Showing stories from 24 February 2010
Metro (United Kingdom) 24 Feb 10:21
Over thirty snowmen have gathered in Michigan to protest against planned tax rises, in a sensible and well-thought out example of participatory democracy in action.
Metro (United Kingdom) 24 Feb 10:20
This art form is sure to Scotch any talk the only use for sticky tape is to wrap parcels.
Metro (United Kingdom) 24 Feb 09:00
He's a five-year-old boy with a six-pack that would be the envy of a twenty-something body builder.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 24 Feb 05:08
Australians are urged to have a Vindaloo against Violence, in a one-day campaign against racism towards Indians.
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show "Avenue Q" because they show the cleavage of a fuzzy pink puppet.
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar. Samantha Lynn Frazier said she heard two pops when she walked into Herman's Place early Saturday. The 35-year-old then felt pain and saw blood on her hand after she grabbed her left side. Atlantic City police said Frazier was an innocent ...
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
British rescuers say a dog that chased a seagull and fell off a 300-foot (90-meter) cliff into the sea has survived with only minor injuries.
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
Members of a small central Kentucky church successfully disarmed a man who rode horseback to morning services, then walked into the church with a holstered gun. Police said the man, 43, was arrested about an hour later at a house and charged with public intoxication.
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
An Ohio man has created a frosty fairy-tale setting for a memorable marriage proposal, building a snow castle for his girlfriend. Ryan Knotek says he wanted to pop the question to Christi Lombardo in a way that would give her a unique story to tell. Using blocks of snow, he constructed a one-room, one-story palace topped with roof spires in ...
Boston.com (USA) 24 Feb 04:06
Authorities said an upstate New York man angry with his wife used a backhoe to demolish more than two dozen demolition derby cars. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office said 29-year-old Michael Fagner caused about $40,000 damage to 30 cars parked at a business in Savannah, 30 miles west of Syracuse.

