Policeman turns in son who ran £3,700 iPad bill

A policeman turned in his own teenage son for fraud in a bid to escape a £3,700 bill on his iPad, which the teenager had ran up by mistake.

Doug Crossan, 48, was taken by surprise when his credit card company rang to tell him of the large balance outstanding, which he believed he had paid off six months ago.

His son Cameron, 13, had "innocently" purchased apps over three months from iTunes, the download selling arm of Apple, that had cost as much as £77.98 each.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9952049/Policeman-turns-in-son-who-ran-3700-iPad-bill.html

Live bomb found in squid

A fishmonger in the south of China was gutting a squid for a customer when his knife hit an eight-inch live bomb.

The squid, which was itself more than three feet-long, was caught in the shallow waters off Guangdong province, China, and taken to the fish market in Jiaoling county.

"This sort of squid lives close to the shore and normally makes a meal of small fish and prawns," said the fishmonger, who gave his name only as Mr Huang to the local Guangzhou Daily newspaper.

"Perhaps he thought the bomb was his favourite food and gulped it down. He certainly had a big belly when he was caught," he added.

The bomb weighed around three pounds and was shaped like an aubergine.

Local police suggested it might have been dropped by a fighter jet but did not date it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9952089/Live-bomb-found-in-squid.html

Homeowner fed-up with people parking outside his front door paints double yellow lines on his COTTAGE

A fed-up homeowner has taken drastic steps to stop cars parking outside his front door – by painting double yellow lines on his COTTAGE.

John Anderson, 48, became enraged by motorists dumping their car outside when council workers painted yellow lines on the road – but not outside his property.

Robotics services engineer John took matters into his own hands and painted the lines across the front of his £165,000 two-bedroom home last week.

http://swns.com/news/homeowner-fed-up-people-parking-front-door-paints-double-yellow-lines-cottage-33182/

5 sick after fast food outlet in Japan served bleach as drinking water

Tokyo: At least five people who were served bleach-laced water at a Mister Donut store in Japan had to be treated by medics, the operator said on Monday.

Duskin Co, a Japanese cleaning company that also operates the US fast food franchise in the country, said one of its stores in Osaka served a diluted solution of bleach as drinking water on Friday.

The mishap occurred after a worker poured the solution into a pot used for drinking water as part of the cleaning procedure at closing up time the previous day, the company said in a statement.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/5-sick-after-fast-food-outlet-in-japan-served-bleach-as-drinking-water-346510

Vial of deadly virus goes missing from Texas lab

GALVESTON, Texas Officials say a vial containing a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from a research facility in Galveston, but say there's no reason to believe there's a threat to the public.


The University of Texas Medical Branch said Saturday that there was no breach in the security its Galveston National Laboratory and no indication of wrongdoing. Officials suspect the missing vial containing the Guanarito virus was destroyed during the lab's cleaning process but the investigation continues.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57576037/vial-of-deadly-virus-goes-missing-from-texas-lab/

School ban on 'dangerous' triangle oat snacks


Kitchen staff were ordered to cook rectangular or square snacks instead after a pupil was hit in the face by a flying oaty morsel.


The Year 7 lad suffered a “sore eye” when he was accidentally struck in the face by the 4in-long snack chucked by another child.

He was instantly patched up and sent home for the afternoon from Castle View School on Canvey Island, Essex.

But head Gill Thomas quickly decided to ban kitchen staff from baking the three-sided desserts — ruling only rectangular or


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4858110/School-bans-dangerous-triangular-flapjacks-after-pupil-is-hit-in-face-by-one.html#ixzz2OZkWa1GI

Son, then mom charged with drunk driving in Innisfil

A mother who came to pick up her son after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving found herself charged with the same offense.

Police say a mother who came to pick up her son after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving found herself charged with the same offence.


Police say it started when an officer pulled over a speeding vehicle in Innisfil, south of Barrie, just before 1 a.m. Sunday.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/03/24/mother_son_charged_with_drunk_driving_in_innisfil.html

There was drama at Manor Hotel in Bulawayo after a woman who had been presumed dead after collapsing while allegedly having sex suddenly woke up just after police officers had put her body into a coffin.

The incident occurred on Tuesday last week at about 12pm. Sources said the woman woke up saying: "You want to kill me, you want to kill me."

A number of people who had gathered to witness the woman's "dead" body being removed from a room at the hotel reportedly fled from the scene. Some are said to have fallen while others tripped over each other in fear of the 'resurrected' woman.

"It was like a movie. People were running away in different directions. It was a scary incident because we were all convinced that she had died because she was just cold. Miracles surely do happen," said a source.

http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-27919.html

Duluth police: Lobster thief pinched again

It’s strange enough that someone would slip into the Red Lobster in Canal Park, snatch a lobster from the tank in the lobby and take off. Now Duluth police are saying it has happened twice in the past year, and the same culprit did it both times.

Workers at the popular seafood restaurant confirmed early Friday evening that they called police just after 11 a.m. Wednesday to report that a lobster was taken. An officer responding to the call spotted Edward Farris, 53, of Duluth, walking with a lobster in a plastic bag and stopped him. He was issued a ticket for trespassing and misdemeanor theft.

The officer brought the live lobster back to the tank at Red Lobster.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/262238/

VOLGOGRAD, Russia, March 22 (UPI) -- Russian police said a teacher turned to Satanism and a hired thug to attack a former student's fiancee after the former student rejected her.

Police said Lyudmila Osipova, 41, of Volgograd, developed a crush on a man in his 20s while teaching a computer class several years ago and attempted to reconnect with the man after quitting her job in 2009, RIA Novosti reported Friday.

The woman posed online as a model half her age in an attempt to reconnect with the man, but he spurned her advances because he had a girlfriend he planned to marry, the Komsomolskaya Pravda reported.

Investigators said Osipova's failure to win the man's affections led her to take up Satanism and drink blood in an attempt to get the devil to help her obtain a younger body, $32,000, a Jaguar, a Volkswagen, a helicopter and a team of bodyguards.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/03/22/Spurned-lover-turned-to-Satan-violence/UPI-62541363988807/#ixzz2OVdFQbiU