‘Contrary to popular belief, NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak did actually make a couple of stops along the way on her journey from Houston, TX to Orlando, FL.
Up for bid is ONE of only a small handful of historic news media frenzy spawned memorabilia that we found “left behind” and that has come to be known as the Lisa Nowak NASA Astronaut DIAPER! It is clean and unused, and it can be YOURS if you are the lucky winning bidder.’
Followup to: Astronaut charged with attempted murder is released on bond
This girl gets turned on by having sharp knives run across her skin.
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‘Washington County Sheriff’s deputy Matthew Bragunier figures that he sees, at least once a day, fake bull genitals flopping from the hitches of pickup trucks.
They’re only a toy, but they’re also unpleasant to look at, said Bragunier, worried what his 2-year-old girl might think someday.
“My daughter’s going to see this,” he said. “She’s going to ask what this is. I don’t want to be put in that spot. I don’t think I ever want to be in that spot.”
Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr., R-Washington/Allegany, agreed.
This week, he filed a bill for Maryland to ban the toys and others like them.’
‘Up to 20 teenage girls from an exclusive Sydney Catholic school are under investigation for skinny dipping in a river during a Duke of Edinburgh camp.
A 14-year-old was suspended from Loreto Kirribilli yesterday and more are expected to follow as the school looks for truth among the rumours, innuendo and gossip of girls behaving badly. [..]
But it is understood that on top of the late night dip in the Colo River, a number of girls are alleged to have urinated and defecated in a cooking pot – used for preparing meals – as a practical joke.’
This is a fun looking game. Doesn’t seem too easy either. 🙂
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‘Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols now claims a former top official in the FBI was behind the bombing plot.
Nichols says in a statement for a federal lawsuit that bomber Timothy McVeigh identified deputy FBI director Larry Potts as the man directing the scheme.
Potts says the claim is nonsense and ridiculous and the FBI calls Nichols’ allegation “completely without any factual basis.”
Nichols’ statement gives no explanation why an FBI official would want a federal building bombed.’
‘Footage from a birthday party gone bad. Alcohol plus testosterone plus lightsabers equals disaster.’
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‘ A Marlborough arborist with a broken leg spent 95 minutes stuck in a tree, only to be airlifted by rescuers straight into another tree, giving him more cuts and bruises.
Gavin Finch, 31, of Nelmac Marlborough, was topping a large pine overlooking Picton Harbour when a branch twisted and struck him as it fell yesterday afternoon.
Police, ambulance and fire officers were unable to reach Finch, who was halfway up the 40m tree, perched on a branch.
Nelmac manager Bob Boyes said it was decided to call the Wellington-based Westpac rescue helicopter to lift Finch out.’
‘ What’s the biggest hurdle to setting up a colony on the Moon or getting mankind to Mars and beyond? Aliens? Asteroids? Money? Try: humans themselves. Experts poring over plans to return to the Moon by 2018 and later stride to Mars believe the greatest-ever gamble in the history of space may ultimately depend on keeping the mind and body sound.
Anxiety, loneliness and tensions with crewmates, a daily battle to maintain fitness and avoid accidents, DNA-shredding radiation from solar flares or cosmic rays — all these make mental and physical health the key to whether a long-term mission will succeed or fail catastrophically.
Benny Elmann-Larsen, coordinator of physiology in human space flight at the European Space Agency (ESA), says psychological stress could be the biggest problem of all.’
‘Men in parts of Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a night-time sex attacker.
A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called “Popo Bawa” meaning winged bat.
Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig’s oil, believing this repels attacks.’
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Tapes of various flight controller communications on September 11, 2001.
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‘A federal jury said Thursday that software maker Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages.
Tom Burt, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, said the verdict was unsupported by law or facts.
“Today’s outcome is disappointing for us and for the hundreds of other companies who have licensed MP3 technology.
“We will seek relief from the trial court, and if necessary appeal,” Burt said.’
‘Santa Fe police say an Ash Wednesday service at the cathedral was disrupted by pornographic messages from three CD players duct-taped to the underside of pews.
Santa Fe police Captain Gary Johnson says the CD players had been set to go off at 12:20 pm Wednesday during Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis.
Johnson says the recordings were full of foul language and pornographic messages.
Cathedral staff members removed the CD players, took them to the basement and called police. Church officials say churchgoers were not evacuated.’
‘The crimes are being called “splash and grab.” Take a look at how the crime plays out at a Wawa’s in south Philadelphia. The crooks take hot coffee or hot chocolate to the counter. They have no intention of paying for it. Instead, its tossed in the face of an un expecting cashier and in some cases police say the victims have been permanently disfigured.
“We can’t tell if it’s the same crew or a copy cat so until we review the surveillance tapes.”‘
‘Tasmanian devils could be extinct in just 10 years, researchers at a University of Tasmania forum in Hobart said yesterday.
Devil scientists overwhelmingly believed the last wild devil would die in under 20 years without major action.
That would spell the end for marsupials like bettongs and eastern-barred bandicoots.
“There was very strong consensus that if we don’t do something, extinction will happen on mainland Tasmania,” said Professor of Wildlife Research Hamish McCallum, senior scientist with the Devil Facial Tumour Disease program.’
‘It seems so innocuous: a baby doll, the very image of an innocent childhood plaything.
But, in a morbid and disturbing twist, there has been a surge in sales of “reborns”: lifelike dolls with beating hearts, hair, and even tiny veins, which are specially constructed replicas sold to the mourning parents of dead babies.
The dolls are being sold by the hundreds on eBay!, often marketed as a way for grieving parents to move on.’
‘Just because you’re the daughter of Bill Gates does not mean you get to play on your computer all day long.
The Microsoft founder said his 10-year-old daughter, his oldest child, was not a hard-core Internet and computer user until this year, when she started at a school where the students use tablet computers for almost everything. [..]
Gates said he and his wife Melinda decided to set a limit of 45 minutes a day of total screen time for games and an hour a day on weekends, plus what time she needs for homework.’
‘A 37-year-old woman who died in a crash at Dilston yesterday morning had three stab wounds to the chest.
The woman’s Hyundai was found about 70 metres from the East Tamar Highway about 5.50 am.
A kitchen-type knife was found embedded in the woman’s chest.
She died at the scene after police arrived without speaking to them.
Detective-Inspector Mike Otley said police were investigating whether the wounds were self-inflicted.
“We are treating it as a sudden death,” he said.
It is believed there are no suspicious circumstances.’
The cop even tries to get him a job. Hilarious. 🙂
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‘Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the hand-crafted tools to hunt small mammals — the first routine production of deadly weapons ever observed in animals other than humans.
The multi-step spear-making practice, documented by researchers in Senegal who spent years gaining the chimpanzees’ trust, adds credence to the idea that human forebears fashioned similar tools millions of years ago.
The landmark observation also supports the long-debated proposition that females — the main makers and users of spears among the Senegalese chimps — tend to be the innovators and creative problem solvers in primate culture.’
‘A German brother and sister who live as a couple and have four children are going to Germany’s highest court to try to legalise their relationship.
The 29-year-old brother has already spent more than two years in prison for sleeping with his sister, and could be incarcerated again, his lawyer said.
The pair are currently drawing up an appeal to take before Germany’s constitutional court.
They argue they are being denied the right to sexual freedom.’
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‘Officer Ben Henrich of the Prescott Police Department tried to rescue the driver of a pickup truck after she crashed into a house.
The truck struck a natural gas line and three minutes later the house exploded killing the driver and injuring the officer.
Officer Henrich was three feet away from the house when it exploded and was pulled to safety by a fellow policeman.
Henrich suffered burns, cuts, and whiplash.
Authorities are investigating to determine why the pickup truck crashed into the house.’
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‘The vast freshwater ecosystem of the Amazon River is home to abundant animal life, and many of its species thrive by virtue of their ferocity. If one were to ask the locals which of the river’s indigenous species is the most treacherous, a few might describe the roaming packs of carnivorous piranhas, or the massive anaconda snakes; but based on the general sentiment of the region, the most frequently uttered response would be “candirú.”‘
‘A man said he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.
“Now I feel stupid,” said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. “This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake.”
According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning Feb. 12, damaging the frame and lock.
“Where is she?” Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. “Where is she?” [..]
The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed Van Iveren heard downstairs.’
‘The NBC Today show aired this clip on Friday of a girl who has had the hiccups for over 3 weeks.’
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‘A smelly “fart bomb” had postal staff and firefighters holding their breath today when it burst at a postal sorting centre on Auckland’s North Shore.
The fart bomb was a giveaway in an internet magazine, but when other postal items were placed on top of the magazines being posted out the sachet bomb burst and released its contents shortly after daybreak. [..]
Acting deputy chief fire officer for the North Shore, Mike McEnaney, said the bomb was harmless but smelly and staff had no choice when they called the fire service.’
