Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[ganbaru]

School bus, truck crash in Pa. _ without drivers
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-24-10-28-20

[JokerD]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Well the closest thing I know with detergent in it as a bomb and with caustic alkali properties is the Drano Bomb.

To make it fill the bottle with alumnium powder, and make a spike on the inside of the bottlecap with aluminium foil. Put a plastic bag in the bottle, fill it with toilet bowl cleaner, tie the bag up and screw the bottle. Shake it to burst the bag inside, let the components mix and blow the bottle.

To make it more "inconspiciuous", thread coloured and weighted plastic/metal beads and tie them around the bottle to act like ball bearings on a grenade.

I don't think that's it, since the lady was not charged with having a bomb. More likely I think it's a strong bleach that undergone some chemical reaction, maybe with the bottle holding it.

[RRW]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man robbed a Kansas City restaurant Tuesday night armed with a samurai sword, police said.
The suspect entered Church's Chicken, at 55th and Prospect, just before 10 p.m. Tuesday wearing a dark-gray hooded sweatshirt and carrying the sword, according to a statement from the Kansas City Police Department.

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/crime/m...#ixzz2AbAB1DwC

[sa547]

Originally Posted by JokerD

I don't think that's it, since the lady was not charged with having a bomb. More likely I think it's a strong bleach that undergone some chemical reaction, maybe with the bottle holding it.

I think she inadvertently mixed bleach and detergent together, not knowing that certain compounds -- which are supposed to be separated physically -- in her custom mixture have created such an explosive chemical reaction.

Wow. This sounds like it could be a good Mythbusters subject.

[RRW]

Prestigious private university Rice in Houston, Texas is offering a course on Skyrim.

No, really.

For one semester only, students can sign up for Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim.

A junior level class taught by Professor Donna Beth Ellard, the course description is as follows:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ice-university

[Urzu 7]

Hurricane Sandy unearths a skeleton in Connecticut

http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/ooky...oots-conn-tree

A New Haven woman spied bones in the dirt around a tree uprooted by Superstorm Sandy. An entire skeleton, it may have been there since colonial times, police say.


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since colonial times.

Police spokesman David Hartman says a woman who was with other bystanders looking at a fallen oak tree called police Tuesday after she saw bones in the upturned roots.

Hartman says the tree was planted on the green in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth. He says the remains likely belong to one of thousands of people buried there in colonial times. The remains will be evaluated by the state medical examiner.

Katie Carbo, who called police, tells the New Haven Independent she saw something in the tree roots, and found the bones when she removed some dirt. She says the skeleton "should be given a proper burial."

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Urzu 7

Hurricane Sandy unearths a skeleton in Connecticut

http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/ooky...oots-conn-tree

jimmy Hoffa is next

[GDB]

Detective Sandy is on the case!

[Urzu 7]

How weird would it be if your skeletal remains were to be unearthed by a super storm over a 100 years from now, in an era where things have changed so drastically?

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by RRW

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ice-university

heh, my alma mater. Interesting tie in to Norse Mythos I guess. One of my courses there was "Science Fiction Literature" so this isn't much of a stretch. They probably have to read the Edda as supplementary study

[Ithekro]

We had a Science Fiction Course in my college. "Ender's Game" and "The Simarillion" were two of the books we read.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Wish I could do a course on Skyrim. No fair.

[Endless Soul]

Meanwhile...

Smugglers try driving over US border fence, get stuck



Endless "Inventive" Soul

[ganbaru]

Halloween-colored lobster caught off Mass. coast
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-31-16-01-08

[monsta666]

Hedgehog rescued after being trapped in a crisp packet:

Hedgehog trapped in crisp packet in Weston-super-Mare

[Tom Bombadil]

5 years old boy operating a bulldozer.

[willx]

Oh wow, I just saw this:

Israel Confirms Killing Arafat Deputy in 1988

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel acknowledged Thursday it killed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's deputy in a 1988 raid in Tunisia, lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy and allowing a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of its secret operations. One of the commandos was disguised as a woman on a romantic vacation, and one of the weapons was hidden in a box of chocolates.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012...n.html?hp&_r=0

[Ithekro]

That will probably make the Iranians even more paranoid.

[monsta666]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

That will probably make the Iranians even more paranoid.

It's not paranoia if they are actually out to get you!

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by monsta666

It's not paranoia if they are actually out to get you!

Even paranoiac may have enemies .