Thursday, February 28, 2008
What's for Dinner
This is a real bat skull, with tongue and eyeballs included, and served for dinner at a restaurant in Koror, Republic of Palau.
Badly disfigured woman begs for the right to die
A French woman badly disfigured by facial tumors caused by a rare and incurable disease has appealed to President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow her to die by euthanasia.In an interview with the Agence France-Presse news agency, former school teacher Chantal Sebire, 52, begged for the right to end the "atrocious" suffering inflicted on her by the disease which has rendered her face unrecognizable because of growing tumors.
She asks the French media and Mr Sarkozy to allow her a dignified death. Euthanasia is illegal in France, unlike in come other European countries such as the Netherlands and Belgium.
Ms Sebire told AFP that she suffered from a very rare disease called esthesioneuroblastoma, which attacks the nasal cavity. It had left her blind and had robbed her of almost all other senses, leaving her in terrible pain. The disease caused "atrocious bouts of pain that can last up to four hours at a time". Pleading to be allowed to die serenely, the mother of three said that only 200 cases of the disease had been reported globally in the last 20 years.
“Red-Fleshed” apples
Apples in a vibrant shade of red may soon be in Britain’s shops. The new variety — so far unnamed — is being grown by Swiss experts seeking a healthier fruit.
Early tests show the strain is high in antioxidants, which help to prevent cell damage.
And they hope to have them in stores within two years, when there is enough supply.
Prisoner drew a treasure map to stolen jewerly
Imprisoned burglar that drew a treasure map leading
LAPD to stolen jewelry worth half a million.
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Another story here.
Golfing Accident
Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony.
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The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize. ‘Please allow me to help I’m a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you’d allow me,’ she told him.
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‘Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,’ the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands together at his groin.
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At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered tender and artful massage for several longmoments and asked, ‘How does that feel’?
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He replied: ‘It feels great, but I still think my thumb’s broken.’
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Thanks B&P
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The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize. ‘Please allow me to help I’m a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you’d allow me,’ she told him.
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‘Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,’ the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands together at his groin.
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At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered tender and artful massage for several longmoments and asked, ‘How does that feel’?
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He replied: ‘It feels great, but I still think my thumb’s broken.’
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Thanks B&P
When you need to tell the "TRUTH"
Woman Who Admitted to Cheating on 'Moment of Truth' Says She Did It for Money .
The wife of a New York City cop who admitted to cheating on him and wanting to be married to another man on Monday's episode of Fox's
"The Moment of Truth" says she did it for fame and fortune.
But Lauren Cleri, 26, and her husband, NYPD Officer Frank Cleri, 24, came away from the show with no prize money, no immediate job offers for her and a possible divorce in the future after being eliminated when a polygraph detected a "fib."
But Lauren Cleri, 26, and her husband, NYPD Officer Frank Cleri, 24, came away from the show with no prize money, no immediate job offers for her and a possible divorce in the future after being eliminated when a polygraph detected a "fib."
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Small Bits of News
CD’s are an endangered species
More teenagers ignoring CDs, report says
48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007, up from 38% in 2006. Music downloads continue to grow, though, with iTunes leading the way.
The only reason they would buy a CD is for collection purposes. For instance, when the new CD (whenever that is) comes out that they would prefer having the CD case just to add to their collection.
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Viagra overdose gives man blue vision
A sex-starved divorcé who defied doctors to order an extra dose of Viagra online has blamed the sex drug for turning his vision blue. Heating engineer John Pettigrew, 58, ignored doctors' warnings and topped up prescription pills with tablets bought on the internet after enduring a year without sex. Now he is suffering from a permanent vision change which turns everything he sees into shades of blue.
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Picked the Wrong Bar
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - An armed robber picked the wrong target when he raided an Australian bar where a biker gang was holding a meeting. He ended up hog-tied and in a hospital.
The man and an accomplice, wearing ski masks and waving machetes, stormed into a club in a western Sydney suburb shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday and yelled at patrons to lie down as they tried to rob the cash register, police said Thursday.
About 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club had just started a club meeting in another room, and the bikers jumped up to intervene.
One robber escaped by leaping over a balcony, while the other tried to flee through a service entrance, the club's president, who identified himself only as "Jester."
"We caught him at the fence and crash-tackled him and hog-tied him to the ground and waited for the police to get there," Jester said.
"I don't think he did his homework very well," Jester said of the ringleader. "He picked the wrong night."
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Woman cheated bottle deposit
KOPING, Sweden, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Police in Koping, Sweden, said a woman was caught using a fishing line to cheat a bottle deposit machine at a supermarket while her young son shoplifted.
A police spokesman said the 42-year-old mother was spotted by a security guard at Willys supermarket using a single recyclable bottle attached to a fishing line to claim multiple deposits. The woman allegedly instructed her 11-year-old son to shoplift from the store while she used the machine.
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Not once but, twice
Feb 27, 2007 - PLAISTOW, N.H. - Police said the same man tried to rob the same bank, wearing the same clothes and telling employees the same thing on Tuesday as he did two weeks ago. The outcome was not the same.
Two weeks ago, the robber got away with cash from the Sovereign Bank branch. On his second attempt, tellers refused to give him money and he took off empty-handed.
Police and bank employees said it was the same guy. The robber said he had a gun and demanded money both times.
Witnesses told police the man got away in a black Chevrolet Avalanche with New Hampshire license plates that contained the numbers 223.
More teenagers ignoring CDs, report says
48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007, up from 38% in 2006. Music downloads continue to grow, though, with iTunes leading the way.
The only reason they would buy a CD is for collection purposes. For instance, when the new CD (whenever that is) comes out that they would prefer having the CD case just to add to their collection.
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Viagra overdose gives man blue vision
A sex-starved divorcé who defied doctors to order an extra dose of Viagra online has blamed the sex drug for turning his vision blue. Heating engineer John Pettigrew, 58, ignored doctors' warnings and topped up prescription pills with tablets bought on the internet after enduring a year without sex. Now he is suffering from a permanent vision change which turns everything he sees into shades of blue.
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Picked the Wrong Bar
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - An armed robber picked the wrong target when he raided an Australian bar where a biker gang was holding a meeting. He ended up hog-tied and in a hospital.
The man and an accomplice, wearing ski masks and waving machetes, stormed into a club in a western Sydney suburb shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday and yelled at patrons to lie down as they tried to rob the cash register, police said Thursday.
About 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club had just started a club meeting in another room, and the bikers jumped up to intervene.
One robber escaped by leaping over a balcony, while the other tried to flee through a service entrance, the club's president, who identified himself only as "Jester."
"We caught him at the fence and crash-tackled him and hog-tied him to the ground and waited for the police to get there," Jester said.
"I don't think he did his homework very well," Jester said of the ringleader. "He picked the wrong night."
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Woman cheated bottle deposit
KOPING, Sweden, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Police in Koping, Sweden, said a woman was caught using a fishing line to cheat a bottle deposit machine at a supermarket while her young son shoplifted.
A police spokesman said the 42-year-old mother was spotted by a security guard at Willys supermarket using a single recyclable bottle attached to a fishing line to claim multiple deposits. The woman allegedly instructed her 11-year-old son to shoplift from the store while she used the machine.
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Not once but, twice
Feb 27, 2007 - PLAISTOW, N.H. - Police said the same man tried to rob the same bank, wearing the same clothes and telling employees the same thing on Tuesday as he did two weeks ago. The outcome was not the same.
Two weeks ago, the robber got away with cash from the Sovereign Bank branch. On his second attempt, tellers refused to give him money and he took off empty-handed.
Police and bank employees said it was the same guy. The robber said he had a gun and demanded money both times.
Witnesses told police the man got away in a black Chevrolet Avalanche with New Hampshire license plates that contained the numbers 223.
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