SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: Telegraph.c.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.
HEADLINE: Nudity, cartoons grab air travelers' attention
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: CNN.com 31.7.9
CAPTION: NUDIES IN FLIGHT
Complete this sentence: In the event of a loss of cabin pressure ...If you guessed, "oxygen masks will drop from above," you are not alone. Because the federally mandated preflight safety announcement is about as well known as the pledge of allegiance to many travelers, they immediately tune it out. So airlines are getting creative to grab passengers' attention.....
They are employing a variety of creative techniques, from naked cabin crew members to witty cartoons. ... Atlanta, Georgia-based Delta Air Lines made an attention-grabbing foray in May 2008 when it introduced a seductive flight attendant, nicknamed "Deltalina" by her fans because of her resemblance to actress Angelina Jolie, for its preflight safety video. The video has been viewed on YouTube more than 1.3 million times. ...
HEADLINE: Mexico Shuts Cancun Beach, Alleges Stolen Sand
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 31.7.9
CAPTION: VERY SHIFTY
MEXICO CITY — Surprised tourists found their little piece of Cancun beach paradise ringed by crime-scene tape and gun-toting sailors on Thursday.
Environmental enforcement officers backed by Mexican navy personnel closed off hundreds of feet of powder-white coastline in front of a hotel accused of illegally accumulating sand on its beach.
Mexico spent $19 million to replace Cancun beaches washed away by Hurricane Wilma in 2005
HEADLINE: Family Wants Out of Living Alone in 32-Story Condo
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 30.7.9
CAPTION: REALLY HOME ALONE
It sounds like a dream-come-true: having a huge 32-story condo building in Florida all to yourself.
But for one man and his family, that situation has turned into a real-life nightmare.
Victor Vangelakos, 45, recently bought a condominium for $430,000 in the 32-story Oasis I building in Fort Myers, Fla., according to The News-Press.
Vangelakos, a firefighter from Weehawken, N.J., uses it as a vacation residence with his wife and three children.
But eerily, he doesn't have any neighbors. With the real estate collapse that began in 2006, potential buyers steered clear or transferred down payments to units in the Oasis II next door.
Vangelakos wasn't able to do that because his lender wouldn't allow a swap, according to the paper.
So he and his family are stuck in the lonely building, where the silence is unsettling and intruders are frequent. The swimming pool is often raided at night....
His attorney John Ewing said the family receives no marina or pro shop benefits as promised.
Now, Vangelakos wants to leave the unit, and is fighting to do just that — though he hasn't filed a lawsuit.
HEADLINE: 7-year-old boy stole car to avoid church
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 30.7.9
CAPTION: Seven-year-old boy hates church, steals car
A SEVEN-year-old boy was reportedly so desperate to avoid going to church that he stole a car and took police on a car chase.
ABC online in New York reports police in Utah were alerted to a child driving recklessly on the morning of Sunday July 26.
Weber County Sheriff’s Captain Klint Anderson says two officers caught up with the boy about 72km north of Salt Lake City...
HEADLINE: Men, women see differently - study
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 30.7.9
CAPTION: you don't say 2
MEN are better at seeing things in the distance due to their hunter-gatherer past chasing animals, while women are better focusing on things at close range, a British study said.
In findings which reflect how men's and women's brains have evolved differently over thousands of years, they found that men are better at judging faraway targets.
Researchers tested their theory by asking a group of 48 men and women to use a laser pointer to mark the midpoint of lines on a piece of paper at different distances.
Men were more accurate than women when the paper was placed at a distance of 100 centimetres, while women were more accurate when the target was only 50 centimetres away, within arm's reach.
"Evidence already exists that separate pathways in the brain process visual information from near and far space,'' said psychologist Helen Stancey from Hammersmith and West London College.
HEADLINE: 34 Taken to Hospitals After Woman Sprays Perfume
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 30.7.9
CAPTION: YOU'RE A KNOCKOUT
FORT WORTH, Texas — At first, fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other toxic fumes had sickened almost 150 people at a Texas bank call center.
It turned out that perfume was to blame.
MedStar ambulance spokeswoman Lara Kohl says 34 people were taken to hospitals, 12 by ambulance, after reporting dizziness and shortness of breath Wednesday at a Bank of America call center in Fort Worth. An additional 110 were treated at the scene.
HEADLINE: Man's best friend gets sex doll
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 30.7.9
CAPTION: WHAT'S NEXT VIAGRA FOR DOGS?
MANY dogs are happy enough to be man's best friend, but those in need of a bit more "companionship" can now get their own sex doll.
The Doggie Lover Doll, made by PetSmiling, was unveiled at a pet industry convention in Brazil last week.
The company describes the product as: "A female canine manufactured in soft rubber with a silicon vagina and an easy to clean reservoir."
Its creator, PetSmiling owner Marcos Giroto, said he came up with the idea after noticing his own dog’s frustration.
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