Friday, May 2, 2003
Cops Arrest Abused Wife; Mistook Her for Abusive Husband
A woman who filed a domestic violence complaint was mistakenly arrested when the police came for her husband, the AP reports. After spending nearly 24 hours in jail, the double victim was released after it was discovered that her description was mistakenly listed on a warrant issued by the State...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Dogs' Crotch-Sniffing Proclivities to Be Put to Good Use
Researchers at Cambridge are working with Adenbrookes Hospital to gain funds for a 12-month trial in which Alsatians and Labradors will be trained to detect signs of prostate cancer in British men. Read the news story here. Now this concept stirs up some terrifying mental images of those exams. I...
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Creepy Wedding Antics in New Zealand
All that hanging upside down has sent the New Zealanders insane. Either that or funeral prices there are so high that the only way to have a proper funeral was to do it at the wedding. Why else would you bring your dead grandpa in his coffin to your wedding? According to the AP report, Grandpa died...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Nude Dude De-Ducted
Store owners called the fire department when a disembodied voice was heard in the back storage room. The firemen who responded heard a muffled voice coming from the ductwork, so they dismantled part of it, letting a man clad only in socks slide out. According to the AP report, the man said that...
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New Manager Celebrates by Strangling Duck!
There's a fascinating item on the menu at Paris's La Tour d'Argent, and on Tuesday, the one-millionth serving of this delicacy will be celebrated with rare wines and fireworks above the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Only140 select guests will be admitted to the celebratory feast. What is this rare and...
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Monday, April 28, 2003
Bizarre Theft: Why on Earth Would You Steal That?!
I've wondered about thieves ever since I was about 10, when someone broke into our home and stole six large cans of Crisco, all the hamburger in the freezer, and my mother's giant-size laundry basket (among other things). Now, according to an AP report, another thief is apparently sniffing the same...
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Safe Driving Endangers Lives
I've always said that being careful causes accidents. If you just bounce blithely through life, ricocheting off of anything in your path, you will escape unscathed. This story proves it: A 19-year-old woman in Hamlin, WV, survived being hit by two trains; the first train knocked her car off of one...
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