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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 23, 2006 10:25:21 GMT -5
Shatner Sells Kidney Stone
Emmy-winning actor William Shatner has raised $25,000 for a housing charity by selling his kidney stone to an online casino. Gambling website GoldenPalace.com are the lucky new owners of the 74-year-old's unique item of memorabilia. Shatner says, "This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe. How much is a piece of me worth?" The actor passed the stone in August 2005, after he collapsed on the set of his show Boston Legal.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 28, 2007 18:23:39 GMT -5
You just can't make this stuff up:
Bank Issues Credit Card To Cat
SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters Life!) - An Australian bank has apologized for issuing a credit card to a cat after its owner decided to test the bank's identity security system.
The Bank of Queensland issued a credit card to Messiah the cat when his owner Katherine Campbell applied for a secondary card on her account under its name.
"I just couldn't believe it. People need to be aware of this and banks need to have better security," Campbell told local media on Thursday.
The bank said the cat's card had been canceled. "We apologize as this should not have happened," it said in a statement.
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Post by Talon Karrde on May 13, 2007 1:01:52 GMT -5
AP - A state appeals court Wednesday refused to overturn the conviction of a prisoner who said no one ever saw him write a threatening letter to a judge. The 2nd District Appeals Court noted Anthony Dwane Turner's return address was on the envelope, sealing its decision.
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Post by Talon Karrde on May 13, 2007 1:02:16 GMT -5
AP - (Wisconson) - The Dodge County Sheriff's Department log says the man called the emergency number early Saturday after he gave 20 dollars to a woman at a Clyman club.
The woman did not work at the club and left with his money.
Failing to get a lap dance, the man called the sheriff's department. Officers are trying to locate the woman.
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Post by Talon Karrde on May 13, 2007 1:02:48 GMT -5
AP - Berlin - An early-morning bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse at the automatic teller machine.
The horse's owner, identified only as Wolfgang H., had a bit too much to drink the night before and decided to sleep it off inside the bank's heated foyer, police said Tuesday.
The 40-year-old machinist told Bild newspaper he had had "a few beers" with a friend in Wiesenburg, southwest of Berlin, and decided to hit the hay in the bank on his way home.
Confronted with the lack of a hitching-post, he brought the 6-year-old horse, named Sammy, in with him.
When a customer came across the horse and sleeping rider in the bank at 4:15 a.m. Monday, he called police, who then came and woke the owner up and sent him on his way.
No charges were filed, but there might be some cleanup needed: Apparently Sammy made his own after-hours deposit on the carpet.
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Post by Talon Karrde on May 30, 2007 18:14:40 GMT -5
Couple Sues McDonald's Over Hot Pickle
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Knoxville couple has filed a $125,000 lawsuit against a local McDonald's restaurant, claiming the woman was burned on the chin by a hot pickle.
The two-page document contends that Veronica Martin was injured by an allegedly dangerous and defective product -- in this case, a small McDonald's hamburger -- causing her to suffer both physical and mental injuries.
Those injuries include a second-degree burn on Martin's chin that left a permanent scar.
The suit filed by Veronica and Darrin Martin claims "the hamburger sold by the (McDonald's) was in a defective condition or unreasonably dangerous to the general consumer and in particular to (Veronica Martin.)"
According to the suit, the events leading up to Veronica Martin's injury began on Oct. 6, 1999, when she and her husband bought several small hamburgers at the restaurant.
Veronica Martin seeks $110,000 in damages. Darren Martin, who the lawsuit states "has been deprived of the services and consortium of his wife," seeks $15,000.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Aug 22, 2007 18:46:12 GMT -5
A man rode his mule 1500 miles in search of gainful employment - all for nothing. Hearing that they were hiring in Wyoming, Rod Maday - whose driver's license was suspended 10 years ago - mounted his mule in Minnesota and made the trip over six weeks. When he arrived in Gillete, Wyoming there were jobs available, but none that suited him - so he got right back on his mule and rode off.  |
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