Hitler's car gift to Nepal king to be used again (Reuters)

Reuters - A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday.More

Bank robber says ‘thank you,’ gets no money

Stupid News South Carolina - Authorities said a would-be South Carolina bank robber left with a polite “thank you” after a teller told him she didn’t have any money in her cash drawer. North Charleston police told multiple media outlets that 31-year-old Melvin Jesse Blain walked into a Wachovia branch with a note saying he was robbing the bank and asking for $30,000. Investigators said the teller told Blain she had no money and he walked out empty-handed, saying “thank you.” More

Stupid News:Dynamite sticks from movie spark bomb alert

Ohio - Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said the device, resembling two sticks of dynamite with wires, was detonated by a bomb squad and turned out to be harmless. Sheriff Abdalla said that he suspected it was a prop left behind by a film crew that making Unstoppable, a thriller about a runaway train. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway workers had found the item earlier in the day along tracks near Rayland, about 120 miles east of Columbus....More

Apology after tsunami false alarm (Reuters)

Reuters - The Thai government apologized Tuesday to a region where thousands died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami after a botched warning drill this week caused hundreds to flee their homes, convinced another wave was coming....More

Mayor's aide bites cop over Lisbon traffic dispute (Reuters)

Reuters - A top municipal official in Lisbon's Oeiras suburb sank his teeth into a traffic police officer during a discussion over a fine, apparently enraged by the familiar form used by the officer to address him...More

Camel saved from sinkhole

Oregon - It was an unusual call for firefighters: A camel, named Moses, needed to be rescued. The call came yesterday in Clackamas County, Oregon, after the Oregon City owners of the camel called firefighters to say that Moses had fallen into a sinkhole about two metres deep and was possibly injured. The owners - who have several camels and run a children’s ministry - had tried to get the camel out themselves but failed....More

Burglary suspect falls through ceiling into cops’ hands

California - California police found the burglar they were hunting when he fell through a ceiling into their arms, an officer said. Jose Parada, 23, of Montebello was jailed on suspicion of burglary after he allegedly broke into three businesses. Parada was hiding in the attic of one of the buildings as deputies searched it. As he was moving around in the attic there, he actually fell through the ceiling. More

Six Year Old Kicked Out Of School Over Cap Gun

Illinois - An Oglesby school child faces possible expulsion later this month for playing with toy cap guns at school. Ethan Scaman, 6, and an unidentified six-year-old who has since moved out of the school district were suspended from Lincoln Elementary School for playing with their toy cap guns on the school playground. The school policy states that any student who brings weapons or look-alikes to school or school events shall be expelled for a period of at least one calendar year but not more than two calendar years. More

Bobcat climbing power pole starts 5-acre fire

California - A bobcat climbing a power pole got electrocuted and sparked a five-acre brush fire in California’s Ventura County. County fire Capt. Dan Preston told the Ventura County Star that the bobcat was apparently chasing an owl or another bird when it touched the power lines, caught fire and fell to the ground in a rural area near Piru.
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Burning Quran is outrageous, grave move

The Vatican on Wednesday denounced as "outrageous and grave" plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary.---...More

Teacher Conducts Blood Tests Using Same Needle on 18 Students

Australia - A group of Australian high school students underwent tests for possible blood-borne viruses, including HIV, after a teacher took blood tests from class members using the same needle. Eighteen students in southern Tasmania were trying to test the PH levels of their blood during a class experiment. The science teacher involved made an attempt to sterilize the needle with methylated spirits between tests.---...More

NYC man falls 40 stories from building and survives; Dodge Charger Saves his life

NEW YORK - A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.....More

Yard sale shopper clobbers another with a cornbread pan

California - Yard sale etiquette apparently went out the window in Sonora after a 70-year-old man hit another man over the head with a cornbread pan while the two were trying to get access to the sale items. Jon Joslin, 70, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The victim, Joseph Brown, 64, suffered a head laceration but refused medical treatment at the scene, according to Sgt. Jeff Wilson, spokesman for the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department. ---...More

San Quentin Death Row inmate wins ruling, then hangs himself

San Quentin State Prison - George Smithey, a 70-year-old inmate who was sentenced to death in 1989 for murdering a woman after breaking into her home in Calaveras County hanged himself in his cell at San Quentin State Prison over the weekend, less than a week after a judge commuted his sentence to life without parole because of mental retardation. ---...More

Politician raffles breast implants for campaign cash

Venezuela - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, donors get the chance to win the pricey operation free of charge. Breast enlargement is widely popular in image-conscious Venezuela. In recent years as many as 30,000 women have had the operation annually....More

Eighteen die while mushroom picking

Italy - Eighteen people died while mushroom picking in Italy in little more than a week - but not from inadvertently eating poisonous fungi. The victims were killed by falling into rocky crevasses and gorges or from similar physical mishaps while undertaking the popular pastime...More

Man accused of rape fires himself as his lawyer

Iowa - Jack Leonard Hays held on to his right to act as his own defense attorney in court while facing sexual assault and burglary charges - until the final hours before his trial. Hays - who is accused of raping an acquaintance - abruptly fired himself as his own counsel during a court appearance. For months, he had attempted to mount his own defense with only a paralegal certificate earned online and work in a prison law library as his legal experience..More

Police bust Paris "booby" trap gang (Reuters)

Reuters - French police have arrested two teenage girls they say stole hundreds of euros from unsuspecting cash machine customers after distracting them by flashing their breasts.---...More

Comic character's McDonald's binge sparks Gallic outcry (Reuters)

Reuters - A new McDonald's ad featuring Gallic champion Asterix enjoying a burger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who see it as an insult to their national heritage.---...More

3rd trip to Texas death chamber for grieving dad

Huntsville, Texas - Randy Ertman knows the road to the Texas death chamber too well. He’s set to make the trip again, to witness for the third time the execution of one of the gang members responsible for the rape and murder of his teenage daughter and her schoolmate. This time, it will be the lethal injection on of Peter Anthony Cantu, the leader of the five young men who were sentenced to die for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena. It’s not lost on him that Cantu has lived in prison longer than Jennifer and Elizabeth were alive.---...More

Skateboarding priest becomes YouTube hit (Reuters)

Reuters - A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest has become a YouTube hit with his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels.
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Women find men in red more appealing?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Men wanting to catch the eye of women should dress in red, a color which new research shows makes them more alluring to the opposite sex.
Women in the United States, England, Germany and China said they found men pictured wearing red, or framed in red, more sexually attractive than in other colors, the research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology showed....More

Kama Sutra Ancient sex guide published as audio book

LONDON (Reuters) – Too shy to read the Kama Sutra on the train during rush hour? Just take out your headphones.
The ancient sex guide dating back 1,600 years has been published as an audio book for the first time in its long history in what its British-based publisher described as a "perfect meeting of ancient history and modernity."
"Now there's no need to feel embarrassed by reading a copy of this wonderful and important book in public -- simply download it on to your mp3 player and liven up your commute to work," said Simon Petherick, managing director of Beautiful Books...More

Jet Blue flight attendant freaks out!

New York - A frustrated JetBlue flight attendant allegedly fled his plane via emergency shoot — beer in hand — after getting into a fight with a passenger and then cursing out the entire cabin over a loudspeaker. One of the passengers apparently got out of his seat to grab a bag from an overhead compartment and they got into an argument. ---...More

Stupid News-Hanging flower baskets branded a safety hazard

UK - Linda Martin, 68, had hung the floral displays around the centre of Wilton, Wiltshire, in an attempt to brighten up the area. But she was told they must be removed as they breached health and safety rules. Officials were concerned that shoppers could bump their heads as they passed under them. The ruling followed an earlier dictat which banned the grandmother from placing floral displays on the ground in case pedestrians tripped over them.---...More

Sex job ads banned at employment offices

Such a ban had previously been in place at the taxpayer-funded employment exchanges but that changed seven years ago when Ann Summers, a sex toys and suggestive lingerie retailer, successfully argued ---...More