Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[SaintessHeart]

When are they going to rename the NGC 6357?

[Xefi]

18-foot-long sea creature found off Cali. coast
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53288136/

comments: not sure if this belongs here, but woahhh...that's some huge fishy.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the Laugh a Day thread or this thread really... heh.

Sarif Industries confused for real world company

Spoiler for Big image:

[ganbaru]

Evidence suggests early Britons ate roasted toads
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-16-14-00-24

Britons sometimes make fun of the French for feasting on frog. But now a new discovery suggests their prehistoric ancestors may have had a taste for toad.

[SaintessHeart]

PAP Community Foundation's website hacked by 'The Messiah': report

After reading the comments, my reaction was that someone took down a poster :



But I am no expert.

[Xefi]

Gilbert Arenas has so much money...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/g...dollars-100613

"Money don't change ppl..the lack of money does..never seen a rich person rob a bank.
while u hate on my life I'm wiping my with this here haha

comments: "can i have $100,000 to down a house with? pretty please? since you're just going to
wipe your a$$ with them, Mr. Gilbert san." >_____<;

[ganbaru]

Violin that played as Titanic sank to go on sale
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/violi...c-sank-go-sale

[Xefi]

Angler catches record-breaking 132-lb. carp on his birthday
source: http://now.msn.com/keith-williams-en...ay-in-thailand


comments: "now that's a whole lot ta meat. that some tasty big looking fishy."

[AnimeFan188]

F-14s Versus UFOs … in Iran; Yes, you read that right:

"An incredible report from Babak Taghvaee in the latest issue of Combat Aircraft
magazine. According to Taghvaee, the Iranian air force’s fleet of 1970s-vintage F-14
Tomcat fighters have spent the last nine years chasing around mysterious flying,
glowing objects over Iran’s nuclear facilities."

See:

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/b9bded1d2580

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

F-14s Versus UFOs … in Iran; Yes, you read that right: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/b9bded1d2580

The new UAV possibility is the most likely one

[AnimeFan188]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

The new UAV possibility is the most likely one

"The UAVs could jam radars and disrupt interceptors’ navigation systems. They flew
“outside the atmosphere” at speeds of up to Mach 10. They could hover. Flying at
night, they emitted a telltale blue light that led to their nickname: “luminous objects.”

“In several cases … F-14s faced them but were unable to operate their armament
systems properly,” Taghvaee writes. One Tomcat taking off to intercept a luminous
object on Jan. 26, 2012 mysteriously exploded, killing both crewmen. Taghvaee
implies the alleged UAV was somehow responsible, as the F-14 in question was
“one of the fittest” of the 40 or so Tomcats then in service."

It can hover *and* fly outside the atmosphere at Mach 10?

That's a pretty impressive UAV!

Or maybe some of that Opium from Afghanistan has been finding its way into
Iran........

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

That's a pretty impressive UAV!

Or maybe some of that Opium from Afghanistan has been finding its way into
Iran........

And why not some kind of mix of the two? A new UAV with high performance and ''witness'' than exaggerate grossly or didn't saw it enough.

[SaintessHeart]

India charges 33 aboard armed U.S. 'anti-piracy' ship

So India fails to keep their waters safe, and it is the ship's guard's fault for failing to procure papers?

Then again, how does one procure those papers when the country has that fat bureaucracy?

Sounds like someone forgot to pay their bribes in time to me.

Chinese Netizens On US Shutdown, We Want One Too.

If this is true, then China really looks like a magnified version of Singapore : what they have, we want one too!

[AnimeFan188]

Mexico cartel honcho reportedly killed by gunmen dressed as clowns:

"Gunmen dressed as clowns burst into a children’s party and shot to death the
eldest brother of one of Mexico’s erstwhile largest and feared drug-trafficking
families, Mexican officials and press said Saturday.

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was killed in the Baja California city of Cabo San
Lucas while attending the party at a local hotel on Friday, the reports said."

See:

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldno...,4576466.story

[ganbaru]

Pa. mayor asks residents: Please don't vote for me
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-19-12-28-32

Bookish baby boy born in LA-area Barnes & Noble
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-19-19-36-22

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

Mexico cartel honcho reportedly killed by gunmen dressed as clowns:

"Gunmen dressed as clowns burst into a children’s party and shot to death the
eldest brother of one of Mexico’s erstwhile largest and feared drug-trafficking
families, Mexican officials and press said Saturday.

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was killed in the Baja California city of Cabo San
Lucas while attending the party at a local hotel on Friday, the reports said."

See:

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldno...,4576466.story

That's got to be a humiliating way to die.

Also, those kids are forever scared about clowns.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

^ Sounds to me like someone was either trying to be ironic, or they had watched Desperado and The Dark Knight. Either way, the whole thing sounds like it's out of a movie, shooting up a drug lords kids birthday party, wasn't that the plot to a Tom Clancy movie once?

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

"The UAVs could jam radars and disrupt interceptors’ navigation systems. They flew
“outside the atmosphere” at speeds of up to Mach 10. They could hover. Flying at
night, they emitted a telltale blue light that led to their nickname: “luminous objects.”

“In several cases … F-14s faced them but were unable to operate their armament
systems properly,” Taghvaee writes. One Tomcat taking off to intercept a luminous
object on Jan. 26, 2012 mysteriously exploded, killing both crewmen. Taghvaee
implies the alleged UAV was somehow responsible, as the F-14 in question was
“one of the fittest” of the 40 or so Tomcats then in service."

It can hover *and* fly outside the atmosphere at Mach 10?

That's a pretty impressive UAV!

Or maybe some of that Opium from Afghanistan has been finding its way into
Iran........

Reminds me of that other UFO battle over Iran during the Shah's period

[SaintessHeart]

Former Straits Times reporter charged with underage sex

An ex-reporter of Singapore broadsheet The Straits Times was charged on Monday morning with three counts of sex with an underage girl.

The former Singapore Press Holdings scholar, now 29, whose lawyer reportedly requested that his name not be published in the media, is accused of having sex with the girl, then 15, on three different occasions between late 2011 and mid-2012.

Release of his name, added the lawyer, may lead to the discovery of the victim's identity, upon which a gag order has been imposed.

According to a Straits Times report, the charges filed Monday against the former reporter included having oral sex with the girl at a house off Upper Paya Lebar Road and in a cubicle of a male public toilet at Fort Canning Park, and having sex in a flat in Serangoon Avenue 1.

The man, who joined the newspaper in 2009, previously attended Dunman High School and Raffles Junior College, and studied history at the National University of Singapore. He is believed to be married.

Yahoo Singapore previously reported that ST fired a reporter from his job on 18 January this year after an internal investigation, which was followed by questioning from the police.

When I read the headlines I thought it was TRL.

[MrTerrorist]

Meet the dumbest scout leaders.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/AYFD18BwmJ4

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A group of Boy Scout leaders could be in serious trouble after they posted video online of one of them toppling a rock formation at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah.

The rocks, which resemble mushrooms, , about 145 to 170 million years ago. They are, to say the least, a precious reminder of the Earth's history.

In the video, two men are seen cheering on their friend, who is trying to topple one of the formations. After he pushes off another rock, the "goblin" tumbles and then the men high-five.

the men as Scout leaders, and the paper reports that Utah State Parks officials are conducting a criminal investigation.

"It is not only wrong, but there will be consequences," Parks spokesman Eugene Swalberg told the paper. "This is highly, highly inappropriate. This is not what you do at state parks. It's disturbing and upsetting."

In their defense, the men in the video say they were acting out of concern for the safety of passersby.

"Some little kid was about ready to walk down here and die and Glenn saved his life by getting the boulder out of the way," the cameraman, identified as Dave Hall, says. "So it's all about saving lives here at Goblin Valley."

to Glenn Taylor, the man who toppled the rock.

"In hindsight, the smart thing for us would have been for us to say, 'Dave, stay here. I'll run and get a ranger,' " Taylor said. "I mean, this rock was sitting in a 3-by-1/2-inch ledge."

He added: "If we were defacing property, if we had been going around knocking over all kinds of rocks, I would feel really guilty. As it is, I feel guilty because I have a conscience. But my conscience also says I did the right thing."

The Tribune says all three men — one is Taylor's son — could "face anywhere from a class B misdemeanor to a second-degree felony depending on how much the formation is valued."

Update at 6:28 p.m. ET. 'Shocked And Disappointed':

Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith confirms to NPR that one of the men involved in the incident is a Scout leader and one is a member.

"We are shocked and disappointed by this reprehensible behavior," Smith says, adding that Scout members and leaders are taught "the principles of 'Leave No Trace.' These principles stress a commitment to maintaining the integrity and character of the outdoors and all living things. The isolated actions of these individuals are absolutely counter to our beliefs and what we teach. We are reviewing this matter and will take appropriate action."

Update at 4:33 p.m. ET. Rock Didn't Pose Imminent Danger:

Fred Hayes, director of the Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, tells NPR's Howard Berkes, "We are heartsick. To see folks do that is heartbreaking."

Hayes also tells Berkes that park rangers are vigilant about formations that may present a risk to visitors and take steps to protect them, when necessary. He also says that the video of the incident does not show a threat to visitors.

"I don't believe the rock was presenting an imminent danger to anybody," Hayes says.

A state parks law enforcement officer is investigating and will meet with the Emery County attorney within a week to screen possible criminal charges.