By Noddy (DailyKos) The chances are increasing that your child will be arrested for being a child and behaving in a childish fashion at school. Behavior that once got a child a trip to the principal’s office or detention will now get them booked at the police station. Doubt me? Look it up: a 5 [...]
Woman’s face catches fire during routine surgery – ABC News
By Katie Moisse (ABC News) A Florida woman was rushed by helicopter to an Alabama burn center after her face caught fire during routine surgery. Kim Grice, a 29-year-old mother of three, was having cysts removed from her head at an outpatient surgery center in Crestview, Fla., when the flash fire erupted. The cause of [...]
Researchers find poop-throwing by chimps is a sign of intelligence
(PhysOrg.com) A lot of people who have gone to the zoo have become the targets of feces thrown by apes or monkeys, and left no doubt wondering about the so-called intellectual capacity of a beast that would resort to such foul play. Now however, researchers studying such behavior have come to the conclusion that throwing [...]
Woman pepper-sprays other Wal-Mart shoppers to get a Black Friday edge
(LA Times) A woman who pepper-sprayed other shoppers Thursday night at the Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch had armed herself with the caustic spray to gain an advantage in the fight for merchandise at the Black Friday sale, a fire captain said. Twenty customers, including children, were hurt in the 10:10 p.m. incident. Shoppers complained of [...]
‘Mini Piglet’ is Costco’s most horrid meat abomination
By Curtis Cartier (Seattle Weekly) Feast your eyes on the Mini Piglet! This pressure-formed pig-shaped pork monstrosity is a revolution in culinary alliteration (looks and tastes like the animal it began as). And it’s on sale at Costco right now! via ‘Mini Piglet’ Is Costco’s Most Horrid Meat Abomination – Seattle News – The [...]
$1.1M German museum piece falls victim to cleaning lady
BERLIN (AFP) – A cleaning woman at a German museum who mistook a sculpture for an unsightly mess has destroyed the valuable artwork beyond recognition, a spokeswoman for the western city of Dortmund said Thursday. The cleaner at the city’s Ostwall Museum went to work on the Martin Kippenberger installation titled When It Starts Dripping [...]
Hallmark unveils 'layoff cards' for the unemployed
(MSNBC) Hallmark recently rolled out a new line of layoff greeting cards. Stores have a specific section for job loss and recession humor, offering words of support and encouragement. With the unemployment rate at nine percent, the company says customers called-in the need. One card reads “Don’t think of it as losing your job. Think [...]
Kellogg’s threatens nonprofit for using toucan image in logo
(Press Release) Kellogg’s, the maker of Froot Loops and other sugary breakfast products, is taking legal action against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI), a nonprofit that defends indigenous Maya culture, claiming that the use of a toucan in its logo infringes on Kellogg’s Toucan Sam character and games. The MAI logo can be viewed at [...]
‘Bomb’ that shut down bridge was a city traffic counter
By Tamsin McMahon (National Post) The City of Saskatoon issued an apology this week to residents after police shut down one of the community’s main bridges for three hours so a bomb squad could probe a mysterious box chained to a lamp post that turned out to be a city-owned traffic counter. The hard plastic [...]
Pastor gets girls to cover themselves in honey, then secretly films them nude, cleaning up in the shower
By Brian Rogers (Houston Chronicle) Thomas Jason Fortenberry, 30, is accused of choosing two 15-year-olds and two 17-year-olds for a church game that ended with the girls being covered in honey. According to court documents, Fortenberry recently admitted to the two older girls that he hid a camera at the Greater Harvest Community Church in [...]
