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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Woman sues husband and girlfriend for breaking matrimonial bed during sex
A Zimbabwean woman has sued her husband and a girlfriend for breaking a matrimonial bed during a steamy sexual romp. Nonkazimulo Dube of Bulawayo is demanding $200 in damages from her estranged husband Talent Tafara.
According to court papers filed by Dube, a carpenter confirmed that the bed was broken during sex. Dube said she caught Tafara with several women in their matrimonial home and thus she is seeking a divorce from the habitual philanderer. “A carpenter told me that judging by the way it was broken something excessive might have happened.
“After asking my husband he confessed that he had been having sex with another woman,” claimed the woman.Dube said she tried in vain to convince Tafara repair the bed but he refused, forcing her to approach the courts. “I do not want him anymore what I want is for him to restitute me after the damaged bed. I cannot take this anymore because my life has been hell since I got married,” she said.
“I bought the bed last year and caught him having sex with two different women and forgave him. However, I cannot do so anymore because he broke the bed not having sex with me but another woman.” Tafara, however, said he was ready to fix his marriage. The matter is set a for hearing in the courts on February 4.
According to court papers filed by Dube, a carpenter confirmed that the bed was broken during sex. Dube said she caught Tafara with several women in their matrimonial home and thus she is seeking a divorce from the habitual philanderer. “A carpenter told me that judging by the way it was broken something excessive might have happened.
“After asking my husband he confessed that he had been having sex with another woman,” claimed the woman.Dube said she tried in vain to convince Tafara repair the bed but he refused, forcing her to approach the courts. “I do not want him anymore what I want is for him to restitute me after the damaged bed. I cannot take this anymore because my life has been hell since I got married,” she said.
“I bought the bed last year and caught him having sex with two different women and forgave him. However, I cannot do so anymore because he broke the bed not having sex with me but another woman.” Tafara, however, said he was ready to fix his marriage. The matter is set a for hearing in the courts on February 4.
Australian tuna tossers compete in annual event
The 51st Tunarama Festival in Port Lincoln has wrapped up again with the iconic South Australian tuna toss drawing big crowds.
Local Jacqui Hockaday won the ladies toss for the second time with a throw of 9.10 metres.
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Matt Staunton from Perth won the men's section for the third year in a row, with a personal best throw of a whopping 25-metres. He says he has been preparing for the event for the last twelve months.
"I found out earlier in the year that I didn't have to do all the the running and jumping I normally do, so I've been able to dedicate myself to throwing so that means getting bigger and stronger," he says. "I've put on 10 kilos since last year and most of its muscle."
Local Jacqui Hockaday won the ladies toss for the second time with a throw of 9.10 metres.
YouTube link.
Matt Staunton from Perth won the men's section for the third year in a row, with a personal best throw of a whopping 25-metres. He says he has been preparing for the event for the last twelve months.
"I found out earlier in the year that I didn't have to do all the the running and jumping I normally do, so I've been able to dedicate myself to throwing so that means getting bigger and stronger," he says. "I've put on 10 kilos since last year and most of its muscle."
Family cat may have frightened off hairy, unibrowed gunman
Police are seeking a man who reportedly forced his way into a home at gunpoint shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday before being scared off by the family cat. Police Sgt. Matthew Duval said the burglar knocked on a door of a residence in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and forced his way inside the home at approximately 3:15 p.m.
The woman who occupied the residence was home alone with an infant at the time, while her husband was at work. The burglar took an unspecified amount of items from the home, but fled after apparently being scared off by the family’s cat, which had begun scratching at the door.
“(The woman) described it as the burglar might have thought someone was at the door,” said Duval. He said the woman stated the burglar had a firearm, which looked like a pistol.
The burglar is described as being a male in his 50s, having lots of dark facial hair that included a beard and what appeared to be a unibrow, and wearing a black zip-up sweater with a hood, a knit hat and jeans.
The woman who occupied the residence was home alone with an infant at the time, while her husband was at work. The burglar took an unspecified amount of items from the home, but fled after apparently being scared off by the family’s cat, which had begun scratching at the door.
“(The woman) described it as the burglar might have thought someone was at the door,” said Duval. He said the woman stated the burglar had a firearm, which looked like a pistol.
The burglar is described as being a male in his 50s, having lots of dark facial hair that included a beard and what appeared to be a unibrow, and wearing a black zip-up sweater with a hood, a knit hat and jeans.
Near miss as burning truck rolls into traffic
A burning truck rolled back into oncoming traffic on a busy highway in Perth, Australia, just as firefighters arrived, after the intense heat of the flames in the cabin caused its brakes to fail.
Several people in a nearby building witnessed the fire after the truck caught alight on. One captured the fire on video, including the agonising moment when the truck begin to roll slowly backwards into oncoming traffic.
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Incredibly, the truck did not hit any moving or parked cars, or damage any property, before it came to a stop on the other side of the highway. Julie Haniff, who witnessed the fire, said she could feel the fire through the window of a nearby building.
"The windows were vibrating, there was black smoke going around the apartment, people inside those apartments actually had to evacuate as well," she said. Pink Hygiene said an electrical fault was to blame for the fire, which started in the dashboard as the truck was being driven.
Several people in a nearby building witnessed the fire after the truck caught alight on. One captured the fire on video, including the agonising moment when the truck begin to roll slowly backwards into oncoming traffic.
YouTube link.
Incredibly, the truck did not hit any moving or parked cars, or damage any property, before it came to a stop on the other side of the highway. Julie Haniff, who witnessed the fire, said she could feel the fire through the window of a nearby building.
"The windows were vibrating, there was black smoke going around the apartment, people inside those apartments actually had to evacuate as well," she said. Pink Hygiene said an electrical fault was to blame for the fire, which started in the dashboard as the truck was being driven.
Man who became unwitting amputee in health ad’s altered photo worried it may affect his acting career
Having played a singing elephant on stages across the US, Cleo Berry is well acquainted with the vagaries of show business. But he still was stunned to learn that he had unwittingly become an amputee in advertisements that New York City is posting to warn of the dangers of diabetes.
Mr. Berry was a struggling young actor several years ago when he accepted $500 to pose for some photographs in a Manhattan studio. He had not given those pictures much thought until Friday night, when a friend alerted him that his image — minus one leg — was all over the Internet. An advertising agency for the city’s health department obtained the rights to use the photo to illustrate its campaign — shown throughout the subway system — against supersize portions of fast food and sugary sodas.
To emphasize that consuming too much of those foods could lead to diabetes and the amputation of limbs, the agency edited away the lower half of Mr. Berry’s right leg and conjured up a pair of crutches. “I was beyond shocked,” Mr. Berry said, recounting his reaction to seeing himself portrayed as ailing and crippled. “I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute.” Then, after studying the ad more closely, “I said: ‘Oh my gosh, they even gave me crutches. Come on, people.’ ”
Mr. Berry, 27, said he supported the city’s efforts to educate people about the dangers of diabetes, but he said he disagreed with the use of a manipulated image of an able-bodied person, instead of an image of a real victim of the disease. Although only the bottom of his face is shown in the ads, Mr. Berry said he was immediately concerned about the effect this depiction could have on his career as an actor. “I’ve always wanted my photo in an ad all over the city, but I was hoping it would be for a TV show or something, not — this,” Mr. Berry said.
Mr. Berry was a struggling young actor several years ago when he accepted $500 to pose for some photographs in a Manhattan studio. He had not given those pictures much thought until Friday night, when a friend alerted him that his image — minus one leg — was all over the Internet. An advertising agency for the city’s health department obtained the rights to use the photo to illustrate its campaign — shown throughout the subway system — against supersize portions of fast food and sugary sodas.
To emphasize that consuming too much of those foods could lead to diabetes and the amputation of limbs, the agency edited away the lower half of Mr. Berry’s right leg and conjured up a pair of crutches. “I was beyond shocked,” Mr. Berry said, recounting his reaction to seeing himself portrayed as ailing and crippled. “I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute.” Then, after studying the ad more closely, “I said: ‘Oh my gosh, they even gave me crutches. Come on, people.’ ”
Mr. Berry, 27, said he supported the city’s efforts to educate people about the dangers of diabetes, but he said he disagreed with the use of a manipulated image of an able-bodied person, instead of an image of a real victim of the disease. Although only the bottom of his face is shown in the ads, Mr. Berry said he was immediately concerned about the effect this depiction could have on his career as an actor. “I’ve always wanted my photo in an ad all over the city, but I was hoping it would be for a TV show or something, not — this,” Mr. Berry said.
Grenade disguised as toy left on German supermarket shelf
A hand grenade disguised as a toy and placed at child’s eye level on the shelf of a supermarket could have killed someone, say German prosecutors investigating it as an attempted murder.
A security guard working at the Real supermarket in Wetzlar near Frankfurt, spotted the grenade on the toy aisle, and called police who evacuated the shop. Around 50 officers searched the supermarket while experts removed the grenade for examination.
It was “most probably functional,” said a spokesman for Hessen state prosecutor. He suggested that whoever had hidden the hand grenade was intending for it to go off. He said: “sadly we have assume he actively wanted to hurt children,” because the grenade was disguised as a toy and hidden among other toys.
Detectives are examining footage from the supermarket’s security cameras in the hunt for clues, but the public prosecutor spokesman said not all aisles were covered. He admitted they were completely in the dark about who put the grenade there, and that “the motive of the attacker is unclear.” He added that the case was being treated as attempted murder.
A security guard working at the Real supermarket in Wetzlar near Frankfurt, spotted the grenade on the toy aisle, and called police who evacuated the shop. Around 50 officers searched the supermarket while experts removed the grenade for examination.
It was “most probably functional,” said a spokesman for Hessen state prosecutor. He suggested that whoever had hidden the hand grenade was intending for it to go off. He said: “sadly we have assume he actively wanted to hurt children,” because the grenade was disguised as a toy and hidden among other toys.
Detectives are examining footage from the supermarket’s security cameras in the hunt for clues, but the public prosecutor spokesman said not all aisles were covered. He admitted they were completely in the dark about who put the grenade there, and that “the motive of the attacker is unclear.” He added that the case was being treated as attempted murder.
CNN tells viewers London is in Norfolk
American news channel CNN failed to locate London, one of the world’s biggest capital cities, on a graphic, which aimed to show viewers where the recent phone hacking arrests had taken place, instead pointed to Norfolk, in East Anglia, about 120 miles from the capital.
The humorous but embarrassing blunder, was shown on the leading US news channel on Sunday evening.
The humorous but embarrassing blunder, was shown on the leading US news channel on Sunday evening.
Woman, 25, asked for ID to buy teaspoons as they could be used as drug paraphernalia
A woman was asked to prove her age when buying a pack of teaspoons as a shop worker claimed they could be used as drug paraphernalia. Elinor Zuke, 25, was told by the self-service checkout at Sainsbury's that she needed age verification as she tried to buy a £1.19 pack of spoons.
When Ms Zuke, a reporter on trade magazine The Grocer, asked why the purchase had to be verified, she was told that the six-pack of spoons 'could be used as drug paraphernalia.' A shop worker then intervened and said it was because of the risk they could be used for drugs - heroin users 'cook up' the drug in teaspoons.
Heroin, which comes in powder form, is put in the spoon with water and citric acid and heated with a lighter to rid it of any impurities. Ms Zuke said: 'I could not understand what the problem was when the supervisor said it was because they could be used as drug paraphernalia I was completely shocked.
'I would imagine the vast majority of spoons sold by Sainsbury's are used for nothing more nefarious than stirring a cup of tea. Having to prove I was over 18 to buy them seemed total madness.' The supermarket giant apologised for the blunder at the store in West Green, Crawley, West Sussex, and blamed a fault in their system.
When Ms Zuke, a reporter on trade magazine The Grocer, asked why the purchase had to be verified, she was told that the six-pack of spoons 'could be used as drug paraphernalia.' A shop worker then intervened and said it was because of the risk they could be used for drugs - heroin users 'cook up' the drug in teaspoons.
Heroin, which comes in powder form, is put in the spoon with water and citric acid and heated with a lighter to rid it of any impurities. Ms Zuke said: 'I could not understand what the problem was when the supervisor said it was because they could be used as drug paraphernalia I was completely shocked.
'I would imagine the vast majority of spoons sold by Sainsbury's are used for nothing more nefarious than stirring a cup of tea. Having to prove I was over 18 to buy them seemed total madness.' The supermarket giant apologised for the blunder at the store in West Green, Crawley, West Sussex, and blamed a fault in their system.
Homeowners forced to keep metal garden gates indoors to prevent theft
Fearful homeowners have been forced to keep their own front gates indoors after thieves began stealing them for raw metal.
Residents in Shirley and Freemantle, Southampton, have seen 10 front gates stolen recently as enterprising thieves try to cash in on the rising price of raw materials.
And the epidemic of gate thefts is becoming so extreme homeowners are having to lock away their gates in their own houses to keep thieves at bay. PC Jordan Williams, of Hampshire Police, said the rising price of scrap metal meant private properties were most at risk.
In Scotland, 30 homes had their gates stolen in one night by raiders who managed to get away despite having to load their haul onto trucks. Elsewhere 30 gates were taken from a street in Berkshire at the end of last year, along with livestock gates, drain covers and even guttering.
Residents in Shirley and Freemantle, Southampton, have seen 10 front gates stolen recently as enterprising thieves try to cash in on the rising price of raw materials.
And the epidemic of gate thefts is becoming so extreme homeowners are having to lock away their gates in their own houses to keep thieves at bay. PC Jordan Williams, of Hampshire Police, said the rising price of scrap metal meant private properties were most at risk.
In Scotland, 30 homes had their gates stolen in one night by raiders who managed to get away despite having to load their haul onto trucks. Elsewhere 30 gates were taken from a street in Berkshire at the end of last year, along with livestock gates, drain covers and even guttering.
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