SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 3.8.9
CAPTION: BURN BABY BURN
A day after staff cuts went into effect in a Maryland fire department, firefighters were left with no help when a fire broke out at their own station, MyFOXDC.com reported.
The fire, that began on one of the engines inside the station, started shortly after 2 a.m. Monday morning.
Two firefighters returning from a call were forced to put it out, because no one was on duty at a nearby fire station, MyFOXDC.com reported.
HEADLINE: Wal-Mart Worker Bitten By Accused Shoplifter
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: CBSnews.com 2.8.9
CAPTION: CANNIBAL
Police said a Wal-Mart employee was bitten while confronting a customer about shoplifting. Officers said a 44-year-old woman bit the employee on the arm while trying to leave the store's garden center Tuesday afternoon without paying for items in her purse.
The woman was arrested on charges of theft and assault.
HEADLINE: Nudist sparks emergency alert on beach
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 2.8.9
CAPTION: Naked Not Stirred
NUDIST has sparked an emergency search after abandoning a pile of clothes on a beach, with rescuers fearing she had drowned.
Concerned tourists at Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, called emergency services after coming across the clothes.
The search went on for three hours and included a helicopter and 25 rescue workers.
It turned out that the nudist, Karen Drechsler, had just moved to another part of the beach before spotting the helicopter and becoming too embarrassed to return for her clothes.
4,500-Year-Old Skeleton Found on Italian Beach
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 2.8.9
CAPTION: OLD BONES
A well-preserved 4,500-year-old skeleton of a man was found on a beach south of Rome, Italian police told Reuters.
The man is believed to be a warrior killed by an arrow in the chest, Reuters reported.
Six small vases were also found buried near the man.
We thought it was that of a Roman solider, but then the experts identified it as dating back to the third millennium B.C.," said Raffaele Mancino, an official who oversees Italy's cultural heritage.
HEADLINE: Pet cat catches the daily bus for four years
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: Telegraph.co.uk 2.8.9
CAPTION: Casper Cat Capers
Casper, which is 12 years old, boards the No3 service at 10.55am from outside his home in Plymouth, Devon, and travels the entire 11-mile route before returning home about an hour later.
On the route, the cat passes an historic dockyard and naval base, a city centre, several suburbs and the city's red light district.
He has been making the journey for so long that all First Bus drivers have now been told to look out for him to ensure he gets off at the right stop.
Susan Finden, 65, a care worker who is Casper's owner, said: "Casper has always disappeared for hours at a time but I never understood where he was going.
"I called him Casper because he had a habit of vanishing like a ghost. But then some of the drivers told me he had been catching the bus.
"I couldn't believe it at first, but it explains a lot. He loves people and we have a bus stop right outside our house so that must be how he got started - just following everyone on. ..
HEADLINE: Skeleton Wearing a Suit Found at Ill. Cemetery
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 1.8.9
CAPTION: CREEPY
ALSIP, Illinois — Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black Illinois cemetery where workers allegedly dug up bodies and dumped them in a scheme to resell plots, officials said Friday.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said detectives were exhuming that grave site and two others, including one where two burial vaults were stacked on top of each other — the first proof that the alleged plot involved burying bodies on already-occupied grave sites.
HEADLINE: Leadfoot cops caught speeding
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 1.8.9
CAPTION: NO SURPRIZE HERE
ABOUT a third of Victoria Police's top brass have defied their own road-safety messages and collected speeding fines.
An off-duty cop booked between 15km/h and 25km/h over the limit was the worst leadfoot among the state's most senior law enforcers.
Traffic boss Deputy Commissioner Ken Lay yesterday refused to name and shame the high-ranking offenders who had racked up a total of 12 tickets, the Herald Sun reports.
Mr Lay would only say he, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland and his predecessor, Christine Nixon, were not among the offenders.
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