SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 5.8.9
CAPTION: GUESS THE PHONE WAS NOT FOR HIM
A pelican at the Tautphaus Park Zoo took something other than food in his bill when a cell phone that had been dropped in a pool at the exhibit made its way down the hatch.
The flock in the exhibit were playing with the phone Monday until one of the birds swallowed it. For three hours, zookeepers couldn't figure out which bird did it until the culprit coughed up the goods.
"Luckily, the bird regurgitated it so it wouldn't harm him..
HEADLINE: Man 'shoots son', gets part custody
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 4.8.9
CAPTION: FATHERLY LOVE
A MAN who allegedly fired a high-powered rifle into his two-year-old son's bedroom ceiling then claimed he had shot the boy has won partial custody of his three young children.
In making the interim ruling, Federal Magistrate Janet Terry listed the mother’s "very detailed allegations" about the man’s anger and violence - including his convictions on three firearms offences arising from the domestic argument two years ago.
The custody arrangements allow the father to spend about 22 per cent of school terms with the kids, who are now aged from two to four, and half of every school holidays.
HEADLINE: Australians urged to eat camels
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: Telegraph.co.uk 4.8.9
CAPTION: TWO HUMPS OR ONE
At the Centralian Gold abattoir outside Alice Springs, business is brisk. Scores of animals are brought in each week to be slaughtered, deboned and packaged into sausages, steaks and mince.
But the largest slabs of meat on the racks are not beef, lamb or even kangaroo, but camel. Garry Dann, who owns the business, describes camel meat as "beautiful, healthy and organic" and says demand for the product is growing every month.
HEADLINE: U.K. Mom Fined for Grieving Too Long at Son's Funeral
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 4.8.9
CAPTION: THIS WORLD HAS NO COMPASSION
A grieving mother in Britain was fined $173 for spending too long at her son's coffin before it was taken away for cremation.
Terrie Rouse, 32, said her grief turned to shock when officials told her she had taken too long to say goodbye, The Daily Mail reported.
"The vicar had asked if I would like to spend a bit more time saying goodbye," she said. "I sat by the coffin for 10 minutes, telling my son how much we loved him and begging him not to be scared."
Officials at the crematorium, run by a local English council, impose an extra charge if any funeral runs over its 30-minute slot.
However, the couple's funeral directors said there was plenty of time for the next funeral which was not due to take place for another 50 minutes.
HEADLINE: Drink Whiskey — Beat the Bug?
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 4.8.9
CAPTION: GET DRUNK DON'T GET SWINE FLU
Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whiskey on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said Monday.
"We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whiskey as a form of disinfection," VOB head Alexander Shprygin..
HEADLINE: Mom Finds Baby Son Up for Adoption on Craigslist
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 4.8.9
CAPTION: FUNNY, BUT A SERIOUS WARNING
The photo of 7-month-old Jake Brennan that appeared in a Craigslist adoption scam ad.
A Massachusetts mother was horrified when she found her 7-month-old child’s photo on popular promotions site, Craigslist, advertising his own adoption.
MyFOXBoston reports that a stranger alerted Jenni Brennan of Abington, Mass. to the photo, which involved her 7-month-old son, Jake, in an online adoption scam. The ad read: “A CUTE BABY BOY FOR ADOPTION HE IS VERY HEALTHY AND READY FOR ADOPTION FOR MORE YOU COME BACK TO US.” Brennan responded to the ad, receiving an email describing her son as Canadian but currently living in an African orphanage.
She said the photo was from her family’s blog.
HEADLINE: Man's genitals glued by scorned lovers
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: News.com.au 3.8.9
CAPTION: Ball Gluing
A MARRIED man has had his penis glued to his stomach by three woman who had discovered he was romantically involved with each of them.
The trio of women were tipped of about the love triangle from an unlikely source - the man's wife.
Police allege one of the women - Therese Ziemann - lured the Casanova to a Wisconsin hotel room with a promise of a massage and convinced him to be blinfolded and tied up, according to ABC News.
She is then alleged to have cut off his underwear and text the other women to join her.
HEADLINE: Fire Erupts at Md. Fire Station on Day After Budget Cuts
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.
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