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Self-styled superhero Phoenix Jones

mallsop — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:43:45 +0000

Self-styled superhero Phoenix Jones

Video shot by a documentary crew and posted on Jones’ Facebook page showed a chaotic scene in which the self-styled superhero was being chased by a purse-wielding woman. He then shot what appeared to be pepper spray at a group of people. Fodor was the only person arrested by police.

Source CNN News…Read More

Kevin Costner’s Oil Spill cleanup plan

mallsop — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:45:19 +0000

Kevin Costnet oil cleanup invention

Source: CBSNews (via YouTube)

Kid wears 215 pairs of underwear to set record.

mallsop — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:32:30 +0000

A 10-year old boy has a Birthday party where he sets the record for wearing the most underpants.

Source: CNN Video

Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric

mallsop — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:09:02 +0000

Women behaving promiscuously are causing the earth to shake, according to cleric, as Ahmadinejad predicts Tehran quake.

A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media.

Source: The Guardian – UK

Robbed while stuck in traffic

mallsop — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:23 +0000

A prominent Ukrainian woman arrived at an airport near Paris, and was driving into the city when her car got stuck in traffic. A thief seized the opportunity to pull open the car door and make off with the lady’s handbag. She told the BBC that her purse contained jewels, rings and earrings worth more than $6 million.

February 16, 2010 Source: NPR News

Miss me Yet?

mallsop — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:31 +0000

Looming over the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 in Wyoming, Minn., is a grinning portrait of former President George W. Bush, asking “Miss me yet?”

At a time when President Obama’s approval ratings are cratering, the billboard appeared stealthily about a month ago.

“It was put up by a group of small business owners — who want to stay anonymous –because they felt Washington wasn’t listening,” said Mary McNamara, a spokeswoman for the company that owns the billboard. “They felt like it was a good way to get their message out.”

For the past two days, images of the billboard have raged virally across the Internet, with a Google search resulting in more than 100 million hits Tuesday.

Source: StarTribune

No St. Nick

mallsop — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:31:42 +0000

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
According to Metropolitan Nashville Police, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit — including hat, beard and mustache — and dark sunglasses robbed a SunTrust Bank on Tuesday morning, demanding money from the teller at gunpoint. He also mentioned to everyone in the bank that he needed to pay his elves.

After the teller complied, the man fled in a gray midsize car.
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Naked Man Arrested on Plane – Again

mallsop — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:53:44 +0000

A half hour into a Southwest flight, a man exposed himself to a female passenger. “Her scream apparently upset him, and he ended up punching her.”

Flight attendants and other passengers (then) wrestled with the 300-pound man, who flailed at flight attendants and broke away, stripped naked and was lying in the plane’s aisle as it made a return trip to Oakland to remove the man. The man was taken into custody without incident.

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Wipe that grin off your face!

mallsop — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Stopping driver’s license fraud is no laughing matter: Four states — including Indiana — are ordering people to wipe the grins off their faces in their license photos.

“Neutral facial expressions” are required at departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia. That means you can’t smile, or smile very much. Other states may follow.

The serious poses are urged by DMVs that have installed high-tech software that compares a new license photo with others that have already been shot. When a new photo seems to match an existing one, the software sends alarms that someone may be trying to assume another driver’s identity.

Source: Indy Star -> Article

Underwater ironing contest.

mallsop — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:41:50 +0000

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UK reclaims world underwater ironing title from Australian rivals!

Dozens of divers have taken part in a strange underwater challenge in the British town of Chepstow.

It involved a very dull household chore which has been transformed into a type of sport.

Source: Reuters video.

Man racks up almost $2 million in fines

mallsop — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:34:38 +0000

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Transport authorities in Brazil have caught up with a speed-loving Brazilian driver who clocked up nearly $2 million in fines, local media reported.

Police intercepted the driver of a 12-year-old car in Sao Paulo at the spot he most frequently committed infractions, the O Globo daily said on Thursday.

For seven years he had been speeding and running red lights but was not arrested earlier because he never registered the car in his own name.

The paper said the car, worth around $6,500, would be auctioned if the driver, unnamed, did not pay the $1.8 million in fines in 90 days.

source: oddlyEnoughNews

Spell checker is your friend

mallsop — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:04:07 +0000

A Cyprus court jailed Pakistani national Fazal Ur Rehman for eight months for forgery after police spotted spelling mistakes on stamps on an Afghan passport he was carrying — otherwise it was a near-perfect copy, the Cyprus Mail said Wednesday.

“Ministry” was spelled “Menistry” and the first “n” was missing from government, the newspaper said.

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Contest: Pick the teams in the K.R.A.P. League

Brian — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:22:50 +0000

Author Invites Readers to Name the Teams in Mythical League

Read the press release.