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 Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full (AP) AP - A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled. People from across the country called Attleboro City Hall on Tuesday offering to pay the 1 cent balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for an overdue water and sewer bill. Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch (Reuters)
Kangaroo genes close to humans (Reuters)
New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (AP) AP - A newly elected constable was questioned by sheriff's deputies after allowing a friend to fire his county-issued handgun into the air at a party. Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest (Reuters)
Top Japan anti-drink cop caught drunk driving (Reuters) Reuters - A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence, police said on Tuesday. German lawmaker apologises for blocking Wikipedia (Reuters) Reuters - A member of parliament who got a court order blocking online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in Germany for two days because of entries linking him to communist-era security police apologised Tuesday for overreacting. Couple pays $200 for "special" samosas (Reuters)
Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song (AP) AP - He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police. Pudgiest pets compete in slimming contest (Reuters)
Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river (AP) AP - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday. Parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker (Reuters) Reuters - Lithuania's newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel. Sumo-Happy hunter Asashoryu plots New Year ring return (Reuters) Reuters - Volatile grand champion Asashoryu will not return to the ring until the New Year despite being fit enough to hunt and cook wild animals in the Mongolian mountains. Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer in North Carolina (AP) AP - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son — and used a Taser on him in the process. Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex (AP) AP - Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex. China farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial (Reuters) Reuters - A farmer in northern China found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger after collecting a cash reward from wildlife authorities, has been handed a lighter sentence on appeal, local media said on Tuesday. World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo (Reuters) Reuters - Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday were mourning the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear. Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat (AP) AP - Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees. Dallas Animal Shelter manager Kent Robertson said the man found his missing gray and blue short-haired cat at the shelter, where it had been brought by someone who thought it was a stray. Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich (AP) AP - A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off. Gaffe-prone Japan PM apologises over doctor remark (Reuters) Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso apologised Wednesday for appearing to insult doctors, an important political interest group, by saying many of them lack common sense. Increase Web Traffic |
