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July 7, 2008
Topics boat, people, water, storm, rain, fishing, swimming, led, tree, beach, feet, young, life, boy and men
Two people drowned following a boating accident on Lake Lanier on Saturday night. The bodies were recovered on Sunday morning from a depth of 10 feet, near the boat docks of Port Royale in the Forsyth County. Lung Mang, 21 and Tha Thang, 23 went missing on Sunday after their boat wrecked on the lake.
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July 3, 2008
German authorities have returned an infant to its parents after a joke went afoul about selling the baby boy on eBay for $1. The twenty-something parents' admission halted a days-long probe into potential baby trafficking. In a May 24 auction that was online less than three hours, a writer advertised the baby was for sale because it "has gotten too loud. " Internet auction giant eBay quickly removed the ad.
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June 26, 2008
Somali pirates are demanding at least $1 million for the immediate release of kidnapped German couple, their young son and a French boat captain, a Somali government official privy to the negotiations said Thursday. Somalia's minister of state for security Jama HIrsi Farah said the gunmen was asking for a $1 million ransom for the release of their hostages.
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June 26, 2008
A two-foot saltwater crocodile wandered in the front door of an Outback watering hole and got an invite from drinkers at the pub. The young croc seemed harmless to the drinkers, so they invited the animal inside at the Noonamah Tavern on Sunday where they taped its mouth and took pictures of them holding it, before placing it a box.
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June 25, 2008
Topics jessica, house, mobile, pregnant, green, led, cars, girl, phone, young, life, children, mom and songs
A three-year-old girl from Guthrie, Okla. , saved her pregnant mother's life by dialing the emergency number 911 using the lyrics of the song "911 green. "The 24-year-old Jessica Eaves discovered it pays to teach children young important procedures like dialing an emergency number when she taught her daughter Madelyn, the song one week after discovering she has vasovogal syncope which causes her to faint.
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