Archive for September, 2009

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Man breaks into neighbor’s home covered in feces, dives into pool

Man breaks into neighbor's home covered in feces, dives into pool

Good fences make good neighbors.
A naked man in Martin County, Florida broke into a neighbor’s yard and dove into his swimming pool while covered in feces, according to police.
21 year-old Robert Stark Higgins, who lived nearby, was charged with burglary, disorderly conduct, and misdemeanor theft.
A resident in the 9000 block of Southeast Nero Street told [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

School newspaper reports on cafeteria contractor’s website stating mission is to ’serve God’

School newspaper reports on cafeteria contractor's website stating mission is to 'serve God'

And, presumably, meat loaf. Student’s newspaper article raises Cain.
A student newspaper article on the school’s cafeteria vendor has caused has prompted her school’s administration to delay the printing of the article and instruct the newspaper staff to clear all future issues with them before publication.
In the article, the student, Julia Ostmann quoted a passage from [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Arkansas fire chief shot by police in court over tickets

Arkansas fire chief shot by police in court over tickets

Apparently seven officers weren’t enough to subdue him.
Tickets issued by police officers in the town of Jericho, Arkansas had long become an item of contention. Many of the townspeople had claimed that the police force had gone from simply overzealous to downright unethical in their quest to issue tickets.
So when fire chief Don Payne got [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Woman’s car ignites after using match to peer into gas can

Woman's car ignites after using match to peer into gas can

Game. Set. Match.
An Illinois woman was rushed to a hospital with burns after her car ignited when she used a match to check the level of the gas in a gas can.
Nifty.
Well, at least she had the (sense?) to push the car clear of the gas pumps, so we’ll give her an ‘E’ for Effort.
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