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August 8, 2006
Topics boy, police, trains, mirror, train, ford, hell, cross, huge, search, boys, girls, england, dogs, help, car and leaves
A five-year-old boy in Teighmouth, Devon in England, wanting a real-life "Thomas the Tank" adventure, took a 60-mile train ride to the shock of his parents. It was reported that the boy, identified as Ben Ford, was walking down the road near his home in Teignmouth, Devon ahead of his parents, when he suddenly disappeared.
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August 4, 2006
Topics toilet, balloons, dance, leaves, homes, model, private, led, tree, play, food, water and world
Residents of a Cambodian village have reason to celebrate - a toilet in every home. The sanitation milestone is seen as a wide achievement and the villagers are preparing to celebrate it on Saturday with dance, food and balloons. The U. N. children's organization said, all 94 families in Sleng village in Kampong Speu province have installed a simple latrine in their homes to deal with solid human waste and diseases erupting out of that.
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August 2, 2006
Some residents of Chicago are speaking out against an artwork exhibit that will adorn the front of the new Kimball Avenue Brown line station. A sculpture by Josh Garber of two 10-foot-tall aluminum lotus blossoms bears a striking resemblance to a not-so public part of a man's anatomy.
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August 2, 2006
A robbery suspect helped out authorities by leaving his personal bankbook inside the People's Bank of North Alabama after a holdup. Investigators were able to arrest James Danny Lancaster, 64, of Cullman, within 90 minutes after he fled the premises. Police stopped Lancaster's car and saw money bound by "People's Bank" bands inside it, officers told the AP.
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July 22, 2006
A Florida man told police he is addicted to exposing himself to joggers running along road sides. He said he can't stop. Margio Castillo, 30 was arrested Friday on charges of battery and exposure.
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