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Friday, February 27, 2009

Balls of Fire

Headline: Alarm Company: Um, Sir? Your House Is On Fire
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 27.2.9
Caption: Balls Of Fire
A Connecticut man was so engrossed with the tunes on his iPod that he didn't realize his house was on fire _ until his alarm company called.

Pomfret Assistant Fire Chief Edward Bates says Andrew Riley told him he was listening to music Thursday afternoon when the blaze broke out on the upper floor of his 2 1/2-story house.

Bates says Riley didn't smell smoke or hear the smoke alarm going off.

After receiving the call, Riley dashed upstairs and shut a door to the burning room.

Firefighters arrived on the scene and quickly put out the blaze. The damage was limited to the exercise room and an adjoining office.

Headline: Budget Airline May Charge to Use Plane Toilet
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 27.2.9
Caption: The this include having sex in one.
Budget airline Ryanair is toying with the idea of charging passengers $1.40 to use the lavatory during flights, the Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Ryanair's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, said in an interview that the no-frills airline was considering installing a coin slot on bathroom doors, according to the Telegraph.

O'Leary said the Dublin-based airline was trying to make air travel easier and more affordable.

Headline: Mich. Man Pleads No Contest In Vacuum Sex Act Case
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 27.2.9
Caption:He Did What With A Vacuum?

A man has pleaded no contest to indecent exposure after police said he was arrested for performing a sex act with a car wash vacuum. The Saginaw News reported 29-year-old Jason Leroy Savage entered the plea Wednesday in Saginaw County Circuit Court. A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but will be treated as one at sentencing on March 25.

Police said Savage was arrested after a resident called officers early..

Headline: Sex-party nudists get into the swing
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 27.2.9
Caption: A Tad Of Nudity
MONTH-long sex party will put about 250 bare bums in the beds of a nudist resort in the heart of Mossman, north of Cairns. The White Cockatoo is almost fully booked next month for its Adults Only promotion, a swingers' romp where "almost anything goes".

"We've effectively sold out," resort owner Tony Fox said.

"It's a totally clothing optional, adults only month with almost no rules applicable.

"Provided it doesn't constitute a breach of the Australian law, they (guests) are welcome to do anything."

Headline: Teen Fired for Calling Job 'Boring' on Facebook
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 26.2.9
Caption: Nothing is real in cyberspace except reality

A teenager was fired from her job after calling it boring on Facebook.

Kimberley Swann made the comment about Ivell Marketing and Logistics Limited in Clacton, Essex, England where she had begun working as an administrator.

She claims she did not name the company online and was happy in the job.

The 16-year-old was fired with "immediate effect" after posting the negative comment on the social networking site.

"They were just being nosey, going through everything. I think it is really sad, it makes them look stupid that they are going to be so petty," she said.

Boss Steve Ivell told Sky News Online Swann posted comments about her job and invited other staff members to read them.

Headline: Man Dies After 'Guzzling' Viagra During 12-Hour Romp
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 26.2.9
Caption: At least he went with a smile on his face
A Russian man died after guzzling a bottle of Viagra to keep him going for a 12-hour orgy with two female pals.

The women had bet mechanic Sergey Tuganov $4,300 that he wouldn’t be able to follow through with the half-day sex marathon.

But minutes after winning the bet, the 28-year-old died of a heart attack, Moscow police said.

Headline: 24 Drinking Arrests at Home of MADD Volunteer
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 26.2.9
Caption: This is the best ironic story ever
24 Drinking Arrests at Home of Miss Connecticut Outstanding Teen, MADD Volunteer
The reigning Miss Connecticut Outstanding Teen, a volunteer for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, held a party that resulted in two dozen people being charged with underage drinking, police said Wednesday.

Rachael Ramonas, 17, once organized a benefit for the families of friends killed in a car crash in which the teen behind the wheel had a history of drunken driving, according to the Web site of Miss America's Outstanding Teen.

It's not clear whether Ramonas, who competed in the Miss America Outstanding Teen pageant in August in Florida, was among those charged. Police are not releasing the teens' names because they are juveniles, and no teens are charged with drunken driving.

Ramonas, a high school senior, is an honor and AP student, according to the Web site of Miss America's Outstanding Teen.

Headline: Funeral Director Allegedly Leaves Corpse In Hearse
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 25.2.9
Caption: Corpse in Old Hearse
A funeral director faces a felony charge after police found a woman's decomposing body in the back of a hearse. Police said the 76-year-old funeral home owner was charged Tuesday with abusing a corpse. Police said the woman died of natural causes in November 2007 at the age of 52. Relatives said they wanted her remains cremated.

But police said the family never signed papers for a cremation or paid the funeral home. So the owner allegedly put the body in the back of a hearse and parked it on a lot with other old vehicles.

Headlines: Angry Passenger Douses Bus Driver With Coffee
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.

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