Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 21.3.9
Caption: Wonder How They Taste Fried in Oil
LONDON — A school of mechanical, battery-powered robots in the shape of fish will be released into a Spanish port to help monitor pollution there, scientists said Friday.
The 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) robots work by mimicking the swishing movements of a fish's tail, according to University of Essex robotics expert Huosheng Hu, whose team is manufacturing the machines.
He said the robo-fish would be equipped with sensors to monitor oxygen levels in the water, detect oil slicks spilled from ships or contaminants pumped into the water from underground pipes.
Headline: Hairy Problem Solved: N.J. Scraps Plan to Ban Waxing
Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 20.3.9
Caption: You Can Wax Those Pubes
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is smoothing out differences over a plan to ban bare-it-all bikini waxing.
The state on Friday decided to reverse course on the proposal after angry salon owners complained about losing business ahead of swimsuit season.
"It was an unnecessary issue," said spa owner Linda Orsuto. "In New Jersey especially, where the government has been picking our pockets for so long, it was like, 'Just stay out of our pants, will you?"'
The state Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board proposed banning so-called "Brazilian" bikini waxing after two women were hospitalized for infections following the procedure.
On Friday, Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman effectively killed the plan. In a letter to the board, Szuchman says he won't support the ban, and since his office oversees the board, the ban would never be approved.
Headline: Clorox Offers $5K To Wipe Out SF 'toilet Torcher'
Origin of Clip: CBSnews.com 20.3.9
Caption: Potty Burner
The Clorox Company is offering a $5,000 reward and a year's supply of toilet cleaning products for tips leading to the arrest of San Francisco's notorious portable potty pyromaniac.
The Oakland-based chemical company deployed a "potty patrol" team in the city Friday to make residents aware of its offer marrying marketing and community service.
Since November, more than two dozen construction site toilets have been set on fire in the city, causing an estimated $50,000 in property damage
Headline: 'Deadliest' Spider Found in Grocer Aisle
Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 20.3.9
Caption: Itsy Bitsy Spider
One of the most deadly spiders in the world was found in the produce section of an upscale Oklahoma grocery store.
Or was it?
An employee of Whole Foods Market in Tulsa discovered what an expert said was a Brazilian wandering spider in a bunch of bananas from Honduras on Sunday and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa animal facilities director Terry Childs, who identified the arachnid and said that type of spider is one of the most lethal in the world.
Childs said a bite will kill a person in about 25 minutes, and while there is an antidote, he doesn't know of any in the Tulsa area.
But a Tulsa Zoo official disputed the findings, saying his analysis through video and photos he'd seen led him to believe that it was a Huntsman spider — which is harmless to humans.
Headline: Monty Python prop causes bomb scare
Origin of Clip: telegraph.co.uk 20.3.9
Caption: A Bang of a Laugh
Bomb disposal teams were called in and buildings evacuated after workmen mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade.
Water company engineers spotted the object when they lifted up a fire hydrant cover during work on a street in Shoreditch, east London. ....But after nearly an hour of analysis bomb experts realised that the cause of the scare was in fact a copy of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" used by Eric Idle to slaughter a killer rabbit in the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
Headline: MP offered sex toy to go 'screw herself'
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 19.3.9
Caption: Go Beep Yourself
POLICE were called to check harassment claims against a Sydney councillor who put a motion to buy a sex toy for NSW Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge so she could go "screw herself".
Independent Strathfield councillor Danny Lim lodged the motion last month, recommending that the council purchase a vibrator for Ms Judge to encourage her "to stop screwing with the people of Strathfield and screw her- self instead".
Council refused to table the motion but The Daily Telegraph can reveal Ms Judge has lodged a complaint with the council calling for action against Mr Lim..
Headline: Baby born on plane, left behind by mum
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 19.3.9
Caption:
A WOMAN gave birth on a flight to New Zealand today then allegedly left the baby on board.
A cleaner reportedly found the baby in a rubbish compartment in one of the plane's toilets more than an hour after it had landed at Auckland airport.
The mother is understood to be a 30-year-old Samoan woman who was on Pacific Blue flight DJ94 from Apia to Auckland, which landed at 3.20am.
It is not known whether any of the 150 passengers or crew members onboard noticed the mother go into labour.
The mother allegedly abandoned the baby on landing, but returned later.
Headline: 67-year-old's job hunt tip: Get up, get out
Origin of Clip: CNN.com 19.3.9
Caption: A MUST READ STORY - CLICK LINK FOR FULL STORY
Jean Lindsay, a spunky 67-year-old with two masters' degrees, panicked after she failed to land a job in the garden center of a Lowe's home-improvement store.
She started to wonder whether a woman of her age ever would be able to find work. She worried about her debt, and weeks of unemployment were turning into months.
After the job interview, she stayed up most of the night in the fits of an anxiety attack -- vomiting and huddling under the bedcovers with her two dogs.
"God, I felt like I was falling off the ends of the earth," she said.
A few days later, though, she tossed on a red sweater, plopped down in front of her computer, flipped on her Web camera -- and, suddenly, while streaming her story onto the Internet, things seemed OK.
Headline: Teen fined after pants fall down
Origin of Clip: mews.com 19.3.9
Caption: Keep Your Pants On
A TEENAGER has faced court after his baggy trousers fell so low that he exposed himself - just as a female police officer was walking past.
Trent Joseph Wroe has learned the hard way that he should wear underwear after a night out in Mooloolaba on February 28, The Sunshine Coast Daily reports.
The 19-year-old faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court on a charge of public nuisance, after his pants fell down and exposed his bare bottom as he walked along the Esplanade just after midnight.
The case even managed to get a chuckle out of magistrate Tom Killeen, who advised Mr Wroe to wear a belt in future.
“I wore a belt today,” Mr Wroe said in court as he indicated to his shorts.
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