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`You don’t find fans of Cartman and Kenny on the Parks and Recreation Commission in the central Ohio city of Marysville. The panel has decided it’s time to rename a local park that has come to be known as “South Park.”

City administrator Kathy House says having a park with the same name as the popular but often controversial cartoon show has become inappropriate.

One member of the parks commission says they wanted to get away from “South Park” — far away.’

Sometimes when you fly sideways around a corner at high speed you don’t see large animals standing in the middle of the road until it’s too late. 🙂

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`After a losing a pile of money at a casino, a man drove directly to the Casino Control Commission and put his name on a list of people banned from the casinos for life.

It’s a decision he immediately regretted – even more so when he learned that in this case, what happens in Atlantic City does not stay in Atlantic City.

The state commission, identifying the man by his initials, S.D., on Wednesday rejected his bid to become the first person allowed to gamble in the state again after placing himself on the list.

The self-exclusion list was established in 2001 as a way for compulsive gamblers to avoid the temptation. People can choose to be banned for one year, five years or life. There are about 525 people are on the list now – about half for life.’

`Three thieves who allegedly stole 14 global positioning system devices didn’t get away with their crime for long. The devices led police right to their home.

Town officials said the thieves didn’t even know what they had: they thought the GPS devices were cell phones, which they planned to sell.

According to Suffolk County police, the GPS devices were stolen Monday night from the Town of Babylon Public Works garage in Lindenhurst. The town immediately tapped its GPS system, and it showed that one of the devices was inside a house. Police said that when they arrived there, Kurt Husfeldt, 46, had the device in his hands.’

`Everyone knows to keep their curtains closed, drink lots of water and wear sunscreen on a hot day.

But there are other dangers hidden in garages most people would not even think about in the heat.

An Alfredton family learned this the hard way on Tuesday when Ballarat’s maximum temperature topped 38C.

Jan Cornish said she was shocked on that night to discover a can of paint remover stored in the garage had exploded.

Unfortunately the liquid did exactly what it was made to do on two cars – stripped paint.’

This woman is driving through a gate, but doesn’t do a particularly good job. I bet she was surprised. 🙂

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It’s not the best idea to take your dog to a funeral, but you’ve still gotta be pretty unlucky to have something like this happen. 🙂

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`The owner of a dog that attacked two men, biting one on the penis, has been jailed for seven months.

Brisbane District Court was told today that Anthony Scott Huttley, then 21, suffered four deep cuts to his penis after Shaun Anthony Bell, 40, deliberately ordered Leeroy, his bulldog mastiff-cross, to “get him”.

Mr Huttley, who was also mauled on other parts of his body, eventually recovered from the incident but only after the “extreme discomfort” of wearing a catheter and having surgery and antibiotics.’

`Teenager Jack Taylor was left looking like an "elephant boy" after trying to dye his hair black.

His head swelled up after he had a suspected allergic reaction to dye made by L’Oréal – whose slogan is "because you’re worth it".

The 15-year-old still has a rash on his face and body two weeks later – and is being treated with steroids and antihistamine tablets.

Jack, who has dyed his hair in the past without problems, said yesterday: "I did it for fashion but it wasn’t worth it."’

`Forklifts move a lot of old crates … but can you count a $110,000 Maserati as an old crate?

A building worker in Elizabeth Bay’s exclusive Bilyard Avenue did this morning when he found the dark blue luxury car parked in a construction zone.

But things didn’t quite go according to plan.

As the unidentified worker from SMS Construction hoisted the car two metres into the air, it flipped off the forks and crashed on its roof.’

`Angry homeowners called on the police yesterday to stop a house on their “lovely” estate being used to make porn films.

They claim adult filmmaker James Edwards has shot sex movies in full view of his neighbours.

They say women have exposed themselves on the drive of his £400,000 house in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

One was fined £80 for urinating in the front garden while being filmed. [..]

He also warned he plans to feature the street in a TV porn series. “Using special effects, I’ll show actors having sex in front of neighbours’ homes.”‘

The trick is getting over the lip. 🙂

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That’s pretty fucked up. Almost like it’s from a zombie movie. Except it’s not zombies, it’s rabies.

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This is the official “Account of the Accident”. It’s quite long but kinda interesting, if you like that sorta thing. 🙂

The full report is also available.

This isn’t just some soccer player rolling around on the ground, crying and pretending to be hurt for a penalty. This is the exception that proves the rule.

[The rule being that soccer is a silly game played by bitches. :)]

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`Controversial singer and animal rights campaigner Pink has backed down on her call for a boycott of Australian wool.

Pink made the statement as part of a video for PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — calling for the end of mulesing. [..]

But Pink, who labelled the practice “sadistic”, said she had been misinformed. [..]

“My one mistake was saying to boycott the whole industry, all Australian wool.

“That’s absolutely not right. That’s not my stance. My stance is to boycott mulesing.”‘

‘Amazing amateur video from a rooftop of the icy road conditions in Portland. The cars are slipping around like a pinball game. Probably the one day a year you can drive wasted and no one would notice.’

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He probably should have stuck to his guns when he first said “Don’t make me do it”.

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‘Two things made Chistopher Willever’s drunken theft of a Tobacco Hut even worse as he crawled across the store floor _ a lousy belt and his camera-loving backside.

Omaha’s bare-bottom bandit was sentenced to three to five years in prison today for his March crime that earned him the fitting distinction.

Douglas County District Judge Thomas Otepka told the 22-year-old Willever — quote — “You were an ass in every true sense of the word in this crime.”

Willever’s public defender says Willever was tired of being poor so he drank a fifth of rum and decided to rob the store. ‘

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‘Poor workmanship leads to an occupied apartment building toppling over and shattering to pieces.’

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‘A French couple is busted having sex in a bank by a group of teenagers with a cell phone camera from across the street. A bit long and shaky but the woman’s reaction when she realizes she was just caught is pretty priceless.’

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`A journalist who saw videotape of the Monday hangings of Saddam Hussein’s half-brother and the dictator’s former chief judge has described how one of the men was decapitated.

New York Times reporter John F. Burns told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Monday evening that Barzan Hassan’s head “just snapped off,” because he was apparently given too much rope and fell too far — about eight feet — for a man of his medium build and weight.

The hangman’s calculations — a grim science governing the weight of the condemned and how much rope is necessary to kill quickly — were apparently wrong, Burns said.’

`Intel director John Negroponte gave Congress a sobering assessment last week of the continued threats from groups like Al Qaeda and Hizbullah. But even gloomier comments came from Henry Crumpton, the outgoing State Department terror coordinator. An ex-CIA operative, Crumpton told NEWSWEEK that a worldwide surge in Islamic radicalism has worsened recently, increasing the number of potential terrorists and setting back U.S. efforts in the terror war. “Certainly, we haven’t made any progress,” said Crumpton. “In fact, we’ve lost ground.” He cites Iraq as a factor; the war has fueled resentment against the United States.’

`Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources.

Documents seized during raids on the homes of insurgents last week uncovered print-outs from photographs taken from Google.

The satellite photographs show in detail the buildings inside the bases and vulnerable areas such as tented accommodation, lavatory blocks and where lightly armoured Land Rovers are parked.

Written on the back of one set of photographs taken of the Shatt al Arab Hotel, headquarters for the 1,000 men of the Staffordshire Regiment battle group, officers found the camp’s precise longitude and latitude.’

The feedback suits the user name. 🙂

`A 40-year-old substitute teacher faces up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of exposing children to pornography on a computer at the Connecticut middle school where she taught.

I suppose it’s remotely possible the charges are valid. But the story doesn’t add up. It seems far more plausible from the accounts I’m reading that this woman, who had no prior criminal record and a clean teaching history, was using an insecure edition of Internet Explorer and was hit with an adware infestation she didn’t know how to deal with.’

`The federal government argued that Boy Scouts playing with fire caused a 14,200-acre wildfire and wants a judge to hold them responsible, allowing officials to seek damages.

In court documents, the government said it would decide whether to seek damages after a ruling is made. It says the June 2002 wildfire in northeastern Utah cost more than $12 million to control. [..]

At the time of the blaze, a fire ban was in effect because of dry conditions. In court documents, the Scouts maintain they were not aware of a formal fire ban and thought small pit fires were allowed.

In depositions, Scouts testified they were playing with fire, even offering a teenage counselor candy in return for setting one, Overby said.’

`It started over a dress code violation, hardly reason enough to throw away an academic career and certainly no reason to be charged with a felony.

“I have goals I want to achieve and this is stopping that,” says 17-year old Sabrina Herndon.

Herndon was wearing a jacket and strapless top and was changing in the girl’s locker room at Palm Beach Gardens High School.

A teacher noticed the strapless top which is a dress code violation. Herndon says with the jacket though, the top is within dress code.

A male assistant principal then entered the girl’s locker room, and within minutes Herndon was in a choke hold.’