COMMENTARY: Booster stirs up bad buzz ...Montgomery Advertiser: 0 views since Friday, July 25, 2008 at 05:06 AMHOOVER -- A weird thing happened Thursday morning. I woke up, went downstairs at The Wynfrey Hotel and, all of a sudden, it was 2004 all over again.
News of the Weird: Parenting gone wrong ...Battle Creek Enquirer: 0 views since Friday, July 25, 2008 at 04:44 AMRobert Cisero, 46, was arrested in Medford, Ore., in June after (according to police) he hit his teenage daughter in the ankle with a hammer to feign a "skating" injury, for which she could get a prescription for pain medication, which he then commandeered.
News of the weird ...The Columbus Dispatch: 0 views since Friday, July 25, 2008 at 04:18 AMIn the spring, NASA sought subjects for a study of the effects of microgravity on the human body -- offering participants $17,000 each to spend 90 straight days lying in bed.
Navy chaplain faces rape, assault charges - Army News, opinions, editorials,...Army Times: 0 views since Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:27 PMNORFOLK, Va. ? One sailor said she accepted his support after the death of a shipmate. Another said she accepted his mentorship to apply for a nurse commissioning program. Both young female sailors said their relationship with Lt. Shane R. Dillman quickly led to sex with him in late 2007.
News of the Weird: Chocolate every day for a year ...Battle Creek Enquirer: 0 views since Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 04:38 AMIn April, England's University of East Anglia advertised for subjects for a study of whether a natural compound found in cocoa could cut the risk of heart disease among diabetic women; the participants must be willing to eat chocolates every day for a year.
News of the weird ...The Columbus Dispatch: 0 views since Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 04:02 AMIn July, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Erik Low, 40, ruling that a jury should have considered the possibility of a lesser crime than manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of a man who, during a fight, gave Low what was described as a violent wedgie.
Bristol Beat: News from around town ...Bristol Phoenix: 0 views since Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 12:06 AMAll manner of weird fish are turning up in local waters. Recently, a fisherman working the channel between Touisset Point and the Bristol Narrows reported landing a rather unusual catch ? what he thought was a sand tiger shark.
News of the Weird: Bank robbery foiled by citizen ...Battle Creek Enquirer: 0 views since Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 04:38 AMAccording to police in Canton, Mich., Joseph Webster, 54, walked into a Comerica bank in June, gave the teller a robbery note and claimed he had a bomb strapped to his body. A nearby customer overheard, pulled out his licensed 9 mm handgun and told Webster: "You are not robbing this bank."
Janet Jackson is back in the news ...The Toledo Blade: 0 views since Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 04:47 AM"...as human beings we are capable of making sense of situations based on the thinnest slice of experience." ? Malcolm Gladwell , author of Blink and The Tipping Point . SAY IT AIN'T SHOW, JANET: The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that we must pay attention to Janet Jackson again. The court threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super ...
NEWS OF THE WEIRD ...The Columbus Dispatch: 0 views since Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 04:03 AMAn accident with nitric acid last month at the Albion Chemicals plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, left an ominous cloud. Authorities described it, however, as mostly nitrous oxide, otherwise known as "laughing gas." A dispatch from the Associated Press reported no unusual "giggling" in the area.
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When to reveal your secret to a date ...CNN.com: 0 views since Monday, July 21, 2008 at 09:18 AMAfter a long stint of online dating, Gemma Halliday had finally found the needle in the haystack she'd been looking for: an attractive, gainfully employed guy with "nothing weird or scary about him" -- or so she thought.
News of the Weird: Flying without a seat ...Battle Creek Enquirer: 0 views since Monday, July 21, 2008 at 04:44 AMMr. Gokhan Mutlu filed a lawsuit in May against JetBlue Airways for more than $2 million after he was ordered out of his seat by the captain during a full New York-to-California flight and told to stand up or go "hang out in the bathroom" for the duration.
News of the weird ...The Columbus Dispatch: 0 views since Monday, July 21, 2008 at 03:47 AMWhile the leaders of Iran quote the Quran, the multitudes of young adults there are embracing new-age self-help -- as exemplified by the best-selling books and sold-out seminars of motivational guru Alireza Azmandian, according to a Wall Street Journal dispatch last month from Tehran. "Religion doesn't offer me answers anymore," said an aerospace engineer, 25, but "Azmandian's seminar ...
NEWS OF THE WEIRD ...Aberdeen American News: 0 views since Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 07:13 AMFreddie Johnson, 49, was arrested in New York City for the 53rd time after he allegedly once again rubbed up against women on crowded trains. He is such a menace (a 57--page rap sheet) that a special NYPD detail follows him around, certain that he will re--offend. Shortly after the arrest, the New...
News of the Weird: What's for lunch? ...Battle Creek Enquirer: 0 views since Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 04:37 AMIn the 1920s, when inmate "chain gangs" were in their heyday, Alabama sheriffs were allotted a prison meal budget of $1.75 per prisoner per day, with thrifty sheriffs allowed to pocket any excess for themselves.