January 9, 2008

Kan. police chief who stole beer fired

AP - A small-town police chief has been fired after he was convicted of stealing beer from the fire department's refrigerator.Click for more →

German boss fires staff for not smoking

Reuters - The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment.Click for more →

NY men wheel out corpse in bid to cash check

Reuters - Two New York men wheeled the corpse of their friend around the sidewalks of midtown Manhattan in an office chair in a failed attempt to cash his $355 (181 pound) Social Security check, police said.Click for more →

What are you doing here? - man asks wife at brothel

Reuters - A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees.Click for more →

Rail company rejects naked man posters

Reuters - A Japanese rail company has refused to display posters advertising a 1,000-year-old "naked festival" held at a temple in northern Japan, saying the design is too extreme.Click for more →

Christmas fun in Antarctica gets out of hand

Reuters - A groping Santa, a drunken car chase, a bloody punchout. Festivities in Antarctica got a little out of hand this Christmas.Click for more →

Bird dog steps on gun, kills hunter

Reuters - A Houston-area man was killed in a hunting accident after his dog stepped on a loaded shotgun in the back of a pick-up truck, triggering a blast that pierced the vehicle and the hunter's leg, a local sheriff said.Click for more →

Sex-on-job policeman fired

Reuters - A senior police officer who admitted to having sex while on duty has been fired, the police watchdog confirmed Tuesday.Click for more →

Prosecutors push for charge against stuntman

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors argued on Tuesday to have charges reinstated against a stuntman who tried to parachute off the New York City's Empire State Building, saying the man endangered the people who tried to stop him.Click for more →

Italy sentences teacher who cut pupil's tongue

Reuters - An Italian teacher who cut an unruly 7-year-old pupil's tongue with scissors was given a two month suspended sentence and fined more than 7,000 euros ($10,000) by a Milan court Tuesday, lawyers said.Click for more →