Oddities – Newsletter for February 15, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010

Police officer’s badge stops bullet during exchange of gunfire in North Las Vegas

Nevada police officer saved from bullet by badge

LAS VEGAS – A police officer’s badge may have saved his life when it stopped a bullet during an exchange of gunfire in North Las Vegas.
Police say the 31-year-old officer was patrolling just before 10 p.m. Saturday when he heard shots being fired in an apartment complex.
While investigating, … Read : Police officer’s badge stops bullet during exchange of gunfire in North Las Vegas.

Web designer sells Detroit lot for $1 per sq. inch in art project about filling vacant space

Web designer sells Detroit lot for $1 per sq. inch

DETROIT – A Web designer is hawking square inches of an empty lot in Detroit for a dollar each to show what can be done with vacant spaces.
Jerry Paffendorf says nearly 600 “inchvestors” have bought some of the 10,000 plots for sale in the “Loveland” art-and-real-estate …. Read the original article  : Web designer sells Detroit lot for $1 per sq. inch in art project about filling vacant space.

Maine officials: That was no drowning snowmobiler on lake, it was probably a snacking otter

Otter mistaken for drowning snowmobiler in Maine

GREENVILLE, Maine – State officials in Maine say witnesses who reported seeing a drowning snowmobiler on a lake were probably looking at an otter enjoying a snack.
On Thursday, three people reported seeing a snowmobiler wearing all black and a black helmet struggling in Moosehead Lake. Officials used an airboat … Read : Maine officials: That was no drowning snowmobiler on lake, it was probably a snacking otter.