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In the Netherlands people can be naked in their gardens, the beach and recently the gym. But in America, even chocolate sculptures can't be without clothes. What gives?
POMONA, Calif. - Two men were arrested Tuesday after they mistakenly called 911 when they were trying to page a drug dealer, police said. Paul White, 38, and Ryan Ogle, 25, punched 911 as an urgent code to the dealer when they made the call from a pay phone around 3 a.m., Sgt. Michael Olivieri said.
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| In this campaign poster, released by a family member of Lanao Del Sur Board Member candidate Agakhan Mangondato Sharief in Manila, Philippines, shows a big, bold "Bin Laden" print of the 35-year-old candidate in the 1st District of Lanao Del Sur province in southern Philippines Wednesday, April 18, 2007. |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine elections are largely a battle of name recall, so Agakhan Sharief has chosen a moniker that will surely capture the attention of voters well beyond his backwater southern province - Osama bin Laden.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Smoking just might have saved Brenda Comers' life.
A Russian submarine used as a floating museum in the Providence River is listing after yesterday's storm.
Museum President Frank Lennon says the nor'easter caused an extreme high tide and winds that pushed the submarine on a shoal close to shore. It's now leaning to the left.
Lennon says the submarine floats in about a foot of water, so there's little danger. No water has penetrated the boat.
The museum hasn't yet decided how to fix the problem. The boat has been closed to visitors.
Museum President Frank Lennon says the nor'easter caused an extreme high tide and winds that pushed the submarine on a shoal close to shore. It's now leaning to the left.
Lennon says the submarine floats in about a foot of water, so there's little danger. No water has penetrated the boat.
The museum hasn't yet decided how to fix the problem. The boat has been closed to visitors.
FORREST CITY, Ark. - An Arkansas State Police trooper suspected monkey business when he spotted a large stuffed animal perched atop the dashboard of a pickup truck on the interstate.
Marine biologists were standing watch on Tuesday over a young whale that lost its way in New York harbor and nearly wandered into a narrow waterway notorious for industrial pollution.
The lure of holiday sunshine was too much for thousands of workers yesterday, who swapped suits for shorts and "pulled a sickie".
A specialist legal advisory service for businesses said more than 60 per cent of its calls were from employers concerned about absenteeism.
Britain's beaches recorded higher than normal numbers of visitors and those who did venture into the office found themselves able to find a seat on trains and buses that are usually packed.
With cool fronts expected to bring temperatures down to about 64F (18C) over the next few days, it seems that some workers could not resist taking advantage of the continuing hot spell, with temperatures reaching 77F (25C) in the Solent yesterday.
A specialist legal advisory service for businesses said more than 60 per cent of its calls were from employers concerned about absenteeism.
Britain's beaches recorded higher than normal numbers of visitors and those who did venture into the office found themselves able to find a seat on trains and buses that are usually packed.
With cool fronts expected to bring temperatures down to about 64F (18C) over the next few days, it seems that some workers could not resist taking advantage of the continuing hot spell, with temperatures reaching 77F (25C) in the Solent yesterday.
A pensioner dubbed the "original neighbour from hell" has been jailed for six months.
Dorothy Evans - who said she was a witch and threatened to cast spells on her victims - will serve a minimum of three months before being freed.
The 81-year-old was jailed today for harassment and six breaches of her Asbo.
Judge Roderick Denyer QC said the punishment was reduced because of her age.
He said: "In spite of your age and infirmities, over a period of 10 years you made life a misery for your neighbours."
Evans had a string of previous convictions involving neighbourhood disputes: four for harassment and eight for breaching a restraining order, between 1999 and 2005.
Dorothy Evans - who said she was a witch and threatened to cast spells on her victims - will serve a minimum of three months before being freed.
The 81-year-old was jailed today for harassment and six breaches of her Asbo.
Judge Roderick Denyer QC said the punishment was reduced because of her age.
He said: "In spite of your age and infirmities, over a period of 10 years you made life a misery for your neighbours."
Evans had a string of previous convictions involving neighbourhood disputes: four for harassment and eight for breaching a restraining order, between 1999 and 2005.
Asia's lovers rate sex far less highly than those elsewhere around the globe, spend less time having intercourse and are less likely to reach orgasm, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Comment: Holy cow wonder when a Bush look-alike will come around. I'm still waiting for "the other Bush; he's a uniter not a divider."