never mind...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
An Olympic event in Wisconsin...
Contestants Break Bones Chasing Cheese
May 30, 2005 - AP
LONDON - Contestants in a traditional British cheese rolling competition broke bones and took skin off knees and elbows Monday in their pursuit of a giant piece of cheese down a steep hill.
The competition, in which participants hurl themselves 640 feet down a hill after an eight-pound piece of cheese, has been celebrated for centuries in Gloucestershire, northwest of London. ¶ 6:47 AM
May 30, 2005 - AP
LONDON - Contestants in a traditional British cheese rolling competition broke bones and took skin off knees and elbows Monday in their pursuit of a giant piece of cheese down a steep hill.
The competition, in which participants hurl themselves 640 feet down a hill after an eight-pound piece of cheese, has been celebrated for centuries in Gloucestershire, northwest of London. ¶ 6:47 AM
Monday, May 30, 2005
I'm telling you; health insurance is GREEEAAAAT!
600-Pound Tiger Gets Root Canal
May 30, 2005 - AP
LODI, Calif. - Many dentists have a difficult time performing root canals on scared humans. So it's no surprise that a root canal on a 600-pound Bengal tiger required three dentists, an oral surgeon, a veterinarian — and plenty of courage. ¶ 10:24 AM
May 30, 2005 - AP
LODI, Calif. - Many dentists have a difficult time performing root canals on scared humans. So it's no surprise that a root canal on a 600-pound Bengal tiger required three dentists, an oral surgeon, a veterinarian — and plenty of courage. ¶ 10:24 AM
Friday, May 27, 2005
Who says we don't have great health care in America?
Polar Bear With Bad Breath Gets Surgery
Thu May 26, 2005 - AP ¶ 7:29 AM
Thu May 26, 2005 - AP ¶ 7:29 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Hey, you can't expect everyone to be perfect!
Thai anti-corruption commission corrupt: court
May 26, 2005 - Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's nine anti-corruption commissioners were found guilty on Thursday of awarding themselves extra payments illegally, a court said. ¶ 1:52 PM
May 26, 2005 - Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's nine anti-corruption commissioners were found guilty on Thursday of awarding themselves extra payments illegally, a court said. ¶ 1:52 PM
"Suicide Prevention Hotline. Hold, please."
Canada suicide hotline to open only from 9 to 5
May 26, 2005 - Reuters
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours.
Prince Edward Island, a small province on Canada's East Coast, says it is too expensive to operate the hotline around the clock. Starting June 1, it will be open only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. ¶ 1:48 PM
May 26, 2005 - Reuters
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours.
Prince Edward Island, a small province on Canada's East Coast, says it is too expensive to operate the hotline around the clock. Starting June 1, it will be open only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. ¶ 1:48 PM
How Wheeling Stole the Grinch
Man Arrested for Wearing Grinch Mask
May 26, 2005 - AP
WHEELING, W.Va. - City and county attorneys are defending Wheeling police who arrested a man for wearing a Grinch mask while walking along a city street. ¶ 1:46 PM
May 26, 2005 - AP
WHEELING, W.Va. - City and county attorneys are defending Wheeling police who arrested a man for wearing a Grinch mask while walking along a city street. ¶ 1:46 PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Those Darwin Award nominees keep on coming...
Cop Breaks Up Drug Deal Next to Squad Car
May 24, 2005 - AP
ELKHART, Ind. - Police Cpl. Mike Swygart said he did not believe it at first when someone told him two men were making a drug deal next to his patrol car. Swygart said he was on a break having a cup of coffee Friday night when a person told him what was going on outside.
"I laughed because I thought no one would be so foolish as to handle illegal drugs next to a police car," Swygart wrote in his report. "He looked at me and told me that he was not joking." ¶ 10:56 AM
May 24, 2005 - AP
ELKHART, Ind. - Police Cpl. Mike Swygart said he did not believe it at first when someone told him two men were making a drug deal next to his patrol car. Swygart said he was on a break having a cup of coffee Friday night when a person told him what was going on outside.
"I laughed because I thought no one would be so foolish as to handle illegal drugs next to a police car," Swygart wrote in his report. "He looked at me and told me that he was not joking." ¶ 10:56 AM
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Vying for this year's Darwin Award...
Two hurt in mock light sabre duel
May 24, 2005 - BBC News
Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol. A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it.
The pair were rushed to hospital after one of the devices exploded in woodland at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. ¶ 9:22 AM
May 24, 2005 - BBC News
Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol. A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it.
The pair were rushed to hospital after one of the devices exploded in woodland at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. ¶ 9:22 AM
Monday, May 23, 2005
First, it was buffalo playing tennis, now...
Bear Takes Dip in Suburban L.A. Pool
May 23, 2005 - AP
LOS ANGELES - A 140-pound bear wandered into a suburban neighborhood and took a dip in a swimming pool before being tranquilized and returned to the wild.
The female bear ambled into the San Fernando Valley's Porter Ranch area shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, bumping into doors and windows before taking a few splashes in a backyard pool, fire spokesman Brian Humphrey said. ¶ 9:15 AM
May 23, 2005 - AP
LOS ANGELES - A 140-pound bear wandered into a suburban neighborhood and took a dip in a swimming pool before being tranquilized and returned to the wild.
The female bear ambled into the San Fernando Valley's Porter Ranch area shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, bumping into doors and windows before taking a few splashes in a backyard pool, fire spokesman Brian Humphrey said. ¶ 9:15 AM
Saturday, May 21, 2005
I guess it doesn't take much to entertain Oregonians...
Inventor Creates Soundless Sound System
Man Astounds Crowd in Oregon With His Soundless Sound Invention
By TYPH TUCKER Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. Apr 21, 2005 ¶ 11:52 AM
Man Astounds Crowd in Oregon With His Soundless Sound Invention
By TYPH TUCKER Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. Apr 21, 2005 ¶ 11:52 AM
Friday, May 20, 2005
Look out when you're in those West Virginia deserts!
Camel Sits on W.Va. Woman Painting a Fence
Thu May 19, 2005 - AP
SHINNSTON, W.Va. - A woman painting a fence in the community of Bethlehem in Harrison County had to call emergency responders on her cell phone Wednesday after a camel sat on her and pinned her to the ground. ¶ 6:46 AM
Thu May 19, 2005 - AP
SHINNSTON, W.Va. - A woman painting a fence in the community of Bethlehem in Harrison County had to call emergency responders on her cell phone Wednesday after a camel sat on her and pinned her to the ground. ¶ 6:46 AM
Monday, May 16, 2005
I want to be a noncomformist like everyone else...
Artists concerned tattoos losing nonconformist lure
By Walker Simon Mon May 16, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As models flaunted head-to-toe body art and hard rock pulsated in a cavernous ballroom, veteran tattoo artists at a New York convention on Saturday wondered if their once taboo artistry was losing its nonconformist lure. ¶ 7:53 PM
By Walker Simon Mon May 16, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As models flaunted head-to-toe body art and hard rock pulsated in a cavernous ballroom, veteran tattoo artists at a New York convention on Saturday wondered if their once taboo artistry was losing its nonconformist lure. ¶ 7:53 PM
Duh!
Man Admits 'Bad Judgment' in Raze Blaze
May 16, 2005 - AP
BENTON, Ark. - A man who decided to use fire instead of sledgehammers on a demolition project blamed his own bad judgment for starting a blaze that destroyed three unoccupied buildings in town. ¶ 7:51 PM
May 16, 2005 - AP
BENTON, Ark. - A man who decided to use fire instead of sledgehammers on a demolition project blamed his own bad judgment for starting a blaze that destroyed three unoccupied buildings in town. ¶ 7:51 PM
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Graduates of the Ted Kennedy Congressional Training School...
Lawmakers fired for smashing up hotel
Fri May 13,11:03 AM ET - Reuters
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Four Ecuadorean legislators were permanently expelled from Congress on Thursday for getting drunk and smashing up a hotel in Peru last month. ¶ 12:43 PM
Fri May 13,11:03 AM ET - Reuters
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Four Ecuadorean legislators were permanently expelled from Congress on Thursday for getting drunk and smashing up a hotel in Peru last month. ¶ 12:43 PM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Oh, no! Not another streaker story!
Protester Strips in French Senate
May 12, 2005 - AP
PARIS - A man stripped in the French Senate, revealing the word "non" written on his chest, a show of opposition Thursday to the European Union constitution. ¶ 10:59 AM
May 12, 2005 - AP
PARIS - A man stripped in the French Senate, revealing the word "non" written on his chest, a show of opposition Thursday to the European Union constitution. ¶ 10:59 AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Florida had a law on arranging furniture???
Lawmakers: Go ahead, move the bed
A new law lets nursing home residents arrange their bedroom furniture as they see fit.
By STEPHEN NOHLGREN, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
May 10, 2005
On their last day of business Friday, lawmakers passed a measure giving nursing home residents the right to arrange their furniture as they see fit - which wasn't the case before. ¶ 11:05 AM
A new law lets nursing home residents arrange their bedroom furniture as they see fit.
By STEPHEN NOHLGREN, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
May 10, 2005
On their last day of business Friday, lawmakers passed a measure giving nursing home residents the right to arrange their furniture as they see fit - which wasn't the case before. ¶ 11:05 AM
Monday, May 09, 2005
What decade is this!??!??
Two Streakers Disrupt Mass. College Class
By ADAM GORLICK, Associated Press Writer - May 9, 2005
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Professor Eva Grudin was about to lead her students into a discussion of whether an abstract painting was meant to invoke a certain part of the male anatomy when her class was interrupted by the real thing.
With no warning, two naked students barged into her Williams College lecture hall, struck a quick pose for the 150 students there, and ran out. ¶ 4:21 PM
By ADAM GORLICK, Associated Press Writer - May 9, 2005
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Professor Eva Grudin was about to lead her students into a discussion of whether an abstract painting was meant to invoke a certain part of the male anatomy when her class was interrupted by the real thing.
With no warning, two naked students barged into her Williams College lecture hall, struck a quick pose for the 150 students there, and ran out. ¶ 4:21 PM
Saturday, May 07, 2005
What's wrong with this picture?
Blogger, my host, is owned by Google, this blog has a Google news link (because it's put there by Google, and I'm too lazy to remove it), and I carry Google ads. But when one does a Google search for this blog, it's nowhere to be found. Oh, there's sort of a reference to it when it turns up BlogShares and shows the page for Overlawered,com, since I have a link to Overlawyered (keep up the good work, Wally). On the other hand, Yahoo! Search can find a couple of entries.
Why is it that Google can't find one of its own progeny, but a rival can?
Perhaps a more fundamental question is how does Google plan to make any money from the ads on my site when no one can find it with the most popular search engine in the world? ¶ 9:26 AM
Why is it that Google can't find one of its own progeny, but a rival can?
Perhaps a more fundamental question is how does Google plan to make any money from the ads on my site when no one can find it with the most popular search engine in the world? ¶ 9:26 AM
Catholics: Check it out...
Pittsburgh Aviary Plans Penguin Bingo Game
May 05, 2005 - AP
PITTSBURGH - The National Aviary in Pittsburgh is planning to celebrate National Migratory Bird Days with various promotions, including a bizarre game of penguin bingo.
The birds will be released on a giant bingo board and allowed to waddle around. The numbers will be called whenever a bird, ahem, goes to the bathroom on a numbered square. ¶ 9:18 AM
May 05, 2005 - AP
PITTSBURGH - The National Aviary in Pittsburgh is planning to celebrate National Migratory Bird Days with various promotions, including a bizarre game of penguin bingo.
The birds will be released on a giant bingo board and allowed to waddle around. The numbers will be called whenever a bird, ahem, goes to the bathroom on a numbered square. ¶ 9:18 AM
You'll have to make your own joke here...
Doctors accused of providing Viagra to mob
Thursday, May 5, 2005 - Associated Press
New York — Three Westchester doctors were charged Thursday with supplying the Gambino crime family with Viagra and large amounts of other prescription drugs, prosecutors said. ¶ 9:12 AM
Thursday, May 5, 2005 - Associated Press
New York — Three Westchester doctors were charged Thursday with supplying the Gambino crime family with Viagra and large amounts of other prescription drugs, prosecutors said. ¶ 9:12 AM
Three strikes, and you're out...
Councilman Allegedly Strikes 3 With Hand
Fri May 6, 2005 - AP
JEFFERSON, W.Va. - A city councilman was arrested Friday after he allegedly struck three other council members during an informal meeting.
Councilman James Lynch, 64, was charged with three counts of battery. He is accused of hitting the other council members with his hand, Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputy J.S. Cochran said. ¶ 9:09 AM
Fri May 6, 2005 - AP
JEFFERSON, W.Va. - A city councilman was arrested Friday after he allegedly struck three other council members during an informal meeting.
Councilman James Lynch, 64, was charged with three counts of battery. He is accused of hitting the other council members with his hand, Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputy J.S. Cochran said. ¶ 9:09 AM
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Been eating 15-lb hamburgers?
Woman Named Miss Jumbo Queen in Thailand
Mon May 2, 2005 - AP
Hundreds of spectators gathered at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo in Thailand as 24 heavy beauty queens weighed in at the country's Miss Jumbo Queen 2005, an event for women over 175 pounds.
Thanchanok Mekkeaw, 25, a university politics student, won the title for heaviest contestant, Miss Jumbo Universe at 400 pounds. ¶ 7:04 AM
Mon May 2, 2005 - AP
Hundreds of spectators gathered at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo in Thailand as 24 heavy beauty queens weighed in at the country's Miss Jumbo Queen 2005, an event for women over 175 pounds.
Thanchanok Mekkeaw, 25, a university politics student, won the title for heaviest contestant, Miss Jumbo Universe at 400 pounds. ¶ 7:04 AM
Whopper redefined...
Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger
May 3, 2005 - AP
CLEARFIELD, Pa. - The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds. ¶ 7:01 AM
May 3, 2005 - AP
CLEARFIELD, Pa. - The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds. ¶ 7:01 AM
