Boy injured after shooting himself with starter gun

Utah - A 14-year-old boy accidently shot himself with a track and field starter gun in St. George on Tuesday, police said. The teen was at a self-storage facility with his stepfather early Tuesday evening when he found the gun, said St. George police Sgt. Doug Sargent.
The device was shaped like a laser pointer or writing pen, and the teen held the device out in front of himself and pressed the trigger. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Michigan Bulb

Blow-up doll causes bomb scare

HALMSTED, Sweden - Police say a blow-up doll left by men after a stag party triggered a bomb scare in Halmstad, Sweden.
The doll, found bound and gagged, apparently was jettisoned by the partygoers as they left a bar, the Swedish news agency TT reported Sunday. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hudson Reed

Bride, groom save their first kiss for the altar

CHICAGO - Two abstinence teachers who wed in Chicago experienced their first kiss at the altar. And it was a doozy -- a two-minute smooch that drew cheers from about 500 people in the church. After a one-year courtship, 28-year-old Melody LaLuz and 30-year-old Claudaniel Fabien tied the knot Saturday, even though they'd never locked lips before that day. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Flower

Thief steals Thanksgiving dinner off woman's porch

OREGON, Wisconsin - A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner.
Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed with Thanksgiving food to her daughter Cindy, only to have it stolen from her porch. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - PetsMart

Taxi drivers go on strike - Smashing cars

BEIJING — About 300 taxi drivers went on strike in a southern Chinese city, smashing cars and demanding a crackdown on unlicensed taxis in the latest protest against illegal taxi competition in China.
Hundreds of cab drivers gathered Saturday in front of government buildings in Chaozhou, a city in Guangdong province, said an official Sunday from the Chaozhou city government who would only give his surname, Chen. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Gurney's Seed and Nursery

Subway Make You Tardy? NYC Transit to Provide Late Notes

NEW YORK — People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses.
The New York City Transit division says it gives passengers the notes so they can prove they're not lying about being delayed while riding the subway. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Jimmy Jane

Woman finds 14 baby pythons in bedroom

FANNIE BAY, Australia - An Australian woman says she hated snakes even before she found 14 young carpet pythons in her bedroom.
Esther Honegger of Fannie Bay told The Northern Territorian she first noticed some of the snakes as she prepared for bed Wednesday night.
"I hate snakes and as I walked backwards and forwards I would see another one," she said. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Wine

Fatal shooting followed toy store brawl

PALM DESERT, California - The shooting occurred in a crowded toy store on the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but authorities say it wasn't related to the bargain-hunting frenzy. Instead, two men pulled guns and killed each other after the women with them erupted into a bloody brawl, witnesses said. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Mrs. Fields Gifts

Woman dies after margarine mishap

New Zealand - Police and fire authorities are investigating the death of an elderly South Auckland woman who died after knocking a pot of burning melted margarine over herself. The 86-year-old was alone in her Pahurehure home yesterday when it is believed she found the margarine, to be used in the making of ceremonial candles, smoking, The Sunday Star Times reported. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Sirius Satellite Radio

5 deer die jumping from overpass onto highway

MARKLE, Indiana - Police in Indiana say five deer that wandered onto a highway overpass have jumped to their deaths on Interstate 69, one of them crashing through a tractor-trailer's windshield.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman John Salb says the deer may have been spooked by cars as they were crossing the overpass Friday. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - James Allen

Man beats attacker with giant candy cane

SACRAMENTO, California - A California man used a 2-foot decorative lawn candy cane to beat and subdue a neighbor who allegedly attacked guests with a knife, police say. Sacramento, Calif., Police Department spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the candy cane-wielding man confronted neighbor Donald Kercell, 49, who had allegedly become intoxicated and was threatening people gathered on a lawn with a kitchen knife. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - ZizZazz

Death toll more than 300 in voter violence

Nigeria - The top religious official at the main mosque in a riot-hit Nigerian city says the death toll has reached more than 300 people in two days of election-related violence. Sheikh Khalid Abubakar says the bodies were brought to the Jos central mosque on Saturday for prayers before a quick burial in keeping with Islamic rites. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - DVD Planet

Police Chief Shoots Himself While Teaching Daughter Gun Safety

MONROE, Ohio — Police in southwestern Ohio say a police chief mistakenly shot himself in the thigh after giving his daughter a gun safety lesson. A police report says 54-year-old Middletown police Chief Greg Schwarber was preparing to clean his Glock .45-caliber pistol on Friday and didn't realize the gun was still loaded. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Favor Affair

Cardboard man keeps cops at bay for hour and a half

New Jersey - A cardboard figure of a person inside a Somerset County bank kept police at bay for 90 minutes last night, authorities said.
The standoff at the PNC Bank on Routes 518 and 601 in the Skillman section of Montgomery Township ended about 10:20 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - 1-800-PetMeds

Disgruntled 8-year-old boy crashes teacher's car

BERLIN, Germany - An eight-year-old German schoolboy who wanted to complain to his mother about being sent out of class took his teacher's car and crashed it, police said.
The boy, banished from class for disrupting a lesson, pinched the 40-year-old teacher's car key when she was not looking and managed to start up her compact car. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Prisoner Pen Pal

Cafe swamped with orders for Obama cookie

DES MOINES, Iowa - Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing to the country?
Check out cookie sales at Baby Boomers Cafe in Des Moines.
Ever since word spread about the president-elect and his family's fondness for Baby Boomers' chocolate chunk cookies, the small downtown restaurant can't bake them fast enough. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Wal-Mart

Research links fast food to Alzheimer's

LONDON - Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday. The findings show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Animals 911 - Discount Pet Products

Go ahead and shoot me - Man kills brother during card game

ORLANDO, Florida - Orlando police say a card game turned fatal when a 20-year-old man shot his younger brother as the two horsed around.
Witnesses say Joshua Williams had a rifle in his lap as a group of friends played cards at an apartment Wednesday night. They told authorities the brothers had a brief argument, which they described as horseplay. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Amazon Books

Worker dies - Trampled in Black Friday stampede

New York - A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said. The unidentified worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - US Online Rx

Man Arrested After Body Found In Garage

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee police arrested a man after a body was found in his garage. Police found a 31-year-old Chicago man’s body, and now they’re trying to find out how he died, and how long he was in the suspect’s garage. The man had been missing since November 8. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Prisoner Pen Pal

Seven Years In Jail For Underwear Bandit

HARTFORD - A 38-year-old man who shed most of his clothes before fleeing from a gas station robbery has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Patrick Bishop of Hartford pleaded guilty in September to robbery with threat of force. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fragrance Net

Missing man, 75, and his mother, 100, are found - Lost on the way to Thanksgiving dinner

Illinois - Police announced that they have found a 75-year-old man and his mother who left their home in O'Fallon, Illinois, in the afternoon and failed to arrive at a family Thanksgiving dinner at another residence in the same city. They were found in Litchfield. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fog Dog Sports

Man drives away from jail in cop car

BRAINERD, Minnesota - A Minnesota man just released from a detox center stole an undercover deputy's car for the trip home, the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department alleges.
Christopher Wayne Schwarz, 20, was re-arrested after a chase that lasted less than half an hour, the Brainerd Dispatch reported Thursday. He faces charges of fleeing a peace officer and motor vehicle theft. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Netflix

School Board Sued Over Boy's In-Class Haircut

ROANOKE, Virginia - The family of an 11-year-old middle school student is suing the Roanoke County School Board, claiming the boy was given an unwanted haircut by his teacher in class. Harvey Lutins, the lawyer representing Alexander Allen Brown, says the teacher had complained earlier about the student's prominent bangs. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Go To My PC

Judge allows civil suit over co-worker's perfume

DETROIT - A federal judge says a Detroit city employee can proceed with a civil suit claiming she couldn't work because of a co-worker's strong perfume.
The Detroit News says U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff determined Susan McBride has a potential claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Only Natural Pet Store

Mars bar addiction blamed for attacks on girlfriend

CALLINGTON, England - A Callington, England, man who admitted to attacking his girlfriend twice in 10 days told the court his violence was caused by an addiction to Mars bars.
Marco Fella, 38, admitted to hitting his 34-year-old girlfriend in the face with a piece of rope and biting her finger a few days later when she refused to wear thong underwear instead of her "big pants," The Daily Mail reported Thursday. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Luggage Online

Rosie O’Donnell's new variety show flops

Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey. The network's attempt to revive the primetime variety show failed to draw an audience Wednesday night, tying for the evening's lowest-rated program. A mere 5 million viewers tuned in for the 8 p.m. premiere of "Rosie Live," with the program earning a 1.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. The telecast matched ABC's recently canceled "Pushing Daisies" as the night's lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Laptops For Less

China executes man for ant-breeding scheme

China - China has executed a businessman convicted of bilking thousands of investors out of $416 million in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, state media reported Thursday.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Wang Zhendong, who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to death in February last year, was executed in north China's Liaoning province on Wednesday. The death penalty is used broadly in China. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - US Online Rx

Man Gets 4 Years For Sexually Assaulting Dog

CLEARWATER - A 20-year-old Titusville man was sentenced to four years in prison today for sexually assaulting his grandparents' Yorkshire terrier.
Nicholas Densmore pleaded no contest to one count of animal cruelty in October.
On July 30, 2007, Densmore was staying with his grandparents at 4243 Dartmouth Ave. N., St. Petersburg, when his grandmother saw him in a motor home at the back of the residence, according to a police report. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Flight Tracker - Track Any flight

Astronauts have Thanksgiving in space

HOUSTON - Thanksgiving in space is an unusual place for the traditional feast but it was still turkey, stuffing and yams for U.S. and Russian astronauts, NASA said.
Taking time off before the Endeavour begins its undocking procedure to return to Earth, the 10 gathered in a roomy module called Harmony aboard the International Space Station for their Thanksgiving dinner, The Houston Chronicle reported. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - LifeLock Identity Theft Services

Pirates Killed in Standoff

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa, officials said Thursday.
Four of the pirates, all from neighboring Guinea, were killed early Wednesday in a clash with the Sierra Leone navy, police spokesman Mohamed Samura said. Two were shot and another two drowned, he said. The remaining four were arrested. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Paul Fredrick Men Style

Thieves steal house brick by brick

UK - Thieves didn't try to steal from this house, they tried to pinch the whole thing. Dressed as workmen, they attempted to take the building, brick by brick and slate by slate.
The pair even stopped for lunch during their audacious theft and a neighbour inadvertently helped them by collecting fallen tiles. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hotels.com

Zoo sells reindeer droppings as ornaments

BLOOMINGTON - It began with a family legend about John Tobias’ Irish grandmother in the early 1900s. “She would take chocolate drops — she would sprinkle them around so the kids would think reindeer came at Christmas.” That memory, and talk about stringing cranberries and popcorn, led to an idea from zoo marketing director Susie Ohley: to use reindeer droppings in Christmas ornaments for a fundraiser. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - David's Cookies

Jealous lover who blinded woman with acid will be blinded with acid

Iran - A jealous lover who blinded a woman with acid is also to be blinded with acid under the country's Islamic law. A 27-year-old named only as Majid confessed to attacking Ameneh Bahrami in 2004 to dissuade anyone from marrying the woman he loved. Wednesday's ruling was issued based on the Islamic law system of 'qisas,' or eye for an eye retribution. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - 1-800 CONTACTS

Man shoots teen - Looked at him the wrong way

HURST, Texas - Police searched for a gunman Wednesday who opened fire on a teen after the youth apparently looked at him the wrong way at an apartment complex.
The 16-year-old was hit in the right buttocks, and his injury was not life-threatening, police said Wednesday. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Booksfree

Police mistake widow's tomato plants for cannabis factory

UK - The officers burst in with sniffer dogs and took samples of the plants for analysis. Lulu Matheson, who has lived in the property in Shieldaig for 53 years, said she was shaken up by the encounter.
Mrs Matheson told the Daily Mail: "I got a terrible fright and I couldn't understand what they were doing here because I knew we had nothing more than tomatoes in the window. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Vitamin World

Teen lives 118 days without heart

MIAMI - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday. The doctors said they knew of another case in which an adult had been kept alive in Germany for nine months without a heart but said they believed this was the first time a child had survived in this manner for so long. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Join The NRA

Workers riot at toy factory

DONGGUAN, China - It started as a pay dispute at a southern Chinese toy factory. But it quickly turned into a riot as laid-off workers tapped into a network of friends and unemployed laborers who flipped over a police car, stormed into the plant and smashed office computers.
The latest violent protest to rock China's export machine was still simmering Wednesday at the massive plant, which makes Nerf toys for the U.S. company Hasbro Inc. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Just My Size

Tax-Free Guns on Black Friday

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - TVs and laptops won't be the only hot items in South Carolina this Black Friday. The state is offering an unusual perk to shoppers: no sales tax on handguns, rifles and shotguns. The so-called "Second Amendment Weekend" is thanks to a little-debated amendment legislators tacked on this summer to a tax break for energy-efficient appliances. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Animals911.org Discount Pet Products

Woman Sets Possessed Apartment on Fire

ATLANTA, Georgia - A Marietta woman told authorities she set two fires in her apartment because items inside were possessed. Felicia Johnson is charged with arson. This is an unusual arson case. Investigators said Johnson was trying to cleanse her apartment but in doing so she put lives in danger. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Catherines Plus Sizes

Nurse Accused of Twice Being Drunk in Operating Room

Wisconsin - A Wisconsin operating room nurse’s license has been suspended after she was caught allegedly working legally drunk at least twice, WGBA TV reported Tuesday.
Cindy Elizabeth Kocian, worked at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wisc., allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .095 on Oct. 22, 2007.
“She was working in the operating room while under the influence of, and impaired by, alcohol,” according to state records. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Animals911.org Discount Pet Products

Parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes

Claremont - For decades, Claremont kindergartners have celebrated Thanksgiving by dressing up as pilgrims and Native Americans and sharing a feast. But on Tuesday, when the youngsters meet for their turkey and songs, they won't be wearing their hand-made bonnets, headdresses and fringed vests. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Flight Tracker - Track Any flight

Drunk Driver Ends Police Chase by Running Over Himself

SANTA FE, New Mexico - A man is in a northern New Mexico jail, accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself. Roy Travis Aguilar, 21, was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked into the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Netflix

Men entered Britain illegally in fake Christmas tree

NORTHAMPTON, England - British authorities said four men are being questioned after they allegedly entered the country illegally by hiding in a 32-foot-tall fake Christmas tree.
Northamptonshire Police said two Iraqi men and two Iranian men were turned over to the country's Border Agency after staff at a council depot in the city of Northampton, England, discovered them hiding in the back of a truck. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - C Medical

Man releases hundreds of worms in train - Wanted to see women shake their legs

TOKYO – A Japanese man was arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police said Tuesday.
"I wanted to see women get scared and shake their legs," police quoted 35-year-old Manabu Mizuta as saying. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Prisoner Pen Pal

Father Raped Daughters For 30 Years - Bore 9 Children

LONDON — A father who repeatedly raped his two daughters for nearly 30 years told the children the abuse would never stop.
They finally broke the silence this year, but only after he had fathered nine of their children. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - PetCareRx

Man Continues Watching Porn as Apartment Burns

Waukehsa County - A man in Waukehsa County is facing a misdemeanor charge for negligent handling of burning materials. Pewaukee Police say Steven Flaugher realized that some plastic had caught fire on his stove, but didn't try to put it out or call for help. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Enterprise Rent A Car

Thanksgiving in Space: It's Not Grandma's Home Cooking

HOUSTON — The smoked turkey resembles sliced deli meat but stiffer, the candied yams are bland inside, the green beans taste like they've been microwaved to death and the corn bread stuffing has a broth-heavy, institutional flavor.
Grandma's home cooking, it's not. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - US Online Rx

School Bus Driver Allegedly Asked Cheerleaders to Lift Up Shirts for Money

Massachusetts - A longtime school bus driver could be fired after several members of a cheerleading squad in Lynnfield, Mass., said he offered them $40 to lift up their shirts. Driver Bill Diamond, 56, was suspended without pay after the allegations surfaced, MyFOXBoston.com reported. Diamond has been at the job for 23 years.
"This clearly goes well beyond any bounds of acceptable behavior," said town administrator William Gustus. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Prisoner Pen Pal

Two buses destroyed during joyride - Audio/video recorders recorded the thieves' conversations and their names

MISSOULA - Four Bonner-area residents face charges after two school buses were totaled during a weekend joyride. Missoula County Sheriff's Sgt. Pat Estill says the investigation was made easier by the fact that the audio/video recorders on the buses recorded the thieves' conversations, including their names. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Travel News