Police punished after lovers fined for a hug on Valentine's Day

BEIJING - China has punished three policemen for detaining and fining two young lovers 5,000 yuan ($660) for hugging in public on the Chinese version of Valentine's Day.
The couple paused to embrace while taking a stroll along a river in Jinshi in the central province of Hunan, the Shanghai Daily said.
"As we hugged each other, three policemen came and separated us so they could ask questions. They brought us to the police station and didn't free us until we paid a 5,000 yuan fine. Full Story - Upscale Magazine - Buy Heron Cigarettes Online - Frederick's of Hollywood

Man arrested for stealing a bridge - He chopped it up and sold it for scrap

MOSCOW - Russian police have detained a 45-year-old municipal worker for stealing a bridge.
The 5-meter span metal bridge disappeared from a river crossing in the Ryazan region, east of Moscow. Full Story - Playgirl Magazine - Buy Merit Cigarettes Online - Buyer Zone

On trip to mailbox - man forgets where he is going because he was struck by lightning

SUMMERVILLE SC - It was raining and lightning was popping when Greg Schneider went out to check the mail shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday.
That's about all Schneider, 37, remembers after a lightning strike burned a 2-inch hole in his favorite Ducks Unlimited baseball cap.
Schneider wound up sprawled on his back on the front lawn of his house on Alwyn Boulevard. Full Story - Genesis Magazine - Tareyton Cigarettes - Cambridge SoundWorks

Man gets back at police - rams police station with stolen bulldozer

CONCORD NH - A man who said he had been harassed by police in Troy stole a bulldozer and rammed the town police station early Friday, heavily damaging the building, police said.
"He hit it three times," State Police Sgt. David Griffin said. "He took out the whole front, which included the main entrance to the police department."
Stanley Burt, 34, who has had numerous run-ins with the local police, is charged with criminal mischief and reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, as well as driving and probation violations. Full Story - Video - Military Trader Magazine - Vantage Cigarettes - Casual Male XL

Actor Playing Brutus Accidentally Stabs Himself in 'Julius Caesar' Production

ASPEN, Colo. — Julius Caesar lay dead and Brutus was talking to his co-conspirators about swords and blood when he paused and excused himself, saying "I seem to have stabbed myself."
Aspen actor/director Kent Hudson Reed accidently cut his leg open with the knife he was using in an outdoor performance of "Scenes From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" on Wednesday.
He tried to carry on, "but my boot was filling up with blood and I was flubbing my lines, wondering if I was going to pass out, wondering if the audience could see the blood." Full Story - Martha Stewart Living Magazine - Capri Cigarettes - Fig Leaves

Fisherman arrested in steak-knife stabbing of sea lion

LOS ANGELES CA - A fisherman accused of stabbing a sea lion with a steak knife after the animal stole his bait was charged Thursday with violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Hai Nguyen, 24, faces a misdemeanor count of illegally taking and attempting to kill a marine mammal, the U.S. attorney's office said. If convicted he faces up to one year in prison and a $20,000 fine. Nguyen was arrested July 27 in Newport Beach. Police said he was fishing off a pier when the sea lion, a 6-foot female weighing about 150 pounds, apparently snatched the bait from his fishing pole. Full Story - American Angler Magazine - Marlboro Cigarettes - Dicks Sporting Goods

Higher Education: UC Berkeley Fences in Tree Sitters

BERKELEY CA - Authorities erected an 8-foot chain-link fence to separate tree-sitting protesters occupying a University of California oak grove from more than 72,000 football fans expected to descend on campus Saturday.
An Alameda County judge denied a motion Thursday by protesters, who claimed the fence violated a court order earlier this year banning any development at the site.
Activists strummed guitars, sang "We Shall Overcome" and scuffled with police officers as workers erected the fence a day earlier. Two people were arrested, including one trying to deliver supplies to people in the trees, police said. Full Story - Garden & Gun Magazine - True Cigarettes - Disney Shopping

Woman steals baby to keep boyfriend

BEIJING - A Chinese woman who stole a baby in a desperate attempt to convince her boyfriend that she had borne a child has been jailed for 18 months, Xinhua news agency said Thursday.
The 36-year old woman, surnamed Liu, pretended to be pregnant after her prospective in-laws vetoed her marriage because a tumor in her womb had made her infertile. Full Story - Fit Pregnancy Magazine - Red Man Tobacco - Fragrance Net

Burglar breaks into house again to apologize

Wellington, New Zealand - A burglar broke into a house in Queenstown, New Zealand, twice in a day - the second time to return his loot and leave a heartfelt letter of apology, news reports said on Friday. The intruder smashed a window to get into Graeme and Shirley Glass' house and took a laptop computer, camera and wallet containing a credit card, the Otago Daily Times reported. Full Story - Dirt Bike Magazine - Native Cigarettes - Netflix

Rookie cop shot himself to death showing off at party

SAN MATEO CA - A San Francisco rookie police officer who shot himself to death during a late-night gathering at his San Mateo apartment was legally drunk, toxicology tests show.
Officer James Gustafson Jr., 23, had a blood alcohol level of 0.09 percent - slightly above the 0.08 limit for legally driving a car - when he shot himself Aug. 11, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said today.
Gustafson shot himself in the neck at 1:40 a.m. during a gathering of as many as 15 people, as he was showing a woman how police are taught to prevent someone from using a gun against them, authorities said. Full Story - Gun World Magazine - Cigarettes Online Nationwide - Dale and Thomas Popcorn

Massive Spider Web Blanketing 200 Yards of Texas Park

WILLS POINT TX — Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.
Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the massive mosquito trap is a big attraction for some visitors, while others won't go anywhere near it. Full Story - Natural History Magazine - Discount Cigarettes Online - Brite Smile

More People Leaving Money to Their Pets

NEW YORK - Leona Helmsley's decision to leave $12 million to her dog so it could live out its life in luxury proved once and for all that she was not one of the little people.
But legal experts say that, size aside, Helmsley's gift to her beloved pet - a Maltese named Trouble - wasn't unique.
A growing number of people, not all wealthy, have been setting up trust funds or adjusting their wills to ensure that their pets are well cared for if they die, according to attorneys and animal welfare groups.
States have rushed to make such gifts easier. At the close of the 1990s, only a handful recognized so-called "pet trusts." Now, 39 states plus Washington, D.C., have enacted laws dealing with such gifts. Full Story - Dog & Kennel Magazine - Jade Cigarettes - PetCareRx

Baby born at sea on shrimp boat

FREEPORT TX - A ship's cook on a shrimp boat bound for Freeport, Texas, gave birth to a baby son while at sea. Cindy Preisel's baby wasn't due until mid-September, but she unexpectedly went into labor Wednesday while her boat, the Raindear, was miles from shore and out of radio range, The (Brazoria County, Texas) Facts reported Thursday. The ship’s captain, Ed Keisel, who delivered the child, said he noticed the baby was coming out feet first. "I reached with my fingers and as gently as I could and popped out his left shoulder and then his right," Keisel said. "But then the little guy was stuck by his head, being strangled. So I did the only thing I could -- I waited for a contraction and then slid my fingers in around the top of his head and scooped him out." Full Story - Offshore Magazine - Chewing Tobacco - World of Watches

Cars smash up man's home for 10th time

BERLIN - A German man said Thursday he feared he may have built his own tomb after a vehicle ploughed into his house for the 10th time.
"If we stay, someone's eventually going to kill us. We're living in a time bomb," Manfred Sedlazek, 59, told Reuters.
Sedlazek is reluctant to leave the house he built himself, which is on a bend of a busy road, but said it may be his only chance of survival. Full Story - Car Craft Magazine - Kamel Cigarettes - Brownstone Studio

Couple Conceives Two Sets of Triplets Naturally - Odds are astronomical

CINCINNATI — Victoria Lasita and her husband Tim had decided not to stop at three children.
But they weren't thinking about a second set of triplets when they said they wanted to have "one more."
"I guess we should have been more specific and said one more child, not one more set," said Victoria, 39, who delivered the couple's second set of triplets Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
The Lasitas conceived both sets of triplets naturally, without fertility treatments.
"Holy smokes. Do you know what the odds of that are?" said Dr. Glen E. Hofmann, medical director of the Bethesda Center for Reproductive Health and Fertility.
The odds of a woman having triplets naturally are about one in 8,000, he said. The odds for having triplets twice are astronomical. Full Story - Pregnancy Magazine - Camel Cigarettes - Babies R Us - Nation's Largest Baby Store

Mrs. Tennessee America Bitten by Rattlesnake, Saved by Mrs. Idaho

Mrs. Tennessee was bitten by a rattlesnake on the way to rehearsals for the Mrs. America pageant — and was treated on the scene by one of her competitors for the crown, registered nurse Mrs. Idaho, according to The Tennessean newspaper.
Christina Ryan, 28, was leaving a breakfast Sunday at the Loews Ventana Canyon Hotel in Tucson, Ariz., when the wily serpent — coiled at the bottom of some concrete steps — struck, biting her on the foot. Full Story - Gent Magazine - Pipe Tobacco - Boflex

Teenager confesses to killing and eating room-mate

A teenager has confessed to murdering a man he met in a homeless shelter and eating parts of his brain and internal organs.
The 19-year-old, named only as Robert A, is alleged to have killed his 49-year-old room-mate by crushing his skull with a 20lb (9kg) iron bar, before using a butcher’s knife to remove the man’s intestines.
The murder is believed to have taken place at least three days ago and was discovered yesterday when a cleaner entered the shelter. The man allegedly told her about the murder and asked her to inform the police. Full Story - US Catholic Magazine - Virginia Slims Cigarettes - Bare Necessities

TV Crew Detained for Planting Fake Bomb

Guards at a railway in the Sverdlovsk region detained a television crew Wednesday after the journalists planted a fake bomb on the tracks while filming an episode on terrorism for a news program.
The three-person crew planted several pieces of soap wired to a pager on the tracks at the bridge over the Iset River in central Russia. A passerby spotted this and alerted the guards, Interfax reported.
The guards contacted the Sverdlovsk Railways traffic controllers to stop one cargo and two passenger trains before deploying the guards to the bridge to detain what they thought was a terrorist group.
The crew was released after producing their press identification cards, but Sverdlovsk Railways plans to sue the trio for at least 50,000 rubles (about $1,950) in damages due to the delay of the three trains, Interfax reported. Full Story - Coach Magazine - Discount Cigarettes Online - Boingo Wireless

Dead man overlooked for 10 hours at busy service station

UT - Police are investigating the death of a Draper man whose body sat in a car parked next to a gas pump at a busy Sandy service station for almost 10 hours before he was noticed. The 28-year-old was found in his Lexus just after midnight Sunday by staff at the Tesoro station at 151 W. 10600 South, Sgt. Victor Quezada said. Surveillance tape shows he arrived about 2 p.m. Saturday. The station was open for business the entire time. Police have found no evidence of foul play and are investigating the death as a suicide unless the autopsy indicates otherwise, Quezada said. Full Story - Backpacker Magazine - Discount Tobacco Products - Dutch Gardens

Thief steals briefcase, throws away $16,697

A THIEF stole a briefcase and threw it away without noticing it contained $16,697 in cash, German authorities said today.
"I think they'll be annoyed when they find out," said a spokesman for police in the western city of Duesseldorf. Full Story - Vacations Magazine - Salem Cigarettes - Books-A-Million

Japanese add wasps to rice crackers

TOKYO - A Japanese fan club for wasps has added the insects to rice crackers, saying the result adds a waspish scent to the traditional fare.
The jibachi senbei, or digger wasp rice crackers, are made in Omachi town 200 km (120 miles) northwest of Tokyo and have five or six black digger wasps each, clearly visible to the naked eye. "Young people see the bugs and refuse to eat the senbei," said Torao Kayatsu, the president of the Omachi digger wasp lovers club, who has been handing out sample crackers around town. "But seniors, they love them. We even have an order from a nursing home." Full Story - National Geographic Magazine - Marlboro Cigarettes - CARIBBEAN Travel Deals

Champion Bulldog at Center of Neuter Case

SUNBURY PA - Dog days arrived in Northumberland County Court as a little black-and-white show dog dozed through arguments by his breeder and his present owner over whether he remains an "intact" puppy producer or retires from breeding a castrated champion.
A second veterinarian's opinion will decide if Duffy — a 5-year-old French bulldog known as Champion Rock 'n' Roll Use Your Illusion in the dog-show world and worth an estimated $10,000 — is neutered or continues lucrative stud services, Northumberland County Judge Charles H. Saylor ruled Wednesday. Full Story - Dog & Kennel Magazine - Winston Cigarettes - 1-800-PetMeds

Woman drives into her dentist's office

CEDAR RAPIDS - An elderly woman was taken to the hospital after driving her car into a dentist's office this morning. It happened at Family Dentistry, 110 14th St. NE, just before 11 a.m. No one inside the building was injured, and the woman was conscious when she was loaded into an ambulance. Firefighters had to extricate the woman from the car, which was lodged half-way inside the middle of the three treatment rooms on that side. Full Story - Arthritis Today Magazine - Carter Hall Tobacco - Brite Smile

Woman Gives Birth in McDonald's Restroom, Tries to Flush Baby Down Toilet - Baby OK

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police are investigating a 20-year-old woman who allegedly tried to flush her newborn son down the toilet at a McDonald's restaurant after giving birth in the restroom.
Both the baby and the mother, a Kansas City resident who works at the McDonald's, were being treated Tuesday at a Kansas City hospital. Police said the child is expected to survive.
"Fortunately, the baby's fine," Capt. Rich Lockhart said. "The baby's at the hospital getting treatment. The mother's at the hospital getting treatment. We're investigating it."
The incident occurred about 12:50 p.m. Monday. Lockhart said workers became concerned after the woman didn't return from the restroom. The workers quickly called paramedics after checking on the woman, and paramedics were able to revive the baby. Full Story - American Baby Magazine - Wave Cigarettes - Costume Craze

Phantom professor claims salary for 15 years

PARIS - A French tax official cheated the government out of 600,000 euros ($820,000) by creating a phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a salary for some 15 years, the government said Monday.
Education Ministry officials uncovered the scam in June and began legal and disciplinary action immediately, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said in a statement. Full Story - Education Week Magazine - Native Cigarettes - Big Dogs Sportswear

Oklahoma Cops Try to ID Boy Abandoned at Wal-Mart by Fleeing Shoplifter

OKLAHOMA CITY - Authorities are trying to identify a young boy left inside a store by a suspected shoplifter who fled the store when confronted by a store security officer, police said Wednesday.
The boy, who is about 2 or 3 years old, is apparently unable to identify himself, and no one has reported him missing, Sgt. Gary Knight said.
The boy has been in Department of Human Services custody since Friday, when he was left inside the Wal-Mart store on west Reno. Full Story - Parents Magazine - Old Gold Cigarettes - Children's Christian Videos

Man Unable To Escape After Breaking Into Houdini Museum

SCRANTON PA - Police said a suspect broke into the Houdini Museum in Scranton, but he wasn't able to escape from the long arm of the law. Police in Scranton said they apprehended a man at about 2:30 Tuesday morning, based on descriptions by three witnesses who saw two men fleeing from the museum devoted to early 20th century escape artist Harry Houdini. Full Story - Antiques The Magazine - Opal Cigarettes - Buyer Zone

Missing man lay dead at home for 8 years - Body not found by police inspection of the house when man reported missing

Zagreb - A Croatian man lay dead for eight years in his flat in downtown Zagreb before a neighbour discovered the body, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. Ivan Bosanac, born in 1918, went missing in February 1999. His nephew reported his absence to the police, which conducted a brief search of the small attic flat - located just off Zagreb's main square - but found nothing. "The flat was full of garbage, literally up to the roof. The policeman had a look inside and concluded there was nobody there," the nephew, Drazen Bosanac, told the Jutarnji List daily. Full Story - Popular Photography Magazine - Merit Cigarettes - Caribou Coffee Company

Man's Fence Gets Him Jail Time

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES CA - A judge has sentenced a man to six months in jail for violating city zoning laws with a fence he built around his sprawling home in this exclusive Southern California enclave.
Francisco Linares was told in court months ago that he faced jail time if he didn't either get permits for the 180-foot-long fence or tear it down. He did neither and was sentenced to jail Monday by Superior Court Judge Sandra Thompson.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Linares chose not to comply and his decision has forced the court to act accordingly," zoning and code administrator Roy Beall said, reading from a prepared statement. Full Story - Better Homes & Gardens Magazine - Tareyton Cigarettes - Ace Hardware

Field of Dreams Ball field must be torn down

DANVILLE CA - The elaborate baseball diamond a California father built for his son must be torn down, local officials ruled Tuesday night. The Danville, Calif., Planning Commission voted 7-0 to deny permits David Lowe needed to keep his backyard "Field of Dreams," the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Lowe, who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars building the ballfield for his 11-year-old son, has 10 days to appeal the decision to the City Council. Otherwise, the artificial turf, fences, batting cage and pitching machine all must go. Full Story - Baseball Digest Magazine - Yours Cigarettes - Sports Authority

Titanic key up for auction - Could have saved the ship

DEVIZES, England - A simple key many think could have saved the Titanic from hitting the Atlantic iceberg that sank it 95 years ago will go up for auction in Britain next month. The key is believed to have been for the luxury oceanliner's crow's nest locker that held binoculars crew members could have used to search for dangerous icebergs, The Guardian reported Wednesday. The key wasn't on the ship during its fateful 1912 maiden voyage because second officer David Blair was taken off at the last minute and he forgot to turn it over to his replacement. Crew member Fred Fleet, who survived the sinking, told investigators if they had binoculars they would have seen the iceberg soon enough to avoid it. Full Story - Boating World Magazine - Pall Mall Cigarettes - Things Remembered

Signs warn - Don't trust your Satellite Navagation

LONDON - Britain's first official road signs to warn drivers about the dangers of trusting their satellite navigation devices (satnavs) were introduced on Tuesday in a Welsh village.
The signs, introduced by authorities in rural St Hilary, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, to warn drivers about placing too much faith in the directional gadgets, could be brought in across the country if the trial is successful.
Problems were reported after foreign drivers found it difficult to understand phrases such as "unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles" but could understand pictorial notices, media reported. Full Story - Automobile Magazine - Monarch Cigarettes - Bake Me A Wish

Man loses top of his head in brain operation

BERLIN - A German court has awarded 3,000 euros ($4,100) in damages to a man who had to have the top of his skull replaced with plastic because of a faulty hospital fridge.
Doctors removed the top of the man's head and put it in cold storage while they operated on his brain, the court in the western city of Koblenz said Tuesday.
Because the refrigerator was defective, the section of skull was not kept cool enough and could not be reattached. Doctors replaced the bone with a plastic prosthesis. Full Story - Natural Health Magazine - Seneca Cigarettes - Fast Floors

Beethoven's Doctor Accidentally Poisoned Him

VIENNA, Austria — Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer's physician did — inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong.
Other researchers are not convinced, but there is no controversy about one fact: The master had been a very sick man years before his death in 1827.
Previous research determined that Beethoven had suffered from lead poisoning, first detecting toxic levels of the metal in his hair and then, two years ago, in bone fragments. Those findings strengthened the belief that lead poisoning may have contributed — and ultimately led — to his death at age 57. Full Story - Hit Parader Magazine - Roger Cigarettes - Cheap Pet Store

Older teens lured in just as easily as young children

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — It was an eye-opener.
So said parents and children of Ken Wooden’s presentation on child luring and Internet predation Monday.
Wooden, who last week gave similar presentations at Misawa Air Base, Japan, warned Department of Defense personnel and their families that younger children aren’t the only ones at risk.
Most young people kidnapped by strangers are teenagers, he told parents.
Even college-age children remain at risk, he said.
Many lures that work on younger children also work on older ones, he said as he showed a video of how effortlessly he lured college students into a van during an experiment. Full Story - Family Circle Magazine - Snuff Online - American Blooms

Prison troubled by marijuana plants growing at exercise ground

TOKYO: A Japanese prison is scrambling to eradicate marijuana plants that keep sprouting up on its exercise ground, officials said Tuesday.
The marijuana plants started sprouting at Abashiri Prison on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido about a year ago, said prison official Takeshi Okamura. He said officials plucked out as many as 300 marijuana plants and treated the ground last year, but several more sprouted again this year.
Prisoners reported them to the guards.
Officials believe the plants are wild. Full Story - Garden & Gun Magazine - Discount Tobacco Products Online - Garden-Gadget

There Are 9 Guns for Every 10 Americans - Except in Texas where there are more

GENEVA — There are nine guns for every 10 people in the United States, with about 270 million firearms in circulation, according to a report released Tuesday.
Worldwide, civilians now have access to 650 million small arms — from handguns to semiautomatic rifles — an arsenal that far outstrips what is held by police and militaries, according to the annual Small Arms Survey. It estimates that civilians account for about three-fourths of the 875 million such weapons in circulation.
"Civilian holdings of weapons worldwide are much larger than we previously believed," the director of the Geneva-based group, Keith Krause, told reporters.
But it is the United States that has the heaviest concentration of firearms. Full Story - Gun World Magazine - Discount Cigarettes Online - Cutter and Buck

Leona Helmsley Leaves $12M to Her Dog, but Nothing to 2 Grandchildren

NEW YORK — Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate.
Helmsley left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court.
She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for Trouble in her absence, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer — so long as they visit their father's grave site once each calendar year. Full Story - M Magazine - Kent Cigarettes - PetsMart

Suspected Drunken Driver Leaves Accident Scene With Dead Body in Window

PERRIS CA - A suspected drunken driver crashed with a motorcycle and then left the scene, unknowingly driving away with the motorcyclist's dead body lodged in the rear window of his car, investigators said.
Tony Martinez, 54, pulled out of a parking lot Saturday night and cut off motorcyclist Nicholas Justin Campbell, who was traveling about 80 mph, California Highway Patrol spokesman Ron Thatcher said.
The motorcyle crashed into the car and Campbell was thrown through the rear window, Thatcher said. Martinez then drove away and realized when he got home that the motorcyclist was in his car, Thatcher said.
Martinez then drove to a Riverside County fire station where 20-year-old Campbell was declared dead, according to the coroner's office. Full Story - Guns & Ammo Magazine - Bronco Cigarettes - Crock-Pot

Vick Finds Jesus in Record Time - Usually not found until actually in prison

We all make mistakes," said Michael Vick. "Dogfighting is a terrible thing and I reject it ... I found Jesus and turned my life over to God. I think that's the right thing to do as of right now."
Gee, that didn't take long.
I didn't think the curtain on the "finding Jesus" act would rise until after Vick went to jail, but alas, it came on the same day he made his plea deal official.
It took Paris Hilton a few hours in the slammer before she met Jesus, and Vick does it even before lockup. Who knew? Full Story - Sporting News Magazine - Lark Cigarettes - PetCareRx

Man With No Legs Cited For Driving Drunk Along With Guy Working The Petals

ABBOTSFORD WI - Two men, driving the same pickup truck, have been cited for driving drunk in central Wisconsin. Police stopped their truck in Abbotsford, Wis. recently and found 43-year-old Harvey Miller was steering the truck. Miller has no legs. Officers say 55-year-old Edwin Marzinske was operating the gas pedals and brake. Full Story - Autoweek Magazine - Misty Cigarettes - Frontline Phonics

Insane US Astronaut?

Documents made public Tuesday show that former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing an insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival.
Attorneys for Lisa Marie Nowak have filed a notice with the court that Nowak intends to use an insanity defense at trial. This notice does not challenge competence to stand trial, but only raises insanity at the time of the offense.
The circuit court judge in the case unsealed Nowak's notice of intent to rely on a mental health defense Tuesday. Florida law requires such a notice before trial to let prosecutors prepare. Full Story - Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine - Rooster Tobacco - Logo Maker

Miss Teen USA Contestant Lauren Caitlin Upton of South Carolina Re-Answers Flubbed Question on Live TV

COLUMBIA SC - This time, the question was a little easier for Miss Teen South Carolina.
After being stumped by a Miss Teen USA pageant question on live television Friday night, Lauren Caitlin Upton's confused, mangled response has been drawing a lot of attention.
The 18-year-old got a chance to redeem herself Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show when she was again asked why one-fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a map. Full Story - Video - In Touch Magazine - L&M Cigarettes - National Geographic online store

Man in Greece used his homemade wine to put out fires

MAKISTOS, Greece - When the water ran out, with pinecones popping and the flames still high around his house, George Dimopoulos switched to wine. He made it himself two years ago, and, nearly alone in his village as it all but burnt down on Friday night, he poured liter after liter, 200 in all, into his little copper hand-pumped crop sprayer — and sprayed and sprayed.
“I had nothing else,” Mr. Dimopoulos, 63, said.
His wine helped save his life, his house and possibly his neighborhood. But it was an exception in this village and the one next door, Artemida, where the death toll from Greece’s worst fires in more than a century accounts for nearly half the 63 people now reported dead. Full Story - Globe Tabloid - Discount Cigarettes - Sharper Image

Prison inmates take out contract on drug sniffer dog's life

Criminals in Limerick Prison have reportedly taken out a contract on the life of a sniffer dog who has almost cleared the prison of drugs.
Reports this morning say inmates are so frustrated with the dog's success that they have ordered their associates to have him killed.
The two-year-old black-and-white spaniel called Rocky is reportedly making an average of 10 drug finds every day in the prison's visiting area. Full Story - Winston Cigarettes - Men's Vogue Magazine - Big Dogs Sportswear

Medicine Man dies in failed underwater spirit stunt

DAR ES SALAAM - A traditional medicine man in Tanzania drowned after jumping in a river and promising to resurface three days later with revalations from ancestral spirits, police said Tuesday.
The local witch doctor, named as Nyasio Alfonso, staged his ill-fated stunt last week at the village of Masingo in the western Mpanda district near Lake Tanganyika, Rukwa regional police commander Daudi Siadi told AFP.
Dozens of villagers chanted and drummed as the fortune-teller dived to confer with the riverine spirits, he said. Full Story - Discover Magazine - Now Cigarettes - Bachelorette

Mississippi is the Fattest State in U.S.

JACKSON MS - Experts say Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic of obesity.
According to a new study, this Deep South state is the fattest in the nation. The Trust for America's Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention, says Mississippi is the first state where more than 30 percent of adults are considered obese.
Aside from making Mississippi the butt of late-night talk show jokes, the obesity epidemic has serious implications for public policy.
If current trends hold, the state could face enormous increases in the already significant costs of treating diabetes, heart disease and other ailments caused by the extra poundage. Full Story - Weight Watchers Magazine - Marlboro Cigarettes - Cooking.com

Britney Targeted in Child Abuse Investigation

Britney Spears is being investigated for possible child abuse. An unscheduled hearing was held today at L.A. County Superior Court. Present -- Britney's lawyer, Dennis Wasser, K-Fed's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, and a lawyer from the Los Angeles County Counsel who is assigned to the dependency court. Full Story - Hollywood Life Magazine - Sincerely Yours Cigarettes - TicketsNow - Sports, Concerts, Theatre tickets

Airplane Crew Kept 1lb Preemie Alive Using Drinking Straw & CPR

A family has praised the cabin crew who delivered a tiny premature baby and then battled to keep him alive at 30,000ft during a holiday flight. Little Alfie was born when his 25-weeks-pregnant mother Nicola Delemere suddenly went into labour on a First Choice Airways flight from Manchester to Crete.
Flight supervisor Carol Miller supported Mrs Delemere, 31, as the little boy was born weighing just 1lb 1oz as the plane passed over Germany. Full Story - Pregnancy Magazine - GT One Cigarettes - Adidas

Husband Arrested in Death of Colorado Woman Buried in Gold Mine

CRAIG CO - The husband of a woman missing since June was arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found buried deep in a gold mine he operated, police said Sunday.
The body of Cynthia Hankins, 36, was found Saturday under tons of dirt in the mine, 33 miles north of Craig.
Terry Hankins, 70, was arrested on charges of first-degree murder, abusing a corpse, tampering with evidence, forgery, theft and possession of a controlled substance. Mrs. Hankins was reported missing June 3.
The suspect was in custody at the Moffat County Jail. Mrs. Hankins was likely killed in the city before she was buried, police said. Full Story - Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco - Bassmaster Magazine - Sports Collectibles