Sunday, May 16, 2010
And in America: States Fuel Lucrative Business for Privatized Prisons...
Erik Townsend says he prefers the Arizona prison where he’s serving 15 years for robbery to the California facility where he was until August. For one thing, he was getting just two hot meals a day at the other prison. “We get three hots here,’’ Townsend, 40, said while taking a short break from...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
And in the US: FBI Hopes Leaky Breast Implant Helps Catch Whitey Bulger…
The FBI is hoping a leaky breast implant may lead them to one of their most wanted fugitives. The Feds took out a full page ad in the April-May issue of Plastic Surgery News asking for help locating the infamous alleged Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger, now 80, and his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Greig,...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
And in America: Not Gay Enough to Play?
Three players in the Gay Softball World Series are suing the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance after they were branded “non-gay,” and their team stripped of its second-place finish. At issue is whether the Alliance broke Washington State laws by limiting the number of heterosexuals on a...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
And in Halifax: Dock not so Dry After Sinking…
Naval architects have been called in to figure out how to raise a floating dry dock that sank at the Halifax Shipyard on Saturday morning. The Scotia Dock II repair platform was getting in position to hoist a tugboat out of the water when it sank. There were no injuries. Booms have been put in place...
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Friday, May 7, 2010
And in Britain: Captain Beany to the Rescue…
Every day, Barry Kirk, a 55-year old from Wales, transformed himself into an unlikely superhero: Captain Beany, a bright-orange baked bean. Kirk hoped his double identity would land him a seat in Parliament in Britain ’s general election. “The wind of change is coming, I can smell it,” he said at...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
And at Pine Ridge, SD: Helicopters at Wounded Knee Cause Confusion…
The Oglala Sioux Tribe president says protests that occurred when three helicopters tried to land at the Wounded Knee massacre site on Saturday were the result of miscommunication. Theresa Two Bulls on Monday apologized for the mix-up. She says the helicopters were bearing members of the Colorado...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
And in Indonesia: Debating What to do With 'Little Barry' Statue...
Much to the ire of many a Jakartan, a statue of a 10-year old United States President Barack Obama ( Obama will visit Indonesia in June ) was erected in December 2009 in Jakarta's Menteng Park. The 'Little Barry' statue is already in danger of being taken down. Disgruntled Jakartans (over 55,000 in...
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Monday, May 3, 2010
And in Norway: The World's Most Humane Prison…
By the time the trumpets sound, the candles have been lit and the salmon platters garnished. Harald V, King of Norway, enters the room, and 200 guests stand to greet him. Then a chorus of 30 men and women, each wearing a blue police uniform, launches into a spirited rendition of "We Are the World."...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
And in Britain: Animals' Privacy Becomes Election Issue…
Wildlife documentaries infringe animals' privacy, says report. Humans assume other species have no right to privacy during 'intimate moments', says author of study. Film-makers should assume a right of privacy for other species just as for humans, according to Brett Mills of the University of East...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
And in Britain: Nursery Confiscates Tot’s Sandwich…
A boy of two had his cheese sandwich confiscated by a nursery because it broke their healthy eating rules. Jack Ormisher broke into tears when staff took it away because it didn’t contain any lettuce or tomato, reports The Sun. His mother, Dorothy Gallear, 32, has now changed nurseries in Wigan,...
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