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Officials nab traveler with pigeons in his pants

SYDNEY -- An Australian traveler was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his pants following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials said Tuesday. The 23-year-old man was searched after authorities discovered two eggs in a vitamin container in his luggage, said Richard Janeczko, national investigations manager for the Customs Service

They found the pigeons wrapped in padded envelopes and held to each of the man's legs with a pair of tights, according to a statement released by the agency. Officials also seized seeds in his money belt and an undeclared eggplant. The alleged bird smuggler, who arrived in Melbourne on Sunday on a flight from Dubai, was being questioned. Australia has very strict quarantine regulations on the importation of wildlife, plants and food to protect health, agriculture and the environment of the isolated island nation.

Charges of wildlife smuggling - which carry a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars ($70,430) - could be brought against the man. Janeczko said the pigeons were not endangered and that the case - as well as the birds, eggs and seeds - had been turned over to the Quarantine Service to assess the health risk associated with bringing the birds into the country.

The Quarantine Service would not comment on the continuing investigation.
 
Cops: Man puts 911 dispatcher on hold to buy drugs

CLEVELAND -- Police in Cleveland say a man called 911 because he felt he was in danger - then asked the dispatcher to hold on while he made a drug deal. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said Tuesday that Alejandro Melendez was arrested after the call and was charged with possessing cocaine. Police said Melendez called 911 late Saturday and reported that two men with guns were watching him.

Police records show he hung up, so the dispatcher called back. Melendez answered and asked the dispatcher to hold on, but the dispatcher could still hear what was being said. A voice can be heard on the recording of the call saying: "What you need? A 10-pack? You need a 10-pack? All right." Police say "10-pack" is slang for a bundle of heroin.

The dispatcher called police, who found Melendez at the location he gave, had the dispatcher call his cell phone again, and said they found cocaine in his trousers.There was no immediate indication Tuesday if Melendez, 20, had an attorney to speak for him.
 
Man wearing sleeping bag as cape attempts robbery

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities said a man wearing a sleeping bag as a cape and carrying a screwdriver as a weapon tried to rob someone in the parking lot of a Gainesville business. Police said a 46-year-old man approached the intended victim early Sunday morning and asked for money.

When the man refused, police said the man threw off the cape and pulled the screwdriver from his waistband. The other man quickly ran into a store and called 911. The suspect was arrested a few blocks away and charged with attempted armed robbery. He was being held on $20,000 bail.
 
Man refuses to show license, calls 911 during stop

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Authorities said a Florida man called 911 instead of showing his license during a traffic stop. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper stopped the 36-year-old man for speeding early Saturday on Interstate 4 in central Florida.
According to FHP, the man refused to show his drivers license, which is grounds for arrest. The man and the trooper allegedly grappled briefly before the trooper grabbed his pepper spray and the man grabbed his cell phone.

In a recording of his 911 call, the man told dispatchers that he was being assualted by an officer. He asked them to call his wife and the news media. The dispatchers told him to comply with the trooper. FHP spokeswoman Kim Miller said the trooper followed department procedures. The man was charged with resisting arrest with violence and battery on a law-enforcement officer. He was released on $2,700 bail.
 
San Fran fire officials seeking toilet torcher

SAN FRANCISCO -- Construction workers are anxious and investigators are puzzled. Someone has been sending San Francisco's portable toilets up in flames in a wave of potty pyromania.

"It's an outrage," said Scott Johnson, a 57-year-old contractor who has been working on apartment building renovations on Russian Hill, the elegant neighborhood that is home to famously crooked Lombard Street and has had most of the fires.

Since November, at least 20 of the ubiquitous construction site toilets have been set afire in the city, creating a trail of malodorous wreckage and causing an estimated $50,000 in property damage, according to fire officials.

Investigators have little to go on. Most of the fires have been set at night, although one portable potty burst into flames during a recent afternoon.

"Somebody's getting very bold," said Fire Department Lt. Mindy Talmadge. It's not unheard of for vandals to strike the portable restrooms but "this is unusual," she said.

Contractors have been trying to foil the attacks by securing or camouflaging their industrial outhouses. A walk around Russian Hill last week found almost none of the familiar bright blue toilets, save for one lashed to a large metal trash bin and another tucked discreetly behind folds of black material.

Theories vary on who is responsible.

"Kids would be my guess," said Johnson.

Alex Rodriguez, president of Concord-based Far West Sanitation & Storage Containers, thinks whoever is doing it is motivated by the thrill of lawlessness, "trying to play catch-and-seek with the police." His company has lost a couple of units to the restroom arson.

The loss of a portable toilet can amount to several hundred dollars.

Plus, there is the unenviable job of cleaning up a disgusting mess, and there is the threat that a fire could spread.

"It kind of worries me and worries everybody that I talk to," Rodriguez said. "These people, I don't think they're criminals, but they are kind of out of their minds to do that."
 
Porn interrupts Super Bowl in Tucson

In Tucson, NBC affiliate KVOA is investigating pornographic material viewed during the Super Bowl by some Tucson area Comcast viewers. Just after the last touchdown by the Cardinals, approximately 30 seconds of pornographic material was shown. It appears this material was only viewed by some Comcast customers. Cardinals fan Lorraine Ferrick, caught more than her favorite team on TV last night.

"I almost wanted to turn it off, but I didn't, I thought it must be a joke," she says. During the 4th quarter, after Larry Fitzgerald's 64 yard touchdown catch, Ferrick saw the unthinkable. "It almost made me sick to my stomach," she says, after watching about 30 seconds of pornography, "it was a shock, why am I looking at this? I don't want young people to see this." With viewers like Lorraine angry, both KVOA and Comcast are investigating how it happened.

KVOA General Manager Gary Nielsen explains," what we do know is that it didn't happen at KVOA, and it didn't happen to subscribers of Cox, DirecTV, or Dish, or any over the air subscribers, it only happened to Comcast subscribers." Comcast released this statement to News 4: "We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption and we apologize to our customers. Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act. We are conducting a thorough investigation to determine how this happened."

While that's some relief for Lorraine, she has a message for whoever is responsible. "I say you need to go to jail. You've done damage to young people." News 4 also put a call into the Marana Police Department. They'll get involved once Comcast completes its investigation, to determine if
 
Man in wheelchair allegedly steals woman's purse, then insults and spits in Ga. officer's face

COLUMBUS, Ga. ? Columbus police arrested a man in a wheelchair after he allegedly stole a woman's purse early Saturday and then spit in an officer's face. Police said a 51-year-old man approached a 49-year-old woman who was reclining on a couch in the lobby of their apartment building with her brown purse beside her.

Police said the man took the purse and tried to get away but the woman yelled at him to return the purse and it was recovered. The man got into an elevator and went to his room but was arrested for robbery a short time later. Two officers took the man to a medical center for treatment. Police said the man then insulted the weight of one officer and then cursed and spit in his face. The man was charged with obstruction of an officer and was released from the Muscogee County Jail later that day.
 
NY cabbie who grabs fare beater's purse beaten by witnesses who thought he was a mugger

NEW YORK ? Police said a cab driver who tried to take a purse from a woman fare beater was beaten by a group who thought they were seeing a robbery. Police said it happened Saturday morning near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal when four woman, who had been club-going, got into a fight with the cab driver over the fare.

Police say the women left the taxi without paying and the cab driver gave chase, grabbing one of the women's purses. That's when a group of men in a passing car thought they were witnessing a mugging and jumped on the cab driver, beating him and then fleeing the scene. The cab driver was treated for cuts on his face. he women were later picked up by police as they exited the Staten Island Ferry and issued summonses for fare beating.
 
Applications from would-be donors at a Colorado sperm bank soaring

LOVELAND, Colo. ? Applications from would-be donors at a Loveland sperm bank have spiked in recent months, jumping from about 150 applications in a year to 400 since September. Betsy Cairo of CryoGam Colorado told Denver station KMGH-TV that there have been 172 applicants in January alone. Cairo says it's the economy, adding that there aren't that many applications during good times.

Dr. Eric Surrey of Denver's Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine said he's noticed an increase in women volunteering to become egg donors, but not as much as the number at CryoGam. Cairo would not say how much a sperm donor can earn but added it's not as easy as it sounds. Of the applications received since September, only four donors have been accepted.
 
John the toilet, porcelain victim of accidental bathroom shooting at Utah eatery, has died

CENTERVILLE, Utah ? John, a porcelain commode gunned down in an accidental shooting at a fast food restaurant's bathroom, has died. His age was not immediately known. The toilet was shattered by a bullet Jan. 12 when a man's gun fell from its holster as he was pulling up his pants, police said. Police do not plan to file criminal charges in connection with the incident. Christian Martinez, manager of the Carl's Jr. where John was gunned down, held a memorial service Friday at the restaurant. He gave away bottles of John's favorite toilet cleaner, Kaboom Bowl Blaster, to the eatery's first 50 patrons.

A Bountiful flower shop provided a large floral arrangement."In all my years, I can say without a doubt that I have never delivered for a toilet," said deliveryman Doug Graham, "but I thought it was the funniest thing I've ever heard. I got a kick out of it." Remnants of John hit and cut the gun owner's arm, but he was not seriously injured. Police blamed John's death on the gun and style of holster the man was using.

"He was survived by the men's urinal and wash sink," said Martinez. "He left us way too soon."
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Mich. woman gets prison in online bid for hit man

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A Michigan woman who advertised online seeking a hit man to kill her lover's wife has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison. Ann Marie Linscott was sentenced Wednesday in a federal court in Grand Rapids, near her suburban Rockford home. She pleaded guilty in April to three counts of a charge related to interstate commerce.

Prosecutors say the 48-year-old advertised a freelance job in November 2007 on the popular Web site Craigslist, providing no details. She used e-mail to ask three respondents to kill the Oroville, Calif., woman and offered $5,000 to two of them. Court documents say the intended victim's husband met Linscott through an online college course. Defense lawyer Matthew Santamauro tells The Grand Rapids Press Linscott is remorseful.
 
Man boldly robs Colo. store with Star Trek sword

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Colorado police say a man set his phasers to rob when he used a sword modeled after one on the television show "Star Trek" to demand money from two convenience stores. Investigators say the man took an unknown amount of cash from a 7-Eleven store Wednesday but left empty-handed when he tried to rob another store about 25 minutes later.

Police Lt. David Whitlock says no one was injured. The StarTrek.com Web site says the double-pointed sword used by the Klingons on "Star Trek" is crescent-shaped and about a yard long. Police did not specify what material it was made of. No one has been charged in the incident.
 
Do you know where your kid is? Check Google's maps

SAN FRANCISCO -- There's a new people tracker out there. A software program being released by Google today will let just about anybody with a cell phone or other wireless device find out instantly where they are. Other people can find out where they are too -- say, parents who want to keep tabs on junior. The program is an upgrade to Google's mobile maps. It's being marketed as a way to know exactly where you are and share your whereabouts with family and friends.

Google's product manager says it "adds a social flavor" to Google maps and makes them "more fun." In a concession to snooping concerns, it's easy for the user to switch off the tracking device. It's also possible to set it up so it will identify only the city where you are, not the exact location. And Google promises it won't be retaining information on users' movements.
 
Iowa City police say man showed up drunk for jail

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Authorities say an Iowa City man may not have picked the best time to get loaded when he showed up drunk to serve a public intoxication sentence. Now he faces another charge.

Police say the 19-year-old showed up at the Johnson County Jail on Tuesday to serve his three-day sentence and officials smelled alcohol on his breath. Court records say tests showed the man had a blood-alcohol content of 0.101 percent when he arrived at the jail. A court date on the new charge hasn't been set. Court records say the man pleaded guilty to public intoxication in May 2008 and was convicted of public intoxication second-offense last December.
 
Road to driver's exam not easy street for S.Korean

SEOUL, South Korea -- A woman in South Korea who has taken the written exam required for a driver's license nearly every day since 2005 has failed again - but is hoping attempt No. 772 will be the charm. The aspiring driver took her first test in April 2005, according to Choi Young-chul, an official at the North Jeolla Province driver's license agency in Jeonju, 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Seoul.

She has taken the test a record 771 times, most recently on Monday, but has yet to pass. She said she plans to take the test again but did not say when, he said Thursday. The 68-year-old has spent 4 million won ($3,000) on fees for the test, he said. Applicants must score at least 60 on the written exam before they can get behind the wheel for a driving test. Choi says she's scored as high as 50.

"I feel sorry every time I see Cha fail. When she passes, I'll make a memorial tablet myself and give it to her," Park Jung-seok, a traffic police officer at the agency, told the Korea Times newspaper. No other details about her identity were released other than her family name, Cha.
 
That last one sounds like me a bit... LOL
I looked up the latitude and its not out for the iPhone yet! BULLSHIT!
 
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WTF is wrong with those people....Seriously....????
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I live near this fucking place right now, and... everything.
 
Jesus christ, 771 times failed? WOW! Haha.
 
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