Headlines

It's amazing how much fascinating stuff is going on around the world. It's not just wars and revolts and murders and economic distress. There's much much more if you look carefully. Some of my favourite recent headlines [I am updating this from time to time]:

"Fake Cookie Monster faces charges, media storm in NYC." (USA Today)

"Kids who swallow magnets may pose health risk." (CBC) 

"Rainfall warnings ended following freak snowstorm, heavy rain, small tornado." (Calgary Herald, June 2012) 

"Swan linked to Chicago man's drowning." (CBC) 

"Air Canada pilot who put plane into nosedive was still groggy from nap" (National Post)

"My partner won't use sex toys to pleasure me anally." (The Guardian) 

"Jail violates blind sex offender's rights, judge rules." (CBC) 

"Camel gifted to French President mistaken for food, eaten by family." (National Post)  [You wonder which family...]

"Beaver bites man to death" (The Telegraph) 

"US sex offender posing as ex-football player spotted in Ontario" (CTV News) [Question: How do you spot a sex offender posing as an ex-football player?]

"Board told to review case of officer fired for urinating on colleague" (CBC)

"New app prevents incest in Iceland" (Toronto Sun)

"Mormon bishop uses Samurai sword to defend neighbor" (Toronto Sun) (More details: "He said that when he came face to face with the suspect, the man stopped in his tracks. 'He was kind of taken aback to have this sword drawn on him and he jumped back,' said Hendrix, who is a bishop in charge of his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation.")

"Dead Man Falls from Sky (Travel+Escape)" (Fox News; note category) 

"New Mexico teacher arrested after she locks boy in classroom and rapes him "(YourJewishNews.com (I kid you not!))

"Sewer capacity crisis may flush growth plans in Calgary's northwest (with map)"  (Calgary Herald) [Read all about the "Bowness sanitary trunk"]

"Giant head found floating in NY river not missing" (Wall Street Journal)

"'Ugly prostitute' reported to police. (BBC) ("West Midlands Police said they were contacted by the caller who said he "wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act".)

"Miss Utah wants U.S. to 'create education better'" (CBC)

"Brazilian man killed in his bed by falling cow" (BBC) ("The one-tonne cow was grazing on a hill behind the small house, in the town of Caratinga, when it stepped onto the asbestos roof, which collapsed under its weight.")

"Vatican offers 'time off purgatory' to followers of Pope Francis tweets" (The Guardian)

"Pregnant cat survives being shot several times with crossbow in Ontario; kittens die" (National Post)

"Texas is running out of execution drug" (Globe and Mail) 

"Ottawa doctor loses Order of Canada after sperm mix-ups" (CBC) 

"Fast moving snails spread deadly dog disease across UK" (BBC)

"I think my 54-year-old boyfriend is a virgin " (BBC)

"Great dads have smaller testicles, study suggests" (CBC) 

"Venezuela takes control of toilet paper factory to avoid shortage." (DigitalJournal.com) 

"Queen angry at police officers eating her Bombay mix, court hears" ["Palace officials sent a memo to royal protection officers warning them to “keep their sticky fingers out”, after Her Majesty noticed the snacks were disappearing, jurors at the Old Bailey were told."] (The Telegraph)

"Man tries to swap live alligator for pack of beers" (The Guardian) 

"UK's biggest' mud volcano worm habitat in Argyll loch" (BBC)

And not exactly headlines, but noteworthy quotes:

"The DoD DISA's ATO greenlights the Z10 and Q10 using BES 10 MDM on DoD networks," says BSG SVP in hope of a DoD RFP" (The Register)

"The rifle currently issued to our Arctic Rangers is the No. 4 mk1, which is a rear locking, controlled feed, cock-on-closing, box magazine fed bolt-action rifle." (National Post)