Sledder, 62, hurt when improvised rocket blows up
from AP
"INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 62-year-old sledder looking for a burst of power got it when the homemade rocket strapped to his back exploded, burning him over nearly 20 percent of his body." Read More
Ancient dialect extinct after last speaker dies
from Rueters UK
"PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) – One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on a remote Indian island.
Boa Sr, the 85-year-old last speaker of "Bo," was the oldest member of the Great Andamanese tribe, R.C. Kar, deputy director of Tribal Health in Andaman, told Reuters Friday." Read More
Animals Predict Super Bowl Wins
from msnbc.com presents Countdown with Keith Olberman
The Odd News Awards of the Day - Happy Friday!
Darwin Awards Won by Bungling Bank Robbers
from newslite.tv
"A pair of robbers who killed themselves by overestimating the amount of dynamite they needed to break into a bank have received a posthumous award for their stupidity." Read More
Cops: NY Driver used Mannequin in Car Pool Lane
from Yahoo!News
"A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her "plus one" in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Long Island Expressway.
An alert sheriff's deputy on Long Island became suspicious this week when he saw the "passenger" wearing sunglasses and using the visor. The problem: The sky was overcast." Read More
and last but, not least:
Jury Awards ex-Stripper $100k for DUI Wreck
from MYNorthwest.com
"A Jefferson County jury has awarded a former stripper $100,000 in a lawsuit in which she claimed the club that employed her failed to stop her from driving home after her on-the-job drinking." Read More
Have a fun, fun, fun Friday!
from newslite.tv
"A pair of robbers who killed themselves by overestimating the amount of dynamite they needed to break into a bank have received a posthumous award for their stupidity." Read More
Cops: NY Driver used Mannequin in Car Pool Lane
from Yahoo!News
"A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her "plus one" in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Long Island Expressway.
An alert sheriff's deputy on Long Island became suspicious this week when he saw the "passenger" wearing sunglasses and using the visor. The problem: The sky was overcast." Read More
and last but, not least:
Jury Awards ex-Stripper $100k for DUI Wreck
from MYNorthwest.com
"A Jefferson County jury has awarded a former stripper $100,000 in a lawsuit in which she claimed the club that employed her failed to stop her from driving home after her on-the-job drinking." Read More
Have a fun, fun, fun Friday!
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