Pizza vent, praying, red meat, shoe-cam and parrot
Burglary suspect rescued from pizza oven vent
The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven. Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "Help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the 5-foot-10, 170-pound man told officers and firefighters he'd been stuck in the duct for five or six hours. Jackson said the man was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Jackson said the man could have been asphyxiated if the oven had turned on automatically or if the manager hadn't come in early.
Pizza
Too bad he doesn't qualify for a Darwin award - he seems perfect for it.
Italy convicts crash pilot who paused to pray
A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot. The 2005 crash at sea off Sicily left survivors swimming for their lives, some clinging to a piece of the fuselage that remained floating after the ATR turbo-prop aircraft splintered upon impact. A fuel-gauge malfunction was partly to blame but prosecutors also said the pilot succumbed to panic, praying out loud instead of following emergency procedures and then opting to crash-land the plane instead trying to reach a nearby airport. Another five employees of Tuninter, a subsidiary of Tunisair, were sentenced to between eight and nine years in jail by the court, in a verdict handed down on Monday.
Crash
It must have worked - he's alive.
Red meat raises risk of all kinds of death
People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. The National Cancer Institute study is one of the largest to look at the highly controversial and emotive issue of whether eating meat is indeed bad for health. Rashmi Sinha and colleagues looked at the records of more than 500,000 people aged 50 to 71 who filled out questionnaires on their diet and other health habits. Even when other factors were accounted for -- eating fresh fruits and vegetables, smoking, exercise, obesity -- the heaviest meat-eaters were more likely to die over the next 10 years than the people who ate the least amount of meat.
Meat
...I need to eat more red meat.
Shoe-Cam Voyeur Faces More Charges
A man already serving a four-month sentence after using a camera hidden in his shoe to snap pictures of women trying on swimsuits at a surf shop is now facing additional charges. According to the Neptune Beach police, Jeffery Polizzi went into Aqua East on Atlantic Boulevard earlier this month, stood next to the dressing room and put his shoe under the door. "She noticed it, grabbed his arm and he took off running," said Assistant police Chief Tony Carrillo. Carrillo said three women reported this happening to them. One said she was naked in the dressing room when she noticed a black shoe extended into the dressing room. Once Carrillo was apprehended, police said they found a camera attached to the tongue of Polizzi's shoe. "He cut about a 2-inch hole to put a camera in," Carrillo said. "It is unusual. It's the only one that I know of around." Police said Polizzi confessed to concealing a small digital camera in his shoe with the lens pointed up through a hole he cut in attempt to photograph naked women.
Shoe
I never did like using dressing rooms in stores.
Parrot Honored For Saving Toddler's Life
Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper joined the Red Cross in honoring Colorado's heroes on Friday. The Mile High's Chapter's "Breakfast of Champions" honors people who have saved lives using Red Cross skills. The honorees came in all ages and ... species. The Animal Lifesaver Award went to Willie the parrot. Red Cross spokesperson Jim Rettew says it's unusual to honor a bird but he says if you hear the story, it's a great one. Willie and his owner Megan Howard were babysitting a toddler named Hannah. Megan went into the bathroom and moments later heard Willie screaming, "Mama, Baby" over and over. She ran out and saw that Hanna was turning blue. She was choking on her breakfast. Megan is also a hero, since she performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved Hannah's life. But Megan is very humble. "I still say that I did what I had to do and he (Willie) is the real hero," said Megan.
Parrot
And here I thought they were bird brains.
The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven. Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "Help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the 5-foot-10, 170-pound man told officers and firefighters he'd been stuck in the duct for five or six hours. Jackson said the man was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Jackson said the man could have been asphyxiated if the oven had turned on automatically or if the manager hadn't come in early.
Pizza
Too bad he doesn't qualify for a Darwin award - he seems perfect for it.
Italy convicts crash pilot who paused to pray
A Tunisian pilot who paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane, killing 16 people, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court along with his co-pilot. The 2005 crash at sea off Sicily left survivors swimming for their lives, some clinging to a piece of the fuselage that remained floating after the ATR turbo-prop aircraft splintered upon impact. A fuel-gauge malfunction was partly to blame but prosecutors also said the pilot succumbed to panic, praying out loud instead of following emergency procedures and then opting to crash-land the plane instead trying to reach a nearby airport. Another five employees of Tuninter, a subsidiary of Tunisair, were sentenced to between eight and nine years in jail by the court, in a verdict handed down on Monday.
Crash
It must have worked - he's alive.
Red meat raises risk of all kinds of death
People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. The National Cancer Institute study is one of the largest to look at the highly controversial and emotive issue of whether eating meat is indeed bad for health. Rashmi Sinha and colleagues looked at the records of more than 500,000 people aged 50 to 71 who filled out questionnaires on their diet and other health habits. Even when other factors were accounted for -- eating fresh fruits and vegetables, smoking, exercise, obesity -- the heaviest meat-eaters were more likely to die over the next 10 years than the people who ate the least amount of meat.
Meat
...I need to eat more red meat.
Shoe-Cam Voyeur Faces More Charges
A man already serving a four-month sentence after using a camera hidden in his shoe to snap pictures of women trying on swimsuits at a surf shop is now facing additional charges. According to the Neptune Beach police, Jeffery Polizzi went into Aqua East on Atlantic Boulevard earlier this month, stood next to the dressing room and put his shoe under the door. "She noticed it, grabbed his arm and he took off running," said Assistant police Chief Tony Carrillo. Carrillo said three women reported this happening to them. One said she was naked in the dressing room when she noticed a black shoe extended into the dressing room. Once Carrillo was apprehended, police said they found a camera attached to the tongue of Polizzi's shoe. "He cut about a 2-inch hole to put a camera in," Carrillo said. "It is unusual. It's the only one that I know of around." Police said Polizzi confessed to concealing a small digital camera in his shoe with the lens pointed up through a hole he cut in attempt to photograph naked women.
Shoe
I never did like using dressing rooms in stores.
Parrot Honored For Saving Toddler's Life
Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper joined the Red Cross in honoring Colorado's heroes on Friday. The Mile High's Chapter's "Breakfast of Champions" honors people who have saved lives using Red Cross skills. The honorees came in all ages and ... species. The Animal Lifesaver Award went to Willie the parrot. Red Cross spokesperson Jim Rettew says it's unusual to honor a bird but he says if you hear the story, it's a great one. Willie and his owner Megan Howard were babysitting a toddler named Hannah. Megan went into the bathroom and moments later heard Willie screaming, "Mama, Baby" over and over. She ran out and saw that Hanna was turning blue. She was choking on her breakfast. Megan is also a hero, since she performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved Hannah's life. But Megan is very humble. "I still say that I did what I had to do and he (Willie) is the real hero," said Megan.
Parrot
And here I thought they were bird brains.