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Man charged with stealing 66 colonoscopes from hospitals
2007-04-13 04:25:00 A man has been charged with taking 66 colonoscopes from hospitals around the region and then selling them to various medical equipment distributors. Michael Marburger was charged in federal court in Pittsburgh yesterday by a criminal information with 66 counts of transporting stolen goods across state lines. According to court documents, Mr. Marburger took the colonoscopes from hospitals in Pittsburgh; Erie; Du Bois, Clearfield County; Altoona, Blair County; Cleveland; Butler; Martins Ferry, Ohio; State College, Centre County; Akron, Ohio; and Clarksburg, W.Va. between March 2004 and July 2006. The most taken from any one place, according to paperwork, were 10 colonoscopes stolen from United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. They were valued at approximately $210,000 and were taken from July 8 to 28, 2006. Goosey's Gabbings... What's the odds he's going to get more than 66 colonoscopes in prison?? technorati tags:news, odd, offbeat, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, dumb-criminals... More About: With , Charge , Hospitals , Colon
Man charged with stealing 66 colonoscopes from hospitals
2007-04-13 04:25:00 A man has been charged with taking 66 colonoscopes from hospitals around the region and then selling them to various medical equipment distributors. Michael Marburger was charged in federal court in Pittsburgh yesterday by a criminal information with 66 counts of transporting stolen goods across state lines. According to court documents, Mr. Marburger took the colonoscopes from hospitals in Pittsburgh; Erie; Du Bois, Clearfield County; Altoona, Blair County; Cleveland; Butler; Martins Ferry, Ohio; State College, Centre County; Akron, Ohio; and Clarksburg, W.Va. between March 2004 and July 2006. The most taken from any one place, according to paperwork, were 10 colonoscopes stolen from United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. They were valued at approximately $210,000 and were taken from July 8 to 28, 2006. Goosey's Gabbings... What's the odds he's going to get more than 66 colonoscopes in prison?? technorati tags:news, odd, offbeat, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, dumb-criminals... More About: Hospitals , Stealing
Man accused of dancing naked in backyard...in front of children
2007-04-13 04:14:00 (CBS) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. A judge has ordered a series of psychiatric and competency exams for a Fairfield man accused of dancing naked in his backyard in front of two neighborhood children. Keith Iodice, 39, was out on bond after being arrested Dec. 1, 2005, and accused of downloading child pornography while working at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford. U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel will use the test results to determine if Iodice is competent to stand trial. Iodice had a brain aneurysm when he was 18. "He has no short-term memory," said his attorney, Frank Riccio Sr. "He does well as long as you plot the whole day out for him." Iodice was taken into federal custody earlier this month after two boys said he was staring at them and gyrating his hips while naked in his backyard. Iodice does not face new charges connected with the nude dancing, but he was accused of violating the terms of his release on the child-pornography charges. Meanwhile, Fairfield First Selectman... More About: Dancing , Children , Back , Child , Front
Man accused of dancing naked in backyard...in front of children
2007-04-13 04:14:00 (CBS) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. A judge has ordered a series of psychiatric and competency exams for a Fairfield man accused of dancing naked in his backyard in front of two neighborhood children. Keith Iodice, 39, was out on bond after being arrested Dec. 1, 2005, and accused of downloading child pornography while working at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford. U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel will use the test results to determine if Iodice is competent to stand trial. Iodice had a brain aneurysm when he was 18. "He has no short-term memory," said his attorney, Frank Riccio Sr. "He does well as long as you plot the whole day out for him." Iodice was taken into federal custody earlier this month after two boys said he was staring at them and gyrating his hips while naked in his backyard. Iodice does not face new charges connected with the nude dancing, but he was accused of violating the terms of his release on the child-pornography charges. Meanwhile, Fairfield First Selectman... More About: Dancing , Children , Front , Backyard
Mutilated Goat carcass found in South Buffalo
2007-04-13 03:43:00 The body of a mutilated goat was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a remote area off Hopkins Street in South Buffalo , and city officials suspect animal cruelty. The carcass, which was found by children playing in the area at about 4 p.m., was headless, and its four legs were sawed off, according to Michael J. DeGeorge, special assistant to Buffalo Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson. “There’s a feeling it was probably dumped in that location,” DeGeorge said. “Animal control officers believe it was probably there about 24 hours.” Authorities said it is uncertain whether the animal was killed as part of a religious or cult ritual. The slaughter of a lamb or a goat around Passover or Easter is a tradition practiced by some religions. DeGeorge said police found three dimes on the carcass but were unsure of the significance. Goosey's Gabbings... Word on the street is that this was a tribute to Buffalo little-known rapper 30 cents. technorati tags:news, bizarre, we... More About: Carcass
Mutilated Goat carcass found in South Buffalo
2007-04-13 03:43:00 The body of a mutilated goat was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a remote area off Hopkins Street in South Buff alo , and city officials suspect animal cruelty. The carcass, which was found by children playing in the area at about 4 p.m., was headless, and its four legs were sawed off, according to Michael J. DeGeorge, special assistant to Buffalo Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson. ?There?s a feeling it was probably dumped in that location,? DeGeorge said. ?Animal control officers believe it was probably there about 24 hours.? Authorities said it is uncertain whether the animal was killed as part of a religious or cult ritual. The slaughter of a lamb or a goat around Passover or Easter is a tradition practiced by some religions. DeGeorge said police found three dimes on the carcass but were unsure of the significance. Goosey's Gabbings... Word on the street is that this was a tribute to Buffalo little-known rapper 30 cents. technorati tags:news, bizarre, weird, occul... More About: Goa , Tila
Gonorrhea now on CDC's "Superbug" list
2007-04-13 03:31:00 ATLANTA (AP) U.S. health officials are recommending wider use of a new drug to treat gonorrhea because the sexually transmitted disease is steadily becoming resistant to the longtime standard antibiotic. Fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that includes Cipro, have been the most common way to treat the bacterial disease since the early 1990s. Since then, gonorrhea has grown increasingly resistant to those drugs. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that a different class of antibiotics, cephalosporins, be used instead. ``Gonorrhea has now joined the list of other superbugs for which treatment options have become dangerously few,'' said Dr. Henry Masur, president of the Infectious Disease Society of America. ``To make a bad problem even worse, we're also seeing a decline in the development of new antibiotics to treat these infections.'' The CDC made the new recommendation after discovering that nearly 7 percent of gonorrhea cases... More About: Super , List
Gonorrhea now on CDC's "Superbug" list
2007-04-13 03:31:00 ATLANTA (AP) U.S. health officials are recommending wider use of a new drug to treat gonorrhea because the sexually transmitted disease is steadily becoming resistant to the longtime standard antibiotic. Fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that includes Cipro, have been the most common way to treat the bacterial disease since the early 1990s. Since then, gonorrhea has grown increasingly resistant to those drugs. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that a different class of antibiotics, cephalosporins, be used instead. ``Gonorrhea has now joined the list of other superbugs for which treatment options have become dangerously few,'' said Dr. Henry Masur, president of the Infectious Disease Society of America. ``To make a bad problem even worse, we're also seeing a decline in the development of new antibiotics to treat these infections.'' The CDC made the new recommendation after discovering that nearly 7 percent of gonorrhea cases... More About: List
Donald Duck finally getting his due in Finland
2007-04-13 03:17:00 Kwaak! The trouserless duck in the sailor's hat puts even Helsingin Sanomat to shame. He has more readers than the largest daily newspaper in the Nordic region. And at 56 years of age, Donald Duck is more popular than ever. What is the secret of the phenomenal popularity of the strip cartoon albums that go by the Finnish name of Aku Ankka? "Aku Ankka came at the right time", says artist Kaj Stenvall, who was born in December 1951, in the same month and year that Donald's comic albums made landfall in Finland . Stenvall learnt to read with the help of the Aku Ankka strips, just like hundreds of thousands of others. And the duck won over the hearts and minds of the baby-boomer generation. Now they order the comics for their children and their grandchildren. The circulation of Aku Ankka has grown for seven straight years in succession and hit a new record early this year, at 320,514 copies. Aku Ankka is Finland's largest magazine, not including some ... More About: Finally
Donald Duck finally getting his due in Finland
2007-04-13 03:17:00 Kwaak! The trouserless duck in the sailor's hat puts even Helsingin Sanomat to shame. He has more readers than the largest daily newspaper in the Nordic region. And at 56 years of age, Donald Duck is more popular than ever. What is the secret of the phenomenal popularity of the strip cartoon albums that go by the Finnish name of Aku Ankka? "Aku Ankka came at the right time", says artist Kaj Stenvall, who was born in December 1951, in the same month and year that Donald's comic albums made landfall in Finland . Stenvall learnt to read with the help of the Aku Ankka strips, just like hundreds of thousands of others. And the duck won over the hearts and minds of the baby-boomer generation. Now they order the comics for their children and their grandchildren. The circulation of Aku Ankka has grown for seven straight years in succession and hit a new record early this year, at 320,514 copies. Aku Ankka is Finland's largest magazine, not including some ... More About: Final , Finally , Land
University President arrested for 2 DUI charges--in two days
2007-04-13 03:10:00 William J. Frawley, 53, was charged yesterday with drunken driving and refusing a Breathalyzer test in Fredericksburg, city police said. Both are misdemeanors. UMW Rector Bill Poole said Frawley was in Mary Washington Hospital?s intensive care unit this afternoon. He said at a news conference that he didn?t know the details of Frawley?s injuries. ?The tragedy of all this is he?s such a brilliant man and so capable,? Poole told The Free Lance?Star. Fairfax County police spokeswoman Camille Neville said today that there is an outstanding warrant for Frawley in Fairfax on a DUI charge from Tuesday. The president of the University of Mary Washington also faces a charge of drunken driving in Fairfax County stemming from an accident there Tuesday afternoon, Fairfax police said today. Mary Washington university officials said Frawley left Inova Fairfax early yesterday morning against advice. He was arrested about 2 p.m. yesterday at Brompton, the official residenc... More About: Arrested , President , Arrest , Charge
University President arrested for 2 DUI charges--in two days
2007-04-13 03:10:00 William J. Frawley, 53, was charged yesterday with drunken driving and refusing a Breathalyzer test in Fredericksburg, city police said. Both are misdemeanors. UMW Rector Bill Poole said Frawley was in Mary Washington Hospital’s intensive care unit this afternoon. He said at a news conference that he didn’t know the details of Frawley’s injuries. “The tragedy of all this is he’s such a brilliant man and so capable,” Poole told The Free Lance–Star. Fairfax County police spokeswoman Camille Neville said today that there is an outstanding warrant for Frawley in Fairfax on a DUI charge from Tuesday. The president of the University of Mary Washington also faces a charge of drunken driving in Fairfax County stemming from an accident there Tuesday afternoon, Fairfax police said today. Mary Washington university officials said Frawley left Inova Fairfax early yesterday morning against advice. He was arrested about 2 p.m. yesterday at Brompton, the off... More About: Arrested , President , Days
Female Civil Servants in India must now disclose menstrual history
2007-04-12 00:45:00 FEMALE civil servants in India are furious with new government guidelines that force them to list intimate details, including their menstrual history, in appraisal forms, a newspaper reported today. The All-India Services Performance Appraisal Rules 2007 ? which apply to senior government workers ? ask female employees to record their last menstrual period, as well as when they last took maternity leave, the Hindustan Times said. "The questions are too intrusive and have no bearing on our work," Seema Vyas, a senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra state, was quoted as saying. India's Ministry of Personnel, which drew up the new appraisal guidelines, says it has not received any complaints and the addition of such questions was based on advice from health officials. "I assume this will help evaluate the officer's fitness," Satyanand Mishra, the ministry's most senior bureaucrat, told the newspaper. But women officers said it was "insensitive" and "irrelevant", adding t... More About: History , Story , Female , Men
Female Civil Servants in India must now disclose menstrual history
2007-04-12 00:45:00 FEMALE civil servants in India are furious with new government guidelines that force them to list intimate details, including their menstrual history, in appraisal forms, a newspaper reported today. The All-India Services Performance Appraisal Rules 2007 – which apply to senior government workers – ask female employees to record their last menstrual period, as well as when they last took maternity leave, the Hindustan Times said. "The questions are too intrusive and have no bearing on our work," Seema Vyas, a senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra state, was quoted as saying. India's Ministry of Personnel, which drew up the new appraisal guidelines, says it has not received any complaints and the addition of such questions was based on advice from health officials. "I assume this will help evaluate the officer's fitness," Satyanand Mishra, the ministry's most senior bureaucrat, told the newspaper. But women officers said it was "insensitive" and "irrelevant", addi... More About: History , Female , Disclose , Civil
Man arrested for pimping out sister on Craigslist
2007-04-12 00:36:00 A Las Vegas man is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting his mentally challenged sister and attempting to offer her for sex out on the internet. 34-year-old Rodney Nickerson is being held on $800,000 bail. According to a police report, Nickerson admitted to putting a photo of his 36-year-old sister on craigslist website. The ad featuring his sister apparently asked men if they wanted to have sex with her. The report states Nickerson also fondled his sister and had another man touch her as well. Nickerson's mother told New's 3 her son has always taken care of his sister since they were little . "I know my son didn't do what they said he did," Deborah Nickerson told News 3. "My son also stuck up for her, (has) taken care of her. He's never bothered her sexually." Police say they received a tip about the craigslist ad around mid-March. An undercover officer tried to arrange a meeting with Nickerson twice, but Nickerson never showed up. Nickerson goes befor... More About: Arrested , Arrest , Pimp , List , Rest
Man arrested for pimping out sister on Craigslist
2007-04-12 00:36:00 A Las Vegas man is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting his mentally challenged sister and attempting to offer her for sex out on the internet. 34-year-old Rodney Nickerson is being held on $800,000 bail. According to a police report, Nickerson admitted to putting a photo of his 36-year-old sister on craigslist website. The ad featuring his sister apparently asked men if they wanted to have sex with her. The report states Nickerson also fondled his sister and had another man touch her as well. Nickerson's mother told New's 3 her son has always taken care of his sister since they were little . "I know my son didn't do what they said he did," Deborah Nickerson told News 3. "My son also stuck up for her, (has) taken care of her. He's never bothered her sexually." Police say they received a tip about the craigslist ad around mid-March. An undercover officer tried to arrange a meeting with Nickerson twice, but Nickerson never showed up. Nickerson goes befor... More About: Arrested , Sister , Craigslist
Woman arrested for being high on Holy Spirit...and a little bit of marijuan
2007-04-12 00:14:00 Holy Spirit and a little bit of marijuana ? Saturday, about 5:20 a.m., Officer Rocky McDaniel was sent to check on a woman walking in the middle of University Blvd., causing drivers to have to go around her. The woman had ?very red bloodshot eyes and very intoxicated on an unknown drug... did not have any normal behavior,? McDaniel wrote in his report. She said she was going to the emergency room to see a friend who had overdosed. When he asked her if she knew why McDaniel stopped her, she stated ?because I was walking in traffic.? Yes, that was correct, and he explained she couldn?t walk in the roadway. Then, he asked her if she was high on some kind of drug. Her answer, the report said, was ?I am. It?s the Holy Spirit and little bit of marijuana.? He asked if she had any left and she said, ?Not enough to get you high, but I know who to go to for more.? McDaniel asked who and she answered, ?Jesus.?She searched herself and produced a glass pipe with a green leafy substance residue, ... More About: Arrested , Holy Spirit , Arrest , Juan , Woman
Woman arrested for being high on Holy Spirit...and a little bit of marijuan
2007-04-12 00:14:00 Holy Spirit and a little bit of marijuana — Saturday, about 5:20 a.m., Officer Rocky McDaniel was sent to check on a woman walking in the middle of University Blvd., causing drivers to have to go around her. The woman had “very red bloodshot eyes and very intoxicated on an unknown drug... did not have any normal behavior,” McDaniel wrote in his report. She said she was going to the emergency room to see a friend who had overdosed. When he asked her if she knew why McDaniel stopped her, she stated “because I was walking in traffic.” Yes, that was correct, and he explained she couldn’t walk in the roadway. Then, he asked her if she was high on some kind of drug. Her answer, the report said, was “I am. It’s the Holy Spirit and little bit of marijuana.” He asked if she had any left and she said, “Not enough to get you high, but I know who to go to for more.” McDaniel asked who and she answered, “Jesus.”She searched herself and produced a glass pipe with a green... More About: Arrested , Holy Spirit , Woman , High
Snellville Georgia New City Ordinance Kicks Gangs to the curb
2007-04-12 00:01:00 Snellville has hung out the "No Vacancy" sign for gangbangers. By passing the street gang terrorism and prevention ordinance Monday night, the City Council also served notice that suspected gang members will find it very difficult to keep a rental roof over their heads within the city limits. Landlords can streamline evictions in cases where three or more suspected gang members are living together, using a civil court process that can take a few weeks or even days, as opposed to four to six months under the existing criminal court process. Police Chief Roy Whitehead, who pushed for the ordinance, said Tuesday it is a preventive measure, as opposed to a reaction to an existing widespread problem. "We want to prevent it [gang-related activity] from coming here," Whitehead said. Whitehead said his effort to get the ordinance passed was partly as the result of one recent case, where four brothers suspected of being gang members were arrested and then evicted. They are still sus... More About: Gang , Georgia , Dina , Gangs
Snellville Georgia New City Ordinance Kicks Gangs to the curb
2007-04-12 00:01:00 Snellville has hung out the "No Vacancy" sign for gangbangers. By passing the street gang terrorism and prevention ordinance Monday night, the City Council also served notice that suspected gang members will find it very difficult to keep a rental roof over their heads within the city limits. Landlords can streamline evictions in cases where three or more suspected gang members are living together, using a civil court process that can take a few weeks or even days, as opposed to four to six months under the existing criminal court process. Police Chief Roy Whitehead, who pushed for the ordinance, said Tuesday it is a preventive measure, as opposed to a reaction to an existing widespread problem. "We want to prevent it [gang-related activity] from coming here," Whitehead said. Whitehead said his effort to get the ordinance passed was partly as the result of one recent case, where four brothers suspected of being gang members were arrested and then evicted. They are still sus... More About: Georgia , Gangs , Kicks
Thief trapped by 95-year old woman
2007-04-07 02:46:00 BERLIN: A 95-year-old German woman solved a series of mystery thefts in a retirement home when she set a trap, hid in a toilet, and caught the thief red-handed. "It was a real case of Miss Marple," said a police spokesman in the eastern town of Saalfeld on Thursday. "It's good to know there are still courageous old ladies out there." The elderly sleuth left cash out in her room as bait and then withdrew to the toilet to lie in wait. A cleaner then entered and pocketed the money, unaware she was being watched. "Then the old lady hit the alarm button in the toilet and staff in the home nabbed the cleaner," the spokesman said. The cleaner, 36, later confessed to police she was responsible for other thefts from the home near the spa resort of Bad Lobenstein. technorati tags:news, odd, offbeat, funny, funny-humor, humor, comedy, germany, berlin, thief, trapped, weird, bizarre, offbeat-news, humorousBlogged with Flock More About: Woman , Oman , Trap , Year , Thief
Harry Potter Vandals caught
2007-04-07 02:40:00 Ten youths have been arrested after Harry Potter 's train, the Hogwarts Express, was attacked by vandals. The train - famous for departing from imaginary platform 9 3/4 at London's King's Cross station - had numerous windows smashed by yobs. The damage is expected to cost around 50,000 to repair, according to train operator West Coast Railways. A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "Ten youths have been arrested after 337 windows were smashed on various trains at the West Coast Railway Company Depot in Carnforth, Lancashire. "Ten males aged between 12 and 14, from Carnforth and surrounding areas, have all been arrested in connection to the incident. "They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries to report back to British Transport Police in the first week of May." Forensic experts spent several days at the depot in Carnforth, Lancashire, after the train was attacked on March 10. This attack was the second on the Hogwarts Express. In September 2... More About: Anda , Caught
Girls Gone Wild founder taking on Judge Gone Wild
2007-04-07 02:36:00 PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- The founder of the Girl s Gone Wild videoempire defied a federal judge, repeatedly calling him a -- quote:"judge gone wild" and refusing to surrender to U-S marshals inPanama City. U-S District Judge Richard Smoak ordered Joe Francis intocustody after settlement negotiations soured in a civil suitbrought by seven women who were underage when they were filmed byFrancis' company on Panama City Beach. Francis drew the contempt order after lawyers for the women saidFrancis shouted obscenities and threatened them duringnegotiations. Francis' attorneys appealed the order that would send him tojail in an emergency motion. Smoak denied a request by Francis tostay the order pending the appeal. Smoak first ordered Francis arrested Saturday if he did notreach a settlement in the case, but later suspended the order. He reinstated the order in an emergency hearing Wednesday afterattorneys said Francis had altered the conditions of the offer,making it unacceptab... More About: Founder
Fleeing Couple jump into River, man loses pants in process
2007-04-07 02:19:00 A Cecil County couple attempting to flee city police yesterday by jumping into the Gwynns Falls in West Baltimore after police observed their stolen car being driven erratically were pulled from the cold stream by police and remain in custody. The man, identified as Jesse Sandow, 28, of North East, is wanted by Delaware police on drug violations and auto theft, said Officer Christopher Warren, one of the arresting officers. Sandow was expected to be extradited to Delaware. About 8:30 a.m., Warren, of the Southwestern District, stopped a white Lincoln Town Car on Hilton Parkway between North Avenue and Edmondson Avenue after observing that the vehicle was being driven erratically. When the car stopped, the driver and the woman got out and jumped into the Gwynns Falls, Warren said. Warren said other officers arrived and that within minutes the man was found hiding under a rocky outcropping in the water. The woman, Sandow's wife, made it to the opposite side of the 10-foot-wide st... More About: Pants , Coup , River , Couple , Ants
Porn and Pancakes (no, it's not a new fetish video)
2007-04-06 03:17:00 MORTON, Illinois (CNN) -- At 8 o'clock on a recent Saturday morning, more than 250 men gathered at New Life Christian Church in Morton, Illinois, for a breakfast of porn and pancakes. The event, not as titillating as it sounds, is the brainchild of Craig Gross, founder of the online Christian ministry, XXXChurch.com. Gross concocted the idea of "Porn & Pancake s" as a way to get Christians and church officials to talk about pornography addiction. It's a problem, he said, that is growing, among Christian communities. Over the smell of maple syrup and sausage, Gross and other guest speakers -- including a former producer of pornography -- talk to the men about how pornography negatively affects their lives, including relationships with their families and with God. The men who come to hear them speak want to make sure they don't develop a problem themselves. "A lot of people think Christians sure don't struggle with this," Gross said. "The stats don't lie: Christians are consum... More About: Video , Fetish , Cakes , Cake
Sex Offenders have to live in a van down by the river....and the problem is
2007-04-06 03:10:00 MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The sparkling blue waters off Miami's Julia Tuttle Causeway look as if they were taken from a postcard. But the causeway's only inhabitants see little paradise in their surroundings. Five men -- all registered sex offenders convicted of abusing children -- live along the causeway because there is a housing shortage for Miami's least welcome residents. "I got nowhere I can go!" says sex offender Rene Matamoros, who lives with his dog on the shore where Biscayne Bay meets the causeway. The Florida Department of Corrections says there are fewer and fewer places in Miami-Dade County where sex offenders can live because the county has some of the strongest restrictions against this kind of criminal in the country. Florida's solution: house the convicted felons under a bridge that forms one part of the causeway. The Julia Tuttle Causeway, which links Miami to Miami Beach, offers no running water, no electricity and little protection from nasty weather. It... More About: River , Live , Offender , Problem , Down
Angry at your school board? Hey, here's some grapes...
2007-04-06 00:07:00 So-called activists disrupted the school board as it voted to balance its budget by closing schools to keep its costs in line with its declining student population. One audience member threw grapes, hitting a board member in the chest and getting arrested.Detroit is so mired in the past - the way the auto industry works, the way the state legislature doesn?t, the way race relations stymie our progress ? that it is possible that some activists still believe that it?s 1968.But the type of antics that occur at most board meetings accomplish nothing ? except to provide entertainment for news-watchers across America.Agnes Hitchcock, the Grape-Thrower, could have offered the board suggestions on how to continue to serve steak on a hamburger budget. Instead, she became the Grape-Thrower, a national laughingstockProblem is, she made Detroit a laughingstock as well. And that ought to be a crime. Source: freep.com Goosey's Gabbings... Agnes is part of what is called the "Call Em Out" Coal... More About: Apes , Grapes , School , Board , Your
English Dentist caught peeing in surgical sinks
2007-04-06 00:00:00 LONDON (Reuters) - A British dentist was found guilty Thursday of urinating in his surgery sink and using dental tools meant for patients to clean his fingernails and ears. A medical tribunal said it was satisfied the evidence showed 51-year-old Alan Hutchinson, who "routinely" did not wear gloves or wash his hands, had risked the health of "himself, staff and patients" for more than 28 years. A dental nurse who worked for Hutchinson for 16 years said she had caught him urinating in the sink more than once. "He was tucking something into his trousers before zipping them up hastily. I walked over and I was behind him. He moved to the left and I could smell urine," the nurse told the tribunal. A later hearing will decide if the dentist's unhygienic habits impaired his ability to treat patients, and if so, whether he should banned from practicing.Source: Reuters Goosey's Gabbings... Ok, so what does he use the sink for? How about the actual toilet? It's bad enough to fear for ... More About: English , Sinks , Caught , Dentist
India to World: Don't blame us for Sanjaya
2007-04-05 23:55:00 NEW DELHI Apr 5, 2007 (AP)? So much for the India n Call Center Theory: Under-talented singer Sanjay a Malakar's unlikely wave of "American Idol" support apparently isn't coming from his father's homeland. Indians are usually attuned to the successes of their compatriots abroad. But apart from a few brief newspaper articles, at least one short TV news segment and a few blog mentions, the reedy 17-year-old with the unsteady voice is a virtual unknown here. One reason is that the show is broadcast a day late in India, and on an English-language channel that attracts relatively few viewers inthis country of 1.1 billion. "He's also an object of ridicule," said Amit Varma, who runs the popular India Uncut blog. Malakar's success with viewers, who vote by phone or text message for their favorite performers, has come despite withering criticism from the three "Idol" judges on New Corp.'s hit Fox network show. The irascible Simon Cowell has even threatened to quit if the native of F... More About: World , Blame
Wonkaland for stoners found in Tennessee
More articles from this author:2007-04-05 03:44:00 Law enforcement officers in Tennessee make the greatest underground discovery since Tutankhamen?s tomb was unearthed in the Valley of the Kings. Under this ordinary house is a marijuana grow-op unlike any you have ever seen. Within the caves of middle Tennessee, growers constructed a complex of offices, living quarters, restroom facilities, and a climate-controlled forest of over one thousand cannabis plants. The vegetative and flowering chambers each contained over 500 plants on a hydroponic irrigation system. Three men were arrested. The mastermind behind the operation was running it from Florida. Goosey's Gabbings... I bet the ATF and DEA are going to really second guess if these "stoners" are as far out as they think...obviously something like this took a ton of planning. technorati tags:news, marijuana, tennessee, underground-lair-found, bizarre, odd, offbeat, offbeat-news, funny, humor, drugs, funny-humor, quirky, stoner-humorBlogged with Flock More About: Stoner , Stone , Esse , Land 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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