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Snowman

Two men arrested after driving car down frozen canal in Scotland

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© Andrew Milligan/PAThe Peugeot 406 car after it went through ice covering the Union Canal in Winchburgh, West Lothian.
Two men have been arrested after trying to make the best of the cold spell by driving a car down a frozen canal - only to plunge into the icy water.

The pair were driving on the Union Canal, which runs from Edinburgh to Falkirk, near Winchburgh, West Lothian, yesterday afternoon when the ice gave way beneath them, police said.

The men, aged 22 and 24, escaped but were arrested and charged with reckless conduct after emergency services discovered the car. They will appear in court at a later date.

A Lothian and Borders police spokesman described the prank as "stupidity". "There is no doubt that these two individuals had a lucky escape, and had the canal been deeper there could very well have been a different outcome," he said.

Snowman

England: Police rapped for riot shield sledge stunt


A group of policemen filmed using a riot shield as a makeshift toboggan have been reprimanded for the prank.

A passer-by filmed the moment Thames Valley Police officers arrived at the slope in Berkeley Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, in a riot van.

Ladybug

Sexed-up Global Warming: Miss Earth hits the catwalk with a beauty contest from a different planet

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© ReutersMiss Earth 2009 contestants in Manila.
This is wrong on so many levels it's really hard to know where to start. News has reached us that the UK regional heats are now open for the Miss Earth Girls 2010 beauty pageant. I kid you not. Try not to retch as you read through this press release :
Applications are now invited from beautiful, passionate eco-warring young women across the UK to enter the 2010 Miss Earth Girls contest. Between January and April as many girls aged between 18-26 who combine a love for the planet with beauty, poise and grace, are encouraged to enter their regional heats online... Modernising the traditional focus of the "beauty pageant" and bringing beauty contests firmly into the 21st century, the main focus of the event is to empower the entrants to focus on and promote environmental awareness. During their participation, the girls plant trees, raise funds for their own chosen charities, attend environmental activities, act as spokeswomen for environmental thoughts and educate people on green issues, in particular the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle).

Smiley

Grayson suggests Satan wrote introduction to Cheney's book


Speaking on MSNBC's The Ed Show Monday night, the sharp-tongued Democratic congressman from Florida, Alan Grayson, delivered a fresh blow to erstwhile Vice President Dick Cheney (who now offers frequent exclusives to Politico on his critiques of President Barack Obama).

"What would you say to Dick Cheney to his face if you had the chance because he doesn't present himself to anybody that speaks the truth?" MSNBC's Ed Schultz asked.

Grayson argued that Cheney seems to be simply promoting his book.

Mr. Potato

Ignatious Reilly: Connecting the Farce

The war on people who are working harder than us.

That's right folks, the U.S. is officially peeved at China. Why? Because they work harder than us. At the core of the issue is all of the jobs going to China, the U.S. is essentially whining because...They're making us look like bums. Never mind, of course, that it is our own U.S. Corporations who have outsourced these jobs to make higher profits off of us selling Chinese made goods back to us, while stealing our jobs.

Smiley

Hundreds strip in NYC for no-pants subway ride

New York - Hundreds of New Yorkers have been riding the city's subway trains in their underwear.

They stripped down to their undies on Sunday for the ninth annual No Pants Subway Ride.

The idea is to act like nothing unusual is going on.

Mr. Potato

SOTT Focus: Shocking Leak! Al Gore, Climate Scientists, the greatest source of Green House Gas

Rooters News Wire - A shocking development today in the global climate change pandemic occurred when an undisclosed source close to the Greatest Most Awesomest President Barack 'da Pimp' Obama told WSS News correspondent Ignatius O'Reilley that the Obama Administration is frantically trying to conceal the true source of green house gas: Al Gore and his cadre of climate change scientists.

Magnify

Weirdest Unclaimed Luggage

It's a sight all too familiar to travelers: the lonely luggage that endlessly circles the airport baggage carousels. But, have you ever stopped to wonder where it all ends up? Some might be surprised to learn that the answer is Scottsboro, Alabama, home of the nation's only retailer of lost and unclaimed luggage.

The Unclaimed Baggage Center spans 40,000 square-feet, covering an entire city block, and sells approximately 1 million items annually, all left behind by travelers.

"Upon first impression, a lot of visitors think our store is really large but they have to realize that we're not a chain, we're one location collecting unclaimed baggage from all over the country," said Brenda Cantrell, director of marketing for the UBC. "The airports and airlines are really good at their jobs. Over 99.9 percent of the bags that are checked get reunited with their owners."

Mr. Potato

Ten Reasons Not To Hate Joe Lieberman?

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As we reported yesterday, pretty much no one likes Joe Lieberman anymore. I know what you're thinking: "but he's such a trustworthy man." We think so too, which is why we came up with this list:

10) Because he might follow Dodd's lead, and not run for re-election

9) Everyone hates him--try being unique

8) Because if you didn't hate him, he wouldn't be on Sunday talk shows every single week

7) Those adorable jowls

6) He is loyal to his constituents (who work in Aetna's corporate headquarters)

5) Because he supports universal health care (Okay, in Israel, but still...)

4) I couldn't come up with ten.... :-(

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Crasher Seal Photobombs Group Of Penguins

Imagine these poor penguins' surprise when they went to go pick up their pictures from the nearest 1 Hour Photo. Finally able to relax after months of withstanding the unbearably cold ancestral breeding grounds, all they wanted to do was take a group shot. But in an homage to crasher squirrel, some @-hole seal had to show up and ruin it. And of course, this is the only picture on the roll where nobody blinked.

Seal crashes photograph
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