Some victims have these symptoms in the months or even years before a heart attack.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
After 41 years, mom found
Police believed they found the remains of Lulu Cora Hood in 1996, but a new test changes everything.
Also: Indian tribes welcome much-maligned FEMA homes
Wanda Tiger and her husband needed a new home after a long-term house-sitting arrangement came to an end.
The Terrafugia Flying Car-Now With Road Approval
The Terrafugia Transition has received exemptions from the NHTSA that make it legal to drive on the road. With polycarbonate windows instead of automotive safety glass and tires not normally considered street legal, it has nevertheless passed muster for both the sky and the highway in terms of weight and safety. Alex last reported on Terrafugia’s innovation on June 29th, 2010 and the company has been doing lots of fine tuning since then to attain the proper licensing and exemptions needed to ensure these roadable aircraft are ready for delivery by the end of 2012.
Cool Corridors Around the World
Who knew? A tunnel dug underneath the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea is open for tours, even though you cannot access the ground above it! This is just one of several odd and interesting corridors you can read about in a list at Atlas Obscura. Others are in Vietnam, Brooklyn, Liverpool, and Australia.
How Alcatraz Worked
Alcatraz is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, USA. Often referred to as 'The Rock,' the small island served as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prison until 1963.
Today, the island is a historic site operated by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. Alcatraz has been featured in many movies, TV shows, cartoons, books, comics, and games.
Czech police used murder victim's skull as ornament
Czech police who used a suspected murder victim's skull as an ornament are being sued by the dead man's relatives. The man's skeleton was found three years ago but the murder investigation was closed because it was not possible to find out how the man had died.
But the body remained unidentified until recently when a new computer program allowed police to identify the body had belonged to missing Francis Vandas by taking a scan of the skull. But after it was cleaned the skull ended up being used as a bookend - with a police cap on the top - by officers at Volary, in the Czech Republic.
They even took pictures of the skull, which are now the subject of a legal case by the man's family, and posted them on a social networking site. Relative Ruzena Breznanova, 59, said: "When I turned up to collect the remains I saw the skull sitting on a shelf next to a beer mug with a police cap on it. It was shocking. The chief of homicide led me into his office, took a cap off this skull and handed it to me saying here's your brother-in-law. I was really appalled."
When the woman's complaint ended up in local newspapers readers pointed out that the snaps had even been posted on a social media site. Police spokesman Radek Sandorova said: "We are carrying out a full investigation and if it turns out to be true then we will take disciplinary action against the officer concerned. I want an explanation. No one deserves to have their head used like this after death, having no respect?"
But the body remained unidentified until recently when a new computer program allowed police to identify the body had belonged to missing Francis Vandas by taking a scan of the skull. But after it was cleaned the skull ended up being used as a bookend - with a police cap on the top - by officers at Volary, in the Czech Republic.
They even took pictures of the skull, which are now the subject of a legal case by the man's family, and posted them on a social networking site. Relative Ruzena Breznanova, 59, said: "When I turned up to collect the remains I saw the skull sitting on a shelf next to a beer mug with a police cap on it. It was shocking. The chief of homicide led me into his office, took a cap off this skull and handed it to me saying here's your brother-in-law. I was really appalled."
When the woman's complaint ended up in local newspapers readers pointed out that the snaps had even been posted on a social media site. Police spokesman Radek Sandorova said: "We are carrying out a full investigation and if it turns out to be true then we will take disciplinary action against the officer concerned. I want an explanation. No one deserves to have their head used like this after death, having no respect?"
Murder Solved ... 130 years later.
Victorian Skull Found in TV Naturalist's Backyard
A skull discovered in British TV naturalist David Attenborough's back yard was a victim of a Victorian-era murder, a coroner discovered.
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UK coroner closes case on 130-year-old murder case
A British coroner has closed the case on a 130-year-old London murder mystery, ruling that a skull recently found in a garden belonged to a woman killed in 1879.
No Cops!
It's a free-for-all In Alto:
The entire police force laid off in Texas town.
The entire police force laid off in Texas town.
A small Texas town has shut down its entire police department. Facing dramatic budget cuts, the city’s efforts to control costs in Alto sent the police force home June 15, and law enforcement is now on hold.How will they handle crime?
Former police chief Charles Barron and four ex-officers secured the evidence room, changed the passwords on their computers and locked the department's doors, preparing for a closure that will last at least six months.
County sheriff's deputies will handle calls in Alto, but that means police response times that were less than 3 minutes are now up to 15 minutes, and deputies are spread thin, according to CBS News. Twenty-five deputies and reservists will oversee a 1,000 square mile county.More advice:
"Everybody's talking about 'bolt your doors, buy a gun,' " said Monty Collins, Alto's mayor, who was against the measure.See that speed limit sign? Just ignore it.
Two women fight over saved parking space
Two women got into a fight in a Carowinds parking lot on July 4th - as one tried to save parking spaces hours before the fireworks show.
Insanely Frugal Fathers
Here Are 16 Of Them
Frugality is an important lesson to learn, but there is certainly a point where it becomes ridiculous. Over at Consumerist, there is a great roundup of the 16 most over-the-top tales of frugal fathers. To be fair, some aren’t nearly as bad as others, but when your dad is the type to have “hooked up the tv to an exercise bike so that we kids had to peddle to watch our cartoons. TV lost its charm quickly and we went outside to play,” you know your pop may have crossed the line -of course, that is a great way to get your kids to exercise.
New York bathroom attendants rationing toilet paper
The city of New York is so hard up for cash that it's rationing toilet paper in women's public restrooms to the point where bathroom attendants are doling out a few measly squares per patron, along the world-famous Coney Island boardwalk. Parks Department employees were leaving toilet-paper dispensers empty last week and instead forcing astonished female beachgoers to form "ration lines" in the bathrooms.
Regina Ballone, 25, of Brooklyn visited a boardwalk bathroom at West 16th Street Wednesday and was "grossed out" at the thought of someone else handling her toilet paper. "Never in my life have I experienced anything like this," she said. "I walked toward a stall, and a bathroom attendant stopped me by shouting, 'Hey, mami! There's no toilet paper here,' and she whipped out a big roll for me to grab some."
Beachgoers also have been forced to line up for their paltry allotment of the city's cheap, single-ply toilet paper at the boardwalk's other women's restroom at Stillwell Avenue. Benedikte Friis and Ann Damgaard, both 22, from Denmark, said they enjoyed visiting Coney Island last week, except when it came to the bathrooms.
"It's very weird that someone decides how much paper you get because they don't know what situation you're in," said Friis, 22, laughing in disbelief. "You might need more!" Toilet-paper rationing isn't an issue in the men's rooms, but only because they apparently don't have any to ration.
Regina Ballone, 25, of Brooklyn visited a boardwalk bathroom at West 16th Street Wednesday and was "grossed out" at the thought of someone else handling her toilet paper. "Never in my life have I experienced anything like this," she said. "I walked toward a stall, and a bathroom attendant stopped me by shouting, 'Hey, mami! There's no toilet paper here,' and she whipped out a big roll for me to grab some."
Beachgoers also have been forced to line up for their paltry allotment of the city's cheap, single-ply toilet paper at the boardwalk's other women's restroom at Stillwell Avenue. Benedikte Friis and Ann Damgaard, both 22, from Denmark, said they enjoyed visiting Coney Island last week, except when it came to the bathrooms.
"It's very weird that someone decides how much paper you get because they don't know what situation you're in," said Friis, 22, laughing in disbelief. "You might need more!" Toilet-paper rationing isn't an issue in the men's rooms, but only because they apparently don't have any to ration.
Dust storm blankets Phoenix
A wall of dust reported to be 50 miles wide in some spots drastically reduces visibility.
Also: Don't fuck with Ma Nature!
Rare Saturn storm "still going like crazy"
It began as a bright white dot in Saturn's northern hemisphere.
Within days, the dot grew larger and stormier.
A Double Dose of Surprise
Spider's Heart
Taking a non-invasive look at how a tarantula's heart beats revealed an unexpected rhythm.
An 18th Century Egyptian-Inspired Room Found
Archaeologists have found the tomb of Antony and Cleopatra?
Archaeologists Hawass and Martinez Believe They May Have Found the Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra.
A radar survey of the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria, Egypt, was completed last month as part of the search for the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.Who built Göbekli Tepe?
Göbekli Tepe (Turkish for "Potbelly hill") is a hilltop sanctuary erected on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge some 15 km northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa (formerly Urfa / Edessa) in southeastern Turkey. Göbekli Tepe is the oldest human-made place of worship yet discovered.[ The site, currently undergoing excavation by German and Turkish archaeologists, was erected by hunter-gatherers in the 12th millennium BC (c. 11,500 years ago), before the advent of sedentism. Together with Nevalı Çori, it has revolutionized understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic.
There Be Giants On Earth
There is plenty of American Indian lore concerning True Giants; they have left their mark in the names given to places in North America. And there are modern reports for them as well, from all over the world. To survive at all, they remain shy of human beings. It is no accident that the detailed observations of these giants are so often made from a distance and that the best records generally come from mountainous areas, just as they do in North America. There are two reasons for this.Of course, you’ll want to read this while taking a few large grains of salt.
Firstly, these surviving giants no longer confront human beings if it can be avoided. In rare instances of prolonged visual contact, they have kept their distance from observers. Secondly, in the New World’s Pacific Northwest there has been an unparalleled effort to collect accounts of hairy beings of all kinds. If comparable efforts were made elsewhere, we would be likely to hear of similar matter-of-fact and detailed sightings of True Giants.
Mega-wombat unearthed
A skeleton of the largest marsupial to ever roam the earth is discovered in northern Australia.
Also: Stink Bug Invasion Harshing Vintners' Mellow
Do I detect a note of pestilence? Farmers in Virginia, Oregon, Washington and California are battling an invasion of the Asian brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest with no native enemies which has been decimating farmers’ fruit and vegetable crops; now, the stink bug has moved into the vineyards.The bugs are a nuisance to farmers due to using their tongues to suck juice from fruits and vegetables. While this does not influence the flavor of the produce, it does leave visible damage that makes it less appealing to shoppers. Crops such as apples, peaches, blackberries, sweet and field corn, soybeans, tomatoes, lima beans and green peppers were all damaged last season.Every time the idea of controlling one pest species involves introducing another non-native species, I spend a few minutes thinking about the episode of The Simpsons in which Bart lets loose a frog in Australia. Let’s hope this wasp they’re thinking of introducing isn’t like that.
This year, wineries have noticed the insects clinging to grapes that are being harvested for wine, according to usnews.com. If the stink bugs get crushed with the grapes, it only takes 10 of them crushed into one ton of grapes to affect the flavor of the wine. Workers who harvest the grapes have been removing the insects from the clumps by hand.
Scientists have been searching for a way to combat the stink bug problem. One area of research involves using the Asian wasp. The non-stinging wasps lay their eggs inside of the eggs of the stink bugs. The developing wasps then eat the developing stink bugs.
Tests are still being done to determine if the wasps would cause additional problems if they were introduced to areas of the U.S. The tests could take an additional two years to complete before the wasps would be approved for use in orchards, vineyards and gardens.
A Staggering Spectacle Of Nature
The Monarch Butterfly Migration
Monarch butterflies are renowned for their migration. Yet no single monarch has ever completed the 2,000 mile round trip - it is generational in nature because of the sheer distance involved. There being safety in numbers this leads to what is surely one of nature's most spectacular sights - that of millions of monarchs congregating together.
Drunk Puppy Buying Ban
A New York City pet store that's surrounded by bars has banned drunken puppy-buying. Workers at Le Petite Puppy in Greenwich Village say customers tend to stumble in after happy hour and purchase a dog without thinking.
Rare zonkey donkra zedonk type of thing born in China
A rare hybrid cross of a donkey father and a zebra mother is attracting attention in the Xiamen Haicang Safari Park after he was born on Sunday. The "zedonk" has black and white stripes prominently displayed on his four legs, but his brown body haired looks more like a donkey, said one of his keepers at the park.
He is said to be in good health and has bonded well with his zebra mother, who raises her powerful hind legs to attack any animal or zoo keeper trying to reach the baby animal.
The Xiamen Haicang Safari Park keeps its only zebra and 3 male donkeys in the same enclosure. Zoo keepers didn’t know about the mate until the zebra got pregnant last July, leaving it hard to identify the real father among the 3 donkeys.
It’s the fourth reported case around the world, and Prof. Wang Yiquan from Xiamen University said donkeys and zebras are different species having the same chromosome which makes a hybrid offspring biologically work, but the romance would not likely happen if the two animals were not kept in the closed breeding environment together.
He is said to be in good health and has bonded well with his zebra mother, who raises her powerful hind legs to attack any animal or zoo keeper trying to reach the baby animal.
The Xiamen Haicang Safari Park keeps its only zebra and 3 male donkeys in the same enclosure. Zoo keepers didn’t know about the mate until the zebra got pregnant last July, leaving it hard to identify the real father among the 3 donkeys.
It’s the fourth reported case around the world, and Prof. Wang Yiquan from Xiamen University said donkeys and zebras are different species having the same chromosome which makes a hybrid offspring biologically work, but the romance would not likely happen if the two animals were not kept in the closed breeding environment together.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The Daily Drift
The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:What do you treasure most in your life?
Take time to mentally form your personal top ten list -- and then do what you need to ensure everything on that list stays in your life.
People may not realize how important they are to you, so it's up to you to make them understand.
Follow whatever method fits you best, whether it's a mushy email, flowery greeting card or hearty pat on the back.
Celebrate what you have in life -- and don't take anything for granted.
Some of our readers today have been in:
Gengenbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
London, England, United Kingdom
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cork, Cork, Ireland
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Segamat, Johor, Malaysia
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
London, England, United Kingdom
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cork, Cork, Ireland
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Segamat, Johor, Malaysia
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
as well as Slovakia, Malta, Bulgaria, Israel, Finland, Austria, Norway, Georgia, Mexico, Peru, Kuwait, Serbia, Bangladesh, Latvia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Wales, Iran, Singapore, Poland, Taiwan, Sweden, Afghanistan, Belgium, Tibet, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Estonia, Puerto Rico, Maldives, Qatar, Brazil, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, China, Iraq, Ecuador, Nigeria, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Paupa New Guinea, Moldova, Venezuela, Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Norway, Finland
and in cities across the United States such as Roanoke, Herdon, Walkerton, Norfolk and more.
and in cities across the United States such as Roanoke, Herdon, Walkerton, Norfolk and more.
Today is:
Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2011.
There are 178 days left in the year.
Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
There isn't one.
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Culinary DeLites
Everyone knows to avoid fries with a burger, but one chain's baked potato is dangerous too.
Also: Boneless Bananas
From the "I give up!" Department:
Let the idiots run things - Oh, wait ... they already do, never mind.
Best national park beaches
The Colorado River beach in the Grand Canyon makes for an unforgettable summer destination.
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Anthony found not guilty
A jury clears the Florida mother of murder in one the nation's most notorious cases.
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Defense attorney Jose Baez was criticized for his strategy, but the burden of proof wasn't on him.
Also: Bad Cops
Former California police officer charged in Texas child porn case
Hawaii police officer charged in theft of firearm
Former Virginia police officer accused of sex crimes
Illinois correctional officer charged in bribery, tobacco smuggling scheme
California deputy formally charged in sex with minor case
Michigan sheriff's deputy charged with six felonies and five misdemeanors
New York cop arrested for sexually coercing woman at traffic stop
North Carolina cop arrested for prostitution
Three Georgia sheriff's officers charged with extortion
South Carolina corrections officer charged with 33 counts of fraud
D.A. says North Carolina deputy lied; charged in fatal crash
California deputy pleads not guilty to sex with minor
Fired Nebraska police officer charged in child porn case
Missouri police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter
Virginia police officers under investigation
Former South Carolina sheriff's deputy charged with assault, battery
Seventh D.C. police officer arrested in 5 months, charged with stealing thousands
16 D.C. police officers arrested so far this year
Fired South Carolina deputy sentenced to four years in prison for thefts
Colorado jail deputy arrested; police find loaded gun, steak knife in car
Florida deputy trainee arrested on grand theft charge
South Carolina deputy fired after video shows jailhouse attack on inmate
California jail officer must register as sex offender after conviction for assaults on inmates
Fired North Carolina deputy gets 42 months for embezzlement
California jail guard arrested after ripping his brother's pet snake in half
Massachusetts cop gets two years for viewing child pornography ondep't computers while on duty
Felony charge costs Indiana recruit police job
Crooked Texas cop gets 15 months in prison
Missouri cop convicted of shakedowns gets probation, house arrest
TSA officer arrested after items stolen from baggage found in raid
Off-duty California prison guard arrested after domestic dispute
Without China's Coal Burning The Hottest Decade On Record Would've Been Even Hotter
Powdered coal storage area at a Beijing power plant, photo: J W/Creative Commons
According to NASA data, the past decade was the hottest ten years on record, but it would have likely been even hotter if it weren't for air pollution from China's rapid expansion of coal burning. That's the take away from a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences--the part about warming halting since 1998 is a red herring, as Climate Progress points out.Resurrecting The Swastika
Symbolic news: Raelians aim to reclaim swastika.
Good luck with that.A religious sect that believes the swastika was hijacked by the Nazis will try to "remove the negativity attached to it" at the Gay Pride parade Sunday.
Members of the Quebec-based International Raelian Movement will staff an information booth at the annual event in the hopes of raising awareness of "the true meaning of the swastika, which is more positive," Diane Brisebois, a spokeswoman for the Raelians told QMI.
"For religions like Jainism and Buddhism, the swastika represented luck, well-being, harmony and peace," Brisebois said. "When people think of the swastika, they immediately think of the Nazis and we want to change that."
The Raelian symbol features a swastika intertwined with two overlapping triangles that form a six-pointed star.
Another repugican Exploratory Committee Formed
This time, the exploring is being done by White Supremacist David Duke.
Add to the growing list of candidates considering a bid for the repugican presidential nomination in 2012 America’s most famous white-power advocate: David Duke.
A former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and repugican executive-committee chairman in his district until 2000, Duke has a significant following online. His videos go viral. This month, he’s launching a tour of 25 states to explore how much support he can garner for a potential presidential bid.
Former(and current) Neo Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, and other representatives of the many wings of the “white nationalist” movement are starting to file paperwork and print campaign literature for offices large and small, pointing to rising unemployment, four years with an African-American president, and rampant illegal immigration as part of a growing mound of evidence that white people need to take a stand.
Missing woman's house foreclosed ...
... and the new owner discovers her body in garage.
Bank contractors, inspectors and even the new owner of a foreclosed home walked past the silver Chevrolet Nova in the garage numerous times before discovering the former homeowner -- dead on the front seat. After the 57-year-old was found, possibly more than a year after her death, it took law enforcement officials months more to positively identify Kathryn Norris Kunzweiler's skeletal remains.
Now, after DNA testing on a strand of hair, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office has closed the case and ruled out foul play. Instead, the investigative report paints a picture of a lonely, disabled woman who hoarded furniture, boxes and paperwork and eventually became a victim of her own paranoia.
"During most of my investigations, I find myself learning that most neighbors don't know much about each other," said homicide agent Marlon Buggs, who led the investigation. "Society has changed and neighbors don't communicate like they did in the past.
"In this case, she was a solitary person who was unemployed, twice divorced and did not have any close friends or children."
Woman Escorted off US Airways Flight after Snapping Photo
It doesn't take much for a passenger to be a security threat these days. Miami photographer Sandy DeWitt was reportedly escorted off a US Airways flight from Philadelphia International Airport on Friday after she used her iPhone to snap a photo of an employee's name tag, according to the photography website Pixiq.
Secret Service Investigates Faux News Twitter Hacking
ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: The Secret Service is stepping in to investigate the recent hacking of Faux News' political twitter account after messages were posted claiming President Obama had been assassinated.
1. This isn't news ... any 'threat' to the POTUS is going to be looked into by the Secret Service.
2. This was Faux News's account that was hacked (or said to have been hacked), but knowing the maniacal ideologue lunatics at Faux News - said hacking was likely an inside job.
3. This was supposed to show the incompetence and stupidity of Faux News? It did not serve it's purpose - they have no need of assistance to show how incompetent and stupid they are, they do a masterful job of it all by themselves.
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Three Things:1. This isn't news ... any 'threat' to the POTUS is going to be looked into by the Secret Service.
2. This was Faux News's account that was hacked (or said to have been hacked), but knowing the maniacal ideologue lunatics at Faux News - said hacking was likely an inside job.
3. This was supposed to show the incompetence and stupidity of Faux News? It did not serve it's purpose - they have no need of assistance to show how incompetent and stupid they are, they do a masterful job of it all by themselves.
BB Guns For Terrorists
You'll shoot your eye out: Al Qaeda Deploys BB Guns.
Only $82.95.A wanted al Qaeda leader (Fazul Abdullah Mohammed) was recently killed in Somalia. Among the weapons found with him was a BB gun. Well, not just any BB gun, it was a Umarex Steel Storm. This weapon looks like a compact 9mm submachinegun, but is actually an automatic BB gun.
Weighing 1.25 kg (2.75 pounds), it is 38 cm (15 inches) long, with smooth bore barrel. The Steel Storm can fire single shots, or six BB bursts. The 4.5mm BB's come out barrel at 135 meters a second. That's about a third the velocity of the 9mm pistol round commonly found in submachineguns.
Only a lucky shot in the eye would be fatal, but these steel BBs cause a lot of pain, which makes it sort of a non-lethal weapon.
Tricks behind infomercials
The prospect of a streamlined path to wealth is appealing but often too good to be true.
Also: Rupert Murdoch's UK paper hacks into missing girls phone
Hacking into the phones of politicians and celebrities is bad enough but a murdered girl?
What a bunch of sick people.
What a bunch of sick people.
But the journalists at the News of the World then encountered a problem. Milly's voicemail box filled up and would accept no more messages. Apparently thirsty for more information from more voicemails, the paper intervened – and deleted the messages that had been left in the first few days after her disappearance. According to one source, this had a devastating effect: when her friends and family called again and discovered that her voicemail had been cleared, they concluded that this must have been done by Milly herself and, therefore, that she must still be alive. But she was not. The interference created false hope and extra agony for those who were misled by it.
The Dowler family then granted an exclusive interview to the News of the World in which they talked about their hope, quite unaware that it had been falsely kindled by the newspaper's own intervention. Sally Dowler told the paper: "If Milly walked through the door, I don't think we'd be able to speak. We'd just weep tears of joy and give her a great big hug."
The deletion of the messages also caused difficulties for the police by confusing the picture when they had few leads to pursue. It also potentially destroyed valuable evidence.
Shop owner tells blade thug 'either use the knife or piss off'
A brave convenience store owner in Devon scared off a knife-wielding robber by telling him "use the knife or piss off."
Brian Hammond, 68, was confronted by a hood-wearing man with a six-inch "butcher-style" knife who had entered his newsagents and demanded all the money from the till. Mr Hammond, who has run The News Shop in Fisher Street, Paignton, Devon, for the past 15 years, said he was not prepared to meekly hand over his hard-earned money.
"I came out of the store room and he was standing there with the knife. He demanded money from the till. I thought he was joking until he came around behind me and I knew he was serious," Mr Hammond said.
"I picked up a screwdriver, which was on the counter and told him 'either use your knife or piss off'. To my surprise, he did."
Brian Hammond, 68, was confronted by a hood-wearing man with a six-inch "butcher-style" knife who had entered his newsagents and demanded all the money from the till. Mr Hammond, who has run The News Shop in Fisher Street, Paignton, Devon, for the past 15 years, said he was not prepared to meekly hand over his hard-earned money.
"I came out of the store room and he was standing there with the knife. He demanded money from the till. I thought he was joking until he came around behind me and I knew he was serious," Mr Hammond said.
"I picked up a screwdriver, which was on the counter and told him 'either use your knife or piss off'. To my surprise, he did."
Fan Death
Big in South Korea: Fan Death.
A new story from yesterday: Summer death revives fan death myth.Fan death is a widely held belief (and misconception) prevailing in South Korea that an electric fan left running overnight in a closed room can cause the death of those inside. Fans sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.
The Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB), a South Korean government-funded public agency, issued a consumer safety alert in 2006 warning that "asphyxiation from electric fans and air conditioners" was among South Korea's five most common seasonal summer accidents or injuries, according to data they collected.
A South Korean man reportedly died on Monday morning after sleeping with an electric fan running. The 59 years-old victim, only known by his surname Min, was found dead with the fan fixed directly at him.
Afghan women news service
Dire warnings haven't deterred female journalists from starting their own news services.
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