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Submission + - Man Smuggles Monkey In Hat Onto Plane (axcessnews.com)

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IHC Navistar

on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @05:59PM

IHC Navistar writes: "A man was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, FL, for smuggling a marmoset which he had concealed in his hat into the United States. The mad succeeded in making it into the U.S., and onto a connecting flight to Ney Your/La Guardia before being noticed. The animal, after spending considerable time inside the hat became restless and then crawled out of the hat and sat well-behaved for the duration of the flight. URL: http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/ id/11930"

Submission + - Judge Takes Cleaners To The Cleaners - For $54M (komotv.com)

Submitted by IHC Navistar on Thursday June 14, 2007 @01:29AM

IHC Navistar writes: Frivolous lawsuits have reached a new low: Roy L. Pearson Jr. is suing a family owned and operated dry cleaning business in Washington, D.C. for losing a pair of his pants. The amount he is asking for: $54 million, which is down from his original asking of $67 million, and has so far rejected three attempts at a settlement. He is also seeking $15,000 for the use of a rental car so he can take his dry cleaning to a different cleaners for the next 10 years. If you are already one who is peeved by such outlandish lawsuits, their is one last twist: Roy L. Pearson is currently an Administrative Law judge for the City of Washington, D.C., and is no longer seeking damages in regards to the pants. The old adage "A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client." couldn't be truer, especially since Pearson is representing himself.

Full Story: http://www.komotv.com/news/national/7965977.html

Submission + - How To Prepare For An Alien Invasion

Submitted by IHC Navistar on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @03:47PM

IHC Navistar writes: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — When the aliens finally invade Earth, you may wish you had listened to Travis Taylor and Bob Boan. And if the invasion follows the plot of a typical Hollywood blockbuster, they might also be the guys called in at the last minute to save the day. After all, they have written "An Introduction to Planetary Defense", a primer on how humanity can defend itself if little green men wielding death rays show up at our cosmic doorstep. And yes, they're serious.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0 934498720070425?src=042507_1221_ARTICLE_PROMO_also _on_reuters

Submission + - Baby Sent Through X-Ray Machine At LAX

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on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @09:10PM

IHC Navistar writes: "A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine. The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented — caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said. A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt. The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation. Article URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baby20dec2 0,0,6460373.story?coll=la-home-headlines"

Submission + - Lawmaker Aims To Allow The Blind To Hunt

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IHC Navistar

on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @03:38PM

IHC Navistar writes: "AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) — A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt. Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue. He hopes it will be passed after the legislature reconvenes in January though he does not expect it to come into affect until 2008. "This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," Kuempel told Reuters. The bill may find little resistance in Texas, where politicians of all stripes endorse hunting, which is wildly popular in the state. Under the bill, blind hunters would be required to have a sighted hunter with them and would be allowed to use laser sights and other devices that are currently not allowed. "A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top," said Terry Erwin, the Austin-based Hunter Education Coordinator with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger," he told Reuters. © Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. URL: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?typ e=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-12-12T154047Z_01_N1 1175774_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLIND-HUNTERS.xml&src=rss"

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