Archive for April, 2007
Miss Mexico nixes violent images dress
Miss Mexico is redesigning her Miss Universe pageant dress — not because it is too slinky or low-cut, but because it is too violent.
The floor-length dress, belted by bullets and accented by sketches of hangings during Mexico’s Roman Catholic uprising in the 1920s, outraged Mexicans who [...]
Filed in: Entertainment
Angry soccer mom accused of neglect
An angry soccer mom who left her teenage daughter alongside an interstate was ticketed for neglect, Lincoln police said Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell confirmed this account from police reports:
The 42-year-old Lincoln mom was miffed about her daughter’s poor play on Saturday.
On [...]
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Man sentenced over cat rescue shooting
A man who shot at firefighters after they refused to get his cat out of a tree has been sentenced to five months in jail. Jeffrey Francis Cullen, 59, of Kingman, was also ordered to be on intensive probation for five years as part of his sentence, handed down Friday by Mohave County Superior Court Judge [...]
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Wisconsin law hinders lewd library case
A law protecting library records’ confidentiality has hamstrung officials pursuing a man who reportedly masturbated among the books at the Neenah Public Library earlier this month. City Attorney James Godlewski said the library can’t turn a surveillance video of the man over to police without [...]
Filed in: Education & Training
Stuffed monkey leads cops to drug arrest
An Arkansas State Police trooper suspected monkey business when he spotted a large stuffed animal perched atop the dashboard of a pickup truck on the interstate.
A trooper driving down Interstate 40 near Forrest City on Monday spotted a truck with much of its windshield blocked by a large, stuffed monkey, [...]
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Genie shows barred by Islam, clerics say
Malaysian Islamic scholars have called for a halt to popular exhibitions billed as featuring ghosts, genies and other supernatural beings, saying they are forbidden and could undermine the faith of devout Muslims.
Many Malaysians are willing to suspend disbelief when dealing with the supernatural, and [...]
Filed in: Crafts
Let’s hate Toronto, Canadian documentary says
The dislike of Canada’s biggest city, Toronto, in the rest of the country runs so deep that a filmmaker has made a documentary about it.
“People in Toronto are soulless, one-eyed corporate zombies,” Joey Keithley, of the Vancouver punk band D.O.A., says in the film, “Let’s [...]
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Minn. man sentenced for lewd stickers
A man accused of printing up stickers with his ex-girlfriend’s picture, phone number and the words “call me now for the best,” has been sentenced to four months in jail.
Thomas Carl Tiedeman, 62, pleaded guilty in December to a felony harassment charge, authorities said.
The Kasson [...]
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German dog plagues neighbours with loud music
A German dog locked inside a caravan turned on his absent master’s radio and left it blasting out music, setting off howls from neighbours and prompting police to cut power to the mobile home.
“The dog seems to have switched on the radio on while sniffing around, and somehow turned it up [...]
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Is Macedonia’s minister driving Beckham’s jeep?
Posted by Nick on April 13, 2007 · 5 Comments
Police in Macedonia said on Friday they were unsure whether the country’s interior minister was driving David Beckham’s stolen BMW.
“We cannot confirm that this is Beckham’s jeep,” a police spokesman said, after local media reported that minister Gordana Jankulovska’s [...]
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Police gaffe makes Muslims pray in wrong direction
A Dutch police station trying to help Muslim detainees face Mecca for their prayers painted arrows in cells pointing in the wrong direction.
The Segbroek police station in The Hague borrowed the idea of putting compass marks on ceilings from an Amsterdam hotel, the Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported on [...]
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Pieces of Titanic transformed into luxury watches
Steel and coal from the Titanic have been transformed into a new line of luxury wristwatches that claim to capture the essence of the legendary oceanliner which sank in 1912.
Geneva watchmaker Romain Jerome SA billed its “Titanic-DNA” collection as among the most exclusive pieces showcased [...]
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Hurley’s father-in-law weighs in on wedding
British model Elizabeth Hurley has not got off to a good start with her new father-in-law — he has offered to testify against her on charges of mocking Hinduism, a lawyer in the case said on Wednesday.
A few days after it was reported that he had disowned the couple because of arguments during [...]
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Top furrier says fakes are bad for your skin
Chie Imai, furrier to Japan’s royal family, wants more young women to wear the real thing, for the sake of their skin.
“Fake fur is bad for your health,” Imai told Reuters after showing vividly colored coats made of mink, lynx and other furs in Tokyo this week for the 30th anniversary [...]
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Rock classics drive motorists over limit
Want to stay safe on the roads? Then avoid listening to Guns N Roses, Meat Loaf and Bruce Springsteen behind the wheel.
The trio are among the artists featured on a top 10 of tracks that get people’s blood pumping and in the mood to drive aggressively.
Some 1,700 voters have so far responded to [...]
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