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Toy Pony Sparks Bomb Scare In Orlando 3

Posted by samzenpus from the my-little-terrorist-pony dept.
A toy pony caused a bomb scare Tuesday morning in Orange County, Florida. The bomb squad was called in to investigate the suspicious equine which was left in a playground near an elementary school. Realizing that no child would forget such a fine example of stuffed horse, a robot was sent in to investigate. This initiated a partial lockdown of the school, and evacuating homes in the area. After deciding that a full lockdown and evacuation might not be a big enough overreaction to an abandoned toy on a playground, they decided to play it safe and just blow it up. After a thorough investigation the pony was determined to be non-threatening. Check out the video footage of the pony being taken down a peg."
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Man Jailed For Sending Letter Written In Blood 2

Posted by samzenpus from the neither-snow-nor-rain-nor-blood dept.
39-year-old Mark Chambers has learned the hard way that there are better ways to settle a land dispute than sending a letter written in your own blood. A Plymouth magistrate heard how Chambers sent the bloody letter with a picture of himself to the Washingham family who he thought had stolen his land. From the article: "Miss Washingham said that on the same day that the letter arrived, Chambers appeared at the family's home, and they immediately recognized him from the photograph. 'He was talking about the land, stating "you have stolen land off me." He entered the garden and was shouting,' Miss Washingham said. She said Chambers then threw a rock at the family's car, causing damage to a window. The court heard he then asked the man, whose wife and daughters had locked themselves in the house: 'Did you get my letter, written in blood?'" Chambers was sentenced to 126 days in custody.
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Student Shocks Own Nipples, Sues Teacher 10

Posted by samzenpus from the what-a-re-volting-situation dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press reports that a New Hampshire high school student who connected electrodes to his nipples that were plugged into the wall, severely shocking him, is suing the teacher, the school district, and the city because the teacher failed to warn him not to do so. Student Kyle Dubois attached a wire to his nipples, cooperated with another student to attach a second wire to the other nipple, and a third student plugged them in. A classmate captured the event on cell phone video. Kyle and his parents claim that he didn't know it was dangerous and the teacher's failure to warn him resulted in permanent brain damage. If I was the teacher's attorney, I would be tempted to argue that there is strong evidence the brain damage was present before the incident took place."

Comment Re:Buy one get one? (Score 5, Insightful) 593

by butterflysrage (#33418936) Attached to: NIH Orders Halt To Embryonic Stem Cell Research

they need to get rid of that "agree to filibuster" thing they have going on.... if you want to tie things up for hours and hours, then by gum you should have to work at it and ACTUALLY tie things up for hours and hours, not just say "can we agree that we are going to filibuster this so we can all go home and go fishin'?"

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