Monthly Archives: January 2009
Neo-Nazis launch litter pick-up blitzkreig on Missouri highway
By Calvin Palmer Adolf Hitler is credited with giving Germany its autobahn system, so it should come as no surprise that a Missouri neo-Nazi group has joined the state’s Adopt-A-Highway volunteer litter pickup program. It is not clear whether the … Continue reading
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Insurance agent, 71, accused of robbing bank at knife-point
By Calvin Palmer Police have arrested a part-time insurance agent in his office at the Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, to face charges of robbing a Peekskill, New York, bank at knife-point. Edward Solomon, 71, of Underhill Road, Ossining, is accused of … Continue reading
Mayor under pressure to resign after lies about affair with teenage boy
By Calvin Palmer The Mayor of Portland, Oregon, is under pressure to resign after he admitted he lied by denying he had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy. Mayor Sam Adams, 45, admitted this week that he lied to … Continue reading
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Texas high school seeks to forfeit ‘embarrassing’ 100-0 basketball victory
By Calvin Palmer America is all about winning. So it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear that a Texas high school girls basketball team that chalked up a 100-0 victory has apologized to the losing school. Officials … Continue reading
Student killed at Virginia Tech café ‘decapitated,’ say campus police
By Calvin Palmer Police today revealed that the female graduate student killed in a campus café at Virginia Tech last night was decapitated. She had only arrived at the Blacksburg campus two weeks ago. Xin Yang, 22, arrived from Beijing … Continue reading
Nazi Mengele responsible for Brazilian ‘town of twins,’ claims historian
By Calvin Palmer Josef Mengele, the infamous “Angel of Death” of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, is responsible for the unprecedented number of twins in a small Brazilian town, claims an Argentine historian. In a new book, Mengele: the … Continue reading
Filed under History, News, World War Two
Blogger charged with spreading false financial information
By Calvin Palmer A popular South Korean blogger, posting as Minerva, after the Greek goddess of wisdom, was charged today with spreading false information after he posted in December that the government had banned major financial institutions from buying U.S. … Continue reading
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn about this year’s Oscar nominations
By Calvin Palmer By the time the Oscar nominations are announced, I have usually seen at least three of the films nominated for Best Picture and then go to see the remaining ones before the Oscar ceremony takes place. Having … Continue reading
Female student stabbed to death at Virginia Tech
By Calvin Palmer A female graduate student was stabbed to death last night at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, in an apparent domestic assault, said campus police. A male suspect was taken into custody around 7:10 p.m., minutes after the incident at a … Continue reading
Divers find missing Airbus engine as ‘organic material’ sent off for analysis
By Calvin Palmer The left engine from the US Airways Airbus A320 forced to ditch in the Hudson River last week has been found by divers from the New York Police Department. The engine was located at 3:00 p.m. yesterday … Continue reading
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