Dog chases burglar hours after being adopted

Hillsboro, Ohio – A southwest Ohio couple who adopted a Saint Bernard to save him from being put down say he saved their home from burglary a few hours later. Rubert Lee Littler says he was taking Hercules outside at night when the 135-pound dog started growling, then charged after a man running out of their basement. The dog bit into the man’s ankle as he climbed a fence and got away. Police say the home’s phone and cable lines had been cut. Lee and Elizabeth Littler brought the dog home from Highland County’s pound less than seven hours earlier.   more

Egypt closes pyramid to avoid 11/11/11 rituals

Egypt – Egypt will close the Great Pyramid of Giza to avoid any rituals by a group rumoured to have plans to mark the date of 11/11/11 at the site, an official said. The decision came after much pressure from Egyptian Internet users that strange rituals were going to be held within the walls of the pyramid on November 11, 2011, Atef Abu Zahab, head of the Department of Pharaonic Archaeology, said. The Supreme Council of Antiquities confirmed the closure Friday of the tourist site, in a statement that only referred to the need for maintenance following a busy period during Muslim holidays.

Man runs out of toilet paper, destroys motel

Charlotte, North Carolina – One man made sure a Charlotte motel was going to pay for him running out of toilet paper. Upset about the lack of toilet paper that was available in his room, a man destroyed $2,090 worth of hotel property. The man grew irate after learning he didn’t have toilet paper and proceeded to walk upstairs to a vacant room that was being renovated. Upon entering the room, he proceeded to clog the toilet, causing water damage to the room, totaling about $2,000 in carpet and ceiling charges. The man would go on to break a blow dryer and several lights, accounting for an extra $90 in charges.  more  

Bank Robber Armed With Pesticide

 San Diego, California – A San Diego-area teller was confronted by a bank robber carrying not only a semi-automatic pistol but also a white plastic pesticide sprayer. FBI agents and San Diego County Sherif”s Department investigators released images of a bank robbery suspect carrying an unusual weapon. The man, believed to be about 30 years old, entered a Pacific Western Bank in Rancho Santa Fe carrying the pesticide sprayer, the pistol and demanding money. The suspect, described as white, unshaven with wavy brown hair and approximately 5’11″, was wearing a yellow rain jacket, jeans, a black baseball cap and a dust mask covering his nose and mouth. more

Prisoner Suing Over Cruel And Unusual Meals

 Clermont, Florida – A Florida inmate is suing the state’s prison system for pulling the pork from his meals. Eric Harris, a 32-year-old convicted pedophile who is serving a life sentence, suggests Lake Correctional Institution’s policy of serving a vegan diet is seriously affecting the quality of his life sentence. The Weston A. Price Foundation, a special interest group against soy products, will pick up the case’s legal expenses, and announced it has class-action ambitions including other prisoners, prison guards and taxpayers.  Full Article

Dog poop on shoes among bizarre cases handed to accident and emergency

People in England go to accident and emergency for a number of "inappropriate" reasons including women not being able to remove false fingernails or a man wanting his sick dog treated, a new research....more

Resort Offers $25,000 'Ultimate Ski Pass'

iStock / Creativaimage The Aspen Skiing Co. is offering an "Ultimate Ski Pass" that will let you have unlimited first tracks before chairlifts open to the public -- for a cool $25,000.The ...Resort Offers $25,000 'Ultimate Ski Pass'

Stolen antique Colt .45 returned

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The owner of an antique, pearl-handled Colt .45, stolen in Florida and missing for more than a decade says he has gotten the heirloom gun back.Stolen antique Colt .45 returned

Man Found Dead in Bee-Filled Room

Florida – A Miami man was found dead in room of his house, which was filled with swarming bees. Miami Police said the unidentified man was on a ladder trying to duct tape a hole in the wall where he saw bees, and when the bees flew out of the wall, he got startled and fell and died. The man had been renovating a house that has been in his family for years. His daughter and wife came to the house and couldn’t find him. Eventually they checked upstairs, where they noticed a lot of bees in a room, they then saw the man’s foot. more

Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Jail

Lindsay Lohan checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA at 8:48PM PST to begin serving her 30 day jail sentence ... according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department website.Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Jail

Hotel Robber Nabbed by Guests in Town for Martial Arts Tourney

Los Angeles – A 31-year-old man accused of robbing a hotel clerk at gunpoint was captured by two martial arts experts visiting from Oregon. Surveillance video shows the suspect, identified as Luis Rosales, wandering around the hotel lobby. He then walks up to the front desk and pulls out a gun, demanding money. During the robbery, an elevator door opened, and two hotel guests who happened to be martial arts experts in town for a martial arts tournament heard the clerk’s cry for help and immediately took action.  more

Man arrested for digging up women

 Russia – Russian police said they arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly had the mummified remains of 27 women in his apartment. The government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported the man allegedly dug up the women at various cemeteries and put dresses on them. The man, a historian who was planning to write a guide book on cemeteries, faces charges of desecration.  more 

Ankle monitor ties offender to crimes

Hiram, Georgia – Authorities in Georgia said a registered sex offender was connected to three indecent exposure cases using information from his GPS ankle monitor. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said information from the ankle monitor worn by Anthony Sims, 42, of Hiram put him at the scenes of three incidents in the area of South Davis Mill and Hiram Sudie roads. Sgt. Brandon Gurley said victims told investigators they spotted a man exposing his genitals near their homes. more 

Doctor claims he can turn brown eyes blue

California – Ever wished you had blue eyes? You soon could have them after a doctor revealed he can permanently change a person’s eye color in just 20 seconds. Dr Gregg Homer, from Stroma Medical in California said his Lumineyes technology uses a laser tuned to a specific frequency to turn brown eyes to blue. The laser energy removes the brown pigment, or melanin, from the top layer of the iris, and the blue eye color emerges over the following two to three weeks. However, the procedure – which Dr Homer has developed over 10 years – is irreversible because the brown tissue cannot regenerate.  more

Snake slithers out of ATM

LLODIO, Spain, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Spain said a man was shocked when a snake slithered out of an ATM while he was withdrawing money.Snake slithers out of ATM

New York considers sticker alternatives

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- New York Department of Sanitation officials said they are considering doing away with stickers put on the windows of alternate-side parking rule flouters.New York considers sticker alternatives

Disabled Vet Forced to Sit in Urine-Soaked Clothing

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas – An Army veteran who uses a wheelchair said she was forced to urinate on herself  after an American Airlines flight crew allegedly denied her requests to leave the plane before other passengers so she could use an airport restroom. “If I was allowed to leave the plane, this would have never happened.” Wilcox told FoxNews.com that she alerted the crew about her predicament 15 minutes before the plane landed. She asked that she be allowed off first, but was forced to wait until about 75 percent of the plane was cleared out. It was a short trip, so she was traveling light; she was wearing all the clothes she had packed underneath her uniform.  more   

Couple Gave LSD To Their Dog, ran away and hit by car

Georgia – The couple who admitted feeding their dog LSD was hit with a variety of criminal charges stemming from the bizarre incident at their Georgia home. Nicholas Modrich and Jaime Hughes, both 25, were booked last night into the Gwinnett County jail on pot possession, drug paraphernalia, and public indecency charges. The duo mug shots, has not been charged with animal cruelty for providing acid to Oscar, their long-haired dachshund, though cops are continuing to investigate that dosing. The pet subsequently left the couple’s home and was hit by a car, later dying from its injuries.  more  

Cat With 26 Toes Could Save Rescue Shelter

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – A cat with 26 toes is inspiring $26 donations to keep a Milwaukee animal shelter from closing. The Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center was not offered a new lease from the Southridge Mall, and now finds itself in need of some new digs. The shelter, which takes in animals from other humane societies and animal control agencies that might otherwise be put down, doesn’t get any funding and relies on the community for support. Shelter officials are getting some much-needed fundraising help in the form of Daniel, a 26-toed feline who calls the shelter home and is inspiring $26 donations to help cover the $40,000 down payment on an alternative building. more  

Kids push shopping cart off 4th floor, hits woman

 New York – A bizarre incident has left a woman in critical condition in Harlem. A 47-year-old woman was walking with her 14-year-old son outside the Target store in East Harlem. Witnesses said a group of kids pushed a shopping cart off the fourth floor walkway that connects the store to a parking garage. The woman was struck on the head by the falling cart. Two 12-year-olds are in custody. They face assault charges and criminal possession of weapon – namely the cart. more

Drunk 11-Year-Old Found At Occupy Protest

A 27-year-old man has been charged after Montana police found an 11-year-old boy drunk at an Occupy Missoula protest.John Skinner encountered the boy and a friend outside a Missoula bar last week. ..Drunk 11-Year-Old Found At Occupy Protest

Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, Going for Morning Newspaper

New York – An 80-year-old man who went out to get his morning newspaper fell into an 8-foot sinkhole that opened up in his Long Island lawn. Michael Ciron was not seriously injured in his ordeal, and even boasted that he managed to hang onto the papers. He yelled for his daughter, who woke up and came to his aid by calling police and firefighters to the Oceanside home. Ciron, who was wearing slippers, found himself stuck in wet, shifting sand. “It was scary down there,” he told Newsday.  more

Hotel Guest Checks Out After 10 Years

 Falls Church, Virginia – Garrulous and active, 79-year-old Joy Bricker presides over her hotel suite in a manner befitting a grander home. She offers tea to the staff and media with the ease of a person schooled in proper etiquette. Like many hotel guests, Bricker has learned to make herself feel comfortable, making her room a home away from home. Only, Bricker has called the Towne Place Suites by Marriott, in Falls Church, Virginia, home for more than 10 years. No one has stayed as long as Bricker, who checked in on August 4, 2001. She is the longest extended-stay guest any Marriott hotel has seen.  more  

Halloween Ghost Story Axe Murder Hollow

Susan and Ned were driving through a wooded empty section of highway. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, the sky went dark in the torrential downpour.
“We’d better stop,” said Susan.
Ned nodded his head in agreement. He stepped on the brake, and suddenly the car started to slide on the slick pavement. They plunged off the road and slid to a halt at the bottom of an incline.
Pale and shaking, Ned quickly turned to check if Susan was all right. When she nodded, Ned relaxed and looked through the rain soaked windows.
“I’m going to see how bad it is,” he told Susan, and when out into the storm. She saw his blurry figure in the headlight, walking around the front of the car. A moment later, he jumped in beside her, soaking wet.
“The car’s not badly damaged, but we’re wheel-deep in mud,” he said. “I’m going to have to go for help.”
Susan swallowed nervously. There would be no quick rescue here. He told her to turn off the headlights and lock the doors until he returned.
Axe Murder Hollow. Although Ned hadn’t said the name aloud, they both knew what he had been thinking when he told her to lock the car. This was the place where a man had once taken an axe and hacked his wife to death in a jealous rage over an alleged affair. Supposedly, the axe-wielding spirit of the husband continued to haunt this section of the road.
Outside the car, Susan heard a shriek, a loud thump, and a strange gurgling noise. But she couldn’t see anything in the darkness.
Frightened, she shrank down into her seat. She sat in silence for a while, and then she noticed another sound. Bump. Bump. Bump. It was a soft sound, like something being blown by the wind.
Suddenly, the car was illuminated by a bright light. An official sounding voice told her to get out of the car. Ned must have found a police officer. Susan unlocked the door and stepped out of the car. As her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she saw it.
Hanging by his feet from the tree next to the car was the dead body of Ned. His bloody throat had been cut so deeply that he was nearly decapitated. The wind swung his corpse back and forth so that it thumped against the tree. Bump. Bump. Bump.
Susan screamed and ran toward the voice and the light. As she drew close, she realized the light was not coming from a flashlight. Standing there was the glowing figure of a man with a smile on his face and a large, solid, and definitely real axe in his hands. She backed away from the glowing figure until she bumped into the car.
“Playing around when my back was turned,” the ghost whispered, stroking the sharp blade of the axe with his fingers. “You’ve been very naughty.”
The last thing she saw was the glint of the axe blade in the eerie, incandescent light.

Study: Neighbors don't mind loud sex

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Swedes find neighbors' loud sex noises much easier to bear than blaring music, renovations or unidentified noises, a study found.Study: Neighbors don't mind loud sex

Mountain Lion Sighting in D.C.

Washington DC – Some believe a mountain lion may be lurking in northwest Washington. One neighbor described the creature as larger and wider than a deer, with the long tail of a cat. Another woman said she was walking her dog in McLean Gardens at the edge of Glover Park when she spotted the large cat last week.  The cat, which she believes is a mountain lion, ran off into some nearby woods. Someone else reported seeing the cat last February. The latest sighting happened to a woman who says she spotted the animal near the Beltway exit to Connecticut Avenue.  more

Man Cuts Off Arm With Homemade Guillotine

Bellingham, Washington – A Washington man loses his arm from a homemade guillotine. The guillotine unexpectedly dropped on his shoulder at a camp where he was living, severing his arm. He left the arm behind after the accident and rushed to Bellingham Urology Specialists. Evelyn Leuther, who works at the clinic, told CBS Seattle a woman passing by said, “I hope that’s a Halloween costume,” referring to the man missing his arm at the shoulder. But the gore was real. Seconds later, another woman ran by screaming for someone to call 9-1-1.  more  

Officer sues over hair on bagel

Evesham, Pennsylvania – A Pennsylvania police officer is suing a deli and the cook who admitted to putting body hair into his bagel sandwich. Evesham Police Officer Jeremy Merck, 30, said in his lawsuit against Marlton deli Good Foods to Go the eatery was negligent for failing to keep its premises safe and for failing to properly examine the sandwich. The suit alleges the eatery failed to properly hire, train and supervise its employees.  more  

State champion goat failed drug test

Pueblo, Colorado – Colorado officials have disqualified the grand champion goat from this year’s State Fair because they say it tested positive for an unapproved drug. The Pueblo Chieftain reported that a second goat entered by another child from the same family also was disqualified for the same drug. Susan Weinroth of Sedalia says the family got a letter from the attorney general’s office saying her family’s goats tested positive for a feed additive approved for swine but not goats. She suspects the food may have been tampered with and says the family reported their suspicions to officials.  more

Why Apple’s Steve Jobs’ Car Never Had a License Plate

California – How did Jobs get away with not having a license plate on his car? According to a former employee named Jon Callas who is now the chief technology officer at Entrust, Jobs realized that California law gave the owners of new cars six months to obtain a license plate. Armed with that knowledge, Jobs made a deal with his leasing company to get a new silver Mercedes SL55 AMG every six months, making sure that it was always legal for him to have an unmarked car. “It’s a little game I play,” Jobs said to remain anonymous. Biographer Isaacson pointed out to Jobs before his death, driving an unlicensed car is much more conspicuous than just putting a dang license plate on his car like everyone else. In response, Steve Jobs just shrugged. Think Different.  More

Nearly naked woman leads police on high-speed chase

Bainbridge, Ohio – Authorities arrested a topless woman after she allegedly led them on a high-speed police chase that saw speeds of more than 120 mph. Authorities aren’t sure where or how Erin Holdsworth, 28, of Hiram, started her night. All they know is that it ended with a car chase down Route 422 that, at its fastest, reached 128 mph. Officers also know that, when they found her, she was wearing nothing but fishnet stockings, g-string panties and a pair of high heels.  more  

Jury clears dog walker of failing to scoop poop charge

Fairfax, Virginia – A Virginia dog walker facing a charge of failing to scoop poop was cleared by a Fairfax County jury. Kimberly Zakrzewski of Fairfax, who had been accused by next door neighbors Virginia and Christine Cornell of failing to clean up after Baxter, a friend’s dog she often walks, was cleared of violating the county’s pooper scooper law. Zakrzewski said her neighbors had previously filed reckless driving charges against her, which were also thrown out by a jury. “This case wasn’t about whether I picked up after Baxter. It was about two women who wanted to harass me,” Zakrzewski said.  Full 

Tenn. dog missing for 3 months turns up in Mich.

In this photo provided by Michigan Humane Society, Petey, a Jack Russell terrier, is photographed at the Michigan Humane Society's Rochester Hills Center for Animal Care in Rochester Hills, ...Tenn. dog missing for 3 months turns up in Mich.

Airport to use worms for compost

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Officials at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North Carolina say they plan to use worms for composting at a new $1.1 million recycling center.--Airport to use worms for compost