Thousands Of Bongs Seized in Los Angeles2009-11-20 - Los Angeles, CA - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Los Angeles found 860 boxes of highly decorated drug pipes (i.e. bongs) disguised as Christmas ornaments. Approximately 316,000 bongs were seized on Tuesday by officials.
Georgia Plans To Lay Bulldog Mascot To Rest
2009-11-20 - Athens, GA - The University of Georgia Bulldogs will have to find a way to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday night without the support of their beloved mascot Uga VII. The 4-year-old purebred white English Bulldog died suddenly Thursday night due to heart problems.
Albinos In Africa Being Hunted For Their Human Body Parts To Be Used In Witchraft Concoctions
2009-11-20 - Nairobi, Kenya - Dozens of witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have created a sense of frear and panic in the regions. Albino populations are systematically being hunted down by groups bent on a mystical quest.
Two Calgary Kids To Explore 'Unique' Homework Plan After Striking Deal With Parents
2009-11-19 - Calgary, Alberta - Homework, the bane of student life, is now a thing of the past for two Calgary students. The students have their parents - who are lawyers - to thank for getting the St. Brigid Elementary Junior High School to agree to a differentiated homework plan.
Dining Establishment On Parliament Hill Adds Seal Meat To Menu
2009-11-19 - Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa's top political figures have eaten public raw seal meat in order to support Canada's seal hunt trade under fire from the European Union. More Canadian politicians will have the opportunity to do the same with the inclusion by the Parliamentary Restaurant of seal meat to its menu.
Filipina Congresswoman Sworn In Two Years After Elections
2009-11-19 - Manila, Philippines - The lone district of Malabon City-Navotas was represented by a new, and according to a tribunal rightful, lawmaker on Thursday, when Josephine Lacson-Noel was sworn in more than two years after she contested election results that declared the incumbent, Alvin Sandoval, winner.
Wife Consistently Fails to Kill Husband...Three Times
2009-11-19 - Boynton Beach, FL - A South Florida woman attempts to kill her husband not once, not twice, but three times ... but fails miserably. Dalia Dippolito is currently on house arrest for the unsuccessful murder attempts on her husband's life.
Santa May Not Answer Letters This Year
2009-11-19 - Fairbanks, AK - Many children will be in for a big disappointment this year, as their letters to Santa Claus may not be answered because of stricter guidelines implemented by the United States Postal Service.
Filipino Residents Cook At Dump Oozing With Methane
2009-11-19 - Manila, Philippines - Residents of Marikina City have turned a dump into a kitchen as methane seeping from the ground there is used to cook food and boil drinking water.
Saudi Clerics Told to Keep Sermons Short
2009-11-19 - - Saudi authorities have told the kingdom's imams to shorten their Friday mosque-sermons to prevent unnecessary congestion in places of worship. The instructions are the latest in a series of measures taken by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs to safeguard the health of worshippers against the H1N1 virus ahead of the Hajj.
Israeli, Palestinian Olive Crops Beset By Theft And Violence
2009-11-19 - - In Israel and the Palestinian territories, the olive is part of the Mediterranean diet and its oil has been valued since ancient times. But this year mother nature has provided a poor harvest, driving up both the price of the olives and the level of friction between those fighting over what few olives that are left.
Ozark Cop Tases Unruly 10-Year-Old
2009-11-19 - Fort Smith, AR - An Arkansas police officer used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl because of her unruly behavior. The officer was given permission by the girl's mother, but the girl's father is outraged.
Police: Eviction Notice Leads Davie Couple to Arson
2009-11-19 - Davie, FL - A Davie couple has been arrested for setting their mobile home on fire after being served an eviction notice. The couple was told to move their home off the premises of a mobile home park, but police said they decided to torch it instead.
Vietnamese Authorities Seek Death Penalty For College Student Who Committed Valentine's Day Killing
2009-11-19 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a college student who confessed to slitting her wealthy ex-boyfriend's throat with a fruit knife on Valentine's Day. The trial is slated to begin next month.
Arkansas Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old
2009-11-19 - Ozark, AK - A police officer in northwestern city of Arkansas used a Taser on a 10-year-old when he was called in to help the child's mother give the girl a shower before bedtime. The girl faces a charge of disorderly conduct, while the officer was suspended with pay.
Pharmaceutical Firms Forge Deal To Create, Sell Anti-Smoking Vaccine
2009-11-19 - London, England - Pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline and Nabi Biopharmaceuticals have entered into a $540 million exclusive licensing agreement to develop and market an anti-smoking vaccine.
Philippine Agri Chief, Officials Charged With Rigging $9.7 Million Ice Machine Bids
2009-11-18 - Manila, Philippines - A businessman filed graft charges against the head and 13 officials of the agriculture department Wednesday for allegedly rigging the bidding for a $9.7 million (456 million pesos) refrigeration equipment.
South African Woman Thrown From 200-Foot Bridge Survives Fall
2009-11-18 - Durban, South Africa - Robbers threw a woman off a 200-foot bridge in Durban, South Africa but the victim survived the fall into the river below.
Canadian Scientists Develop Medical Paralysis Beam Similar To Star Trek's Phaser
2009-11-18 - British Columbia, Canada - Reminiscent of Star Trek phasers and ray guns seen in Sci-fi movies and comic books, Canadian scientists are reporting development of an internal on-off "switch" that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet light.
U.S. Flagged Ship Maersk Alabama Repels Pirate Attack Using Hi-Tech Sonic Blasters
2009-11-18 - Mogadishu, Somalia - An American flagged container ship was the victim of a Somali pirate attack once again. The Maersk Alabama was attacked on Wednesday by pirates using automatic weapons some 350 miles east of the coast, however was able to evade capture.
Hopeful Ninja Fails, Impales Self On Fence
2009-11-18 - Seattle, WA - Overestimating his ninja skills, a drunken man impaled himself on a fence post as he tried to jump the barricade in Seattle Monday.
No Spectacular Heavenly Fireworks For Clouded In Washingtonians
2009-11-18 - Washington, D.C. - Cloudy skies and city lights meant there was no spectular display of the annual Leonid Meteor Showers event for most Americans in the northeast.
Homeless Men Accused Of Killing And Eating A Man In Russia
2009-11-17 - Perm, Russia - Three homeless men are accused of killing, dismembering and eating another man in the Perm region of the Russian Urals. Investigators also say parts of the body were sold to a nearby kiosk that sells kebabs and pies.
Educational Items Top Canadian Toy Testing Council 2010 Picks
2009-11-17 - Ottawa, Ontario - The Canadian Toy Testing Council has selected primarily educational toys for the Best Bet Awardees for 2010. According to Janet Heaterington of the Toy Council, they selected mostly education toys to support the desire of most parents to buy play items that will educate the children, keep the kids engaged and teach them good social values.
Canada Opts For A Different Way Of Appeasing British Home Children
2009-11-17 - Ottawa, Ontario - Even if Australia has issued as apology for its mistreatment of British home children, Canada has a different approach to the issue. In lieu of asking for forgiveness for abusing and exploiting thousands of British children sent to Canada and Australia in the 19th century, Ottawa will instead declare 2010 as the year of the home children.
