Topic: FUN - on August 9, 2009 at 12:22:00 PM CEST
Rubber band machine gun
Mr. Nakamura of the Japan Rubber Band Gun Shooting Association fires off his rubber band machine gun:
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Topic: NATURE - on August 9, 2009 at 12:20:00 PM CEST
Baby elephant enjoys a bath and a shower
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Topic: NATURE - on August 9, 2009 at 12:14:00 PM CEST
Hecht attackierte im Irrsee Zwölfjährige
Beim Schwimmen spürte die Zwölfjährige plötzlich einen stechenden Schmerz im linken Bein. Der Stiefvater des Mädchens kam dem schreienden Mädchen zu Hilfe und sah noch einen rund 60 Zentimeter langen Hecht davon schwimmen. Die stark blutende Wunde am Bein musste von einem Arzt versorgt werden.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 9, 2009 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
Australia considers mass killings of camels
Thousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed at cutting down the population of the havoc-wreaking creatures.
First introduced into Australia in the 1840s to help explorers travel through the Australian desert, there are now about 1 million camels roaming the country, with the population doubling every nine years.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on August 9, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Portable Film Festival 2009
No more waiting for watching - here's the fourth annual Portable Film Festival! Nearly 180 films, selected from more than 800 entries from 40 different countries, in all their cross-platform, cross-category glory. Screening online and downloadable to your iPod, PSP or 3G mobile phone, Portable is the festival that's on your terms, on the go!
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 9, 2009 at 12:06:00 PM CEST
Happy 40th birthday Woodstock baby, if you exist
Welcome to middle age, Woodstock Baby - if you're really out there. The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation. Depending on the source, there was one birth on that patch of upstate New York farmland between Aug. 15-17, 1969. Or two. Or three. Or none. There is some tantalizing evidence. Singer John Sebastian is captured on film announcing that some cat's old lady just had a baby, a kid destined to b e far out. A couple of surviving eyewitnesses say there were births. The concert's medical director told reporters at the scene there were two births: one at a local hospital after the mother was flown out by helicopter; the other in a car caught in the epic traffic jam outside the site crowded with more than 400,000 people.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 9, 2009 at 12:01:00 PM CEST
Ozzy Osbourne once offered cocaine to narcotics agent!
Legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne once offered cocaine to an undercover US narcotics agent, a new book reveals.
The former Black Sabbath lead has narrated the incident in the book Everybody Must Get Stoned, reports the Daily Star.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 9, 2009 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Palo Alto Hills Pot Bust Nets $60 Million in Plants
A major illegal marijuana grow in the Palo Alto foothills was uprooted Wednesday, netting about $60 million worth of plants, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department.
The bust Wednesday was a joint effort between The Palo Alto Police Department S.W.A.T. team, California Department of Fish and Game and the Sheriff's Office Marijuana Eradication Team.
nbcbayarea.com paloaltoonline.com mercurynews.com mercurynews.com 2 Santa Clara County [wiki]
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 9, 2009 at 11:55:00 AM CEST
BREAKING NEWS: $62 million pot bust in Colusa County
The Glenn County Sheriff's Marijuana Eradication Team gave a big downer to pot smokers around the North State.
The team took down a garden with 15,521 plants with an estimated street value of $62 million, Glenn County Sheriff Larry Jones said in a statement.
willows-journal.com chicoer.com Video Glenn County,California [wiki]
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