Weird News of the World Thread

[Mike_D202]

Crows are smarter than toddlers

Time

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Missing $35,000 Watch Found in Thieving Masseuse's Vagina

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A private massage in a Las Vegas hotel room turned into a crime investigation when a $35,000 Rolex disappeared. As tends to happen in these cases, the watch was later found inside the masseuse's vagina.

In January, Kenneth Herold met Christina Lafave at a bar in the Wynn Hotel in Vegas. One thing led to another, and the 66-year-old ended up paying the 25-year-old Lafave $300 for a private massage in his room. Several hours later, at about 3 a.m., Herold called hotel security after he noticed that his watch, a $35,000 Rolex Presidential, was missing.

From the Las Vegas Review Journal:

Herold later would tell investigators that once he and Lafave had gone to his room, he disrobed and got onto a massage table that was in the suite. About 30 minutes into the rubdown, Lafave told Herold to take off his watch so she could massage his arms.

He put the watch on the ground within his view. Five to seven minutes later, it was gone.
Herold accused Lafave of stealing the watch, charges which she initially denied. Police searched the room to no avail. Eventually, Lafave admitted to taking the watch, which she told police she'd hidden in her vagina.

To retrieve the timepiece, police took Lafave to University Medical Center.

"Prior to medical staff assisting Lafave with the removal of the watch she admitted to them that she had stolen a watch and concealed the item in her vagina," a police report said.

Lafave was arrested and faces felony charges grand larceny and possession of stolen property. She was released on $40,000 bail. Her lawyer, Chris Rasmussen, plans on fighting the case, claiming illegal search-and-seizure.

"We intend to file a motion to suppress the medical intrusion," Rasmussen told the Review Journal. "The search is an unreasonable search when medical providers have to use equipment to conduct an invasive procedure to remove what police believe is evidence."

"We believe he gave her the watch and later he tried to take it back when he wasn't satisfied with her services," Rasmussen added. "Like any person who works in these hotels, she believed she was going to be compensated for her massage."

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/private-massage-ends-arrest

Wonder how much it cost to get that cleaned?

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Virginia Couple Wins Lottery Three Times In A Month

An extremely lucky couple from Portsmouth, Virginia won the lottery three times in just one month.

Calvin and Zatera Spencer nabbed their first big prize with a $1 million Powerball win on March 12th. But the money just kept falling into their lives (literally falling, because I just assume when you win the lottery those bills float down like snowflakes upon you no matter where you're standing when you win!) On March 26th the couple won $50,000 with 10 of Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 tickets.

But it was not long (seriously, it was the next day) until Calvin Spencer screamed "Baby, we won it again!" after getting a Virginia Lottery Scratcher ticket and winning the $1 million prize. They could either take the $1 million prize over 30 years or take $681,000 in cash before taxes, and the couple picked the latter.

Possible explanations for this catastrophic, jealousy-inducing event could be:

The couple used witchcraft or Satanic forces to win this lottery. After all, the $50,000 winning number was 6-6-6-6 which is the Devil's number plus one extra evil 6.
The Lottery is really easy to win multiple times in a month and most people are just bad at playing it.
This is a heartwarming publicity stunt used to trick people into playing the lottery more.
This a heartwarming occurrence about a couple who won it fair and square and oh my goodness, isn't life just so crazy sometimes?!
"We're not finished yet," said Calvin Spencer as he claimed his last prize. Seriously, what do they know that other people don't?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ery-virginia-couple-wins-three-times/7132659/

I rarely play the Lotto, I see it as a poor tax

 

[charl_huntress]

I....don't think he was paying for a massage...lol.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Black Female Soldiers Say the Army's New Hair Rules Are Racist

The Army published new regulations Monday regarding how women can wear their hair when in uniform, and women are already up in arms. Specifically, thousands of minority women who say the service is discriminating against "ethnic" hairstyles.

So far, more than 7,000 people have signed onto a White House petition asking the Army to reconsider those changes, part of a larger update to the branch's grooming and appearance standards that was detailed Monday in the Army Times (emphasis added):

The update to Army Regulation 670-1 was published Monday, and among the rules are clarifications for Army-appropriate hairstyles. For example, the Army does not allow twists or multiple braids that are bigger than a quarter of an inch in diameter. The reg also bans dreadlocks of any style, and cornrows must be uniform and no bigger than a quarter of an inch.

Twists and dreadlocks have been prohibited since 2005, but the regulation at the time did not clearly define the specific hairstyles, Army spokesman Paul Prince said.

...Leadership training released in mid-March, published before the reg was official, includes photos of a number of unauthorized hairstyles, several of which are popular among black women.
Soldiers who violate the regs can be brought up for "non-judicial punishment," anything from extra duty or an informal reprimand to a reduction in rank and pay.

The Army's new codified standards seem to bring it in line with similar rules set up by the Marines late last year, which banned locks, twists, buns, and braids as examples of "HAIRSTYLES CONSIDERED TO BE FADDISH OR EXAGGERATED AND THUS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR IN UNIFORM." But the Marines are... different, in that they already cede a much larger share of their individuality than soldiers for a very different mission and ethos.

The Army's new push doesn't jive for soldiers like Georgia National Guard Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs, the White House petition's creator, who wears her hair in twists and tells the Army Times that she's "at a loss now with what to do with my hair":

Jacobs said twists are the go-to style for black female soldiers going to the field because it "makes it easy to take care of in the field," she said.

Her hair is naturally thick and curly, making it impossible to pull into a bun, Jacobs said.

"Most black women, their hair doesn't grow straight down, it grows out," she said. "I'm disappointed to see the Army, rather than inform themselves on how black people wear their hair, they've white-washed it all."

...The changes are "racially biased, and the lack of regard for ethnic hair is apparent," she further states [in the petition].
The Army's move—announced by Sgt. Major Ray Chandler, a white man—is slightly tone-deaf, given that the service just relaxed beard and turban standards for male soldiers on the basis of their faith.

As with that move, the new debate over womens' hairstyles will probably reinvigorate conservatives who just wish all these people would shave their heads and bleach their skin, because America loves nonconformity, as long as you explore the myriad ways there are to be a white dude.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...allow-professional-ethnic-hairstyles/BnR900wx

Kind of a jerk move from the top brass if you ask me

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Tree Trimmer "Lucky" to Survive Chainsaw Lodged 2 Inches in Neck

Tree trimming is a dangerous job. You might fall. A large branch might land on your head. Or, you know, your chainsaw might become lodged two inches in your neck while you're twenty feet off the ground.

The latter happened to James Valentine on Monday afternoon in Ross Township, Pa. Valentine was working in a tree, sawing a branch while twenty feet off the ground, when he lost control of his chainsaw. The machine sawed a full two inches into his neck.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

So the race began shortly after the 2:30 p.m. accident, which involved efforts from three coworkers, seven paramedics, along with police officers and medical officials, all of them at the top of their game, officials said.

Mr. Valentine held the chainsaw in place with his right hand while hugging the trunk with his left arm to descend 5 feet in his rope harness with cleats on his shoes. Coworkers controlling the rope lowered him gently to sitting position on the ground. He leaned against one coworker, while another held the chainsaw steady. A third coworker worked to unbolt the blade from the heavy chainsaw motor without moving the blade.
Doctors at Allegheny General Hospital performed successful emergency surgery on Valentine, who somehow managed to avoid severing any major arteries or tendons.

"He is extraordinarily lucky and very blessed," Dr. Christine Toevs said. "Most people don't walk out of the hospital the next day after such an accident."

Valentine will likely released sometime Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery.

"It was the worst pain you could ever imagine," he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from his hospital bed, though he added he hopes to return to work soon. "It was a freak accident that can happen any second, any time."

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/n...-cut-on-neck-by-chainsaw/stories/201403310176

And that, my friends, is why I don't trim trees

 

[Duran Man]

That's quite the pain in the neck.

 

[Teelie]

I thought maybe it was an April Fool's joke when I read it yesterday.

 

[Teelie]

The Annual Mazda Spring Spider Event is back

Who knew? Spiders like Mazdas.

Snakes Spiders. Why'd it have to be spiders?

The company notified federal officials it is recalling 42,000 Mazda6 sedans because of a fire risk tied to yellow sac spiders.

The automaker recalled 52,000 Mazda6 cars in the U.S. three years ago for the same issue.

The new recall includes model years 2010 through 2012.

The yellow sac spider is attracted to the hydrocarbons in gasoline and can find its way into a fuel tank hose, said Mazda spokesman Jeremy Barnes. There, it may weave a web that blocks airflow. That could cause the fuel tank to crack and, possibly, a fire. Mazda said it is not aware of any fires due to this issue.

Mazda designed a special spring to prevent the spiders from getting in. But sometimes the spiders find a way, so it also designed a software fix to alleviate pressure on the fuel tank and prevent the cracking.

The 2011 recall was to install the spring and software in model years 2009 and 2010.

The automaker also began installing the springs on new cars coming off the assembly line, Barnes said, but did not install the software.

After finding nine customer reports of cracked fuel tanks, Mazda decided to recall model years 2010 through 2012 to install the software.

More recent Mazda6 sedans have come with the spring and software installed.

The company said customers could bring their vehicles into dealers starting this month.

Yellow sac spiders are one of the more common varieties in the United States, according to experts.

CNN Money

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Virginia Couple Wins Lottery Three Times In A Month



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ery-virginia-couple-wins-three-times/7132659/

I rarely play the Lotto, I see it as a poor tax

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't lottery rules state that you can't win more than once?

 

[Marvolo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't lottery rules state that you can't win more than once?

No.

Black Female Soldiers Say the Army's New Hair Rules Are Racist

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...allow-professional-ethnic-hairstyles/BnR900wx

Kind of a jerk move from the top brass if you ask me

When they are in uniform their hair style should meet regulations. Men in uniform can't have elaborate hair styles and the women shouldn't either. It's a part of serving in the armed forces. There is a dress code and that covers damn near everything. Deal with it women. When out of uniform you can wear your hair however you want to.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Not the kind of tweets you want to see from NORAD...

About half an hour ago, NORAD sent out an ominous looking tweet with the words "NORAD jets intercept..." and a link. The only problem? If you clicked on the link it brought you to an FAA error page with no more information.

Luckily, it was nothing serious. Two F-16s had intercepted a general aviation aircraft that had been out of communication in a restricted area over Washington, D.C. The aircraft resumed communication and everybody went about their business.P

Breaking news on Twitter that turns out to be false or simply doesn't have the proper context can do real damage. For instance, when the Associated Press was hacked in April of 2013 a tweet was sent out reading, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is Injured." The AP quickly said that it had been hacked, but not before the financial markets went into a tailspin, thanks in no small part to high-frequency trading computers.P

Update: NORAD just posted an updated tweet with a link that works, but it looks like the old tweet is still up.

Who would think it's a good idea to try and give updates about stuff like this in 140 characters?

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Amazing trick will distort your vision and make you hallucinate

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/amazing-t...vision-and-make-you-hal-1559437028/+jesusdiaz

Can't embed the video but click on the link to watch the video. It's pretty trippy and fun. There is also a link to get it for your iPad so you can do it all the time

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Babies trying lemons for the first time in slow motion

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Someone got a brilliant idea: Let's give babies lemon wedges for the first time— just like every single parent does in the privacy of their home—and record their reaction in slow motion so the entire world can laugh and go aaaaawwwwwww at the same time.

Pucker—as this film on everyday mild infant torture/life discovery/character building exercise is called—is the brainchild of photographers April Maciborka and David Wile.

http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/slo...r-photos-babies-tasting-lemons-another-level/

I know it's not really weird news but it's pretty dang funny so I threw it up here for your enjoyment

 

[KevanG]

Babies trying lemons for the first time in slow motion

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http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/slo...r-photos-babies-tasting-lemons-another-level/

I know it's not really weird news but it's pretty dang funny so I threw it up here for your enjoyment

A friend of mine did something similar to his infant. His kid kept pestering him for more and more of his sprite and he kept using the straw with his thumb over the top to give it to him and after a few times he swapped it for water and the kid gave him the most disgusted look I've ever seen. It was just like a total betrayal mixed with 'WTF was that garbage?".

 

[Teelie]

Aliens move to their next phase of terror, begin brain-washing deer instead of mutilating cows and making funny crop circles

Soon, we'll be the ones hunted by the deer.

Deep in the Mississippi woods, nestled on a 150-acre tract of land, a deer had a strange encounter with a UFO, and it was all caught on camera. Property owners Rainer and Edith Shattles own the land on which this unusual phenomenon occurred, and the couple was able to capture the events as they unfolded thanks to a trail camera they had mounted in the woods.

While the Shattles admit, they enjoy looking at the many wildlife photos their trail camera captures, this series of photos were unlike any they had ever seen before. In fact, other than the deer, they did not know what they were looking at. Reviewing the footage, Edith said the camera recorded the deer entering the frame at 7:24 p.m., and at that time, everything seemed normal until a dim light appeared out of nowhere. As time went on, approximately 7:35 p.m., the light began to brighten, and then at 7:53 p.m., the trail camera captured a weird shape with what looked like two lights dangling from the bottom. Then a few minutes later, at 7:56 p.m., a much brighter light appeared and focused in on the deer. Edith said the lights resembled headlights but they were clearly suspended in the air. During the entire strange encounter with what seems to be a UFO, the deer stood still and stared at the light. Then suddenly, the weird shaped object flew away.

Trail cameras do not emit any visible light source. Instead, they use infrared to capture nighttime images, which prevents scaring away any wildlife that may be in the camera’s line of sight. However, in the pictures captured by Rainer and Edith’s trail camera, there is a definite light source, which makes the deer appear to be glowing.

Rainer and Edith were curious as to what had happened out in the woods so they went to take a closer look. Rainer said he looked around trying to find a possible reason for what the camera had captured, but he could not find an explanation. Instead, they were left to speculate. They even asked friends and family to take a look at the images but they could not come up with an explanation for the unusual event either.

Perplexed, Rainer and Edith pondered whether their trail camera had captured an alien attempting to make contact with the deer. “Well if it’s alien, I’m not sure about that. But it’s definitely a UFO,” Rainer said before exploring another possibility. Maybe it was not a UFO at all, maybe it is a government drone, and if it is, “I wish if nothing else, one of them would step up and say, ‘Yes, that’s ours,’” he said.

Through the years, there have many unconfirmed reports of UFOs and other extraterrestrial encounters, most of which have proven to be nothing more than an elaborate hoax. For the time being, it is unclear exactly what Rainer and Edith’s trail camera captured in the Cumbest Bluff woods of Jackson County, Mississippi, but for now, they are content believing the deer had a strange encounter with a UFO.

Liberty Voice

 

[KevanG]

Soon the 'Deerering' shall be upon us! Prepare thyself!

 

[NickNitro]

All kidding aside very awesome stuff here. Really interesting find.

 

[Scarlet spidey]

Babies trying lemons for the first time in slow motion

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http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/slo...r-photos-babies-tasting-lemons-another-level/

I know it's not really weird news but it's pretty dang funny so I threw it up here for your enjoyment

Babies are terrifying.

 

[KevanG]

I've helped my best friend raise two infants so far and they are the strangest things. Sometimes it's difficult to believe they're tiny humans.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Amazing trick will distort your vision and make you hallucinate

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/amazing-t...vision-and-make-you-hal-1559437028/+jesusdiaz

Can't embed the video but click on the link to watch the video. It's pretty trippy and fun. There is also a link to get it for your iPad so you can do it all the time

That's awesome

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

7 Lbs of Cocaine Found Stuffed in Frozen Goat Meat at JFK Airport

Last month, customs agents at JFK International Airport discovered more than seven pounds of cocaine stuffed inside three large chunks of frozen goat meat, which were packed in a passenger's luggage.

On March 20, Yudishtir Maharaj flew from Port of Spain, Trinidad into JFK, where custom agents selected him for a random search.

From Trinidad Express:

Special agent Michael Martinez indicated Maharaj "presented a checked-in, large black suitcase and a laptop bag for inspection.

When the officers examined the suitcase, they found three packages in the suitcase, which Maharaj claimed "in sum and substance contained frozen cooked goat meat. The three packages were X-rayed revealing a square-like object inside of each one."

The CBP officers later took Maharaj into a private room and, according to Martinez in the court doc*ket, "drilled into the packages and discovered a powdery-white substance, which later tested positive for the presence of cocaine."
"An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport had a different kind of 'beef' when encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers," U.S. Customs announced in a press release Monday morning. "When probed, the frozen packages of meat produced a white powder that tested positive for cocaine."

The 7.35 pounds of cocaine is worth between $1.2 and $1.8 million, according to Trinidad Express, though sources estimate its worth at between $80,000 and $165,000.

Maharaj, who claims he didn't know the cocaine was in his goat meat, was arrested and faces felony drug charges.

http://gothamist.com/2014/04/07/jfk_coke_goat.php#photo-1

Why in the world would you think frozen goat meat would hide the coke? And I bet it was a "random" search... right haha

 

[Marvolo]

A friend of mine did something similar to his infant. His kid kept pestering him for more and more of his sprite and he kept using the straw with his thumb over the top to give it to him and after a few times he swapped it for water and the kid gave him the most disgusted look I've ever seen. It was just like a total betrayal mixed with 'WTF was that garbage?".

Lol they are so funny at that age. Everything is new to them and you can get some hillarious reactions from them.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

2 People Dead in Major Southeast Rainstorms

All along the Southeast, major rainstorms and flooding have caused people to be rescued from the roofs of their homes and abandon their cars, leaving two dead in Mississippi and Alabama.

The rain began last night at 7pm and continued into Monday afternoon, where flooding and a reported tornado in North Carolina were the culprits of bigger issues.

In Pelham, a city south of Birmingham, Alabama, temporary displacement began.

Dozens of cars had water up to their roofs. Rescue workers wearing life jackets waded through muddy water nearly to their chests to reach stranded residents. Hundreds of more people in mobile homes on higher ground were isolated because water covered the only entrance to the complex.
A 9-year-old girl in Mississippi was swept away in flood waters on Sunday night, while a driver in Atlanta "was found dead after driving into a creek swollen with rainwater."

In Augusta, Georgia, where the Master's golf tournament is being held, heavy rain punctuated the scene after it was postponed this morning for the first time in eleven years.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/scattered-flooding-storms-drench-southeast

Crazy that rain can do that to people

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Getting Drunk On Planes Must Now Be Done Without Limes

The challenge, should you have the gumption to accept it, is to take all your forthcoming mid-air cocktails without the tangy garnish of a fresh lime. Several airlines are soon to nix them from their inflight service.

With the recent devastating uptick in lime prices—giving the drink-enhancing pithy nuggets the menacing nickname of "green gold"—airlines are doing what they think is right by cutting back on their already meager drink offerings. Some are even substituting with lemons.

United Airlines spokesman Rahsaan Johnson took a blasé attitude to the delicate art of mixology as he told AP:

"We still serve limes, though they're more difficult to source. So, on some flights we're substituting with lemons."
Casually being served a margarita with a lemon while a screaming toddler kicks the back of your chair into your skull is only one more way to ensure mile-high mutiny.

The airlines that are cutting back include United Airlines and Alaska Airlines. Luckily, if you're flying JetBlue, you can rely on "crystallized citrus additives True Lemon and True Lime" to propel you into belligerent airborne inebriation instead.

But fear not. The cutbacks of citrus joy slices is apparently "temporary."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AIRLINES_LIMES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

My vodka and crans are in danger. I have to have limes with that, guess I'll need to bring my own and I'll have to pre-cut them since I wont be able to bring a knife