posted 05-04-2006 04:13 AM                    

quote: Paul Mayer

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Hopefully the new manned vehicle NASA is working on will be Guttag-sized as I see a possible demand for such specs.

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posted 05-30-2006 03:44 AM                    

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- A fight between two brothers over a piece of chicken ended when the older sibling fatally stabbed the other in the chest and temple, police said.

Marcus Williams, 21, was arrested and charged with murder on Friday in the death of his 17-year-old brother, Michael.

The teenager had returned home with some chicken when his older sibling took a piece without asking, police said.

After the two fought, Marcus Williams allegedly retrieved a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his brother.

The victim died a short time later at a nearby hospital.

Three other family members were at home when the attack occurred, police said.

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posted 05-30-2006 06:22 PM                    

quote: Jonathan Worthing

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your dumped

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Jonathan...after watching that video...I don't think I'll ever be able to look at your member photo in quite the same way.

posted 06-01-2006 06:15 AM                       

quote: BBC Online

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Farmer is mauled by 47-stone pig

A north Wales farmer is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by a 47-stone (298 kg) pig.

Geraint Roberts, 49, was trying to move the Landrace boar into its pen in Brynsiencyn, when it attacked him. The pig pinned him against a tractor and bit him on the legs, back and left arm. One bite nearly severed an artery.

The farmer's wife Nerys stopped the attack by turning a hose on the pig. Mr Roberts has undergone seven hours of surgery at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. He remains in hospital, four days after the attack on Sunday evening.

Son Gwyn, 19, said: "My father is lucky to be alive. I think if he had been on his own, or my mother had not thought to use the hose, he would probably be dead. I had a pitchfork and was trying to shout at the boar, to get him away, but it was no use."

"We've no idea why he turned violent. We've had him for about a year and he's normally quite placid, but you can never really trust a boar, just like you can never trust a bull." He added: "My father has worked with pigs all his life and this is the first time anything like this has happened. It was terrible, but it could have been so much worse."

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'...was trying to move...' - yeah, right. I reckon he was turning his attention elsewhere after having got bored with the sheep...

posted 06-06-2006 03:26 AM                    

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Loose donkey leads to fatal wreck

11:29 PM CDT on Monday, June 5, 2006

From WFAA-TV Staff Reports

ENNIS - One fatality was confirmed after a donkey escaped from a farm hand and found himself on an Ennis freeway, which led to two 18-wheelers colliding Monday afternoon.

Several people were chasing the donkey on foot when it ran onto a median at FM 879 and Interstate 45.

Ennis police said a northbound truck slowed down to avoid the donkey and the farm hand when a second 18 wheeler hit the truck from behind and both burst into flames.

The driver of the second truck, Roland Bunnell of North Carolina, died.

Interstate 45 was shut down in both directions in the area of the accident while rancher Russell Hornik and his partner Rick Langer, on horses and armed with lassos, chased the donkey through traffic congested roads.

Lavonne Elam said she witnessed the donkey, which escaped while on a trip to the vet's, running in the road after she returned to Red River Machinery from a lunch break.

"I saw him in the middle of the southbound freeway and then he was starting toward the northbound," she said. "By the time I just looked up in my rear view mirror, I saw all the smoke the black smoke and the flames. So, it just happened real fast."

Police battled the flames and smoke from the accident, and the donkey defied capture for three hours.

"Hard to rope a donkey," Hornik said. "They can run real fast and move real fast on you."

Police returned the donkey to owner William Worley of Farmers Branch, who keeps the animal on land near Ennis. Worley declined to comment.

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