http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/24/bertrand-cantat-french-killed-girlfriend-comeback
Fucked up.
Check out this attention seeking cunt.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jul/31/tightrope-walk-balloons-china-video
Iâve a few problems with it.
The tightrope beam is wide enough for him to sit on for a bit.
The Balloons are tied to the ground.
Heâs tied to one of the balloons
That aside, Holy Shit, this fella walked a tightrope between 2 hot air balloons!
Not weird, but I couldnât find the funny news stories thread
No need to read the article, the headline sums it up 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/crocodile-stalked-new-zealand-kayaker-western-australia
This chap has had a rough few months!
@Mark Renton will like this one.
Matthew Probert, 21, from Scunthorpe, was struck with the hammer during a night out in Lincoln at the weekend.
Lincolnshire Police said a 22-year-old local man has been charged with attempted murder following the incident.
Kris James Bradley, from Lincoln, will appear at Lincoln Magistratesâ Court later today.
Probert, a first team loose head prop for Scunthorpe Rugby Club, was taken to hospital after he was attacked at around 12.50am on Sunday while on a night out in Hungate, Lincoln.
He was taken to Lincoln County Hospital before being transferred to a specialist brain unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, where surgeons spent an hour removing the hammer from his skull.
His condition has been described as stable.
A spokesman for Scunthorpe Rugby Club confirmed that he is one of their players but declined to comment further.
Edited by Sunita Patel-Carstairs
Some lad in full clown garb hanging around the streets of Northampton after dark.
[quote=âbraz83, post: 832542, member: 390â]Some lad in full clown garb hanging around the streets of Northampton after dark.
Absolutely brilliant.
[quote=âbraz83, post: 832542, member: 390â]Some lad in full clown garb hanging around the streets of Northampton after dark.
I fucking hate clowns, they give me the shits. I guess I will never visit Northampton so. Another dream dashed.
Massive potential there for Bandage to make some extra income renting out space on his forehead.
Northampton is a right shithole anyway
[SIZE=6]Assassin dressed as a clown kills Mexican drug lord in surprise attack at family gathering [/SIZE]
A gunman wearing a clown costume has killed the oldest brother of one of Mexicoâs most notorious drug trafficking families in the resort of Los Cabos.
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, a former leader of the Tijuana Cartel, was shot in the head late on Friday at a family gathering in the southern tip of the state of Baja California Sur, state prosecutors said.
âA person dressed as a clown took his life,â the spokesman said, adding that the gunman fled the scene.
âHe was hit by two bullets, one in the chest and one in the head,â Isai Arias, a Baja California state government official, said.
An unnamed official said the killer was wearing a wig and round red nose. The motive and the gunmenâs disguise were being investigated.
Local media reported that the killer had two accomplices when he attacked the former drug lord at a rented beach house, but this was not yet clear.
Arellano Felix spent nearly 15 years behind bars for drug-related offenses after his arrest in Mexico in 1993.
He was extradited to the U.S. in 2006 and after being granted parole and released he returned to Mexico in 2008.
âHe was never really part of the leadership of the big organization, mostly because he was in jail [in Mexico]. He was arrested before they became what they really became,â John Kirby, a former federal prosecutor in San Diego, who co-wrote a 2003 indictment against the cartel, said.
Another official working with state prosecutors said Arellano Felix, the oldest of the brothers who headed the gang, was not wanted by authorities at the time of his death.
The possibility that his killer had ties to organized crime was being investigated, the official said.
Arellano Felix had been arrested in 1993 in connection with the murder of Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, and served a ten-year sentence for weapons possession.
Mexican officials were concerned that he would return to drug trafficking after serving his Mexican sentence and asked their U.S. counterparts to seek his extradition.
âThe Mexicans were very concerned he was going to get out,â Mr Kirby said.
He found enough evidence to bring charges and Arellano Felix was extradited to the U.S. in 2006 to face California charges stemming from a 1980 case in which he allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover police officer.
Led by a large family of brothers and sisters, the Tijuana Cartel was one of the most powerful drug gangs in Mexico until it was gradually weakened by the capture or killing of several leading members.
Arellano Felixâs younger brothers, Francisco Javier, Benjamin and Eduardo are serving prison sentences in the U.S⌠Another of his brothers, Ramon, was killed in a shootout with police in 2002.
I see the mayor of Toronto (who bears a similar resemblance to Bandage) has admitted to smoking crack at the home of Somalian drug dealers.
This is getting funnier all the time. Heâs now admitted that he has bought illegal drugs while mayor. He still wonât resign, and says heâs going to run for re-election next year.
[SIZE=4]Paper cited for âIrish sex-diseaseâ story[/SIZE]
Thursday, December 12, 2013
The Press Council of New Zealand has upheld complaints made against a newspaper article which linked the spread of sexually transmitted infections in Christchurch to Irish builders.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/media/images/c/ChristchurchNewZealand.jpg
By Noel Baker
The article in The Weekend Press ran in October under the headline âLuck of the Irish has downside in sex-disease statsâ.
The piece stated: âIrish workers helping with the rebuild are sharing the love but it seems they may also be helping to spread sexual disease,â and an accompanying illustration showed two men in green coats heading into a doorway signposted as an STD clinic. That was a reference to a reported increase in the number of Irish nationals making appointments for tests and treatment amid a rising number in Christchurch of confirmed chlamydia cases.
The city was hit by an earthquake in Feb 2011 which killed almost 200 people and caused major damage. Many Irish workers moved there to help with the rebuilding effort.
According to its website the New Zealand Press Council considered and upheld complaints from four complainants: Charlie Smyth, Skry Adamson, James MacAodhgain and Justin Devlin.
The press council said: âThe link between the Irish nationals and the chlamydia statistics was of the newspaperâs making and not supported by any reported information.
âAll the complainants alleged a breach of Principle 6 Discrimination. Given the misrepresentation of statistics and the treatment given to the story [headline, cartoon] it is difficult to see the whole as anything but discriminatory against the Irish. This complaint is upheld.
âWhile it may have had appeal to some, in the context of what The Press said was a serious public interest story it was inappropriate at least, and offensive to many.â
The Weekend Press had previously acknowledged that there were problems with the story, published a clarification in the paperâs âPutting It Rightâ column and also published two letters to the editor including from the president of the Christchurch Irish Society.
Š Irish Examiner Ltd. All rights reserved
[SIZE=4]Heard about this over the weekendâŚ[/SIZE]
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Harassed boyfriend jumped to his death after his girlfriend insisted on going into another clothes shop[/SIZE]
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[]Tao Hsiao was shopping with his girlfriend in Jiangsu province, east China
[]After five hours Tao finally had enough and demanded to go home
[*]When she insisted they go into another shop the 38-year-old chucked the bags to the floor and jumped over the balcony
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