‘farting’ chair case
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An employment tribunal has ruled against a British teacher who claimed a noisy chair made classroom life a misery. |
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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
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A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday. |
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Porn star's offer to Bin Laden
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Italy's most famous porn star Cicciolina has offered herself to Osama Bin Laden. |
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Nerds Make Better Lovers
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It’s one of the biggest misconceptions in dating, and it’s time to get it out in the open for good. The so-called “cool” men and women out there aren’t half as good in the sack as their “nerdier” counterparts. |
April 10, 2006
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Drivers use address scam to cheat speed cameras
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Rogue drivers are evading thousands of speeding tickets by exploiting a loophole in the law that enables them to ignore roadside cameras. |
April 09, 2006
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Mom Dies After Boy's 911 Call Considered Prank
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A 6-year-old boy's 911 call for help was thought to be a prank, but the call was real and the boy's mother died, according to WDIV-TV in Detroit. |
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Three gang members tried to ambush a rival but ended up killing one of their own.
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Looks like someone failed Drive By Shooting School |
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Keep your kisses short in Tangerang
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Unrelated people who kiss each other on the lips for more than five minutes at public places in the Indonesian city of Tangerang will face arrest, local media said Friday. |
