 Over $4,000 Worth Of Diesel Stolen From A Florida Service Station
Florida police are searching for four men who stole more than $4,000 worth of diesel from the Island Food Store gas station.According to the service station manager, the four parked their truck beside pump 4 and paid $20. The screen showed only $5 worth of diesel was pumped out, but actually 926 gallons were transferred. At $4.50 per gallon, the fuel would have cost over $4,000. |
Lost Parrot Tells Veternarian Where He Lives
A lost pet parrot was returned to its home safely after reciting his name and full address to a veterinarian.The Associated Press reported that Yosuke, an African grey parrot, was found on a neighbor's roof and turned over to the police who kept the bird for a day before turning it over to a veterinarian. |
Seattle Flushes Plans For Self-Cleaning Toilets
The city of Seattle has abandoned a $5 million experiment with self-cleaning public toilets after the facilities were identified as "crime magnets" above all else.A total of five toilet units are currently installed around the city, and each one was ordered to be shut down by July 1. Each unit had a pair of automated silver doors that opened and closed by themselves. The interior was automatically cleaned between uses. |
Flood Of Driving Bills Irks California Motorists
California legislators are on an amendment and enactment mode, targeting principally the state's various driving laws.Among the measures under consideration are a prohibition on drivers carrying live animals on their laps while behind the wheel. Another proposal seeks to ban truants and high school dropouts from driving, while one bill urges a study on the danger silent electric cars hold for blind pedestrians. |
Greenwich Flushes Billionaire's 26-Bathroom Supermansion Plan
A controversial plan for a 54,000-square-foot mansion proposed by Russian mogul Valery Kogan was rejected by officials after receiving a flurry of complaints from neighbors saying the house would be too large.The permit was denied Tuesday by the Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission, halting construction of what would have been the largest single-family residence since the city began reviews back in 2001. |
Amazonian Indians Attack Electric Company Worker
A group of Amazonian Indians, donning feathers and face paint, attacked a representative from Brazil's National Electric Company after he made a presentation explaining the effects a proposed hydroelectric dam would have on traditional communities living in the remote region near the Xingu River.The Associated Press reported that Eletrobras engineer Paulo Fernando Rezende sustained a large gash on his shoulder, but insisted he was okay, after the angry group of Kayapo Indians surrounded him wielding machetes and clubs. |
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