Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 28.1.9
Caption: Hi Mr. Cow
COWS with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a British study.
Cattle who are given "the personal touch" can produce up to 284 litres of milk more a year, said experts at Newcastle University in northeast England.
Headline: Naked couple greeted with applause
Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 28.1.9
Caption: Walking in the Buff
A COUPLE treated open air diners to a 15-minute naked parade in Singapore, triggering both embarrassment and applause for a scene almost unheard of in the conservative city-state.
Pub manager Terence Chia told the Straits Times newspaper he saw the couple taking off their clothes on Saturday night at a staircase in a block of flats in Holland Village, known for its popular nightspots.
"Then, clothes in hand, they coolly walked in their flip-flops towards the market," he said, adding when the couple did a U-turn a sea of spectators was ready and poised with cameras.
"There were more than 200 people and everyone was taking pictures," the newspaper today quoted Chia as saying. ..
Headline: Michigan Man Busted After Calling 911 on Himself
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 28.1.9
Caption: Brotherly Love
A 24-year-old Michigan man broke into a gas station and called 911 on himself, claiming he wanted to go to jail to be with his incarcerated brother, authorities said.
St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon told the Times Herald of Port Huron that deputies obliged, arresting the man early Tuesday.
The man called the emergency number about 4:30 a.m. from inside the gas station in Capac, a village northeast of Detroit, authorities said. He said he had had broken in about 20 minutes earlier.
Headline: Ex-Pastor Jailed for Sex With 10-Year-Old 'Wife'
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Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: Pervert Too!
MONTREAL — A Canadian man who described himself as a pastor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he claims was his wife.
Daniel Cormier, 57, was convicted in October after members of the now-defunct Church of Downtown Montreal became suspicious of his relationship with the girl.
Cormier, who led the church, has maintained he did nothing wrong when he married the girl, then 10 years old, in 1999 during a ceremony at his church.
"I would say that there's no remorse," prosecutor Anne-Andree Charette said outside the courtroom. "He just tried to find justifications."
The girl, now 19, testified she was too young to grasp the concept of marriage but said she remembered the sexual abuse in vivid detail.
Headline: Raccoon rapist's penis bitten off
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: Pervert!
AN enraged raccoon has bitten off a man's penis as the pervert tried to rape the animal.
Russian Alexander Kirilov, 44, was on a drunken weekend with friends when he leapt on the terrified animal.
Headline: Poisonous Testicles Send Diners to Hospital
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Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: Blowfish Testicles
TOKYO — Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy.
The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said.
Blowfish, while extremely poisonous if not prepared properly, is considered a delicacy in Japan and is consumed by thrill-seeking gourmets.
Iwase said the seve...
Headline: Calif. Woman Gives Birth to Octuplets, Stuns Doctors
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: WOW!
BELLFLOWER, Calif. — Eight babies born to a mother in Southern California — only the second live-born set of octuplets in the world — were in stable condition and breathing on their own, doctors said Tuesday.
Headline: New pupils not toilet trained
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: School Must Toilet Train Students
AN ALARMING number of first-time students at Queensland schools are not rpeoperly toilet trained, it has been revealed.
Queensland Association of State School Principals Norm Hart has urged parents and families to take responsbility for their children.
"We have increasing numbers of children in schools that aren't toilet-trained," Mr Hart said.
"Ten years ago, you never heard of kids going to school not toilet-trained."
His call for parents to be held accountable comes as the state's education system faces an unprecedented shake-up, according to a leading educator.
Queensland Catholic Education Commission executive director Mike Byrne said the system faced a host of major challenges, including:..
Headline: Tourists strip off for SA 'dream job'
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 27.1.9
Caption: Nude Begets Dream Job
SOUTH Australia Tourism has launched a viral marketing campaign, giving tourists the chance to star in their own commercials to promote the state. Dubbed Stars of South Australia, the South Australia Tourism Commission promotion – in conjunction with STA Travel – involves UK residents filming a one minute video about travelling to SA.
The prize is a trip to South Australia which is filmed by a professional crew and beamed back to the UK via an online blog.
SATC UK-based marketing manager Neil Saunders said the promotion was devised to attract the sector which was still inclined to travel despite the economic downturn.
"It primarily was aimed at the backpackers and adventure market; in the current economic climate, they are a strong market because people will be looking to take a gap year or get away from it," Mr Saunders said.
