LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON!

Father and Son hit Holes in One
NEWTON, Mass. (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man said he scored a hole in one at a Newton, Mass., golf course one week after his father achieved a similar feat at the same course.

Brian Hurley, 36, said he sank his 167-yard hole in one on the par-3 seventh hole of the Newton Commonwealth Golf Course Sunday, exactly one week after his father, Bill, 65, struck his own 145-yard hole in one on the 16th hole, also a par-3 hole, The Boston Globe reported.

"I've been working here for three years, and we only get a handful of holes in one a year," said Gerry Zegarelli, 21, who works in the Newton Commonwealth Golf Course pro shop. "To see two people from the same family make a hole in one in the same week is pretty impressive."

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YOUR HARLEY DAVIDSON WILL BE NEXT, CHEATER!

Wife sells hubby's mistress' underpants
QUEENSLAND, Australia (UPI) -- A Queensland, Australia, woman said she is auctioning off underwear that was left at her home by her husband's alleged mistress.

The woman, who identified herself as Anna, said in the item's listing on eBay Australia the auction winner will get the "size humongous" pair of lacy black panties and a "size small" empty condom wrapper that her husband used for his alleged infidelity, the Melbourne Herald Sun reported.

"They are so huge I thought they may make someone a nice shawl or, even better, something for Halloween perhaps," Anna said of the underpants.

The seller said the auction will not be her last eBay-based attack against her allegedly cheating mate -- she said his Harley Davidson motorcycle will soon be up for auction with a starting price of less than a dollar.

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AFTER THE FLOODING

For the time being the rains have stopped and now we have a cold front over Belize. However, all is not over. Now is the time of recovery. The people in the areas that had the flooding ae still suffering. Many are still not in their homes and many have lost most of their personal properties.

NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO GIVE A HELPING HAND.

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE RELIEF ORGANIZERS WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE FOOD, MEDICINES AND CLOTHING ( AMONG OTHER THINGS) TO THOSE WHO NOW NEED OUR HELP.

In an effort to assist our brothers and sisters who have suffered so much in the past weeks, the YO PUEDO GROUP OF COROZAL and CCC ACE and CJC ACE have initiated a drive to collect non-persishable goods and clothing. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER. LET US GIVE FROM THE HEART.

TO MY READERS ABROAD, YOU TOO CAN HELP. YOUR MONETARY DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO THE RED CROSS OF BELIZE OR GET IN CONTACT WITH ME AT 501-607-8315 (3pm to 31am Belize time) OR AT 00521-983-131-5669 FROM 7AM TO 11AM (Mexico time).

Thank you and God Bless.

FROM $3.89 TO 38 CENTS!

Malfunction sells gas at super bargain
SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- A "pump malfunction" sold premium gasoline for 38 cents a gallon to lucky customers for several hours at a San Antonio convenience store, the manager says.

Jim Duke, manager of the Dill Food Mart, said he checked it out Thursday after watching an unusually large crowd gassing up at one particular pump Wednesday afternoon.

"I was inside and they were paying at the pump and nobody came in so nobody told me what was happening," Duke told WOAI-AM.

He found to his chagrin that "a decimal point had slipped" and instead of selling premium gas for $3.89 a gallon, the pump was dispensing it for 38 cents a gallon.

"We lost a lot of money," Duke said, although he wasn't sure how much.

Business was way down at that pump Thursday afternoon.

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WEDDING RECEPTION GONE BAD

Bride and groom arrested at reception
LAKESIDE, Mich. (UPI) -- A wedding reception in Lakeside, Mich., ended with the bride and groom spending the night in separate jail cells after a melee, police said.

Investigators said Andy Somora, 29, and Anna Pastuszwska, 28, both formerly of Chicago, were shocked with police stun guns and arrested at the July 19 reception at Burnison Galleries after police officers from 14 departments were called to calm things down, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

"The short version of the story is they didn't want to quit their partying," said Mike Sepic, Berrien County's chief assistant prosecutor. "If you put this in the class of wedding receptions gone bad, I guess this would take the cake."

Somora's father, uncle, aunt and cousin also were arrested.

Somora pleaded guilty late last month to a felony charge of resisting and obstructing police. The groom, who also was charged with disturbing the peace, could face imprisonment at his Sept. 15 sentencing for the felony charge.

Pastuszwska pleaded guilty to a reduced charge after she was initially accused of resisting and obstructing. She was fined $600.

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WHO INVITED YOU, YOU HEAD BUTTING CRASHER?

Crasher head-butted ball organizer
PORTREE, Scotland (UPI) -- A drunken gatecrasher at a black-tie ball has been convicted of assault after he head-butted an organizer of the Portree, Scotland, event.

Angus MacQueen, 34, was found guilty in Portree Sheriff Court of assault after he forced his way into the Skye Ball at the Sky Gathering Hall and head-butted organizer Alasdair Hilleary, 54, on his nose, The (Glasgow) Daily Record reported.

Hilleary told the court MacQueen "seemed to be spoiling for a fight."

"The head-butt caused quite a lot of blood but did not break my nose. I did not need medical attention. I stood my ground and did not respond," he said.

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WHY DID YOU STEAL THAT TWO HEADED TURTLE?? TAKE IT BACK!

NYC turtlenapping: 1 count or 2?
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A Brooklyn, N.Y., pet-store owner is appealing to a shoplifter who made off with his two-headed turtle to bring back the missing reptile.

Sean Casey told the New York Post the turtle has special needs, such as having to be hand fed to prevent fights between heads over food.

The turtle disappeared Sunday from a tank at Casey's Hamilton Dog House while Casey was with a customer.

"I grew up in the neighborhood and I know most of the people here," he said. "I did not expect it in this neighborhood."

To add insult to injury, the Post said, Casey had to convince New York's finest over at the local precinct that he wasn't pulling their legs when he reported the theft.

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SIN ROPA POR LAVAR

Suspect got away clean, almost
WICHITA, Kan. (UPI) -- A man who broke into a house Wichita, Kansas, fled in his underwear after the homeowner showed up unexpectedly and caught him doing his laundry, police said.

Investigators said the suspect, described as a white male in his 30s, is believed to have entered the home by breaking a basement window, The Telegraph reported Monday.

The homeowner said the burglar was startled when she returned home, and high-tailed it out of there wearing just his blue boxer shorts -- and grabbing her purse on his way.

The woman said she managed to chase the intruder and recover her purse but he half-naked suspect slipped away.

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NO SE PUEDE

Homeowners told not to park in driveways
EASTRINGTON, England (UPI) -- Residents of Eastrington, England, say the local council's plans to fine them $2,000 for parking in driveways with the wrong kind of curbs are "ridiculous."

The owners of 12 houses on the village's Pinfold Street said they received letters from the council citing a 30-year-old law requiring their driveways to have "dropped" curbs that allow for easier access, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

They said the letters threatened $2,000 fines if they continue to park in their driveways without correcting the curbs.

"I just couldn't believe it when the letter arrived," said Ken Laverack, 61. "The council themselves put my drive in 20 years ago and now they're saying I can't use it. It's absolutely ridiculous, my car is just on the road now."

Neighbor Adam Stroud agreed.

"Why should we have to pay to have this work done to council property -- the footpath -- just so we can cross it to get to our private land?" he asked.

A spokesman for East Riding of Yorkshire Council, which sent the letters, said the enforcement is aimed at reducing damage to roads.

"Homeowners are able to apply for a properly constructed drop curb to provide vehicular access to property and many thousands of East Riding residents have followed this procedure," he said.

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UN ANIMAL EN LA CARCEL

Official orders goats released from jail
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (UPI) -- A Democratic Republic of Congo official has ordered the release of a dozen goats he said were improperly held in a jail in Kinshasa.

Deputy Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo said he ordered the goats freed after finding them in the lockup during a routine visit, the BBC reported Wednesday.

Nyamugabo said police officers had planned to bring the goats, which had been sold illegally at the side of the road, to court. He said the officers will be sent for retraining.

However, Nyamugabo did not say what would become of the owners of the goats, who were arrested along with their herd.

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THEY DO HAVE NINE LIVES

Cat unharmed after 14 miles under car hood
ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI) -- A woman says she drove 14 miles to Vernon, Calif., before discovering a cat under the hood of her car and the feline was somehow unharmed.

The Anaheim woman said she was unable to reach the cat because the engine was hot and the animal had wedged itself in a tight space behind her car's headlight, The Orange County Register reported Wednesday.

An animal control officer also was unable to coax the kitty out of its hiding place and phoned the Irvine Animal Care Center for help. Dr. Karen Moreland, a veterinarian with the center, arrived at the scene and used sedatives to calm the cat and Dawn dishwashing soap as a lubricant to free him from his tight space.

Moreland burned her hands freeing the cat, which was dubbed Miles by the center.

Christine Franco, a program coordinator at the shelter, said the cat had an implanted microchip and his Anaheim owners were contacted, but they never showed up to claim him. The 4-year-old cat is now available for adoption, she said.

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QUE MENTALIDAD TIENES PARA ROBAR DE UNA POLICIA?

Police: Teens tried to rob undercover cop
BALTIMORE (UPI) -- Three teenagers in Baltimore made a poor choice in victims when they allegedly attempted to rob a plainclothes officer, police say.

Police said the unidentified boys lured the undercover officer into an alley with talk of a drug transaction and then tried to rob him, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The officer, whose name wasn't released, showed his gun and grabbed one suspect but the other two got away. The 15-year-old suspect was charged with attempted armed robbery.

The arresting officer had been working undercover as part of a drug investigation, the newspaper said.

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MAYBE IT NEVER DID EXIST!!

Ind. town seeks missing time capsule
ELKHART, Ind. (UPI) -- City officials in Elkhart, Ind., said they are having difficulty locating a time capsule buried in 1958 -- possibly because it may never have existed.

Officials said a city employee received an e-mail from a man who said he was at the city's centennial celebration in 1958 and claimed a time capsule buried during the ceremony was meant to be opened in 2008, the Elkhart Truth reported.

However, the city's Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee said it could not determine where the capsule had been buried. Some members suggested Lundquist-Bicentennial Park as the location, but the only time capsule on record in the park was buried in 1977.

Mary Jo Weyrick, the City Council's administrative assistant, said she has combed through all records of the centennial celebration and cannot find any record of the time capsule other than a brief newspaper mention requesting photo clippings for the item.

Paul Thomas, curator of the Time Was Museum and a member of the Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, said the 1958 capsule may have never been buried.

"Everyone assumed it existed," he said. The centennial "was covered like a blanket, and there was nothing" mentioning the item.

Weyrick said one resident who remembers the centennial celebration said the time capsule was buried on the southwest corner of Main and High streets -- an area the city is unlikely to want to dig up after new sidewalks were recently installed.

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WHEN YOU SEPARATE, IT IS TIME TO DIVIDE EVERYTHING!

PHNOM PENH (AP) - Una pareja campesina en Camboya puso fin a su matrimonio de 18 años de manera singular: un acuerdo de divorcio que incluyó partir en dos la casa de madera donde vivían, dijeron aldeanos el viernes.

El esposo, Moeun Sarim, se llevó todos los trozos y astillas de su media casa, dijo su ex esposa Vat Navy.
"Muy extraño, pero es lo que quería mi esposo", dijo por teléfono desde una aldea 100 kilómetros (62 millas) al este de Phnom Penh. El divorcio se consumó el mes pasado, dijo.
"El vino con sus parienmtes y con serruchos cortaron la casa por la mitad", dijo, y añadió que ahora tiene la mitad de la casa que sigue en pie. La casa es de madera con techo de tejas y sostenida por pilares de madera, a la manera típica del campo camboyano.
Dijo que el ex esposo y los parientes se llevaron su parte de la casa a lo de los padres de él.
Según Navy, su esposo estaba celoso porque crería que tenía relaciones con un agente de policía de la aldea, cosa que ella negó.
"El quería divorciarse, así que yo dije, 'divorciémonos'", dijo.
El esposo no hizo declaraciones.
El jefe aldeano Bou Bout dijo que las autoridades locales trataron de que la pareja resolviera sus diferencias, "pero el esposo se mantuvo firme".

COLISION CON UN OSO Y VIVO TODAVIA

Montana Man Crashed Bike into Wild Bear
MISSOULA, Mont. (UPI) -- A 57-year-old man in Missoula, Mont., says he is lucky to be alive after accidentally crashing his bicycle into the side of a wild bear.

Middle school teacher Jim Litz said he often sees bears during his daily commute along a dirt road but he didn't' have time to avoid one of the animals that wandered into his way Monday, The (Missoula, Mont.) Missoulian said.

"I didn't have time to respond. I never even hit my brakes," Litz said.

The teacher said after the impact flipped him off his bike, the bear began clawing at him, apparently in confusion and anger. The attack left Litz with scratches and bruises over most of his body.

Litz said he was sore and a bit clawed up, but lucky to have survived - and he holds no ill will toward the animal.

"I was truly lucky, because I accosted the bear and he let me live," he told the Missoulian. "I truly respect them. They're beautiful creatures."

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DESNUDO? YA NO MUCHO!!

Beach goers in France going topless less
TOULON, France (UPI) -- Going topless on beaches in French beach communities like St. Tropez has suddenly fallen out of fashion due to a number of factors, an expert says.

French academic Dr. Guy Fournier said while female beach goers in France have traditionally bared their breasts without a second thought, the trend has declined due in part to the declining economy, The (Britain) Daily Mail said Friday.

"Bare breasts are viewed as a totally natural state on the beach," Fournier said.

"But public morality follows people's confidence and optimism in their wealth and lifestyle."

"During an economic downturn, women are less inclined to let it all hang out and more likely to cover up."

The Mail said similar changes in beach fashion occurred in 1929 during the Great Depression and after World War II. Such negative events appeared to influence beach goers to wear more clothing during their leisurely beach activities, the newspaper said.

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SI LO HACES DESNUDO, ESCAPES!!

Police: Woman hit bicyclist, shed clothes
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Police in Jacksonville, Fla., said they arrested a woman who allegedly crashed two cars and hit a bicyclist before fleeing authorities in the nude.

Holly Highfield allegedly struck a bicyclist intentionally with her SUV before stripping off her clothes and allegedly attempting to make a getaway in another vehicle, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported Tuesday.

Children who were in the SUV with Highfield prior to the incident said she pointed out the bicyclist before striking him with the vehicle.

"Do you think this biker is going to get hit? Do you have faith? Are you afraid?" she allegedly asked the children before steering the vehicle to strike the cyclist.

A couple riding in a van stopped to help the bicyclist, who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and police said Highfield jumped into the van and attempted to drive off but was foiled when the vehicle hit a nearby fence.

Highfield, who police said appeared to be under the influence of drugs, was arrested and charged with battery, carjacking, driving under the influence while accompanied by a minor and DUI while causing damage to property. She was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center for observation.

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EL FIN DEL RELOJ DE MANO??

Wristwatch sellers predict industry's end
KENSINGTON, Pa. (UPI) -- The California-based Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council said watch companies have reported declining sales of between 8 percent and 15 percent since 2006.

Watch companies and retailers said the business seems to be on its way out as more and more consumers gets their time updates from cell phones and computer desktops, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday.

"The business seems to be dying out," said Derek Molnor, owner of Derek Molnor Vintage Watches in New Kensington, Pa. "Twenty years ago, there were a lot more watches around and a lot more interest in it. People are moving on."

While sales of higher-end wristwatches, including Rolexes, seem to have remained consistant, falling sales have led companies including Timex and Fossil to begin phasing out their watch production in favor of sunglasses and other accessories, the Tribune-Review reported.

"You can't make enough on watches to stay alive," Buschek said. "Yes, you're going to see the disappearance of wristwatches."

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