Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[ganbaru]

Two dogs dead, one injured after electrocution in the city's east end
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1930936/

[MrTerrorist]

BBC reporter 'forced to strip' in Amazon (Warning! NSFW)

PS: The reporter was a man. Sorry to disappoint you.

[ganbaru]

Reid's prostitution remarks ignite debate in Nevada
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7242CQ20110305

[MrTerrorist]

X JAPAN's YOSHIKI has MARILYN MANSON Walk the Runway

Three things i never expected to see in the same sentence.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

X JAPAN's YOSHIKI has MARILYN MANSON Walk the Runway

Three things i never expected to see in the same sentence.

Hell yeah!

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Ok wait. You guys didn't see that right? I have already grown out of that in my age.

[ganbaru]

Cyberattack targets France's G20 plans
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1932078/
Why someone would want that ?

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Cyberattack targets France's G20 plans
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1932078/
Why someone would want that ?

Sounds like the work of Anon to me. 150 people hacking into the same place sounds like an organized plot at any rate.

[Tiberium Wolf]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

BBC reporter 'forced to strip' in Amazon (Warning! NSFW)

PS: The reporter was a man. Sorry to disappoint you.

When I read "amazon" my I thought it was the site. The reporter went to their installations and had to strip search.


Anyway...

Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun

Break in to take a shower!? Yeah right.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Tiberium Wolf

Where I read "amazon" my I thought it was the site. The reported went to their installations and to to strip search.


Anyway...

Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun

Break in to take a shower!? Yeah right.

Actually.. yeah. Guy is apparently a drifter, needed to clean up - intended to break in, clean up, probably eat a bit and do some petty theft to get by. Homeowner come home and he's in the shower panicking because he's got no intention of hurting anyone and is scared she might have a gun. So he dials 911. And SHE dials 911. and the dispatchers have them both on the line.

Of course, he doesn't show up for the court hearing (he's a drifter, duh).

[ganbaru]

Canadian held in South African diamond theft
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1934428/

[Tsuyoshi]

Men steal €3 million worth of gold from Arezzo, Tuscany

Spoiler for Translation:

Stolen gold Poggio Bagnoli (Arezzo): Several ingots lost during flight

AREZZO / According to preliminary reports of the investigators, the gang that has stolen a haul of about 100 kg of pure gold in a gold company Poggio Bagnoli, near Arezzo, was composed of at least 10 thieves. Despite the brilliance with which the coup was planned, not everything went perfectly, and some ingots were lost during the escape.

It was in fact the Carabinieri who found part of the the loot in the gap created to penetrate the vault, where the wall was breached using a bulldozer stolen and modified on site to the needs of the robbery, all without witnesses.

In short, the perfect robbery. Even Ocean's 11 can't compare

[ganbaru]

China and Russia drive growth in world's billionaires
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7286SF20110310

[MrTerrorist]

Microsoft Kinect 'fastest-selling device on record'

[AnimeFan188]

"Who says you need customer service when purchasing a luxury vehicle, a gold
bar, a freshly made pizza or a live hairy crab? Strange as it may seem, you can
buy all of these items and more straight from vending machines."

See:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/418769...ney/?gt1=43001

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

"Who says you need customer service when purchasing a luxury vehicle, a gold
bar, a freshly made pizza or a live hairy crab? Strange as it may seem, you can
buy all of these items and more straight from vending machines."

See:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/418769...ney/?gt1=43001

2 thoughts occur to me on the crabs

1. how do you prove the crab wasn't alive to get a refund.

2. in the US, the crab vending machine is injury lawyer's dream come true.

[ganbaru]

Canadian NHL sponsors express concern over violence.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle1937409/
Somehow, I think than it was time. I guess than the NHL will thik thice before discarding thoses conserns.

[MrTerrorist]

Actor Charlie Sheen has filed a $100m (£62m) legal action against the makers of Two and a Half Men after being fired from the US sitcom.

Okay, what's wrong with Charlie? He needs serious rehab. Now!

[ganbaru]

Saskatchewan mounts $500,000 campaign against beavers
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1935066/

[SaintessHeart]

Consumers play blame game as gasoline nears $4

So, all told, who’s really to blame? “Everybody!” said St. John’s University’s Sabino.

“Market traders panic and drive up prices for no good reason. Oil companies take in as much profit as they can. Refiners, middlemen, retailers try to make every penny they can,” he said. “Governments profit enormously off the hidden taxes and consumers will not conserve.”

“Americans insist on driving bigger cars than they need and driving when they could use mass transit,” he said. “We all share the blame.”

[Ithekro]

I would say Americans like freedom of movement that is not quite provided by mass transit. Also the idea that time is money and the extra hour or so mass transit can put on your trip at times makes that clear...depending on if that is not countered by the cost of movement via car.