Man With 5-inch Knife Stuck In Chest Orders Coffee

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HEADLINE: Man With 5-inch Knife Stuck In Chest Orders Coffee
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/22/ap/strange/main6011397.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.10
CLIP:

WARREN, Mich. (AP) - A 52-year-old man complained only about the cold weather before walking into a diner with a five-inch knife sticking out of his chest. The unnamed man called a Warren 911 operator on Sunday night to ask that an ambulance be sent to Bray's, an eatery in neighboring Hazel Park. He said he had been stabbed during a robbery attempt half a mile away, then walked to the restaurant and called 911 from a pay phone.

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HEADLINE: Fortune cookie factory gone to pot
SOURCE LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/22/state/n094909S95.DTL&tsp=1
CLIP:

Oakland police are looking for the growers of at least 1,000 marijuana plants found after a small fire at a one-time Oakland fortune cookie factory.

Sgt. Rich Vierra says the pot plants, valued at about $500,000, were not burned during Monday's fire in the former Kar Mee Fortune Cookie Factory in Oakland's Chinatown district.

Police say the plants ranged in size from seedlings to 4 feet tall and were being grown in about 1,750 square feet of space.

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HEADLINE: Man Convicted for Drinking Coffee Naked
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/21/crimesider/entry6006155.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.3
CLIP:

FAIRFAX, Va. (CBS/AP) In the privacy of his own home, Erick Williamson likes to drink his morning coffee in the buff, a fact that got several of his suburban Virginia neighbors brewing.
Now, a jury of his fully-clothed peers has convicted Williamson of indecent exposure because two women said they saw him naked while walking by the windows of his house in October. He received neither jail time nor a fine, but is appealing anyway, saying a larger principle is at stake.

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HEADLINE: Green vibrators promise truly sustainable pleasure
SOURCE LINK: http://www.canada.com/life/Green+vibrators+promise+truly+sustainable+pleasure/2356130/story.html
CLIP:

DUBLIN — When world leaders in Copenhagen argue for days in knife-edge talks to save the planet, what more fitting way to relieve the tension than an environmentally-friendly vibrator?
The global sex toy industry is worth an estimated annual $15 billion and uses up a mountain of batteries in the process, many of which end up as toxic waste.
But now one Irish company reckons they’ve got the solution to shake up the market: a vibrator they are calling the world’s first-ever "green technology sex toy".
The Earth Angel, described as "eight inches (20 centimetres) with a sleek white finish", is a wind-up vibrator which comes with a handle built into the bottom.

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HEADLINE: Britney Spears denies eating squirrels
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/britney-spears-denies-eating-squirrels/story-e6frfku0-1225812705201
CLIP:

BRITNEY Spears has taken aim at some of the tabloid stories that dogged her through 2009, publishing a list of the top 75 articles deemed to be the most ridiculous.

A statement on Spears's official website said more than 13,000 stories had been written about the singer this year - and many were either "patently absurd or simply offensive".
"We ranked the ones we believe were the most ridiculous," the statement said, trumpeting the website's list of the "top 75 Bulls#it Britney Spears stories" of 2009.
Among the stories to make the list include a report from a London tabloid citing a new Spears biography which stated that the singer's family used to eat squirrel meat during her "trailer park childhood"

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HEADLINE: British priest urges congregation to shoplift
SOURCE LINK: http://www.canada.com/news/British+priest+urges+congregation+shoplift/2367307/story.html
CLIP:

LONDON — A British Anglican priest is facing criticism following a controversial sermon where he advises his congregation to shoplift, according to a report from The Daily Mail.
Rev. Tim Jones, 41, told his followers that stealing from large chain stores is sometimes the best option for the poor. He said it is better for people to steal than resort to prostitution, mugging or burglary.
He also said that it is better to steal from large, national businesses rather than small businesses.
The Daily Mail reported that Jones claims his sermon at St. Lawrence Church in York did not violate the Bible commandment "Thou shalt not steal" because God's love for the poor is more important than the property rights of the rich.

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