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Google Maps grasses up man cheating on fiance

ANORAK (UK) [07/03/13]

THE internet has done wonders for people’s sex lives, enabling them to flirt more confidently and meet other people without having to brave a bar filled with stouty burps first. However, with every silver lining is a dirty great raincloud, as one Russian lothario soon discovered.

While browsing Google Maps, a Russian lady found that her other-half was having it away with someone else. Marina Voinova, from Perm (where everyone looks like the Liverpool FC squad in the early ’80s), was looking for an address online and, when switching to the Street View feature, she saw an image of her fiance cuddling up to another woman.

No sex please, we're Balinese

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

AFP [08/03/13]

Picture: Reuters file  [SOURCE: http://au.news.yahoo.com]

Officials on the Indonesian island of Bali are considering putting up "no sex" signs at Hindu temples after an Estonian couple were caught in the act.

Police took the pair in for questioning after they were found by youth leaders who had gone to check up on repairs at the temple in the village of Saraseda.

"They said they really did not know that sex at temples was prohibited in Bali, so we just let them go and left it up to the village heads to decide how to handle the case," said Gianyar district police chief Hadi Purnomo on Friday.

New York mother arraigned for hiring strippers for teen's party

REUTERS [07/03/13]

By Caurie Putnam

(Reuters) - An upstate New York woman pleaded not guilty on Thursday to five counts of child endangerment after other parents complained that she hired female strippers for her son's 16th birthday party.

Judy Viger, 33, of Gansevoort, New York, denied the charges of endangering the welfare of a child at her arraignment in the Town of Moreau Court, according to a court spokesperson. If convicted, she would face up to one year in jail.

Viger was arrested after parents of five teenage partygoers saw Facebook pictures of the scantily clad dancers performing intimate routines at the bash last November 3 at Spare Time Bowling Center in South Glens Falls, New York, about 50 miles north of Albany.

Augmented reality car windscreens to display phone calls and GPS information

THE TELEGRAPH (UK) [09/03/13]

Technology firm Harman is previewing its interative car windscreens at the Geneva motor show, which it claims will 'transform the car into a mobile office - safely'.

Harman's head up display system (HUD) shows the driver things like speed and distance to the car in front, incoming phone calls with the picture of the caller, weather conditions, arrows for navigation, directions and warnings of looming collisions. 

This is a large amount of information being delivered into the driver's line of sight but Hans Roth, Harman's Director Technology Marketing, believes the information is delivered seamlessly enough that it won't be distracting nor dangerous. 

Apprentice winner was 'overpaid lackey', employment tribunal hears

THE TELEGRAPH (UK) [06/03/13]

By John-Paul Ford Rojas

A winner of TV series The Apprentice wept today as she claimed she was shunned by colleagues, rarely saw her mentor Lord Sugar, and was treated as an “overpaid lackey” in her £100,000-a-year job. 

Ms English said her role became 'increasingly untenable' and she 'continued to be marginalised'  

Photo: PA  

[SOURCE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

Stella English told an employment tribunal hearing, attended by the business mogul, that he admitted he did not “give a s***” about her role. 

Britain's tallest policeman guards Queen at hospital - picture

DIGITAL SPY [04/03/13]

By Meg Drewett

Britain's tallest policeman is one of the officers stationed outside King Edward VII hospital where the Queen is recovering from gastroenteritis.

© PA Images

PCs Anthony Wallyn, 7ft 2in, & Tony Thich, 5ft 6in  [SOURCE: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk]

Bible quotes on Finnish toilet paper draw church protests

REUTERS [04/03/13]

OSLO | Mon

(Reuters) - A Finnish toilet paper maker has removed quotes from the Bible, including the words of Jesus, that it inadvertently placed on its rolls after protests from some Norwegian church leaders.

Metsa Tissue was trying to convey messages about love but accidentally included lines from the Gospel of Matthew and First Corinthians on toilet paper sold in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

The firm selected the quotes from Facebook submissions, including one from Jesus: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Khalil Edney Wonder Shot Dedicated To Late Mum

SKY NEWS [05/03/13]

A young basketball player becomes an instant celebrity as his last-second "buzzer-beater" turns into an internet sensation.

Khalil Edney's miracle shot won the game for New Rochelle High

A high school basketball player who pulled off an incredible match-winning shot just ahead of the buzzer, has dedicated his feat to his mother who died of cancer.

Harlem Shake: Oz Miners Fired For Dance

THE SKY NEWS [04/03/13]

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent

Workers at an Australian gold mine lose their six-figure salaries after a video of them performing the dance appeared online.

The video was one of the many versions of the Harlem Shake to go viral
[SOURCE: http://news.sky.com]

Up to 15 miners have reportedly been sacked for performing the internet dance craze the Harlem Shake whilst working underground in an Australian gold mine.

The West Australian newspaper reported the miners lost their six-figure salaries over the stunt in the Agnew gold mine last week.

Passenger removed from BA plane in Israel after smuggling dog onboard

THE TELEGRAPH [04/03/13]

A female passenger has allegedly been thrown off a plane at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport in Israel after a dog was found in her bag. 

Dogs are relatively common at Ben Gurion airport and are allowed to travel on some other airlines, but not in the main cabin of BA flights Photo: PA [SOURCE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

The Airbus A321 had taxied as far as the runway on Sunday night when a passenger alerted cabin crew that there was a dog on board and the plane turned back to the stand. 

The passenger had heard a squeaking noise from under a seat. 

BA staff questioned the woman, believed to be American, before removing her, the dog and her luggage. 

Ex-Convict on Trial for sneaking back into Prison

THE METRO (UK) [03/03/13]

Ex-prisoner sneaks back into prison

An ex-convict sneaked back into jail to smoke cigarettes with inmates (Picture: AP) [SOURCE: http://metro.co.uk]

A former convict has appeared in court after sneaking back into jail for eight hours, where he chatted and smoked cigarettes with inmates.

Harlem Shake On Plane Prompts Investigation

SKY NEWS [01/03/13]

An investigation is under way after video emerges of passengers giving their rendition of the 'Harlem Shake' dance at 30,000 feet.

Plane Passengers Do 'Harlem Shake'   [SOURCE: http://news.sky.com]

Aviation authority chiefs have launched an investigation after airline passengers performed their version of the Harlem Shake dance craze during a flight.

A group of students are thought to have initiated the stunt during the journey from Colorado Springs to San Diego.

Britain's government sells French wine to pay its drinks bill

REUTERS [01/03/13]

By Belinda Goldsmith | LONDON

(Reuters) - Britain's government is selling vintage French wine at around 5,000 pounds a bottle ($7,500) in a bid to make its wine cellar self-funding as part of a national austerity drive and clamp-down on extravagant expenditure.

The government wine cellar, located in the basement of Lancaster House near Buckingham Palace, is used to provide wine for foreign VIP guests ranging from royalty to heads of state and prime ministers at 200 or more events a year.

The cellar contains 38,090 bottles of wine and spirits with an estimated market value of 2.95 million pounds ($4.47 million), according to an annual report on the cellar released last month.

Lecturer broacasts porn across campus

ORANGE NEWS (UK) [28/02/13]

[SOURCE: http://web.orange.co.uk]

A lecturer has been banned by a Dutch university after he accidentally ­broadcast a porn movie across campus.

The visiting professor forgot to unplug his laptop from the projector - unaware cameras recording his lecture were left on, reports The Mirror.

TV presenter faints during programme about oxygen

THE TELEGRAPH (UK) [28/02/13]

A children's TV host in Croatia was discussing the importance of oxygen on Earth when she passed out during a live broadcast.

Croatian TV host Zlata Muck fainted during the live broadcast of educational children's programme Školski Sat (School Hour) on national television channel HTV on Tuesday. 

By coincidence, the day's show was about oxygen and the presenter passed out while trying to say people could not live without it. 

”Good morning and welcome to School Hour,” Ms Muck says to her young viewers. “Today, the first 35 minutes of our show will be dedicated to one of the most important elements on Earth: oxygen. Without it there…” 

Mystery 'beast' washes up on Wales coast

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

Yahoo!7 [28/02/13]

Mystery 'beast' washes up on Wales coast. 
- Picture Facebook/Peter Bailey
[SOURCE: http://au.news.yahoo.com]

It's the mystery beast of South Wales and it has washed up on a beach on the Pembrokeshire coast.

The creature which appears to have the face of a horse, the body of a pig and the claws of a bear was spotted by local Peter Bailey as he walked his dog last week.

Mr Bailey took a picture and sent it to the local paper, the Western Telegraph

He told the paper: “I was taking my dog for her evening walk across the south beach when she started acting out of character by howling and running round in circles.

U.S. college fraternity raises money for member's partial sex change

REUTERS [28/02/13]

By Daniel Lovering / CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts

(Reuters) - A college fraternity in Massachusetts has launched a campaign to raise money for one of its members to undergo partial sex-change surgery, a college official said on Wednesday.

Donnie Collins, 20, a sophomore at Emerson College in Boston, was born female but has been living as a male since he was 17, said Jason Meier, the college's director of student activities.

When Collins, a visual media arts major, pledged the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity earlier this year, he told fraternity brothers his insurance would not cover the cost of surgery to remove his breasts, Meier said.

US entrepreneur wants couple in their fifties for Mars mission

DIGITAL SPY [28/02/13]

By Kate Goodacre

Dennis Tito - dubbed the world's first 'space tourist' after he paid a reported $20 million to board the International Space Station - has announced plans for a manned mission to Mars.

The 72-year-old engineer and entrepreneur has revealed that his non-profit organisation the Inspiration Mars Foundation hopes to launch a manned mission which will last for 16 months, taking its passengers within 100 miles of the Red Planet's surface.

(© AP / NASA) Mars as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope

Uganda: Raised By Monkeys, Struggling to Be Human

ALLAFRICA.COM

NEW VISION [17/02/13]

By Andrew Masinde

His story began in 1985 when NRA soldiers discovered him in the forest, with his adoptive family - a pack of monkeys. A replica of the fairy tale, The Jungle Book, Robert Mayanja has since been rehabilitated among humans, but still has tendencies of the animal he was raised to be.

He strains his legs as he walks, with his mouth full of grass. His tongue hangs out as he constantly moves from place to place, looking for privacy. He is short with small feet. It is his wrinkled mature face that shows his estimated age.

As I stretch my hand to greet him, he forcefully reaches for me; with wild gestures and moves that make me freeze in utter shock, before instinctively jumping away. But that does not deter Mayanja from following me.