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Ohio police chopper camera falls off in mid-flight, smooshes some cars

A camera mounted to a police helicopter in Columbus, Ohio fell off mid-flight, striking at least three vehicles in a parking lot. No one on the ground was hurt when the infrared camera valued at roughly $100,000 came crashing down around noon Wednesday in Columbus. One vehicle was heavily damaged.

At the time the chopper dropped its accidental bomb, the helicopter was being used in the search for a missing woman.

Police Sgt. Richard Weiner (WY'-nur) says the camera had been reinstalled on the chopper before it took off.

It's not clear why the camera came unhitched. Police are investigating, along with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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WHAT!?! :rofl
 
From the Croatian Times:

Roly-poly holidaymaker Maja Georgi, 28, has vowed to go on a diet after she was harpooned by a diver as she swam in he sea off the coast in Budva, Montenegro.

"There was suddenly a massive pain in my shoulder and I realised I'd been shot with a spear gun. It hurt at the time but it was an accident and I can laugh now.

"I might need to lose a few pounds but I'm not exactly Moby Dick either," she joked.
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Eye Hopes
Party-goer Jader Mota survived for an astonish 12 hours with an eight inch knife jammed into his eye after fleeing from a mugger on his motorbike.

These astonishing pictures show how close the razor sharp blade came to piercing his brain, which surgeons say was missed by only a fraction of an inch.

Mota, 24, had been leaving the bash in Oporapa, Colombia, when he was attacked by robber Mauricio Martinez, now facing 15 years for attempted murder.

"He hit me in the face and I fled to my motorbike. It was only while I was riding away that I felt my face and thought, 'My God what is this stuck in me?' said Mota.

The reveller spent 12 hours being ferried from one hospital to another by paramedics before finding surgeons who agreed to tackle the op.

"I've lost the sight of one eye but I'm just lucky to be alive," said Mota.

Link to the story and pictures: http://austriantimes.at/image/17828/news/Around_the_World/2010-09-03/26537/Eye_Hopes
 
Los Angeles School Named After Al Gore Built on Toxic Site

In an honor that could be misinterpreted as a slap in the face, a Los Angeles school district has named a new academy after Al Gore -- the only problem is the school was built on toxic soil.

The Los Angeles Times reports that crews worked up to the Labor Day weekend to try to clean up the Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences in the run-up to its Sept. 13 opening.

The $75.5 million facility was named after Gore, who has made bringing awareness to climate change a personal cause since leaving office, and environmental author Rachel Carson. The former vice president was never informed the school would bear his name.

Wonder why.

According to the Times, the soil underneath the building used to hold more than a dozen storage tanks. An environmental coalition complained that the school was an "affront" to its namesakes.

Crews worked to mitigate the damage from the tanks by replacing the toxic soil with clean soil -- two 3,800-square-foot plots of it. But the school is also near underground tanks from a nearby gas station, near an oil well, above an oil field and on top of contaminated groundwater.

School officials, however, say those potential hazards pose no risks and that they will continue to monitor for any changes. Top school safety officer John Sterritt told the Times "there's no doubt in my mind that the site is safe" after a $4 million cleanup.
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Original story here :
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ilt-toxic-site-named-al-gore/?test=latestnews
 
Cop Blinds Himself With Pepper Spray, Gets Tasered by Police

A police officer blinds himself with pepper spray, then another cop zaps him with a Taser on Friday the 13th. No, it's not a pitch for a new "Keystone Kops" film -- it's a crime story from England that proves that criminals aren't a police officer's only foe.

Police constable Jason Mepham was responding to a disturbance call in Redruth last month when things took a turn for the slapstick.

The officer, confronted by Jason King, whipped out his pepper spray and doused the suspect. Then a second blast blew back into the cop's eyes, temporarily blinding him, according to The Independent. A second officer grabbed King, but another perp at the scene punched Mepham in the face, dislocating his jaw.

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The other officer released King and fired his Taser at the new assailant. One of the electrodes hit the perp, but the other struck Mepham. Mepham collapsed and King allegedly kicked him in the face -- strangely relocating the cop's jaw.

Backup arrived and arrested King, who later pleaded guilty to assaulting an officer and being drunk and disorderly, among other charges. "It's quite amusing when I look back at it now, but at the time it was horrific," said Mepham, who was hospitalized but returned to duty later that evening.
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Original story here :
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...per-spray-cop-gets-tasered-by-police/19628958
 
Toy Pony Sparks Bomb Scare In Orlando

Posted: 12:16 pm EDT September 7, 2010Updated: 4:32 pm EDT September 7, 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A child's toy sparked a bomb scare late Tuesday morning. The Orange County Bomb Squad was on scene investigating a suspicious package, which was a toy pony, on Whisper Glen Court in Orlando. Just before noon it was blown up. Officers told WFTV that a concerned citizen called it in.

No one knows where the toy pony came from, but it was found in a cul-de-sac near Waterbridge Elementary School.

It's not something you see every day, a child's toy treated like a terrorist's weapon. But investigators said they could take no chances with a toy pony equipped with wires and batteries.

"We're just not taking any chances at all. We're just making sure everything is fine," an officer said.

"Then my mind started racing with all the terror threats and all the crazy people in the world, how crazy it potentially could have gotten," eyewitness Scott Kilwine said.

Waterbridge Elementary school was less than 100 yards away from the strangely-placed toy. The scene took on an almost comical tone as a real bomb robot faced off against what turned out to be a Hasbro toy robot called Butterscotch that sells for about $350.

"It was crazy! When I first saw it my wife was like, 'I think there's like some wild animal in the cul-du-sac,'" Kilwine said.

When it was all over, all that was left was a charred area of the cul-du-sac, small pieces of the toy, plastic, wire and fur.

But the incident made for excitement in the neighborhood.

"The guy said, 'Fire in the hole, fire in the hole!' And then boom!" Kilwine said.

A small child in the crowd was heard to say, "Damn you infidels! You smoked mah poneh! YOU WILL ALL DIE!"

The sheriff's office says it doesn't keep track of how much an incident like that costs taxpayers.
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I may have added a line in there somewhere. xD:

A video of Kablooey the Cow Pony:

http://www.wftv.com/video/24909994/index.html
 
It seems pirate statues are pretty popular, this is the third one I have seen in the past couple of years!

$10,000 Captain Morgan statue kidnapped in Goodyear

by Jackee Coe - Sept. 14, 2010 01:45 PM
The Arizona Republic

Captain Morgan has been kidnapped.

A 7-foot tall statue of Captain Morgan, the mascot for Captain Morgan Rum Company, which sat on the roof of Roman's Oasis bar and restaurant, 16825 W. Yuma Road in Goodyear, was stolen sometime between 2 and 10 a.m. Thursday, Goodyear police spokesman John Rowan said.

The statue is valued at $10,000.

Bar owner Roman Comer said he got the 250-pound statue about eight or nine years ago from a friend who worked for the rum company. It held sentimental value for Comer because it was a favorite of his late son, who died a few years ago in a motorcycle crash.

Over the years, Captain Morgan became "part of the nostalgia" of the lounge, which is decorated with various collectibles and knickknacks from the western era, Arizona's history and American culture.

"This is unreal because people are kind of protective of this place," he said. "If they see somebody doing something, they'll stop them themselves because everybody loves this place. This is a neighborhood place."

"I'm not mad at anybody, I'm sorry for them. I don't want people to think they (have) to steal something," he said.

The statue was bolted to the roof and secured with steel cables, Comer said. The thieves left the cables and just loosened the bolts.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Goodyear Police Department at 623-932-1220.
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Original story here :
http://www.azcentral.com/news/artic...year-captain-morgan-statue-kidnapped-brk.html
 
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