Archived brainless wonders for Feb 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...
Conn. man tries to sell pot online
Feb 1 2008 - AP
If you're looking to sell high-grade marijuana, Craigslist may not be the place to do it. A man learned that the hard way when the "buyer" who contacted him turned out to be an undercover officer, Stamford police said.
Police...
Burglar found sleeping in Malaysia home
Feb 4 2008 - AP
There was no fairy tale ending for a Malaysian man who copied Goldilocks.
The man broke into an empty house in northeastern Malaysia, helped himself to cookies in the kitchen and then went to sleep in a child's bedroom, where he was discovered...
Voters consider changing Alcatraz to peace center
Feb 5 2008 - Reuters
San Francisco voters will decide on Tuesday whether to remove the famous Alcatraz Prison visited by thousands of tourists a day and instead create a "global peace center."
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Train stunt kills engineer
Feb 6 2008 - Reuters
A Romanian train driver leapt aboard a runaway engine to stop it after having left the brake off in a station but was killed when the stunt backfired, railway police said Wednesday.
Ioan Colceriu, 55, was at a train station in the central town...
Man in light shooting hands out bears
Feb 7 2008 - AP
A man charged with shooting out a red light camera passed out teddy bears to reporters before a hearing. Clifford Clark's stuffed animals bore the message "Save the Cliff."
During the Thursday hearing, Clark, 47, said he would...
Body lay in UK apartment for 8 years
Feb 8 2008 - AP
Workers responding to neighbors' complaints of a bad smell coming from an apartment in western England discovered a body that lay decomposing on a couch for years while another resident lived there, officials said Friday.
The British Broadcasting...
Australian murderer kept body for 23 years
Feb 9 2008 - Reuters
An Australian man was convicted on Saturday of killing his wife and then hiding her body in a metal drum in his garage for 23 years.
A Supreme Court jury in the southern Victoria state found Frederick Boyle, 58, killed his 30-year-old...
Meth deposited in ATM, woman jailed
Feb 12 2008 - AP
Credit unions accept deposits — just not of methamphetamine. A woman who allegedly dropped an envelope containing money and a bag of meth at a Kitsap Credit Union was arrested and charged with drug possession, according to court documents.