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Baby Dies After Hospital Staff Use Alcohol Rather Than Saline To Flush System

Posted on August 27, 2010
There is a terrible case of malpractice in Findlay, Ohio. Tressel Meinardi, 7 months, son of Emilie and Scott Meinardi, had open heart surgery but the staff at Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital mistakingly used alcohol rather than saline to flushed his system — killing the baby...

Saudi Arabian Couple Allegedly Implant 24 Nails and a Needle in the Feet and Forehead of Maid

Posted on August 27, 2010
There has been a large number of stories about the abuse of maids and household staff in Saudi Arabia, particularly among foreign workers. However, doctors were still shocked to examine Mrs. L.T. Ariyawathi, 49, a mother of three. She was less than five months in Saudi Arabia and returned with 24 nails in her foot [...

Grand Mufti of Dubai Calls For Ban on Marriages To Non-Muslims

Posted on August 27, 2010
Ever wonder if anyone has ever answered the call of a preacher asking if “anyone objects to this union” at a marriage? The Grand Mufti of Dubai is that guy. The Grand Mufti Dr Ahmad al-Haddad, the emirate’s most senior Islamic scholar has called for a ban on Dubai citizens marrying non-Muslims to protect the [...

Teens Foul A Pool and Receive Burglary Charge

Posted on August 27, 2010
This story only intrigued me due to one of the mug shots for Andrew Harris, 18, and Michael Cline, 19. These teens were caught defecating in a hotel pool as a joke. Once arrested, it is a good idea to look a bit contrite. God help his lawyer if his mug shot is actually shown [...

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Man Sues PetSmart Store For $1 Million After Slipping On Dog Poop

Posted on August 26, 2010
PetSmart is facing a negligence lawsuit over an injury but the real culprit fled the scene on all fours. Robert Holloway, 69, went to PetSmart for bird seed and dog food and slipped on a pile of dog poop. The accident cost him four teeth and a back injury...

Teen Saves Drowning Boy and Then Receives $2000 Bill From Hospital

Posted on August 26, 2010
This falls under the category of no good deed goes unpunished. Treval Hall, 17, saved a drowning boy in Kenosha, Wisconsin and was taken to a hospital with the boy. His reward for saving Aaron Puente, 14, was a bill from Aurora Medical Center for more than $2000...

A Yen for Futons: Court Orders Woman To Pay One Million Yen For Unreasonable Futon Hitting

Posted on August 26, 2010
Now this is a nuisance case that has a uniquely Japanese character. Judge Akihiro Takemura of the Osaka District Court has ordered a 63-year-old woman to pay 1 million yen in damages to a 72-year-old neighbor for years of noisy futon pounding. The woman had agreed earlier to a settlement in April 2005 that limited [...

Grandfather Arrested For Allegedly Smuggling Drugs To Grandson in Jail

Posted on August 25, 2010
Previously, we saw a mother who was arrested smuggling drugs into a prison. Now we have Richard Heritz, 85, who was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into jail for his grandson. As with the earlier case, police were given a tip of the alleged plan to smuggle the drugs...

Bad Egg: Investigators Round Up One of Their Alleged Usual Suspects

Posted on August 25, 2010
The growing Salmonella outbreak has led investigators back to a similar character: Austin “Jack” DeCoster — head of Wright County Eggs. Investigators have stated that there has been much wrong with Wright Eggs for years from sanitation violations to unsafe work conditions to hiring of illegal immigrants to sexual abuse of female employees...

Man Lights Another Man Dressed as Sheep on Fire ? Friends Try Unsuccessfully To Douse Flames With Alcohol

Posted on August 25, 2010
A case in England shows that Torts exams are not so fanciful after all. Peter Wallace, 24, was returning on a train with fellow Hiberinian soccer fans — many of who were dressed in costumes (which the English call “fancy dress.”) One man was dressed as a sheep and Wallace thought it was funny to [...

Meet Mary Bale: Cat Dumper

Posted on August 25, 2010
The search is over for the woman shown on this video petting a cat and then dumping it into a closed trash can. As we previously discussed, people in Coventry have been looking for the woman who turns out to be Mary Bale, a customer services assistant with the Royal Bank of Scotland...

Mass Rape In The Congo Near U.N. Compound

Posted on August 24, 2010
International groups have been struggling for years to get action from countries on the epidemic of rape in Africa. There are now reports of a premeditated mass rape of an entire village by Hutu rebels, who gang raped roughly 200 women and girls as well as two baby boys...

Federal Court Blocks Human Stem Cell Research

Posted on August 24, 2010
United States District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has issued an order that is a serious blow to those of us who have advocated the expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction to stop all such funding under the new Obama policy...

Good Judge or Bad Gamble in Nevada: Judge Orders Defendant To Write Report Criticizing Drug Policies as Punishment

Posted on August 24, 2010
Nevada Judge Dave Gamble has issued a curious sentence to a drug defendant. Matthew Palazzolo, 25, was ordered to write a report on the “nonsensical character” of medical marijuana laws and how pot is a gateway drug. In my view it is an improper sentence that should result in not just a reversal but a [...

Not a Cat Person

Posted on August 24, 2010
People in Coventry are looking for this woman who is shown outside of the Sacred Heart School first petting a cat and then dumping it into a trash can. The woman appears to hurry from the scene after her dumping of the cat. It is a good picture of the woman so, hopefully, she will [...

Gators! Alligator Crawls Out of New York Sewer

Posted on August 24, 2010
Finally, an urban legend is proven. The story of alligators living in the New York sewers has long been a popular urban legend — supposedly flushed down toilets after being brought back as babies from Florida by New York kids. There has now been one confirmed alligator living in New York sewers...

Minneapolis Pays $165,000 To Zombies

Posted on August 23, 2010
The recent crackdown in Minnesota on zombies has resulted in an expensive settlement. The city has agreed to pay them $165,000– which goes far on the average vombie expense account. The payment is part of a settlement of $50,000 per vombie arrested during a protest in July 22, 2006...

?New Dawn? in Iraq A Lot Like The ?Old Dawn?

Posted on August 23, 2010
The Administration’s much celebrated shift from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn has been criticized as deceptive given the over 50,000 soldiers remaining in the country. Now, according to Army Times, it appears that the Administration simply renamed combat units and left them in the country...

Connecticut Woman Arrested After Trying To Deposit Envelope of Cocaine At Deposit Window

Posted on August 23, 2010
In this economy, everyone is being a bit more careful with their assets. So Kendl Murphy, 43, was just trying to be responsible when she pulled into a South Windsor, Connecticut drive-thru deposit window to make her deposit: an envelope filled with cocaine...

Got Milk? Not At This Price . . .

Posted on August 23, 2010
There is an interesting dispute in Maine where the state has demanded that Shaw’s Supermarket end a milk giveaway promotion as violative of state law protecting intra-state dairies. Tim Drake, executive director of the Maine Milk Commission, informed the store that its promotion of getting a seventh gallon of milk free with the purchase of [...

Mad Mullah Men: Iranians Unveil New Cruise Missile Named ?The Ambassador of Death?

Posted on August 23, 2010
You have to love those advertising Mad Mullah Men of Tehran. Faced with the challenge of naming their new unnamed bomber, the Iranians have dubbed the 4-meter-long drone “The Ambassador of Death.” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the aircraft, which can carry four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles...

Three Top Officers Demoted in Indianapolis Over Botched Investigation of Officer

Posted on August 23, 2010
The Second In Command of the Indianapolis Police Department and two other officers have been demoted over their handling of an officer who killed a motorcyclist in an alleged drunken accident. Assistant Chief Darryl Pierce, Deputy Chief Ron Hicks and Homeland Security Commander John Conley will now hold the rank of lieutenant...

Feline Balance

Posted on August 22, 2010
If these kittens are not named Yin and Yang, there is something terribly wrong with this world, Of course, it adds to the pressure to yield to their demands or risk shattering the balance of Taoist philosophy.

Starving Women In Pakistan Barred By Muslim Tenets From Accepting Aid From Male Relief Workers

Posted on August 22, 2010
In Pakistan, religious prohibitions are increasing the death rate among women and children. Eighty-five percent of homeless individuals after the flooding are women and children. However, Muslim tenets prohibit women from receiving aid from males — leaving them in some cases to choose between starvation if they avoid the aid or possible beatings if they [...

English Writer Exposes Practice of First Cousin Marriage Among Pakistanis

Posted on August 22, 2010
Tazeen Ahmad has written a simply incredible article below on the long-ignored problems associated with the marriage of first cousins by Pakistani families in England and other parts of the world. Ahmad not only describes the birth defects that arise but the pressure that led to first cousin marriages in her own family...

Murdering Little Death: Mexican Woman Arrested in Murder of Midget Wrestlers

Posted on August 22, 2010
We previously followed the murder investigation of twin midget wrestlers Alejandro “Espectrito” and Alberto “La Parkita” (“Little Death”) Perez Jimenez. Now, a 65-year-old woman has been arrested after being identified on surveillance video...

Friending the Dear One: Only 65 People Join North Korea?s New Facebook Page

Posted on August 21, 2010
No wonder the Dear One — North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il — is in such a bad mood lately with his sinking of a South Korean ship and promising to unleash a nuclear holocaust. His minions created a Facebook page for North Korea but only 65 have friended him...

Goodbye To a Highland Laddie: Billy Millin, One of The Greatest of the Greatest Generation

Posted on August 21, 2010
For military buffs, he is one of our favorite characters from Normandy: Billy Millin, the Scottish bagpiper who bravely walked the beaches on D-Day playing the “Highland Laddie” while men were shot around him. MIllie died this week — one of the truly greatest of the greatest generation...

You Call Those Bubbles, Kid? I?ll Show You Bubbles

Posted on August 21, 2010
This video is almost hypnotic. I assume that this guy just waits for a kid to pull out his little bubble wand and container from Target and then . . .

Spine for a Spine: Saudi Judge Seeks Doctors To Paralyze Defendant Under Sharia Law

Posted on August 20, 2010
We have a new outrage produced by the Sharia courts. This one comes Saudi Arabia where a judge sees no reason why he should stop at “an eye for an eye” when he might be able to order a spine for a spine. “Judge” Saoud bin Suleiman al-Youssef asked hospitals to inform him of whether [...

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