Fake and Flaky

Headline: Police Say Woman Used Fake ID To Get Fake Breasts
Origin of Clip: CBSnews.com 24.3.9
Caption: Fake and Flaky

Police are seeking a woman they said used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction, then skipped town. Huntington Beach police said Monday that a 30-year-old woman opened a line of credit in someone else's name in September 2008 and had the procedures worth more than $12,000 performed at the Pacific Center For Plastic Surgery.

Headline: Spider-Man comes to boy's rescue
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 24.3.9
Caption: Spiderman Saves The Day Or Was That Mighty Mouse

A FIREMAN turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony, police say.
Teachers at a special needs school in Bangkok alerted authorities yesterday when an autistic pupil, scared of going to lessons, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside, a police sergeant said.

Despite teachers' efforts to beckon the boy inside, he refused to budge until his mother mentioned her son's love of superheroes, prompting fireman Sonchai Yoosabai to take a novel approach to the problem.

"My fireman rushed back to the fire station and took out his Spider-Man costume ... The boy immediately ran into his arms with a smile,'' Sergeant Virat Boonsadao said.

Headline: Parrot Awarded for Yelling About Choking Baby
Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 24.3.9
Caption: Parrot is a Hero

DENVER — A parrot that alerted his owner about a baby who was choking was recognized as a hero by the Red Cross.

Willie the parrot was given the Animal Lifesaver Award during the "Breakfast of Champions" event attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper.

Willie received the award Friday for his actions in November, when he and owner Megan Howard were baby-sitting a toddler. Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, baby" when Howard went to the bathroom and the toddler started to choke on her breakfast.

Headline: U.S. Jobs Threatened by Cheap Chinese Condoms
Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 24.3.9
Caption: Baby Booming Condoms

With the American economy in turmoil, the government has decided to drop a long-standing contract with a U.S. company and give it to a foreign one, the Kansas City Star reported.

In a move that will cost around 300 American jobs, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has decided to purchase condoms from foreign companies — in countries like South Korea and China — because they cost less than American-made prophylactics, the Star reported.

The agency distributes billions of condoms to poor countries around the world, but has previously used only American-made condoms because of "Buy American" regulations, the Star reported. The stimulus bill that recently passed in Congress, however, does not include that provision for condoms...

OUCH

Headline: Kitchen dentist used wine to numb pain
From: news.com.au
Date of clip: 26.12.8
Caption: OUCH!!

MAN operated an illegal dental surgery in the kitchen of his New York home and gave patients wine to help them cope with the pain.
Police arrested Carlos Flores after raiding his home at Peekskill, in northern New York.
Investigators say he had all the tools and treated patients in the kitchen of his home.
They said he had a chair next to a radiator and antiquated instruments caked in blood.
Police say there were two birds loose in the house, and on the kitchen table was a jug of wine Flores allegedly gave patients to help deal with the pain.
They said a man who went there for a toothache ended up in hospital after Flores broke the tooth while trying to pull it out.

Headline: Woman Awarded $198,000 for 'Horse Teeth'
From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 26.12.8
Caption: Mr. Ed

A Bridgeport jury has awarded more than $198,000 to a woman who claims her dentist promised her a celebrity smile, but gave her what her attorney called "horse teeth."
Attorney Richard Meehan Jr. says his client, Marvalyn Foster sued Stamford dentist Darren Martinez because he promised her a "big, beautiful Hollywood celebrity smile." Foster wanted Martinez to give her a permanent bridge to replace a false tooth.
Meehan says that Foster woke up from the procedure to discover that Martinez extracted three teeth and made a large bridge that resembled horse teeth.

Headline: Give 'em Viagra
From: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 26.12.8
Caption: Up, Up, and Away

In an effort to win over fickle warlords and chieftains in Afghanistan and get information from them, CIA officials are handing out Viagra pills in exchange for their cooperation, the Washington Post reports.
"Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people - whether it's building a school or handing out Viagra," an agency operative, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Post.

Headline: Christmas charity workers attacked
From: news.com.au
Date of clip: 26.12.8
Caption: Merry Christmas??

A CHARITY worker and his wife were attacked by a gang of youths as they investigated a disturbance outside their Melbourne home on Christmas Eve.
The couple, who gave their names only as Paul and Ilse, said they heard a loud bang outside their home in Noble Park, in the city's southeast, around 11.30pm on Wednesday.
Paul said he went outside to see four men who had kicked over a bin and after confronting them he was attacked in front of his wife.
The attackers kicked and punched the 56-year-old man about the face and head before one of the attackers turned on his wife, 68.
The gang laughed and mocked the couple throughout the attack...

Headline: Police Use Tobacco Spit To Nab Burglary Suspect
From: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 25.12.8
Caption: Gross

A trail of tobacco spit has led investigators to a suspect in at least five burglaries across eastern Oklahoma, police said.
Randy Lee Shoopman Jr., 33, was charged with 11 counts of second-degree burglary after a sample of his DNA matched that taken from expectorant left behind at the scene of several burglaries in Oklahoma, said officer Brad Robertson, a spokesman for the Tahlequah police department.
Shoopman was taken into custody Friday in Merced, Calif., on an unrelated stolen property charge, Robertson said.
Investigators also said Shoopman may be involved in break-ins at businesses across eastern Oklahoma and in Missouri.

Headline: Christmas rings in with massive pub brawl
From: news.com.au
Date of clip: 25.12.8
Caption: So much for Merry Christmas

CHRISTMAS has kicked off with a massive brawl outside a hotel in Sydney.

Police say at least 60 drunken people were involved in the fight at the Greystanes Inn at Greystanes in Sydney's west at about 11.30pm (AEST) yesterday.

Twelve police cars were on the scene at Merrylands Road, along with Polair and the police dog squad.

It is believed no one was injured during the brawl and staff voluntarily shut the pub.

Inquiries are continuing into how the fight started but police said no arrests were made.

Larger the Better

Headline: Fake penis drug cheat duo guilty
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 26.11.8
Caption: Is larger really better?

TWO men who sold fake penises enabling drug cheats to give clean urine samples have pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
Gerald Wills and Robert Catalano, the president and vice president of Puck Technology, entered guilty pleas on Monday at a federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They were charged last month with selling the Whizzinator penis - a lifelike device used to emit clean, realistically warm urine instead of the user's true urine.

Headline: Bus Driver Allegedly Asked Cheerleaders to Flash Him
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 25.11.8
Caption: Bus Driving Pervert.

A longtime school bus driver could be fired after several members of a cheerleading squad in Lynnfield, Mass., said he offered them $40 to lift up their shirts.

Driver Bill Diamond, 56, was suspended without pay after the allegations surfaced, MyFOXBoston.com reported. Diamond has been at the job for 23 years.

Headline: Mad killer granted cabbie's licence
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 25.11.8
Caption: Sounds like a movie plot.

AN insane killer who stabbed his wife to death has won the right to drive a cab - but passengers are not allowed to know his identity.

A tribunal granted the man taxi accreditation despite pleas from Victoria's Director of Public Transport to ban him from the roads. A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal order prevents the Herald Sun revealing the name of the driver, known only as 'XFJ'.

VCAT deputy president Michael Macnamara said in his decision that XFJ's violent history raised a significant safety issue for taxi passengers.