Dad takes on 30 gatecrashers with a whip, now faces charges

30 aggressive gatecrashers storm a home party and the angry owner drives them off with a whip. Guess who faces charges of using excessive force?  The home owner, of course.This is exactly what happened to...

Woman finds squatter living in her shed & tidying her garden

A UK woman was rather shocked to find a migrant squatter living in her shed. Kelly Dudley originally assumed the squatter was the landlord's gardener when she first saw him pottering around her messy garden. After seeing him leave the shed on a Sunday morning, she called the...

"Blonde, pretty, dumb - I don't need brains" - 11 year old beauty queen

"Blond, pretty, dumb - I don't need brains", is how 11 year-old Sasha Bennington describes herself. At 10 she entered Britain's first adult-style beauty pageant for kids and her foray into the US pageant circuit is documented in a forthcoming TV program, Sasha, Beauty Queen...

Time to burn the family photo album

Perhaps its time for parents to prove what fine, morally righteous citizens they are by burning the family photo album. In Australia, a number of sports clubs have banned parents from taking photos of their own kids at sporting events, implying that selfish, trouble-making...

Boob-powered bras - an alternative energy source?

Now that alternative energy sources such as solar and geo-thermal power are on the public agenda, a technology writer investigates the potential for boob-powered gadgets.  Slate.com writer Adrienne So was curious to know if female breast movement could generate enough...

Thief flees naked after falling into manure tank

A German police station is holding some very smelly items of women's clothing which were left behind after a botched attempt at stealing manure from a farm in Eberholzen.Two women snuck into the farm and had been filling stockings with manure when one of them fell into the...

ASIO releases secret reports on East Timor President

The Canberra Times reports that ASIO, Australia's domestic spy agency, has committed a diplomatic faux pas after releasing secret dossiers on East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta without notifying him or his representatives first. Earlier this month, the files were...

20000 patient records disappear in hospital laptop theft

Around 20000 confidential patient records have gone missing after thieves stole six laptops from St George's Hospital in the UK.  According to hospital Chief Executive, David Astley, the laptops were stored...

Queensland schoolgirl and mother gang-bashed by 15 students

A Queensland schoolgirl and her mother were bashed by a gang of 15 students yesterday in what appears to be a racially motivated assault. 15 year old Angela Stankovic was punched and kicked at a bus stop by a gang of students, who told her to go back to her own country. Her...

Cane toad survives after being eaten by greedy dog

A cane toad is suprisingly alive after being eaten by a dog and vomited up 40 minutes later.  The Northern Territory News reports how dog owner Jackson Crews rushed his dog Bella to an animal clinic when she mistook the poisonous toad for a pie and swallowed it...

BBC forces fan to remove Dr Who knitting patterns from website

While the BBC encourages Dr Who fans to make their own video trailers and comic books, one thing they must not do is make knitted toys.The BBC has slapped a craft website with a copyright infringement notice for displaying knitting patterns of Dr Who characters. The...

Interpol's Worldwide Hunt for Paedophile Suspect

In a rare public appeal, Interpol has asked for worldwide assistance in arresting a suspected paedophile who has allegedly sexually abused several young Asian boys.About 800 photos of the man, his possible victims...

Husband finally allowed to take wife's name

It's a pathetic state of affairs for a country that prides itself on being a fully modern Western democracy when a married couple has to file a lawsuit and get the American Civil Liberties Union involved just so the husband can take the wife's family name.When Michael Buday...

Lesbos islanders: We're Lesbians, Not Gay Women

Annoyed with misappropriation of their heritage, 3 residents of the Greek island of Lesbos are taking legal action against the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece for using the word "lesbian" in its name.Dmitris Lambrou, one of the plaintiffs, has stated that Lesbos...

Yaoi fangirl cafe opens in Tokyo

Yaoi - literature about gay relationships between beautiful young men - has always been popular genre with women in Japan, and now fangirls can experience yaoi heaven for real when they visit Cafe Edelstein in...
 

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