From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 31.12.8
Caption: So, No More Praying To God Before Going To War Then?
Some atheists want Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony to leave out references to God and religion. In a lawsuit, the plaintiffs demand the words "So help me God" not be added to the end of the oath of office. The plaintiffs say they are being forced to choose between not watching the inauguration or watching endorsements of "purely religious notions."
This is the headline of a story that is hard to take: EMTs on Tape: Disabled Man 'Not Worth Saving'
Headline: Now that's a credit crunch
From: news.com.au
Date of clip: 31.12.8
Caption: Smelling salts here please
A BRITISH man was left in major shock when his bank statement showed him to be £100 billion ($208 billion) overdrawn.
As if the credit crunch was not hitting Britons hard enough, Donald Moffat was temporarily in deep, deep, deep financial trouble - due to a "technical error''.
The 38-year-old, from Irvine on Scotland's east coast, said his wife noticed the somewhat "major discrepancy of two £50-billion debits'' after he logged on to his account online.
"When I saw it - I've been shaking, I've been feeling sick - everything,'' the stunned student and part-time care worker told the BBC.
Headline: Probe: Anti-Bias Worker Sent Racist, Sexist E-mails
From: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 31.12.8
Caption: Anti-racist is a Racist
An Ohio state employee whose job is to prevent discrimination repeatedly sent racist and sexist e-mails from his government account, an investigation found, but kept his job.
The same man was reprimanded a year ago for sending an e-mail joking about giving jobs to women with large breasts.
Jokes about men kissing and a woman's genitalia, as well as a racial joke and a caricature of President-elect Barack Obama, were in the latest e-mails sent by the Transportation Department worker, according to an agency report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Headline: Vt. Man Wins $650K After Pulling Ticket From Trash
From: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 30.12.8
Caption: Man's trash turns out to be his treasure
A Vermont man who threw out a lottery ticket he'd been given for Christmas pulled it out of the trash and cashed it _ winning $650,000. Steven LeClair, of Richford, got the ticket for the Dec. 24 Tri-State Megabucks drawing as a gift from his mother. But it was in a gift bag that LeClair threw away, not knowing it was inside....
Headline: Bad Recycling: Pay Stub Used As Bank Robbery Note
From: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 30.12.8
Caption: Stupid Thief
The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read "Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I'll shoot."
The robber got about $400 but left half of his note. Investigators found the other half outside the bank's front doors. Authorities say that part of the man's October pay stub had his name and address.
Headline: 250 Thongs Stolen From Florida Victoria's Secret Store
From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 30.12.8
Caption: No Nipple Ring For Junior
A Florida Victoria's Secret store was the victim of an elaborate panty raid over the weekend when a thief walked out with 250 pairs of thong underwear from the store, authorities said.
An employee at the Naples, Fla., store noticed on Saturday that four drawers of PINK brand XS thong panties had been emptied, according to a police report The theft likely occurred between Friday evening and Saturday morning.
HEADLINE: Nipples out in new piercing rules
From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 29.12.8
Caption: No Nipple Ring For Junior
MINORS will be banned from having their nipples and genitals pierced and children under 16 will need parental consent for any other body piercings under new Victorian laws.
From January 1, piercers who give a person aged under 18 an intimate body piercing will risk a $6600 fine.
The same penalty will apply to those who give minors a tattoo or perform scarification, tongue splitting, branding or beading on someone aged under 18.
And piercers who give children under 16 a non-intimate body piercing without parental consent will be slapped with a $2200 fine.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls said the new laws would help protect young people as body art increased in popularity.
"The possible health implications associated with body piercing can include the transmission of blood-borne viruses, infection, scarring and nerve damage," he said.
