India toilet cleaners in protest
Hundreds of Indian workers employed to manually clean non-flush toilets have protested in Delhi against their working conditions.
Girl ’survives six-story fall’
French media are describing as a “miracle” the unscathed survival of an 18-month-old girl who fell from a sixth-floor apartment.
Refrigerator sculpture protests global warming
An art installation in a market made of 322 abandoned fridges as a protest against global warming has been given the cold shoulder by shoppers.
Dentists offer Halloween candy buyback program
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Just a day after Halloween two Pennsylvania dentists are offering a candy buyback program to save the teeth of young trick-or-treaters and boost the morale of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cafe awning saves baby in seven-story fall
PARIS (Reuters) – A 15-month-old baby girl survived a fall from a seventh-floor apartment in Paris almost unscathed after bouncing off a cafe awning and into the arms of a passer-by, police said on Tuesday.
‘Sleepwalker’ beats drink drive rap
A Swedish man was acquitted of drink driving after a court said it couldn’t rule out the possibility he was sleepwalking.
VIMS Scientists Help Solve Mystery Of ‘Alien Pod’
by David Malmquist, VIMSUFO—unidentified floating object—haunts lake at City CenterTracy Collier, an employee at Home Technologies in City Center at Oyster Point, was walking her employer’s Westie around…
School built cage for autistic student
A LOCAL authority in Scotland has apologised for building a “cage” to contain an autistic student at his high school.
POLICE: Drunken, Diaper Wearing Trick-Or-Treater Arrested
Maryland State Police said a drunken 47-year-old Florida man wearing a diaper was arrested for shouting profanities while trick-or-treating. Police said Joseph David DiVanna of Sarasota, Fla., was arrested about 9:15 p.m. Sunday and charged with dis…
Runner collides with deer during race
You couldn’t blame Sarah Glidden for having that “deer in the headlights” look a ‘ especially after colliding with a deer a ‘ while on foot.
Students complain about condiments
For students at schools in Memphis, Tennessee, this just won’t cut the mustard a ‘ or the ketchup, for that matter.
Teens’ late night texting leads to sleep deprivation and anxiety: study
This study fits somewhat into the “they had to do a study to determine this category.” Research conducted at the Sleep Disorders Center at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J., found that children who were active on electronic devices after supposedly…
New York Judge rules 6-year-old can be sued
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A girl can be sued over accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court justice has ruled.
Hurdler springs 200-1 shock result
LONDON (Reuters) – A horse called Maoi Chinn Tire became the longest priced winner in 20 years in Britain when successful in a hurdle race at Wetherby in northern England on Friday at 200-1.