NEWS.com.au Mouldy food for own use restaurateur (May 7, 2003) Mr Mendonca corrected an allegation that a mouldy jug of salad dressing was found during an inspection on July 10 last year. "It was scum, not mould," he said. "I put my finger in and licked it and I am still alive." He said chutneys found encrusted with mould were meant for his own use and other items, including products out of date by up to eight years, were also his. mmmmhmmmmm.... sure... Newsday.com - Sailor Admits to Killing Wife at Home PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A sailor on Monday tearfully admitted to fatally beating his wife with an iron skillet and stabbing his mother-in-law to death at the couple's home last year. DeArmond admitted having sex with his wife's dead body. At Monday's hearing, DeArmond testified that he hit his wife with a skillet during a confrontation in the pre-dawn hours of June 10. He then testified that his mother-in-law tried to intervene and swung at him with a steak knife, which he disarmed her of and used to stab her. but hey... he says he's SORRY...
IOL Man saws off his head in KZN supermarket A 31-year-old man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a supermarket in Richards Bay, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Monday afternoon, police said. Superintendent Jay Naiker said Emmanuel Gumbi walked into the butchery section of Shoprite branch, switched on an electric meat saw, positioned his neck near the blade and sawed off his head. He said Gumbi did not leave a suicide note. good lord in heaven... WELL... i suppose he just wanted to make sure he couldn't be revived... dayum... Yahoo! News - Western 'Human Shields' Battered in Mideast RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Young Western activists living with Palestinians to act as "human shields" against Israeli raids are debating how to minimize their risk of dying after suffering a sudden rash of casualties. "Maybe we will have to (keep more distance) from areas near soldiers..." oh gosh... no... you THINK?
Newsday.com - $5 Feud Ends in Death He started taunting him, saying, 'I'm not going to pay you, and there is nothing you can do about it,'" Barry said. "He knew he wasn't going to call the cops on a $5 fare." People at the gas station saw the two men argue, Barry said. Hill walked away, as Allen followed him in the taxi. Soon, the two got into another argument, and Allen got out of the cab, with tire iron in hand, to confront Hill. an angry cab driver with a tire iron isn't a good thing... 13 needed to move boulder that fell on hiker CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah - Thirteen park rangers lugged equipment into this southeastern Utah park and lifted an 800-pound boulder that had trapped a mountain climber until he amputated his arm with a pocketknife. THEY FOUND IT!!!
CNN.com - Returned space crew lucky, others faced wolves - May. 5, 2003 Eleven years before that, two cosmonauts overshot their touchdown site by 2,000 miles and found themselves deep in a forest with hungry wolves. That's when Russian space officials decided to pack a sawed-off shotgun aboard every spacecraft. SEE... the russians had the good idea of keeping weapons in the cockpits LONG before we did... and i thought it was just for the pesky occasional alien... and THIS headline just makes me giggle in all sorts of ways... : CNN.com - Gates quells fears over new PC security - May. 7, 2003