What weird news stories make you either laugh out loud, or just say "huh?'

[Rowan MacD]

This one speaks for itself . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYjtCDp8Yxg

OMG. That's scary....

[Archer]

Things that make you say hmmm,  or huh ? 
others. . . ah ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R81JeuqeRkc

[Rowan MacD]

   This is one show I don't watch. The Ewwwwww factor is way up there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2023818/Woman-eats-husbands-ashes-Is-strangest-addiction-all.html

[redkimba]

Rome police arrest Colosseum 'gladiator' gang
http://news.yahoo.com/rome-police-arrest-colosseum-gladiator-gang-000250682.html

Italian police have arrested 20 gladiator impersonators in an undercover sting aimed at ending a violent racket operating around Rome's most famous tourist sites, Italian press reported on Thursday.

Police disguised as gladiators, dustbin men and members of the public raided the gang made up of seven families working with five tourist agencies.
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how does one describe getting robbed?  "No, seriously, Officer; a Roman gladiator mugged me.  Hello?  Hello..."

[Archer]

These fit the topic header . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haeh3L1kcII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOSbRCg0B4g

mainstream news collage . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=awwCfyXRj3Q

Finale, Italy . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=o1515ujK7AI

[Archer]

These fit the topic header . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haeh3L1kcII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOSbRCg0B4g

mainstream news collage . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=awwCfyXRj3Q

Finale, Italy . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=o1515ujK7AI

footnotes to the news broadcasts . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k7FS8yEiU8

                                                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGOMd8j_0A

[LadyStitch]

Given the artestry we all know and love, I can not understand why someone would steal one of these.   The one posting where a homeless person broke into her house and took her quilt in the middle of winter, THAT I can understand, but the other people?  Why?

http://lostquilt.com/

[Rowan MacD]

Houston man must pay child support for kid who is not his

A new state law that says men don't have to pay child support for children proven to not be theirs has come too late for one Houston man.

KHOU is reporting Ray Thomas must pay $52,000 in support of a girl DNA tests has proven is 100 percent not his biological child. 

Men, if you believe you're not the biological father of a child you'll want to act fast to clear that up.

The change to the Texas Family Code allows men who are listed as fathers without the confirmation of  DNA tests to protest their paternity. If  the test proves they are not the father the court will issue an order of termination.

However, the termination order will only eliminate any future child support payments. Men who find themselves victims of mistaken paternity will still be responsible for any past child support orders.

Men have until September 1, 2012, to file for the petition regardless of when they became aware they were not the father. After that date a man will have just one year from the date he found out he was not the father to file the petition.

The law does not apply to adoptive fathers or those who participated in assisted reproduction/gestational agreements.

[Archer]

This topic/idea seems to be in the news  . . . like a good bit, lately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_10Me1p8w

Then, an alternate point of view on the same subject/topic. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALLUuvsVkM

[Rowan MacD]

Ferry runs aground after captain stuck in toilet

Reuters By Jussi Rosendahl

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the bathroom.

One member of staff managed to slow the island-hopping tourist ferry down, but the vessel, carrying 54 passengers, slammed onto a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish coastguard said on Friday.

The captain got stuck in the bathroom because of a jammed lock and yelled for help, the coastguard said.

Some passengers were bruised and tableware was broken in the incident. The coastguard is investigating whether the captain's actions amounted to criminal endangerment.

"He was stuck in the toilet. As soon as the staff member got the door open, it was too late," said Jan Sundell, head of investigation.

[Merlin the Elder]

The phrase that immediately comes to mind is, "Ain't that the sh*ts?"

[Grouser]

The head of investigation needs to investigate the head! 

[Archer]

A sad story. . . 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/paul-wu-abandoned-dog-note_n_933343.html

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  thats horrible

[BubbleWright]

My heart goes out to the youngster who gave up the dog. Too often children of divorce feel they are resposible for the divorce. Been there, done that, got the baggage.