SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 18.8.9
CAPTION: AN UPDATE ON A PREVIOUS STORY POSTED
HOUSTON — A Houston-area mother convicted of mutilating her infant by cutting off his genitals two years ago was sentenced Monday to 99 years in prison.
But minutes after the jury's sentence was read, Katherine Nadal, 28, yelled out that she did not hurt her son, prompting the boy's father to storm out of the courtroom.
Jurors deliberated for two hours Monday night before returning the sentence, which also included a $10,000 fine. The same jury had convicted her last week of first-degree felony injury to a child. ...
HEADLINE: Duodecmom? Woman Allegedly Expecting 12 Babies
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 17.8.9
CAPTION: WHY NOT HAVE 13, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A BAKER'S DOZEN
A woman is pregnant with a record-breaking 12 babies, the Sun reported Monday.
The teacher, who has not yet been named, is expecting six boys and six girls, according to reports. She conceived the babies following fertility treatments, after suffering a number of miscarriages.
Fertility experts confirmed the extraordinary pregnancy in Gafsa, Tunisia, was possible, but carried "colossal" risks.
"The woman could have been receiving ovulation induction treatment, which stimulates egg production. You don't have the same control as with IVF," said Dr. Mark Hamilton, of the British Fertility Society.
HEADLINE: Man arrested for drive-by faeces attack
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 17.8.9
CAPTION: WHEN IT HITS THE FAN, IT HITS THE FAN
A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested for throwing his own faeces at women passers-by from a motorcycle in two separate attacks in western Japan, police said today.
The man turned himself in yesterday after making the second drive-by attack in Settsu, a satellite city near Osaka, and was detained on suspicion of assault, a municipal police spokesman said.
The worker, identified as Tatsuya Moriguchi, committed a similar assault in the same city on August 3, the police official said.
"The suspect has told investigators he did it because he felt frustrated when his work didn't go well,'' the official said
HEADLINE: Swimmers are told to wear burkinis
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: telegraph.co.uk 17.8.9
CAPTION: COVER UP OR NO DIVE
Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees. The phenomenon runs counter to developments in France, where last week a woman was evicted from a public pool for wearing a burkini – the headscarf, tunic and trouser outfit which allows Muslim women to preserve their modesty in the water.
HEADLINE: Thief leaves name, address behind
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 17.8.9
CAPTION: ANOTHER STUPID THIEF
A MAN vying for the title of New Zealand's most incompetent criminal left his name and contact details with a shop before robbing it and fleeing.
The man - a regular customer of the music shop in the southern city of Christchurch - grabbed handfuls of banknotes from the till with four surveillance cameras trained on him, the shop's manager told The Press newspaper.
Manager Garry Knight said although the shop assistant was distracted with helping another customer, two other people in the store witnessed the theft on Friday.
"It's comical.''
Just minutes before the robbery, the man had approached the assistant, saying he wanted a copy of Pink Floyd's album The Wall held for him.
He wrote his name and contact details down for the assistant.
HEADLINE: Man Jailed After Burglars Find Child Porn on Laptop
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 16.8.9
CAPTION: THEY MIGHT BE CROOKS BUT THEY DON'T PUT UP WITH THIS CRAP
A British man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in prison after burglars found images of child pornography on his stolen laptop and turned it over to the police.
Richard Coverdale was convicted of downloading pictures of child abuse as well as exposing himself to an unsuspecting teenage girl over the internet while posing as a 14-year-old boy, according to Gazettelive.com.
Police started investigating the 24-year-old convicted arsonist after burglars discovered the images on a laptop they stole from Coverdale's house in August 2008 and contacted police, the Web site reported.
According to prosecutors, the officers found 13 illegal photos and 65 illegal videos on the computer and uncovered online conversations between Coverdale and a 14-year-old girl, during which Coverdale pretended to be a fictitious 14-year-old boy named Danny, Gazettelive.com reported.
HEADLINE: Girl Fined For Selling Lemonade Without a Permit
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 16.8.9
CAPTION: SOON, ONE WON'T BE ABLE TO SHIT WITHOUT A PERMIT
Three sourpuss Parks Department agents put the squeeze on a 10-year-old girl in Riverside Park yesterday, slapping the tyke with a $50 ticket for hawking lemonade without a permit.
Clementine Lee, who lives just blocks from the Upper West Side park, had dreamed of opening a lemonade stand since last year and took advantage of yesterday's beautiful weather to set up shop.
"It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," the aspiring juvenile juice mogul told The Post.
Business was booming for Clementine and her photographer dad, Richard, 49, for the first 20 minutes at the stand on West 73rd Street and Riverside Drive.
The father-daughter team was able to sell 10 glasses of the ice-cold drink for 50 cents each and the dozen chocolate chip cookies they baked.
But their day turned into the pits at 3 p.m. when the heartless pack of city sticklers iced their operation.
"They approached us nonchalantly but then surrounded us," the peeved papa recalled. "They were very hostile as soon as they approached, saying 'Where's your permit? Where's your permit?' "
When Richard admitted he didn't have the right to sell on Parks property, the agents immediately slapped the dad and daughter with a summons for selling food without a license, which carries a maximum fine of $200.
HEADLINE: Caffeine the Australian drug of choice
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 16.8.9
CAPTION: It's the world's drug of choice, not just Australia
AUSTRALIANS are more addicted to caffeine than to any other substance, with research showing many people enjoy the equivalent of four cups of coffee a day.
Experts say the ritual morning coffee is the nation's top addiction, beating vices like problem gambling, alcohol and illicit drugs - "ice", cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin.
A University of NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) spokesman said the average daily caffeine intake was 240mg - equal to four cups of coffee a day.
