Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 25.2.9
Caption: Morning Coffee?
Police said a bus passenger angry about a possible strike that would disrupt his commute threw a cup of hot coffee on the driver, then ran away with the driver in pursuit. The Sun of Lowell reported that Debra Kemp, a driver for the Lowell Regional Transit Authority, told police the passenger was upset by a newspaper story about a possible drivers' strike.
Police Deputy Superintendent Deborah Friedl said the man then doused the driver with his coffee at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday and took off.
Headline: Fitness Trainer Won't Stop Until He Weighs 340 Lbs.
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 25.2.9
Caption: Most Ironic
Fitness trainer Paul James wanted to understand his overweight clients better, so he decided to pack on a few pounds himself.
Well, not just a few pounds. The once svelte 32-year-old has ballooned from 212 pounds to 263 pounds and says he won’t stop until he weighs 340 pounds.
Headline: Dentist: Groping Was Part of Treatment
Clip from: cbsnews.com
Date of clip: 25.2.9
Caption: From our 'Yea Right' files
The attorney for a Woodland dentist told jurors that his client massaged women's chests as part of a medical treatment.
Defense attorney Michael Rothschild told the six-man, six-woman Yolo County jury that Mark Anderson was treating his female clients for temporomandibular disorder, or TMD. The attorney says the condition affects the muscles of the upper body.
Anderson faces 19 felony charges for skin-to-skin contact and one misdemeanor for touching a patient's breasts over her clothing. The incidents occurred between February 2005 and his arrest in August 2007 and brought complaints from 14 women.
Headline: Man, 75, Manages To Chase Down Much Younger Thief
Clip from: cbsnews.com
Date of clip: 24.2.9
Caption: Rocket man
A suspected robber in his physical prime thought he saw an easy target outside a Stuart Best Buy. But police said that the 75-year-old victim chased down 29-year-old man, who had just snatched the victim's brand new laptop computer and printer on Sunday.
The victim told police he was waiting in front of the store for his wife to pick him up when the man grabbed the packages and ran.
Authorities said the suspect made it about 8 feet before the man grabbed him. Moments later, an off-duty deputy saw what was happening and joined the struggle.
Headline: Thief locks self in car
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 24.2.9
Caption: To trap a theif
A THIEF has bungled an attempt to break in to a car in Adelaide, locking himself inside the vehicle as police arrived.
Police said the man was one of two caught early this morning breaking into cars at Port Noarlunga, in the city's southern suburbs.
A 28-year-old was found hiding in some bushes while a 53-year-old was found hiding in one of the cars.
"The man, while breaking in to the car, had locked himself inside and couldn't get out," a police spokesman said.
Headline: Thief mistakes toilet for safe
Clip from: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/oddnews
Date of clip: 24.2.9
Caption: Maybe he had to go.
A hapless thief drilled his way into a French bank at the weekend, but missed the safe and instead found himself in a lavatory where he was promptly arrested, a French newspaper reported Sunday
Headline: Cops: Man Tries To Steal Laptop To Check Facebook
Clip from: CBSews.com
Date of clip: 24.2.9
Caption: Facebook Addict
Sheriff's officers said a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customers laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account. According to officers, the man then grabbed the customer's laptop and ran out of the coffee shop, located in an outlet mall.
Two people in the parking lot tackled the man and held him there until a mall security guard arrived.
The victim got his laptop back and the man was charged Saturday with robbery by sudden snatching, a felony.
