Another Child Takes The Game In Their Own Hands
A little girl presumably sick of the tyrannical claw machine never passing out toys took matters into her own hands.
A photo originally posted to Imgur and picked up by The Daily Dot shows a young girl grabbing a stuffed toy from within the glass walls of a claw machine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The girl simply crawled into the machine and started handing out free toys, according to the original poster.
"I feel like I would have the urge to block the exit, put in a dollar, and start attacking her with the claw... but that's just me," Reddit user ShabbyAssets said.
It is unclear whether she escaped the clutches of the claw, according to Gawker, though it's probable that she did.
This marks the second time within a week that a child has been found inside a claw machine.
We aren't sure if it's a sign that mankind will always trump machine by being able to crawl his or her way into a claw machine, or if it means that machines will always win after children get stuck inside of them.
Although these are the latest headlines, this is not something that the manufacturers are just now learning. Below is a video from 2008 of a girl climbing into a claw machine.
Eric and Ernie REAL Cat Burglars
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An Essex couple is hoping to reunite neighbors with stolen goods and put an end to their two cats' thieving ways.
Brothers Eric and Ernie have brought home more than 100 items to owners Margaret and Eddie Boddy in Braintree.
Their finds include shoes, slippers and gloves, and they almost got away with a cub scout uniform, but were spotted.
Mrs Boddy said she had shown both cats £5 and £10 notes in the hope they might bring home "something other than a mangled item of clothing".
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| Margaret Boddy poses with Eric and Ernie, her burgling cats . Eric and Ernie are brothers, and are the latest cat burglars to make the news. |
The cats, aged about four, have been honing their criminal ways since they were rescued as kittens after being abandoned at the side of a road.
Career criminals
"The first thing they brought us was a shuttlecock, which they stole while watching the neighbor's children playing badminton," Mrs. Boddy said.
Since then, they have given the couple "a vast number of children's shoes", often in pairs.
"They will bring one home one day, and the next day the matching shoe will arrive," she said.
"Somewhere there is a man watching television with cold feet because we have both of his slippers, which say, 'Keep quiet, I'm watching football', on the front."
Mrs Boddy said Ernie, the smaller of the two, was the more prolific thief but Eric had also brought back "a fair share of treasures and the occasional mouse".
She and her husband have come to recognize Ernie's "special meow".
"It's his way of telling us he's found something new for us," Mrs. Boddy said.
She has managed to return some items to neighbors, but many others have been donated to charity shops.
"It does feel a bit like I'm handling stolen goods sometimes," she added.
Eric and Ernie have now joined the prolific band of career cat criminals in the east which include Theo in Ipswich, and Denis in Luton, a cat burglar with his own Facebook page, Twitter account and range of T-shirts.
Cops Get Called To An Easter Egg Decorating Party
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a man threw hard-boiled eggs at his girlfriend during an Easter egg decorating party, then tried to attack police.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported (http://bit.ly/1msAtfQ ) Sunday that 27-year-old Aaron Goempel was arrested on simple and aggravated assault charges.
Police say they responded to a fight call to find a woman with a red and swollen right eye. She told police Goempel threw the eggs after she accused him of cheating on her.
Authorities say that after police made their way past a makeshift barricade into a bedroom, Goempel reached for a row of knives and swords before he was subdued. They say he yelled racist obscenities at one officer and kicked another in the groin.
Court records don't indicate whether he has a defense attorney.
Helpful Mom Steals Car
It might be the strangest stolen-car caper of the year, not least because the car wasn't technically stolen. It helps when one set of keys works in two separate vehicles. Here's what happened, from Daily Intel and the New York Post:
Nekisia Davis of Brooklyn asked mom Cheryl Thorpe to fly in from Texas to dog-sit while Davis went on vacation with friends. Mom's other chore was to move their cars around to comply with alternate-street parking.
One of those cars was an old green Honda. On the appropriate day, mom got into an old green Honda, used the keys she was given, and moved the car to a different block. It was, of course, the wrong old green Honda, but somehow the keys still worked. (A Honda spokesperson says improved technology would make that impossible with more modern models.) The snafu became clear when the women returned from vacation, and discovered that the right green old Honda was still parked in its original spot.
Meanwhile, the owner of the Honda that had been accidentally moved, Emily Hickert, reported it stolen. She even watched surveillance footage from a nearby store of the car being taken. “In less than 40 seconds she gets in the car and goes,” she says. “I thought she was a professional.”
Before the mystery got resolved, Davis posted flyers around the neighborhood with a photo of the vehicle: "Is this your car?" it asked. "I didn't steal your car but I think my mom may have. It's a long story. I'll explain, but your car is safe and sound."
Police finally called Hickert to let her know that her vehicle car had been impounded, and she was able to get it back after paying a $193 fine. She has no hard feelings, Davis has offered to pay, and mom hopes to tell the tale on Ellen.
Keep your Pooch out of your Weed
Veterinarians are asking pet owners to watch their weed, because more pets are showing up high and sick.
Dr. Billy Griswold, a vet at the Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., told KCTV5 that he's seen double the number of cases of animals ingesting marijuana over the past few years. KCTV reports that the increase in marijuana treatments "directly coincides" with the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, starting in December 2012.
The clinic has five facilities that have reported upwards of 24 cases of pets eating weed every month.
Of course, that's just one clinic in one state, but vets in Colorado, where recreational pot shops opened their doors earlier this year, are reporting the same problem, according to ABC News.
The natural stuff isn't toxic to animals, but it can give them an upset stomach and other side effects. The real danger is in synthetic marijuana, which can kill pets, Griswold said.
"We have seen a couple fatalities with synthetic marijuana," he told KCTV. "There are more serious side effects and longer treatments associated with that."
In fact, some vets condone the use of medical marijuana as a treatment for ailing pets. Laura Bugni-Daniel said her dog is as happy as a (high) clam, despite his sickness and old age, after she started feeding him "magic cheese."
Still, Griswold warns that it's high time you hide your stash.
"Usually petswill become sedate, they'll act stuporous," he said.
Shame on you Burger King!
Way to go, Burger King. You made a grandma cry.
A receipt allegedly given to a Virginia grandmother and her daughter-in-law at the drive-thru of a Richmond, VA, Burger King on Saturday called the pair "b***h a** hoes," according to photos published by CBS affiliate WTVR-TV. A manager on duty apologized when he heard of the vulgar note, but he didn't refund the meal, said the distraught grandmother, who was in tears over the incident.
A Burger King representative said the company was looking into the incident.
"At Burger King Corp., we have great respect for all of our guests and customer service is a top priority every day at BURGER KING® restaurants," a spokesman for the company told The Huffington Post in an email. "BKC has recently been made aware of a photo that shows an alleged receipt from a franchisee-owned and operated restaurant that does not comply with our customer service policy. We are working with the franchisee, who is investigating the matter, to determine the origins of this photo."
This isn't the first time Burger King has been in hot water over an obscene receipt. Two employees were fired from a California Burger King for printing "f**k you" on a receipt back in 2010.
Yet, not all receipt stories in the news turn out to be legit. A waitress in New Jersey, who said a couple had left her an anti-gay note on a meal receipt, was suspended from her job after it was revealed that she might have made the whole thing up.
Update 2:57p.m.: Burger King told HuffPost that the Richmond, Va., franchise where the incident occurred has fired the employee responsible for the crude message.
Iguana with eight tails??
You'd might expect the man with the world's largest collection of two-headed animals hears a lot of tales about strange creatures.
So Todd Ray, who owns the Venice Beach Freakshow in Los Angeles was naturally skeptical when a woman in Florida told him she had an iguana with eight tails.
"I had never heard of such a thing," Ray stated. "There are lots of iguanas with two tails. I have one of those, but I've never see one like this."
Ray saw the pictures, but nothing prepared him for the sight when the as-yet unnamed octo-iguana arrived at the steps of the Freakshow.
"I don't know how old it is, but it's about four feet long so it must be pretty old," he said. "I don't know if it was born with all the tails or if they are partial breaks where another tail grew."
The iguana is still getting used to life in California, Ray said.
"The first time I tried to pet it, it hit me with all its tails," he said. "Now, it loves being rubbed on the head."
Ray is rubbing his own noggin trying to figure out what to name the reptile. He plans on letting people offer suggestions at his Facebook page.
No word on when the eight-tailed iguana will be put on display or if it will be seen on Ray's TV show, "Freakshow" when it returns for its second season on AMC later this Spring.
Woman Breaks Ankle Jumping Out Of Boy’s Bedroom Window After His Mom Catches Her Naked!
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A Marana woman was arrested after she was caught allegedly having sex with a boy half her age.
Pinal County Sheriff's deputies say 34-year-old Keri Gonzalez brought alcohol to the boy's home after everyone was asleep, drank with him, then engaged in sexual activity with the 15-year-old twice in his upstairs bedroom.
Investigators say the teen's mother heard noises and went to her son's bedroom -- to find it was locked.
When he opened the door, the mother allegedly saw Gonzalez hiding naked behind the bed. Deputies say that's when mother yelled at Gonzalez to get out, so jumped out of a two-story window and was seen limping away from the home.
About 30 minutes later, she reportedly knocked on the door and told the mother she had broken her ankle during the fall.
Authorities say the boy's mother called 911 several days after the incident:
"Yeah, she dropped from my window when I woke up because I heard the ruckus. She dropped from my two story window and broke her ankle apparently, but I thought it was just a different girl. I thought it was a different girl..a girl 18 and she's 30 something.."
Gonzalez is reportedly an acquaintance of the family and deputies say she was warned previously to stay away from the teen.
GONZALEZ AND THE BOY'S MOTHER TELL THEIR SIDES OF THE STORY:
"I woke up to banging and screaming at the door and it was the boy's mom and when I woke up, I didn't have pants on."
Keri Gonzalez, the woman accused in this crime, spoke to FOX 10 Tuesday at her Marana home, saying she wanted to clear her name.
"That's not what I am at all," she said.
Gonzalez says allegations of sexual misconduct with the 15-year-old are false and that she's the victim.
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office says on January 21st, Gonzalez was at the San Tan home of the boy and say she gave him alcohol, pills and then had sex with him, but she has a different story.
"My son went over to go see a girl that lives over at that house and we stopped by there and they asked us to come in," said Gonzalez, who claims she did not serve anyone alcohol and was only supposed to be at the house a short time.
"We were talking and hanging out and one of the guys that was around 18 was pushing me onto the 15-year-old and continued to do it over 10 times and I was just trying to get my keys from them and leave," she said. "I said I had a headache and they gave me something and then I started feeling really weird and dizzy and they were like, you can come lay down and so they showed me up to a room.. woke up to banging and screaming at the door and it was the boy's mom and when I woke up, I didn't have pants on and while he was talking to her, I jumped out the two story window because I didn't even know what was going on in my mind at the time. If I was in my right mind, I wouldn't have jumped out the window."
That's not what deputies say happened and not what the boy's own mother says she witnessed first hand.
"I seen a girl tucked between the wall and the mattress.. get out of my house.. get out of here.. you're not supposed to be in my house. Then I backed off, went in the hallway and gave her some space. Next thing I know, she drops from my son's second story window, breaking her ankle," said the boy's mother, who did not want to be identified.
The mother says at 34-years-old, Gonzalez should have known better.
"Who is the adult in this situation -- who?" she asked. "She brought the alcohol over. She brought the Xanax. Who's the adult?"
Gonzalez was originally booked into jail for sexual misconduct with a minor. She has since been released.
Keri Gonzalez, the woman accused in this crime, spoke to FOX 10 Tuesday at her Marana home, saying she wanted to clear her name.
"That's not what I am at all," she said.
Gonzalez says allegations of sexual misconduct with the 15-year-old are false and that she's the victim.
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office says on January 21st, Gonzalez was at the San Tan home of the boy and say she gave him alcohol, pills and then had sex with him, but she has a different story.
"My son went over to go see a girl that lives over at that house and we stopped by there and they asked us to come in," said Gonzalez, who claims she did not serve anyone alcohol and was only supposed to be at the house a short time.
"We were talking and hanging out and one of the guys that was around 18 was pushing me onto the 15-year-old and continued to do it over 10 times and I was just trying to get my keys from them and leave," she said. "I said I had a headache and they gave me something and then I started feeling really weird and dizzy and they were like, you can come lay down and so they showed me up to a room.. woke up to banging and screaming at the door and it was the boy's mom and when I woke up, I didn't have pants on and while he was talking to her, I jumped out the two story window because I didn't even know what was going on in my mind at the time. If I was in my right mind, I wouldn't have jumped out the window."
That's not what deputies say happened and not what the boy's own mother says she witnessed first hand.
"I seen a girl tucked between the wall and the mattress.. get out of my house.. get out of here.. you're not supposed to be in my house. Then I backed off, went in the hallway and gave her some space. Next thing I know, she drops from my son's second story window, breaking her ankle," said the boy's mother, who did not want to be identified.
The mother says at 34-years-old, Gonzalez should have known better.
"Who is the adult in this situation -- who?" she asked. "She brought the alcohol over. She brought the Xanax. Who's the adult?"
Gonzalez was originally booked into jail for sexual misconduct with a minor. She has since been released.
Baby With Gun Hoax
A viral Facebook message, which features an image depicting a baby mouthing a handgun while laying on his or her mother's lap, asks people to share the picture in the hope that the mother can be exposed and dealt with by the police.
The same image has been displayed on various "bad parenting" websites since at least 2009. While the image is certainly disturbing, there is no evidence to suggest that the baby was in any actual danger. Many commentators have pointed out that the gun may be a toy since a real handgun would likely be too heavy for a child of that age to hold up. The image may depict nothing more than an ill-conceived joke or a single moment of parental foolishness.
A photograph, which depicts a baby holding a large handgun in his or her mouth, is currently going viral via social media. The image shows the gun-toting baby cradled on the lap of a smiling and apparently unconcerned mother.
The description that comes with the photograph asks people to share it in the hope that the errant mother can be exposed and appropriately dealt with by police. The image has caused furious debate, with many angst-ridden commentators baying for the young mother's blood.
Certainly, the picture is rather disturbing. But, in reality, no meaningful conclusions about the welfare of the pictured child or of the mother's ability as a parent can be formed by viewing this picture in isolation.
After all, the baby in the picture looks healthy and contented.
And, the calls for violent and bloody retribution against the mother, all based on conclusions drawn from a single photograph, are, to this writer at least, considerably more disturbing than the photograph itself. Internet vigilantism of this nature is potentially dangerous and serves no good purpose.
The same image has been displayed on various "bad parenting" websites since at least 2009. While the image is certainly disturbing, there is no evidence to suggest that the baby was in any actual danger. Many commentators have pointed out that the gun may be a toy since a real handgun would likely be too heavy for a child of that age to hold up. The image may depict nothing more than an ill-conceived joke or a single moment of parental foolishness.
A photograph, which depicts a baby holding a large handgun in his or her mouth, is currently going viral via social media. The image shows the gun-toting baby cradled on the lap of a smiling and apparently unconcerned mother.
The description that comes with the photograph asks people to share it in the hope that the errant mother can be exposed and appropriately dealt with by police. The image has caused furious debate, with many angst-ridden commentators baying for the young mother's blood.
Certainly, the picture is rather disturbing. But, in reality, no meaningful conclusions about the welfare of the pictured child or of the mother's ability as a parent can be formed by viewing this picture in isolation.
The very same image has been published on various "bad parenting" forums since at least 2009, so the incident depicted in the photograph is not recent. It is unclear why the person who created the current Facebook message decided to resurrect it several years on.
And, there is no evidence to suggest that the baby is in any danger. Many credible commentators have pointed out that a real handgun of that size would likely be too heavy for such a young child to hold in the way depicted. Thus, it is possible that the gun is just a toy.
It seems likely that the image depicts a single instance of parental foolishness now captured forever and set to circulate for years on end. Perhaps, the picture records nothing more than an amazingly foolish and ill-conceived prank.
And, the calls for violent and bloody retribution against the mother, all based on conclusions drawn from a single photograph, are, to this writer at least, considerably more disturbing than the photograph itself. Internet vigilantism of this nature is potentially dangerous and serves no good purpose.
Grandma calls 911 for 'police assistance in getting a beer,' cops say
Booze will make you do strange things.
A Memphis, Tenn., grandmother is accused of dialing 911 for the police to get her beer — a charge she vehemently denies.
"I have lived to be 68 years old and I never dialed no phone, call no police to bring me no beer," Rosie Pate told local station WREG, when confronted at her home.
The woman got angry and smacked her granddaughter Keoshia Pate for refusing to get her a beer, then dialed 911 for "police assistance in getting a beer," according to the criminal complaint, obtained by The Smoking Gun.
But Pate offered a slightly different story.
"I told police that's what me and my granddaughter got to arguing about, a coke and a 20-ounce can of beer," she said.
Pate wasn't even aware that police accused her of making such a ridiculous request until WREG showed her the affidavit of complaint.
"I wouldn't dare dial 911 to tell the police to bring me some beer. No ma'am," she said. "That's a misunderstanding there."
Pate was charged with misusing the 911 system and domestic violence, the CBS affiliate said.
Law enforcement introduced 911 as a universal number for emergencies back in 1969 and have been effective in raising public awareness about the crisis number ever since — perhaps too effective. The National 911 Program said most people rarely encounter true emergency situations. Consequently, many calls to 911 — such as this alleged request for a brew — place the system under unnecessary strain.
The boy born with eight arms and legs shows off new body
Look at me now! Deepak Kumar Paswaan, who was born with the legs and arms of his underdeveloped twin brother sticking out of his chest, shows of his new body for the first time since undergoing surgery
For years, Deepak, 7, from Bihar, India, had to suffer taunts and bullying from other children over the appalling disfigurement.
Some taunted him as a 'devil' and a 'freak' while others even viewed him as a god.
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| Determined: But before the surgery Deepak struggled to enjoy his favourite sport |
Last year his family for help to get the unwanted limbs removed and give Deepak the chance of a normal life
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| Howzat? Deepak is able to fully indulge his love of cricket after the operation to remove his extra limbs |
And Deepak's world was turned upside down when leading surgeons from Bangalore's Fortis Hospital agreed to operate for free.
The pioneering surgery, which was carried out last year, would normally cost around £50,000, a sum his impoverished family could never have dreamed of affording.
Happily the gruelling four-hour operation was a complete success.
Now fully-healed and looking like a healthy, normal seven-year-old, cricket-mad Deepak has been given a new lease of life.
He said: 'I can run faster than my two elder brothers - before I could never keep up. I really like my new body. It's much more fun. I am very happy.'
Michael Jackson's Corpse Discovered
Well, it has been brought to my attention, so I have to look into it.
I saw this article for the first time today and had never heard anything like this before. Is this story true? "Neverland Ranch Investigators Discover Corpse of Real Michael Jackson."
Back in March 2005, when Michael Jackson was still alive and undergoing trial on sexual abuse charges, The Onion published an article positing that police investigators had found and identified the decomposed corpse of the immensely popular entertainer buried on the grounds of his Neverland Ranch, and that the person on trial in his name was an imposter:
During a search for evidence at the Neverland Valley Ranch, investigators discovered a corpse that has been identified as that of Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara police officials announced.
"Coroners have officially pronounced Michael Jackson dead. From what we can tell, he died between18 and 20 years ago," forensic investigator Tim Holbrooke said. "We are not certain, at this time, who — o r what — has been standing trial in that Santa Maria courthouse."
"Coroners have officially pronounced Michael Jackson dead. From what we can tell, he died between
According to Holbrooke, Jackson's corpse was buried just inches below a stretch of the miniature-train tracks that run throughout Neverland. The largely desiccated corpse wore the remains of a red, zipper-covered leather jacket and a single glove.
"We positively identified the body as Jackson by his dental records and DNA," Holbrooke said. "But even before we conducted a single forensic test, we began to suspect that that we'd uncovered the real Michael, and that the disturbing figure claiming to be Jackson was a fake."
Holbrooke said that, although the corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition, when investigators compared the body to early-career publicity photos of Jackson, they saw a striking resemblance in bone structure and facial features. But when they compared the body to photos taken after 1987, the resemblance was negligible.
The Onion is a satirical weekly publication published 52 times a year on Thursdays.
The Onion uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.
Photographs of Michael Jackson's (real) corpse were leaked to the public during the 2011 trial of his personal physician, The Onion uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.
The Story is FALSE Michael Jackson did NOT die between 18 and 20 years ago.
Christmas Display?
Bubba Murphy Lake's Overly Realistic Christmas Display Prompts 911 Calls
BERKELEY LAKE, Ga. — A metro Atlanta homeowner says he hopes he didn't offend anyone by his Christmas decoration of a mannequin with outstretched arms entangled in a string of Christmas lights and clinging to a ledge that prompted an emergency response to his house.
Bubba Murphy Lake told WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1boNJYg) that someone passing the house in Berkeley Lake with their children thought the display looked so realistic that they called 911. He says fire officials told him to take the display down — at least temporarily. The display also had a ladder toppled over in the front yard.
Murphy says homeowners in his Cobb County neighborhood go all out with their Christmas displays every year.
Berkeley Lake is about 22 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
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