Pilot Pops Out

Headline: 'Angry' pilot exposes himself
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 19.2.9
Caption: Pilot Pops Out

A PILOT has exposed himself to security staff at a London airport after becoming enraged at being searched. The pilot asked security “Do you want to search this?” as he dropped his pants at London City Airport, the Sun reported.

“The pilot was asked to take off his shoes and belt like everyone – but completely lost the plot,” a source said.

“He pulled down his trousers and pants to completely expose himself, then turned to the security guard and asked angrily, ‘Do you want to search this?’”

Headline: Daughters find Dad a kidney -- on Craigslist
Clip from: CNN.com
Date of clip: 18.2.9
Caption: Forsale Kidney - Sold

NEW YORK (CNN) -- One morning a couple of months ago at Westchester Medical Center, Dawn Verdick gave Daniel Flood one of her kidneys.
Daniel Flood received a kidney from Dawn Verdick. They were brought together through Craigslist. Verdick and Flood were not friends or family. In fact, they were total strangers from the East and West coasts. But that's not the most unusual aspect of this case.

The patient and donor were brought together after Flood's three daughters placed an ad on Craigslist, the online classifieds site that offers everything from autos to real estate and guitar lessons to massage.

"Please help us, my dad needs a kidney!" began their posting in the site's volunteer section.

Headine: Missing dentures washed up on beach
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 18.2.9
Caption: A Teeth of a Story

PHILLIP Worth may be a bit long in the tooth to believe in Long John Silver's gold but you could forgive him for believing in the tooth fairy.

How else could he explain losing his dentures while surfing at Terrigal only to find them - 26 hours later - washed in by the tide the following day, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Headline: Bike Labeled 'Pipe Bomb' Causes Chaos at Airport
Clip from: FOXnews.com
Date of clip: 18.2.9
Caption: A sign of the times.

If you saw a bicycle with a sticker that read "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb," would you be worried?

If so, imagine the frenzy such a bicycle caused at the airport in Memphis, drawing the response of police and fire personnel prepared for an explosion, MyFOX Memphis reported.

The sticker was fixed to a bicycle chained outside the airport's Terminal C on Monday, prompting police to take the bike's owner into custody and restrict access to the space around the two-wheeled vehicle.

Sorry folks, I'm not smarter than a fith-grader.

Headline: Pilot Tells Passengers 'I'm Not Qualified to Land Plane'
From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 18.12.8
Caption: Sorry folks, I'm not smarter than a fith-grader.

Pilot with more than 30 years experience was forced to turn his plane around — because he was not qualified to land in fog, an airline confirmed Thursday.

Passengers on the 8:4 5.a.m Flybe flight to Paris were just minutes away from landing at their destination when they were told they would have to go all the way back to Cardiff, England.

One passenger from Bristol missed a job interview in France because of the incident.

Cassandra Grant explained: "Twenty minutes outside Paris, the captain said, 'Unfortunately I'm not qualified to land the plane in Paris. They are asking for a level two qualification and I only have a level five. We'll have to fly back.'"

Headline: 1,500 Parakeets Rescued From 2-room ApartmentClip From: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 18.12.8
Caption: How much is that birdie in the window?

Berlin officials said they have rescued 1,500 parakeets from a two-room apartment. City veterinarian Margit Platzer said the birds were flying freely around the apartment, which was "littered with feces, feathers and leftover food." Platzer said it took her team more than seven hours on Tuesday to catch all the birds with nets.

HEADLINE: Weather rocket kills man and blows up his body at cremation
Clip from: telegraph.co.uk
Date of clip: 18.12.8
Caption: Blown up twice - dead once

The body of Wang Diange, from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, was found in the wreckage of a house where he had been overseeing the wake of a previous family funeral, after mourners felt a loud explosion which took off half the roof.

As it was raining and thundery, they decided that the house, and Mr Wang in particular, had been struck by lightning. The police came to the same conclusion.

Further inquiries were made a few days later after Mr Wang's own funeral. As his body was being put into the cremation chamber, it blew up spectacularly, bursting the doors off the oven.

Headline: Fast-food Worker Laughs, Tells Robber To Get A Job
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: TWO, TWO, TWO DUMBIES IN ONE

A San Antonio fast-food restaurant cashier laughed at a robbery suspect and told him to get a job if he wanted money during a failed holdup on Tuesday evening.

Police said the suspect approached the worker and demanded money, but the cashier laughed and apparently didn't realize the man was trying to hold up the place.

Headline: Heart Found On Floor Of The Paw Paw Car Wash
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: Someone's Heartless

Investigators are trying to determine if a heart found at on the floor of a southwestern Michigan car wash is from a human or an animal. The heart will be examined at a Lansing hospital's forensics services division.

WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids and WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo reported that the heart was discovered Monday by the owner of the Paw Paw car wash.

Headline: Burger King unveils body spray
Clip from: guardian.co.uk
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: Meaty Body Spray

Burger King releases fragrance described as 'the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat'

Headline: Headbangers urged to brace themselves
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: Hitman's Movie Deal

HEAVY metal fans are being urged to wear a neck brace or ditch their love of hard music to stop head and neck injuries.

Headline: Former Hit Man for Boston Mob Gets Movie Deal
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: Hitman's Movie Deal

The former hit man for a Boston crime family may soon see his sordid life story on the big screen, "GoodFellas"-style, after selling the rights to a Hollywood movie producer -- and the law enforcement agent who helped him cop a plea is not happy with the money deal.

John V. Martorano pleaded guilty in 1999 to killing 20 people in exchange for becoming a government witness. Now he's sold the rights to his mob tale for an undisclosed sum to Graham King of GK Films in Santa Monica, Calif.

Headline: Man, 98, confronts intruder after Bolton bedroom raid
Clip from: thisislancashire.co.uk
Date of clip: 17.12.8
Caption: This dude is spry for his age

A 98-year-old pensioner woke up in his bedroom to find a burglar going through his wardrobe and drawers.

The elderly man was asleep in his home in Bridgewater Street, Walkden, between 9.30pm and 10pm on Saturday when the attempted robbery took place.

The raider ran downstairs and searched for more of the pensioner's property to steal.