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Nailguns taking out weekend warriors
6:28 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Take a nation of do-it-yourselfers, add a ready supply of cheap nailguns and what do you get? About 37,000 nailgun injuries a year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Since 1991, nailgun injuries have risen about 200 percent, the CDC said in its weekly report on death and disease.

"This increase likely corresponds to an increase in availability during the 1990s of inexpensive pneumatic nail guns and air compressors (to power the nail guns) in home hardware stores; however, no sales data are available for confirmation," the CDC reported.

But when the CDC looked at who was getting injured, it became clear that the number of work-related nailgun injuries had stayed stable since 1998. It was consumer-related injuries that had soared.

"During the 5-year period 2001-2005, an average of approximately 37,000 patients with injuries related to nail-gun use were treated annually in emergency departments, with 40 percent of injuries occurring among consumers," the report read.

Emergency departments treated three times as many consumers with nail-gun injuries in 2005 as they did in 1991, the report noted.

The CDC said more needs to be done to make consumers aware of the dangers.
 
BUZZ LITES

Christopher Hugley of Palm Bat, FL. is facing domestic abuse charges after his wife claims he bit her when she wouldn't get out of bed to cook his dinner. She continued to sleep despite his efforts to wake her and make food for their children!

A man in Shishi, China, is crediting his 14-yr. old kung-fu training for helping him pull a van with his NOSE. Fu Yingjie recently pulled a 3,300 pound van for more than 43 feet wit a rope attached to the car and the other stuck in his stomach through his right nostril! WHY?

While unloading a trash can, a man in Wichita, Kan. got a scary surprise when he accidently hit the tirgger of a discarded loaded pistol that shot a bullet through his hand. The gun was loose in the trash bin and covered with mud!

KEN WHITE..THE BUZZ.. LVRJ
 
REDMOND, Wash. - A Woodinville woman arrested following two car crashes last week registered a .47 blood-alcohol content on a breath test — nearly six times the legal intoxication threshold and possibly a state record.

Deana F. Jarrett, 54, was taken to Evergreen Hospital as a precaution following her arrest April 11, the Washington State Patrol said Wednesday. No one was injured in the accidents.

Jarrett blew the .47 on a portable breath tester after she collided with two other vehicles in quick succession, the patrol said. A check of all 356,000 breath tests administered since 1998 in Washington turned up only 35 above .40 — and none of those was higher than .45.

The legal intoxication threshold in Washington is .08.

Jarrett did not appear to have a listed phone number, and it was not clear if she had obtained a lawyer.
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DALLAS - The first witness in a lawsuit Wednesday between two neighbors was Buddy the donkey, who walked to the bench and stared at the jury, the picture of a gentle, well-mannered creature and not the loud, aggressive animal he had been accused of being.

The donkey was at the center of a dispute between oilman John Cantrell and attorney Gregory Shamoun that began after Cantrell complained about a storage shed Shamoun was building in his backyard in Dallas.

He said Shamoun retaliated by bringing Buddy from his ranch in Midlothian and putting him in the backyard.

Cantrell complained of donkey noise and manure piles.

"They bray a lot any time day or night. You never know when they're going to cut loose," he testified.

Shamoun said Buddy was there to serve as a surrogate mother for a calf named Lucy that needed to be bottle-fed.

Neither jurors nor Buddy had the last say.

The neighbors settled their dispute while jurors deliberated.

Shamoun agreed to buy some of Cantrell's land and Cantrell agreed to withdraw his complaint with the city.

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Buddy the donkey is led by Ranch Operator Etienne Grimmett and owner Gregory Shamoun, right,...
 
:lol: :lol: :lol: the donkey in courst.. too funny and bizzare :lol: :lol: :lol:

BOY FOILS CYOTE ATTACK ON YOUNG NEPHEW

Atlantic City, N.J...Wildlife officals are investiagating what could be the first coyote attack on a human in New Jersey after a backyard attack on a toddler was foiled by an 11-yr. old. Playing in the backyard of his Middletown Township home with his 22-month-old nephew over the weekend, 11-year-old Ryan Palludan first thought the animal that bolted into the yard, just before dark was a deer. But when it grabbed Liam Sadler in it's jaws, Palludan instinctively sprang into action, yelling and kicking at the attacker which was later determined to be a coyote! SCARY :eek:

LVRJ
 
GRANDMOTHER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING

New Melle, MO.
A grandmother of five was flying a small plane cross-country when the engine quit in mid-air and she was forced to make an enmergency landing in a field. Emma Hanner, 78, was flying her tow-seater plane home to Denver from Lexington, N.C. when the propeller suddenly stopped west of St. Louis. There were plenty of open spaces below her. As the plane hit the ground, one wheel dipped into an irrigation ditch and buckled underneath the plane. That bent the plane's nose down and spun it around. Hanner, said, jolting her forward with her face hitting the steering yoke. A cut below her nose was her only injury..LORDY..78 you go grandma :D

LVRJ
 
MAN FOUND DEAD, WOMAN BURIED IN TRASH

Woodmere, N.Y... An elderly woman was rescued after being found buried beneath a pile of debris, garbage and animal feces, in a home, authorities said. An elderly man was found dead. Helen Bushwick. 85, was found Thursday when volunteer firefighters wnet to the two-story house after relatives said they couldn't reach her. Debris mixed with human and animal waste was piled high in every room EWWWW :( some up to the ceiling. A six foot pile of rubbish collapsed on her and trapped her in there, said a volunteer fireeman. The man was found Friday when authorities resumed the search, his nmae was not released. Bushwick was taken to a local hospital, where she was treated for dehydration. Officials weren't sure how long the two had been trapped, but neighbors said they last saw them about a week ago!

LVRJ
 
GUWEI'IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous.

Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels.

This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to its Mazayen al-Ibl competition, a parade of the "most beautiful camels" in the desolate desert region of Guwei'iyya, 120 km (75 miles) west of Riyadh.

"In Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon," jokes Walid, moderator of the competition's Web site. "Here we have Miss Camel."

While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernization to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of Bedouin Arabs.

Throughout history camels have served multiple purposes as food, friend, transport and war machine. They were key to the Arab conquests of the Middle East and North Africa nearly 1,400 years ago that brought Islam to the world.

Camels are also big business in a country where strict Islamic laws and tribal customs would make it impossible for women to take part in their own beauty contest.

Delicate females or strapping males who attract the right attention during this week's show could sell for a million or more riyals. Sponsors have provided 10 million riyals ($2.7 million) for the contest, cash that also covers the 72 sports utility vehicles to be will be awarded as prizes.

"Bedouin Arabs are intimately connected to camels and they want to preserve this heritage. The importance of this competition is that it helps preserve the pure-breds," said Sheikh Omair, one of the tribe's leaders,

"We have more than 250 owners taking part and more than 1,500 camels," he said inside a huge tent where the final awards ceremony takes place.

RESTLESS BEAUTY QUEENS

Over at the camel pen, the contestants are getting restless as the desert wind howls and whips up swirls of sand in the hot afternoon sun.

Amid a large crowd of Bedouin who have gathered to watch, the head of the judging committee emerges to venture into an enclosure with some two dozen angry braying camels.

Camel-drivers sing songs of praise to their prized possessions as they try to calm the animals down.

"Beautiful, beautiful!" the judge mutters quietly to himself, inspecting the group. Finalists have been decorated with silver bands and body covers.

"The nose should be long and droop down, that's more beautiful," explains Sultan al-Qahtani, one of the organizers. "The ears should stand back, and the neck should be long. The hump should be high, but slightly to the back."

The camels are divided into four categories according to breed -- the black majaheem, white maghateer, dark brown shi'l and the sufur, which are beige with black shoulders. Arabic famously has over 40 terms for different types of camel.

Some females have harnesses strapped around their genitalia to thwart any efforts by the males to mount them. One repeat offender called Marjaa has been moved away.

"This one would fetch a million!" says Hamad al-Sudani, a camel-driver, admiring the heavy stud, or fahl.
 
CAMELS HUH? OK, not my favorite animal.. but guess it's their's :confused:

PATCH TELLS IF FIDO IS STRESSED, COMPANY SAYS

Wondering whether your dog or cat is stressed? Just stick a special patch on the bottom of a paw, and you'll be able to tell, according to a Japanese company. The patch, is developed by Medical Life Care Giken, purports to measure the stress level of dogs and cats, by detecting excessive sweat secretion, believed to be a sign of stress, the Nikkei Weekly reported Sunday. The round pin-sized patch is applied to the center pad of the paw and changes color depending on how sweaty the pet is. The company, which makes a smmliar patch for humans, says it worked with researchers at Toyama University to study the sweat patterns of dogs and cats, which secrete sweat from their paws. The patches are expected to go on sale in Japan this year. There was no mention for any other parts of the world!

LVRJ
 
desertwind said:
purports to measure the stress level of dogs and cats, by detecting excessive sweat secretion, believed to be a sign of stress
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With all that fur, maybe the animals are just hot. It IS Springtime.
 
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Villagers at a wedding in eastern India decided the groom had arrived too drunk to get married, and so the bride married the groom's more sober brother instead, police said on Monday.

"The groom was drunk and had reportedly misbehaved with guests when the bride's family and local villagers chased him away," Madho Singh, a senior police officer told Reuters after Sunday's marriage in a village in Bihar state's Arwal district.

The younger brother readily agreed to take the groom's place beside the teenage bride at her family's invitation, witnesses said.

"The groom apologised for his behaviour, but has been crying that word will spread and he will never get a bride again," Singh said by phone.
 
This sounds like an episode of CSI.

Couple Touring Home Find Woman's Body
May 1, 11:18 PM (ET)

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - This real estate agent will likely do a house check before letting her prospective customers tour on their own from now on, after a couple happened upon a homeowner dead in bed.

Linda Chabucos-Galow, a real estate agent with Shorewest, stood in the dining room while Justin and Colleen McKeen walked through a house Monday night.

Before long, she heard Colleen scream as the couple stood at the doorway.

"I thought, 'What's wrong?' Maybe it was a dead mouse or something," Chabucos-Galow said.

But then she peered into the bedroom and saw the body of Linda L. O'Leary, 55, the owner of the home. She had been dead for about two weeks, officials say.

"It looked like a Halloween prop," Chabucos-Galow said.

The uncovered body was wearing dark shorts. Chabucos-Galow said her legs were wrapped in material that appeared similar to cheesecloth or support hose.

"If we spent five minutes in there, I'd be stretching it," Chabucos-Galow said.

She said she then told the couple: "'We need to leave. This is not right. We need to get out of here.'"

Gale Kent, the Coldwell Banker First United Realty agent who listed the house, said the property was for sale "for a while," but wouldn't say how many times it had been shown in recent weeks.

"I don't want to say anything because I haven't talked to the police yet," Kent said.

Rock County Coroner Jenifer Keach said she pronounced O'Leary dead at 11 p.m. Monday.

Police Capt. Dan Davis said an overnight log listed the incident as a sudden death, which indicates to him there was no foul play.

But he would not comment further on whether the death was suspicious. An autopsy had not been scheduled, he said.

Chabucos-Galow said she set up the showing without knowing the homeowner's identity.

After entering the home, she noticed a faint odor but thought it was from the mess in the house or the countertop full of dishes. She saw unopened mail.

"I've smelled death. I know what death smells like," she said. "I can't believe my sinuses were that bad."
 
4 Skulls Found in Chicago Home
May 2, 11:50 PM (ET)

CHICAGO (AP) - Four human skulls were discovered in a man's apartment, one boiling in a pot of water, but authorities said charges aren't likely.

"It doesn't seem to be anything nefarious at this time," police Lt. Perry Nigro said. The 26-year-old owner of the skulls makes anatomical models for a living and appeared to be using them for medical purposes, Nigro said.

"As weird as it is, it doesn't seem like anything is wrong," Nigro said.

Police searched the apartment after someone who wanted to buy a mannequin in the home visited late Tuesday and saw the skulls on a porch and inside, with one boiling on the stove.

The man left and called police, Nigro said.

The skulls were turned over to the Cook County medical examiner's office, Nigro said.

The skulls' owner told authorities that he imported them legally from China.
 
SOUTH AFRICAN SPRINTER FASTEST MAN WITH NO LEGS :eek:

Paralympian gold medalist Oscar Pistorius of Johannesburg, South Africa, recently set three new amputee sprint world records that nk;s to his chariots of carbon fiber. Pistorius says he's feeling the runner high, but isn't new to the limbless Fko-Jo.H has broken his own records 26 times. 'All that power gives Pistorus a leg up on the competition especially with women" "All girls want to date a sportsman," he says.. HMMM, don't know about that!
 
A UK burglar heard the backup beep of justice this week after he was sentenced for his attempted getaway on a forklift.


Christopher Croston, 24, of Netherton, England, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for a robbery at a Rolls Royce dealership in Bootle, according to media reports.


A prosecutor said Croston, along with five or six others, broke into the dealership on Jan. 17, locked up a security guard and stole an office's computer equipment.


But instead of a Rolls, Croston selected a slower, clunkier getaway vehicle.


Officers stopped Crosto, who was wearing "a high visibility jacket," driving the forklift on his way out. They suspected he was intoxicated, but he refused to submit to a breathalyzer test.


They returned the computers to the company. But weeks later, on March 5, Croston returned to the dealership, a prosecutor said.


He punched the security guard — the same one, according to media reports — and ordered the man to hand over his keys.


This time, he took the guard's Renault Clio. But he didn't get far — he crashed the car.


Defense attorneys said Croston has an alcohol problem.


At his sentencing, a judge scolded Croston, saying, "The fact you used such a slow and conspicuous getaway vehicle as a forklift truck during the burglary shows how drunk you were," according to the Southport Visiter.


"These were serious offenses and the robbery involved gratuitous violence," he said.
 
BUZZ LITES

A man in Kanagawa, Japan was recently fined $4,216 for beating his pet ferret as a form of relaxation. The man posted the beating on a TV show online message board, causing more than 1,000 people to respond and reporte4d him to the police [WELL DUH] he was "squeezing the ferret's neck. smacking it on the heaf, and clamping his hand over it's mouth and nose! FREAK :( how cruel and mean!

A man in Raliegh, N.C. is being charged with indecent exposure after picking up his dry cleaning in the buff!

David Milam of Prattville, ALA. was arrested for showing up drunk at his DUI trial. Milam appeared in a traffic court to face a previous drunken driving charge and was ordered by police to take a Breathalyzer test in court because they suspected he was intoxicated. Milam tested a blood alcohol level of .27..more than three times the legal limit.. another stupid loser!

The Buzz. Ken White LVRJ
kwhite@reviewjournal.com
 
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