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The Oroville woman learned about an ad in the August issue of Dog Fancy magazine, offering a free welcome home gift to new dog owners.
Metcalf, proud mother to four dogs, including her new puppy, called the number and was shocked to hear the recording.Decapitated lamb wearing a bra found in Huntington HarbourCrime Stupid - Jimmy The Headless Frog Boy - 4 CommentsTags: decapitated, bra, lamb, Huntington Harbour, brassiere09/07/08 - - - (Link) Deputies with Sheriff's Harbor Patrol found a decapitated lamb floating in the harbor on Saturday, authorities said.Former KBR chairman pleads guilty in $180 million bribery scandalCrime - Sweater Undulations - 0 CommentsTags: Bribery, Nigeria, natural gas, KBR, Albert Stanley09/07/08 - - - (Link) Former KBR Chairman and CEO Albert "Jack" Stanley admitted his role in a bribery scheme involving tens of millions of dollars.
Stanley, 65, pleaded guilty to two counts at the Houston Federal Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon.
With homeowner in doghouse, bobcats move inLiving Nature - Lurchi - 27 CommentsTags: real estate, squatters, foreclosure, LA, bobcats09/06/08 - - - (Link)  With real estate values plummeting and foreclosed homes sitting empty, a family of bobcats apparently decided the time was right to pounce.
So last week, they slipped out of the parched foothills of Lake Elsinore and into a spacious, vacant home in well-groomed Tuscany Hills.Click Here For Extra Insight From The Forums Alliance police give shooting victim his leg backGovernment Bureaucracy - Temple - 5 CommentsTags: Evidence, police, prosthetic leg, Bullet, shooting victim09/06/08 - - - (Link) A judge on Wednesday ordered Alliance police to return a prosthetic leg seized from a victim in a shooting last week.
Val McCabe, 58, and his wife, Muffy Buckles, filed a lawsuit against Box Butte County to get McCabe's leg back. The prosthesis had been seized as evidence after McCabe was shot Friday night. The County Attorney's Office was keeping the leg as evidence for a possible trial, according to Buckles.Two Protons Walk Into a Black Hole, And Other Jokes Physicists TellScience Faulty Study - GatoMalodoro - 0 CommentsTags: Large Hadron Collider, CERN, Improvisational Comedy, Physicists09/06/08 - - - (Link) One recent Saturday morning, physicists here shot the first beam of subatomic matter into the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. The machine -- a 17-mile circular tunnel that sits 330 feet underground along the Franco-Swiss border -- is designed to smash protons together at nearly the speed of light. It will allow physicists to search for undiscovered particles, extra dimensions of space, dark matter and perhaps even microscopic black holes.U.S. Teams Weaken Insurgency In IraqGovernment War - EVILdogshu - 9 CommentsTags: captured, U.S. troops, Al-QaedaIraqs most-wanted, the Tiger09/06/08 - - - (Link) By the time he was captured last month, the man known among Iraqi insurgents as "the Tiger" had lost much of his bite. Abu Uthman, whose fierce attacks against U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians in Fallujah had earned him a top spot on Iraq's most-wanted list, had been reduced to shuttling between hideouts in a Baghdad slum, hiding by day for fear neighbors might recognize him.
In the end, a former associate-turned-informant showed local authorities the house where Uthman was sleeping. On Aug. 11, U.S. troops kicked in the door and handcuffed him. They quietly ended the career of a man Pentagon officials describe as the kidnapper of American journalist Jill Carroll and also as one of a dwindling number of veteran commanders of the Sunni insurgent group known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).Don't let them eat cake, Saudi cleric saysLiving Religion - EVILdogshu - 0 CommentsTags: islam, birthday, Cake, Saudi Arabi, prohibited09/06/08 - - - (Link) When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic?Obama camp to deploy high-profile female surrogatesGovernment Elections - e-Sensei - 2 CommentsTags: politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Elections, ninjas dispatched09/06/08 - - - (Link) The Obama campaign is planning to send out some high-profile female supporters, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, to blunt Sarah Palin's potential to draw women's support to the Republican ticket. Huge spider is latest arts eventLiving Art - Temple - 27 CommentsTags: Liverpool, Lime Street station, mechanical spider, street theatre09/05/08 - - - (Link)  Commuters arriving at Liverpool's Lime Street station were greeted by a 50ft (15m) high mechanical spider clinging to a nearby redundant office block.
The 37-tonne beast heralds the start of a five-day piece of street theatre as part of the Capital of Culture year. Elephant beats heroin habit with detoxLiving Nature - Persephonides - 23 CommentsTags: china, Heroin, elephant, detox programme, clean and sober09/05/08 - - - (Link) A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox programme on China's tropical island province of Hainan.
Soldier suicide rate may set record againGovernment Military - Harry - 4 CommentsTags: war, Suicide, army, record high, thanks George W. Bush09/05/08 - - - (Link) Army: Number of suicides per 100,000 could pass that of civilian population
Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.Military officials: No troop cuts this yearGovernment War - Harry - 2 CommentsTags: Military, Troop Reduction, irag, U.S.A., maybe next year09/05/08 - - - (Link) Senior U.S. military leaders say it would be "impractical" to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq further before the end of the year because of the logistics required in the redeployments, two military officials told CNN Thursday.
The assessment comes as President Bush is considering still-secret recommendations about troop levels from his top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, as well as senior Pentagon officials including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty, resignGovernment Corruption - Charon - 2 CommentsTags: mayor, Detroit, jail, Kwame kilpatrick, bond violation09/05/08 - - - (Link) Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony obstruction charges on Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city.Original Story:Detroit mayor violated bail terms againChurch Sign Elicits Mixed Feelings, Unlike Kissing A GirlLiving Religion - Magic Chef - 72 CommentsTags: Hell, Church, anti-gay, kissing, Katie Perry09/05/08 - - - (Link)  Mixed feelings. That's the best way to describe how people feel about a controversial church sign that was seen in Blacklick this past week.8-foot mechanical ape missing, owner mystifiedCrime Stupid - Persephonides - 5 CommentsTags: theft, Maine, flea market, 8-foot, mechanical gorilla09/04/08 - - - (Link) An 8-foot mechanical gorilla standing outside a flea market store could move its arms but not much else, and it was heavy.
Now it’s disappeared _ in broad daylight _ and owner Lowell Miller wonders how anyone could move it so easily. US raid complicating Pakistani's presidential bidGovernment War - Justinian II - 0 CommentsTags: Military, Afghanistan, Taliban, Pakistan, U.S.A.09/04/08 - - - (Link) A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. presidential front-runner Thursday just two days before the election.
Furor continued to mount over the first known foreign ground assault inside Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government summoned the U.S. ambassador for an official protest, while Parliament passed resolutions of condemnationHaunted Spice Rack for SaleLiving Weird - enki don't - 23 CommentsTags: Expensive, New Hampshire, spice rack, haunted09/04/08 - - - (Link) It’s a spooky spice holder — and it can be yours if the price is right.
Fed up with strange happenings around his kitchen, a New Hampshire man has decided to unload an antique spice rack he claims is haunted on eBay.
Extra:http://www.bidboy.com/Duck Stamp includes phone-sex numberLiving Sex - GQ - 6 CommentsTags: stamps, Phone Sex, ducks, federal government, misprint09/04/08 - - - (Link) A typo turns the annual stamp into a calling card for a phone-sex service.
The federal government says it has no choice but to reluctantly keep distributing to millions of waterfowl hunters a toll-free phone-sex-service number that features a breathy woman promising callers that they can "talk only to the girls who turn you on" for $1.99 per minute.'Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies at 91Death - Harry - 16 CommentsTags: peanuts, Bill Melendez, animator, Porky Pig, voice of Snoopy09/04/08 - - - (Link)  Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.
Melendez died of natural causes Tuesday at St. John's Health Center, according to publicist Amy Goldsmith.
Melendez's nearly seven decades as a professional animator began in 1938 when he was hired by Walt Disney Studios and worked on Mickey Mouse cartoons and classic animated features such as "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia." Major ice-shelf loss for CanadaLiving Nature - Lurchi - 43 CommentsTags: canada, Global Warming, ice, Arctic, irreversible decline09/04/08 - - - (Link)  The ice shelves in Canada's High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report.
The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover break away. How two students built an A-bombScience - enki don't - 0 CommentsTags: Arms Race, Nukes, cold war, Edward Teller, fissile material09/04/08 - - - (Link) It's one of the burning questions of the moment: how easy would it be for a country with no nuclear expertise to build an A-bomb? Forty years ago in a top-secret project, the US military set about finding out. Oliver Burkeman talks to the men who solved the nuclear puzzle in just 30 monthsObama says Palin's family off limitsGovernment Elections - Harry - 51 CommentsTags: politics, Family, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Elections, Sarah Palin09/04/08 - - - (Link) Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."Man tries to amputate his own arm in California restaurantLiving Weird - enki don't - 3 CommentsTags: cocaine, Taser, California, paranoia, self-amputation09/04/08 - - - (Link) Michael Lasiter, 33, had been shooting cocaine in a motel room but believed he had accidentally got air in his bloodstream which could lead to death, police said.
He thought cutting off his arm was the only way to save his life so he ran into a nearby Denny's restaurant and grabbed a butter knife from a customer's table.Swedish magazine recalled after faulty recipe poisons 4Living Food - enki don't - 13 CommentsTags: Sweden, Cake, Poisoning, nutmeg, poison apple cake09/04/08 - - - (Link) Ten thousand copies of a food magazine were recalled in Sweden after a mistake in one of its recipes left four people poisoned, the magazine said Thursday.Sleight Of Hand And Sense Of Self: Illusion Isn't Always Just In The MindLiving Health - enki don't - 4 CommentsTags: illusions, rubber hand, body image, body ownership, sense of self09/04/08 - - - (Link)  An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn’t all in the mind, Oxford University researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as well, a finding that offers insight into conditions which affect a patient’s sense of self and body ownership, such as Culture of surveillance may contribute to delusional conditionLiving Health - enki don't - 37 CommentsTags: Mental Illness, paranoia, surveillance, psychosis, Truman Show delusion09/04/08 - - - (Link) Psychosis in the 21st century looks something like this: You think your every move is being filmed for a reality television show starring you, and that everyone in your life is an actor.
Police: Tycoon killed family in mansion arsonCrime Violent - racetraitor - 8 CommentsTags: British, murder-suicide, arson, Family, millionaire09/03/08 - - - (Link) British police said Tuesday they now believe a millionaire killed his wife and daughter before setting fire to their mansion home and killing himself.
Security cameras show a man, who police believe is Christopher Foster, rampaging through the estate's grounds, torching outbuildings and blocking the entrance.Sudden death after arrest may be new syndromeDeath - enki don't - 10 CommentsTags: police, stress, captured, young men, catecholamines09/03/08 - - - (Link) Young men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday.Democrats behind enemy lines in MinnesotaGovernment Politics - baleen - 0 CommentsTags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Republican National Convention, 2008 Presidential Elections, Sarah Palin09/03/08 - - - (Link) The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself.
Sept. 4, 2008 | ST. PAUL -- The view from the St. Paul Labor and Professional Center would be pretty good, if not for the fencing that rings the Xcel Energy Center and reminds you that the Republican convention is in town. It's just a block from the arena, right near the media filing center and an easy stroll from the political center of the universe this week. Which is exactly why the Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's campaign decided to camp out there while the GOP is here.In a world without... Don LaFontaineDeath - Chet - 17 CommentsTags: Movies, LA, Don LaFontaine, voiceovers, In a World09/02/08 - - - (Link)  Don LaFontaine, a voiceover artist known to many as "King of Voiceovers," died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 68.
A 25-year veteran of the industry, LaFontaine was the preeminent voice of movie trailers, and also voiced popular shows like Entertainment Tonight, the Insider and hundreds of spots for radio and television. His other work included commercials for McDonalds, Budweiser and voiceover work for all the major television networks. According to reports, he worked on nearly 5,000 films – and was the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Click Here For Extra Insight From The ForumsGoogle: Chrome Browser Will Make MoneyAround The Web - doomhammer - 26 CommentsTags: Apple, Microsoft, Google, firefox, browsers09/02/08 - - - (Link) Google's goals for its new Chrome Web browser are simple: Make the Web experience faster and, by extension, make more money for Google.
Google's Chrome browser is now officially available as a beta, offering the promise of increased speed, security and usability. During a conference call and Webcast with the press today from the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., Google trotted out a line-up of engineers to explain what is new for Web users and what Google hopes to gain with Chrome. Japan prime minister Yasuo Fukuda resignsPeople Politicians - smarmylittlegit - 1 CommentTags: japan, Resignation, Prime Minister, another one bites the dust, Yasuo Fukuda09/02/08 - - - (Link) The unexpected decision appears to blindside the governing Liberal Democratic Party. Fukuda will leave as soon as a new leader is picked.
For the second time in a year, a struggling Japanese prime minister has unexpectedly quit, leaving the country politically adrift as it struggles to deal with a deadlocked parliament and worsening economy.Japanese police fooled by a Life Sized DollCrime - BHWW - 0 CommentsTags: hoax, police, japan, doll, post-mortem09/02/08 - - - (Link) Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll. Think twice before swearing in stormLiving Weird - KEYE-TV - 4 CommentsTags: lightning, strike, Chinese man, swear, Gods wrath09/02/08 - - - (Link) A Chinese man who swore to God that he didn't owe money to a neighbor was hit by lightning a minute later.Near cat-astrophe costs Gilbert pet a few livesLiving Weird - vulvacide - 0 CommentsTags: cat, Bella, spare tire, incredible journey, near cat-astrophe09/02/08 - - - (Link) At least Bella didn't bolt. Gil Smith first drove to his office a mile away from his home in Gilbert, then headed to Kearny for the first of five appointments with clients for the state's job rehabilitation program.
After Kearny, Smith, a program contractor, had four other stops that day in Globe.
When Smith finally reached Kearny, 70 miles and 2 1/2 hours later, he got out of the truck and heard what he thought was a cat in distress in nearby weeds. He told the woman he was meeting that his wife couldn't take in any more rescue animals.Chicago students skip school in funding protestLiving Education - RoboGomm - 3 CommentsTags: chicago, boycott, education, race, Public schools09/02/08 - - - (Link)  More than 1,000 Chicago public school students boycotted the first day of classes Tuesday in a protest over school funding and instead rode buses more than 30 miles north to try to enroll in a wealthy suburban district.Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal FundsGovernment Elections - Simian Pride - 3 CommentsTags: corruption, Pork, earmarks, 2008 Presidential Elections, Sarah Palin09/02/08 - - - (Link) ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
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McCain's crusade against earmarks -- federal spending sought by members of Congress to benefit specific projects -- has been a hallmark of his campaign. He has said earmarks are wasteful and are often inserted into bills with little oversight, sometimes by a single powerful lawmaker.This Weeks StoriesLast Weeks Stories Search Other ViewsMappedTags  EverythingHeadlines OnlyWeek's Hot TopicsStats  dth=160 height=600 border=1>'; User BlogsThinking about leaving SWEDEN!There was just an earthquake while I was on the toilet!Holy crap, I wrote two thousand words in a day.So the store I work at is closing on Monday.Goldmine of EngrishWicked Small Games Spin The Black CirclepoeTV Clips Powerhouse Squeeky Kitten Streets of Rage 3 - Roo Win a solid gold Twinkie The State - Start Wearing PantsPrivacy Statement |
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