Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 12.1.9
Caption: Wang Wants Wang
A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported.
Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her aging nieces and nephews since breaking her leg when she was 102 and had to stop doing chores like washing her clothes.
"I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married," the Chongqing Commercial Times quoted her saying.
"What will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband?"
Born in southern Guizhou province the child of a salt merchant, Ms Wang grew up watching her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives and often found her aunt crying in the woodshed after an attack, the paper said.
Headline: Couple Denied Adoption Because Hubby Is 'Too Fat'
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 12.1.9
Caption: A slam against fat people.
A married couple has spoken of its shock after being turned down to adopt on the grounds that one of them is too fat.
Damien and Charlotte Hall approached Leeds City Council in West Yorkshire, England, about adoption after discovering that they were unable to have children of their own.
They were told that Hall’s size, at 6-foot-1, 343 pounds, made him morbidly obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 42.
In a letter, the council told the couple his BMI must be below 40 before the couple could be considered as potential parents because of a risk he could become ill or even die.
“I am writing to confirm that we are unable to progress an application from you at this time. This is due to the concerns that the medical advisers have expressed regarding Mr. Hall’s weight,” the council wrote.
The couple, who have been married for 11 years, said they felt the ruling was harsh..
Headline: Teacher 'had sex with schoolboy 300 times'
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 12.1.9
Caption: Teacher Student Sex Lesson 300
A MARRIED teacher has been charged with seven counts of statutory rape after allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old schoolboy more than 300 times - including right under her husband's nose.
Police say Christine McCallum, 29, lived a disturbed double life for almost two years.
The Boston teacher is accused of having serial liaisons with the boy in Rockland and Abington from February 2006, when she allegedly took his virginity, to November 2007.
The boy told police they had sex for the first time on a couch at McCallum's home while her husband slept upstairs.
They also had unprotected sex in the shower, on the kitchen floor and on the living room floor, court documents say.
Headline: Wearing Speedos could land you in jail
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 12.1.9
Caption: Wear Not Speedos
TOURISTS wearing Speedos in town offend an island's police commissioner so much he is threatening to put them in jail. The Caribbean island of Grenada is enforcing an indecent exposure law banning swimsuits away from the beach, The Associated Press reports.
Police commissioner James Clarkson said offenders are generally just asked to put some clothes on but they can be fined $US270 ($384) or sent to jail for six months.
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Mr Clarkson said cruise ships usually inform passengers of the correct way to dress when in town, but "from time to time, there is the one or two who take their chances."
Headline: Sex Offender Wins Raffle for Abuse Victim Charity
Clip from: FOXNews.com.
Date of clip: 11.1.9
Caption: Dangerous Irony
A convicted sex offender won a $500,000 Alaska raffle that was a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization that helps victims of sexual abuse.
Alec Ahsoak of Anchorage, 53, came forward Saturday to collect his prize.
The state sex offender registry lists Ahsoak as convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in 1993 and one count in 2000.
The raffle drawing was Friday night.
State law says all games of chance must benefit a charity. The designated beneficiary for the half-million dollar raffle was Standing Together Against Rape..
Headline: Canadian Charged With Smuggling Cocaine in Forklift
Clip from: FOXNews.com.
Date of clip: 11.1.9
Caption: Lift me up
A 56-year-old Canadian man is charged with attempting to smuggle into Australia 22 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of $2.45 million, using forklift batteries.
Customs officers allegedly made the discovery on Dece. 22, after inspecting a container with a forklift inside that arrived at Sydney's Port Botany facility.
An X-ray of the forklift allegedly revealed "anomalies" within the battery unit, Australian Customs said.
A white powder which tested positive for cocaine was found inside the 24 battery cells, Customs said.
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