Sunday, May 03, 2015
Bear and dog have a friendly wrestle
Millie, a year old Syrian Brown Bear and her dog King wrestle and play on a cool spring morning at GarLyn Zoo in Mackinac County, Michigan.
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Dog crashed couple’s truck into swimming pool
Caroline, a black labrador, is in the doghouse after she crashed a 1988 Dodge Ram into a swimming pool. Michael and Ruth Smith took Caroline along for a ride on Friday as they stopped to pick up some groceries from a store in Erwin, North Carolina.
Michael Smith said that’s when the dog got spooked by something.
"When she gets scared she will go down on the floorboard of the truck," he said. Ruth Smith was driving when the 90 pound dog stepped on her foot. Her husband said he tried to pull Caroline off. "Before I could we were wide open," he said. "We were probably going 50 to 55 miles per hour." Ruth Smith said she knew she had to keep the truck straight and aimed for a wooden fence.
"I didn't know what else to do," she said. The truck ploughed through the fence and splashed into a backyard pool. "We hit the water and I'm going 'where in the name of God is this water coming from,'" Michael Smith said. The pool owner, John McNamara, said he was in the kitchen with his wife at the time of the crash and told his wife there was a truck in the pool.
"She just laughed at me and said, 'what are you doing, smoking or something?,'" he said. Michael Smith had a few cuts on his hands, otherwise everyone made it out OK. "I hate that it happened to (McNamara's) pool, but I think that it might have saved our lives," he said. Michael Smith also doesn’t blame Caroline for the crash. "It is just one of those off accidents that you read about in the newspaper or see on the news," he said. Authorities say no charges are expected to be filed.
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"When she gets scared she will go down on the floorboard of the truck," he said. Ruth Smith was driving when the 90 pound dog stepped on her foot. Her husband said he tried to pull Caroline off. "Before I could we were wide open," he said. "We were probably going 50 to 55 miles per hour." Ruth Smith said she knew she had to keep the truck straight and aimed for a wooden fence.
"I didn't know what else to do," she said. The truck ploughed through the fence and splashed into a backyard pool. "We hit the water and I'm going 'where in the name of God is this water coming from,'" Michael Smith said. The pool owner, John McNamara, said he was in the kitchen with his wife at the time of the crash and told his wife there was a truck in the pool.
"She just laughed at me and said, 'what are you doing, smoking or something?,'" he said. Michael Smith had a few cuts on his hands, otherwise everyone made it out OK. "I hate that it happened to (McNamara's) pool, but I think that it might have saved our lives," he said. Michael Smith also doesn’t blame Caroline for the crash. "It is just one of those off accidents that you read about in the newspaper or see on the news," he said. Authorities say no charges are expected to be filed.
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Authorities removed shirtless man stuck in basketball hoop
Police and fire crews used a ladder to rescue a shirtless man hanging upside down by his foot from a basketball hoop at around 6:30pm on Friday in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill in Seattle.
The hammer-wielding man somehow climbed up the hoop and became stuck. As nearly a dozen police officers looked on, the man then began thrashing around.
At times he was dangling just by his stuck foot, other times with his head stuck inside the rim, all in an apparent attempt to free his foot. Twice as the man dangled by just his foot upside down, police officers attempted to get him free, to no avail.
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It took a ladder from a Seattle Fire truck and two firefighters to climb up and cut down the net and free the man. Seattle Police say they're still deciding whether to cite the unidentified man for any wrongdoing.
The hammer-wielding man somehow climbed up the hoop and became stuck. As nearly a dozen police officers looked on, the man then began thrashing around.
At times he was dangling just by his stuck foot, other times with his head stuck inside the rim, all in an apparent attempt to free his foot. Twice as the man dangled by just his foot upside down, police officers attempted to get him free, to no avail.
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It took a ladder from a Seattle Fire truck and two firefighters to climb up and cut down the net and free the man. Seattle Police say they're still deciding whether to cite the unidentified man for any wrongdoing.
Ungrateful mugger stole jewellery then returned to victim complaining that it was fake
A man accused of snatching jewellery from a tourist in Miami Beach, Florida, then becoming angry over the quality of the merchandise has been arrested.
Daniel Sion Palmer, 26, has been charged with armed robbery, fleeing and eluding, reckless driving and possession of a suspended licence, police said.
The incident happened on South Beach at about 3am on Thursday when Palmer allegedly pointed a gun at a man from New York, grabbed his gold chain and then took off. Police say Palmer apparently was not satisfied with his freshly stolen jewellery, and so he approached the victim again a block away just so he could tell him the jewellery was fake.
"That was a brazen move and because of that he was able to be apprehended," Det. Ernesto Rodriguez said. The victim was able to flag police down and point out Palmer, who was now driving a Mercedes. Investigators say he sped away, disregarding the police officers who had turned on their lights and sirens. He was caught shortly after.
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Daniel Sion Palmer, 26, has been charged with armed robbery, fleeing and eluding, reckless driving and possession of a suspended licence, police said.
The incident happened on South Beach at about 3am on Thursday when Palmer allegedly pointed a gun at a man from New York, grabbed his gold chain and then took off. Police say Palmer apparently was not satisfied with his freshly stolen jewellery, and so he approached the victim again a block away just so he could tell him the jewellery was fake.
"That was a brazen move and because of that he was able to be apprehended," Det. Ernesto Rodriguez said. The victim was able to flag police down and point out Palmer, who was now driving a Mercedes. Investigators say he sped away, disregarding the police officers who had turned on their lights and sirens. He was caught shortly after.
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Fisherman caught cow after it jumped into harbour
A fisherman from Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory caught more than he was probably expecting after assisting with the rescue of a brahman cow that had jumped from a nearby wharf.
Jonathan Brandenburg and his wife helped two stockmen catch the animal, which had jumped into Darwin Harbour while being readied for loading onto a live export ship last Saturday.
"My wife and I started flicking for some queenies [queenfish] and this guy starting yelling at us from the wharf and he asked us if we would help him out," he said. "So two of them jump in the tinny and one gets his rope out, wrangles it around the animal's neck and pulls it against the boat. The boat's going all over the place and me and my wife were freaking out, but it was all good. We just cruised two kilometres back to the East Arm boat ramp. It took about an hour to an hour and a half."
Tony Eggington, interim executive officer of the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association, thanked Mr Brandenburg and his wife for their efforts. "We owe them a vote of thanks because they came to our assistance quickly and readily to help the animal," he said. Mr Eggington said cattle rarely escaped. "The live exporters have around 450,000 cattle exported from the Port of Darwin each year and we do get two or three animals escape from those loadings and shipments," he said.
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He said there were always animal welfare officers present to monitor loading. "Livestock exporters have an escaped animal management plan at East Arm Wharf approved by Department of Agriculture and the Darwin Port Authority," Mr Eggington said. "We were able to tie this animal down, restrain its head and take its weight around its girth and then swim it to shore, where it was hoisted up into a truck and taken back to the yards. The animal was a bit stressed from having an evening swim, but has been looked after and has undergone a full recovery."
"My wife and I started flicking for some queenies [queenfish] and this guy starting yelling at us from the wharf and he asked us if we would help him out," he said. "So two of them jump in the tinny and one gets his rope out, wrangles it around the animal's neck and pulls it against the boat. The boat's going all over the place and me and my wife were freaking out, but it was all good. We just cruised two kilometres back to the East Arm boat ramp. It took about an hour to an hour and a half."
Tony Eggington, interim executive officer of the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association, thanked Mr Brandenburg and his wife for their efforts. "We owe them a vote of thanks because they came to our assistance quickly and readily to help the animal," he said. Mr Eggington said cattle rarely escaped. "The live exporters have around 450,000 cattle exported from the Port of Darwin each year and we do get two or three animals escape from those loadings and shipments," he said.
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He said there were always animal welfare officers present to monitor loading. "Livestock exporters have an escaped animal management plan at East Arm Wharf approved by Department of Agriculture and the Darwin Port Authority," Mr Eggington said. "We were able to tie this animal down, restrain its head and take its weight around its girth and then swim it to shore, where it was hoisted up into a truck and taken back to the yards. The animal was a bit stressed from having an evening swim, but has been looked after and has undergone a full recovery."
Council tells man that the gaps between the slats on his fence are too narrow
Rowan Macdonald has been served an abatement notice by the Nelson City Council in New Zealand, saying that the gaps between the slats of his new fence are too small.
The gap must be 25mm, the council says. Macdonald's counter is that spacing of that width would not only invade his privacy but also create a biting hazard for children who might put their fingers through the gaps to pet his three big dogs.
He says the natural shrinkage of the slats as the timber dries will widen the spacing to 10mm and that you can already see through the gaps.
But he's still faced with an abatement notice - and says he'll fight the council in the Environment Court rather than give in to a ruling he maintains is simply wrong. At Thursday night's Rules Reduction Taskforce meeting in Nelson he got support from the housing minister, Nelson MP Nick Smith, who already knew all about it.
"When Rowan told me the story I was a bit gobsmacked and went down and had a look," Smith said. "It is a perfectly respectable fence and if he'd like to build the same fence on my property I'd be pleased to have it." Macdonald, one of a series of speakers who told the government taskforce members of problems encountered through the Resource Management Act and Building Act as applied by councils, said he'd been told by council representatives that his fence breached the RMA, which aimed to promote safer communities by ensuring that people could see out of their sections into the street, and vice versa. He said the council had provided him with three different "official" requirements for the gap: a thumb's width, 20mm and 25mm, finding the latter, he believed, having "sat around a room and measured their thumbs and come up with an average measurement".
A gap that wide would invade his privacy, he said. "I'm disgusted by that. My house is on three levels, the living area is on the second level and I have a bedroom on the third level. They look over the frickin' fence anyway." A council officer had told him he could apply for an exemption at a cost of $1000, he said, but had also indicated the council would look forward to seeing its ruling tested in court. He would be filing papers with the Environment Court on Monday. "The Act says that fences have to be visually permeable. You can see through my fence. If it was a straight iron fence or a straight concrete fence you couldn't see through it. I'm dismayed at this rule and having to defend myself in court for a measurement that doesn't even exist." Taskforce member, Far North mayor and former MP John Carter said Macdonald's case involved a local rule resulting from the Act.
"That's when it becomes complicated. That's the stuff that Nick's trying to fix so that we can get on to some of this dopey stuff and get it changed." Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese, also a taskforce member, said the fence was a very good example of what the taskforce was looking for as it prepared to write a report on how to weed out pedantic and frustrating rules around property and housing. "The trouble is, once the rule's been made, it's very difficult and slow to get rid of it." Council strategy and environment group manager Clare Barton said the new fence rules had been in place since July 2012 and aimed to create more streetscape openness and a better sense of safety. Fences constructed before then could be replaced like with like. Barton said council officers assessed each case on its own merits to determine if anyone walking down the street could see through the fence into the property. Macdonald had been advised that his fence was in breach. He could apply for a resource consent for the fence as it stands, or alter it. He'd elected to do neither, she said.
"When Rowan told me the story I was a bit gobsmacked and went down and had a look," Smith said. "It is a perfectly respectable fence and if he'd like to build the same fence on my property I'd be pleased to have it." Macdonald, one of a series of speakers who told the government taskforce members of problems encountered through the Resource Management Act and Building Act as applied by councils, said he'd been told by council representatives that his fence breached the RMA, which aimed to promote safer communities by ensuring that people could see out of their sections into the street, and vice versa. He said the council had provided him with three different "official" requirements for the gap: a thumb's width, 20mm and 25mm, finding the latter, he believed, having "sat around a room and measured their thumbs and come up with an average measurement".
A gap that wide would invade his privacy, he said. "I'm disgusted by that. My house is on three levels, the living area is on the second level and I have a bedroom on the third level. They look over the frickin' fence anyway." A council officer had told him he could apply for an exemption at a cost of $1000, he said, but had also indicated the council would look forward to seeing its ruling tested in court. He would be filing papers with the Environment Court on Monday. "The Act says that fences have to be visually permeable. You can see through my fence. If it was a straight iron fence or a straight concrete fence you couldn't see through it. I'm dismayed at this rule and having to defend myself in court for a measurement that doesn't even exist." Taskforce member, Far North mayor and former MP John Carter said Macdonald's case involved a local rule resulting from the Act.
"That's when it becomes complicated. That's the stuff that Nick's trying to fix so that we can get on to some of this dopey stuff and get it changed." Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese, also a taskforce member, said the fence was a very good example of what the taskforce was looking for as it prepared to write a report on how to weed out pedantic and frustrating rules around property and housing. "The trouble is, once the rule's been made, it's very difficult and slow to get rid of it." Council strategy and environment group manager Clare Barton said the new fence rules had been in place since July 2012 and aimed to create more streetscape openness and a better sense of safety. Fences constructed before then could be replaced like with like. Barton said council officers assessed each case on its own merits to determine if anyone walking down the street could see through the fence into the property. Macdonald had been advised that his fence was in breach. He could apply for a resource consent for the fence as it stands, or alter it. He'd elected to do neither, she said.
Man pays €500 to court for squirting tomato ketchup and mustard at fish and chip shop staff
Gardaí were called to a fish and chip in Sneem, Co Kerry, Ireland, after a customer squirted sauce to such an extent it put staff in fear, Kenmare District Court was told.
Mindaugas Knyz, 37, who works as a chef, went to the Hungry Knight fast food restaurant, North Square, Sneem, at about 2am on September 20th, 2014, Supt Flor Murphy told the court.
“He was causing problems. He was throwing chips and red sauce around,” Supt Murphy said. The episode went on for 15 minutes, the court was told. Knyza, of Sneem, pleaded guilty to engaging in offensive conduct by squirting tomato ketchup and mustard sauce over the counter in a fast food outlet, putting employees in fear, contrary to the Public Order Act, 2008.
“I ordered chips, I don’t know what happened,” Knyza, who works as a chef at the Sneem Hotel, told the court . He appeared to be “blasé” about the charge, Judge James O’Connor noted. Judge O’Connor warned Knyza he should consider making a contribution to the court poor box to avoid a conviction.
“Nobody wants to hire a chef with a conviction - especially for squirting tomato and mustard sauce all over the place,” the judge warned. The judge adjourned the matter briefly and Knyza decided to consult with solicitor Padraig O’Connell. He then offered €500 (£370, $560) to the court poor box and this was accepted. The judge gave him until next October to pay.
“He was causing problems. He was throwing chips and red sauce around,” Supt Murphy said. The episode went on for 15 minutes, the court was told. Knyza, of Sneem, pleaded guilty to engaging in offensive conduct by squirting tomato ketchup and mustard sauce over the counter in a fast food outlet, putting employees in fear, contrary to the Public Order Act, 2008.
“I ordered chips, I don’t know what happened,” Knyza, who works as a chef at the Sneem Hotel, told the court . He appeared to be “blasé” about the charge, Judge James O’Connor noted. Judge O’Connor warned Knyza he should consider making a contribution to the court poor box to avoid a conviction.
“Nobody wants to hire a chef with a conviction - especially for squirting tomato and mustard sauce all over the place,” the judge warned. The judge adjourned the matter briefly and Knyza decided to consult with solicitor Padraig O’Connell. He then offered €500 (£370, $560) to the court poor box and this was accepted. The judge gave him until next October to pay.
Police helicopter scrambled after reports of woman wearing pyjamas on street
The police helicopter was called after reports of a woman in pyjamas in the street in Wigan, Greater Manchester..
NPAS Barton were called to assist officers in the area in the early hours of Friday morning.
However when the helicopter arrived the woman could not be found and the search was called off.
It is not known what initially sparked the police search.
NPAS Barton were called to assist officers in the area in the early hours of Friday morning.
However when the helicopter arrived the woman could not be found and the search was called off.
It is not known what initially sparked the police search.
Surprise for residents as rogue emu spotted running down Devon street
Motorists in the sleepy town of Torrington, north Devon, were stopped in their tracks as an emu ran down the street.
The police were called, who in disbelief started searching the town for a wild emu.
Plenty of onlookers tried to trap the bird, for its own safety, and after a long chase one concerned onlooker managed to corner it in a field. The owner of the emu, who reportedly keeps two as pets, collected the escaped bird and took it home.
Nikita Miles, 24, who filmed the runaway animal, said: "We were out driving in town, we had just popped out to buy some milk. I had never seen one before; I thought 'what the hell's that' . Everyone was stood around in shock, watching this thing run past.
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"The police turned up, and one of the offices said, 'are you sure you haven't been on drugs or something'. It was caught eventually; a friend of mine chased it all the way to the dump field. Then the owner turned up and put it in a van, apparently he keeps them in his back garden, I heard he has two."
Plenty of onlookers tried to trap the bird, for its own safety, and after a long chase one concerned onlooker managed to corner it in a field. The owner of the emu, who reportedly keeps two as pets, collected the escaped bird and took it home.
Nikita Miles, 24, who filmed the runaway animal, said: "We were out driving in town, we had just popped out to buy some milk. I had never seen one before; I thought 'what the hell's that' . Everyone was stood around in shock, watching this thing run past.
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"The police turned up, and one of the offices said, 'are you sure you haven't been on drugs or something'. It was caught eventually; a friend of mine chased it all the way to the dump field. Then the owner turned up and put it in a van, apparently he keeps them in his back garden, I heard he has two."
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