Like mother like son in this drunk driving family

Police say a mother who came to pick up her son after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving found herself charged with the same offence.

Police say it started when an officer pulled over a speeding vehicle in Innisfil, Ont., just before 1 a.m. Sunday.

Investigators say the driver, a 27-year-old Newmarket, Ont., man failed a roadside screening test and was taken to a police station north of Toronto, where he was charged with impaired driving.
 
Police say when his 53-year-old mother came to retrieve him a few hours later, the same officer smelled alcohol and made her take a breathalyzer test.

They say she failed the test and has been charged with impaired driving.

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Russia’s rich hiring luxurious ‘ambulance-taxis’ to beat Moscow’s traffic jams

 

A law enforcement source told Izvestiya newspaper that one such vehicle had already been identified. “During a patrol, a medical car was stopped because it was breaking traffic rules,” said the source.

“The driver appeared strange, and did not resemble an ambulance driver at all.

“Police officers opened the automobile to check it and saw that the interior was fitted out like a high-class limousine with comfortable seats for transporting VIP passengers.”

The source added that inside the ambulance were “not medical personnel but some people in civilian clothes who refused to identify themselves”.


Moscow’s boulevards and ring roads are often at a standstill because of badly parked cars and a lack of restrictions on driving in the city centre.

The foul-ups are compounded when police block roads for official corteges such as that of Vladimir Putin, who causes gridlock when travelling to and from the Kremlin in his Mercedes Pullman.

In October, Mr Putin’s spokesman said the president would spend more time working at his home, the Novo-Ogarevo estate to the west of the city, to avoid being blamed for bottlenecks.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s office said he would be travelling more frequently by helicopter.

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Woman divorces man with small penis

A 52-year-old Taiwanese woman has been granted a divorce to end her four year marriage with a civil servant, whom she claimed to have a tiny Willy.

The woman, also a civil servant surnamed Zhang, said the 55-year-old—known only as Zhou—has also failed to keep his promise to have sex with her three times a week. "His penis is so small, like a kid's, only 5cm long. 

We've never had sex in our entire marriage," she added.

Zhang said they met in July 2008 through a common friend and got married five months later. She had wanted to have sex with Zhou before signing the marriage papers but he refused, citing religious reason for not having premarital sex.

Zhang said she only found out about her husband's problems on their wedding night. "He's also impotent and unable to fulfill his responsibility as a husband. We quarreled the whole night and I asked him to seek treatment."

The couple separated the day after their marriage, but they spent 10-odd nights together to see if the husband's condition had improved. Unfortunately, it hadn't.

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An 18-year-old man from Covington, Kentucky, who falsely yelled “bingo” last month has been cited for second-degree disorderly conduct. As part of Austin Whaley’s punishment, Kenton District Judge Douglas Grothaus recently ordered him not to say the word “bingo” for six months.

“Just like you can’t run into a theatre and yell ‘fire’ when it’s not on fire, you can’t run into a crowded bingo hall and yell ‘bingo’ when there isn’t one,” said Park Hills Police Sgt. Richard Webster, the officer who cited Whaley. On Feb. 9, Webster was working an off-duty security detail at a Covington bingo hall when Whaley entered the hall with several other youths and yelled “bingo,” Webster said. “This caused the hall to quit operating since they thought someone had won,” Webster wrote on his citation.

“This delayed the game by several minutes and caused alarm to patrons.” Webster said the crowd of mostly elderly women did not take kindly to Whaley’s bingo call. “At first, everybody started moaning and groaning when they thought they’d lost,” Webster said. “When they realized it wasn’t a real bingo, they started hooting and hollering and yelling and cussing. People take their bingo very seriously.” Had Whaley apologized for his actions, Webster said he probably would have sent him on his way with a warning. “But he refused to say he was sorry,” Webster said.

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The Iraq War timeline as told through front pages

It's 10 years since the invasion.  See all the headlines here.

Woman’s world is upside down due to rare brain condition

Council worker Bojana Danilovic, 28, sees everything the wrong way up because of a freak connection in the way her brain processes images.

That means Bojana has to have a special upside down computer screen and keyboard, reads papers from the bottom up and even has special topsy-turvy official forms to fill in for her job at the Uzice town hall in Serbia.

Then when she gets home, she watches one TV balanced on its top while the rest of the family watch another.

“It may look incredible to other people but to me it’s completely normal.

“I was born that way. It’s just the way I see the world,” said Bojana.

Neurological experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the USA say she is suffering from a condition called ’spatial orientation phenomenon.’

“They say my eyes see the images the right way up but my brain changes them.

“But they don’t really seem to know exactly how it happens, just that it does and where it happens in my brain,” said Bojana.

 “They told me they’ve seen the case histories of some people who write the way I see, but never someone quite like me,” she added.

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Is this the most dangerous criminal in America?

Lindsay Lohan pleaded no contest Monday to reckless driving and lying to police who were investigating the accident involving the actress in June along the Pacific Coast Highway. A charge of obstructing an officer was dropped.

Lohan was sentenced to spend five days in jail, but that time will be served in a locked-down rehabilitation facility. It's part of her plea deal that includes 90 days in rehab, 30 days of community labour, 18 months of psychological counselling, a fine and restitution. 

The plea is meaningless because she will get out early and just continue to drink, get high, steal and drive recklessly.  She is above the law and she knows it. 

Sign of the day

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Lucy Liu

You can't argue with science

 Speaking before the State House was one Mike Frey, a "concerned Minnesotan and father and a husband," who appears to be under the tragically ignorant impression that A) only married people have sex, B) unprotected vaginal sex cannot transmit HIV because the vagina has a "barrier" that protects it from such diseases, and C) the mere act of unprotected anal sex (which only gay men have) causes AIDS.

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Dumpster lover - w4m

I was running from an alien and I jumped into an alley way dumpster to hide and you were there napping and I woke you up. We shared some something outta your flask and we laughed and talked about comets coming our way and grilled cheese. You called yourself Blump. But I had to go poop so I went to the gas station down the road and when I cam back you were gone. Just wanted to make sure the alien didn't track my scent and find you instead. Hope you are well. Meet me at the dumpster behind Mcdonalds tomorrow for lunch.

U.S. government to spend $1.5 million to tudy why lesbians are fat

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance."

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., has received two grants administered by NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the relationship between sexual orientation and obesity.

“Obesity is one of the most critical public health issues affecting the U.S. today,” the description of the grant reads. “Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the determinants, distribution, and consequences of obesity are receiving increasing attention.”

Really, who cares?

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Kaspars Daugavins shootout attempt gets rave reviews but does it belong on hockey?

I've not been a big fan of shootouts.  To me its like settling the outcome of a hockey game by having a dunk contest. Sure its entertaining and provides some suspense but so does sudden death overtime.  Teams now play for a tie as they did before there was overtime and shootout and try to sneak out a win against a better opponent during shootout.

Woman arrested for trying to sell her kids on Facebook

An Oklahoma woman was arrested last week after police found that she'd used Facebook to try to sell her two children.

Sallisaw native Misty Van Horn, 22, was taken to Sequoyah County Jail Wednesday night after police learned that she'd contacted a woman who lived 30 minutes away in Fort Smith, Ark., to offer her youngest child, a 10-month old girl.

 According to a police report, Van Horn contacted the Fort Smith woman by sending a Facebook message: "Just come to Sallisaw, it's only 30 minutes away and I'll give you all of her stuff and let y'all have her forever for $1,000."

In addition to the $1,000 price tag laid on her infant daughter, Van Horn tried selling a package deal including her 2-year-old child for $4,000. Both children were taken into state custody.

Police have reported that they believe Van Horn was attempting to sell her children so that she could accumulate the bond money to get her boyfriend out of jail.

Now she's in jail, awaiting charges of attempting to traffic minors, and facing a $40,000 bond.
Don't sell your kids, okay? They're not for sale.

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Don't remember getting the card telling me where my polling station to vote for Pope

Nude Olympics 'stripped' of its name

Olympic officials have ordered the Maslin Beach Nude Olympics to find a new name. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a letter to organisers prohibiting them from using "Olympics" in the title. Event organiser Debbie Pillar said the ban was a "massive overreaction".

"They need to get a life if they think we're a threat to them," Ms Pillar said. "We don't make money out of their name and we haven't got enough money to fight them over it." The Maslin Beach Nude Olympics has used the name since it started in 1983.

An AOC spokesman said it had sent a "polite letter" to the event organisers warning them to change the name. "The word Olympic and the Olympic symbols are covered by the Olympic Insignia Protection Act ... they are protected," he said.

"We are protecting our property just like the AFL, NRL or any other group. We have not singled these people out ... they are breaking the law." The event involved races and competitions, including sack-racing, donut eating, treasure hunts and the Best Bum award.

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Another Saturday night in Hamilton

Man steals woman's Phone then posts picture of himself smoking weed on her Facebook

Cops are looking for a dopey Bronx thief who stole a woman's cell phone and then was dumb enough to accidentally post a photo of himself smoking marijuana on her Facebook page.

Police say the perp robbed the 27-year-old victim’s phone on March 2 near East Tremont Avenue and the Grand Concourse at around 3:00 a.m. before running off.

Not long after, the victim noticed a photo of the man who robbed her taking a huge hit of weed on her
Facebook wall and alerted the authorities. Cops said the victim’s phone was linked with her Facebook account to automatically post photos.

Police said they are working to identify the perp who was last seen wearing a blue hat, blue sneakers and an orange jacket.

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Searching for Sugarman

I watched to Academy Award documentary "Searching for Sugarman" last night.  Fascinating story about a gifted 1970s American artist Sixto Rodriguez, who was rejected for being Latino but without knowing it was a superstar in South Africa. 

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Is it too early to suggest the Maple Leafs playoff drought will end this season?

The season is half over and the Maple Leafs are in the top third of the Eastern Conference just 4 points back of the Montreal who are first overall and 5 points ahead of 9th place Winnipeg.  That's not a lock yet on a playoff spot.  Leaf teams have blown spots at this point in the season before.  But this isn't the same team as last year or previous years.

The goaltending hasn't been spectacular but it's been very good. The team goals against average of 2.60 is 13th best where last season it was 39th.  The team save percentage is 4th best at .918.  The defense has been solid despite or in fact because of the contribution of 3 minor leaguers (Kostka, Holzer and Fraser) and Franson who spent the last season as a healthy scratch. Team defense is much improved because the wingers are now involved in their own end.  Penalty killing has gone from 30th overall to 10th.

Centre has been a weakness for the Leafs for quite some time.  They still don't have a legitimate #1 centre but Bozak, Grabovski, Kadri and McClemment have done a decent job.  No one pushes the Leafs around anymore, not even the Bruins.  The Leafs are among the league leaders in hits and fights.

The Leafs languished around 25th or 26th in power rankings last season, currently ESPN ranks them 6th in the NHL ahead of Vancouver, Lo Angeles, New Jersey, San Jose, Detroit and the Rangers.  Every new addition by Brian Burke has helped the team but that might be more reflective of Randy Carlyle who seems to have brought the best out of everyone on the ice.  When Tim Connolly complained to Carlyle about his role on the team last season during training camp, he was put on waivers 2 days later and banished to the Marlies.

So while many Leaf fans are taking a wait and see attitude after being burned so many times in the past, I'm more optimistic than I have every been.  The team has not lost more than 2 games in a row all season.  With 30 points in 25 games, playing .500 the rest of the way will leave them with 53 points and likely a playoff berth though this team is capable of finishing closer to 60 points.  After all, they have been winning missing 2 of their top 5 forwards, Lupul and Frattin.  Both will be back soon.

Dumb restaurant customer arrested after trying to use waitress's stolen ID

Applebee's waitress Brianna Priddy never expected to encounter her stolen driver's license again, much less in her own restaurant after having it handed to her by a customer who turned out to be the person who stole it in the first place.A restaurant server was confronted with the woman accused of stealing her identity.

Brianna Priddy's wallet was stolen on Feb. 13 during a night out with friends.  On Feb. 25, a customer came to the Applebee's where Priddy works as a server.

"Four people come in, walk in, sit down. They start ordering drinks. This girl hands me my ID as a fake ID," Priddy said.

It had been a rough couple of weeks for Priddy. "My wallet was stolen. It was a pain in the butt," Priddy said.  They took her cash, credit cards, and worst of all her driver's license.

Someone was using her identity, writing hundreds of dollars in bad checks.

"But I didn't say anything. I handed it back to her and said sure I'll be right back with your margarita. [I] went straight to the phone, called the cops," Priddy said.

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This Russian woman lost a bet

This girl was recently spotted sprinting down freezing cold Siberian streets half naked.  To add insult to injury, police tracted her down and fined her.

Dancing beer belly is the speedo is crushing it

Jail guard exchanges chocolate chip cookies for sex from 22 year old inmate

A corrections officer has been charged with providing a 22-year-old female inmate with homemade chocolate chip cookies in exchage for sexual contact, police charge.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Abner Canda--a 58-year-old guard at the county jail in Everett, Washington--engaged in several sexual interations with the inmate, who is only identified by the initials “C.D.”

The woman told investigators that, “I showed him my breasts, willingly for some food” last May. After being released from the jail, she returned to the lockup in October and soon had another illicit encounter with the married Canda, who began working as a corrections officer in 2007.

Canda, the inmate said, came to her room in mid-November and “kissed me and touched my breasts and also put his hand down my pants and placed his finger inside of [my vagina],” according to the Superior Court affidavit. On a subsequent occasion, Canda performed oral sex on “C.D.”

Seriously you can get sex for cookies?  Who would have known?

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How about this guy crashing a Ferrari 458 Spider on the first day

Just Rob Ford celebrating International Women's Day

Flashback Friday - The Band

Man wearing tin foil to 'prevent microwave signals from entering his head' arrested for threatening to burn down four schools

A Louisiana man who wears a tinfoil helmet to stop signals entering his head was arrested after threatening to torch four high schools.

Shane Kersey, 35, was tracked to a friend's house in Lafitte by detectives after he left a message making the threat at four Westbank schools.

Sherriff's spokesman Colonel John Fortunato says the phone threats to burn down the schools were received early Wednesday morning. The threats led to lockdowns and the evacuation of one school.

'Upon reviewing the numerous recordings left on Fisher High and Marrero Academy's phone answering systems, our investigators were able to determine a phone number from where the calls originated,' Fortunato said.

'Shortly thereafter, our investigators called the phone number and in turn were greeted by a subject who identified himself as Shane Kersey.

 

'When questioned relative to the threatening phone calls at the schools, Kersey admitted making the phone calls to four schools this morning, two in Jefferson Parish and two in Plaquemines Parish.'

He told officers he was at friend's home in Gretna, where he was then arrested.
Fortunato says Kersey told investigators: 'The foil wrapped around his head secured by a baseball cap was there to prevent microwave signals from entering his head.'

Authorities say a search found no threatening devices at the schools.

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