Stayin’ Alive, Flyin’ Mirror, Lyin’ Hero
and the Afternoon Edition of Chuck's News of the Weird Daily for Friday
After 11 years of police dead ends, kid sets up a website to bring his mother's unknown killers to justice, and two months later, voilà! Two arrests! BBC News /// WhoKilledMyMum.com
ER physicians say CPR is best administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" (Bee Gees, 1977). Los Angeles Times
A Fort Lauderdale strip club gets sued after a dancer's shoe came off and flew into the mirrored ceiling, sending glass (and the shoe) cascading onto a patron's face. South Florida Sun-Sentinel
When a cop told Mario Paz, 19, he needed a light to be riding his bicycle at night, he naturally took that as a cue to confess to having sex with a 13-yr-old girl. Associated Press via St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Navy Cmdr. Charles Coughlin, who relentlessly appealed to get disability payments for heroic acts during the 9-11-2001 Pentagon plane crash, was sued by the gov't for lying about his head and neck injuries, which (1) he maybe already had since 1978 and (2) didn't prevent him from finishing the New York City Marathon in November 2001. (He says he's innocent!) Washington Post
Update: Long-time erratic Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers's lawsuit against God for making everybody scared of Him was dismissed by the state Supreme Court for lack of proof that God was actually served with the papers. Lincoln Journal Star
Professor Music's Weird Link o' the Day
The basic elements of a classic Professor Music weird link: (1) somebody had to conceive an idea like this, but people think of odd things all the time, so (2) that person has to be committed to bringing the idea to full fruition, but some committed people nonetheless remained daunted by the work ahead, so (3) that person has to expend the enormous energy to launch it in public and cause most who see it to admiringly feel, WTF? I give you an artist much too dedicated to the possibilities of tampons and their tubes. www.tamponcrafts.com
Today's Newsrangers: Candy Clouston, Stephen Taylor, Paul Pruitt, Andrew Bolstridge, Virginia Ivey, Mark Neunder, Sandy Pearlman, Gary Davidson
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After 11 years of police dead ends, kid sets up a website to bring his mother's unknown killers to justice, and two months later, voilà! Two arrests! BBC News /// WhoKilledMyMum.com
ER physicians say CPR is best administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" (Bee Gees, 1977). Los Angeles Times
A Fort Lauderdale strip club gets sued after a dancer's shoe came off and flew into the mirrored ceiling, sending glass (and the shoe) cascading onto a patron's face. South Florida Sun-Sentinel
When a cop told Mario Paz, 19, he needed a light to be riding his bicycle at night, he naturally took that as a cue to confess to having sex with a 13-yr-old girl. Associated Press via St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Navy Cmdr. Charles Coughlin, who relentlessly appealed to get disability payments for heroic acts during the 9-11-2001 Pentagon plane crash, was sued by the gov't for lying about his head and neck injuries, which (1) he maybe already had since 1978 and (2) didn't prevent him from finishing the New York City Marathon in November 2001. (He says he's innocent!) Washington Post
Update: Long-time erratic Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers's lawsuit against God for making everybody scared of Him was dismissed by the state Supreme Court for lack of proof that God was actually served with the papers. Lincoln Journal Star
Professor Music's Weird Link o' the Day
The basic elements of a classic Professor Music weird link: (1) somebody had to conceive an idea like this, but people think of odd things all the time, so (2) that person has to be committed to bringing the idea to full fruition, but some committed people nonetheless remained daunted by the work ahead, so (3) that person has to expend the enormous energy to launch it in public and cause most who see it to admiringly feel, WTF? I give you an artist much too dedicated to the possibilities of tampons and their tubes. www.tamponcrafts.com
Today's Newsrangers: Candy Clouston, Stephen Taylor, Paul Pruitt, Andrew Bolstridge, Virginia Ivey, Mark Neunder, Sandy Pearlman, Gary Davidson
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