Judge throws out woman's shellfish lawsuit - Yahoo! News: "Tue Jun 6, 4:41 PM ET
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Where there are shellfish, expect shells. That was the ruling from a Long Island judge, who recently dismissed a claim by a woman who sued a restaurant for $750,000 after choking on a piece of mussel shell.
Mary Slaymaker said she suffered a punctured throat and an infection after choking on a 1-inch piece of shell during a meal of mussels marinara at the Blue Moon Restaurant in Rockville Centre.
But state Judge John Galasso dismissed the lawsuit, saying Slaymaker should have had a 'reasonable expectation' that a dish containing mussels could have shells in it. He also said she failed to prove the dish was 'defective.'"
05:07 Posted by David
Isn't it supposed to be harder than this? - Yahoo! News: "Mon Jun 5, 1:01 PM ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - A helicopter landed in the middle of the high security Athens Korydallos prison, picked up two prisoners and flew away in a Hollywood-style escape that has left Greek police stunned.
A criminal on the run hijacked the helicopter Sunday to get his brother out of prison, police said. Vassilis Paleokostas, 40, who was serving a 25-year sentence for kidnapping and bank robbery, and an Albanian convict escaped.
'The guards thought it was a surprise inspection by ministry officials and did nothing,' a police official said.
The helicopter pilot, who said he was forced at gunpoint to undertake the mission, flew the inmates to a nearby cemetery and they made their escape on motorbikes. Greek police have launched a manhunt for the convicts. "
05:06 Posted by David
Who's never been tempted to do this? - Yahoo! News: "Tue Jun 6, 8:26 AM ET
BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Serb man set his car on fire when he heard how much he had to pay to reclaim it after it was towed away for illegal parking.
An attendant told the daily Press the man was very calm.
'He went to his car, took a few things then opened the hood and set the engine on fire. When it was well ablaze he got back on his bike and rode off.' "
05:00 Posted by David
Deer leaves dog unconscious, causes flood - Yahoo! News: "Tue Jun 6, 9:41 PM ET
RACINE, Wis. - A spooked deer rampaged through an apartment on Monday morning, leaving a flood, temporarily displacing a family and leaving the family dog temporarily unconscious.
Jerry Falkner said he 'heard glass breaking' and 'thought someone was breaking in,' after the deer smashed through a window.
'The next thing I know, a deer is running toward my room,' he said.
The animal ran into the bathroom, and the family locked it inside. The Falkners, however, did not know that their pit bull, Shadow, was in inside the room with the deer.
The deer kicked on the water, flooding the apartment, and briefly knocked the dog unconscious.
Police, with the family's help, got the dog out of the bathroom, while Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials tranquilized the doe and took it away.
Police Officer Victor Cera said the deer apparently was behind the apartment building when it was spooked by dogs let out of a kennel. Falkner said he believed the doe came through the window to elude children who cornered it near two 7-foot-high fences behind the apartment.
'In the 16 years that I've been doing this, I've seen all kinds of stuff,' Cera said. 'But this is probably the most bizarre.'"
04:59 Posted by David
Real body found at Fla. fake crime scene - Yahoo! News: "Tue Jun 6, 9:19 PM ET
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip.
Teacher Sue Messenger had been creating mock crime scenes with fake skeletons and other evidence for more than 20 years to give students in her forensics courses a firsthand look at what crime scene investigators do.
On Monday, however, 29 students from St. Thomas Aquinas High School got more of a jolt they expected when they discovered the real body in Fort Lauderdale's Holiday Park.
'The first thing we thought was, 'That's a real good dummy she set up,'' said student Juan Cantor, 15.
'I think they kind of went into shock and disbelief,' Messenger said. 'What are the odds that we would be out here?'
Police on Tuesday identified the body as David Wayne Bodie, 45, a homeless man who apparently died of natural causes."
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