RSS
Home
Weird World News
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
Miro Sculpture--Barcelona
A woman stabs her boyriend with a cigarette lighter because he won't take no for an answer, pranks land a coed in jail and a deputy's friend in the hospital, people in New Hampshire show up for a 'Yoga for Peace' rally carrying guns.
Details follow:
NY highway prank leads to college player's arrest
AP JUNIUS, N.Y.
A prank by a member of a New York college's field hockey team leads to the player's arrest after state police say she faked her own kidnapping.
Troopers say two vans were transporting the Morrisville State College team on the Thruway in central New York on Saturday when the players started joking around as the vehicles passed each other.
Police say one of the players placed medical tape over her mouth and held up a sign that read "Help I've been kidnapped."
Other motorists became alarmed and called 911.
Troopers pulled over both vehicles and charged the 23-year-old player with disorderly conduct. She was released and ordered to return to Junius Town Court on Oct. 6.
Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porch
AP SIOUX CITY, Iowa
Animal control officers in Sioux City, Iowa, say someone dressed a dead deer in a clown suit and wig and put it on a family's porch. Officers suspect it was a prank, considering Halloween is approaching, but they say it's not funny, safe or acceptable.
Animal Control Officer Jake Appel says leaving a dead animal is immature and illegal. He says officers will dispose of the deer properly.
Saudi gets 5 years in jail for frank TV sex talk
By DONNA ABU-NASR, AP RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
A Saudi court convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said.
Talking about sex publicly is a taboo in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia.
The kingdom, which is the birthplace of Islam, enforces strict segregation of the sexes. An unrelated couple, for example, can be detained for being alone in the same car or having a cup of coffee in public.
Saudis observe such segregation even at home, where they have separate living rooms for male and female guests.
Jumpy clerks toss cash at man before he demands it
AP WATERLOO, Iowa
Police said clerks at a convenience store that was robbed twice in recent months threw money at a man in a case of a mistaken robbery.
The clerks at Five Star Snacks and More thought they were being robbed last Thursday when they were confronted by a rambling man who had his hand in his pocket.
Police Capt. John Beckman said the clerks put money in a bag and threw it the man, who left it alone and walked out of the store.
Police said the man was drunk and the robbery suspicions were a mistake.
The man was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and interference.
Police: Woman, not in the mood, cuts boyfriend
Oct 1, 2009 3:25 PM AP MONROE, La.
A 52-year-old woman was booked Thursday morning with domestic battery after telling police that she cut her boyfriend for trying to have sex with her.
In the arrest affidavit, police said the woman's boyfriend claimed she cut him with a knife when they got into an argument, and police saw a 4-inch gash on his left arm along with several small cuts and scratches.
The woman told police she cut him with a lighter.
Man shot in the leg after startling deputy friend
Sep 21, 2009 11:22 PM AP BANDERA, Texas
A Bandera County jailer was shot in the thigh after he jumped out and roared at a deputy in a darkened room at Bandera County Sheriff's Department office.
Chief Deputy Don Berger says Deputy A.J. Griffin shot 22-year-old Daniel Spengler before dawn Sunday. Spengler was airlifted to Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio for treatment.
Berger says the 36-year-old deputy "reverted to his training" when the jailer jumped at him, shooting Spengler once, then giving him first aid.
Griffin is on paid leave until the Texas Rangers complete their investigation. Berger says Spengler's wound does not appear to be life-threatening, but he faces possible disciplinary action after he recovers.
Lesson in birds and bees from cricket
JOHN LEICESTER, AP, Paris
To prepare their cricket players mentally for the Champions Trophy now under way in South Africa, India coaches Gary Kirsten and Paddy Upton put together a four-part dossier of self-help tips. They stressed the importance of being aggressive on the field, integrity and healthy eating. But it was their sex advice that made headlines across the cricketing world.
"Does sex increase performance? Yes it does, so go ahead and indulge," they reportedly recommend. "Having sex increases testosterone levels, which causes an increase in strength, energy, aggression and competitiveness."
The debate on whether sex helps or hinders athletic performance has been around almost as long as sport itself. Muhammad Ali is said to have believed that abstention turns boxers into warriors by making them mean and angry.
But there are also those who disagree. Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel once famously remarked: "Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in."
Guns replace yoga at NH peace day protest
AP RAYMOND, N.H.
About 40 protesters, including some carrying guns, showed up at the town common at Raymond, New Hampshire Sunday after the town refused to allow Molly Schlangen to hold a "yoga for peace" gathering in honor of the International Day of Peace.
Selectmen said Monday that they rejected Schlangen's request because they didn't have enough information about her plans. The board of selectmen says it will develop a written procedure for use of town land.
Schlangen held the event at her studio instead. She says she considers it a blessing that the controversy generated more awareness of the day of peace.
The guns belonged to members of the Free State Project, who were promoting both the First and Second Amendments.
Authorities seek cause of Ariz. sweat lodge deaths
By FELICIA FONSECA, AP Phoenix
Authorities seeking answers to what caused two deaths and more than a dozen illnesses at an Arizona resort's sauna-like sweat lodge were investigating whether any of the victims had medical conditions or had been fasting.
In all, 21 of the 64 people crowded inside the sweat lodge Thursday evening received medical care at hospitals and a fire station. Four remained hospitalized Friday evening - one in critical condition and the others in fair condition.
Authorities haven't determined the cause of the deaths and illnesses; tests for carbon monoxide and other contaminants were negative.
The Angel Valley Retreat Center sits on 70 acres nestled in a scrub forest just outside Sedona, a resort town 115 miles north of Phoenix that draws many in the New Age spiritual movement.
Sweat lodges, like that held on the final day of the Angel Valley retreat, are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for hunts, ceremonies and other events. The structure used Thursday was crudely built and covered with tarps and blankets.
Stones are heated up outside a lodge, brought inside and placed in a pail-sized hole. The door is closed, and water is poured on the stones, producing heat aimed at releasing toxins in the body.
People have died in sweat lodges in the past. They were either sick tribal elders who voluntarily stayed until they died or people who had heart conditions and were in poor health.
John Signoriello can be contacted by email at siexaminer@yahoo.com
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
.JPG)
.jpg)
