Archive for November, 2008
US officials fail test of Amerian history, economics, civics
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.
Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled [...]
Filed in: General
Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald’s get online
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Here’s some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.
Phillip Sherman of Arkansas learned that lesson after he left his phone behind at a McDonald’s restaurant and the photos ended up online. Now he and his wife, Tina, [...]
Filed in: Lifestyle & Relationships
‘Granny Robber’ suspect
CINCINNATI – Police in Ohio have arrested a 68-year-old woman on a bank robbery charge — and they want to know if she’s the so-called “Granny Robber” they’ve been seeking since last May.
Police in the southwest Ohio town of Franklin say a woman handed a note to a teller in [...]
Filed in: Lifestyle & Relationships
We seek snitches
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Albuquerque Police Department has turned to the want ads for snitches.
An ad this week in the alternative newspaper The Alibi asks “people who hang out with crooks” to do part-time work for the police.
It reads in part: “Make some extra cash! Drug use and criminal [...]
Filed in: General
China zoo Panda bites student
BEIJING – A college student in southern China was bitten by a panda after he broke into the bear’s enclosure hoping to get a hug, state media and a park employee said Saturday.
The student was visiting Qixing Park with classmates on Friday when he jumped the 6.5-foot (2-meter) -high fence around [...]
Filed in: Lifestyle & Relationships, World
Fat People Entitled to 2 Airline Seats
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are “functionally [...]
Filed in: Health & Wellness, Travel & Leisure
Suspect arrested for greasy imprints
OMAHA, Neb. – Police have arrested a man suspected of leaving greasy, graphic imprints on the windows of stores, churches and schools in a small Nebraska town. A 35-year-old man was caught in the act by police early Wednesday morning, Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott said Friday. The man hasn’t [...]
Filed in: Crafts
Boo! Revelers celebrate the spookiest of holidays
A parade-goer in a monster mask marches in Greenwich Village’s Halloween parade, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 in New York.
Filed in: General
Dog shows up 1,000 miles away in Illinois
RACINE, Wis. – A Maltese dog named Max is headed home to Florida after he was spotted in Chicago — 1,000 miles from where he vanished.
Richard Gonzalez had reported a pet theft after Max disappeared several months ago from his daughter’s yard in Brandon, Fla.
Gonzalez says he thought that Max [...]
Filed in: Uncategorized
Brazil sets rules for its official cocktail
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – So how do you make Brazil’s national cocktail?
Maybe you’d better call a lawyer.
Brazil’s government has published legal guidelines insisting that a caipirinha must be made just so: It’s mostly the sugarcane liquor called cachaca. And you can add at [...]
Filed in: Uncategorized
Drivers in Wales find translator out of the office
LONDON – In English, the road sign was just fine, warning drivers that the route ahead is not suitable for heavy trucks.
But the translation in Welsh didn’t work so well. “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated,” it said.
Swansea Council says the [...]
Filed in: Education & Training
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