Up in smoke: Man wins at casino, loses it in blaze

SOLVAY, N.Y. (AP) -- A Syracuse-area man's lucky day at an upstate casino has gone up in smoke - along with his winnings. Kenneth Lamoree said he returned to his home in Solvay around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday after winning $3,200 at the Turning Stone casino in Verona. A little more than an hour later, a fire broke out in the two-family home he shares with his fiancee and their three children....---...More

Teen tossed from train loses leg

NEW DELHI, India - Doctors had to amputate the leg of a 13-year-old snack vendor who was thrown off a moving train after he reportedly did not have money to bribe a guard. Part of Mohammed Salahuddin’s leg was removed below the knee after it was badly damaged after the fall, said Amit Lodha, a railway police superintendent. According to published reports, the suspect allegedly hurled Salahuddin off the train in anger because he did not have 20 cents to pay in bribes for selling snacks on board....More--Twitter Political Roast---Domain Names

Couple loses their home in foreclosure scam

Nebraska - Denise and Kevin Barret thought they had found a solution after they fell behind on their mortgage. They saw a television ad for the Federal Loan Modification Law Center that promised it could reduce homeowners? payments while saving their homes from foreclosure. They were told that for an initial payment of $995 the company could renegotiate the couple?s delinquent mortgage. More?

Nude drunk loses way in New Zealand hotel

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – An extremely drunk, naked man lost his way at a New Zealand hotel and ended up sleeping in the wrong room, forcing its female occupant to hide in the bathroom, local media reported.

The 29 year-old Australian man had gone back the hotel in the resort town of Queenstown with a woman, but got up in the night and wandered into a bedroom where a couple were sleeping.

"He was a bit surprised that there were two people in his room and he was butt naked," Sergeant Steve Watt of Queenstown police told the Southland Times.

As the intruder slept, the startled woman took refuge in the bathroom as her husband summoned hotel staff.

The man, who could not remember whom he had been with nor what room he had been in, and had no clothes or wallet.

Police gave him a ride home clad in a hotel bathrobe, but let him off after the guests and hotel decided not to press charges.

"It was far too funny," said Watt.Twitter Political Roast---Domain Names