Thirteen preschoolers unknowingly got caught in policies aimed at accommodating more commuters when a driver asked a sheriff's deputy to kick the kids off her bus last week.
The driver wouldn't move for 20 minutes until Deputy Rob Lawson arrived, Lawson felt uncomfortable asking the kids to leave, and he ended up giving the kids stickers to make them feel better.
Among the statistics contained in “24 Hours in France – An Unusual Portrait of France and the French” is the fact that only one in 10 of the population regularly uses soap, while almost one in 25 admit that they never shower or bath, and one in 33 say they never brush their teeth.
The Dukes of Hazzard are getting driven out of town over the Confederate imagery in their good ol' TV show.Huh? Who objected?
The stars of the series, John Schneider and Tom Wopat, have segued into musical careers since the show ended production in 1985. Schneider says the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra canceled a planned "Dukes"-themed appearance after contracts were signed because some in the community found the show racist and offensive."
Edith Thrower, president of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP, said she was contacted a few weeks ago by Pops conductor Erich Kunzel, who wanted the NAACP's reaction to the planned July 14 show.
"I contacted our national office and was advised that it would be best if we didn't support an effort like this," said Thrower. "It's very clear how we feel about the Confederate flag and the long and arduous fight we have conducted to get rid of that symbol of a very unpleasant time in our history."
So let me see if I understand this correctly. Two actors who once, 2o+ years ago, played moonshiners in a TV show offended blacks everywhere because the characters they played drove a car with a Confederate flag painted on top of it. So, they aren't fit to perform in public in Cincinnati.
Meanwhile, in neighboring West Virginia, Robert Byrd, a United States senator, is a Democrat in good standing despite having organized and lead a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan as their "Exalted Cyclops" about 35 years before the aforementioned television program. I think he is allowed to appear in public.
Do Not Meddle In the Affairs of Dragons for You are Crunchy & Good with Ketchup
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian oceanographers have discovered a giant cold water eddy off Sydney which has lowered sea levels almost one meter and impacted a major ocean current.
The eddy, which has diameter of about 200 km (120 miles) and reaches to depth of 1 km (600 yards), lies about 100 km (60 miles) off Sydney, said Australia's peak scientific body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).
The CSIRO said the eddy was so powerful it had pushed out to sea the strong East Australian Current, popularized in the hit Hollywood animation "Finding Nemo" and used by sailors in the Sydney-Hobart race down the east coast of Australia.
The following list - the Definitive 200 - was developed by NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers in celebration of the art form of the record album. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to recognize this varied collection of some of history’s most influencial (sic) and popular albums, many of which are Hall of Fame Inductees.Though I'd never actually listen to them, I'm willing to accept the concept that Nirvana and Pearl Jam are high on the list, but Michael Jackson has the #3 album? In what universe does he do rock?
- BEATLES – SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
- PINK FLOYD – DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
- MICHAEL JACKSON – THRILLER
- LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV
- U2 – JOSHUA TREE
- ROLLING STONES – EXILE ON MAIN STREET
- CAROLE KING – TAPESTRY
- BOB DYLAN – HIGHWAY ‘61 REVISITED
- BEACH BOYS – PET SOUNDS
- NIRVANA – NEVERMIND
- PEARL JAM – TEN
- BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD
- SANTANA – SUPERNATURAL
- METALLICA – METALLICA
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN TO RUN
- PRINCE – PURPLE RAIN
- AC/DC – BACK IN BLACK
- ROLLING STONES – LET IT BLEED
- DOORS – DOORS
- GRATEFUL DEAD – AMERICAN BEAUTY
- SHANIA TWAIN – COME ON OVER
- WHO – WHO’S NEXT
- STEVIE WONDER – SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
- FLEETWOOD MAC – RUMOURS
- PINK FLOYD – WALL
- ALANIS MORISSETTE – JAGGED LITTLE PILL
- NORAH JONES – COME AWAY WITH ME
- EMINEM – MARSHALL MATHERS LP
- OUTKAST – SPEAKERBOXX-LOVE BELOW
- DR. DRE – CHRONIC
- BEASTIE BOYS – LICENSED TO ILL
- GUNS ‘N ROSES –APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
- DIXIE CHICKS – WIDE OPEN SPACES
- MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE
- EAGLES – HOTEL CALIFORNIA
- DEF LEPPARD – HYSTERIA
- SOUNDTRACK – GREASE
- MARVIN GAYE – WHAT’S GOING ON
- BEATLES – WHITE ALBUM
- SOUNDTRACK – SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
- JIMI HENDRIX – ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
- BEATLES – REVOLVER
- BOSTON – BOSTON
- BON JOVI – SLIPPERY WHEN WET
- U2 – ACHTUNG BABY
- WHITNEY HOUSTON – WHITNEY HOUSTON
- LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN II
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – CRASH
- ROLLING STONES – STICKY FINGERS
- GREEN DAY – DOOKIE
According to Branscom, Wood was justified in entering the home given all the circumstances: complaints of possible underage drinking, no answer to his repeated knocks on the door, sounds of movement in the garage, a father worried about his unaccounted-for 16-year-old daughter and the possibility that she was inside the Hunsbergers' home.
"Entry to the house occurred only after Sgt. Wood and the [16-year-old] girl's father heard someone move through the garage into the basement, slam the door and ignore the father's plea to see his daughter," Branscom wrote in a detailed five-page account of what happened that night.
This article leaves out way too much of the story to really figure out what was really going on. Like who was complaining about the underage drinking? On what basis?
The prosecutor also noted that the state police investigation confirmed there was underage drinking going on in the basement of the Hunsberger home -- apparently unknown to the adults -- and that the 16-year-old girl was in fact present. While the Hunsbergers slept, the teens apparently ignored the knocks on the door by police and then hid because they were concerned about getting caught.
I'm not sure I like this reasoning any better. I wasn't aware that I was required to answer and open my door, or the police would come in anyway. In fact, isn't that what a warrant is supposed to be for? When the person being investigated refuses to cooperate? The investigation "confirmed there was underage drinking going on"? The parents admitted it? The kids? This, in itself, is now justification for entering someone's home unannounced? Actually, everyone involved is damn lucky no one was killed. The father could just as easily have had a pistol in his nightstand.
Prosecutors say Charles Rust-Tierney, a former president of the Virginia ACLU, was leading a "double life,'' coaching Little League baseball by day and using a computer in his 10-year-old son's bedroom to view child pornography at night.
Yet more than two dozen people -- including numerous fellow lawyers and his former wife -- packed a courtroom in U.S. District Court in Alexandria last week to testify that Rust-Tierney should be released from jail. And yesterday, his attorneys filed letters of support with the court from more than 30 people, including parents of children Rust-Tierney has coached.
"Chuck is the kindest, most gentle human being you could imagine,'' one supporter, Alexandria lawyer Phil Hirschkop, said in an interview. "I have no problem with him being with my children or grandchildren, whatever he's charged with.''
U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa C. Buchanan was not swayed, saying the images found on Rust-Tierney's computer were "the most perverted and nauseating and sickening type of child pornography" she has seen in 10 years on the bench. Defense attorneys Peter D. Greenspun and Jonathan Shapiro appealed her detention order and will try again today to win their client's release on bond.
Strong demand for corn from ethanol plants is driving up the cost of livestock and will raise prices for beef, pork and chicken, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
Meat and poultry production will fall as producers face higher feed costs, the department said in its monthly crop report. Ethanol fuel, which is blended with gasoline, is consuming 20 percent of last year's corn crop and is expected to gobble up more than 25 percent of this year's crop.
The price of corn, the main feed for livestock, has driven the cost of feeding chickens up 40 percent, according to the National Chicken Council. The council says that chicken, the most popular meat with consumers, will soon cost more at the grocery store. The industry worries the competition from ethanol could cause a shortage of corn.
Attempts to do a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the "Jackass" movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire.Jared W. Anderson, 20, suffered serious burns to his hands and genitals, according to the criminal complaint. Randell D. Peterson, 43, who sprayed lighter fluid on Anderson and lit him on fire, was charged with felony battery and first-degree reckless endangerment Tuesday in Eau Claire County Court. ...
Anderson pulled down his pants and let Peterson spray him with lighter fluid. When the fire didn't catch, Peterson sprayed more lighter fluid on Anderson, splashing some on his clothing. He tried again to light the fire, catching Anderson's genitals, hands and clothes.
Anderson ran into the bathroom, jumped into the tub and put the flames out. Other guests took him to Luther Hospital, and eventually he was treated at the Regions Hospital Burn Unit in St. Paul, Minn., for second-degree burns.
It reminds me of the Kurt Vonnegut story "Harrison Bergeron". Here's the intro:The organization that oversees high school sports in Washington is considering rules for fans that could ban booing and offensive chants.
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has not made an official ruling, but has discussed guidelines to crack down on negative conduct, a spokesman said.
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.
How about ordering up the world's biggest burger. -CLEARFIELD, Pa. -- The newest addition to the menu at Denny's Beer Barrel
Pub is one meaty monstrosity of a burger.
The Beer Barrel Main Event Charity
Burger weighs in at 123 pounds. The sizable sandwich features an 80-pound beef
patty, along with a pound each of lettuce, ketchup, relish, mustard and
mayonnaise, 160 slices of cheese, up to five onions and 12 tomatoes.
It's topped with a couple of pounds of banana peppers and 33 pickles, then sandwiched
into a 30-pound bun.
There's a pretty hefty price tag, too: $379.
