Friday, December 25, 2009
And in Vermont: Passenger’s 911 Call Nets Interstate DUI…
Vermont State Police say a 911 call from a passenger in a car traveling the wrong way on Interstate 91 led to a drunken-driving charge against the operator. Seventy-three-year-old Bradford L. Sargent, of Brattleboro, was charged Monday night after 911 dispatchers fielded calls from several people...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
And Across the Big Pond: Deep Freeze Grips U.K. and Europe…
A deep freeze in the United Kingdom and Europe has led to about 90 deaths and is continuing to cause travel chaos. In Scotland, a Ryanair flight from Dublin skidded off the runway Wednesday morning at Prestwick Airport outside Glasgow. The Boeing 737-800 slipped on to the grass while taxiing to the...
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Monday, December 21, 2009
And in Britain: The Office Joke Heard around the World…
Holly Leam-Taylor, 22, thought it would be “a bit of fun” to host a holiday awards ceremony to honour the most attractive men in her British consulting firm. In an e-mail to her female colleagues, she requested nominations for categories ranging from best looking to “most likely to sleep his way to...
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Friday, December 18, 2009
And in New York: Hand Model Tries to Keep Foot in the Door…
A New York City hand and foot model is suing her swanky apartment building, claiming that the management tried to force her out after she married the former doorman. Christina Ambers’s lawsuit alleges that her husband was fired after news of their relationship leaked. Ambers also says she was forced...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
And in America: Today’s Special – Bacon-Flavored Envelopes…
J & D’s Foods has already made a name for itself, and become a million-dollar company, by selling bacon-flavored salt, mayonnaise (Baconnaise) and popcorn. Now the Seattle-based company is moving past food and into paper products with – you guessed it – bacon-flavored envelopes. According to the...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
And in France: Doing it like the Hamsters do…
Who hasn’t dreamt of living like a hamster? At one special hotel in Nantes, France, these dreams can be realized. Guests who stay in the Hamster Villa can run on a giant wheel, sleep on haystacks, drink from a giant hamster fountain, and even dine on grain. It currently costs about $150 a night, but...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
And in Nigeria: Snail Pies Help Feed Hungry School Kids…
To stave off malnutrition and iron deficiency in Nigerian school children, one nutritionist recommends a yummy snail pie. The West African land snail isn’t only affordable, says Ukpong Udofia of the University of Uyo, it has more protein and iron than beefsteak. And it’s tasty; in a recent study,...
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Monday, December 7, 2009
And in Copenhagen: “War on Christmas” Cools Conference…
The Danish Foreign Ministry has turned down an offer to use Nordmann fir trees as Christmas decorations inside the Bella Center here, and the English-language Copenhagen Post says it’s because Danish government officials don’t want to offend non-Christian participants in the U.N. climate change...
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
And in Copenhagen: Free Sex to Global-Warming Delegates…
Global-warming summiteers have been told it's uncool to buy hookers, but prostitutes have turned a trick of their own: heating up the atmosphere in Copenhagen by offering free sex to delegates. Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard and the city council had postcards sent to 160 hotels urging people...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
And in Ecuador: Abstinence Makes the Boobies Grow Bluer...
A year’s abstinence may sound an unlikely recipe for sexual success. But a chaste spell can work wonders for male prowess, at least in tropical birds, according to scientists. In a study of the blue-footed booby, which is native to the Galápagos Islands and Ecuador, they found that when birds had a...
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