It makes you wonder doesn't it, one of those bodies does appear to be wearing a red shirt, which obviously could be just coincidental.prcscct wrote:Let's hope the above story doesn't pertain to any of these: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investi ... ounted-for I guess it could however.Pete
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp ... ks-a-beer/
Trapped NZ driver cracks a beer
Trapped after flipping his car while drunk driving, a New Zealand man opened another beer as he waited to be rescued.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving in a district court in the North Island city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Sneddon failed to take a corner on June 1, crashed through a wooden barrier, and flipped his car onto its roof.
The newspaper quoted defence lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, "he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer".
When police found him trapped in the vehicle his breath-alcohol level was 1,191 micrograms - nearly three times the legal limit of 400 micrograms.
Prosecutor police Sergeant Ollie Outtrim told the court Sneddon went on a drinking bender after losing his job at a bakery.
Asked by an officer how much alcohol he had consumed, Outtrim said Sneddon had replied: "Plenty. I've been drinking for four days straight" and told the police officer he had just lost his job in a local bakery.
Judge Gregory Ross fined Sneddon $NZ1,100 ($889) and disqualified him from driving for 10 months.
Trapped NZ driver cracks a beer
Trapped after flipping his car while drunk driving, a New Zealand man opened another beer as he waited to be rescued.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving in a district court in the North Island city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Sneddon failed to take a corner on June 1, crashed through a wooden barrier, and flipped his car onto its roof.
The newspaper quoted defence lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, "he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer".
When police found him trapped in the vehicle his breath-alcohol level was 1,191 micrograms - nearly three times the legal limit of 400 micrograms.
Prosecutor police Sergeant Ollie Outtrim told the court Sneddon went on a drinking bender after losing his job at a bakery.
Asked by an officer how much alcohol he had consumed, Outtrim said Sneddon had replied: "Plenty. I've been drinking for four days straight" and told the police officer he had just lost his job in a local bakery.
Judge Gregory Ross fined Sneddon $NZ1,100 ($889) and disqualified him from driving for 10 months.
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/of ... r-bedtime/
Man found dead four years after bedtime
Relatives followed the instructions of a Dutch man who asked not to be disturbed when he went to his bedroom: they left him alone and his body was found in bed four years later, police say.
The man, 50 at the time of his death, lived with four siblings aged between 44 and 71 in the northern village of Minnertsga.
"He was used to being obeyed and very quick to anger," police spokesman Wouter De Vries said.
"Four years ago he told his brothers and sisters he didn't want to be disturbed and went to his bedroom."
Though they frequently passed by the bedroom door, no one dared to open it and look in, Mr de Vries said.
The body was only discovered when the landlords decided some work needed to be done in the room.
"A decomposing body produces a very strong smell, and it's really remarkable that his brothers and sisters don't seem to have noticed anything," the police spokesman said.
Man found dead four years after bedtime
Relatives followed the instructions of a Dutch man who asked not to be disturbed when he went to his bedroom: they left him alone and his body was found in bed four years later, police say.
The man, 50 at the time of his death, lived with four siblings aged between 44 and 71 in the northern village of Minnertsga.
"He was used to being obeyed and very quick to anger," police spokesman Wouter De Vries said.
"Four years ago he told his brothers and sisters he didn't want to be disturbed and went to his bedroom."
Though they frequently passed by the bedroom door, no one dared to open it and look in, Mr de Vries said.
The body was only discovered when the landlords decided some work needed to be done in the room.
"A decomposing body produces a very strong smell, and it's really remarkable that his brothers and sisters don't seem to have noticed anything," the police spokesman said.
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(Reuters) - A cockatoo has been made to fly in front of an Austrian judge to try to identify whether it is lopsided in flight and not worth the 12,000 euros (10,600 pounds) its owner paid for it, media reported on Monday.
The cockatoo's Danish owner says the bird cannot fly properly because of chronic gout and is demanding his money back from the Austrian seller through a court in the south of the country.
"When the cockatoo flies around all crooked, it's worthless," the owner said, according to the Austria Press Agency (APA).
The cockatoo took its test flight in a hall in front of the judge and a vet, APA reported. A report on the bird's health is expected in three to four months.
The cockatoo's Danish owner says the bird cannot fly properly because of chronic gout and is demanding his money back from the Austrian seller through a court in the south of the country.
"When the cockatoo flies around all crooked, it's worthless," the owner said, according to the Austria Press Agency (APA).
The cockatoo took its test flight in a hall in front of the judge and a vet, APA reported. A report on the bird's health is expected in three to four months.
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If anyone in the Northeast knows the whereabouts of gunman Raoul Moat can you please tell him that John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney also shagged his ex-girlfriend
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(Reuters) - A spate of thefts from gardens and washing lines in Southampton had been puzzling police.
Socks, gloves, ladies underwear -- almost anything left unattended was fair game for the thief, especially the knickers, and the rate of offending was getting worse.
But now the culprit has been unmasked as a kleptomaniac cat with a generous nature.
Eager to please his new owners, Peter and Birgitt Weismantel, 13-year-old Oscar had been bringing home presents to the family home in Portswood, Southampton.
"He started bringing socks home a few months ago and then gardening gloves which we tracked to our neighbour," his owner Peter Weismantel told the Southern Daily Echo newspaper.
"Then we had a situation in which he brought back young women's underwear," said Peter, 72.
"It began to escalate and I telephoned the police as people must have been missing clothes -- especially with women's underwear being taken."
The couple have been fostering Oscar from Southampton's Cats Protection charity since Christmas.
Since then he had also pinched builder's gloves, a knee-pad, a paint roller, rubber gloves, and 10 pairs of children's underpants.
On average he commits 10 robberies a day.
"He brings them back as presents," Birgitt told the Echo. "We can't give him back now as he makes such an effort with all these gifts. He's got a lovely personality and is a very loving cat.
"I think we fell in love with him before he started taking all these things," she added. "It was just so touching to see him come home every day with something for us."
Now the couple will adopt Oscar full time but they still have yet to devise a way to curb his criminal instincts.
"He's still doing it now," said Peter. "We are thinking of training him as Fagin!"
Socks, gloves, ladies underwear -- almost anything left unattended was fair game for the thief, especially the knickers, and the rate of offending was getting worse.
But now the culprit has been unmasked as a kleptomaniac cat with a generous nature.
Eager to please his new owners, Peter and Birgitt Weismantel, 13-year-old Oscar had been bringing home presents to the family home in Portswood, Southampton.
"He started bringing socks home a few months ago and then gardening gloves which we tracked to our neighbour," his owner Peter Weismantel told the Southern Daily Echo newspaper.
"Then we had a situation in which he brought back young women's underwear," said Peter, 72.
"It began to escalate and I telephoned the police as people must have been missing clothes -- especially with women's underwear being taken."
The couple have been fostering Oscar from Southampton's Cats Protection charity since Christmas.
Since then he had also pinched builder's gloves, a knee-pad, a paint roller, rubber gloves, and 10 pairs of children's underpants.
On average he commits 10 robberies a day.
"He brings them back as presents," Birgitt told the Echo. "We can't give him back now as he makes such an effort with all these gifts. He's got a lovely personality and is a very loving cat.
"I think we fell in love with him before he started taking all these things," she added. "It was just so touching to see him come home every day with something for us."
Now the couple will adopt Oscar full time but they still have yet to devise a way to curb his criminal instincts.
"He's still doing it now," said Peter. "We are thinking of training him as Fagin!"
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This is weird, but ain't Foo. I put it here anyway as don't want to start a new thread. Very sad and disheartening. Once again, every politician should be thrown out and the system re-started from scratch. 
Pete
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... hoo_module
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Indonesian Muslims 'praying in wrong direction'
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country's highest Islamic authority has said.
The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country's Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers. Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion's most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
At the time, the council said that the direction of Kaaba from Indonesia laid to the west.
Turns out, it didn't. Africa did.
So, on Friday, the council issued a new edict: face northwest.
"After the first fatwa (edict) a few months ago that stated that the praying direction is west, we have announced that the correct direction for praying is indeed northwest, and we have issued a new fatwa (edict) to correct it," said Ma'ruf Amin, the head of fatwa division in the Indonesian Ulema Council.
"This is important because facing west will mean that people were facing Africa when they pray," he said.
Amin said the new edict does not mean that mosques in the country will need to be torn down. "They (those praying inside) just need to adjust their praying direction slightly," he said.
Some residents of the world's most populous Muslim country took the change in stride.
"I don't really worry about the praying direction," said Riza Irwansyah, an office worker in Jakarta. "The important thing is I prayed to Allah and I believe He will listen, no matter which way I'm facing."
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country's highest Islamic authority has said.
The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country's Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers. Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion's most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
At the time, the council said that the direction of Kaaba from Indonesia laid to the west.
Turns out, it didn't. Africa did.
So, on Friday, the council issued a new edict: face northwest.
"After the first fatwa (edict) a few months ago that stated that the praying direction is west, we have announced that the correct direction for praying is indeed northwest, and we have issued a new fatwa (edict) to correct it," said Ma'ruf Amin, the head of fatwa division in the Indonesian Ulema Council.
"This is important because facing west will mean that people were facing Africa when they pray," he said.
Amin said the new edict does not mean that mosques in the country will need to be torn down. "They (those praying inside) just need to adjust their praying direction slightly," he said.
Some residents of the world's most populous Muslim country took the change in stride.
"I don't really worry about the praying direction," said Riza Irwansyah, an office worker in Jakarta. "The important thing is I prayed to Allah and I believe He will listen, no matter which way I'm facing."
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Parasailing donkey stunt prompts animal cruelty inquiry
Police in southern Russia have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a tour operator forced a donkey to parasail over the sea.
Video footage showed the beast being catapulted into the air after a group of men on a beach at Golubitskaya, on the Sea of Azoz, strapped it into a harness.
The donkey was then towed by a boat for half an hour, initially flailing its legs and then hanging forlornly under a multi-coloured parachute at least 30 metres above the surf.
Stunned beachgoers said the animal had brayed in fear as it whistled through the air, causing children to burst into tears. Others calmly filmed the event on their mobile phones.
"This is a little town and we all know that donkey well," one local woman told reporters. "He worked for several years on the beach, being photographed with tourists. As soon as his ordeal was over, a lot of the people on the beach ran forward to soothe him." Witnesses say the animal was hauled through the sea and on to the sand as it landed.
The animal's owners, who arranged the stunt to attract tourists to pay for parasailing – a popular pastime at Russian resorts – claimed it had not suffered during the flight.
But police said organisers of the "unusual attraction" were to be questioned over a potential animal cruelty charge, which carries a heavy fine or a maximum two-year jail sentence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/ju ... key-russia
Police in southern Russia have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a tour operator forced a donkey to parasail over the sea.
Video footage showed the beast being catapulted into the air after a group of men on a beach at Golubitskaya, on the Sea of Azoz, strapped it into a harness.
The donkey was then towed by a boat for half an hour, initially flailing its legs and then hanging forlornly under a multi-coloured parachute at least 30 metres above the surf.
Stunned beachgoers said the animal had brayed in fear as it whistled through the air, causing children to burst into tears. Others calmly filmed the event on their mobile phones.
"This is a little town and we all know that donkey well," one local woman told reporters. "He worked for several years on the beach, being photographed with tourists. As soon as his ordeal was over, a lot of the people on the beach ran forward to soothe him." Witnesses say the animal was hauled through the sea and on to the sand as it landed.
The animal's owners, who arranged the stunt to attract tourists to pay for parasailing – a popular pastime at Russian resorts – claimed it had not suffered during the flight.
But police said organisers of the "unusual attraction" were to be questioned over a potential animal cruelty charge, which carries a heavy fine or a maximum two-year jail sentence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/ju ... key-russia
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Undoubtedly many forget the famous "Diving Horse" off the Steel Pier in Atlantic City NJ. Saw it many times as a kid and believe me, that horse did not want to jump into that tub of water, and neither did the pretty girl on its back from the look of fear on her face! 
Pete 
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A couple on a whale-watching trip off Cape Town, South Africa, say they had a lucky escape when a 10m (33ft) specimen leapt on to their yacht.
The southern right whale, a species known for poor eyesight, snapped the mast before sliding back into the water, said Paloma Werner.
She and her partner had just seconds to take cover, she said. A nearby tourist caught the moment on camera.
"I still like whales," Ms Werner told the BBC afterwards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323
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The southern right whale, a species known for poor eyesight, snapped the mast before sliding back into the water, said Paloma Werner.
She and her partner had just seconds to take cover, she said. A nearby tourist caught the moment on camera.
"I still like whales," Ms Werner told the BBC afterwards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323
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(Reuters) - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, New York, about 50 miles east of New York City, on Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police said. He fled through a parking lot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The bandit dressed as the "Star Wars" villain was part of a mini-outbreak of unusual bank robbers in the New York area.
Earlier this week, New York City police arrested a man accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66M2KT20100723
Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, New York, about 50 miles east of New York City, on Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police said. He fled through a parking lot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The bandit dressed as the "Star Wars" villain was part of a mini-outbreak of unusual bank robbers in the New York area.
Earlier this week, New York City police arrested a man accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66M2KT20100723
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(Reuters) - American rock band Kings of Leon said they were forced to abandon a concert in St. Louis at the weekend after three songs because pigeons kept pooping on them from the rafters.
The band left the stage at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Friday after bass player Jared Followill was hit in the face by one dropping.
"Jared was hit several times during the first two songs. On the third song, when he was hit in the cheek and some of it landed near his mouth, they couldn't deal any longer," the Nashville band's publicist, Any Mendelsohn, said in a statement.
"It's not only disgusting - it's a toxic hazard. They really tried to hang in there."
Drummer Nathan Followill apologized on Twitter to fans of the Grammy-winning band which is made up of three Followill brothers and their cousin Matthew who plays lead guitar.
"So sorry St Louis. We had to bail, pigeons s***ing in Jared's mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue," he wrote.
"Don't take it out on Jared ... Sorry for all who (travelled) many miles."
The band was to continue its U.S. tour in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday to promote its fourth album "Only By The Night" before heading to Canada and Britain.
The country duo Sugarland was scheduled to play the venue on Sunday night.
The band left the stage at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Friday after bass player Jared Followill was hit in the face by one dropping.
"Jared was hit several times during the first two songs. On the third song, when he was hit in the cheek and some of it landed near his mouth, they couldn't deal any longer," the Nashville band's publicist, Any Mendelsohn, said in a statement.
"It's not only disgusting - it's a toxic hazard. They really tried to hang in there."
Drummer Nathan Followill apologized on Twitter to fans of the Grammy-winning band which is made up of three Followill brothers and their cousin Matthew who plays lead guitar.
"So sorry St Louis. We had to bail, pigeons s***ing in Jared's mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue," he wrote.
"Don't take it out on Jared ... Sorry for all who (travelled) many miles."
The band was to continue its U.S. tour in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday to promote its fourth album "Only By The Night" before heading to Canada and Britain.
The country duo Sugarland was scheduled to play the venue on Sunday night.
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Kulula Airlines latest plane, for the less technically minded.
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Jeremy Clarkson in 'special needs' row
(Telegraph.co.uk)
Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, has become embroiled in a row with disability campaigners after using the term "special needs" to describe a car.
His comments came during an episode of the BBC Two show broadcast on Sunday when he compared two Ferraris to each other, arguing that the new model made its forerunner look like a "simpleton".
The older car, the 430 Speciale, ought to be rebranded the "430 Speciale Needs", he concluded, to the horror of some viewers.
Last year the presenter was forced to apologise for offending the Scottish and the disabled after referring to Gordon Brown, then the prime minister, as a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".
Clarkson said at the time: "I have nothing against the Scottish and of course I regret making any remark that might have upset the disabled.
"But the idiot bit – there is no chance I'll apologise for that."
He also provoked a number of complaints last week after claiming that he had seen a woman wearing a g-string and stockings underneath her burka after she tripped up while crossing the road.
Speaking after his latest remarks, Suzi Browne, of the National Autistic Society, told the Daily Mirror: "To use terms such as special needs in a derogatory or flippant manner only perpetuates the prejudice and bullying which people with disabilities have to cope with."
Mo Gilbert, the mother of a 17-year-old child who has autism and Asperger's syndrome, added: "It's a disgusting thing to say. It's no joke having a disability".
The BBC declined to comment.
(Telegraph.co.uk)
Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, has become embroiled in a row with disability campaigners after using the term "special needs" to describe a car.
His comments came during an episode of the BBC Two show broadcast on Sunday when he compared two Ferraris to each other, arguing that the new model made its forerunner look like a "simpleton".
The older car, the 430 Speciale, ought to be rebranded the "430 Speciale Needs", he concluded, to the horror of some viewers.
Last year the presenter was forced to apologise for offending the Scottish and the disabled after referring to Gordon Brown, then the prime minister, as a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".
Clarkson said at the time: "I have nothing against the Scottish and of course I regret making any remark that might have upset the disabled.
"But the idiot bit – there is no chance I'll apologise for that."
He also provoked a number of complaints last week after claiming that he had seen a woman wearing a g-string and stockings underneath her burka after she tripped up while crossing the road.
Speaking after his latest remarks, Suzi Browne, of the National Autistic Society, told the Daily Mirror: "To use terms such as special needs in a derogatory or flippant manner only perpetuates the prejudice and bullying which people with disabilities have to cope with."
Mo Gilbert, the mother of a 17-year-old child who has autism and Asperger's syndrome, added: "It's a disgusting thing to say. It's no joke having a disability".
The BBC declined to comment.