Jail Releases Inmates - no longer can afford to hold them

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A scenario that police in western Oregon feared came true in the thick of holiday season after two dozen inmates were freed from a county jail that could no longer afford to hold them.

Less than an hour after one low-level offender walked out, authorities say, he was demanding that a bank teller hand over money.

Man's Little Free Library copied worldwide

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) - It started as a simple tribute to his mother, a teacher and bibliophile. Todd Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room schoolhouse on a post outside his home in this western Wisconsin city, filled it with books and invited his neighbors to borrow them.

‘Britain’s biggest’ Christmas sandwich contains over 2 pounds of Turkey!

A GREASY spoon in Birmingham is offering customers a gut-busting Christmas dinner sandwich.

The festive feast features Turkey and all the trimmings you'd expect to tuck into on Christmas Day packed inside a giant long loaf.

The six pound eight-layered merry monster is the brainchild of Dominic Riley and Richard Hollis, owners of the B.E.S.T Cafe.

Turtles Urinate Via Their Mouths—A First

Peeing out of the mouth helps species stay healthy, scientist suggests.

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle is the first animal known to pee via its mouth.

When a species of soft-shelled turtle in China piddles in puddles, it does so through its mouth—the first evidence of an animal doing so, a new study says.

The findings could also have stomach-churning implications for humans with kidney failure, scientists say.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore noticed Pelodiscus sinensisturtles would stick their heads into puddles of water and wiggle their tongues, but they weren't drinking.

Woman shot with flare gun, apartment catches fire

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A 46-year-old man accused of shooting his girlfriend with a flare gun and then causing a fire inside their Dania Beach apartment is now being held in the county jail without bond.
Stephen Thunberg made a brief appearance Thursday at a bond court hearing where Broward Judge John "Jay" Hurley ordered he be held without bail on an attempted murder charge.
Thunberg was also being held on a $75,000 bond for arson and ordered to have no contact with his girlfriend.

BUNNY RANCH Sex Workers Contract -- BRING YOUR OWN LUBE!!!

Ever wonder what it takes to be a “Working Girl”? Here's a quick list of requirements from Nevada's famed Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel: weekly STD testing ... your own personal sex toy collection ... an endless supply of condoms ... lube ... and $25 a day.

Pope Pardons Ex-Butler Who Stole, Leaked Documents: Paolo Gabriele Freed From Prison

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.

Woman sleeps through tornado ripping off roof

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman said Friday she fell asleep on the couch and didn’t realize a tornado had ripped off part of her roof and damaged most of the home until firefighters and neighbors came to check on her.

inZpast: REVEALED: How Americans used drugged BEARS to test ejector seats for fighter pilots during the Cold War

Note: if you are an animal lover, the video may be disturbing in some parts

The B-58 Hustler was the world's first supersonic jet bomber, a delta-winged marvel of Cold War design created in the 1950s solely to deliver nuclear weapons to the U.S.S.R. And the "pilot" used to test the capsule ejection system was a live bear.

Formal Reprimand Issued To Flatulent Federal Worker

Man's gas blamed for creating "intolerable" workplace

DECEMBER 21--A federal employee was formally reprimanded this month for excessive workplace flatulence, a sanction that was delivered to him in a five-page letter that actually included a log of representative dates and times when he was recorded “releasing the awful and unpleasant odor” in his Baltimore office. 

In a December 10 letter accusing him of “conduct unbecoming a federal officer,” the Social Security Administration employee was informed that his “uncontrollable flatulence” had created an “intolerable” and “hostile” environment for coworkers, several of whom have lodged complaints with supervisors.