Two weeks ago, a disturbed man aboard a United Airlines flight out of Chicago had to be subdued after claiming to have a bomb and attempting to open a cabin door during flight. Passengers, along with three Secret Service agents en route to join President Bush’s entourage in California, wrestled Jose Manuel Pelayo-Ortega to the…
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Hamster survives giant shredder
A hamster has survived almost unscathed after spending several minutes passing through an industrial shredder. The rodent is thought to have got into a skip of rubbish that was taken to Recyclo recycling plant in Flintshire. It survived a giant shredder used to destroy waste such as washing machines and was found in a sorting…
Lacklustre robber asks for advice
A would-be robber failed in his bid to raid a Japanese bank after asking staff for tips on how to carry out the crime, according to the Reuters news agency. And as he was escorted out of the branch in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo the man accidentally stabbed himself with the knife he was carrying….
Coma woman mix-up pains family
This family thought their daughter was in the hospital, while somebody else’s family was having her funeral, thinking it was their dead daughter… Sounds like a soap opera plot, but it’s real. The screw-up was noticed when the hospitalized woman started “saying and doing things that made us question whether or not she was Laura…”…
Update on Indonesia Quake
Today’s story is an update Today I am going to discuss the recent quake in Indonesia. On May 27 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the ancient city of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. An initial estimate of 3000 casualties has more than doubled to 6234 as I write this. It will probably go up further. The news…
Do you believe in magic?
Cirque Hawaii recently debuted in Honolulu – it is sort of a local version of Cirque du Soleil. I use “local” loosely, since most of the performers are from Central Asia and Mongolia. It must be kind of a surreal life to train as a circus performer somewhere in Kyrgyzstan and end up in Waikiki…….
Ahhh… the great outdoors
Given my borderline relationship with Thumper, I thought that it was appropriate to post this. Perhaps I should write a “how to” guide on getting a rabbit to be your pimp? -Bambi 2) How do I know if a dolphin wants to have sex?A2) There are various ways a dolphin has of showing that she…
Let's build bridges not fences
Citizen Lobbyists Sending Bricks to Congress Those in favor of building a fence between Mexico and the U.S. are sending bricks to congress as a way to show their representatives what they want. Itâs clever (the bricks not the fence) and really gets the message across what these people want. As one congressional aide put…
Garden of Dreams
Garden of Dreams : A garden show piece entitled the 4Head Garden of Dreams by designers Marney Hall and Heather Yarrow is on display on the preview day for the annual flower show, in London. (AFP/Carl De Souza)
Chinese hanging on giant cocks
I hate to drag the whole tone of this blog down to my level but sometimes a picture is so stirring and veiled in symbolism and contextual importance that good taste must be bypassed. This is art baby. ? B.E