- www.yahoo.com US cops get gun stuck to MRI machine in bungled cannabis raid
Bumbling US cops who raided a medical diagnostics center thinking it was a cannabis farm got a gun stuck to the powerful magnets of an MRI machine, a California lawsuit has alleged.After bursting into the diagnostics center in October last year, the SWAT team found only offices, a single employee an...
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> Bumbling US cops who raided a medical diagnostics center thinking it was a cannabis farm got a gun stuck to the powerful magnets of an MRI machine, a California lawsuit has alleged. > > The owners of the facility are claiming damages against the Los Angeles Police Department for an operation their lawyers describe as "nothing short of a disorganized circus." > > Their lawsuit details how a SWAT team swarmed Noho Diagnostic Center after the squad's leader persuaded a magistrate to issue a search warrant. > > Officer Kenneth Franco drew on his "twelve hours of narcotics training" and discovered the facility was using more electricity than nearby stores, the lawsuit said. > > "Officer Franco, therefore, concluded (the facility) was cultivating cannabis, disregarding the fact that it is a diagnostic facility utilizing an MRI machine, X-ray machine and other heavy medical equipment -- unlike the surrounding businesses selling flowers, chocolates and children's merchandise," the suit said. > > ...
- jalopnik.com A Student Kicked A Field Goal To Win A Car, The Dealership Tried To Weasel Out Of It
The dealership eventually gave in, but it put up a big fight over a fraction of a second delay.
A Purdue University student thought he kicked his way to a two-year car lease for making three field goals in a contest held during the Boilermakers’ season opener in West Lafayette. However, the dealership sponsoring the giveaway later reneged on the deal because of a technical. The final kick – a 40-yarder – left his foot just a split second too late on August 31. Car dealerships really cannot help but be bastards, can they?
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Marge Simpson's likeness found in ancient Egyptian coffin
www.ctvnews.ca Marge Simpson's likeness found in ancient Egyptian coffin. What does this discovery mean?Coffin lids during the New Kingdom era are known for their intricate designs, but this particular cover was remarkable for another reason from the perspective of social media users and fans of the longtime Fox animated sitcom 'The Simpsons.'
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A British man was found alive after his mother thought she’d had him cremated.
theweek.com It must be true ... I read it in the tabloidsA British man was found alive after his mother thought she’d had him cremated.
- www.nbcnews.com Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen
Radio station WJLX can no longer broadcast its AM programming since the incident.
- mynorthwest.com Sheriff's deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool at Florida apartment complex
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff's deputies Thursday after it was spotted hopping around the pool area of a Florida
- www.theguardian.com Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night
Photographer who noticed his items were mysteriously moving around discovered an industrious rodent was organising his workbench
- kotaku.com GTA 6 Trailer Makes Tom Petty Song Explode On Spotify
A lot more people are currently streaming "Love Is a Long Road" after Rockstar's latest GTA trailer
Man, Tom Petty's estate is going to end up being $12 richer now!
- www.tmz.com Woman Threatens to Pee in Airplane Aisle, Pulls Down Pants and Squats
A woman on a Frontier Airlines flight threatened to pee in the aisle when a flight attendant blocked her from using the restroom, going so far as to pop a butt-naked squat next to horrified passengers.
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Plane turns back to JFK after horse escapes on board
www.cnn.com Plane turns back to JFK after horse escapes on board | CNNA Boeing 747 en route from New York JFK to Liege, Belgium, was forced to turn around on November 9 after a horse got loose in the cargo hold.
- apnews.com Colombia begins sterilization of hippos descended from pets of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar
Colombia has begun the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.
- spectrum.ieee.org Roombas at the Edge of the Earth
Robotic romance, ransoms, and raccoon suits at the South Pole
- arstechnica.com Ohio bans doctor after botched surgeries on TikTok threaten patients’ lives
Her TikTok persona was more important than patients' lives, medical board ruled.
- hackaday.com How Duck Tape Became Famous
If you hack things in the real world, you probably have one or more rolls of duck tape. Outside of the cute brand name, many people think that duck tape is a malapropism, but in truth it is the typ…
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'Too much': Burger King's new offering in Thailand has no meat and 20 slices of cheese
www.cnn.com 'Too much': Burger King's new offering in Thailand has no meat and 20 slices of cheese | CNN BusinessBurger King is causing a stir in Thailand with its new offering: a burger with no meat and a jaw-dropping amount of cheese.
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The ultimate swearword: an algorithm has come up with the ‘best’ expletive ever.
www.theguardian.com The ultimate swearword: an algorithm has come up with the ‘best’ expletive ever. It is certainly a surpriseWhat do you get if a code reads a list of existing swearwords and spits out its new favourite? Arguably, an anticlimax
Well, ber.
