Archived brainless wonders for Sep 2008
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...
Suspected car burglar gets a dirty dumping
Sep 2 2008 - AP
A 22-year-old suspected truck burglar made a dirty mistake after he tried to hide inside a portable toilet on Saturday. Tampa police said the man broke into two pickup trucks at a parking lot and the owner of the second truck fought the suspect and chased...
Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour
Sep 4 2008 - Reuters
Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.
Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the...
Doctor fired for allegedly trying to give epidural while drunk
Sep 6 2008 - 9News.com
A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
Witnesses say 39-year-old Robert Dolan was drinking from a bottle of bourbon that he...
N.J. man broke into house, walked home in underwear, cops say 09/08/2008
Sep 8 2008 - Daily Freeman.com
A New Jersey man was charged with breaking into a home and stealing a bottle of wine before walking home in his underwear, state police said.
Andrew Hurth, 38, of Wantage Township, N.J., was arrested Saturday on charges of burglary, a felony,...
Lewd vandal leaves greasy imprints on Neb. town
Sep 12 2008 - AP
Boy, how people here wish their busiest vandal would find another way to make his mark. Beginning more than a year ago, some man has been skipping from one business to another at night, pressing his naked behind — sometimes his groin, sometimes...
Court detains preacher with 86 wives
Sep 16 2008 - Reuters
A Nigerian Muslim court Monday detained an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives after he failed to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of them.
The authorities in central Niger state charged Mohammed Bello with "insulting...
Deputies find sleeping burglar at AZ gun store
Sep 16 2008 - AP
Sheriff's deputies in Yavapai County said a man picked the wrong place to take a nap, but he'll now have plenty of time to catch up on sleep.
Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said in a statement that deputies responding to...