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Thursday, July 12th, 2007A Chinese city is offering to buy dead flies from residents to promote public hygiene.
Officials in the Xigong district of Luoyang city are offering the equivalent of 3p for each dead fly, reports Henan Business News.
“We think giving people money will be more effective than fining them to keep the city clean,” says Hu […]
Insurance for speeding motorists
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Drivers in Denmark can insure themselves against speeding fines and parking tickets under a new scheme launched by the Danish automobile association.
Motorists can take out various cover from insurance against speeding for £90 per year that covers drivers for either four speeding tickets or a total of £900 in speeding fines.
Insurance against parking fines costs […]
Prosecutors cannot find God
Thursday, July 12th, 2007A Romanian convict’s legal action against God has failed - because prosecutors could not find God’s address.
Pavel Mircea, from Timisoara, who is serving a 20 year sentence for murder, launched legal action against God two years ago.
In his legal claim he stated: “God and I closed a contract when I was baptised and God did […]
Man With Headache Finds Bullet in Head
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007A woman was arrested Tuesday after her husband woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had a bullet lodged in his head.
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputies initially thought Michael Eugene Moylan had been hit by a stray bullet, but later realized the couple’s story did not […]
Inmates Cover Hole With Pancake Batter
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Police said inmates used pancake batter and toothpaste to cover a hole they made to allow a female inmate to slide into the next cell and join a male inmate. Now steel plates are being added to the Missouri jail’s interior walls.
The hole at the Scott City Jail was discovered this weekend, said police Chief […]
Dad digs up 50ft war bunker
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Green-fingered Andy Lewis started clearing his garden - and found a 50ft x 30ft bunker.
Andy, 36, and partner Fiona Marks, 27, came across a manhole while digging and removing shrubs, reports The Sun.
They lifted the lid to find a ladder to a room littered with old coins, food tins, a child’s doll - and animal […]
Long Island Hosts Blind Baseball Tourney
Monday, June 25th, 2007The ball beeped, the bases buzzed and the fans didn’t cheer in this version of the national pastime. Four teams of blind baseball players turned out Saturday for a round-robin tournament on Long Island.
“This reminds me of when I could see and played in Little League,” said Ted Fass, founder of the host Long Island […]
Alien lawyer’s first case
Thursday, June 21st, 2007A lawyer who landed an out-of-this-world job defending people who have suffered at the hands of aliens has started his first major case.
Former industrial law specialist Jens Lorek announced last year he would defend those whose close encounters with outer space visitors left them physically and mentally shattered. Now he has his first client […]
Man Says Salad Stolen From Refrigerator
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Someone kicked in the door of a man’s apartment, stuck a knife in the door and took a chilled salad from his refrigerator.
Somerset police said the man reported the bizarre burglary on Monday. He told investigators someone broke into his apartment while he went to a nearby tavern. Nothing but the salad was missing, police […]
Doctors Find 6 Sewing Needles in Baby
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Doctors in southern China were planning to perform surgery on a 1-year-old boy whose parents took him to a hospital because he had been unusually fussy and learned he had six sewing needles in his body, newspapers reported Monday.
The child’s parents, migrant workers from southwest China, said they had no idea how the needles ended […]