Friday, April 23, 2010

Odd News – Newsletter for April 23, 2010

Friday, April 23, 2010


Wis. police nab woman who allegedly shot people with a blow gun to hear them say ‘ouch’

Wis. cops nab woman in blow gun shooting spree

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – A 41-year-old woman was jailed after police say she went on a blow gun spree. The Stevens Point Journal reported that police got a report at 9 p.m. Wednesday from a 25-year-old woman who said she was walking downtown when she felt something … Read : Wis. police nab woman who allegedly shot people with a blow gun to hear them say ‘ouch’.

Red or purple? Philly police officer files complaint after being sent home for colored hair

Complaint: Pa. policewoman sent home for dyed hair

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia police officer says she was sent home from work because of a dispute over her hair color.
Officer Renee Norman filed a discrimination complaint Wednesday with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. She says her hair was red but her captain insisted it was purple.
A police …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Red or purple? Philly police officer files complaint after being sent home for colored hair.

Homeless woman who wanted to see ‘how fast mattress would burn’ charged in Pa. apartment fire

Homeless woman charged in Pa. ‘curiosity’ blaze

ALTOONA, Pa. – Police said in court papers that a homeless woman who wanted to see “how fast a mattress could burn” set a fire that destroyed a central Pennsylvania apartment building. Nobody was hurt in Tuesday night’s fire in Altoona, but at least five people were left homeless …. Source article  : Homeless woman who wanted to see ‘how fast mattress would burn’ charged in Pa. apartment fire.

Police: Prostitute didn’t know man she approached in unmarked car was Ohio town’s police chief

Prostitute tries to proposition Ohio police chief

FOSTORIA, Ohio – Authorities in Ohio said a prostitute picked the wrong person to proposition: a police chief. Police said the woman approached an unmarked police car in a parking lot and told the man inside that she had what he needed. It turns out the driver was the …. Read the original article  : here.

Tenn. police trying to sort out what happened after finding intoxicated couple burned

Police puzzled after finding drunk couple burned

HARRIMAN, Tenn. – Police are trying to sort out how a couple got burned. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reported a man, 62, wouldn’t tell police what happened on Tuesday and the woman kept saying the lawn mower exploded, even though there was none in the yard. Police reported both were … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Tenn. police trying to sort out what happened after finding intoxicated couple burned.

Police searching for wanted man find him neck-deep in liquid manure pit on a Indiana farm

Police find suspect neck-deep in liquid manure pit

ALBION, Ind. – Police said that officers searching for a man wanted on methamphetamine charges found him hiding neck-deep in a liquid manure pit at a northeastern Indiana farm. Noble County sheriff’s deputies thought they’d lost the man until an officer spotted him in the tank beneath an … Read more >>>.

Professor becomes lawyer to get justice for his family

A college professor in Bihar quit his teaching job and rather studied law to become a lawyer to make the roaming criminals go to jail.

Officials said Lalan Kumar Patel who was a professor of philosophy at local Birchand Memorial College in Muzaffarpur district quit his teaching job and did LLB to let seven murderers of …. Source  : Professor becomes lawyer to get justice for his family.

2 cows run loose on Ohio State University campus, giving students lesson in livestock handling

Ohio St. gets livestock lesson from roaming cows

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two cows got loose on the Ohio State University campus, leading some students to skip classes to watch a roundup that lasted more than 90 minutes.
Police say the pair of Belted Galloway cows got away Wednesday afternoon as their owner was trying to take them …. Source  : 2 cows run loose on Ohio State University campus, giving students lesson in livestock handling.

Zambia’s UN ambassador dials NJ teen’s phone by accident, ends up speaking at his high school

Wrong number leads Zambian diplomat to NJ school

WEST ORANGE, N.J. – Talk about diplomacy.
The Zambian ambassador to the United Nations made a speech Wednesday at New Jersey’s West Orange High School to make amends for dialing the wrong phone number.
In the fall, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe was trying to reach a diplomat from Sierra Leone. But …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Zambia’s UN ambassador dials NJ teen’s phone by accident, ends up speaking at his high school.

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