Topic: STRANGE - on May 25, 2004 at 2:18:00 PM CEST
Public peeing suspect attempts to ship himself to Cape Verde
With a court day approaching for public urination, a 22 yr old man was planning his escape. His friends delivered him in a box to ship to Cape Verde.
The crate never left the warehouse and four days later a friend of his alerted police. When the police opened the container they found a dehydrated and very confused man.
The mans sister stated: "He is just that way. He has always been kind of adventurous."
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Topic: Terror - on May 25, 2004 at 2:16:00 PM CEST
FBI Apologizes for Falsely Arresting Lawyer for Terrorism
The FBI apologized for arresting Brandon Mayfield, a 37 y.o. lawyer who used to be an officer in the military and recently converted to Islam. The FBI thought his fingerprint was on a bag of detonators used in the March Madrid bombing.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on May 25, 2004 at 2:13:00 PM CEST
Doctors' Ties are Dirty
A newly released study has found that nearly half the ties worn by doctors harbour bacteria known to cause hospital acquired infections. Security guards had much cleaner ties, with only 1 in 10 harbouring germs.
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Topic: BOARD NEWS - on May 25, 2004 at 1:52:00 PM CEST
Windows is killing you - Die Rückkehr der Killerfenster
Rätselhafter Tod: Mann in Küchenfenster eingeklemmt
Ein Todesfall unter bedenklichen Umständen hat sich in Wolfsberg ereignet: Ein Hausmeister fand gestern einen 45 Jahre alten Hausbewohner tot auf - eingeklemmt in seinem gekippten Küchenfenster.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on May 25, 2004 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
KCBS traffic plane lands in, well, traffic
A KCBS traffic reporter became part of the traffic report this morning when the small plane he was in made an emergency landing on an East Bay freeway -- causing a traffic slowdown.
No one was injured in the incident, which happened about 8:30 a.m. when the Cessna 172 apparently ran out of gas while en route to the Hayward municipal airport and landed on westbound Interstate 580 at Highway 238 in Castro Valley, authorities said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 25, 2004 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
Nuclear Experiment Planned in Nevada
Government scientists plan to conduct an underground nuclear experiment Tuesday at the Nevada Test Site, the National Nuclear Security Administration said. The subcritical experiment, dubbed "Armando," will involve detonating high explosives around plutonium in a steel sphere while X-rays, radar and lasers chart the behavior of the radioactive element in a non-nuclear explosion.
National Nuclear Security Administration: www.nnsa.doe.gov<
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 25, 2004 at 10:14:00 AM CEST
Baby born from 21-year-old sperm
A couple have given birth to a baby boy who was conceived using 21-year-old sperm, it has emerged.
Doctors at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, where the baby was born two years ago, said the age of the sperm may make it a world record.
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Topic: CSS - on May 25, 2004 at 10:01:00 AM CEST
Background Images Security Flaw?
Simon Willison yesterday posted a short overview of some current visited links methods over at Sitepoint, mentioning the method I use here. Good stuff, but is there a security flaw when using background images with CSS link styles?
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 25, 2004 at 9:59:00 AM CEST
British adventurer sets new Everest record
A British adventurer has laid claim to being the first to fly around Mount Everest, at 8,848 metres the world's highest peak, in a microlight aircraft.
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