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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Son Torches Mom's Home Instead Of Getting Job
A man Monroe, Louisiana told investigators he set fire to his mother's house because she told him to get a job if he wanted to stay there, according to an investigator. Bond was set at US$20,000 for Ricardo A. Nance Jr., 31, who was booked late Friday on one count of arson.
His mother, Christina Ross, told investigators she was next door at her daughter's when the fire broke out at her home about 9 p.m. Friday.
The house, valued at more than US$50,000, was a total loss.
Nance eventually returned to the scene and said that he had used a cigarette lighter to set fire to the living room couch because he was angry with his mother about her demand that he get a job.
A mother surnamed Zhang who uses her body to teach her son sex education has sparked controversy in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in China.
During a gynecological examination at the Wuhan Health Center for Women and Children last Thursday, Zhang brought her son into the examination room, letting him see her body and telling him how a woman becomes pregnant and delivers.
Zhang said she wanted to educate her son, a 14-year-old grade 2 junior middle school student, correctly. Others, including doctors, said she should use better teaching methods.
An Australian zoo has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness about primate conservation.
Over a month, the humans will be locked in an unused orang-utan cage at Adelaide zoo, braving the searing heat and snacking on bananas. They will be monitored by a psychologist who hopes to use the findings to improve conditions for real apes in captivity.
Audiences can vote for their favorite "ape" via mobile phone text messages, in the style of reality television shows, and at the end of the month, a "super human" will be selected to represent the zoo.
Participants wear microphones in front of Web cams to allow watchers to hear the action in what has been billed as "Big Brother behind bars."
Dr. Carla Litchfield, who is conducting the experiment, has laid down firm rules for the new apes: no nudity, no rude behavior and no jumping into the enclosure spa.
Zoo vets haven't ruled out using tranquillizer darts if the humans misbehave.
Texan Woman Jaild For Mailing Marijuana To Herself
An Amarillo, TX woman who mailed 78 pounds of marijuana to herself was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison Monday.
Tiffany Joy Kelly, 28, pleaded guilty in October to one count of illegal use of a communication facility, the US Attorney's Office in Dallas said in a news release. She has been in custody since her arrest in July, after a postal inspector in El Paso became suspicious of two Express Mail parcels.
A search warrant allowed officials to open the packages, which were then resealed and sent to Kelly at a motel in Amarillo.
Kelly was arrested after accepting the packages. Prosecutors said she admitted buying the marijuana and mailing it to herself so she could distribute it.
A lovers' quarrel and a case of mistaken identity in Bay City, MI has landed a teenager behind bars after police say he repeatedly rammed a teenage girl's car, thinking it was his girlfriend.
State police told The Saginaw News that the victim, a 17-year-old from Pinconning called 911 early Sunday when the suspect smashed his car into the rear of hers.
The 17-year-old suspect struck her car about 15 times and pushed it through stop signs at intersections, the victim told police.
Dispatchers advised her to lead the suspect toward police units who were en route to intercept them, police said.
State police troopers and Bay County sheriff's deputies caught up with the suspect and pursued the Bay City teen at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour, police said.
The teen told police he thought the driver was his girlfriend, who left a party after the couple quarreled. He said he wanted to talk to her and get his goodnight kiss, so he went searching for her, police said.
He told police he was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone, telling her to stop her car. She told him she was stopped and didn't know what he was talking about, officers said.
The teen will face charges including assault with a vehicle, fleeing police and drunk driving.
British police said Friday they were hunting a man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet.
The suspect walked into the Royal Oak pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, ordered half a pint of beer and then made several visits to the men's toilet.
There he carefully removed a white urinal from the wall, stuffed it into a backpack and was captured on closed circuit television walking out with the bulging pack on his back.
"He made a very, very expert job of dismantling it from the wall and turning the water off. A very professional job," landlord Alan Dreja said in a video posted on the Southampton Daily Echo newspaper's Web site.
A police spokesman said the thief may have been a tradesman.
"One of the theories is the guy is some sort of cut-price plumber who is going round and stealing parts to order," he said.
Disney Employee "Tigger" Accused Of Hitting A Child
A Walt Disney World employee in Orlando Florida dressed as the character "Tigger" was accused of hitting a child while posing for a photo, a spokeswoman for the theme park said Saturday.
Park officials temporarily suspended Michael J. Fedelem while they investigate the accusations, Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said.
"Naturally, physical altercations between cast members and guests are not tolerated," Suarez said.
Jerry Monaco of New Hampshire videotapped his son, Jerry Jr., posing with the costumed character at Disney-MGM Studios on Friday and recorded the confrontation.
The father said Fedelem intentionally hit his son "on or about the head."
In 2004 a Walt Disney World employee dressed as Tigger was accused of touching the breast of a 13-year-old girl while she posed with him for a photo. A jury found the man not guilty.
An Australian bank in Sydney has apologised for issuing a credit card to a cat after its owner decided to test the bank's identity security system.
The Bank of Queensland issued a credit card to Messiah the cat when his owner Katherine Campbell applied for a secondary card on her account under its name.
"I just couldn't believe it. People need to be aware of this and banks need to have better security," Campbell told local media on Thursday.
The bank said the cat's card had been cancelled. "We apologise as this should not have happened," it said in a statement
A Lillington, N.C. woman attacked a man in his genitals during a Christmas party, injuring him badly enough that he needed 50 stitches, authorities said Friday.
Rebecca Arnold Dawson, 34, was charged with malicious castration in a fight early Tuesday at a party hosted by the 38 year-old man's girlfriend, police said.
All three were heavily intoxicated, the Police said.
Dawson is accused of grabbing the man's genitals. Police said a weapon was not used. He declined to elaborate.
"I believe he needed more than 50 stitches to repair the damage, but he is back home at this point," "All we can tell you is that the injury was done with her hands."
State law describes malicious castration as cutting off, maiming or disfiguring a person's genitals with the intent to hurt or render the victim impotent.
Dawson, who was released Wednesday on US$50,000 bond, also was charged with offenses including assault causing serious bodily injury.
The castration arrest was the first of its kind in Lillington, a town of about 3,000 roughly 30 miles south of Raleigh.
A thirsty German sold his 6-year-old step-daughter's pet beagle to the owner of a bar in Berlin to pay for beer, the Bild newspaper reported Friday.
The unemployed man offered to take the dog for a walk and then stopped at a bar where he convinced the owner to buy the 3-year-old dog for 40 euros ($53).
The man spent the proceeds quenching his thirst for beer. The bar owner has now returned the dog to its owner.
A man Monroe, Louisiana told investigators he set fire to his mother's house because she told him to get a job if he wanted to stay there, according to an investigator. Bond was set at US$20,000 for Ricardo A. Nance Jr., 31, who was booked late Friday on one count of arson.
The house, valued at more than US$50,000, was a total loss.
