Free Republic

A Carnival Cruise passenger is missing after he jumped off the ship heading towards Florida, authorities said. The 30-year-old missing man’s relatives told staffers that he had vanished Sunday, leading security personnel to check video cameras to track his movements. A clip showed the 30-year-old man jumping off the side of the boat about 95 miles off the coast of Melbourne. “The crew was notified by his traveling companion late (Sunday) afternoon about his missing status after he had not been seen all day,” the cruise line said. “Sadly, after an exhaustive on-board search and a review of security camera...

Authorities say a man has died after jumping from a helicopter into the ocean off of Malibu, firefighters say.Authorities say a man has died after jumping from a helicopter into the ocean off the coast of Malibu. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a Robinson R22 chopper reports that a passenger jumped from the aircraft about a mile south of the Malibu pier shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday.

Saline police say an 11-year-old boy fell unconscious and went into convulsions after he was assaulted by a group of students on a school playground earlier this week. The victim, a 6th grade student at Heritage Elementary School, was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center by ambulance after school officials learned he was suffering seizure-like symptoms late Tuesday morning. He was released later that evening. .... Bunten said the altercation started shortly after 11 a.m. during lunch hour at the school at 290 E. Woodland Dr. The victim was surrounded by the students on a field and was...

But with all the hoopla of jumping on a bed and all of the fun, are there cons to meet the pros of bed jumping? Yes, there were good reasons for our parents to yell at us for jumping on beds. I didn't run across any negative articles about bed jumping, but I am willing to be one of the first.

A deer was fatally injured Sunday after jumping into a lion enclosure at the National Zoo, as visitors looked on.

WILDWOOD, Fla. - A man riding a personal watercraft on the Suwannee River was injured after a 4-foot-long sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him, wildlife officials said. Blake Nicholas Fessenden, 23, was heading north on the Suwannee River Sunday just north of the Hart Springs Sand Bar when he was hit and fell off the craft, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Fessenden was knocked unconscious. His girlfriend was riding another watercraft behind him and was able to get to Fessenden and hold his head above water before passengers on another...

June 11, 2006 Save the Sharks By Kathleen Parker The poor shark can get no rest these days. Everyone is jumping him. For those whose shark metaphors stalled on "Jaws," "jumping the shark" refers to the moment when something, usually a dramatic production, runs - or strays from - its course. Coined by Jon Hein (jumptheshark.com), the phrase evolved from the episode of "Happy Days" where the show's writers, apparently out of ideas, had Fonzie literally jump a shark while water skiing. It was so over-the-top that the show was deemed dead by those who monitor such things. People are...

SIERRA VISTA — A man robbed, kidnapped and threatened to kill the owner of a local eatery Saturday morning before fleeing into Mexico, Sierra Vista police said. The man was able to get away when he forced the store owner to give him a ride to the Naco Port of Entry. Police said the incident began at about 4 a.m. when the store owner heard a strange noise while working in the Bread Basket Bakery, 355 W. Wilcox Drive. After going outside, he was robbed by a man with a black-colored, semi-automatic pistol. The robber also took an undisclosed amount...

CAMARILLO, Calif. – A man jumped onto the top of Amtrak Pacific Surfliner No. 768 from a highway overpass in Camarillo on Thursday, according to an Associated Press story and published in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The man, Juan Lopez, 33, of Camarillo, was arrested farther down the line by Ventura County sheriff's deputies who swooped in by helicopter. Lopez made the 20-foot leap at about 9 a.m., authorities said. Camarillo is 13 miles east of Ventura. Train 768 operates from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. "At this point the train starts pulling out and the witnesses see Mr....

We live in a time of great change, in America and around the globe. Democracy is on the rise in parts of the world few thought possible, the Middle East of all places. But at the same time, nearly half of America is running toward socialism and most of them don’t even know it… The Democratic Party was full of glee when Vermont Senator Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords defected from the Republican Party, re-titling himself an "Independent", but becoming a boot licking lackey for the DNC in the process. He had a long history of voting the other side of the...

Video Stream from Japanese TV (NNN Tokyo) showing "New Years Jumping" off of the highest building in the world, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Watch these idiots fly! You can view by hitting the link, (above) for 300 k. Or, try this for 56k viewing. All Windows Media.http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20040108-00000020-jnn-int-movie-000&media=wm56k

If you were uncertain of the definition of "sexagenarian," you may have thought Mick Jagger's been one for ages. But, no, the legendary rock 'n' roll Lothario doesn't join the group's ranks until Saturday. When he turns 60. Let the International House of Pancakes discounts begin... Jagger and his Rolling Stones mates, including fellow sexagenarian Charlie Watts, will mark the occasion with a private, if paparazzi-stalked birthday bash somewhere in the capital of the Czech Republic. (The band's on a layover there, scheduled to play to 60,000 Sunday night at Letna Park.) Details of the Prague party are under wraps....