Villagers surfs Google out of town

Headline: Villagers chase away Google car
Origin of Clip: CNN.com 5.4.9
Caption: Villagers surfs Google out of town

Google's ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine's camera car from photographing their homes.
Fearing the appearance of their well appointed properties on the Web site would attract criminals scouting for burglary targets, villagers in Broughton, north of London, summoned the police after spotting the car.

"I was upstairs when I spotted the camera car driving down the lane," resident Paul Jacobs told The Times of London.

"My immediate reaction was anger: How dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent? I ran outside to flag the car down and told the driver he was not only invading our privacy but also facilitating crime.

Headline: Man clings to car bonnet for 4kms
Origin of Clip: canada.com 5.4.9
Caption: My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean or we should say The Man Lies Over The Bonnet

A MAN had to cling to the bonnet of a car for four kilometres as its driver allegedly attempted to throw him off during a road rage incident in Sydney.
NSW Police said the 30-year-old man and his wife were travelling along Parramatta Road at Concord in Sydney's inner west at 8.20pm (AEDT) last night when they were involved in a minor collision with a Peugeot hatchback.

After the Peugeot failed to stop, the couple caught up with it further along Parramatta Road, where they stopped and approached the vehicle while it was stuck in heavy traffic.

The driver of the Peugeot then allegedly began to drive at the couple, forcing the man onto the bonnet.

Headline: Drive-thru nude at Tim Hortons
Origin of Clip: canada.com 4.4.9
Caption: Nude at Hortons

Defying conventional wisdom about the dangers of mixing hot beverages and naked bodies, a man showed up skin to seat at a Tim Hortons drive-through Thursday morning. "My understanding is a gentleman came through the drive-through operating a mini-van wearing nothing but a smile," said Sgt. David Cowan of Saint John police. Police were called, but the clothing-liberated driver had already driven away. Cowan said he didn't know if the driver got his coffee.

Headline: It's official - you look like your dog
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 4.4.9
Caption: That wasn't me that was my dog

SCIENTISTS have proved it is possible to match a person to their dog just by their appearance.

And the study suggests a possible reason - people are drawn to pets with similar physical attributes.

Men and women shown pictures of dog owners and asked to guess whether they had a labrador, poodle or staffordshire bull terrier fared almost twice as well as would be expected by chance.

Researchers at Britain's Bath Spa University first set out to see if dogs and their masters had similar personalities.

Things, They are changing..

Headline: Many Phones — Just One Number
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 12.3.9
Caption: Things, They are changing

Google Inc is seeking to blur the line between the telephone and the computer even further with the introduction of Google Voice on Thursday.

The new service weaves traditional phone features with Google's Gmail email product, allowing a person to store transcripts of voicemail phone messages in their email inbox and to find a specific nugget of information within a phone message as if trawling through a sea of emails.

Headline: For sale: One nagging wife, some rust
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 12.3.9
Caption: Nag For Sale - Wife That Is

A BRITISH man fed up with his wife's complaints advertised her for sale - and got a number of offers.
"Nagging Wife. No Tax, No MOT (roadworthy certificate). Very high maintenance - some rust," wrote Gary Bates, 38, in a small ad in Trade-It, more usually used to buy and sell cars or household goods.

Mr Bates, a self-employed builder from Gloucestershire, southwest England, snapped after his wife Donna on got on his nerves while she was watching television and he decided to place the ad as a joke.

"She was nagging me for doing something small, while she was watching some rubbish on TV. So I just thought I'd put an ad in to get rid of her.

"I didn't think anyone would ring up but I've had at least nine or 10 people calling about her. It's gone mad. There was no one I knew - just people asking, 'Is she still available?'"..

Headline: Horse bites off man's testicle
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 12.3.9
Caption: Horse Eats Man's Testicle - OUCH

AN Indonesian villager had to be rushed to hospital after a horse bit off one of his testicles.
The 35-year-old man was unloading sand from a horse-drawn cart at a construction site in Sulawesi earlier this week when the attack occurred, Indonesia's state-run news agency Antara reported.

A witness said the animal suddenly lunged at the man, sinking its teeth into his crotch.

Shocked bystanders loaded the man into a car to take him to hospital, before one noticed a piece of flesh on the pavement.

"Luckily the horse did not chew up or swallow his testicle, but spit it onto the pavement," the bystander was quoted as saying.

"So I picked it up and brought it to the doctor at the hospital where the victim was being treated

Headline: Power tool sex toy lands woman in hospital
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: Power Sex

SOME sexual experimentation landed an American woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and even more difficult to forget.

The Maryland woman was flown to hospital on Monday after she was injured in the incident involving a sex toy attached to a sabre saw blade, according to NBCWashington.com.

The man who called 911 about the incident admitted attaching the sex toy to the saw and then using the high-powered, homemade device on his partner, the St Mary's County Sheriff's Office said.

NBCWashington.com reported the saw cut through the plastic toy and wounded the woman.
The injuries were severe enough for her to be flown to hospital but she was released on Tuesday.

HEADLINE: 3 Car Dealership Executives, 81 Vehicles Missing
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: If you can't sell them, steal them

OMAHA, Neb. — Some of the dozens of new cars that vanished from a western Nebraska car dealership have turned up in other states and warrants have been issued for three missing executives, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The 81 Fords and Toyotas taken from Legacy Auto Sales in Scottsbluff were valued at about $2.5 million.

Chief deputy county attorney John Childress of Scotts Bluff County said seven of the cars were found Wednesday at an auto auction in Utah. Others were found in Arizona, but he didn't know the number.

Childress said arrest warrants had been issued for owner Allen Patch, controller Rachel Fait and general manager Rick Covello, who are wanted on suspicion of theft.

Headline: Man Survives Plunge Over Niagara Falls
Clip from: citynews.ca
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: Plunge over Niagara Falls without a barrel.

A man has survived a plunge over Niagara Falls, clinging to a log long enough for a private helicopter to create a current that pushed him to safety, according to reports.

Investigators tell a Buffalo television station, WGRZ, that the victim was semiconscious when he was rescued and was taken to a hospital in Niagara Falls, Canada. His condition was not immediately known.

While investigators were not yet calling the leap a suicide attempt, they say the man did enter the water on his own. Authorities got a call from a witness telling them a man had jumped into the Horseshoe Falls, as the Canadian Falls are known. A short time later, he was seen near the base of the falls, clinging to a log.

A private helicopter from Niagara Falls Helicopter was called in and got within three metres of the victim. Wind from the chopper's blades forced enough of a current to push him closer to shore where rescuers could get to him.

Headline: 'Great Sex' Sermons Cause Stir in Rural Town
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: Great Sex Church

GOOD HOPE, Ala. — It's one thing for a church in a big city like Dallas or Atlanta to tackle the ticklish topic of sex. It blends in with the urban scene.

It's another thing when a small-town congregation puts up billboards with the phrase "Great sex: God's way" on rural highways to promote a sermon series. You can't even legally buy beer in Cullman County, and a preacher is talking about S-E-X on Sunday morning?

Daystar Church, whose congregation has grown dramatically under pastor Jerry Lawson, has run up against the sensibilities of a conservative north Alabama community with a monthlong focus on sex.

Headline: 'Funeral home worker robbed the dead'
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: Stiff Stiffed

A VICTORIAN funeral home worker accused of stealing cash from the houses of dead people told an assistant they "wouldn't need it any more", a court heard.
It was alleged David Rawlins, 37, looked through bedside drawers, under mattresses and in wardrobes.

Former colleague Rhiannon Leo told the Melbourne Magistrates' Court she saw Mr Rawlins steal money from a tin on a refrigerator as an elderly man lay dead on the kitchen floor.

Mr Rawlins then allegedly looked through the dead man's wallet.

Ms Leo said Mr Rawlins later told her that he should have stuffed something in the tin to stop it rattling and taken it from the house inside the body bag.

As he searched another man's shoes on the pretext of looking for house keys, Mr Rawlins allegedly said: "It's amazing where people hide things."

He also allegedly told Ms Leo that police who first arrived at the homes of the dead would have taken their share, and that "whatever was left was for us".

Headline: Man hid gun in pants to 'impress women'
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 11.3.9
Caption: What is that bulge?

A FORMER soldier suffering trauma from his time in the army took a loaded gun into a Brisbane nightclub because he wanted to impress women, a court has been told.
Samuel John Radoll, 21, approached two women in The Met nightclub on October 25 last year and asked them to feel the "awesome" thing he had down his pants, the Brisbane Magistrates Court was told today.

The first woman happily chatted to Radoll, sat on his lap and had her photo taken with him after she discovered he had a gun secreted down the front of his jeans.

But the second woman reported him to security personnel, the court was told.

When security guards approached Radoll and tried to take the gun he struggled with them and warned them it was loaded.

Headline: Google Error Sparks Scare
Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 31.1.9
Caption: Google Googed

Computer users doing Google searches during a nearly one-hour period Saturday were greeted with disturbing but erroneous messages that every site turned up in the results might be harmful.

The company blamed the mistake on human error and apologized for any inconvenience caused to users and site owners whose pages were incorrectly labeled.

The glitch occurred between 6:30 a.m. and 7:25 a.m., Google Inc. said in an explanation on its company blog. Anyone who did a Google search during that time likely saw the message "This site may harm your computer" accompanying every search result, the company said.

Headline: 'Used condoms, tampons' in hotel rooms
Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 31.1.9
Caption: Hotel Hourly Rates

TRAVELLERS disgusted at Australian hotel standards have found used condoms, pubic hairs and a dirty tampon in their rooms.

And in many cases, their complaints have fallen on deaf ears.

Disgruntled guests have been forced to either put up with the mess or book into more expensive hotels, according to News.com.au readers.

Headline: Cops: Man Drove Lift at 3 A.M., Said Was Dared
Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 31.1.9
Caption: Up Up and Away

Police knew something wasn't quite right after they spotted a man driving a piece of construction lift equipment down a street at 3 a.m. on Thursday.

The man, who appparently had been drinking, was in the lift bucket of the Genie Boom with an unopened six-pack of beer and a bag of beef jerky when police pulled the vehicle over. He was clocked at 2 mph.

At first the 29-year old man told police he was just going to the store. But when they asked him why he was in the bucket on the lift, he said he was delievering the $20,000 piece of construction equipment on a dare from a stranger he met on Craigslist, according to a police report.

Headline: Uninvited Sister Attacks Bride at Wedding Reception
Clip from: news.com .au
Date of clip: 30.1.9
Caption: Sisterly Love

HEBRON, Ind. — Police say a northern Indiana woman who wasn't invited to her sister's wedding reception showed up anyway and attacked the bride, pulling out clumps of her hair.

Twenty-three-year-old Annmarie Bricker of Valparaiso faces a misdemeanor battery charge for last Friday's attack outside a Porter County home.

The Porter County Sheriff's Department says a friend was hosting a reception for Nicholas Landry and Lori Kappes — Bricker's sister — when Bricker attacked Kappes on the front porch.

Police say that after the attack, Kappes had smeared makeup and clumps of hair missing from her head but sought no medical treatment.