Girl uses computer to save flood victims

Bizzare and Offbeat, awesome, strange - No Comments » - Posted on August, 24 at 6:47 pm

A girl’s e-mailed cry for help and her photos of rising flood waters saved 40 neighbors trapped in a submerged mobile home park.  Tiffany Monk, 16, stood outside her Melbourne trailer during Tropical Storm Fay on Thursday and noticed floodwaters slowly overtaking her community on Eau Gallie Boulevard. 
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Guy takes on IRS and wins

Bizzare and Offbeat, Halirious, awesome, strange - No Comments » - Posted on August, 24 at 6:44 pm

WASHINGTON – It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute.
Not only that, but tax experts say potentially millions of other taxpayers could benefit from his victory.
The accountant from Baxter, Minn., challenged the method the IRS has used for [...]

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Shirtless man ticketed

Bizzare and Offbeat, Halirious, sad, strange - No Comments » - Posted on June, 12 at 6:01 pm

EASTON, Md. - For only the third time in five years, Easton police have ticketed someone for going topless in public. Sean Cephus, 18, was cited June 4 when police say he was spotted without a shirt on South Street near Hanson Street. He was also cited for failing to obey a lawful order to [...]

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Cedar Rapids Floods

Bizzare and Offbeat, sad, strange - 1 Comment » - Posted on June, 12 at 5:59 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets.
Officials estimated that 100 blocks were underwater in Cedar Rapids, where several days of preparation could not hold back the rain-swollen river. Rescuers [...]

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Man puts duct tape over license plate to steal gas

Bizzare and Offbeat, IDIOT, strange - 1 Comment » - Posted on June, 10 at 5:14 pm

MADISON TWP., Mich. - An Adrian man is being sought on suspicion of stealing gasoline.
According to a report released Friday by the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department, at about 2:54 p.m. on May 19, a passerby observed a man placing black electrical tape over the license plate of a 1998 Chevrolet in the parking lot of [...]

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Michigan Sherrif arrests burglar next door

Bizzare and Offbeat, IDIOT, awesome, strange - No Comments » - Posted on June, 10 at 5:10 pm

PITTSFORD — Even in his sleep, the Hillsdale County sheriff is on duty.
WCSR-AM in Hillsdale reports Sheriff Stan Burchardt captured a breaking-and-entering suspect at an automotive-related business after being awakened about 1:15 a.m. Friday by noise outside his Pittsford home.
The sheriff’s department says Burchardt went outside to investigate and saw a person run up to [...]

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Police blow up pipe bomb chicken

Bizzare and Offbeat, Halirious, strange - No Comments » - Posted on June, 10 at 5:09 pm

SIMSBURY, Conn. — Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.
Simsbury police Capt. Matthew Catania says a motorist noticed the chicken Monday morning. He says the bomb was large enough to harm a person if it went off.
The road was closed while [...]

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City of Dearborn Bans Ice Cream Trucks

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City officials in Dearborn Heights, Mich., say they may ban ice cream truck drivers from playing music because residents think it’s too loud.
The city council is preparing to pass an ordinance Tuesday, permitting drivers to sound bells only as they are making an ice cream sale, The Detroit News reported.
Drivers say the ordinance is unreasonable [...]

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Drunk Baby Born Fives Times Over the Limit

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A mother who was intoxicated during her labor at a Polish hospital gave birth to a baby girl who was almost 15 times over the country’s adult drunk-driving limit, Agence France-Presse is reporting.
The baby girl, born Monday, had a blood alcohol level of 0.29 percent. Poland’s drunk driving limit is 0.02 percent, according to [...]

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Americans Fear Gas Shortage

Bizzare and Offbeat, Halirious, sad, strange - No Comments » - Posted on June, 10 at 2:53 pm

As much as Americans fret over the rising price of gas, one thing worries them more: the possibility of having to wait in long lines to buy rationed gas.
A CNN/Opinion Research poll released Tuesday shows that 55% of those surveyed are more worried about long lines at gas stations and rationing than about the high [...]

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