Archived brainless wonders for Sep 2007
Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes humans, well, you know...
Cops: Nude driver's conduct distracting
Sep 4 2007 - AP
A naked man driving along the Indiana Toll Road was arrested and charged because his lewd conduct distracted other motorists, police said.
The 37-year-old Chicago man was traveling east to Ohio to visit his mother, police said. He was nude...
Get your pot right here! Students busted
Sep 5 2007 - AP
Announcing the sale of pot out of a dorm room window is probably not a good idea when two police officers are within hearing range.
A pair of former Northeastern University freshmen are facing drug and other charges after prosecutors said one...
Man attempts bank robbery near officer
Sep 7 2007 - AP
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An off-duty police officer had plenty of time to get a look at a man who attempted to rob a Metropolitan Bank branch when the suspect first walked right past the uniformed officer — three times.
Langston Robins, 21,...
Dealer calls cops after pot stash stolen
Sep 7 2007 - AP
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A marijuana dealer telephoned police after armed thieves stole his quarter-pound stash of pot. The 19-year-old Felton man told police that two men, one of them armed with a handgun, robbed him at gunpoint as he sat in his car on Tuesday...
Woman accused of setting fire over keys
Sep 8 2007 - AP
A woman was arrested and charged with arson and burglary after police say she set fire to the home of a neighbor she thought had stolen her keys.
Sgt. Clint Riley of the Lane County Sheriff's Office said the 23-year-old woman later found...
Man injects love interest with blood
Sep 12 2007 - AP
A Cambodian man was arrested after injecting a woman with his own blood in a bizarre scheme to win her affections, police said Wednesday.
The 22-year-old man is being held by police for allegedly causing injury to a 21-year-old woman, said...
Police: Man sets off his own booby trap
Sep 14 2007 - AP
A man tired of burglars nearly blew off his hand when bomb-like devices he set around his house exploded in his presence instead, authorities said.
Victor Iacobescu, 50, ran to a neighbor's house Thursday with a bloody towel wrapped around...
Nebraska state senator sues God
Sep 18 2007 - AP
LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere.
State Sen....
Stick up? Aussie burglar prefers sex games to loot
Sep 19 2007 - Reuters
It was a stick up of a different kind for one Australian burglar, who broke into a neighbour's house and played sex games in the bathroom with a bottle of toilet detergent and a vacuum cleaner.
A court in the northern city of Brisbane heard...
Man hides sex toys in sausage for Dubai trip
Sep 19 2007 - Reuters
Staff at a German butcher's shop were shocked to discover a customer had hidden two sex toys in their sausages for transport to Dubai, police said on Wednesday.
"It was two latex dildos with a natural look," said a spokesman for...
Man hits wife in head with an onion
Sep 20 2007 - AP
A man was arrested after he hit his wife in the back of the head with an onion. James Izzolena, 54, of Des Moines, had been drinking, became upset with his wife, Nicole Izzolena, 27, and threw an onion at her during an argument on Wednesday, police...
Man accused of stealing false teeth
Sep 21 2007 - AP
A man accused of snatching another man's false teeth straight from his mouth during a fight has been charged with robbery. Robert Henry Stahl, 62, was charged Thursday in Delaware Circuit Court with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury,...
Lover to die for kiss-and-kill pill
Sep 27 2007 - Reuters
A Chinese woman who killed her lover with a rat poison-laced kiss when she suspected him of being unfaithful has been sentenced to death, a newspaper said Thursday.
Xinfeng, from Maolou in the central province of Henan, passed a capsule with...
German thief nailed selling stolen screws
Sep 29 2007 - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German factory worker stole over a million screws from his employer and skewed the market with his cheap stolen goods, police said on Friday.
"In the end, it became obvious that screws were being sold for much less...
Man admits stealing 1,500 girls' shoes
Sep 29 2007 - AP
WAUKESHA, Wis. - A man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than 1,500 pairs of girls' shoes from area schools in a deal that calls for prosecutors to recommend probation.
Erik D. Heinrich, 26, of Kenosha pleaded guilty to three counts...