Monthly Archives: February 2008

School bus driver charged for impersonating an undercover officer

A school bus driver in Beaver County said he told students he was an undercover officer so they wouldn’t misbehave on the bus. They didn’t. But the real police said what William Dunn, 59, did was wrong and have charged him with impersonating a public servant. Police said Dunn flashed a badge and identified himself [...]

Drunk canadian driver parks in police station

Police in the western Canadian town of Wetaskiwin didn’t have to do much work when they arrested a drunk driver at the weekend — he had parked his car next to their offices and wandered inside. Police discovered the man as they drove by early on Saturday morning to respond to an unrelated call. Although [...]

Who’s eating who?

Restaurant sorry over F word bill

A restaurant owner has apologised after diners had their very own F word experience – without Gordon Ramsay. Ten friends found the abusive and sexually-explicit message on their bill at Joe Delucci’s Italian restaurant in Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire. Diner Clare Watkin said she thought it was written after they complained about poor service. The [...]

Two rabbits fighting on a farm are broken up by two roosters

YouTube video gets Baltimore officer suspended

A police officer shown on a YouTube video berating and roughly handling a skateboarder at the Inner Harbor was suspended on Monday. The incident involving Officer Salvatore Rivieri, a 17-year-old veteran, is the subject of an internal affairs investigation, said Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department and the mayor’s office. “The entire [...]

Funny licence plate

This is not something you see everyday when going home…

‘Soldier ghost’ caught on camera

A group of amateur film-makers believe they may have proof that ghosts really do exist after one of them caught something strange on camera. George Gunn said he captured pictures of a ghostly apparition while out walking along a footpath in Outwood, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Mr Gunn, a member of Outwood Community Video Club, [...]

Durham council pay psychic to exorcise ghost

A local council in County Durham has paid a psychic to exorcise a ghost from one of its properties after the spooked occupants threatened to leave and make themselves homeless. Easington Council said the family could not be persuaded to stay in the house, and that by paying half the psychic ghosthunter’s 120 pound fee [...]

New bride dies in her husband’s arms during their first dance

Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony. But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband’s arms during a Greek song that means [...]