Archive for April, 2009
Boogie birdie: Animals shown to ‘dance’ to music (AP)
AP – They wouldn’t blow away the competition on “Dancing with the Stars,” but it turns out that some birds got rhythm. After studying a cockatoo that grooves to the Backstreet Boys and about 1,000 YouTube videos, scientists say they’ve documented for the first time that some animals “dance” to a musical beat.
Elderly man arrested in Italy for coke in oranges (AP)
AP – The elderly man claimed he needed the oranges in his suitcase to keep up his vitamin C level, but Italian police soon realized the “C” stood for cocaine.
50-year-old divorces child bride? (Reuters)
Reuters – A 50-year old Saudi man has agreed to divorce his 9-year-old bride, media reported on Thursday, after the marriage drew international criticism.
Diners report seeing Virgin Mary in food griddle (AP)
AP – The hottest thing on the griddle at the Las Palmas restaurant these days isn’t the food. It’s the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that a cook says she saw in the griddle. Restaurant manager Brenda Martinez said more than a hundred people have flocked to the small town of Calexico on the California-Mexico border to gaze at the image since it was discovered as the griddle was being cleaned.
Bird loses meal to power line, causing outage (AP)
AP – Utility workers suspect an osprey made a mess of its breakfast by dropping a fish on a power line, turning out the lights for folks trying to find their own way to start the day. Salem Electric workers called to an outage on the west side of the state capital Wednesday found a burned 14-inch fish beneath the line.
Alabama man sleeps with gun and shoots himself (AP)
AP – A 24-year-old man likely will rethink his habit of sleeping with a gun after police said his 40-caliber pistol discharged and hit him in the shoulder on Wednesday. A police detective said the wound was not life threatening.
Police: Burglar took jellybeans, but nothing else (AP)
AP – Police in northwestern Pennsylvania say a burglar took some jellybeans from a home but nothing else. Police said Thursday that they are stumped by the burglary in North East Township. Sgt. Mark Zaleski said it remains unclear whether the suspect wanted only jellybeans. Or maybe that’s all the thief had time to grab.
For Gay Couple, Fulfilling Lifelong Dream Of Marriage Not Worth Moving To Iowa
NEW YORK—Having their sworn commitment to each other and all related rights therein recognized by the highest court of a sovereign U.S….
Hitler back in Berlin – in Mel Brooks farce (Reuters)
Reuters – Adolf Hitler is coming back to Berlin.
Saudi Arabia clamps down on unlicensed female gyms (Reuters)
Reuters – “Let her get fat!” is the slogan women in Saudi Arabia are using to challenge a clampdown on female-only gyms.
