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With his vicious fangs on display and weight firmly on his back legs, this tabby looks set to pounce on its unsuspecting prey. But it is not mice, birds or any other small animals he is after. It is not even the other pet cats he has already savaged in his neighbourhood. They were deemed too 'small' a target to terrify, so he decided to turn his attention to a much larger prey - humans. The pet cat, who has been named Grumpy because of his exploits, started entering all the cat flaps on one street in the search for...

Biggest concern is human and dog waste contained in a trench, Forest Service says... Between 300 and 500 people remain in Big Red Park this week after the mass exodus of people from the Rainbow Gathering in Medicine Bow/Routt County National Forest. The Forest Service is working with these people this week to develop the environmental rehabilitation process, after an estimated 15,000 people attended the annual event. So far, approximately 600 citations have been distributed by the Forest Service for camping and parking violations. The Forest Service’s biggest concern regarding the rehabilitation is the human and dog waste, which is...

Not far from the ornate halls of Congress, politicians nearly every day settle into borrowed chairs in small offices, strap on phone headsets and make dozens or sometimes hundreds of calls. They're dialing for dollars, a legal and integral part of life in Washington, D.C., state capitals and local governments across the country. In between votes on the floor, trips back to their districts and public appearances, lawmakers make an endless round of frenzied fundraising calls to pay for their own re-election campaigns or collect money to help their colleagues keep their seats. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, is among those...

OUCH! Nasty. :(

GOLDEN, Colo. -- A Littleton man who admitted breaking into homes and masturbating was bound over for trial in Jefferson County Tuesday on charges of burglary with intent to litter, the Rocky Mountain News reported. Robert Kent Peterson, 45, is free on a $50,000 bond, until his trial. The Lockheed Martin employee was arrested last on Feb. 3 after a woman said she found him hiding her daughter's bedroom closet in the 9600 block of West Chatfield Avenue. He allegedly told the woman that he worked for a plumbing company. Peterson was identified as a suspect in a similar incident...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Alleged fetus eater focus of new legislation Kansas considers bill to regulate conditions of abortion, medical clinics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: February 15, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Shockingly unsanitary conditions discovered at an abortion clinic in which the proprietor was accused of eating a fetus have prompted consideration of a bill by the Kansas Legislature to tighten up regulations for all medical facilities. Last spring, Krishna Rajanna's abortion clinic in Kansas City was raided after former employees made allegations of coffee cups full of syringes, medical tools stored near toilets and fetuses stored...

Acclaimed director Woody Allen loves the paternal feelings he has towards his young wife Soon-Yi Previn, and insists the massive age gap between them defuses any conflict in their marriage. The 69-year-old sparked an international scandal when he split up with his long-term partner Mia Farrow in 1992 after falling for her adopted daughter. Allen later married Previn, 35, and the couple have two children. Yet, the Manhattan filmmaker is unabashed when he admits that his relationship with Previn is paternal and he enjoys the power his successful life gives him in their relationship. He says, "(Our marriage) has a...

15-Year-Old Charged With The Murder and Dismemberment Of His Mother Buffalo Police say they have solved the case of the human body parts found inside a suitcase in the Black Rock Canal just over 2 weeks ago. Officials say that a 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of his mother and a 50-year-old man may have put him up to it. Police identified that the body parts belonged to 46-year-old Madeline Irene of 500 Fargo Avenue in Buffalo. Detectives are still trying to piece together all the details but say what they have discovered so far is very...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 36-year-old mother was arrested Monday for allegedly having consensual sex with a friend of her son. According to the police report, Mary Lee Worley admitted to the victim's father that she had sex with the 15-year-old boy in her home while he was spending the night with her son sometime last month. The victim told his youth pastor about the incident, and the youth pastor then confronted Worley about it. Worley is charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor. She is currently out on bond.

From the Arizona Republic online..... A complaint post, and the reply: Complaint: "A wake-up call from Luke's jets Jun. 23, 2005 12:00 AM" "Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 a.m., a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns' early-bird special? Any response would be...

More and more gay men in Connecticut are contracting syphilis, a life-threatening sexually transmitted disease, according to new statistics from the state Department of Public Health. Forty-five new cases of primary and secondary syphilis in Connecticut residents were reported to the state in 2004 -- more than triple the number of cases reported just four years ago, and 50 percent more than last year. Of those 45 new cases, 34 were gay men, including 12 who live in lower Fairfield County. The disease -- an epidemic a decade ago among poor blacks in Connecticut's larger cities -- is spreading quickly...

The gay marriage debate at the Minnesota Legislature — already one of the most emotional in recent years — has become even more intense and personal in recent days. At issue is a proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. Opponents this week used Internet "blogs" to target the bill's chief sponsor, Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater. They posted on Web sites photos of her watching last week's gay rights rally at the Capitol from behind bushes and unflattering accounts of her involvement in a confrontation in a bathroom at a town-hall meeting in...

Teacher Accused of Sex Abuse Posted 3/3/2005 05:21 PM Toni Lynn Woods Photo Credit: West Virginia Regional Jail The Braxton County teacher admitted having sex with three middle school students, State Police said. Story by Christine D’Antonio Email | Bio A Braxton County middle school teacher is in police custody after allegedly confessing to sexual misconduct with five of her students. Toni Lynn Woods, 37, of Strange Creek was arrested Wednesday on eight counts of sexual assault. State Police said several students reported they had been treated or touched inappropriately. In the criminal compliant filed against Woods, she admitted she...

...Venezuelans would prefer at this time if the Carter Center stayed away from our country. The role the Center played in the recall referendum, before and after it, left a very bitter taste in all of those like me, who are certain that the outcome was fraudulent. ... Carter ... did not demand that the CNE do the “hot audits” on August 16th. ... There are lies in the reports from the Carter Center, such as that the boxes containing the ballots never left their sight. Thus, Venezuelans in the opposition think the Carter Center failed them completely by being...

Bwahahahah!!! Gasp! Bwahahahahahahah! (tears of laughter, blogger convulsing on the floor subject to one of the biggest laugh attacks recorded in blogdom). (Breathe, breathe deeply, garner composure, start writing again) Today we learn that Jennifer Mc Coy of the Carter Center will brave Venezuela to offer help in consolidating peace and democracy! The nerve! What is in store for us? Are they going to approve the new judicial system whose near uniform composition will ensure "peace" through a "uniform justice" (pun intended)? Will they offer to monitor the 2006 elections to validate yet another "fair" Chavez victory? ... I have...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Yes, folks, the time has come to announce a winner! At the eleventh hour, Father M. (he wishes to remain somewhat anonymous) from Folkestone on the Kentish coast sent us photos of this absolutely nasty chasuble. It was apparently procured in the United States, as it sports some symbols of the American church, but that is just NOT an excuse for its nastiness! Father M. will be recieving a signed original "Father Jolly" print, and will have a candle lit for him in the Chapel of St. Knorr of the West Saxons. I wish to thank everyone who contributed photos,...

PARIS -- U.S. diplomats here respond to Jacques Chirac's continued Yankee-bashing following George W. Bush's re-election by saying the French president is out of step with his people, who are not nearly that anti-American. But thoughtful Frenchmen believe President Chirac is mining a deep vein of sentiment among fellow citizens that transcends President Bush. During a week in Paris, I encountered none of the rudeness I had been warned to expect because of my nationality. However, the question goes beyond amenities to visitors. One French intellectual described anti-Americanism to me as ''a cancer that is sweeping across the country.'' It...

Kerry's appeal threatened by 'dislikeability gap' By James Harding Published: October 16 2004 03:00 The dead have been used, the admired exploited, and the gay outed. The 2004 election is certainly not the dirtiest campaign in American history - no sexual sleaze or corruption charges, so far - but this week has seen its share of the distasteful. Less than a day after the actor who personified Superman died, John Edwards was on the stump in Iowa: "If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president,...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Fifty days out from the US presidential election, the rhetoric is becoming nastier between George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites), as the US president's lead appears to be solidifying. Kerry slammed Bush's campaign tactics, saying he "will say anything and do anything to get elected and hold on to power" in an interview in the Monday edition of Time magazine. Kerry was especially angered over a barrage of television ads aimed at discrediting his Vietnam War service, which are widely credited with the downward slide in his polling numbers. "I think...