Oddities
Swiss-based private jet company hopes to set new record for round-the-world flight
GENEVA - A Swiss-based private jet company says it will attempt to set a speed record for a round-the-world flight using a small aircraft weighing 9,000 to 12,000 kilograms (19,840 to 26,455 pounds).
Sonnig SA claims its owner Riccardo Mortara will try Friday to circle the globe in under 6... Thursday , March 18, 2010
US man finds cold intruder in bed with him, holds him at bay with bat for police
PITTSBURGH - Police say a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert.
Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether i... Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Man found with stolen property after hailing police cruiser with middle finger
KENORA, Ont. - An Edmonton man who used his middle finger to flag down a cruiser in northern Ontario has been charged with stolen property offences.
The cruiser with the Kenora detachment stopped after officers noticed the not-so-polite gesture, and the man asked if he could get a ride to ... Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Ode to Becks: Britain’s poet laureate laments David Beckham’s Achilles tendon
LONDON - O Beckham, where art thou?
David Beckham has become an unlikely muse to Britain’s poet laureate, who has written a verse about the soccer star’s career-threatening injury.
The former England captain tore his Achilles tendon in a game on Sunday and will miss the World Cup in June ... Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Plane lands on US beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was s... Wednesday, March 17, 2010
