Joran van der Sloot: Most Eligible Bachelor?

Sounds like every girl’s dream guy: he’s tall; he’s on the cover of newspapers around the world; he confessed to, then denied, a murder. No wonder he’s receiving love letters in prison.

June 23rd, 2010 @ 08:42 PM • Filed under News

Woman accepts ‘Village Idiot’ award for hair blaze

STORY, Ind. – A woman whose hair caught fire when her hairspray-coated follicles ignited as she lit a cigarette is now a southern Indiana town’s reigning “Village Idiot.” Dani Hamm earned the honorary title this month by getting the most votes from regulars at the Story Inn, a restaurant and bar about 15 miles east of Bloomington where she’s a bartender.

April 14th, 2010 @ 12:59 AM • Filed under News

Service at sword point at “Ninja” restaurant

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Waitresses wield swords and flare flames at diners, who have to get past a moat before sitting at their table in the dimly lit dining hall.

February 23rd, 2010 @ 09:38 PM • Filed under News

 

 

Dog Washed Out to Sea Has Lucky Escape

WARSAW (Reuters) – A dog had a lucky escape when a Polish boat rescued him from an ice floe that had carried him more than 100 miles up a river and out onto the icy waters of the Baltic Sea.

January 28th, 2010 @ 12:49 PM • Filed under News

‘Elf’ Jailed Over Dynamite Hoax On Mall Santa

MORROW, Ga. – A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite.

December 5th, 2009 @ 06:48 PM • Filed under News

Man provides photo for his own wanted poster

LONDON (Reuters) – A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

November 11th, 2009 @ 04:12 PM • Filed under News

 

 

One-legged suspect caught with one stolen shoe

BRUSSELS – Police said a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem. Police spokesman Rik Decraemer said Monday authorities were alerted and quickly found the man who fit the description by shopkeepers. The shoe was also recovered.

October 27th, 2009 @ 09:59 PM • Filed under News

No Muslims at Malaysia Black Eyed Peas concert

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Muslims in Malaysia have been barred from attending a concert by U.S. hip hop band the Black Eyed Peas sponsored by Guinness which is owned by the world’s biggest spirits group Diageo.

August 27th, 2009 @ 10:35 PM • Filed under News

Indian Farmers Fight Bad Monsoon with Frog Marriage

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – Indian farmers are falling back on a trusted local method to bring badly needed monsoon rains — marrying off two frogs.

July 21st, 2009 @ 10:48 PM • Filed under News

 

 

Passengers Cheat Flu Scan With Fever Reducers

HANOI (Reuters) – Many sick passengers who flew to Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam took fever reducers to cheat temperature scanners at the airport, leading to the discovery of several infected cases later, state media reported at the weekend.

June 18th, 2009 @ 12:00 AM • Filed under News

Groom Drinks Too Much at Wedding, Dies

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese groom died on his wedding day after having too much wine and beer to drink, police and local media said Monday.

May 27th, 2009 @ 12:07 AM • Filed under News

Google Fields Low-Tech Wildfire Prevention: Goats

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Internet-Age innovator Google is taking advantage of an old-time principle to thwart wildfires: goats will eat almost anything.

May 4th, 2009 @ 02:21 AM • Filed under News