Red
Orbit Oddities:
| 08/28/2008 |
| Here, Everyone Sees Red |
| Spanish revelers pelted one another with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in the annual La Tomatina food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates to the 1940s. |
| 08/23/2008 |
| Debate Coach Canned for Mooning |
| A Kansas debate coach has been fired for expressing himself, caught on videotape, by mooning another coach, university officials say. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Neb. Council Votes to Convict Aging Horse |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HICKMAN, Neb. - This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no- horse town. The owner of a 32-year-old horse named Peter Rabbit wasnt able Tuesday to buck a local ban on livestock within city limits. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Nation & World |
| City hopes window sells for $3 million DULUTH, Minn. - The Duluth City Council has agreed to sell a Tiffany stained glass window that could bring the city up to $3 million. The "Minnehaha" window is currently housed at the Depot in Duluth. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Priest Scraps Online Pageant for Nuns |
| The Associated Press ROME An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday he had been misunderstood and incurred protests from the faithful and local religious authorities. The Rev. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Masked Thief Nabbed for Fed Break-INS |
| The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some distinctive footprints. Federal bankruptcy Judge Paul Bonapfel reported the break-in last week in Atlanta. The intruder made no effort to cover his tracks across a stack of federal memos. The perpetrator? A raccoon. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Priest Backs Off His Idea of Pageant for Nuns |
| ROME (AP) -- An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday he had been misunderstood and incurred the protests of the faithful and local religious authorities. The Rev. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| 12-Year-Old Driver Leads Texas Police on a Chase |
| CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy took his grandmother's car and led police on a chase at speeds up to 60 mph before swerving to avoid spikes in the road and crashing into a fence, police said. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Debate Erupts After Boy's Pitches Deemed Too Fast |
| By John Christoffersen NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player - too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Train Runs Out of Fuel, Stranded 2 Hours |
| SAN DIEGO - A quick train trip down the coast turned into a long haul for more than 80 Amtrak passengers when their train from Los Angeles to San Diego ran out of fuel Sunday night. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Family Dog Sends Three Bears Packing |
| By MICHAEL J. FEENEY, STAFF WRITER A Wyckoff family letting the dog out Sunday morning was in for quite a surprise when the puppy came within 15 feet of three bears. The trio apparently a mother bear and two cubs were spotted near Eder Avenue just off Route 208. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Sticklers for Grammar Run Afoul of the Law |
| CUTLINES Two men have been fined and banned from national parks after vandalizing this historic sign at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. AP Photo/Grand Canyon National ParkPHOENIX (AP) -- When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Youth League Tells Player He Can't Pitch |
| Sizemore joins 30-30 club in Indians win in Detroit DETROIT -- Grady Sizemore homered twice to join the 30-30 club and Franklin Gutierrez hit a 10th-inning home run to help the Cleveland Indians win their eighth consecutive, 4-3 against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Amtrak Engine Runs Out of Fuel Near San Diego |
| SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It was the little engine that couldn't -- because it was thirsty for fuel. A quick train trip down the coast turned into a long haul for more than 80 Amtrak passengers when their train from Los Angeles to San Diego ran out of fuel Sunday night. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Typo Fixers Get Probation for Damaging Rare Sign |
| PHOENIX - When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense. Two self-styled vigilantes against typos who defaced a more than 60-year-old, hand-painted sign at Grand Canyon National Park were sentenced to probation and banned from national parks for a year. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Kansas University Fires Debate Coach After Mooning |
| WICHITA, Kan. - Fort Hays State University has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear. University President Edward H. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Blog in Italy Plans Online Beauty Contest for Nuns |
| ROME - An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Okla. State Worker Receives Big Surprise |
| OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma officials say a typo resulted in a state employee receiving a bonus of $850,000 - but it was only temporary. Jo Harris was supposed to receive an $850 longevity bonus for working at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for seven years. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Priest Plans a Pageant -- for Nuns |
| By Associated Press ROME -- An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. |
| 08/25/2008 |
| Bar's Devil Cat Finds Soft Landing |
| By STACY ST CLAIR By Stacy St. Clair Chicago Tribune CHICAGO A photo that started with a little Flickr has turned a four- eared cat from Downers Grove, Ill., into an instant Internet celebrity. |
| 08/23/2008 |
| Politician Seals Deal With Horse Kiss |
| By The Associated Press FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) - Lose a bet, kiss a horse.That's how Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen found himself kissing a 3-year-old sand-colored horse named Reno.The smooch stemmed from a contest between employees at Davis County and the Davis Hospital and Medical Center.The rules: Members of the team who lost the most weight got to watch their boss kiss a farm animal.This year, the county employees won - county staffers lost 397.6 pounds, just slightly trimmer than the hospital workers.Hansen missed out when his fellow commissioners locked lips with a cow over the weekend.So on Tuesday, Hansen met Reno on the front steps of the county courthouse and puckered up for what became a quick peck.But not before he slathered on some lip balm and popped a breath mint.He told the mare: "This is more for you than me. |
| 08/23/2008 |
| Kansas Debate Coach Fired After Videotaped Shouting Match |
| Fort Hays State University in Kansas has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament and engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear. University President Edward H. |
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