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July 31, 2008
A man sleeping on a Greyhound bus traveling through Canada was killed and decapitated by his seatmate Wednesday night. Witnesses describe hearing a bloodcurdling scream and seeing a man standing over the victim, continually stabbing him. The passengers exited the bus and barred the attacker inside, according to msnbc. com.
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July 30, 2008
Topics bear, head, turkey, expert, animal, people, police, homes, natural, black, free, food, dead, death and boy
Police, with the approval of wildlife experts, have shot a black bear that accidentally stuck a plastic jug on its head when the animal strayed into the community of Frazee during the town's turkey festival. In a statement issued Wednesday, a bear expert at the Department of Natural Resources said they allowed police to kill the bear on Saturday because the animal came close to people. An estimated 1,500 people were in Frazee to celebrate Turkey Day.
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July 30, 2008
Three pregnant women have been arrested for prostitution after advertising their services on Craig's List. According to Kansas City's KMBC News Station, the women featured their pregnancies as part of their ads.
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July 29, 2008
Faulty circuitry prevented the explosion of 18 planted bombs found on Tuesday in different areas of the port city of Surat in western India's Gujarat state. Forensic experts who examined the bombs found technically flawed integrated circuits in the bomb devices. It was the first time that a semiconductor was used in bombs, the experts said, according to the Times of India.
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July 28, 2008
German police responding to a complaint about a noisy party after midnight knocked on the door only to have the noisy guests burst into applause after opening the door and seeing the officers there. Applauding the police were the birthday girl, who had just turned 30, and her female guests who, it turned out, had all mistakenly thought the police officers were a surprise birthday gift - male strippers in costume.
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