Weird news

[Matt]

Huge 1,000-ton boulder carried down mountainside by power of Icelandic volcano

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[Matt]

Police chief investigates 'most grisly murder in 35 years' before discovering blood-spattered scene is a horror movie set

Firefighters who responded to a hotel blaze stumbled upon a blood-spattered hotel room littered with bottles of alcohol and even a piece of a scalp.
Police Chief J.R. Blyth, who was called in to investigate, described the discovery at the George Washington Hotel in Pittsburgh as 'the most grisly murder scene in his 35 years in law enforcement'.
Detectives had spent eight hours of overtime on the investigation before Chief Blyth realised the blood wasn’t real and that the murder scene was in fact the leftover set of a horror movie filmed two years ago with Corey Haim.


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[Matt]

Fox Shoots Hunter

(Reuters) - A wounded fox shot its would be killer in Belarus by pulling the trigger on the hunter's gun as the pair scuffled after the man tried to finish the animal off with the butt of the rifle, media said Thursday.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70C5Q620110113

[Matt]

Chinese businesses see a gap in traffic jams

BEIJING (AFP) – [e]Chinese motorists stuck in traffic can now hire someone to sit in jams for them, with entrepreneurs finding a business opportunity in the growing gridlock across the car-crazy country.[/e]
As wider car ownership leaves roads more congested in the country of 1.3 billion, motorists can now escape by calling a substitute driver to take their cars to their destinations, China Daily reported Saturday.
As drivers are whisked away on the back of motorcycles, a car service employee sits in traffic for them, the state-run newspaper said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110108/od ... 0108182150

[cbobcat49]

“The Colonel better watch his back, G! The Colonel might end up in my fryer!” he was quoted by several online sources.

http://qctimes.com/business/article_5b0 ... 03286.html

[Matt]

Truck carrying inkjet carts makes for prettiest crash



http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/pea ... amp_1.html

[Matt]

Strip Search Finds Crack Between Buttock

http://www.wyff4.com/news/27200800/detail.html

[Matt]

Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies

VERNAL, Utah – A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110605/ap_ ... th_pennies