Monthly Archives: January, 2009
77 year old crashes and fleds the scene to keep hair stylist appoinment
An Old woman in her seventies crashed on to a scooter and left the scene to keep an hair stylist appointment.
Louise Davidson, 77, was arrested Thursday for leaving the scene of an injury crash, Boynton Beach police said.
Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said the woman was turning right when she veered into the path of the [...]
Indiana man tries to fake flight crash and walks away saying canoeing incident
Indiana Businessman Marcus Schrenker tried to fake his death in flight crash, but was later reported to be seen walking away from water saying he was involved with a canoeing incident. The officer who helped Marcus Schrenker get a hotel room after his alleged Canoe incident was able to identify the missing pilot. Earlier Schrenker [...]
Couple goes to court to over Christmas gift
New Hampshire residents aren’t amused , after a bizarre incident was reported in local media.
A young couple Randi Young, 24, and Heath Blom, 26 were arrested on the Christmas eve for mutual assault complaint. The couple were happily married till Christmas morning when Blom opened his Christmas present from Young and found a WII [...]
Hyundai Genesis wins Car of the year 2009 in Detroit Auto show
Hyundai gave a big boost to its brand value in tough economic times by winning the car of the year award for its Genesis.
The Hyundai Genesis won the prestigious Car of the Year Award Sunday at the start of media preview days for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. The redesigned Ford F-150 won the [...]
Christine McCallum made love to teen 300 times
The teacher’s relationship with the teen seemed almost motherly at first — homework help and invitations to eat with her and her husband.
But prosecutors say Christine McCallum’s lurid obsession with the boy spawned a 21-month escapade of up to 300 sexual encounters.
The 29-year-old Abington elementary school teacher pleaded innocent Friday to seven counts of statutory [...]
Drunk electrician starts fire in Moscow museum
A drunk electrician started a fire at a world-famous Moscow art museum after he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, a police source told RIA news agency Sunday.
The blaze at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery started in an engineering building next to the main gallery Saturday and damaged technical equipment but not any of the museum’s valuable [...]
Couple gets married in Taco Bell
For a couple wedding bells sounded like Taco Bell and they decided to get married at Taco Bell.
Customers inside the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple sat Friday in an orange booth at Taco Bell and exchanged vows.
“It’s appropriate,” groom Paul Brooks said. “It’s an offbeat relationship.”
Employees displayed hot sauce [...]
Satyam Ex CEO Ramalinga Raju remanded to Judicial custody till Jan 23
On a day of high drama, the fallen Indian IT leader, Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, found himself drawn away from the comfort of 5-star luxury and high echelons of power to the claustrophobic confines of the Chanchalguda jail.
The Founder-Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, who admitted that the company was in a Rs 7,136-crore financial mess, [...]
Real WTF : PETA asks school to change its name
It seems PETA activists are going crazy over nutty things, in this case of real absurdity PETA asks a school to change its name.
The activist animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked school officials to change the name of Spearfish High School to “Sea Kitten High School.” The new name [...]
Nigerians wear dried fruit shells as helmet
Nigerians have started using dried fruits by painting them or using old tyre as helmets to avoid getting arrested after a compulsory helmet law came into effect.
The regulations have caused chaos around Africa’s most populous nation, with motorcyclists complaining helmets are too expensive and some passengers refusing to wear them fearing they will catch skin [...]
No of Obese Americans more than normal overweights
The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government.
Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 percent of Americans are obese, compared to 32.7 percent who are overweight. It said just under 6 [...]
Bank robber stood in line to rob bank
A man may have tipped his intentions when he stood in line at an Ohio bank wearing a ski mask before staging a holdup. Police in Stow near Akron say 24-year-old Feliks Goldshtein of Highland Heights was arrested minutes later on Thursday following a brief car chase.
Police say the teller asked the man to take [...]
140 year old lobster to get its freedom from Newyork
A lobster which could be 140 years old will released this week back to ocean after serving as a mascot for a New York Restaurant.
The 20-pound (9-kg) lobster was caught off the coast of Canada about two weeks ago and bought for $100 by City Crab and Seafood to become its mascot, said manager Keith [...]
Satyam Chiefs lawyer says hes in town
Satyam Chiefs lawyer says Ramalinga Raju is in Town and hes open for any investigation or interrogation.
Now the focus has fallen on Price Water Coopers (PWC) which is the auditing firm for Satyam. ICAI India’s auditors body has announced that it will take all the necessary steps to give life ban to the auditors [...]
Will Chrysler close the doors in March ?
The talk in Auburn Hills is the closure of Chrysler, after posting 53% drop in sales for last month, the chances of Chrysler living past March 2009 is very bleak. Many analysts also predicted that the Detroit 3 will become Detroit 2 very soon.
For the health of the industry the new Govt might pull the [...]
Satyam chief flees the country
Satyam Chief Ramanlinga Raju has fled India to unknown destination to evade arrests. Now the SEBiand other agencies are looking for the former boss of Satyam.
Satyam’s website says Ramalinga Raju is a Harvard alumni, but the truth is different it seems. Again Ramalinga Raju never went to Harvard maybe he obtained these certificates from Osmania [...]
Mississippi the state with Highest Teen Child birth cases
According to CDC report (link) Mississippi overtook Texas and New Mexico as the State with highest Teen child birth rates, once again raising the need for education among teens.
Mississippi’s rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease [...]
