Posted in Astonishing, Bad Cops, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Caught, Crime, Funny, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Oddly, Terrible, To Ponder, Transportation, Weird, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 26 July, 2008 | No Comments »
MIAMI — Police have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of stealing at least three county buses and driving them on their routes.
James L. Harris is charged with three counts each of third-degree grand theft and burglary of an occupied conveyance, WPLG-TV reported.
The most recent theft occurred Tuesday, when he was arrested and charged.
According to Miami-Dade [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Crime, Emergency, Entertainment, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Life & Death, Media, Morons, Ranting, Shocking, Terrible, Weird, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 25 July, 2008 | No Comments »
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A man who had threatened a Christian radio station was shot and killed by police Friday after he fired at officers with a rifle and tried to run them over with his sport utility vehicle, authorities said.
WTLR station manager Mark VanOuse said the station received a tip around 10 a.m. that [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Celebrities, Communication, Crime, International, Lost & Found, Morons, Royal Family, Shocking, Wow on Friday, 25 July, 2008 | No Comments »
Britain’s Prince Harry, briefly dumped by his girlfriend last year over compromising text messages, was breathing a sigh of relief on Friday after being reunited with a cell phone stolen in Lesotho.Sources in the Lesotho Defence Force, who have been providing Harry with security during his ongoing visit to the landlocked African kingdom, have revealed [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Entertainment, Impressive, Investigation, Lost & Found, NASA, Nature, Science, Space Exploration, To Ponder, Wow, Writings on Friday, 25 July, 2008 | No Comments »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.
The findings should help [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Caught, Emergency, Horrific, International, Investigation, Shocking, Terrible, Transportation, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 25 July, 2008 | No Comments »
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious “explosive decompression,” officials said.
There were no injuries, but some passengers vomited after disembarking the Boeing 747-400, said Octavio Lina, Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations.
The cabin’s floor [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Business, Caught, Computers & Technology, Government, Investigation, Morons, Ranting, Sexual, Shocking, Terrible, Transportation, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 | No Comments »
CHICAGO - When travelers go to the airport, they know what kind of security to expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections.
It’s all part of our post 9-11 reality enforced by the Transportation Security Adminstration. But as CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports, thousands of travelers have complained that some of these screenings can [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Impressive, Lost & Found, Money, Oddly, Shocking, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 21 July, 2008 | No Comments »
$20,000 Diamond Earrings Found In NYC Landfill
NEW YORK (AP) ― Diamonds in the rough? Try a $20,000 pair of the glinting gems in a reeking truckload of trash.
A Staten Island jeweler got her 3-carat diamond earrings back after she, her husband and city sanitation employees sorted through a heap of garbage.
“It’s a miracle [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Crime, International, Lost & Found, Money, Morons, Oddly, Weird, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 21 July, 2008 | No Comments »
A package of baby diapers yielded an unlikely load in Mexico on Friday, according to the defense ministry: nearly half a million dollars in cash.Soldiers conducting a routine check “found in a tractor-trailer a packet of diapers containing 490,300 dollars,” the ministry said in a statement.
It said that the cash was likely a stash of [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Children, Family, Impressive, Life & Death, Nature, Shocking, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 21 July, 2008 | No Comments »
LICHTENBERG, Germany - Different coloured twins were born in Germany’s town of Lichtenberg, the British Daily Mail newspaper reports. Although they come from a mixed couple, doctors say the case is one in a million. Their mother Florence comes from Ghana while father Stephan is German.
One of the newly born brothers, Ryan, is light-skinned, and [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Caught, Emergency, Investigation, Search & Rescue, Terrible, Transportation, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 19 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CHICAGO — A Mexicana Airlines flight overshot a runway while landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Friday night and struck a safety barrier, injuring a flight attendant, authorities said.
Flight 802 was arriving from Mexico City just after 7 p.m. when it was stopped by a barrier of lightweight, crushable concrete blocks, authorities said.
The safety barrier, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Awards, Britney Spears, Caught, Celebrities, Children, Decision, Entertainment, Family, Wow on Friday, 18 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has agreed to hand the parenting reins over to Kevin Federline.
K-Fed’s longtime attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, exclusively tells E! News the divorced duo have reached a settlement in their long-gestating custody case.
According to the agreement signed by all parties, Federline gets sole legal and physical custody of sons Sean Preston [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Politicians, Capitol Hill, Caught, Communication, Hypocrisy, In Their Own Words, Morons, Ranting, Terrible, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WASHINGTON — President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days of [...]
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Posted in Animals & Wildlife, Astonishing, Caught, Lost & Found, Nature, Oddly, Weird, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 | No Comments »
GORHAM, Maine (AP) — A Gorham woman got the shock of her life when she found an 8-foot snake mixed in with clothes in her washing machine.
The snake, identified as a reticulated python, somehow got into the water pipes of Mara Ranger’s 1800s-era farmhouse and slithered into the machine. After Ranger took her blue jeans [...]
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A part-albino Golden Eagle has been found in Southern Colorado and 850KOA has obtained exclusive, copyright photos of the bird just before he was transferred to the Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo.
The male eagle is thin and is being treated for parasites. The eagle’s feathers are in such poor condition that it cannot [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Campaigns & Elections, Caught, Communication, Family, Government, In Their Own Words, Morons, Political, Ranting, Relationships, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON — What gets under Barack Obama’s skin? Criticism of his wife, Michelle Obama.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, Obama said attacks on his wife are “infuriating.” The likely Democratic presidential nominee blamed the conservative press for going after his wife as if she were the candidate.
“If they have a difference with me on policy, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Business, Business, Dictators, Hypocrisy, International, Investigation, Morons, Oil & Gas, Ranting, Scams & Scandals, Terrible, To Ponder, Writings, You've GOT to be Kidding on Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 | No Comments »
OPEC is an acronym for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OPEC was formed in 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq with five founding member countries. Currently OPEC is a cartel composed of 11 oil producing countries. Current member countries include: Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
OPEC’s stated purpose [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Teachers, Caught, Children, Crime, Education, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Morons, Relationships, Schools, Sexual, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Students, Terrible, To Ponder, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 14 July, 2008 | No Comments »
SAN DIEGO - Grossmont Union High School District Governing Board President Larry Urdahl still can’t believe that four Helix High School teachers violated students’ trust by allegedly engaging in inappropriate relationships with them.
That’s why the board wants the charter school to give them evidence it’s curing these types of problems.
“This is not about the Grossmont [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Breaking News, Celebrities, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Political, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Wellness, You've GOT to be Kidding on Saturday, 12 July, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON — Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.
“America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,” President Bush said in a statement from Camp [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Bad Business, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Business, Caught, Computers & Technology, Decision, Entertainment, Media, Morons, Oddly, Photography, Ranting, Shocking, Signs of the Times, Terrible, To Ponder, WWW, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 11 July, 2008 | No Comments »
LONDON - Plans by Google to photograph millions of British homes and publish them online have been condemned as a ‘gross invasion of privacy’.
The internet giant’s StreetView website will allow anyone in the world to type in a UK address or postcode and instantly see a 360-degree picture of the street.
It will include close-ups of [...]
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Posted in Alert, Animals & Wildlife, Astonishing, Caught, Investigation, Lost & Found, Nature, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 11 July, 2008 | No Comments »
EDGARTOWN (WBZ) ― The beaches on Martha’s Vineyard are open again after two Great White shark sightings, but beach officials are going to be on high alert as hundreds of kids hit the water for a sailboat regatta.
Harbormaster Charlie Blair said 300 kids will be racing on Friday as part of Edgartown Race [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Caught, Communication, Decision, Funny, Government, Illegal Immigration, Impressive, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Ranting, To Ponder, Wow on Friday, 11 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OMAHA - A proposed law aimed at banishing illegal immigrants from Fremont, Neb. — believed to be the first such city-sponsored initiative in the state — has sparked an outcry from a state agency that advocates for Latinos.
Though Fremont’s appears to be the state’s first elected city council to propose an ordinance that would ban [...]
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Guests at an Israeli wedding hall can now insert a credit card into a machine at its entrance, tap in a sum and leave a gift for the bride and groom.
“It’s new in Israel and the world,” Aya Alon Kaufman of the Gan Oranim hall in Tel Aviv said on Israel’s Channel [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Banking & Finance, Business, Government, Lost & Found, Money, Terrible, To Ponder, Wealth, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 11 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street sank further into a bear market Friday as investors dumped stocks in response to troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and oil’s continuing climb into record territory. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points and slid below the 11,000 mark for the first time [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Dictators, Drugs & Alcohol, Heroes, History, Horrific, Impressive, Inspiring, Investigation, Lost & Found, Search & Rescue, Shocking, Wellness, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 3 July, 2008 | No Comments »
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — With little fanfare, three American hostages rescued from leftist guerillas in Colombia returned safely to the United States, more than five years after their plane went down in rebel-held jungle.
The men didn’t wave to reporters or bend down to kiss the ground upon their return late Wednesday. They simply [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Communication, Emergency, Horrific, Investigation, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Morons, Oddly, Search & Rescue, Shocking, Terrible, To Ponder, Video, Weird, Wellness, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 | No Comments »
LOS ANGELES - A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal.
Edith Isabel Rodriguez, 43, died of a perforated bowel on May 9 at [...]
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