Showing stories from 1 February 2008
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 23:36
AP - Complaints from neighbors prompted Bonham police to remove 209 cats and three dogs from a home apparently overrun by the animals. The SPCA helped take custody of the animals Friday.
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 22:45
AP - A collection agency tried to collect a $16.96 debt with an letter that addressed its recipient with a four-letter word for excrement. "Dear S---," began the letter attempting to collect from an old record club membership. The word was spelled out in the letter, which arrived in an envelope addressed to "S--- Face."
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 21:06
AP - If you're looking to sell high-grade marijuana, Craigslist may not be the place to do it. A man learned that the hard way when the "buyer" who contacted him turned out to be an undercover officer, Stamford police said.
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 20:16
Reuters - It was fear of the hefty
bill as much as fear of the drill that kept American musician
Don Clay away from U.S. dental clinics for 30 years.Metro (United Kingdom) 1 Feb 20:06
When it comes to lounging lizards,
surely none could be more laid back than those found at this reptilian heaven.



Metro (United Kingdom) 1 Feb 20:06
Advice to burglars: if you must eat on the job, try to avoid spitting out chunks of DNA-covered salami.



Metro (United Kingdom) 1 Feb 20:06
A vicar has put his faith in his local paper to find a dream wife. Where's your God now, preacher man?



Metro (United Kingdom) 1 Feb 20:06
It's the earliest accurate map of Britain dating back to around 1360 - but is it just us who think it looks a bit like... um... you know...



Metro (United Kingdom) 1 Feb 20:06
Okay, let's go over this one more time: hydrogen peroxide is not suitable substance for rectal cleansing.



Yahoo! News 1 Feb 19:35
Reuters - When the New England Patriots and New
York Giants face off in Sunday's Super Bowl American football
championship, the mayors of their home towns will have an
edible wager on the line.Yahoo! News 1 Feb 19:02
Reuters - Police in Myanmar have given DVD
hawkers strict orders not to stock the new Rambo movie, which
features the Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma's
ruling military junta, a Yangon resident told Reuters on
Friday.Yahoo! News 1 Feb 19:01
Reuters - A chain of retail stores in Britain has
withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for
six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the
name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens.
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 17:26
Reuters - A German medical student got some
unexpected practical experience at the zoo when she gave the
kiss of life to a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat, the
zoo director said Friday.
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 17:25
Reuters - Former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model
Pamela Anderson takes to the stage in one of France's most
famous nude revues this month, when she performs for two nights
at the Crazy Horse in Paris.KTRK (USA) 1 Feb 16:43
A proposal to make walking the official exercise of Maryland could get the boot -- again
KTRK (USA) 1 Feb 16:39
Having a tornado demolish her home was bad enough. But weeks later when Ann Beam received a $2,000 cable bill for destroyed equipment, she was floored
WLS (USA) 1 Feb 16:29
The picture of a bank robbery suspect isn't the work of a police sketch artist.
WLS (USA) 1 Feb 16:23
For lots of football fans tailgating is more than half the fun -- it's all the fun.
Yahoo! News 1 Feb 14:34
Reuters - Music fans attending this year's
Glastonbury festival will be told to use biodegradable tent
pegs in an effort to protect grazing cattle.USA Today (USA) 1 Feb 14:29

