Ronald MacDonald Charged in Wendy's Theft - Yahoo! News: "Mon Nov 28, 4:33 PM ET
MANCHESTER, N.H. - You'd think that just working at a Wendy's restaurant would be difficult for Ronald MacDonald. Now, the 22-year-old MacDonald — no relation to Ronald McDonald, the clown — has been charged with stealing money from a safe at the Wendy's.
Police said the restaurant manager called police early Monday, saying he found MacDonald and another employee taking money from the safe at about 1:30 a.m.
MacDonald and Steve Lemay, 20, both of Manchester, were detained at the store until police arrived."
00:50 Posted by David
Gainesville.com |Plane diverted to Charlotte because of unruly passenger: "November 25. 2005 10:15PM
An intoxicated passenger who lit a cigarette and urinated in the aisle led pilots to divert a United Airlines flight from Orlando, Fla., to Washington, D.C., an airline spokeswoman said.
The man, whose name the airline declined to release, was taken off flight 1502 in Charlotte and questioned by police, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.
The man was 'acting extremely inappropriately,' Urbanski said. 'When you want to run a safe airline, we don't tolerate that type of activity on our aircraft.'
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police watch commander referred questions about an in-flight incident to the FBI in Charlotte, which did not immediately return a call seeking comment."
11:49 Posted by David
Man Cuts in Line, Is Wrestled to Ground - Yahoo! News: "Fri Nov 25, 9:34 AM ET
ORLANDO, Fla. - Security guards wrestled a man to the ground in a Wal-Mart after he cut in line to get laptop computers that were on sale Friday, a television station reported.
The man started arguing with people inside the store, WFTV-TV in Orlando reported. He then started fighting with the guards, the station reported
One man told WFTV that the laptops were being thrown into the air and people rushed toward them, collapsing on each other. Another man described the scene as crazy.
Orlando police and Orange County sheriff's officials didn't return phone messages seeking comment. The store's manager referred questions to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where officials at had no immediate comment."
11:48 Posted by David
100-Pound Woman Wins Turkey-Eating Contest - Yahoo! News: "Thu Nov 24, 1:48 PM ET
NEW YORK - It's a question just begging to be asked: How much turkey can a person shove into their mouth in 12 minutes?
A group of competitive American eaters assembled at Artie's Deli in New York on Wednesday to gobble down 10-pound roast turkeys and find out.
Eric 'Badlands' Booker started quickly, ripping through two turkey breasts and establishing an eight-ounce lead after three minutes. As time ticked down and the competitors faced moister meat in the drumsticks and shoulders, Sonya 'The Black Widow' Thomas, Chip Simpson and Tim Janus gained speed.
After 12 minutes, nearly all had stripped their bird to the bone.
After examining the scales, the judges announced a verdict: the 100-pound Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., had taken first prize, worth $2,500. Booker dropped to sixth place.
How much turkey did Thomas eat? A total of 4 pounds, 3.1 ounces.
Thomas says she took the 'Black Widow' nickname because she likes to 'eliminate the males' in eating contests. Her other records include eating 65 hard-boiled eggs in 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
Her idol? Japanese competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi."
11:47 Posted by David
RIP
World's Ugliest Dog Dies at 14 - Yahoo! News: "Wed Nov 23, 2:47 PM ET
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World's Ugliest Dog, has died.
The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.
'I don't think there'll ever be another Sam,' Susie Lockheed said, adding: 'Some people would think that's a good thing.'
Sam won the ugliest dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair this summer for the third year in a row. The pedigreed Chinese crested had made appearances on TV in Japan, radio in New Zealand and in Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid. He also had met Donald Trump on a talk show set.
Lockheed said she initially was terrified of Sam when she agreed to take him in as a rescue dog six years ago on a 48-hour trial basis. Although she fell in love with him, his appearance repulsed her then-boyfriend and prompted the man to break up with her.
Later, however, Sam became a matchmaker by bringing together Lockheed and her current beau, who saw a picture of the two on an online dating site.
Lockheed said she had Sam euthanized after she learned Sam's heart was failing.
She said she's felt a little lost ever since, and is sleeping with Sam's favorite toy — a stuffed bear he picked up and carried home."
11:07 Posted by David
Ananova - Designer creates wall of breasts: "Designer creates wall of breasts
A Dutch designer has created a wall of fake breasts to help male shoppers buy bras that fit their wives or girlfriends.
Wendy Rameckers works at the Piet Zwart Institute for Retail and Design in Rotterdam, reports Het Nieuwsblad.
'Most men have a selective memory,' she explained. 'They know all about their car, but never seem to know their wife's bra size.
'When trying to buy a sexy bra for their wife or girlfriend, usually they point to other women in the shop or, when asked about size, they say a 'handful'.'
The wall consists of rows of silicon breasts in all sizes. By look and touch, male shoppers can work out the right size, she says."
22:51 Posted by David
Burglar Makes Pizza, Flees With $3,000 - Yahoo! News: "Tue Nov 1, 9:38 PM ET
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - A pizza parlor burglar paused to make a pizza before fleeing with $3,000.
A security camera showed the intruder playing pizza chef after breaking into Sonny's Pizza and Pasta through a bathroom window early Monday, said Lt. Ted Boyne of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The burglar put on an employee's shirt after entering the pizza parlor about 2 a.m., then he made a pizza, spreading sauce, cheese and pepperoni over the dough and placing it in the oven, the lieutenant said.
Employees arriving about 3 a.m. apparently scared him off before the pizza was ready, Boyne said. The burglar fled with about $3,000.
'We found the pizza burned in the oven,' he added."
22:49 Posted by David
Thief Steals $75,000 Worth of Bull Semen - Yahoo! News: "Wed Nov 2, 8:56 PM ET
WOLFSVILLE, Md. - Someone stole $75,000 worth of bull semen from a Frederick County farm, the sheriff's office says. Eric Fleming said the six small canisters of frozen semen taken from a liquid nitrogen tank represented four to five years of collection work.
He said he had planned to sell it and use the proceeds to expand his breeding herd of shorthorn beef cattle.
'I'm so depressed about this that I probably will get out of the cattle business,' Fleming said Tuesday.
He said he found the semen missing from an outbuilding on his Stonewood Acres farm in northwestern Frederick County Sunday night.
Fleming said the canisters held the semen of 40 to 50 bulls."
22:46 Posted by David
Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered Toilet : "Wed Nov 2, 8:58 PM ET
BOULDER, Colorado - A hardware retailer Home Depot has found itself in a sticky situation, defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims the chain's Louisville store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.
Bob Dougherty, 57, of Nederland, said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue on Oct. 30, 2003, and felt 'tremendous panic' when he realized he was stuck.
'They left me there, going through all that stress,' Dougherty told The (Boulder) Daily Camera. 'They just let me rot.'
His lawsuit, filed Friday said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack. A store employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk via radio, but the head clerk 'believed it to be a hoax,' the lawsuit said.
Home Depot spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said she could not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit said after about 15 minutes, store officials called for an ambulance. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and while wheeling a 'frightened and humiliated' Dougherty out of the store, he passed out.
The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.
'This is not Home Depot's fault,' he said. 'But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me.'"
22:41 Posted by David
Introducing the all-night burglary.. - Yahoo! News: "Wed Nov 2,10:09 AM ET
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Armed robbers calmly spent an entire night in one of Slovenia's leading banks to clean out up to 500 safe-deposit boxes, the Ljubljana Police Administration said Wednesday.
The police could not say how much cash and valuables were stolen from SKB bank, a Slovenian unit of France's Societe Generale, during the public and market holiday on Monday and Tuesday.
They said at least three robbers entered the SKB's safe deposit building Monday night, by using a valid pass code, tied up the two security guards and took about seven hours to break into the safe deposit boxes.
The police said an investigation was underway. "
22:39 Posted by David
Boys get gunshots, not treats, for Halloween - Yahoo! News: "Wed Nov 2,10:04 AM ET
ROME (Reuters) - Two Italian boys were recovering in hospital on Tuesday after a 70-year-old man shot them with his hunting rifle because he was frightened by their Halloween costumes.
The 14-year-old boys, dressed as demons, had knocked on the man's door during an evening of 'trick or treat' near the northern town of Turin and set off a firecracker.
When the door opened, instead of a treat, the man fired four shots at the boys having been scared by the noise and their strange outfits, the news agency ANSA said.
Police arrested the man, who lived alone and was the victim of several robberies, for attempted murder, ANSA said. Police said the boys' lives were not in danger but one risked losing an eye.
The tradition of asking neighbors for sweets or money on Halloween is relatively new to Italy but is gaining popularity. "
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