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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...
Flight attendant jailed for bomb hoax
May 25 2009 - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – A flight attendant was jailed for 18 months on Thursday for leaving a bomb hoax note on board an Emirates aircraft he was working on and sparking a scare that led to London's Gatwick Airport briefly closing.
Australian...
Groom drinks too much at wedding, dies
May 25 2009 - Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese groom died on his wedding day after having too much wine and beer to drink, police and local media said Monday.
The man, 35, an insurance...
Florida woman calls 911 3 times over McNuggets
Mar 3 2009 - AP
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of McNuggets. A police report said 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for...
Mexican worker sews his lips to demand promotion
Mar 3 2009 - AP
VERACRUZ, Mexico – A Mexican state water company worker has sewn his lips together to draw attention to his five-year fight to get a promotion. The man used a needle and thread to put five stitches through his lips in front of the water company...
Man says veteran status should let him steal candy
Feb 26 2009 - AP
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Authorities arrested a man who claimed he was justified in stealing candy at a truck stop because he had served in the military. Police said an officer confronted a 31-year-old man at the truck stop early Monday morning. The...
Michigan man pleads no contest in vacuum sex act case
Feb 26 2009 - AP
SAGINAW, Mich. – A man has pleaded no contest to indecent exposure after police said he was arrested for performing a sex act with a car wash vacuum. The Saginaw News reported 29-year-old Jason Leroy Savage entered the plea Wednesday in Saginaw...
Utah man finds drunk burglary suspect on his floor
Feb 24 2009 - AP
OREM, Utah – Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in a home burglary after the resident reportedly found him drunk on the floor. Police said a 24-year-old man came home from work Friday and found his back door open and his golf clubs on the ground....
Cop makes arrest in bathroom after smelling crack
Feb 24 2009 - AP
ELKTON, Md. – The Cecil County Sheriff's Office said a deputy about to take a bathroom break at a gas station smelled crack cocaine and made a quick arrest. Police spokesman Lt. Bernard Chiominto said Deputy John Lines was waiting to use the...
Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook
Feb 23 2009 - AP
BRADENTON, Fla. – Sheriff's officers said a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customers laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account. According to officers, the man then grabbed the customer's laptop and ran...
Police seek blow-up doll sex bandit
Jan 9 2009 - Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian man broke into three adult shops, had sex with blow up dolls named "Jungle Jane" and then dumped his plastic conquests in a nearby alley, local media reported Wednesday.
"It's totally...
Anti-kidnap expert kidnapped in Mexico
Dec 15 2008 - AFP
A top US anti-kidnapping expert was kidnapped in northeast Mexico last week, reports said Monday, in an audacious move amid a wave of drug-related violence and kidnappings.
Security advisor Felix Batista, 55, was abducted on December 10 in...
Man calls cops but leaves pot pipe in plain sight
Nov 11 2008 - AP
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – A 28-year-old man reporting a burglary faces drug charges after responding officers say they found a marijuana pipe in his bedroom. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday said officers saw the pipe in plain view in Justin Luecke's...
Man allegedly steals communion wafers from priest
Nov 11 2008 - AP
Police in said they arrested a Connecticut man after he tried to steal communion wafers during a church service. The Martin County Sheriff's Office said 33-year-old John Samuel Ricci, of Canton, was cornered by fellow churchgoers when he grabbed a...
Woman found living with three dead siblings
Nov 10 2008 - Reuters
An elderly woman has been living with two skeletons and a badly decomposed body of her siblings in a suburb of Chicago, one of whom may have died at least 20 years ago, authorities said on Saturday.
The remains were found covered by sheets...
Naked Japan major nabbed with women's underwear
Nov 7 2008 - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – A male Japanese air force major caught naked while shopping for women's underwear has been suspended from his duties for 10 days, a spokeswoman at his base said on Friday.
The man, on his way home from a late-night...