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January 9, 2007
A Brazilian immigrant was arrested Tuesday for allegedly operating an unlicensed dentistry practice out of an Orlando apartment. She was charged with a felony for putting hundreds of people at risk, police said. Christine Souza, 47, was using things like a regular living room recliner as a dental chair in a Cypress Springs apartment in Orlando. She owned up to doing procedures like root canals, X-rays, and crowns in the apartment.
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January 7, 2007
Israelis currently own 10 percent of the privately owned land on the moon, where real estate sales have skyrocketed following NASA's announcement last month that it would establish a permanent moon colony by 2025. While it is illegal under the terms of the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty for states to purchase land in space, private citizens are permitted to do so.
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January 2, 2007
City Officials are contemplating whether the home Lee Harvey Oswald stored his rifle before shooting John F. Kennedy should become a museum. Current owner Kim Short said she would not object to a plaque on the front of the home identifying it's significance but she is not willing to sell. Officials are also juggling the idea of a plaque as well.
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December 22, 2006
After having driven over a million miles on his Saab car and donating it to a museum in Wisconsin, the Swedish car maker decided to give him a replacement car for his next million. Salesman Peter Gilbert got more than what he wished for when he received a brand new Saab 9-5 Aero after having owned a Saab 900 for over 17 years. "I am on cloud nine right now. This is exactly the car I wanted," Gilbert said.
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December 22, 2006
The mayor of the western town of Lupeni in Romania is offering the top player of his second division football team in exchange for a gas pipeline, ananova. com reports. The report said that mayor Cornel Rasmerita, who is also the head of the Minerul football team disclosed that he is willing to sell his key goalkeeper Christian Belgradean to first division team Jiul for something his town needs.
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