Posted in Alert, Caught, Emergency, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Nature, Wow on Sunday, 30 September, 2007 | No Comments »
TORONTO (AP) - A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported Sunday. There were no immediate reports of deaths, but at least eight people were missing.
The Yemeni government [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Children, Family, Life & Death, Oddly, Wow on Sunday, 30 September, 2007 | No Comments »
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil, the delivery hospital said.
Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin boys by Caesarean section on Thursday at the Santa Joana Hospital in the city of Recife, the [...]
Posted in Alert, Caught, Impressive, Nature, Wellness, Wow on Sunday, 30 September, 2007 | No Comments »
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit some 500 km (300 miles) southwest of New Zealand on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage and authorities discounted the risk of a major tsunami.
The quake occurred at around 6:24 p.m. local time, and was felt throughout the south of New [...]
Posted in Advertising, Business, Decision, Europe, History, Impressive, Money, Wow on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
LONDON (Reuters) - A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000.
Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France’s last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady [...]
Posted in Communication, Entertainment, Inspiring, Life & Death, Marriage & Divorce, Writings on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
1. Give people more than they expect, and do so cheerfully.
2. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you’d like.
3. Don’t say “I love you” unless you really mean it.
4. When you say “I’m sorry” look the person in the eye.
5. Be engaged at least six months before you get [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Celebrities, Crime, Entertainment, Investigation, Life & Death, Oddly, Shocking, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
PHOENIX (AP) - A man who agreed to plead guilty in a plot to extort more than $1 million from Tom Cruise for the actor’s stolen wedding photos was found dead in his home, authorities said.
Investigators said it appeared David Hans Schmidt, 47, who was under house arrest and faced up to two years in [...]
Posted in Awards, Business, Celebrities, Decision, Entertainment, Impressive, Media, Television, Wealth, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey keeps topping Forbes’ rankings of the rich and famous.
This is Forbes’ third go-round this year at putting Winfrey at the top of some list or other. The talk-show titan took the top spot on Forbes.com’s list of “The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment” in January; six months later, she [...]
Posted in Caught, Crime, Decision, Law Enforcement, Life & Death, Medical, Morons, Relationships, Sexual, Time on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
ADELAIDE, Australia - An HIV-positive man who insisted that there was no clear evidence that the virus caused Aids was sentenced to nine years in prison for having unprotected sex with three women.
A South Australia state supreme court jury convicted Andre Chad Parenzee, 36, in January on three counts of endangering life by having unprotected [...]
Posted in Anti-Americanism, Aviation, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Caught, Government, Impressive, Law Enforcement, Life & Death, Military, Terrorism, Weapons, Wow on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military confirmed on Saturday it carried out an air strike in the Doura district of southern Baghdad on Friday, saying it had targeted men firing mortars into a neighboring area.
“Coalition forces surveillance elements observed a group of men setting up and firing mortars in the Doura neighborhood of southern Baghdad. [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Children, Decision, Education, Frivolous, Morons, Political Correctness, Schools, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Students, Terrible, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) - Schools just say no to bullying and fighting, but hugging? CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that a local middle school wants the embracing to stop.
“Last year we would see maybe as many as 10 students on one side (of the hallway), 10 on the other and [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Crime, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Morons, Movies, Recordings, Search & Rescue, Sexual, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 29 September, 2007 | No Comments »
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — When a homemade videotape showing a young girl being sexually assaulted surfaced, authorities took the unusual step of releasing information about the child in hopes that someone would recognize her.
They gave the media a first name for the girl, whose haunting face could be seen in the video in which [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Morons, Political, Racial, Shocking, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
DURHAM, New Hampshire (MTV) - Edwards: ‘Pretty Soon We’re Not Going to Have a Young African-American Male Population in America.’
Asked about what he could do about “inner-city kids partaking in violence” at the MTV/MySpace Forum yesterday, Democratic candidate John Edwards offered an apocalyptic prediction for young black males:
“We cannot build enough prisons to solve this [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Banking & Finance, Business, Money, Wow on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | No Comments »
NEW YORK - The dollar hit a record low against major currencies and gold reached a 27-year high on Friday as investors ignored data suggesting that inflation moderated last month.
Analysts said the prospect of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and stronger growth outside the US was weighing on the dollar and boosting commodities.
“The Fed’s [...]
Posted in Age, Astonishing, Beauty & Fashion, Caught, Celebrities, Decision, Entertainment, Marriage & Divorce, Relationships, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | No Comments »
With eight marriages under her belt, one would think another trip down the aisle would be the last thing on Elizabeth Taylor’s mind.
But the screen legend has sparked rumours she could be preparing to tie the knot for a ninth time after publicly declaring her love for her new beau.
On her first official outing with [...]
Posted in Age, Astonishing, Caught, Children, Emergency, Europe, Family, Impressive, Inspiring, Life & Death, Medical, Nature on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | No Comments »
When she was born, 15 weeks premature and weighing ten and a half ounces, her father’s confidence was about the only thing on Kimberly Mueller’s side. In the few snatched moments he was allowed before his daughter was whisked away by doctors, Andreas Mueller spoke from his heart.
“I whispered to her: ‘Kimberly, you’ll make it,’” [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Buildings, Caught, Celebrities, Decision, Entertainment, Family, Funny, Morons, Oddly, Paranormal, Religious, Science, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | No Comments »
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is planning to build a bunker at his Colorado home to protect his family in the event of an intergalactic alien attack, according to new reports.
The Mission Impossible actor, who is a dedicated follower of Scientology, is reportedly fearful that deposed galactic ruler ‘Xenu’ is plotting an evil revenge attack on [...]
Posted in Awards, Crime, Decision, Government, Legal, Life & Death on Friday, 28 September, 2007 | No Comments »
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man condemned for killing his parents avoided the nation’s busiest death chamber Thursday night when he won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, which had already agreed to review another state’s lethal injection procedures.
Attorneys for Carlton Turner Jr., 28, had appealed to the high court hoping that its [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Bad Cops, Caught, Crime, Law Enforcement, Morons, Oddly, Ranting, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 27 September, 2007 | No Comments »
MORRISVILLE - When Morrisville police officer Chris Gill handed him a ticket, Kent Kauffman coughed. Next thing Kauffman knew, Gill was charging him with assault on a government official.Gill contends Kauffman intentionally coughed on him three times. According to Gill’s report, Kauffman looked into the officer’s eyes before “hacking” in his face, Morrisville spokeswoman Stacie [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Breaking News, Communication, Decision, Government, History, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Middle East, Military, Shocking, Terrorism, To Ponder, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 27 September, 2007 | No Comments »
Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night.
Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for £500million ($1billion).
The extraordinary offer was revealed yesterday in a transcript of talks in February 2003 between George Bush and the then Spanish Prime [...]
Posted in Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Caught, Crime, Decision, Frivolous, Funny, Government, Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement, Legal, Morons, Oddly, Shocking, Weird, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 27 September, 2007 | No Comments »
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ten Hispanic immigrants filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Connecticut city, its mayor and police chief, and federal agents who led a crackdown on illegal immigration last year.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, claims the arrests violated the civil rights of nine workers and a [...]
Posted in Art, Astonishing, Beauty & Fashion, Caught, Decision, Entertainment, In Their Own Words, Nude, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Photographer Oliviero Toscani on Wednesday defended his images of a nude anorexic woman appearing in magazines and on billboards across Italy in a campaign to raise awareness about the disease.
Toscani, known for his hard-hitting ad campaigns for the Italian clothing company Benetton, dismissed suggestions that anorexic girls would look to the French actress shown in [...]
Posted in Buildings, Business, Decision, Government, Military on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 | No Comments »
CORONADO, Calif. - The Navy will spend as much as $600,000 to modify a 40-year-old barracks complex that resembles a swastika from the air, a gaffe that went largely unnoticed before satellite images became easily accessible on the Internet.
The Navy said officials noted the buildings’ shape after the groundbreaking in 1967 but decided against changing [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Children, Impressive, Medical, Nature, Oddly, Shocking, Weight, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
SIBERIA, Russia - A Russian woman who gave birth to her 12th child — doing more than her fair share to stem Russia’s population decline — was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb).
Nadia was delivered by caesarean section in the local maternity hospital in the Altai [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Bad Cops, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Caught, Crime, Funny, Illegal Immigration, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Morons, Oddly, Shocking, Transportation, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 | No Comments »
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico.
Police in the Mexican border city of Mexicali said on Tuesday the three boys had been driving a pick-up truck on a [...]
Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Decision, Hypocrisy, Morons, Oddly, Religious, Wow on Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday.
The Rev. J. Gaston Hebert, the diocese administrator, said he notified the nuns of the decision [...]
