http://www.thedailyurinal.com/ Pissin The Day Away en-us chris@thedailyurinal.com (Chris) chris@thedailyurinal.com (Chris) http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-marijuana-arizona-idUSTRE7514D720110602 Seeking to capitalize on Arizona's newly enacted medical marijuana law, a California-based company on Wednesday opened a superstore-sized garden center in Phoenix catering to those who want to grow their own cannabis. "We sell everything but the plant itself," said Dhar Mann, founder of weGrow, the company that began franchising its big-box stores with outlets in Oakland and Sacramento, California. "We sell the products and the services for people to safely and responsibly cultivate their med 2011-06-05 2366 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43236949/ns/us_news-weird_news/ BERWICK, Pa. For one group of central Pennsylvania eighth-graders, a recent field trip to Baltimore included lunch at Hooters a restaurant better known for its busty waitresses than its food. The Berwick Middle School students were visiting the National Aquarium last week. Chaperones took them to various restaurants for lunch because the group of 100 was too large for a single place. The Bloomsburg Press Enterprise reports Tuesday that one group of 15 to 20 students ended up at Hooters. 2011-06-05 2365 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43251264/ns/us_news-weird_news/ OVERLAND PARK, Kan. A naked man ran through a Kansas City suburb before scaling a fence and leaping into a swimming pool filled with children. Witness Amy Shapiro told NBC station KSHB-TV that traffic came to a halt at around noon on Wednesday as the nude man climbed out of the passenger side of a car in Overland Park, the second-largest city in Kansas. 2011-06-05 2364 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43252137/ns/us_news-weird_news/ When an alligator was spotted near a suburban Kansas City pond, local police decided they were taking no chances: They would shoot the fearsome creature from a distance with a rifle. But the alligator took the first shot to the head without batting an eyelid, and then the second one bounced off. At that point, the officers realized the animal was not a bulletproof beast; rather, it was just a concrete lawn ornament, The Associated Press reported Thursday. 2011-06-05 2363 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100510/NEWS03/100510017/Clarksville+man+steals+beer++says+they+w After reportedly stealing beer from a gas station on the Bypass, a man brought the drinks back minutes later and attempted to exchange the stolen beers because they weren't cold enough. A clerk told police that she went into the back of the store while re-stocking the beer, and when she returned a few cases were missing, according to a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office report. At that point, the man who appeared drunk, the clerk said came in with the warm beer and asked to exchange it 2010-05-18 2362 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1050742/topless-woman-saves-apartments-from-fire A Darwin woman who used a hose to save a burning apartment building was so caught up in the moment she didn't realise she was topless. Tash Bennett was sunbaking by the pool at the Alatai Apartments in Darwin on Thursday when she noticed specks of ash falling on her, the NT News reports. 2010-05-18 2361 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/TSA-Fracas-After-Body-Scanner-Reveals-TMI-92971929.html Perhaps the new airport body scanners are a bit too revealing. A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for aggravated battery after police say he attacked a colleague who'd made fun of his small genitalia after he walked through one of the new high-tech security scanners during a recent training session. Rolando Negrin, 44, was busted for assault after things got ugly at Miami International Airport between Negrin and some of his fellow Transportation Security Administration workers on Tuesday. 2010-05-18 2360 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/12/2897064.htm?section=justin Police say three people have been charged with drink-driving in the same car in Alice Springs overnight. Just after 4am police stopped the vehicle and say a 25-year-old man was arrested for high-range drink-driving and a range of other driving offences. Within 10 minutes, police stopped the vehicle again and charged a 31-year-old woman after she was over the alcohol limit. Again within a ten minute period, police found the car back on the road and a 30-year-old man was charged with drin 2010-05-18 2359 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37208622/ns/us_news-weird_news/ CHICOPEE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man offered to trade his 3-month-old daughter to an employee at a gas station and convenience store in exchange for beer, or perhaps crack cocaine, police say. 2010-05-18 2357 http://www.dailychilli.com/news/3160-lover-almost-killed-by-huge-breasts British woman Claire Smedley almost killed her lover during sex - with her enormous breasts. Mum-of-three Smedley, 27, who has 40LL breasts, panicked when she lifted them up while having sex and found that her lover Steven had stopped breathing. In an exclusive video interview with the News of the World, she revealed how Steven usually loved being smothered by her breasts. "This time, he started flailing around a bit but I assumed it was because he was so excited, so I kept going. A few 2010-04-08 2356 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2923222/Cops-go-in-hard-on-willy-bust.html COPS swooped on a furniture store after shocked shoppers reported this bizarre case of indecent exposure. Store owner Jason Hadlow was slapped with a fine of £80 for displaying a 4ft stone penis in his shop window. A member of the public complained after spotting the offending appendage which was displayed in his shop, Simply Dutch, near Bedale, North Yorkshire. The firm, which bills itself as "the most interesting store in the North", recently stocked a new range of garden furniture, i 2010-04-08 2355 http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/crime/article/woman_accused_of_operating_strip_club_out_of_trailer/34 CHESTERFIELD, S.C.A disgruntled customer led deputies last week to a strip club operating out of a mobile home with a pole in the middle of the living room. The man called 911 dispatchers about 1 a.m. March 21 to report the strip club because he 'had paid $25 and didn't get what he wanted,' Chesterfield County Sheriff's Investigator Daniel Scott said. When deputies knocked on the door, 'The homeowner, Gwendolyn Lowery, opened the door, and in the middle of the floor there were a bunch of 2010-04-07 2354 http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_14761689 LAS CRUCES - A teen who allegedly defecated in a man's car - thinking it was his girlfriend's - was indicted Thursday on multiple charges of criminal property damage. Leaving work late the night of March 11, the car's owner reported finding 18-year-old Austin Horries Purifoy in the back seat of his Honda Civic, pulling up his underwear. "This is your car?" Purifoy said, according to documents filed in court. "I thought this was Desiree's car." Purifoy then allegedly got out of the car a 2010-03-30 2353 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/03/24/Goose-woos-statue-traps-woman/UPI-97271269452966/ WITT, Ill., March 24 (UPI) -- An Illinois woman said a goose with romantic intentions toward a concrete statue held her hostage in her home for several hours. Joanne Martin said she tried to leave her Witt, Ill., home earlier this month and caught an amorous goose in the throes of mating season making advances to the concrete goose statue next to her car, the Springfield (Ill.) State Journal Register reported Wednesday. 2010-03-26 2352 http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/032210-New-Scent-Boasts-Vaginal-Aroma DALLAS - A new scent claims to accurately capture the "the vaginal scent of a beautiful woman." Vulva Original bills itself not as a perfume, but an erotic feminine scent designed to offer pleasure and arousal by smelling it. It is not clear what compromises the concoction but it is advertised as being a "slightly yellow, desirable substance" that contains "more organic content." 2010-03-26 2351 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/company-boss-spent-pound104000-on-firms-credit-card-in-l A British company director spent more than £100,000 (€111,000) on his firm's credit card in a lapdancing club and falsified profits so he could get a bigger bonus, a court has heard. Ian Tulloch, 59, a married father-of-two, spent the equivalent of nearly twice his annual salary on naked dancing girls at the Spearmint Rhino club in central London. The sum would have paid for more than 5,000 nude lap dances, at £20 a time. 2010-03-25 2350 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100323/ap_on_re_as/as_india_chili_grenades GAUHATI, India The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili. After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday. 2010-03-25 2349 http://www.wishtv.com/dpps/news/strange/fairfield-bank-robbers-call-ahead_3287022 Fairfield, Conn. (WTNH) - Two people have been arrested after they called a Fairfield bank demanding money, police said. The call came in to the People's United Bank in Stratfield Center around 3:00 p.m. The caller stated that he was sending someone in and that the teller should hand over $100,000. 2010-03-25 2348 http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100323/K032308AU.html VIERA, Fla. - A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating his probation by trying to break into the Brevard County jail. A judged sentenced 25-year-old Sylvester Jiles on Monday. He was convicted in January of trespassing on jail property and resisting an officer. Authorities say Jiles tried to climb a 12-foot (3 1/2-meter) fence at the Brevard County Detention Center in August. He was caught and hospitalized with severe cuts from the barbed wire. He had been rele 2010-03-25 2347 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8570398.stm A man who assaulted a female police officer with his penis has been fined. Marium Varinauskas, 28, tried to strike the officer on the head with his penis when she was called out to his flat, but she got out of the way. Lithuanian Varinauskas admitted a charge of assault at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and was fined £600. 2010-03-18 2345 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1027360/woman-aims-to-become-worlds-fattest An obese mother in the US is trying to put on weight in order to become the world's fattest woman. Donna Simpson, from New Jersey, weighs 273kg but told the Daily Mail newspaper she had her heart set on reaching her goal weight of 1000lb (450kg) in two years. The 42-year-old already holds the title of the world's fattest mother after giving birth to her daughter in 2007 when she weighed 241kg. "I'd love to be 1000lb ... it might be hard though, running after my daughter keeps my weight 2010-03-16 2344 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/romania/7405695/Romanian-street-sign-warns-drivers- Officials in Pecica, a village town about 13 miles from the Hungarian border in the country's west, ordered the bright red signs, complete with the phrase 'Attention - Drunks'. The 10 road signs, which also show a person crawling on their knees while clutching a glass in one hand, were erected in popular nightspot areas close to the city's bars and restaurants. 2010-03-10 2342 http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/87109677.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU A 22-year-old Lakeville newlywed is contending that a "Dr. Phil" spinoff national TV show tricked him into appearing and discussing the blemishes on his genitals, then airing a rerun of the episode over his protests. 2010-03-10 2341 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Nursing-Home-Residents-Form-a-Biker-Gang-84805857.html Lydia Scheltes woke up in her bed at Bethesda Retirement Center one morning with pinkish hair, a tattoo on her arm and a hangover. Not a typical morning for the 90-year-old. 'Seniors are more fun than you'll ever know,' she said. Scheltes wasn't alone: Seven ladies and one dude aged 65 to 97 all had a similar hazy look in their eyes after they hung out with bikers at the Evil Olive bar in Wicker Park on Feb. 11. 2010-02-23 2338 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7259636/Swiss-prostitutes-trained-to-use-def Brothel owners in the Lugano area say electric shock treatment to restart customer's hearts is needed because so many elderly customers are using their services. The most recent victim was a pensioner, thought to be having fun with the help of anti-impotence medication. His death followed a series of other incidents, some fatal, in which heart attacks have claimed brothel customers in the area. 2010-02-19 2337 http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22604290/detail.html ATLANTA -- A runaway zebra was spotted on Atlanta's downtown connector during Thursday afternoon's rush hour. Channel 2 Action News has learned that the runaway zebra belongs to the Ringling Brothers Circus. 2010-02-19 2336 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35462323/ns/health-more_health_news/?gt1=43001 BOGOTA, Colombia - A Colombian woman declared dead of a heart attack moved one of her arms just as an undertaker was about to embalm her, doctors said Wednesday. Noelia Serna, 45, was rushed to a hospital in the city of Cali, where she was in critical condition in an intensive care unit Wednesday, said hospital director Luis Fernando Rendon. "Her chances of survival are slim," Rendon said. 2010-02-19 2335 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/15/ap/strange/main6210547.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMai It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen. This month, doctors at a clinic in the southeastern town of Ivancice discovered their colleagues had forgotten to remove a spatula-like surgical instrument from the woman following gynecological surgery in September. 2010-02-17 2334 http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201002150833/NEWS01/100215002 Police arrested Ronald McDonald for possession of marijuana and allowing others to use drugs at his residence on Sunday. According to police, officers responded to the 44-year-old's residence, 2023 Taylor Dr. at 5:43 after receiving a report of a suspicious odor. Outside McDonald's residence, officers could smell a strong odor or marijuana coming from the residence. 2010-02-17 2333 http://heritage.com/articles/2010/02/16/milan_news_leader/news/doc4b79caa7cf7d2725126210.txt A woman wearing a bikini and covered in Jell-O was arrested for driving while under the influence shortly after leaving a Milan bar last week, according to police reports. A Milan police officer on patrol witnessed a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina roll through the stop sign at the intersection of Lewis Avenue and Lee Street at about 10:20 p.m. Feb. 8. The driver swerved the vehicle before stopping on southbound North Street. 2010-02-17 2332 http://spectator.org/blog/2010/02/12/iowa-court-discovers-art-looph Nude dancing is still an art form in Iowa, at least at a strip club in the tiny town of Hamburg. The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the state's request for a review of the issue. The request followed a judge's 2008 decision that Clarence Judy, then-owner of Shotgun Geniez, didn't violate the state's public indecent exposure law. Judy was charged after a 17-year-old girl stripped onstage in the southwestern Iowa club in 2007. 2010-02-17 2331 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-utah-school15-2010feb15,0,906102.story The proposal by state Sen. Chris Buttars would chip away at Utah's $700-million shortfall. He's since offered a toned-down version: Just make senior year optional. 2010-02-17 2330 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8508077.stm An Arab country's ambassador to Dubai has had his marriage contract annulled after discovering the bride was cross-eyed and had facial hair. The woman had worn an Islamic veil, known as the niqab, on the few occasions the couple had met. 2010-02-11 2329 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7187010/US-soldier-gives-four-year-old-da Joshua Tabor allegedly told police he had used the technique because he was angry and knew his daughter was scared of water. The 27-year-old, who had recently gained custody of the young girl, said she "squirmed" as he pushed her under the water three or four times, it was claimed. 2010-02-11 2328 http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100208/NEWS16/2080342 Scantily clad dancers were the draw at a downtown men's entertainment club over the weekend for an event that raised nearly $1,000 for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Marilyn's on Monroe, 715 Monroe St., billed Saturday's affair as "Lap dances for Haiti." Although the billing may be misleading - lap dancing is illegal in Ohio - the intention isn't. General Manager Kenny Soprano said Sunday the club donated all the money from the day's regular $10 cover charge to International Servic 2010-02-11 2327 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/09/Phony-corpse-tip-leads-to-marijuana-bust/UPI-77071265740763/ MONTREAL, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Montreal suspect rivals were responsible for a fake tip about a dead body in a house that actually was a marijuana farm. Police got an anonymous 911 emergency call at 11:45 p.m. Monday night about a corpse in a house in suburban Laval, Constable Nathalie Lorrain told The (Montreal) Gazette. Officers got no answer at the front door and circled the house and then found the front door ajar, she said. 2010-02-11 2326 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=151820 AIRMONT -- An Orange County woman was arrested in the Ramapo Diner after police said she agreed to meet an acquaintance to return jewelry that she allegedly took from her home. Melissa A. Dineen, 22, of Monroe was arrested at the diner Monday evening after she agreed to meet a Ramapo resident there. The resident told police that $6,400 worth of jewelry had been taken from her Fred Eller Drive home Friday. 2010-02-11 2325 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584936,00.html An 11-year-old girl in the Northeast recently gave birth to a baby boy, the girl's family told Fox News. "My daughter and (her) baby are fine, and the baby is absolutely beautiful," said the mother of the 11-year-old girl. The girl and her family are not being named in order to protect the new parent's privacy. 2010-02-11 2324 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35253846/ns/business-world_business David Kiely, who works in Macquarie Private Wealth in Sydney, opened e-mails on Tuesday containing pictures of model Miranda Kerr, unaware a colleague behind him was doing a live television interview about the Australian economy. 2010-02-05 2323 http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/6694557/booze-boobs-promotion A nightclub in Singapore is attracting attention for a marketing strategy that offers free drinks according to women's bra sizes, the China Press reports. The OverEasy nightclub introduced the event 'Fill My Cups' recently to promote events hosted by Australian DJ DCUP. The promotion allows A-cup patrons one free drink, B-cups two, C-cups three, and D-cups can claim a free bottle of vodka. 2010-01-21 2322 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/01/07/Man-crashes-into-cafe-orders-breakfast/UPI-48261262892310/ PORT ORANGE, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A 91-year-old man who crashed his car into a popular Florida restaurant proceeded to sit down and order breakfast near his vehicle, authorities said. Tonya Gilardi, a spokeswoman for Port Orange Fire, said Charles Pierce was not injured when he crashed his car into the Biscuits 'N' Gravy restaurant at 11:11 a.m. Monday, but another customer was treated for minor injuries at Halifax Health Medical Center in Port Orange, the Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal 2010-01-18 2321 http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=2307 Police were called to Crittenden Middle School on Friday to arrest a 14-year-old boy for angrily throwing a football at another boy's leg during a football game. Police spokesperson Steve McCoy said school administrators called the police at 2:14 p.m. last Friday to report the incident. The unnamed 13-year-old hit in the leg by the football was uninjured. 2010-01-18 2320 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6946257/Mans-penis-removed-from-pipe.html Medics at Southampton General Hospital could not get the man's penis out of the stainless steel pipe because the restricted blood flow had caused it to become aroused. So they called in Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. 2010-01-18 2319 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6946257/Mans-penis-removed-from-pipe.html Medics at Southampton General Hospital could not get the man's penis out of the stainless steel pipe because the restricted blood flow had caused it to become aroused. So they called in Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. 2010-01-18 2318 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/01/10/Glasgow-Parents-take-teens-to-washroom/UPI-71201263149893/ GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A Scotland city council regulation says a parent must escort children under 16 years old to the washroom in places such as restaurants. The Glasgow rule requires parents to accompany their children everywhere within a licensed establishment, which arguably would mean that, for example, a teenage boy would have to go to the women's restroom with his mother, The Sunday Times of London said. 2010-01-18 2317 http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Murderer-in-call-for-porn.5973714.jp A notorious Wigan murderer has demanded that female prison warders be axed so that he can watch pornographic movies in his cell. 2010-01-18 2316 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/6990753/Weight-Watchers-clinic-floor-collaps As the dieters queued to see how many pounds they had shed, the floor beneath them in the clinic in Växjö, in south-central Sweden, began to rumble, according to a report in The Local, Sweden's English-language newspaper. "We suddenly heard a huge thud; we almost thought it was an earthquake and everything flew up in the air. 2010-01-15 2315 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/offbeat/iowa-man-spells-out-wife%27s-birthday-message-in-manure_541 ZWINGLE, Iowa - Ask this Iowa wife if she got the perfect birthday present and she'll tell you her hubby "dung good." Carole and Dick Kleis live together on their eastern Iowa farm. This year for her birthday, Dick used more than 120,000 pounds of manure to spell out a special message. It basically says 'Happy Birthday, Love You,' but in shorthand. 2010-01-06 2314 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240770/France-introduce-new-law-banning-psycholog Married couples in France could end up with criminal records for insulting each other during arguments. Under a new law, France is to become the first country in the world to ban ' psychological violence' within marriage. The law would apply to cohabiting couples and to both men and women. 2010-01-06 2313 http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-911-bar,0,3000599.story OLDSMAR, Fla. -- A man was arrested after authorities say he called 911 to ask for a ride to a bar. The sheriff's office reports that 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras called 911 three times early Tuesday morning. One call was made while Oras was leaving a bar, and he reportedly told the 911 operator that he had a broken nose, bleeding ears and people shooting at him. It turned out he just wanted a ride to another bar in Oldsmar. 2010-01-05 2312 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_back_seat_meth MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Police say a driver passed out in his car at a Tennessee gas station while a batch of methamphetamine was cooking in the back seat. An employee at the gas station in Murfreesboro, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville, called police because the car was sitting at the pump for about an hour on New Year's Day. 2010-01-05 2311 http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=396613 TOLEDO, OHIO -- An East Toledo woman became so enraged that chicken nuggets were not available at a Toledo McDonald's that she punched through the drive-thru window. Toledo Police say Melodi Dushane, 24, stopped at the fast-food restaurant at Front and Main Streets in East Toledo early Friday morning and asked for chicken nuggets. When the drive-thru attendant told her the restaurant was only serving breakfast and that the item was not available, Dushane reached through the window and punched t 2010-01-05 2310 http://www.wsmv.com/automotive/22082612/detail.html ROME, Ga. -- Planning to drink and drive this New Year's? A north Georgia funeral home has a deal for you. Between now and noon Thursday, drivers can visit McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome to sign a contract stating they plan to drink or take drugs and then drive on New Year's Eve. If they die in a wreck that day, the funeral home will give them a free burial. 2009-12-29 2309 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091217/tod-breast-flasher-hit-by-distracted-dri-7f81b96.html A teenager flashing her breasts in the middle of a New Zealand road paid for her drunken revelry when a distracted driver ran into her. Cherelle Dudfield, 18, was dared to flash passing cars in the southern city of Invercargill after a night out drinking with friends. She had exposed herself to a couple of cars from a strip in the middle of the road when the stunt went awry. 2009-12-24 2308 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091215/od_nm/us_france_jackpot TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) A French court has split the jackpot from a casino slot machine between the woman who put in the money and the man who pulled the lever, ending months of argument between the two. Marie-Helene Jarguel walked off with over 2 million euros ($2.91 million) in March after a bet of 50 euros on a one-armed bandit, only for her gambling partner Francis Sune to contest her gain based on the fact that he activated the machine. 2009-12-24 2307 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/22/Man-with-knife-in-chest-orders-coffee/UPI-24511261519921/ WARREN, Mich., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Michigan said a man with a 5-inch knife lodged in his chest walked into a restaurant, called 911, ordered coffee and sat down to wait for paramedics. Warren police said the 52-year-old man told the 911 operator he had been stabbed in Warren and walked half a mile to Bray's Hamburgers in Hazel Park to use the telephone, WDIV-TV, Detroit, reported Tuesday. 2009-12-24 2306 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091216/od_nm/us_drinking BEIJING (Reuters) The Chinese police captain who named his subordinate a "martyr" after he died from a drinking binge has been suspended, the Shenzhen Public Security Authority said on Tuesday. Traffic officer Chen Lusheng of the southern city of Shenzhen was off-duty when he attended a banquet with officials from Mabu village in late October. After repeated toasts, he vomited and passed out on a couch, where he suffocated, state media said. 2009-12-24 2305 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/18/Abandoned-baby-thanks-rescuers/UPI-19491261171777/ FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Two friends who discovered a newborn girl in front of a Virginia townhouse when they were teenagers said the girl contacted them 20 years later. Christopher Astle and Emily Yanich-Fithian, now both 35, said they discovered the newborn by the front door of an empty townhouse in their Fairfax County apartment complex Sept. 6, 1989, The Washington Post reported Friday. 2009-12-24 2304 http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/79701822.html Well we wanted to introduce you to Timothy the cat tonight. The poor thing is lucky to be alive and recovering after someone glued him to a Minnesota interstate. A couple saw the cat on the side of the road, and thought it had been hit by a car. When they stopped and picked up the cat, sadly the glue ripped off his paw pads and pulled out some of his claws. Second Chance Rescue crews say they've never seen anything like this. "It's a mouth dropper because you are just like are you kidding me? bu 2009-12-24 2303 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8427415.stm A man who encouraged his teenage son to marry and rape his 12-year-old cousin has been jailed. The 54-year-old organised a sham Muslim ceremony between his son, then 16, and the girl at his home in Woolwich, south-east London, in March last year. 2009-12-24 2302 http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/nude-kiwi-cyclists-warned-over-helmets/story-e6frfku0-122581307 CYCLING starkers might be okay in New Zealand - but just make sure the cops don't catch you without a helmet. Two Kiwi men wearing nothing but their birthday suits have been issued with a warning for riding without protective head gear on a jaunt around a sleepy New Zealand seaside town. Senior Constable Cathy Duder was patrolling Whangamata, a beach resort in the North Island, on a quiet Monday night when she came across the two nude men, both in their early 20s. "They were more shocked than I 2009-12-23 2301 http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20091210/SHE0101/91209077 A 36-year-old Waldo man who urinated on a police officer during a fifth drunken driving arrest has been sentenced to a year in jail. Daniel L. Shilts Jr., of 720 W. Second St., was sentenced Nov. 30 by Judge Gary Langhoff to the jail term and three years probation, according to court records released Wednesday. A three-year prison sentence was imposed and stayed, meaning Shilts will serve the prison time if his probation is revoked. 2009-12-16 2300 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/09/Women-to-row-Atlantic-naked/UPI-59681260399124/ BRISTOL, England, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Two British women attempting a world record by rowing across the Atlantic say they hope to shave a few days off the trip by completing the feat naked. Mel King, 37 and Annie Januszewski, 40, of Bristol, England, said they are hoping to row 3,000 miles from Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the West Indies in only 70 days, to beat the previous 75-day record for a two-woman team, The Sun reported Wednesday. 2009-12-16 2299 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121300007.html When a man in the UK was asked to be the best man at his friend's wedding, he was touched. So touched, that he promised not to pull any pranks before or during the wedding. After the wedding though, that's another story 2009-12-16 2298 http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/245976 A slow-moving horse and buggy led to the arrest Sunday night of a Paradise man, who was charged with drunken driving. Police said Elmer Stoltzfoos Fisher, 22, was found slumped over and asleep in a buggy that was moving slowly in the first block of North Ronks Road. 2009-12-09 2297 http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/805351-naked-santa-statue-not-popular-with-texas Barry McBee, of Big Spring, Texas, insists he was just trying to raise a smile from passers-by when he added a Santa hat and white beard to the 5-foot-tall replica of the Renaissance statue. Unfortunately, within a fairly short time, parents started calling Big Spring city officials complaining that their children were asking why Santa was naked. 2009-12-09 2296 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3586858.html?menu Scientists had to give up on a study of pornography - because they couldn't find any men who had not watched hardcore movies before. Researchers planned to recruit two groups of men in their twenties to compare regular porn users with those who had never seen explicit films. But they were shocked when they could not find any men who had not watched blue movies, reports The Sun. 2009-12-04 2295 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34264774/ns/world_news-wonderful_world/?GT1=43001 BUDAPEST, Hungary - Talk about a reversal of fortunes. Two brothers who are so poor they live in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest and get by selling scavenged junk are in line to receive a $6.6 billion inheritance from a long-lost grandmother, the U.K. Daily Telegraph reports. 2009-12-04 2294 http://gawker.com/5414932/heroic-stripper-is-like-the-cesar-chavez-of-stripping One woman is on a crusade to reform Portland, Oregon's strip club industry by suing evil club owners who put making a profit before paying women fairly to take off their clothes and wiggle around on a pole. Solidarity forever! Meet Zipporah Foster, profiled by Willamette Week last week. She's a 28 year-old single mother and a stripper who's had enough of skeezy club owners stiffing (ahem!) her and her co-workers. Foster is filing lawsuits against a brace of Portland strip joints in protest of tw 2009-12-02 2293 http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/110353/Manure-pervert-is-caged/ A PERVERT who gets sexual thrills from manure has been jailed after being caught pleasuring himself in a pile of slurry. Twisted David Truscott, 40, was jailed for 16 weeks in October after being found at it in a muck spreader. 2009-12-02 2292 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/12/01/2009-12-01_plastic_surgery_kills_former_miss_argent BUENOS AIRES - The pageant world is mourning the loss of a queen: Solange Magnano. The former Miss Argentina, 38, died from complications after undergoing a gluteoplasty a cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. She died of a pulmonary embolism Sunday after three days in critical condition following the gluteoplasty, the Associated Press reported. 2009-12-02 2291 http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/residents-23106-burglar-showers.html CRESTVIEW A man accused of breaking into a Crestview home and taking a shower reportedly told residents who showed up 'President Obama let him in' the house. According to a Crestview Police Department report, St. Petersbug resident Donald Leon May, 48, entered a home in the 400 block of East Railroad Avenue Nov. 18 through an unlocked back door and took a shower. 2009-12-02 2290 http://www.wlwt.com/news/21761138/detail.html HYDE PARK -- Cincinnati police said a man took his quest for safe sex a bit too far. Officers released photos Monday of a man who police said walked into a Walgreens in Hyde Park earlier this month, stuffed a box of condoms down his pants and walked out. 2009-12-02 2289 http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Time-In-Prison--70426052.html?yhp=1 If you're frustrated by poor service at a restaurant, think twice before you decide to not tip. You may be in for a bit more than just a dirty look from the waiter. "Nobody, nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," Leslie Pope said when her happy hour ended in handcuffs. 2009-12-02 2288 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091116/NEWS/91116007/Des-Moines-police-searching-for-nake Des Moines police are looking for a pair of burglars, one of whom reportedly was naked when discovered Sunday by a homeowner. Javier Pagannazario, 29, told police his wife, Genoveva, was awakened by footsteps upstairs early on Sunday morning in the 7500 block of Southview Drive in Des Moines. Javier went upstairs to investigate and found a man asleep on his couch. The man jumped up and ran out the front door. Genoveva, meanwhile, confronted a woman on the lower level. The intruder was described 2009-11-18 2287 http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/Police-Used-Taser-on-10-Year-Old-Girl-in-Arkansas/T OZARK, Ark. (AP) -- Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get her into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter. 2009-11-18 2286 http://www.kcra.com/automotive/21568661/detail.html BRISBANE, Australia -- It was just a routine car wash. Except there was no car -- and no clothing. Four Australian men who allegedly undressed and soaped up at a car wash have been charged with exposure and public nuisance. Police say the two 19-year-old and two 23-year-old men paid for a wash before stripping nude and cleaning themselves in the soapy water while their female companions took photos. 2009-11-18 2285 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/10/Explicit-pornaments-back-on-shelves/UPI-52071257884054/?pvn=1 JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Christmas ornaments featuring reindeer and snowmen in sexual positions are back on store shelves in Jacksonville, Fla., a pastor says. The decorations, dubbed "pornaments" by some when they triggered protests three years ago, have returned to the holiday ornament aisles of some shops, WJXT-TV reported Tuesday. Instead of a line of six sexually oriented ornaments, just the reindeer and snowmen are being offered this holiday season, the Jacksonville TV station 2009-11-18 2284 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1224770/Bulgarian-girl-Kordeza-Zhelyazkova-11-give An 11-year-old girl became one of the world's youngest mothers - and went into labour on the way to her wedding. Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven in Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara as she was rushed to hospital, where she gave birth to 5lb 8oz Violeta. Proudly displaying her baby, she told reporters: 'I'm not going to play with toys any more - I have a new toy now.' 2009-11-05 2283 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=147636 ORLANDO, Fla. -- A woman who said she had her pants pulled down before being spanked more than one dozen times by an Ocoee Police Department sergeant plans to attend an upcoming court hearing and hopes to speak to a judge. The 29-year-old victim said she is outraged that her accused attacker, former Ocoee Police Sgt. Tom Maroney, is seeking leniency in court. 2009-11-05 2282 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/02/Breathalyzer-man-charged-with-DUI/UPI-22381257187091/ OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio said they charged a man dressed as a Breathalyzer with driving under the influence of alcohol and underage drinking. Oxford police said James Miller, 18, was pulled over just prior to 2:30 a.m. Sunday for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and officers determined the man, who was dressed in a Breathalyzer costume, appeared to have been drinking, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, reported Monday. 2009-11-05 2281 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8331136.stm Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife. Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 13 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old. 2009-11-05 2280 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8343576.stm A 59-year-old Brazilian man has surprised his family by turning up at his own funeral, local media report. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, a bricklayer, had identified him as the victim of a car crash in southern Parana state the previous day. 2009-11-05 2279 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/10/31/2009-10-31_source_tot_thrown_in_bathtub__whipped Four-year-old Jayden Lenescar was whipped bloody in a bathtub and left in agony for two days before his death - all because he touched himself. That's the sick excuse his mother and a friend gave for a thrashing so savage paramedics who examined the body couldn't believe their eyes, sources told the Daily News. 2009-11-05 2278 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/01/Couple-sues-Neighbors-smoke-outdoors/UPI-15301257122542 EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A California couple has filed a lawsuit seeking relief from their next-door neighbor's second-hand cigarette smoke, their attorney said. 2009-11-05 2277 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223114/Gang-set-mans-beard-slept-train.html A gang of youths allegedly set a man alight as he slept on a train in a 'gratuitous and malicious attack', a court heard today. The four males, who were all teenagers at the time of the incident - with one aged just 13 - are accused of using a lighter to set fire to Luke Kennedy's beard in December last year. 2009-10-30 2276 http://www.wbaltv.com/news/21430106/detail.html BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore city police officer was charged with assault after he pulled a gun on a haunted house character over the weekend. Baltimore County police said Sgt. Eric Janik, 36, pulled his gun on a haunted house employee dressed up as the killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" at the House of Screams show in Essex on Sunday. 2009-10-30 2275 Teenager killed widow with axe in drink-fuelled rage after losing a computer game to his brother Re A schizophrenic teenager killed a grandmother with an axe when he went on a drunken rampage after losing at computer games. After drinking a bottle of vodka, James Callaghan, 17, stormed out of his home in a rage armed with an axe and a long-bladed knife. 2009-10-30 2274 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Two-Headed-Snake-Found-In-Drawer-Full-Of-Rubbish-In-Co A two-headed snake has been discovered in a drawer full of rubbish in Illinois. When Jerry Williamson's wife first told him she had found the scary reptile he thought she was pulling his leg. But to his surprise she was telling the truth. 2009-10-30 2273 http://news.softpedia.com/news/5-Year-Old-Boy-Sets-New-Record-Becomes-World-s-Strongest-125417.shtml When other boys of his age are probably playing outside and just being normal 5-year-old kids, Giuliano Stroe goes to the gym and works out with his dad, a practice he's been keeping ever since he was just two years of age. Giuliano doesn't mind and perhaps the fact that he's just made it into the Guinness Book of Records has a lot to do with it, World Records Academy says. 2009-10-30 2272 http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Worst_disguise_ever?_Burglars_cover_faces_with_permanent_m If you're going to commit a burglary, it's a good idea to have a disguise. However, you should probably do better than this pair of would-be burglars, whose disguise attempts extended to just drawing on their faces with a black marker pen. 2009-10-30 2271 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/10/12/Wife-Man-out-of-cigarettes-went-nuts/UPI-77361255377127/ DELAND, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a man who believed his wife had taken his last cigarette attacked his spouse, killed a pet rat and tried to flee sheriff's deputies. Kaela Daniels, 20, of DeLand, told deputies her husband Darren Daniels, 22, "went nuts" at 1:30 a.m. Thursday upon discovering he was out of cigarettes and accused her of taking his last one, the Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal reported Monday. 2009-10-23 2270 http://www.wisn.com/news/21288900/detail.html BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- An unpaid bar tab led to the arrest of a Brookfield man on child pornography charges. Police said that Aaron Klein left his cell phone as collateral when he couldn't pay his bill after drinking at the bar on Calhoun Street. 2009-10-23 2269 http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/florida.teen.burned/index.html Five juveniles were in custody Tuesday after a 15-year-old was intentionally set on fire at a Deerfield Beach, Florida, apartment complex, police said. 2009-10-23 2268 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=146787 APOPKA, FL -- A teenager was shot four times after he was caught having sex with the shooter's daughter, police said. Officials said the 16-year-old girl's stepfather walked into the girl's bedroom and saw her having sex with her boyfriend. That's when Wade Edwards closed the door to load a gun and then fired at the boy, police said. 2009-10-23 2267 http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2009/10/23/free-money-too-good-to-be-true-no-conviction IN 2007 young pizza shop employee Brian Sommer must have thought he had it made. The computer whiz had stumbled across a system which could cheat ATMs out of thousands of dollars. After perfecting his system he targeted an ATM at a Bundaberg service station, taking $21,120, and then drove down the road an hour and found a friendly machine in Hervey Bay which handed over $7500 to him. 2009-10-23 2266 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2696480/Lottery-winners-ticket-pinched.html Willis Willis asked store clerk Pankaj Joshi to check if he had won anything in a Mega Millions draw. But Joshi told 67-year-old Willis his six numbers had NOT come up and pocketed the ticket. Weeks later, the brazen cashier claimed the $1million (£600,000) prize and fled the US to his native country of Nepal. 2009-10-23 2265 http://www.abcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/Teen-turns-burrito-into-deadly-weapon-cops-say/uC64nG HERNANDO BEACH, FL -- Hernando County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a South Carolina teen on a charge of throwing a deadly missile at a moving vehicle. That missile was a burrito, deputies said. 2009-10-15 2264 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33290495/ HOUSTON - A Houston man found asleep with a corpse inside a closet of a vacant home has been charged with misdemeanor drug offenses, authorities said Monday. 2009-10-15 2263 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/10/13/drunk-lesbian-admits-romp-with-naked-man- DRUNKEN lovers put on a steamy sex show in broad daylight - in a police station car park. Ross Welsh and lesbian Leanne Richardson got so carried away they didn't know the public and cops were watching. Officers based in Portobello, Edinburgh, finally had to pull Welsh, 30, away from Richardson, 26. 2009-10-15 2262