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Italy's highest court of appeal affirmed the illegality of insulting someone by sticking your tongue out at them. The case brought before the Cassation Court involved a farmer whose tongue gesture was captured by a cellphone camera held by the neighbor with whom he was arguing. The farmer, Carlo O., had been convicted by a justice of the peace of insulting the neighbor, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Do you want the unique baby accessories for your baby? Well, this one is pretty unique. As you can see this is stainless steel baby accessories, includes toys, walker, cradle and many other. I didn’t saw something weird and bizarre in the last time, you must be weird person to make buy some of these. But you are not going to be in opportunity to buy something like this, those stainless steel are only art examples.

-snip- A pheromone discovered by a Swedish researcher can cause male bedbugs to kill each other with their ******* through uncontrolled shagging: -snip-

A US man has been charged with indecent exposure for being naked in his own home. Erick Williamson, 29 was observed without clothes through a doorway and a window, by a seven-year-old boy and his mother who were walking by. Williamson argued that it was his home, and therefore he could choose to go nude. But a judge found against him, saying that he intended to make himself visible to passers-by. The Virginia man said he will appeal the decision. "I think that being tried and found guilty of something like this is outrageous," Williamson said after he was convicted...

An Edina woman in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate conference as part of a youth group joined 30 others in shaving their heads outside the conference center on Friday, the last scheduled day of the gathering. Valida Prentice, 24, who traveled to Copenhagen two weeks ago as an accredited observer, and the others each held a sign outside the conference center that explained why they made this symbolic gesture. "Shaving my head can symbolize a lot," Prentice said in a prepared statement, "the ugly negotiating process, the bad decisions made by negotiators, or the catastrophic changes that unabated climate change...

A U.K. man has been jailed for three years for killing his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head... Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a fluke chance after the remote struck her on a weak artery near her neck. The couple had been arguing when Harvey lost his temper at his wife, a former American diplomat in India. An argument started about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage.

A California neighborhood reportedly is up in arms after a resident decorated his lawn with a depiction of Jesus shooting Santa Claus. The controversial Christmas display shows Jesus pointing a double-barrel shotgun at Santa's dead body as Rudolph lays sprawled across the hood of a pickup truck nearby, WNCT reported.

Lo Wung, 42, taught the monkeys so they could entertain crowds outside a shopping centre in Nshi, in eastern China's Hubei province. But the money-spinning primates turned the tables on their trainer when he slipped during a show, with one quick-thinking monkey flooring him with a kick to the head.

PHOENIX -- A man who strangled to death an attacking bobcat said Wednesday he's seen his share of those animals near his quiet, secluded home, reported KPHO-TV in Phoenix. James Gruver, 61, lives about 10 miles north of Lake Pleasant, Ariz. He said the growling cat hiding under his trailer Monday afternoon was unlike any he'd ever seen. "I bent down and looked under the trailer, and right there about 5 feet from me, was this bobcat," Gruver said. A second later, the cat lunged. "I didn't even have time to snap my fingers, it happened so quick," Gruver said....

"They'll take my Ultra Soft Charmin only when they pry it from my cold, dead, aloe-smelling hands." Highly doubtful it will come to that. Please, sit. We're talking about toilet paper. Charlton Heston's famous vow was of guns. The issue over tissue in the bathroom — the really super-soft stuff — is more like the fight about the big SUVs loved by many Americans. Anti-green, environmentalists say. Politically incorrect. Why should Americans use luxurious toilet paper made from old-growth trees when much of the world gets by with a far more basic and often recycled product? Why should we flush...

Flashing teen found guilty after being hit by car The Associated Press Posted: 12/16/2009 01:24:17 PM MST WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A New Zealand teen who was flashing her breasts at passing cars has been found guilty of disorderly behavior for the prank, which ended with her in a hospital after a distracted driver ran into her. Cherelle May Dudfield, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge when she appeared in Invercargill District Court, the Southland Times newspaper reported Wednesday. Dudfield, egged on by her friends, was flashing passing motorists from a traffic island in the middle of a four-lane road in the...

A porn flick of Tiger Wood’s X-rated escapades will be released in January, heaping yet more embarrassment on the golf superstar. An adult film company made the tongue-in-cheek film – called Tiger’s Wood – with roles for jilted wife Elin Nordegren, celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred and alleged mistresses Rachel Uchitel and Jaimee Grubbs. Self-proclaimed “A-list porn star” Tyler Knight plays Tiger .............

The Santa Llucia Christmas market in Barcelona sells everything you could need for your nativity scene. Little statues of Joseph and Mary? Check. A little baby Jesus? Check. Donkeys, sheep and cows? Check. Defecating world leaders? What? The 'caganer' (literally 'defecator') is a feature of Catalan nativity scenes. The figure is usually tucked away in a corner of the model, far away from the manger itself, for children to find. The caganer represents fertility and equality. The figure was traditionally a representation of a Catalan peasant wearing a red stocking hat, but modern caganers are often caricatures of famous people,...

OMAHA, Nebraska (NBC) -- Two tiny dogs are up for adoption after eating their owner. The pugs, Harry and Sally, spent two weeks in a Papillion, Nebraska home after their 51-year-old owner apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

If Facebook is taking over your life, a new website is offering you a way out. The site, Seppukoo.com, offers ritual suicide for Facebook users’ virtual profiles by deactivating your account. And it doesn’t stop there. If you’re willing to end it all, the site will feature a RIP memorial page on its site and sends the page to all your Facebook friends.

They go out of their way to not mention Jesus or any reference to Christmas being a Christian holiday and then they want the kids to sing "Allah is god." The height of liberal PC insanity..... A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest. The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references...

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee teacher was charged with disorderly conduct after cutting off a 7-year-old's braid in front of her classmates, WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported. Lamya Cammon was angry, confused and scared by the incident last week in which the apparently frustrated teacher cut one of her braids off after she wouldn't stop playing with them in class. Cammon, 7, sports a few dozen braids, but one is conspicuously absent. "She told me to stop playing with it, then cut it off and sent me back to my desk," Cammon said. Cammon, a first-grader at Congress Elementary, said her teacher...

A Taunton father is outraged after his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross. The father said he got a call earlier this month from Maxham Elementary School informing him that his son, a second-grade student, had created a violent drawing. The image in question depicted a crucified Jesus with Xs covering his eyes to signify that he had died on the cross. The boy wrote his name above the cross. “As far as I’m concerned, they’re violating his religion,” the incredulous...

The New Scientist is resorting to science to try to find the truth about cats and dogs. Using a wealth of recent research to measure pets in 11 categories, the magazine has come to the reluctant conclusion that dogs are better pets than cats, by a whisker. The four-legged tug of war was tied going into the last category: utility. A British Journal of Health Psychology study that heralded dog walking as good exercise and a good excuse for social contact put dogs over the top. Here's a breakdown of the categories and the rationale: 1. Brains. Cats are smarter,...

It's a spine-chilling discovery - hundreds of expertly-butchered human bones that suggest cannibalism was rife among early man.What's even more shocking is that the victims may have been HAPPY to be eaten ...The birds are singing and the forest floor is dappled with sunlight. You can hear the sound of a babbling stream, running into the great river not far off to the east. Sharp ears might hear the drumming of a woodpecker or, high above, the cry of a sparrowhawk.

A schoolboy has been suspended for 'crisp dealing' at a school which has banned fatty drinks and snacks. In sign of pupil disgruntlement over school meal reforms spearheaded by TV chef Jamie Oliver, 12-year-old Joel Bradley was caught allegedly selling a packet of Discos at a marked-up price of 50p. He was suspended from Liverpool's Cardinal Heenan High School because it was the second time he had been caught. His father, Joe, said the boy had been 'victimised' for an enterprise which could earn him as much as £15 a day. 'I think the school has made a beeline for...

Sarah Palin made a surprise visit to The Tonight Show, proving she can read from a book at least as dramatically as William Shatner can. Conan O’Brien had Shatner on to do one of his periodic readings, this time from Palin’s bestseller Going Rogue. Then to the delighted screams of the audience, Palin came out and read excerpts from one of Shatner’s autobiographies, Up Till Now: http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/12/11/sarah-palin-the-tonight-show/

A pet rabbit has had an identity crisis after spending too much time with the family cocker spaniel and now believes he is a dog. The Giant Poobah rabbit - also named Poobah - has gone barking mad and spends hours cuddled up with spaniel puppy Scout in his dog basket. He has also started rejecting his green food and will only eat treats bought for Scout - including his wet dog food.

Roommate, 98, indicted for murder in 100-year-old woman’s nursing home death December 11, 2009 1:39 PM NEW BEDFORD — A 98-year-old woman is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly strangling her 100-year-old roommate with a plastic shopping bag at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth in September, according to the district attorney's office. New Bedford Superior Court Judge Lloyd MacDonald ordered earlier today that Laura B. Lundquist, 98, be sent to Taunton State Hospital for a 20-day competency evaluation prior to being arraigned in Superior Court. Gregg Miliote, a spokeman for Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter, said Sutter will be...

Today In Irony: Robert Henry Smith, Rainier Beach High School Drug Prevention Counselor, Indicted On Drug Charges By Vernal Coleman in Crime & Punishment Friday, Dec. 11 2009 @ 4:47PM   Staff Photo: Rainier Beach High School Robert Smith   If you're hiring a person to ward the kids off getting involved with drugs, you hire a guy who has previously been prosecuted on federal drug charges.   Of course, that logic falls apart when the person you've hired goes from preventing back to pushing. Enter Robert Henry Smith, the Rainier Beach High School drug and alcohol prevention counselor who...

Do you have a a Negro friend and are you having trouble finding just the right gift to get him dancing and singing on Christmas Day? Well, the New York Times has come up with one of the great ideas of the 1950s: a holiday gift guide for the colored folk. You’ve probably struggled with what to give your doorman, or valet, or housemaid as an appropriate present. You want something not too expensive but something they can really use. This colored folk gift guide takes the worry out of your holiday shopping for servants and others who are complexion-challenged....

SHEBOYGAN √ — A Waldo man accused of urinating on a police officer during his fifth drunken-driving arrest has been sentenced to a year in jail. Court records released Wednesday show 36-year-old Daniel L. Shilts Jr. of Waldo was also fined about $3,600 and had his driver's license revoked for three years.

A bronze statue of a young Barack Obama in shorts and a T-shirt — and what appears to be a Nobel medal around his neck — has been erected at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, near the school where the future U.S. president studied as a child, according to news reports. The likeness of a 10-year-old Obama — his hand extended with what appears to be a butterfly resting on it — cost $10,600 and now stands in a corner of Menteng Park, according to the Jakarta Globe and AP.

DUNNELLON, Fla. -- A 53-year-old Dunnellon woman has been arrested after alledgedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. According to a Marion County Sheriff's Office report, the man told deputies that Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of sliced bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll. Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn." The man told deputies that Egan was his live-in girlfriend. He declined medical...

'A Texas homeowner has been forced to cover up his public replica of Michelangelo's David with a pair of shorts after local parents complained about the statue. Barry McBee had dressed his 5-foot copy of the Renaissance work in a Santa hat and beard for the holiday period, The AP reports. McBee said of his ornaments: "I just like to shock people to make them laugh, kind of break the monotony around here. I just bring them out occasionally." However, Big Spring city officials were contacted by parents whose children had reportedly asked them why Santa was naked.'

Mouse toy in ‘paedo’ song ban Published: 07 Dec 2009 A TOY mouse supposed to sing "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells" has been recalled amid claims it warbles "paedophile, paedophile". The 4ins festive novelty, with Santa hat and a cheesy grin, has left parents stunned. Toy ... mix-up One mum said: "When I squeezed its tummy I couldn't believe my ears. I recognised the tune, but the words were certainly not traditional. Luckily my children are too young to understand." The £2.99 Chinese-made novelty is sold in smaller shops and on market stalls. Distributors Humatt, of Ferndown, Dorset, said the man...

AUTHORITIES in southern India plan to ban an age-old ritual in which babies are tossed from the top of a nine-metre temple. Every first week of December in a rural district in the state of Karnataka, villagers drop babies from the top of a Hindu temple onto a blanket held by a crowd below, amid dancing and singing. Thousands of people assembled on Wednesday at the temple near Indi in the district of Bijapur to witness the event, which is said to confer good health and a long life on the baby and bring prosperity to the family. But the...

There seem to be two kinds of people in the world: those who don't understand cats, and those who think cats are kind of douchebags. Unfortunately for cat lovers, science has kind of come down on the side of that second group. Research has revealed that a lot of the quirky and even cute things your kitty does are actually signs that your cat is kind of a d***.

Houston Police Officer Carl Black still remembers getting ready to fight the hulking 6-foot-6, 280-pound thug who was threatening him about 17 years ago. The suspect readied to attack as he ripped off his shirt and shouted “You're not going to take me to jail!” Then he looked at Black's uniform, fell to his knees and gave up. After putting him in his police car, the young officer asked why he had surrendered. “I ain't fighting the devil,” the man said. The suspect had caught a glimpse of Black's badge number. It was 666. (snip) Black specially requested the number...

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The following recipe was originally used when I was lucky enough to harvest a moose. It obviously will work for any big-game animal you might have harvested. I call this tasty meal Stuffed Moose Burgers. Stuffed Moose Burgers 2 pounds moose burger, or 1 pound hamburger and 1 pound moose burger (holds together better with both ground meats when sealing in the cheese)

f you don’t think that the culture is descending into blithering nonsense, follow male fashion. Actually, if you’re following male fashion, you’re living evidence that the culture has become degraded. Last year, it was pointy-toed shoes where men willfully walked around looking like Santa’s little helpers. This year, it’s “heavage.” What is heavage you ask? Heavage is man cleavage where just a little moob (man boob) and maybe a whole lot of hair is showing. According to the Wall Street Journal fashion types, this means a return to … manliness:...

Here was the headline New York Magazine just ran, about the current First Lady at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony: MICHELLE OBAMA WORE CLOTHES TO LIGHT THE CHRISTMAS TREEHere’s a screen grab of the post because we’re sure they’ll scrub it:

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities say a Tucson man has died after parachuting from a cell phone tower at night and hitting high-voltage power lines. Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says 23-year-old Darrell Dunafon and two friends broke into a cell tower site about 30 miles south of Phoenix on Friday night and were parachuting off the approximately 400-foot-tall antennae. Dunafon's parachute became tangled in nearby 12,000-volt power lines and he was shocked with a live wire.

In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line. People calling the governor's office heard an on-hold recording of Crist promoting the toll-free Florida KidCare line. Except two numbers were transposed.

A hilarious edit of an old comic book hammers Charles Johnson's decent into madness. http://racedetective.blogspot.com/2009/12/green-lizard.html

Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards to city hotels warning summit guests not to patronize Danish sex workers during the upcoming conference. Now, the prostitutes have struck back, offering free sex to anyone who produces one of the warnings. Copenhagen's city council in conjunction with Lord Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards out to 160 Copenhagen hotels urging COP15 guests and delegates to 'Be sustainable - don't buy sex'.

When a US woman began making pancakes for her family before the Thanksgiving holiday she was hoping they would be divine. But Bianca Lopez got slightly more than she bargained for when she discovered what she claims is the face of the Virgin Mary imprinted on the savoury treat. And she says that the holy image encrusted in batter has brought her family peace and comfort. Simply divine: Bianca Lopez claims to have found the face of the Virgin Mary on her pancake 'Thanksgiving miracle': Lopez says that the holy image encrusted in batter has brought her family peace and...

Cody, a chocolate Labrador, has for months greeted customers at the Clearwater BP gas station and convenience store at U.S. 19 and Nursery Road. A St. Petersburg Times story introduced thousands more to the jovial pup. But Thursday morning, a state health inspector stopped by and issued a warning to Karim Mansour, the store's owner: Remove the dog or the Health Department would declare all of Mansour's food products — mostly bottled sodas, Slim Jims and candy bars — unfit for consumption. Mansour, who adopted 6-year-old Cody three years ago, had no choice but sign the warning. His primary violation:...

MORROW, Ga. -- A bad elf is going to be on Santa's naughty list. Morrow police and mall security cleared out Southlake Mall after they said a man dressed like an elf told Santa he had a bomb. Police say 45-year-old William C. Caldwell III got in line at Southlake Mall Wednesday evening to have his picture taken with Santa. "He (Caldwell) stood in line with kids and told Santa he wanted like a picture taken with him, at that point he told Santa he had dynamite in his bag," said Morrow police Capt. James Callaway.

DENTON -- Police are looking for a man who gave a woman a massage in her apartment Monday afternoon near the University of North Texas campus. Authorities say he wasn’t a masseur. A 21-year-old woman gave the unidentified man, who posed as a massage student, permission to give her a massage, but she ordered him out of her apartment when his hand began moving up her leg as he rubbed it. But police said today that the man would not face a charge for the massage because the victim allowed him to do it, but he could face an assault...

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PRINCE FREDERICK, Md.—Calvert County authorities are searching for two men who tried to rob a funeral home that they may have mistaken for a bank. Police said the men robbed Lee Funeral Home, next to a PNC Bank, in Owings on Monday. Lt. Steve Jones of the Calvert Investigative Team said an employee told the suspects they weren't in a bank.

PARIS (AFP) - A protester who presented himself as an Iraqi journalist in exile hurled a shoe Tuesday at the colleague who one year ago found fame hurling his own footwear at then US president George W. Bush. Television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi was in Paris to promote his campaign for the "victims of the US occupation in Iraq" when a fellow Iraqi critic turned the tables on him, shouting: "Here's another shoe for you." The thickset man with an Iraqi accent made a brief speech in Arabic during the question and answer session, defending US policy and accusing Zaidi of...