Big Whoops Cascade
Police arrested a woman at a Target store in Oklahoma City after an employee said he saw her stuff nearly $1,000 worth of Blu-ray discs in her pants.... she bit and clawed at them when they confronted her....
tracked a suspected bank robber through his mobile phone
asked a teller to change a $1 million note. He reportedly told the teller that he needed $4 million for the bill.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to impose a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday. [Oh, great. Imagine what Abdullah or Obama would impose!]
20-year-old Aloha man had a sleep-over at the Washington County Jail on Memorial Day after calling 9-1-1 to complain that McDonald's left out a box of orange juice from his drive-thru order.
Police in Arnold, Mo., reported that a woman heading for the exit of a grocery store with a shopping cart containing more than $1,200 in stolen "groceries and other items" was thwarted by trying to leave through the wrong automatic door.
The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up and all the competitors fled
Unhappy about being asked to leave a local watering hole, Naples police say a 21-year-old man took revenge: He unzipped his pants and urinated at the bar. But if his mug shot is any indicator, the rest of his plan didn't go so swell.
Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.
Troy -- It was supposed to be a shining example of the green movement -- a completely independent solar-powered house with no gas or electrical hookups. Seven months ago, officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the $900,000 house owned by the city of Troy that was to be used as an educational tool and meeting spot. But it never opened to the public. And it remains closed. Frozen pipes during the winter caused $16,000 in damage to floors, and city officials aren't sure when the house at the Troy Community Center will open.
A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh suggests that a moderate dose of alcohol increases a person's mind wandering, while at the same time reducing the likelihood of noticing that one's mind has wandered. [Shock!]
A Swedish man and a Singaporean woman have been fined for strolling naked through a busy upscale bar and restaurant area for a stunt after a few drinks
An Oklahoma City man is accused in a federal criminal complaint of making threats through the Internet social networking site Twitter ... posted threatening messages to his Twitter account involving the April 15 public tax "tea party" protests ... One post... reads: "Locked AND loaded for the Oklahoma State Capitol. Let's see what happens." ... [and similar]
25-year-old Long Island woman was allegedly high on drugs Sunday night when she crashed her car.... injured [her] nine-year-old daughter... injured a cop who had the unenviable task of guarding her at a Bay Shore hospital... [and is giving a one-finger salute in the mugshot].
Rogers County authorities say a man charged with drunken driving showed up in court so drunk he had to be hospitalized. ... blood alcohol level measured .31 — nearly four times the amount considered legally drunk.
Police said a 23-year-old man is in stable condition after he pretended that he was falling off a bridge over the Minnesota River, then actually fell off the bridge. ... had been drinking....
A giant set of golden arches outside a McDonald's in eastern Arizona toppled in high winds Wednesday, crushing a Naperville couple's Chevy Trailblazer as they sat inside the parked vehicle. Retirees Russell and Carolyn Janke suffered multiple injuries....
AN architect has painted his entire house, and everything in it, bright blue.... has outraged locals in the quiet neighbourhood of tree lined Klagenfurt, Austria....
When two Domino's Pizza employees filmed a prank in the restaurant's kitchen, they decided to post it online. In a few days, thanks to the power of social media, they ended up with felony charges, more than a million disgusted viewers, and a major company facing a public relations crisis.... prepared sandwiches for delivery while putting cheese up his nose, nasal mucus on the sandwiches, and violating other health-code standards while a fellow employee provided narration....
A Norwegian man faces a heavy fine and a driving ban after police caught him having sex with his girlfriend while speeding on the motorway.... "It was veering from one side to the other because the woman was sitting on the man's lap while he was driving and doing the act, shall we say.... He couldn't see much because her back was in the way.... Why they did it on a highway with such a high risk we don't know."
Apparently an increasing number of young people enjoy "smoking" crushed Smarties candy. They inhale the candy dust into the mouth and then exhale, producing what looks like thick smoke. (Above is just one of many video demos on YouTube.) Guess what? It's generally a bad idea.
In May last year, he took a photograph of housing minister Caroline Flint walking along Downing Street, holding briefing papers which laid bare fears of a 10 per cent fall in the housing market. He said last night that he had tried to warn the Government before that photographers were able to read top secret papers when people go through the door of 10 Downing Street. He said: "I have told Downing Street before that the quality of lenses and digital lenses means that we can read ministerial papers. "Someone in Bob Quick's position should have known that. He must have been sitting with them on his lap in his car. Anyone could have read them. There was no cover on them."
Anti-terror chief Bob Quick quit yesterday with a pension pot worth millions - despite admitting he came close to endangering an operation to smash a suspected Al Qaeda terrorist unit. Mr Quick, who inadvertently revealed confidential details of the terror swoop while exiting his car for a Downing Street meeting, fell on his sword shortly after 8am after he lost the confidence of the Home Secretary.
The country's top counter-terrorism officer quit on Thursday after his security blunder forced police to bring forward a major operation to thwart a suspected al Qaeda plot involving Pakistani nationals. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said officers had been dealing with a "very big terrorist plot" which security officials had been following for some time.
After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal. The deal, worth over $13 billion (10 billion euros)
pizza chain had prepared an internet coupon promotion which would let you get a free medium pizza if you ordered online and typed in the word "bailout". ... promotion never got the green light ... Then Monday night, someone with a lot of time on his or her hands started typing in all kinds of words into the Domino online ordering site, including "bailout". He/she stumbled upon the test promotion, got the free pizza, then spread the word all over the web via CNET.
The Economist Group is delighted to announce the development of a public-entertainment facility that combines the magic of a theme park with the excitement of macroeconomics. [Note date]
These images were taken on Sol 1858, just a few days ago (a Sol is a day on Mars, about a half hour longer than an Earth day). Spirit has been tooling around a high plateau called Home Plate, because it's shaped like, well, a home plate in baseball. There's evidence that water flowed in this area a long time ago, and as I looked over the images it was pretty obvious. [Note date]
The Economist Group is delighted to announce the development of a public-entertainment facility that combines the magic of a theme park with the excitement of macroeconomics. ... Other real-life tech companies are getting into the April Fools' act as well....
I woke up this morning to find an amazing array of head-scratching technological advancements ... seems a little strange to use facial gestures in the latest version of the Opera browser, and for The Guardian to forgo the printed page for an all-Twitter format. ...
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