08.27.07

Youth fined for putting teacher on YouTube (Reuters)

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Youth fined for putting teacher on YouTube (Reuters)

A YouTube screen capture is seen in this undated file photo. A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine. REUTERSReuters - A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros (543 pounds) in damages and a 90 euro fine.


Fake money doesn’t fool Tenn. strippers (AP)
AP - A man who authorities say used his computer to make fake $100 bills to buy lap dances at a strip club has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges, federal prosecutors said.

Naked man arrested in Dallas courthouse (AP)
AP - A man stripped naked inside a Dallas County courthouse and tried to grab a weapon from an officer who attempted to subdue him, officials said.

08.26.07

Snake rattles solo pilot in Mississippi (AP)

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Snake rattles solo pilot in Mississippi (AP)
AP - It was no movie moment when a physician, flying himself across Mississippi in a one-seat plane, discovered a stowaway — a gray rat snake.

Congo villagers threatened by elephant herds (Reuters)
Reuters - Herds of elephants are trampling crops and polluting water sources in eastern Republic of Congo, threatening to force thousands of villagers out of their homes, the forestry minister said on Friday.

2 dead in Canada hot air balloon fire (AP)

A hot air balloon's basket bursts into flames shortly after takeoff when it was about 25 feet off the ground in Surrey British Colombia Canada Friday evening Aug. 24, 2007. Witnesses said passengers screamed and jumped to the ground. The balloon reportedly took off from a grassy field with 12 passengers. The balloon crashed in a trailer park and campground , injuring as many as 11 people, police and local reports said. Two additional people were unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Don Randall) Mandatory Credit: Don RandallAP - A hot air balloon burst into flames over western Canada, burning a woman and her adult daughter to death while their families looked on, officials said Saturday. Other passengers leaped to the ground, some with their clothes in flames, witnesses said.


Iraq body count running at double pace (AP)

An elderly Iraqi man grieves for his relative, killed in clashes that erupted at dawn Friday in Shula, northwest Baghdad, between the American troops and Al-Mahdi army fighters, during a burial ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - This year’s U.S. troop buildup has succeeded in bringing violence in Baghdad down from peak levels, but the death toll from sectarian attacks around the country is running nearly double the pace from a year ago.


Youth fined for putting teacher on YouTube (Reuters)

A YouTube screen capture is seen in this undated file photo. A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine. REUTERSReuters - A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros (543 pounds) in damages and a 90 euro fine.


Peru quake victims battle hunger, cold (AP)

Juan Escate, left, mourns the death of his wife as he sits with his son Juan and neighbors in a temporary shelter in Pisco, Peru, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, one week after a magnitude-8 earthquake shook the southern coast of Peru, killing over 500 people and injuring 1,500. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - An unforgiving wind lashes Juan Escate as he huddles around a bonfire with his three children, chilling him as he ponders how to fulfill his wife’s dying plea.


Murdered man taken to morgue in taxi (Reuters)
Reuters - A Caracas family was forced to send a murdered son to the morgue in a taxi after waiting five hours for police who never arrived, Venezuelan media reported Wednesday.

08.25.07

School activist fined for grape-throwing (AP)

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School activist fined for grape-throwing (AP)
AP - An activist who pelted school board members with grapes during a raucous vote to close 34 city schools was fined $250 for disturbing the peace.

Congo villagers threatened by elephant herds (Reuters)
Reuters - Herds of elephants are trampling crops and polluting water sources in eastern Republic of Congo, threatening to force thousands of villagers out of their homes, the forestry minister said on Friday.

Kid fined for putting teacher on YouTube (AP)

A YouTube screen capture is seen in this undated file photo. A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine. REUTERSAP - A court on Friday fined a 15-year-old schoolboy for posting a video on YouTube of his teacher singing karaoke without her permission and claiming she was a lunatic.


Young antelope found playing with a dog (AP)

Jeff Gregg of Greeley, Colo., sits along the Poudre River Trail in Greeley, petting a 3-month-old antelope, while he waits for the Colorado Division of Wildlife to pick up the animal Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. The antelope was probably picked up illegally in Wyoming and may be too tame to return to the wild, wildlife authorities say. (AP Photo/Windsor Now, Sherrie Peif)AP - A friendly young antelope found cavorting with a dog along a walking path was probably picked up illegally in Wyoming and may be too tame to return to the wild, wildlife authorities say. A family believed to have brought the animal to Colorado could face charges that carry fines and jail time, said Larry Rogstad, a district officer for the state Division of Wildlife.


Suspected peeping Tom fit to be tied (AP)
AP - A group of campers tied a peeping Tom suspect to a tree, keeping him bound until police arrived.

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