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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Portable meth lab explodes in man's trousers
A portable meth lab exploded in an Oklahoma man's trousers on Friday during a scuffle with a state trooper.
David Williams ran from a police officer who noticed a chemical smell as he was issuing a speeding ticket to the driver of the SUV that Williams was a passenger in.
The officer caught up with Williams and in the ensuing struggle, an "active meth lab" he had been hiding in his trousers burst, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Shiloh Hall said.
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Police closed 221st Street in Okmulgee County, about 90 miles east of Oklahoma City, to clean up the scene. Although meth was dripping down Williams' leg, he was uninjured. He was arrested on a complaint of manufacturing a controlled and dangerous substance.
David Williams ran from a police officer who noticed a chemical smell as he was issuing a speeding ticket to the driver of the SUV that Williams was a passenger in.
The officer caught up with Williams and in the ensuing struggle, an "active meth lab" he had been hiding in his trousers burst, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Shiloh Hall said.
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Police closed 221st Street in Okmulgee County, about 90 miles east of Oklahoma City, to clean up the scene. Although meth was dripping down Williams' leg, he was uninjured. He was arrested on a complaint of manufacturing a controlled and dangerous substance.
Man eager ‘to go have sex’ charged with driving at 111 mph
21-year-old Zachary P. Ramirez was pulled over recently by Naperville police, after a patrol officer clocked him driving 111 mph through a section of the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve, where the speed limit is posted at 45 mph. As traffic police are wont to do, police asked Ramirez where he was going in such a hurry. Ramirez reputedly replied he was “trying to go have sex with a girl he liked.”
Police Sgt. Gregg Bell said Ramirez’s troubles began at about 2:06 a.m. Saturday, when an officer was on patrol and on the lookout for speeders along a stretch of Plainfield-Naperville Road. The officer noted a black, 1994 Honda Prelude driving north from 87th Street, Bell said via e-mail. The officer’s radar unit initially clocked the car travelling at 104 mph “and finally locked at 111 (mph),” he said.
Bell said the motorist, later identified as Ramirez, continued driving north after running a red light. Ramirez also allegedly ran a stop sign before a second officer kerbed his car. Ramirez, “when asked why he was travelling so fast, replied he was trying to go have sex with a girl he liked,” Bell said.
To add to his woes, police allegedly found 0.2 grams of marijuana during a search of his car. Ramirez lives on the 1400 block of Fairway Drive, in the Country Lakes area of Naperville’s far northwest side. He faces trial on charges of speeding 40 mph or more over the statutory limit, possession of 2.5 grams or less of marijuana, reckless driving, disobeying a traffic control signal and disobeying a stop sign. Ramirez is free on $200 bond. His arraignment date is pending.
Police Sgt. Gregg Bell said Ramirez’s troubles began at about 2:06 a.m. Saturday, when an officer was on patrol and on the lookout for speeders along a stretch of Plainfield-Naperville Road. The officer noted a black, 1994 Honda Prelude driving north from 87th Street, Bell said via e-mail. The officer’s radar unit initially clocked the car travelling at 104 mph “and finally locked at 111 (mph),” he said.
Bell said the motorist, later identified as Ramirez, continued driving north after running a red light. Ramirez also allegedly ran a stop sign before a second officer kerbed his car. Ramirez, “when asked why he was travelling so fast, replied he was trying to go have sex with a girl he liked,” Bell said.
To add to his woes, police allegedly found 0.2 grams of marijuana during a search of his car. Ramirez lives on the 1400 block of Fairway Drive, in the Country Lakes area of Naperville’s far northwest side. He faces trial on charges of speeding 40 mph or more over the statutory limit, possession of 2.5 grams or less of marijuana, reckless driving, disobeying a traffic control signal and disobeying a stop sign. Ramirez is free on $200 bond. His arraignment date is pending.
Lonely koala languishes on top of power pole in the middle of nowhere
Drenched and starving, this little fella could very well be the world's loneliest koala. The top of a 10m-tall power pole in the middle of nowhere has been this koala's home for the past week.
Completely isolated from its family and natural habitat, it is stuck in the heart of flat farming area in northern NSW and is at least a 6km hike to the nearest eucalyptus tree. Locals near Gunnedah, about 35km from where this photograph was taken, believe foxes had chased the koala up the pole and left it there to perish. But wildlife expert Nancy Small said it was most likely in the process of moving from one area to another and using the post as a "safe spot".
"Koalas are a lonely animal - they travel by themselves in circles and into different areas all the time," she said. "It may be walking around at night and then returns to the pole each day as its safe spot." Mrs Small said cattle in the farming area might have also scared the koala - but was confident it would soon be on its way to find more food.
With koala numbers dwindling in NSW, there is increasing pressure on Environment Minister Tony Burke to list the animal as a threatened species. Koala numbers were as low as 200,000 nationwide in 2010, down from 430,000 in 1990. Mrs Small said land clearing was contributing to the decline, with the loss of trees leading to more time on the ground where koalas could be killed by foxes or cars.
Completely isolated from its family and natural habitat, it is stuck in the heart of flat farming area in northern NSW and is at least a 6km hike to the nearest eucalyptus tree. Locals near Gunnedah, about 35km from where this photograph was taken, believe foxes had chased the koala up the pole and left it there to perish. But wildlife expert Nancy Small said it was most likely in the process of moving from one area to another and using the post as a "safe spot".
"Koalas are a lonely animal - they travel by themselves in circles and into different areas all the time," she said. "It may be walking around at night and then returns to the pole each day as its safe spot." Mrs Small said cattle in the farming area might have also scared the koala - but was confident it would soon be on its way to find more food.
With koala numbers dwindling in NSW, there is increasing pressure on Environment Minister Tony Burke to list the animal as a threatened species. Koala numbers were as low as 200,000 nationwide in 2010, down from 430,000 in 1990. Mrs Small said land clearing was contributing to the decline, with the loss of trees leading to more time on the ground where koalas could be killed by foxes or cars.
Newborn fawn found on welcome mat
James Chang looked out the window of his parent's Pacific Grove, California home on Tuesday morning and saw there was a tiny fawn at the front door. The white-spotted fawn had just been born and was sitting on a welcome mat.
"I freaked out, because I thought it was hurt and needed help," Chang said. "So I called 911." The 911 dispatcher told Chang that the newborn fawn was likely resting after going through a tiring ordeal, and probably just needed a good nap.
Sure enough, the fawn peacefully slept on the mat while its mother grazed on a lawn next door. Chang, 57, was not the only one amazed by the dainty baby animal. A curious orange cat also stared from afar and did not bother the newborn.
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The fawn eventually woke up and practiced walking by taking its first wobbly steps around Chang's garden. After about an hour, the mother doe retrieved her youngster and the two strolled off.
There's a news video here.
"I freaked out, because I thought it was hurt and needed help," Chang said. "So I called 911." The 911 dispatcher told Chang that the newborn fawn was likely resting after going through a tiring ordeal, and probably just needed a good nap.
Sure enough, the fawn peacefully slept on the mat while its mother grazed on a lawn next door. Chang, 57, was not the only one amazed by the dainty baby animal. A curious orange cat also stared from afar and did not bother the newborn.
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The fawn eventually woke up and practiced walking by taking its first wobbly steps around Chang's garden. After about an hour, the mother doe retrieved her youngster and the two strolled off.
There's a news video here.
Jilted dentist pulls out all of ex-boyfriend’s teeth
A jilted dentist who pulled out all her boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her for another woman is facing three years in jail in Wroclaw, Poland. Anna Mackowiak, 34, was astonished when just days after breaking up with her, Marek Olszewski, 45, turned up at her surgery complaining of tooth ache. "I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions.
"But when I saw him lying there I just thought, 'What a bastard' and decided to take all his teeth out," she admitted., After putting him to sleep with a heavy dose of anesthetic, the spurned dentist locked the door and then began plucking his teeth out one by one. She then wrapped his head and jaw in bandage to prevent him opening his mouth and told him there had been complications and he would need to see a specialist.
Toothless cabbie Marek said: "I knew something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn’t feel any teeth and my jaw was strapped up with bandages. "She told me my mouth was numb and I wouldn’t be able to feel anything for a while and that the bandage was there to protect the gums, but that I would need to see a specialist.
"I didn’t have any reason to doubt her, I mean I thought she was a professional. But when I got home I looked in the mirror and couldn’t f***ing believe it. The b**ch had emptied my mouth. The new girlfriend has now left me saying she can’t be with a man without teeth. And I’m going to have to pay a fortune on getting indents or something," he said. Prosecutors say the dentist is being investigated for medical malpractice and abusing the trust of a patient.
"But when I saw him lying there I just thought, 'What a bastard' and decided to take all his teeth out," she admitted., After putting him to sleep with a heavy dose of anesthetic, the spurned dentist locked the door and then began plucking his teeth out one by one. She then wrapped his head and jaw in bandage to prevent him opening his mouth and told him there had been complications and he would need to see a specialist.
Toothless cabbie Marek said: "I knew something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn’t feel any teeth and my jaw was strapped up with bandages. "She told me my mouth was numb and I wouldn’t be able to feel anything for a while and that the bandage was there to protect the gums, but that I would need to see a specialist.
"I didn’t have any reason to doubt her, I mean I thought she was a professional. But when I got home I looked in the mirror and couldn’t f***ing believe it. The b**ch had emptied my mouth. The new girlfriend has now left me saying she can’t be with a man without teeth. And I’m going to have to pay a fortune on getting indents or something," he said. Prosecutors say the dentist is being investigated for medical malpractice and abusing the trust of a patient.
Mother devasted to find penis drawing inside burger box
An Australian mother Kylie Steger's appetite for fast food has been ruined by a rude surprise at the bottom of a burger box. Mrs Steger of Toowoomba was irate after lifting up her Hungry Jack's hamburger to find a crude picture of a penis drawn on the inside of the box.
She said grabbing a takeaway dinner for her husband and two children from the outlet had been a regular habit. "Every week we get takeaway because we are always late with football and netball for the kids," Mrs Steger said.
"It is like a little treat." Mrs Steger said the weekly dinner stop would now come to an end. "It literally made me sick," she said. "If they have drawn that in there, what else have they done to my burger?"
She said she was grateful the burger did not go to her children. "I'll never buy another burger from there again." She said the store had been notified of her complaint. A Hungry Jack's spokesman said the company was treating the complaint "very seriously" and had launched an internal investigation to determine the facts.
She said grabbing a takeaway dinner for her husband and two children from the outlet had been a regular habit. "Every week we get takeaway because we are always late with football and netball for the kids," Mrs Steger said.
"It is like a little treat." Mrs Steger said the weekly dinner stop would now come to an end. "It literally made me sick," she said. "If they have drawn that in there, what else have they done to my burger?"
She said she was grateful the burger did not go to her children. "I'll never buy another burger from there again." She said the store had been notified of her complaint. A Hungry Jack's spokesman said the company was treating the complaint "very seriously" and had launched an internal investigation to determine the facts.
'Jigging' cited in coffee attack
A 38-year-old man who said a woman was "jigging" at him was arrested after accusations of tossing coffee on her. The incident began brewing the morning of April 17 as a woman told Fort Pierce police Albert Wesley had thrown java on her, a recently released arrest affidavit states.
"She kept jigging (bothering) at me so I threw coffee at her," Wesley is quoted as saying. The affidavit didn't specify what the jigging was about. Police noticed coffee stains on the woman's shirt, and took Wesley to jail on a battery charge.
The jigging to which Wesley referred is not to be confused with a practice of the same name in which anglers use jigs, or specially designed lures, to catch fish. A variation of jig is featured in the name of the hit Will Smith song, "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," from the 1997 "Big Willie Style" album.
Jigging is also not to be mistaken for gigging, the practice of hunting fish or frogs with a multi-pronged spear. Other definitions for jig include an irregular, lively dance typically in triple meter, and a device to separate coal or ore from waste material.
"She kept jigging (bothering) at me so I threw coffee at her," Wesley is quoted as saying. The affidavit didn't specify what the jigging was about. Police noticed coffee stains on the woman's shirt, and took Wesley to jail on a battery charge.
The jigging to which Wesley referred is not to be confused with a practice of the same name in which anglers use jigs, or specially designed lures, to catch fish. A variation of jig is featured in the name of the hit Will Smith song, "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," from the 1997 "Big Willie Style" album.
Jigging is also not to be mistaken for gigging, the practice of hunting fish or frogs with a multi-pronged spear. Other definitions for jig include an irregular, lively dance typically in triple meter, and a device to separate coal or ore from waste material.
Chinese farmer grows virility and strength plant with anatomically correct root
He's not exactly green-fingered, but this bizarre plant from southern China seems to be more than a handful for any gardener.
The root - from the He Shou Wu plant - is used in traditional medicine to rejuvenate virility and strength and is even said to turn grey hair back to black.
Farmer Lu Chen, 47 - from Nanning - has been offered up to £100 for the plant but refused to sell.
"I think it is a sign that my farm will have new fertility and that I'm going to have a bumper crop this year," he explained.
The root - from the He Shou Wu plant - is used in traditional medicine to rejuvenate virility and strength and is even said to turn grey hair back to black.
Farmer Lu Chen, 47 - from Nanning - has been offered up to £100 for the plant but refused to sell.
"I think it is a sign that my farm will have new fertility and that I'm going to have a bumper crop this year," he explained.
Man does everything with his pet duck Boris
When Wayne O’Donnell takes his pet for a walk around his Hampshire town, the looks on people’s faces leave no doubts they think he’s quackers. And there’s no ducking the issue, Boris isn’t the normal type of creature you’d expect to see loyally wandering along behind his owner, let alone sitting peacefully in the passenger seat of a car, enjoying a sip of beer in a bar or strolling along a Spanish beach. But Wayne, from Romsey, insists that was part of the appeal of having an Aylesbury duck for a pet.
“People sort of look gobsmacked. They can’t work it out,” he said. “But it’s the dogs that really can’t work it out and sit there and think ‘what are you?’, but he’s not worried at all by them. He doesn’t think he’s a duck. He is an unusual pet, but they’re very intelligent creatures. People say to me ‘why have you got a duck?’ and I say ‘why have you got a dog’?” Wayne, 41, who works as a caravan technician, has had Boris – named after the village in Ireland where he first had a pet duck, until it was stolen by a postman – since he was a day-old hatchling.
And in the near-four years since, they have become inseparable. When Wayne takes his pet for walks around town from his Portersbridge Street home, Boris happily waddles alongside him without the need for a lead to keep him under control. He said: “I try to take him out for walks every day.” And not liking to be apart from his pet has even seen Wayne take Boris with him for a holiday in the Spanish resort of Sitges, near Barcelona. He said: “I’ve got friends there and they didn’t believe I had a duck that I walked around with me, so I thought ‘right, I’ll prove it’.
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“I hired a villa which was brilliant for him, but he stayed in two hotels in France on the drive down. It was brilliant in Sitges because I could take him everywhere – the streets are narrow so he could walk around, he even came on the beach. But before I left they wanted to treat him as if he was going in the food chain and test him for salmonella and all sorts. I said anyone who eats him deserves all they get – he’s a pet. Eventually the head of pet control said it was fine.” And although Boris took to foreign travel like a duck to water, that’s the one thing he’s not so keen on. “Unfortunately, I didn’t teach him how to swim,” said Wayne. “I used to take him out on canal boats and he stayed on the deck because he doesn’t like getting in water.”
There are more videos of Mr O’Donnell and Boris's adventures here.
“People sort of look gobsmacked. They can’t work it out,” he said. “But it’s the dogs that really can’t work it out and sit there and think ‘what are you?’, but he’s not worried at all by them. He doesn’t think he’s a duck. He is an unusual pet, but they’re very intelligent creatures. People say to me ‘why have you got a duck?’ and I say ‘why have you got a dog’?” Wayne, 41, who works as a caravan technician, has had Boris – named after the village in Ireland where he first had a pet duck, until it was stolen by a postman – since he was a day-old hatchling.
And in the near-four years since, they have become inseparable. When Wayne takes his pet for walks around town from his Portersbridge Street home, Boris happily waddles alongside him without the need for a lead to keep him under control. He said: “I try to take him out for walks every day.” And not liking to be apart from his pet has even seen Wayne take Boris with him for a holiday in the Spanish resort of Sitges, near Barcelona. He said: “I’ve got friends there and they didn’t believe I had a duck that I walked around with me, so I thought ‘right, I’ll prove it’.
YouTube link.
“I hired a villa which was brilliant for him, but he stayed in two hotels in France on the drive down. It was brilliant in Sitges because I could take him everywhere – the streets are narrow so he could walk around, he even came on the beach. But before I left they wanted to treat him as if he was going in the food chain and test him for salmonella and all sorts. I said anyone who eats him deserves all they get – he’s a pet. Eventually the head of pet control said it was fine.” And although Boris took to foreign travel like a duck to water, that’s the one thing he’s not so keen on. “Unfortunately, I didn’t teach him how to swim,” said Wayne. “I used to take him out on canal boats and he stayed on the deck because he doesn’t like getting in water.”
There are more videos of Mr O’Donnell and Boris's adventures here.
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