posted 01-02-2012 01:52 PM                       

quote: Mike Blakesley

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the Circle theatre is community owned so they might have a real problem.

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posted 02-03-2012 12:40 PM                       

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Inmates working at a correctional unit’s print shop in Vermont sneaked a prank image of a pig into a state police crest that is emblazoned on police cars, and 30 cruisers sported the design for the last year, according to officials.

The official crest depicts a spotted cow against a background of snowy mountains, but the inmates’ version featured one of the cow’s spots shaped like a pig in an apparent reference to the pejorative word for police, state police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro said.

“It dishonors the memory of those past and present members, especially for those who have lost their lives in the line of duty,” Dasaro said.

Vermont contracts with correctional facilities employing prisoners to make some print products, including the cruiser decals. Police said someone who works at the print shop changed the emblem from the officially sanctioned design.

A police employee noticed the prank on Wednesday and reported it. Police said the 60 door decals would be removed as soon as it was practical.

The “source and timing” of the change to the design is under investigation, Dasaro said.

“While some may find humor in the decal modifications, the joke unfortunately comes at the expense of the taxpayers,” Police Major Bill Sheets said in a statement.

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posted 02-03-2012 10:57 PM                    

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“While some may find humor in the decal modifications, the joke unfortunately comes at the expense of the taxpayers,” Police Major Bill Sheets said in a statement.

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Because the inmates really care.

posted 02-16-2012 12:23 PM                       

quote: Fox News

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YORK, England – A male student was arrested after allegedly cooking a live hamster at his apartment in northern England.

Police and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) were investigating Monday after law enforcement officers found the creature lying dead in a frying pan in the man's kitchen, in the city of York.

They made the grim discovery after the unnamed 20 year old was detained for being drunk and disorderly -- and officers inspected his student apartment.

The man was arrested on suspicion of a further offense of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, The York Press reported.

The dead pet belonged to the man's roommate, a foreign student who was said to be "distraught" by the alleged incident.

"This is a horrific and tragic incident for both the poor hamster and the owner concerned," Denise Young, a spokeswoman for the animal welfare charity Blue Cross, said. "We hope that this case is taken as seriously as it deserves to be by the relevant authorities."

The suspect was released on bail while police and the RSPCA continue their enquiries, and was due back in court March 6.

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posted 04-10-2012 12:23 AM                       

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BROCKVILLE, Ont. — A misbehaving bar patron picked the wrong vehicle to try to escape custody early Sunday morning, police say.

Police said a man being escorted by police out of a bar at about 12:45 a.m. on Sunday took off on foot and jumped into the back of a nearby car, ordering the driver to “get out of here.”

“Unfortunately for him, he jumped into an unmarked police car,” Sgt. Surinder Gill said.

Police said the suspect did not attempt another escape after he was in the cruiser. By then, the other officers had arrived and the suspect realized he was not getting away, Gill said.

Cary Patrick Cleyndert, 29, was arrested.

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posted 04-23-2012 01:54 PM                       

quote: The Daily Telegraph (UK, not Australia)

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Man Killed While Urinating on Chicago Subway

Zachary McKee, 27, died after coming into contact an electrified third rail while relieving himself at a subway stop in Evanston, Illinois, last night.

According to local police McKee clambered down onto the track at South Boulevard station and fell onto the rails at around 11pm. A companion alerted subway security but were too late to save him. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.

It is not clear whether McKee urinated directly onto the third rail but, contrary to popular belief, the practice is unlikely to result in death. A victim would have to be standing extremely close to the electric rail in order for their stream to hold together and carry the charge. More often the stream breaks into droplets, interrupting the charge.

Many of the deaths reported to have been caused by people peeing onto electric tracks were actually the result of stepping or falling onto the rail. In the American television show Mythbusters a presenter urinated onto an electric fence to prove that there was virtually no danger of electrocution.

It is not clear whether McKee was intoxicated at the time of his death.

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posted 05-09-2012 02:48 AM                       

quote: Daily Mail

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Former Great Yorkshire Show boss jailed for filming a man having sex with a pony

An ex-policeman and former director of the Great Yorkshire Show was jailed for two-and-a-half years today after he admitted filming a man having sex with a pony.

Charles Littleboy, 55, made the video in his stables while the man was supposedly taking part in an animal breeding practical course, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Police discovered the video along with a stash of images of horrific sexual abuse of young boys on two computers at Littleboy’s home in Howe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

He pleaded guilty last month to 11 counts of making indecent images of children, four counts of distributing indecent images of children, five counts of possessing extreme pornographic images and one count of possessing 3,904 indecent photographs of children.

Some of the extreme pornography related to bestiality - including the material he filmed consensually at his property, the court heard. Other images concerned sexual mutilation of men.

The film with the male pony was made a number of years ago while the man stayed at his home, Shaun Dodds, prosecuting, said.

Another film police found involved the same man having sex with a dog, the police said.

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posted 05-16-2012 01:39 AM                    

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Your Emo Kid Haircut Will Give You a Lazy Eye

Hey you angsty little jerk, listen up! If you can stop rolling your eyes and cut the whole brooding thing for like 10 seconds, I have something very important to tell you: CUT YOUR HAIR. I don't say this as some out-of-touch baby boomer threatened by the slightest tinge of change, but rather someone concerned with preventing a lazy eye epidemic.

While your asymmetric haircut might Doctors in Australia say that it also blocks the view of one of your eyes to the point that it stops focusing and effectively atrophies.

Optometrists Association of Tasmania education director Andrew Hogan warned that amblyopia, the medical term for lazy eye, can result from obstructed vision caused by hair.

"If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won't see a lot of detail," he said. "And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic."

And to top it all off, the Mercury also says you spend so much time tilting your head sideways just to see anything that it's totally fucking your posture up. You are not a bird. Your body is not meant to do that. Stop it. So unless you want to end up looking like the bastard child of Forrest Whittaker and Quasimodo, I suggest you listen to the nice Tasmanian doctor.

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posted 05-23-2012 05:15 PM                   

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Public restrooms in Beijing must contain no more than two flies per stall, according to a bizarre new directive issued to washroom attendants.

The Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administration and Environment issued the rule Monday as a "new standard for public toilet management," the Beijing News reported.

Xie Guomin, the official in charge of the initiative, told the newspaper that the two-fly rule was not compulsory, but was a new benchmark to improve the Chinese capital's notoriously unpleasant public restrooms.

Online critics pounced on the new initiative, questioning how officials planned to enforce it and whether inspectors would actually visit the restrooms to count the number of insects per stall.

Xie said, "We will not actually count fly numbers. The regulation is specific and quantified, but the inspection methodology will be flexible."

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