Feces, diets and ice basketball
Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
A San Diego judge has declared a mistrial in a kidnapping and assault case after the defendant smeared excrement on his lawyer's face and threw it at jurors. The judge boosted defendant Weusi McGowan's bail from $250,000 to $1 million after the Monday incident. Prosecutor Christopher Lawson says McGowan was upset because the judge refused to remove public defender Jeffrey Martin from the case. McGowan had smuggled a bag of feces into court and spread it on Martin's hair and face before flinging the excrement at jurors. No jurors were hit. McGowan has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and other counts in connection with a 2007 home invasion.
Feces
Yes, that'll make them believe you're not guilty.
Eatery owner charged in attack over calzone complaint
Everybody's had a restaurant get their food order wrong a time or two. Like most people, Richard Phinney figured the mistake would be corrected and his takeout calzone replaced when he called to complain. But instead of a new calzone, Phinney got a trip to the emergency room and a bloodied head after the owner of Goomba's pizzeria pistol-whipped and beat him, according to a Flagler County sheriff's report. "I don't even want to go out to a fast food place now because I don't know what to expect," Phinney said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Calzone
New diet aid!!!! That'll teach him to buy fast food.
Naked couple surprises diners in stroll
A couple treated open air diners to a 15-minute naked parade in Singapore, triggering both embarrassment and applause for a scene almost unheard of in the conservative city-state. Pub manager Terence Chia told the Straits Times newspaper he saw the couple taking off their clothes Saturday night at a staircase in a block of flats in Holland Village, known for its popular nightspots. "Then, clothes in hand, they coolly walked in their flip-flops toward the market," he said, adding when the couple did a U-turn a sea of spectators was ready and poised with cameras. "There were more than 200 people and everyone was taking pictures," the newspaper Wednesday quoted Chia as saying. "Even women were busy clicking and people were cheering, whistling and applauding like crazy."
Naked
Well depending on how they looked, that could be a diet aid, as well.
Ice basketball aims to woo Lithuanians to hockey
One of the world's strangest sporting events took place in the small Baltic state of Lithuania this week: basketball on ice. In almost full gear of helmets, pads and skates, but without the heavy gloves, Lithuania's national ice hockey team took to the rink on Wednesday evening to dribble the big orange ball instead of smash the small black puck. Their motive was to draw attention to their own sport in a country where basketball is like a religion. "Since the Lithuanian state cares only about basketball and completely ignores other sports, we decided to challenge this and to try playing basketball ourselves to get attention," said Martynas Slikas, 31, a forward in the national team. He and his men played against hockey enthusiasts from the Hockey Punks club over four periods of 7 minutes. Despite the slippery ice, the players managed to bounce the ball like during a normal basket ball match, although unusually for basketball, they also fought from time to time.
LOL
Now THAT I would watch. LOL I can't even imagine it.
A San Diego judge has declared a mistrial in a kidnapping and assault case after the defendant smeared excrement on his lawyer's face and threw it at jurors. The judge boosted defendant Weusi McGowan's bail from $250,000 to $1 million after the Monday incident. Prosecutor Christopher Lawson says McGowan was upset because the judge refused to remove public defender Jeffrey Martin from the case. McGowan had smuggled a bag of feces into court and spread it on Martin's hair and face before flinging the excrement at jurors. No jurors were hit. McGowan has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and other counts in connection with a 2007 home invasion.
Feces
Yes, that'll make them believe you're not guilty.
Eatery owner charged in attack over calzone complaint
Everybody's had a restaurant get their food order wrong a time or two. Like most people, Richard Phinney figured the mistake would be corrected and his takeout calzone replaced when he called to complain. But instead of a new calzone, Phinney got a trip to the emergency room and a bloodied head after the owner of Goomba's pizzeria pistol-whipped and beat him, according to a Flagler County sheriff's report. "I don't even want to go out to a fast food place now because I don't know what to expect," Phinney said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Calzone
New diet aid!!!! That'll teach him to buy fast food.
Naked couple surprises diners in stroll
A couple treated open air diners to a 15-minute naked parade in Singapore, triggering both embarrassment and applause for a scene almost unheard of in the conservative city-state. Pub manager Terence Chia told the Straits Times newspaper he saw the couple taking off their clothes Saturday night at a staircase in a block of flats in Holland Village, known for its popular nightspots. "Then, clothes in hand, they coolly walked in their flip-flops toward the market," he said, adding when the couple did a U-turn a sea of spectators was ready and poised with cameras. "There were more than 200 people and everyone was taking pictures," the newspaper Wednesday quoted Chia as saying. "Even women were busy clicking and people were cheering, whistling and applauding like crazy."
Naked
Well depending on how they looked, that could be a diet aid, as well.
Ice basketball aims to woo Lithuanians to hockey
One of the world's strangest sporting events took place in the small Baltic state of Lithuania this week: basketball on ice. In almost full gear of helmets, pads and skates, but without the heavy gloves, Lithuania's national ice hockey team took to the rink on Wednesday evening to dribble the big orange ball instead of smash the small black puck. Their motive was to draw attention to their own sport in a country where basketball is like a religion. "Since the Lithuanian state cares only about basketball and completely ignores other sports, we decided to challenge this and to try playing basketball ourselves to get attention," said Martynas Slikas, 31, a forward in the national team. He and his men played against hockey enthusiasts from the Hockey Punks club over four periods of 7 minutes. Despite the slippery ice, the players managed to bounce the ball like during a normal basket ball match, although unusually for basketball, they also fought from time to time.
LOL
Now THAT I would watch. LOL I can't even imagine it.