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, 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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MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Cristobal, gained strength just off the U.S. East Coast on Saturday and gale-force winds and heavy rains were expected to lash the Carolinas as the storm grazed the shoreline on a northeasterly path.
Hurricane Bertha, meanwhile, defied cool Atlantic waters and remained a [...]
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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, 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 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, 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, 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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Posted in Caught, Crime, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Money, Morons, Scams & Scandals, Terrible, Wow on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 | No Comments »
NEW YORK — A fugitive hedge-fund swindler who had been on the lam for nearly a month since a faked suicide on a Hudson River bridge surrendered Wednesday in Massachusetts, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Samuel Israel turned himself into Southwick, Mass., police between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Suzanne Anderson, police Chief Mark Krynicki’s [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Caught, Emergency, Horrific, Life & Death, Medical, Search & Rescue, Shocking, Terrible, Trajedy, Wellness, Wow on Sunday, 29 June, 2008 | No Comments »
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A helicopter ferrying a patient with a medical emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near a northern Arizona hospital, leaving six people dead and critically injuring a nurse.
The collision Sunday east of Flagstaff Medical Center was a few hundred yards away from a neighborhood that was [...]
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Posted in Animals & Wildlife, Astonishing, Children, Emergency, Horrific, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, Wow on Sunday, 29 June, 2008 | No Comments »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police say a teenage girl taking part in a 24-hour bike race was severely injured after a grizzly bear attack.
The girl was riding early Sunday on a park trail when attacked. She used her cell phone to call 911 but was unable to communicate.
Another biker found the mauled girl around 1:30 [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Crime, Decision, Dictators, Horrific, Hypocrisy, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Money, Morons, Ranting, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 27 June, 2008 | 4 Comments »
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.
Varsha Sabhnani, 46, was convicted with her husband in December on a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude and harboring [...]
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Posted in Alert, Asia, Astonishing, Caught, Decision, Dictators, Government, International, Morons, Political, Relationships, Shocking, Terrible, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Thursday, 26 June, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Thursday lifted trade sanctions against North Korea and moved to remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
The announcement at the White House came after North Korea handed over a long-awaited [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Investigation, Lost & Found, Oddly, Terrible, Weapons, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Wednesday, 25 June, 2008 | No Comments »
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian military and police are investigating after a package containing a brand new hand grenade, belonging to the army, was found in a suburban backyard, police said on Monday.
A woman in the Western Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, discovered the suspicious package on Sunday and took it to her local police [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Emergency, Handicap, Horrific, Investigation, Lost & Found, Nature, Search & Rescue, Shocking, Terrible, Wellness, Wow on Tuesday, 24 June, 2008 | No Comments »
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autistic man who could barely speak and had wandered off without medicine for his transplanted kidney likely had just hours to live when he was found after a week in the woods, a doctor said.
Keith Kennedy, 25, was in stable and improving condition Monday, one day after being found naked, filthy, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Parents, Caught, Crime, Drugs & Alcohol, Family, Funny, Law Enforcement, Lost & Found, Morons, Oddly, Terrible, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 20 June, 2008 | No Comments »
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican woman and her three American daughters have been caught smuggling $1.16 million worth of cocaine into Texas from Mexico, a rare case of a mother and her family trafficking drugs, U.S. customs said on Friday.
The four women stashed the cocaine under their clothes and inside their 2006 Mercedes Benz [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Decision, Investigation, Life & Death, Morons, Oddly, Psychological, Terrible, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 20 June, 2008 | No Comments »
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said.
Principal Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine in a story published Wednesday that the girls confessed to making the pact [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Teachers, Caught, Crime, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Morons, Schools, Shocking, Terrible, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 20 June, 2008 | No Comments »
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) - A public school teacher preached his Christian beliefs despite complaints by other teachers and administrators and used a device to burn the image of a cross on students’ arms, according to a report by independent investigators.Mount Vernon Middle School teacher John Freshwater also taught creationism in his science class and [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Aviation, Boats, Planes, Trains & Autos, Caught, Crime, Drugs & Alcohol, Emergency, Law Enforcement, Morons, Ranting, Shocking, Terrible, Transportation, Wow, You've GOT to be Kidding on Friday, 20 June, 2008 | No Comments »
Passenger Accused Of Punching Attendant In Face, Screaming Racial Epithets
DENVER (CBS) ― An unruly JetBlue passenger from Queens who lit up a cigarette mid-flight Tuesday forced the 145-passenger flight to be diverted after she became violent and uncooperative when asked to stop smoking, CBS 2 HD has learned.
Christina Szele, 35, was arrested and charged [...]
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