Archive for April, 2007

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Falling woman saved by pile of…

A Chinese woman survived a plunge from a sixth-floor balcony thanks to a convenient pile of excrement which broke her fall, local media said.
The accident happened when the woman was hanging out laundry on Monday in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, the Kuaibao tabloid said on its Web site (www.kuaibao.net).
“Workers happened to [...]

April 5th, 2007 | 3V8 Staff | 0 comments | Continued
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101 year-old man passes driving test, first learned to drive in a Model T

LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) – Alden Couch just celebrated his 101st birthday. And he passed his Washington state driver’s test with flying colors, if you listen to him. “I haven’t parallel parked for 10 years and I sailed through it like nothing,” he said.
A resident of the Whidbey Island town of Langley, Couch planned to take [...]

April 3rd, 2007 | 3V8 Staff | 0 comments | Continued
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10 yr old boy is quizzed by police for sending email with word gay in it

A father criticised a police force today for launching an investigation after his ten-year-old son allegedly called a schoolfriend “gay” in an email.
Company director Alan Rawlinson said he was astounded after two police officers arrived at his home in Bold Heath, Cheshire, to speak to his son George.
The officers were called earlier this month after [...]

April 2nd, 2007 | 3V8 Staff | 0 comments | Continued