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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Small Bits of News
Police think person lived with dead skeleton on couch
The skeletal remains of a 93-year-old woman may have remained on a couch in her living room for months while other people continued living in the house, authorities said. Neighbors reported seeing cars come and go from the home as recently as this week before police, doing a welfare check at the request of a neighbor, found a body inside on Monday.
"What is a little bizarre is it appears that someone was living there with her for some time," Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes said. The remains of a dog also were found in another room. Investigators suspect the human remains belong to the elderly woman who lived there, but DNA testing may be needed to confirm the identity. Dallas police spokeswoman Janice Crowther said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the skeleton. Months have passed since anyone apparently last saw the elderly woman. Electricity was still on at the home and the lawn and exterior were well-kept, but police described the interior as messy.
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Australian man charged with pouring superglue into ear
Four months after his ear was filled with superglue as a prank, Ben Ferrett is $10,000 out of pocket and faces being permanently hard of hearing. The 26-year-old Brisbane plumber has undergone numerous painful procedures culminating in surgery last month to try to remove the rock-solid glue from his right ear. He said the prank happened when he fell asleep at a party at Greenslopes, on Brisbane's south, on January 12. "First they glued my hand to my face, and then he took it one step too far and filled my ear up with superglue.''
Fellow partygoer Ryan Liam Upton, who had only met Ferrett just before the prank, yesterday fronted the Brisbane Magistrate's Court on a charge of assaulting Ferrett, causing him grievous bodily harm. It is understood part of the prank included an attempt to also glue Ferrett's hand down the front of his pants.
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Australian politician admits sniffing woman's chair
An Australian political leader broke down at a news conference yesterday as he admitted that he had sniffed the chair of a female colleague. The confession came from the leader of the conservative Liberal Party in Western Australia, Troy Buswell, who has previously owned up to snapping the bra strap of an opposition party staffer.
The skeletal remains of a 93-year-old woman may have remained on a couch in her living room for months while other people continued living in the house, authorities said. Neighbors reported seeing cars come and go from the home as recently as this week before police, doing a welfare check at the request of a neighbor, found a body inside on Monday.
"What is a little bizarre is it appears that someone was living there with her for some time," Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes said. The remains of a dog also were found in another room. Investigators suspect the human remains belong to the elderly woman who lived there, but DNA testing may be needed to confirm the identity. Dallas police spokeswoman Janice Crowther said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the skeleton. Months have passed since anyone apparently last saw the elderly woman. Electricity was still on at the home and the lawn and exterior were well-kept, but police described the interior as messy.
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Australian man charged with pouring superglue into ear
Four months after his ear was filled with superglue as a prank, Ben Ferrett is $10,000 out of pocket and faces being permanently hard of hearing. The 26-year-old Brisbane plumber has undergone numerous painful procedures culminating in surgery last month to try to remove the rock-solid glue from his right ear. He said the prank happened when he fell asleep at a party at Greenslopes, on Brisbane's south, on January 12. "First they glued my hand to my face, and then he took it one step too far and filled my ear up with superglue.''
Fellow partygoer Ryan Liam Upton, who had only met Ferrett just before the prank, yesterday fronted the Brisbane Magistrate's Court on a charge of assaulting Ferrett, causing him grievous bodily harm. It is understood part of the prank included an attempt to also glue Ferrett's hand down the front of his pants.
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Australian politician admits sniffing woman's chair
An Australian political leader broke down at a news conference yesterday as he admitted that he had sniffed the chair of a female colleague. The confession came from the leader of the conservative Liberal Party in Western Australia, Troy Buswell, who has previously owned up to snapping the bra strap of an opposition party staffer.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Being Starved
An overweight prisoner is suing the authorities for not feeding him enough after he lost about 98 pounds.Broderick Lloyd Laswell, who is awaiting trial for murder, dropped to 308 after eight months inside the Arkansas prison.
He claims his vision has gone blurry while trying to exercise.
The prison says the meals average 3,000 calories a day - more than the US recommended daily intake for adults.
Laswell has filed a federal law suit complaining Benton County jail does not provide inmates with enough food.
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The Fattest State In America
If you want to look at obesity trends, then the US is the place to visit.Because apart from a few Pacific islands, the US is the world leader in obesity.
It has the most obese population in the developed world, and the rate of increase is alarming.
So where to go in the US? You could choose any state. But one stands out more than most.
Mississippi in the Deep South is proud of its hospitality and of being the home of Blues music.
But one thing it is not proud of is being the fattest state in the union.
Small Bits of News
Shiga Prefecture's schoolgirls boast of skimpiest skirts in Japan
The rumors that schoolgirls in the central Japan prefecture wear the skimpiest uniforms of anywhere in the country. Local schoolboys seem to agree, saying one school in particular is known for its micromini uniforms.
"When the girls from the school all get off the train together in the mornings, it's a real sight to see," adding that many people deliberately go to look. "We call it the Schoolgirl Rush Hour in these parts." Shiga schoolgirls don't deny their reputation either.
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Porn filmed in Japanese McDonald's? I'm rubbin' it!
McDonald's customers suspected something amiss when one guy pulled out his whopper. They knew for sure when he began partaking of fur burger. The upshot was four people trying to make an adult movie in a fast food outlet ended up getting arrested.
Arrested in the case earlier this month for indecent exposure and obstruction of business were Kunikazu Ishii, 52, the director, Nahoko Shimada, 21, an actress and dental nurse, and actors Yuya Ochiai, 29, and Makoto Nishizumi.
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10 cops, 5 cars required to tame teen trio
A trio of feisty public schoolgirls have stirred up a ruckus after they attacked the police officer who told off two of them for riding together on the same bicycle.
The brouhaha broke out in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on the afternoon of April 12, after the police officer grabbed one of the girls and her two friends retaliated, kicking and spitting at the lawman.
One of the girls called her friends and asked them to rush to the scene to help, but the cop also called in reinforcements. It eventually took 10 male officers and five police cars to quell the 14-year-old trio.
One of the girls was thrown into a cop car, but she punched and kicked the interior before making a break for freedom through the open window of the passenger side door. She was quickly recaptured and slapped in handcuffs –- once an almost unthinkable treatment for a minor in Japan -- so she couldn't get away.
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Newlyweds Spent Their Honeymoon In Jail
PITTSBURGH — A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells — she in her wedding gown — after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn — and escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said.
She left with her father, still dressed in her white gown. Wielechowski left alone, sporting a swollen eye, tuxedo pants, a bloody T-shirt and one shoe.
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Austrian Monster
Austrian Man Confesses to Keeping Daughter, Her Children Captive in Cellar
AMSTETTEN, Austria — A man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cell with a soundproofed door and fathering seven children with her including three who "never saw sunlight," police said Monday.
The man, now 73, also told investigators that he tossed the body of one of the children in an incinerator when the infant died shortly after birth,
Investigators said an electronic keyless-entry system apparently kept the daughter from escaping from the cell, which was made of solid reinforced concrete.
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Transient dies in motel, $263,000 found left behind
SHELDON, Iowa -- Police say a transient man who stayed at the Sheldon Motel left behind a surprising mystery -- $263,000. The Sioux County sheriff's office was called to the motel on March 31 to investigate the death of a man who lived there five months of the year. The investigation has turned into what sheriff's Sgt. Jamison Van Voorst is calling the most interesting case he's seen in his 14 years with the sheriff's office. As Van Voorst and Sheriff Dan Altena investigated the death of John Richard Grant, they discovered some papers, the back of a gold watch, and other belongings. Nothing they found in room 20 was too unusual they say. Then came the surprise. In two vinyl cassette tape cases was $263,000, most of it in $50 and $100 bills.
The rumors that schoolgirls in the central Japan prefecture wear the skimpiest uniforms of anywhere in the country. Local schoolboys seem to agree, saying one school in particular is known for its micromini uniforms.
"When the girls from the school all get off the train together in the mornings, it's a real sight to see," adding that many people deliberately go to look. "We call it the Schoolgirl Rush Hour in these parts." Shiga schoolgirls don't deny their reputation either.
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Porn filmed in Japanese McDonald's? I'm rubbin' it!
McDonald's customers suspected something amiss when one guy pulled out his whopper. They knew for sure when he began partaking of fur burger. The upshot was four people trying to make an adult movie in a fast food outlet ended up getting arrested.
Arrested in the case earlier this month for indecent exposure and obstruction of business were Kunikazu Ishii, 52, the director, Nahoko Shimada, 21, an actress and dental nurse, and actors Yuya Ochiai, 29, and Makoto Nishizumi.
.
10 cops, 5 cars required to tame teen trio
A trio of feisty public schoolgirls have stirred up a ruckus after they attacked the police officer who told off two of them for riding together on the same bicycle.
The brouhaha broke out in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on the afternoon of April 12, after the police officer grabbed one of the girls and her two friends retaliated, kicking and spitting at the lawman.
One of the girls called her friends and asked them to rush to the scene to help, but the cop also called in reinforcements. It eventually took 10 male officers and five police cars to quell the 14-year-old trio.
One of the girls was thrown into a cop car, but she punched and kicked the interior before making a break for freedom through the open window of the passenger side door. She was quickly recaptured and slapped in handcuffs –- once an almost unthinkable treatment for a minor in Japan -- so she couldn't get away.
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Newlyweds Spent Their Honeymoon In Jail
PITTSBURGH — A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells — she in her wedding gown — after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn — and escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said.
She left with her father, still dressed in her white gown. Wielechowski left alone, sporting a swollen eye, tuxedo pants, a bloody T-shirt and one shoe.
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Austrian Monster
Austrian Man Confesses to Keeping Daughter, Her Children Captive in Cellar
AMSTETTEN, Austria — A man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cell with a soundproofed door and fathering seven children with her including three who "never saw sunlight," police said Monday.
The man, now 73, also told investigators that he tossed the body of one of the children in an incinerator when the infant died shortly after birth,
Investigators said an electronic keyless-entry system apparently kept the daughter from escaping from the cell, which was made of solid reinforced concrete.
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Transient dies in motel, $263,000 found left behind
SHELDON, Iowa -- Police say a transient man who stayed at the Sheldon Motel left behind a surprising mystery -- $263,000. The Sioux County sheriff's office was called to the motel on March 31 to investigate the death of a man who lived there five months of the year. The investigation has turned into what sheriff's Sgt. Jamison Van Voorst is calling the most interesting case he's seen in his 14 years with the sheriff's office. As Van Voorst and Sheriff Dan Altena investigated the death of John Richard Grant, they discovered some papers, the back of a gold watch, and other belongings. Nothing they found in room 20 was too unusual they say. Then came the surprise. In two vinyl cassette tape cases was $263,000, most of it in $50 and $100 bills.
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