Showing stories from 28 January 2010
Metro (United Kingdom) 28 Jan 12:59
A 76-year-old man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the bonnet.
Metro (United Kingdom) 28 Jan 12:56
It sounds like complete balderdash, but a gigantic rock really did smash into a house in Rogersville, USA, barely missing Elizabeth Allred as she slept.
Boston.com (USA) 28 Jan 04:06
A 3-year-old New Jersey boy was hailed as a hero after he called 911 on Friday after his grandmother had a seizure. Jaden Bolli was at grandmother Patricia Bolli's home in Maple Shade because his other grandmother, who was scheduled to watch him, was sick. When the 54-year-old grandma went to get out some puzzles, she had a seizure. The ...
Boston.com (USA) 28 Jan 04:06
Police in suburban Philadelphia are trying to figure out how a woman crashed her car into her own house. Police said the crash happened early Wednesday morning in Harleysville, about 25 miles outside of Philadelphia. The unidentified woman was uninjured and able to get out of the car, but the house is badly damaged.
Boston.com (USA) 28 Jan 04:06
Police say a man in Ohio got so upset over a mistake on the price of crab cakes that he punched a grocery store manager several times and spit in his face. Authorities in Sandusky arrested 61-year-old Ralph Barr on charges of assault and criminal damaging.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 28 Jan 00:00
Most motorists fancy themselves as better drivers than others on the road, a survey by psychologists finds.

