Topic: NEWS english - on October 1, 2004 at 1:50:00 PM CEST
Judge Orders FBI to Release Lennon Files
The FBI must turn over the remaining secret files on Beatle John Lennon to a professor who has waged a more than 20-year legal battle to get the documents, a judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge Robert Takasugi rejected government arguments Tuesday that releasing the last 10 pages would pose a national security risk because a foreign government secretly provided the information. The government was not publicly identified.
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 1, 2004 at 1:49:00 PM CEST
Schwarzenegger signs bill to ban force feeding of birds
California will end the force feeding of ducks, geese and other birds to produce the gourmet liver product foie gras by 2012 under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The bill will also ban the sale of foie gras in California starting that same year if it's obtained by force feeding birds.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 1, 2004 at 1:48:00 PM CEST
Car aroma tips police in pot bust
A Fredericksburg man's poor driving, along with something he claimed to have found on a basketball court, landed him in hot water this week, police said.
Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith said Deputy Jason Clark was on Mine Road about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday when he saw a vehicle cross a double yellow line.
When Clark stopped the vehicle at the intersection of Mine and Lansdowne roads, he noticed a strong smell of air freshener coming from the car, Smith said.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 1, 2004 at 1:46:00 PM CEST
Don't feed the bear; he'll feed himself
It's a tale of man against nature. A paralyzed man in Aspen, Colorado lay helplessly in bed for two hours while a black bear known as "Fat Albert" went through his kitchen breaking dishes and looking for a tasty snack. "I had four pounds (2kg) of chocolate from a ski trip. He ate it all -- it's war," Tom Isaac said, recounting with a sense of humor how the 500-pound (230-kg) bear made himself at home at his house on Sept. 20.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 1, 2004 at 1:45:00 PM CEST
Sanitation Worker Finds $22K in Trash Bin
Andrew Pritt has found some unique and valuable things while working as a trash collector, but none of them came close to the metal box he recently found under a trash bin.
Pritt, 51, of Mount Pleasant found roughly $22,000 in the box under a rollout trash receptacle while working Monday in downtown Mount Pleasant, the Morning Sun reported.
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Topic: SPORT - on October 1, 2004 at 1:43:00 PM CEST
Indians Pitcher Shot Wearing Cheerleader Outfit
The winning pitcher in Wednesday night's Tribe game against Kansas City was shot after the game. Kyle Denney, 27 was hospitalized after being shot in the leg while riding on the team bus.
Team officials said the bullet also grazed outfielder Ryan Ludwick, but he wasn't hurt.
The shooting happened while the team was headed to the Kansas City International Airport, Cleveland television station WEWS reported.
Police said the shot was fired into the side of the team's second bus while it was on a ramp between Interstate 435 and I-70.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 1, 2004 at 1:21:00 PM CEST
Wild-West im Hanffeld
Rund um vier Hanffelder im Kanton Freiburg haben sich in den vergangenen Wochen Diebe und Bewacher Schlägereien und Verfolgungsjagden geliefert. Gemäss der Kantonspolizei Freiburg herrschten zeitweise Verhältnisse wie im Wilden Westen. Nach einer neuen Eskalation müssen die Felder nun beseitigt werden.
Ein anfängliches Katz- und Mausspiel zwischen den Besitzern der vier Felder und vereinzelten Dieben hat sich in den letzten Wochen zum planmässigen Diebstahl grösserer Mengen von Hanf entwickelt, wie die Freiburger Kantonspolizei am Freitag mitteilte. Die Besitzer antworteten darauf mit Überwachungsaktionen, bei denen sie teilweise mit Schusswaffen ausgerüstet waren. Nachdem Klagen aus der Bevölkerung laut wurden, beschlagnahmte die Polizei mehrere Schusswaffen.
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Topic: LAW - on October 1, 2004 at 12:36:00 PM CEST
Man Who Drinks 6 Pack a Day Fights to get Driver's License Reinstated
44 year old Pennsylvania man Keith Emerich saw his driver's license taken away last April by a Lebanon County judge because a doctor disclosed that Emerich drank a 6 pack of beer a day. Emerich is appealing to the Commonwealth Court.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 1, 2004 at 10:21:00 AM CEST
No man? Try a man pillow
A Japanese company has produced a pillow that holds female customers while they sleep.
The pillow, designed to be similar to a man's arm, soothes the 8000 ladies who paid 80$ for them.
Pillows for men, the shape of a woman's lap, are in design currently.
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