Tuesday, January 20, 2009
And In Arkansas: Undertaker Dealing in Death and Meth...
Nobody bothered Robert Lewis when he allegedly set up a meth lab at his place of work, because everyone in the place was dead. Lewis worked at the Higginbotham Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge, Ark. But across the street stood the local police station, and on Dec. 3 the cops noticed a basement light...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
And in California: A Seeming Non-Sequitur Explained...
The inventor of the Richter scale was an avid nudist. (John Sakamoto, Toronto Star, Jan 18, 2009 ) Apparently the Earth moved for him whenever he got naked with a friend...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
And in Nigeria: Pumpkins of Little Use in a Crash?
To skirt the new law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets, some Nigerians are wearing the dried shells of the pumpkin-like calabash, and paint cans, pots, pans, or bits of rubber. They complain that more conventional helmets are too expensive, cause skin rashes or leave them susceptible to black...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
And in Britain: O Lord Thy Help in Wages Lost...
Mindful of the state of the economy, the Church of England has penned two new prayers. One is for the newly laid-off. The “Prayer on Being Made Redundant” says in part, “Hear me, as I cry out in confusion, help me to think clearly, and calm my soul.” The other is for those still working but feeling...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
And in Florida: Charity Homes Turn into Roach Motels...
The residents of Fairway Oaks, FL, were delighted when the charity Habitat for Humanity built them a housing estate a few years ago. Volunteers built 85 houses in 17 days. Now, a lawyer representing the owners is suing Habitat, saying the estate was built partly on a garbage dump, resulting in...
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Monday, January 12, 2009
And in Australia: The Platypus Genome is a Mash-Up...
The platypus has always been considered odd. Not only does it have webbed feet, a tail like a beaver’s, a coat of fur and a large bill, it also lays egges and nurses its young through a set of glands on its abdomen. Biologists classify the platypus as a monotreme, an egg-laying mammal with a single...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
And in China: His Tears Tell a Tale...
Ru Anting of Luoyang, China, has become a celebrity in his nation for his traditional calligraphy. But instead of using a traditional brush and black ink, Ru sucks water up his nose and then ‘writes’ Chinese characters by squirting the water out of his eyes. Recently he wrote “Fortune as vast as the...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
And in Australia: Judge tells it like it is...
An Australian judge warned a 19-year old Sydney man, in court on dangerous driving charges, that he would be imprisoned if his recklessness did not cease – and that, if he were imprisoned, he would be sexually assaulted by predatory beasts. “You’ll find big, ugly, hairy, strong men (in jail) who’ve...
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Friday, January 9, 2009
And in Germany (I think): The Boob Bowl...
Reminiscent of champagne stem ware created in the 18 th century to imitate the size of Marie Antoinette’s breasts, designer Karl Lagerfeld has created the “boob bowl,” based on German supermodel Claudia Schiffer’s superstructure. The porcelain breast-like bowl is perched on three porcelain bottles....
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
And in Portugal: Why Drunken Steaks are better for you...
The carcinogenic dangers of grilled meats can be reduced, researchers say, by marinating steaks in beer or wine for six hours. Portuguese scientists found that by soaking meat and poultry in booze, chefs cut the risk of harmful heterocyclic amines (Has) in meats to be grilled or fired by up to 90...
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