Taxi to Greece to avoid airports
May 31, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
*Kathleen Searles and Wendy Turner travelling by taxi*
An 89-year-old woman took a $3959.4 taxi trip to Greece - because she can’t stand waiting in airports.
Kathleen Searles is fascinated with history and Alexander the Great.
So, to visit Mieza, where he went to school, she ordered a cab to take her on the three-day journey through France, Germany and the Balkans. Read more
Japanese ‘oldest man on Everest’
May 29, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
*He was inspired to climb Everest after glimpsing it from Mt Cho Oyu*
A 71-year-old man from Japan has reportedly become the oldest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
Retired teacher Katsusuke Yanagisawa scaled the 8,850m (29,035ft) Himalayan peak, breaking the record set by a 70-year-old Japanese man in May 2006.
“I was pretty much at ease mentally at the summit, like I could sing a song,” he told a Japanese TV station.
Mr Yanagisawa said he climbed the Tibetan side of the peak with a team including New Zealanders and Japanese. Read more
Ship’s doctor dies after dinner of blowfish
May 28, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
*Dangerous delicacy … A chef shows off a fugu / AP / The Associated Press*
A SHIP’S doctor has died in Western Australia after eating blowfish, a delicacy that can prove fatal if not prepared properly.
Authorities were called to an iron ore ship off Dampier early on Saturday after a 43-year-old Chinese man suffered paralysis and his breathing became laboured.
“We did a co-ordinated rescue effort through Australian Search and Rescue,” said Acting Sergeant Chris Hinch. Read more
Ex-president Menem’s wife in topless pics
May 28, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A man peeps at a magazine with photographs of former chilean Miss Universe and present…
Chilean former Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco, wife to Argentine former president Carlos Menem, has been raising eyebrows since a local magazine published pictures of her sunbathing topless with a male friend. Read more
Australian pub bars heterosexuals
May 28, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A gay pub in the city of Melbourne has won the right to ban heterosexuals - the first time such legislation has been passed in Australia.
*The hotel’s ban is a first for Australia*
The Victorian state civil and administrative tribunal ruled the Peel Hotel could ban patrons based on their sexual orientation. Read more
Chicago cop arrested for alleged beating
May 27, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A police officer has been arrested in the off-duty beating of a 15-year-old high school student, the Chicago Police Department said Sunday.
The officer, who was assigned to the department’s mass transit unit, was arrested on Saturday, four days after the Juarez High School student suffered a broken jaw and other injuries in the attack, according to a police statement. The officer’s name was not released.
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TV helicopter camera catches man with mistress
May 26, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A man who took his mistress to the beach made the mistake of waving to a film crew on a helicopter covering Italy’s bicycle race and was discovered by his wife.
According to media reports, the man was with his younger mistress on a beach in northern Italy when the helicopter passed overhead with a crew covering the Giro d’Italia cycling classic.
The man waved, the camera zoomed in, and the couple ended up on live television.
The brother of the man’s wife thought it was his sister he was seeing on television and called her on her mobile phone, sure that it was she on the beach with her husband. Read more
Astronaut in strange love triangle leaving NASA
May 25, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — The space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle that included a former astronaut who now faces attempted kidnapping charges is leaving the space agency, NASA said Friday.
Cmdr. Bill Oefelein will leave NASA on June 1, nearly four months after authorities believe his cooled relationship with Lisa Nowak led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Florida and confront her romantic rival.
NASA requested a reassignment, and the Navy agreed, said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Doug Gabos. Read more
$24M Of Marijuana Plants Eradicated In Bay Area Bust
May 25, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Deputies and narcotics task force members eradicated 16,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $24 million Friday morning, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department.
Sgt. Chris Bertoli said narcotics task force agents conducted aerial surveillance on an area five miles up Geysers Road in the Healdsburg area and observed four large grow sites concealed in the brush. Read more
Iraqi kindergarten: Smiles and vows to fight
May 22, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — At a recent kindergarten graduation ceremony, young girls smiled behind their brightly colored princess dresses and the boys showed off their best dress shirts. They sipped on juice boxes, played on swings and jumped on and off seesaws.
It was a welcome relief from the war that surrounds them. But when these 5-year-olds spoke, it became apparent just how much the ongoing violence has affected them.
“I’m going to bomb, bomb, bomb the school with everybody in it,” said Omar Hussein, as he clutched a pink toy airplane. Read more
