Sunday, November 23, 2008
Man robs store then waits for police
A 67-year-old man robbed a gas station, police said, then waited for Spokane officers to arrest him.
At 6:24 a.m., John Paul Adams walked into the Shell station at Third Avenue and Maple Street with a loaded .22 rifle, laid it on the counter and said, “Give me what you got,” said Spokane Police Officer Tim Moses.
When the clerk opened the till, the man grabbed several hundred dollars then told the clerk to call the cops, Moses said. Adams went outside, unloaded his gun, leaned it against a phone booth and “then stood there and waited for us.”
Adams was booked into Spokane County Jail on one count of first-degree robbery, Moses said.
Adams wouldn’t tell police what his motivation was, Moses said. Adams was not homeless. Police impounded the truck he was driving.
At 6:24 a.m., John Paul Adams walked into the Shell station at Third Avenue and Maple Street with a loaded .22 rifle, laid it on the counter and said, “Give me what you got,” said Spokane Police Officer Tim Moses.
When the clerk opened the till, the man grabbed several hundred dollars then told the clerk to call the cops, Moses said. Adams went outside, unloaded his gun, leaned it against a phone booth and “then stood there and waited for us.”
Adams was booked into Spokane County Jail on one count of first-degree robbery, Moses said.
Adams wouldn’t tell police what his motivation was, Moses said. Adams was not homeless. Police impounded the truck he was driving.
Bras for the boys
A Japanese lingerie retailer that sells underwear for cross-dressing men has found that bras have become one of its most popular items.
Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web shopping mall, the Wishroom shop has sold over 300 men's bras for 2,800 yen (£20) each.
"I like this tight feeling. It feels good," Wishroom representative Masayuki Tsuchiya said.
Wishroom Executive Director Akiko Okunomiya said she was surprised at the number of men who were looking for their inner woman.
"I think more and more men are becoming interested in bras. Since we launched the men's bra, we've been getting feedback from customers saying 'wow, we'd been waiting for this for such a long time'," she said.
Rakuten say the bra, which comes in black, pink and white, will “make you feel more gentle” and “give you a sense of relief - because that is a very important feeling to have”.
Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web shopping mall, the Wishroom shop has sold over 300 men's bras for 2,800 yen (£20) each.
"I like this tight feeling. It feels good," Wishroom representative Masayuki Tsuchiya said.
Wishroom Executive Director Akiko Okunomiya said she was surprised at the number of men who were looking for their inner woman.
"I think more and more men are becoming interested in bras. Since we launched the men's bra, we've been getting feedback from customers saying 'wow, we'd been waiting for this for such a long time'," she said.
Rakuten say the bra, which comes in black, pink and white, will “make you feel more gentle” and “give you a sense of relief - because that is a very important feeling to have”.
Man sentenced for killing slow hairdresser
An Arkansas man has been sentenced to prison for fatally shooting a stylist who was taking too long to braid his hair.
Thirty-year-old Kerry Rendall Wilson of Little Rock was sentenced Friday to 24 years for second-degree murder. He will be eligible for parole in six years.
Wilson's lawyer says his client was high on marijuana dipped in formaldehyde when 39-year-old Henrietta Jones was killed in November 2007.
But the lawyer, Bill James, says one of the woman's sons actually killed her.
Thirty-year-old Kerry Rendall Wilson of Little Rock was sentenced Friday to 24 years for second-degree murder. He will be eligible for parole in six years.
Wilson's lawyer says his client was high on marijuana dipped in formaldehyde when 39-year-old Henrietta Jones was killed in November 2007.
But the lawyer, Bill James, says one of the woman's sons actually killed her.
Japanese man makes Mexico airport home
Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. It has lasted almost three months, and he has no plans to leave.
For reasons he can't explain, the Japanese man has been in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2, surviving off donations from fast-food restaurants and passengers and sleeping in a chair.
At first, he frightened passengers, and airport authorities asked the Japanese Embassy to investigate why the foul-smelling man refused to leave. Now, he's somewhat of a celebrity, capturing Mexico's collective imagination with nearly daily television news reports on his life at the food court. Tourists stop to pose with him for photographs or get an autograph.
The Tokyo native flew into Mexico with a tourist visa and a return ticket home, but he never left the airport. In an interview Thursday alongside the airport McDonald's, he said he had no motive for his extended stay and doesn't know how much longer he'll remain.
"I don't understand why I'm here," he said through a visiting interpreter originally hired by a television station. "I don't have a reason."
The embassy can't force him to leave, and since Nohara's visa is valid all Mexican officials can do it wait for it to expire in early March.
For reasons he can't explain, the Japanese man has been in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2, surviving off donations from fast-food restaurants and passengers and sleeping in a chair.
At first, he frightened passengers, and airport authorities asked the Japanese Embassy to investigate why the foul-smelling man refused to leave. Now, he's somewhat of a celebrity, capturing Mexico's collective imagination with nearly daily television news reports on his life at the food court. Tourists stop to pose with him for photographs or get an autograph.
The Tokyo native flew into Mexico with a tourist visa and a return ticket home, but he never left the airport. In an interview Thursday alongside the airport McDonald's, he said he had no motive for his extended stay and doesn't know how much longer he'll remain.
"I don't understand why I'm here," he said through a visiting interpreter originally hired by a television station. "I don't have a reason."
The embassy can't force him to leave, and since Nohara's visa is valid all Mexican officials can do it wait for it to expire in early March.
Two-faced kitten loses its battle - Update
The Australian kitten which made international headlines this week because it was born with two faces, has died overnight.
The three-day-old male kitten died after asphyxiating on fluid in its lungs.
It was reported the kitten was taken home from the Swan Veterinary Clinic yesterday to be with its mother before it died.
Vets at the Swan Veterinary Clinic in Midvale held grave concerns about the kitten, which was born on Wednesday.
The three-day-old male kitten died after asphyxiating on fluid in its lungs.
It was reported the kitten was taken home from the Swan Veterinary Clinic yesterday to be with its mother before it died.
Vets at the Swan Veterinary Clinic in Midvale held grave concerns about the kitten, which was born on Wednesday.
Malaysia outlaws 'corrupting' yoga for Muslims
Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.
The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots.
To most people yoga is simply a sport - a stress-busting start to the day.
Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said it goes further than that and that elements of the Indian religion are inherent in yoga.
Announcing the decision, the council chairman Abdul Shukor Husin said practices like chanting and what he called worshipping were inappropriate and they could "destroy the faith of a Muslim".
The ruling is not legally binding but many of Malaysia's Muslims abide by fatwas.
The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots.
To most people yoga is simply a sport - a stress-busting start to the day.
Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said it goes further than that and that elements of the Indian religion are inherent in yoga.
Announcing the decision, the council chairman Abdul Shukor Husin said practices like chanting and what he called worshipping were inappropriate and they could "destroy the faith of a Muslim".
The ruling is not legally binding but many of Malaysia's Muslims abide by fatwas.
Clergyman apologises after posting photos of exhumed coffin through widow's letterbox
The Rev David Thomas was trying to settle a dispute with grieving relatives of George Hill who feared he had been buried in the wrong plot in their village churchyard.
But the 80-year-old rector ended up causing them more upset, after his gravedigger uncovered the coffin without getting permission from the authorities and without the family present.
Mr Thomas took photos of the freshly exhumed grave to prove that Mr Hill's body had been buried correctly, then drove to the widow's home and got a choirboy to push the pictures through the door. He has now been forced to apologise to the miner's family, who say they have been left shocked by the insensitive handling of their case.
Mr Hill's widow Martha and their daughter Mary had been tending his grave in a newly opened section of the cemetery at St John the Baptist near Lichfield since his funeral in February this year.
They were planning to erect a headstone to coincide with his birthday in December, but a dispute then broke out over the whereabouts of his burial plot. The family claim the rector admitted he did not know in which plot the coffin had been placed, while the church insists it was the relatives who were confused.
The family say they were horrified to discover that the only way to establish where Mr Hill had been buried was to have the coffin excavated and its nameplate checked.
Statement from the Diocese of Lichfield.
But the 80-year-old rector ended up causing them more upset, after his gravedigger uncovered the coffin without getting permission from the authorities and without the family present.
Mr Thomas took photos of the freshly exhumed grave to prove that Mr Hill's body had been buried correctly, then drove to the widow's home and got a choirboy to push the pictures through the door. He has now been forced to apologise to the miner's family, who say they have been left shocked by the insensitive handling of their case.
Mr Hill's widow Martha and their daughter Mary had been tending his grave in a newly opened section of the cemetery at St John the Baptist near Lichfield since his funeral in February this year.
They were planning to erect a headstone to coincide with his birthday in December, but a dispute then broke out over the whereabouts of his burial plot. The family claim the rector admitted he did not know in which plot the coffin had been placed, while the church insists it was the relatives who were confused.
The family say they were horrified to discover that the only way to establish where Mr Hill had been buried was to have the coffin excavated and its nameplate checked.
Statement from the Diocese of Lichfield.
Polydactyl cat seeks a good home
A cat with big paws and 26 toes could be looking for a new home after being taken in by Stroud Cats Protection.
Coco, a middle-aged jet black cat, was taken in as a stray in nearby Dursley. If her owner cannot be found she will have to be re-homed.
Susie Jones, from the charity, said it had also had a polydactyl kitten - an animal or person with more than the usual number of hand or foot digits. "But that one only had two extra toes, so this is very unusual," she added.
Coco has four normal claws and one dew claw with three claws in the pads on her front feet, and five claws at the back.
Coco, a middle-aged jet black cat, was taken in as a stray in nearby Dursley. If her owner cannot be found she will have to be re-homed.
Susie Jones, from the charity, said it had also had a polydactyl kitten - an animal or person with more than the usual number of hand or foot digits. "But that one only had two extra toes, so this is very unusual," she added.
Coco has four normal claws and one dew claw with three claws in the pads on her front feet, and five claws at the back.
Brain surgeons drilling holes in the wrong side of heads
Surgeons are drilling holes in the wrong side of people's heads during brain surgery despite a warning issued three years ago.
So-called wrong site surgery has been a consistent problem in the NHS and in some cases patients have died as result of having the wrong organ removed.
In 2005 the National Patient Safety Agency issued an alert to all neurosurgical units after an audit found there was no standard method of identifying which side the patient was to have surgery with some units marking with pen the side to be operated on and others marking the side not to.
Since the alert the NPSA have had another 15 reports of incidents in nine of the 36 neuro centres where surgeons have begun brain surgery on the wrong side of the head. Another alert has now been issued saying it is still a problem.
The brain surgery incidents are among 56 wrong site surgical mistakes reported to the NPSA during 2007 and another 654 reports related to operating list errors where the wrong patient or the wrong operation had been planned.
None resulted in the death of the patient but all were avoidable and in some cases the mistake was not realised until holes had already been drilled through the skull.
So-called wrong site surgery has been a consistent problem in the NHS and in some cases patients have died as result of having the wrong organ removed.
In 2005 the National Patient Safety Agency issued an alert to all neurosurgical units after an audit found there was no standard method of identifying which side the patient was to have surgery with some units marking with pen the side to be operated on and others marking the side not to.
Since the alert the NPSA have had another 15 reports of incidents in nine of the 36 neuro centres where surgeons have begun brain surgery on the wrong side of the head. Another alert has now been issued saying it is still a problem.
The brain surgery incidents are among 56 wrong site surgical mistakes reported to the NPSA during 2007 and another 654 reports related to operating list errors where the wrong patient or the wrong operation had been planned.
None resulted in the death of the patient but all were avoidable and in some cases the mistake was not realised until holes had already been drilled through the skull.
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