A 107-year-old Malaysian woman may be in the market for husband number 23. It all hinges on whether husband number 22, who is just 37 and in a drug rehab program, is still hot for her once his head clears. If he’s not, she’s putting out her well-worn welcome mat.
Rapper Needed Attention
Rap star Kanye West is sorry for interrupting the acceptance speech of country singer Taylor Swift at the MTV VIdeo Music Awards. West said he would never have done it if anybody had been paying any attention to him.
Williams Aced the Fine
Tennis star Serena Williams has apologized for her outburst at the US Open where she swore at the lines-woman for calling a foot fault. In spite of her apology, Williams was fined $10,000 for the outburst, an amount she happened to have in her change purse.
Lambs to the Slaughter
A hand-fed school lamb, part of a British primary school program designed to teach children about the food chain, has been slaughtered upsetting some pupils so much that trauma counsellors had to be called in. The counsellors expect to be even busier after phase-two of the program. Really cute, smart, sensitive hand-fed pigs will be butchered so the kids can learn about sausage making.
Groping Big in Tokyo
Tokyo police are cracking down on gropers who use the daily commute to take advantage of fellow passengers who are jammed together for rush-hour rides. Last year, more than 6,000 people were arrested on suspicion of groping but most got off arguing they were just reaching for their change, waving to friends or winding their Seiko watches.
Dead Ducks Didn’t Read Warning Signs
Syncrude Canada Ltd. says the company is not guilty of environmental charges stemming from the deaths of 1,603 ducks last year in one of the company’s toxic oil sands tailings ponds in Northern Alberta. A company lawyer said they have already expressed “deep regret” to the ducks and they hope, in the future, ducks will heed larger warning signs and land somewhere else.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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