Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Bad Business, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Business, Caught, Decision, Europe, Funny, Oddly, Transportation, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 31 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Flybe has given the term low-fare airline an entirely new meaning: it is paying 172 people to fly back and forth across England and the Irish Sea to help it meet a target for passenger numbers at Norwich airport.
Flybe was narrowly falling short of a target to deliver at least 15,000 passengers [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Children, Decision, Family, Funny, In Their Own Words, Life & Death, Marriage & Divorce, Morons, Oddly, Relationships, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Terrible, To Ponder, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 31 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
These are the amazing before and after photographs of ‘pregnant man’ Thomas Beatie.
They show the 34-year-old and his ‘wife’ Nancy posing for gay magazine Odyssey in skimpy bikinis before his operation and then, just four years later, in a mocked up wedding-style picture.
The images were released as the Hawaiian native insisted his pregnancy was real [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Communication, Horrific, Investigation, Religious, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Terrible, Terrorism, To Ponder, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 31 March, 2008 | No Comments »
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday.
Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican’s newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world’s population and Catholics 17.4 percent.
“For the first time in history we are [...]
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Posted in Abortion, Astonishing, Aviation, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Caught, Children, Emergency, Horrific, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Medical, Morons, Oddly, Shocking, Terrible, Transportation, Weird, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 31 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
HOUSTON (KTRK) — A human fetus was found on a Continental airlines flight that landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport. And right now, the FBI is involved, trying to find out what happened.
Investigators say the flight was from New York to Houston late Sunday afternoon. The FBI says a cleaning crew found the [...]
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Posted in Alert, Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Communication, Crime, Dictators, Europe, Government, Horrific, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Islam, Law Enforcement, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Media, Middle East, Morons, Oddly, Racial, Ranting, Recordings, Relationships, Religious, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Television, Terrible, Terrorism, To Ponder, Video, WWW, Weapons, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 29 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned as “offensively anti-Islamic” a Dutch lawmaker’s film that accuses the Koran of inciting violence.
Ban acknowledged efforts by the government of the Netherlands to stop the broadcast of the film, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Beauty & Fashion, Caught, Horrific, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Legal, Lost & Found, Morons, Nude, Oddly, Shocking, Terrible, Terrorism, To Ponder, Transportation, Weird, Wellness, Writings, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 28 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation. “I wouldn’t wish this experience upon anyone,” Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. “My experience [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Art, Astonishing, Beauty & Fashion, Business, Decision, Entertainment, Media, Nude, Oddly, Photography, Sexual on Friday, 28 March, 2008 | 6 Comments »
MANILA (Reuters) - Playboy magazine is launching in the Philippines next month and will be targeting mature men who like well-written articles and tasteful photographs of semi-nude women.
“Maxim and FHM are called laddy magazines. We can be called a Dad magazine,” Beting Laygo Dolor, Playboy Philippines’ editor, told Reuters on Thursday.
“We are targeting a more [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Business, Banking & Finance, Caught, Decision, Funny, Money, Oddly, Shocking, Terrible, Water, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 28 March, 2008 | No Comments »
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man embroiled in a dispute over his water bill is not being allowed to pay off his debt with a check written on toilet paper.
Ron Borgna tried to settle his $2,509.66 bill with a check written on floral print, two-ply toilet paper Wednesday.
The disagreement began in [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Business, Computers & Technology, Decision, Entertainment, Impressive, Photography, WWW, Wow on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | No Comments »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.
San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online.
While Photoshop is designed for trained professionals, Adobe [...]
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Posted in Advertising, Caught, Celebrities, Collectibles, Decision, Europe, Marriage & Divorce, Nude, Photography, Relationships on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | No Comments »
PARIS (Reuters) - A nude portrait of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife Carla Bruni will go under the hammer in New York next month, according to auctioneers Christie’s.
The 13 x 10 1/8 inch gelatin silver black and white photograph was taken in 1993, when Bruni was one of the world’s top fashion models, and is [...]
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Posted in Caught, Celebrities, Communication, Entertainment, Funny, In Their Own Words, Music, Ranting, Recordings, Relationships, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | No Comments »
DETROIT (Billboard) - Sheryl Crow’s recent claim that she would be working with Fleetwood Mac surprised a lot of people — including the members of the classic rock group.
Crow, 46, who’s friendly with Mac’s Stevie Nicks, told the AOL music website Spinner.com earlier this month that she and the band “definitely [...]
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Posted in Alert, Bad Politicians, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Decision, Government, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Liberalism, Money, Political, Ranting, Relationships on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asking her to retract her comments on superdelegates and stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.
The 20 prominent Clinton supporters told Pelosi she should “clarify” recent statements [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Legal, Lost & Found, Oddly, Science, Space Exploration, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | No Comments »
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A shepherd is suing Russia’s space agency for compensation after he said a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a space rocket fell into his yard, just missing his outdoor toilet.
Boris Urmatov, who is asking for 1 million roubles ($42,000) from the Roskosmos agency, lives in a small village that lies underneath [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Caught, Life & Death, Lost & Found, NASA, Science, Space Exploration, To Ponder on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The basic ingredients for life — warmth, water and organic chemicals — are in place on Saturn’s small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes erupting off its surface.
The scientists described observations made by the Cassini spacecraft when it flew over the surface of Enceladus on [...]
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Herb Peterson, who invented the ubiquitous Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald’s restaurants, has died, a Southern California McDonald’s official said Wednesday. He was 89.
Peterson died peacefully Tuesday at his Santa Barbara home, said Monte Fraker, vice president of operations for McDonald’s restaurants in that city.
He began [...]
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Posted in Age, Animals & Wildlife, Astonishing, Bad Business, Caught, Children, Decision, Entertainment, Europe, Horrific, Life & Death, Morons, Oddly, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 26 March, 2008 | No Comments »
PETINA, Italy - Police have closed down a circus in southern Italy after a terrified 19-year-old woman was forced to swim in a tank full of piranha fish while her younger sister endured the company of snakes and tarantulas.
Three men have been arrested and charged with holding the Bulgarian women in slavery and breaching [...]
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Posted in Age, Astonishing, Caught, Crime, Funny, Law Enforcement, Morons, Oddly, Sexual, Shocking, Terrible, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 26 March, 2008 | No Comments »
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
MANATEE COUNTY - Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.
In the case of Frank Milio, prosecutors have issued subpoenas and plan to take him to trial in April.
Milio, according to police records, tried to pay $20 in November to an undercover officer [...]
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Posted in American Idol, Astonishing, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Buildings, Caught, Celebrities, Collectibles, Entertainment, Impressive, Wealth, Wow on Tuesday, 25 March, 2008 | No Comments »
X Factor supremo Simon Cowell cut more than a dash as he roared up in Beverly Hills, in his $1million luxury car to look at the $8million Beverly Hills mansion he is currently building.
With former model girlfriend Terri Seymour by his side, some might say that he’s absolutely living the good life.
Cowell arrived in his [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Communication, Family, Funny, Life & Death, Morons, Oddly, To Ponder, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Tuesday, 25 March, 2008 | No Comments »
BEND, Ore. — An Oregon man is five months pregnant, according to a national magazine.
Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported.
Beatie wrote the article, which includes a picture of him [...]
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Posted in Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Caught, Crime, In Their Own Words, Islam, Life & Death, Ranting, Religious, Terrible, Terrorism, Wellness on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
BROOKLYN (CBS) ― A Brooklyn rabbi is speaking out after a scary encounter with a man accused of snatching his yarmulke off his head.
Rabbi Uria Ohana’s crash course on street justice — and the justice — system continues.
“I got a call from the district attorney,” [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Banking & Finance, Business, Family, Government, Investigation, Money, Signs of the Times, Terrible, To Ponder, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nearly one in 10 Ohioans now receives food stamps, the highest number in the state’s history.
Caseloads have almost doubled just since 2001, with 1.1 million residents now collecting benefits, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Low wages, unemployment and the rising cost of groceries, gasoline and other necessities are [...]
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Posted in Alert, Anti-Americanism, Astonishing, Banking & Finance, Business, Caught, Communication, Government, Investigation, To Ponder, Wealth, Wellness, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
The United Kingdom has been ranked as one of the most stable and prosperous countries in the world, beating the United States, France and even Switzerland in a global assessment of every nation’s achievements and standards.
A one-year investigation and analysis of 235 countries and dependent territories has put the UK joint seventh in the [...]
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Posted in Bad Politicians, Communication, Crime, Drugs & Alcohol, Government, In Their Own Words, Media, Terrible, Time, To Ponder, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
ALBANY, N.Y. - David Paterson is still adding to his string of confessions.
“I tried it a couple of times,” he said in an interview with NY1 News, when asked if he had ever used cocaine.
It was his first television interview since he became governor last week.
Host Dominic Carter asked Paterson a number of questions about [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Breaking News, Caught, Communication, Computers & Technology, Crime, Government, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, Morons, Political, Recordings, Relationships, Terrible, Time, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
Detroit (WWJ) — Criminal charges were filed today against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty in connection with the “text message scandal” that has enveloped the Mayor’s office.
There are 12 criminal counts in all, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy, misconduct in office and perjury.
“It is perjury if there is lying, [...]
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Posted in Alert, Animals & Wildlife, Astonishing, Caught, Computers & Technology, Crime, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Morons, Oddly, Scams & Scandals, Shocking, Terrible, WWW, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 24 March, 2008 | No Comments »
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost an Oregon man much of what he owned.
The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the [...]
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