SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- A 16-year-old San Antonio girl's mother said the teen inadvertently wound up in California after she was supposed to board a flight to Raleigh, N.C.
Sondra Burney said her daughter, Morgan, boarded what she thought was an ExpressJet Airlines flight to Raleigh for a visit with her grandmother, but discovered she had gotten on the wrong plane after the jet arrived in Sacramento, KSAT-TV, San Antonio, reported.
"She found out after she arrived and after she talked to her grandmother that she was in California and had no idea," Burney said.
ExpressJet Airlines said it was investigating how the teenager ended up on the wrong plane. It said she was flown to North Carolina free of charge and given a voucher for a free flight.
However, she doesn't have much time to use it -- the airline said Wednesday it will cease operations in September.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
THINKS HE IS SMART IN HIS UNDERPANTS!!!
Police nab suspect in his skivvies
HARTFORD, Wis. (UPI) -- Police in Hartford, Wis., said they have arrested a man who allegedly ditched his clothes after a robbery to make a getaway wearing only his underwear.
Police said the 37-year-old man, whose name was not released, robbed a convenience store with a fake handgun after purchasing a pack of cigarettes, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The robber wore a pair of blue coveralls, but police said they discovered him riding a bicycle wearing only his underwear -- with the unopened pack of cigarettes and $412, the exact amount taken from the store, stuffed inside.
In between the store and bike path where police found the man, officers discovered a pair of blue coveralls and a fake handgun. Police said the suspect told them he was robbed by a man who only wanted his clothing and let him keep the money.
Prosecutors said the suspect, who was being held in Washington County Jail, was expected to be charged with armed robbery.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE
PEACE ON EARTH! GOOD WILL TO MAN!
HE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!
TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
TODAY WE ARE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TODAY WE REJOICE IN LIFE AND DEATH. TODAY WE ARE WHOLE. TODAY WE LIVE BECAUSE WE ARE LOVE. TODAY WE LOVE BECAUSE WITH IT WE LIVE.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND TO MY MANY READERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. FROM MY HOME TO OURS COMES LOVE, PEACE, JOY AND HAPPINESS FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES.
TO MY DAUGHTER, CAROLYN, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, CIARRA AND MIYA, SON-IN-LAW: I MISS NOT BEING THERE WITH YOU ALL THIS YEAR. YOU ARE IN MY HEART AND ON MY MIND. I LOVE YOU AND I WILL BE THERE EARLY NEXT YEAR I PROMISE!! I AM THERE EVEN IF NOT IN THE FLESH.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE AND HAPPY. ALL MY LOVE, MAMA AND GRANDMA BRENDA
TO TRIKI AND ALEJANDRA, MY DAUGHTERS OF THE HEART: MAY YOU HAVE ALL THE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD. MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE JOY, LOVE AND PEACE. MY LOVE ALWAYS, BRENDA
TO MARIA LUISA AND ROSA ABRIL: I HAVE ENBRACED YOU AS MY DAUGHTERS ALSO, SO TO YOU TWO WONDERFUL LITTLE GIRLS IN THE USA I SEND MY LOVE. HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR GIFTS AND THAT SANTA CLAUS WAS A GOOD BOY AND STOPPED BY YOUR HOUSE. YO PUEDO! KISSES AND HUGS FOR TWO LITTLE ANGELS OF MY HEART.
TO ABEL: ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD. AS WE CLOSE THIS YEAR WITH OUR NEW ENDEAVOURS ON TRACK, I GIVE YOU MY HEART ONCE MORE AND MY ETERNAL LOVE. PORQUE TU ERES LA PERSONA MAS QUIERIDO EN MI VIDA, MI AMOR. ESPERO APRENDER MAS Y AMARTE MAS EN 2009 Y SIEMPRE.
PORQUE ASI ES!!! BESOS Y ABRAZOS.
TO ALL MY READERS: HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAYS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN 2009. PEACE, JOY AND HAPPINESS ALWAYS.
TO GLENDA AND OSCAR: I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AT CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE AND HAPPY. FELICIDADES.
MY SPECIAL WISH FOR EVERYONE THIS YEAR IS THAT WE LEARN TO LOVE AND GIVE LOVE. THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I HAVE LEARNT THAT.
PEACE AND HAPPINESS ALWAYS,
Brenda
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
SEASON GREETINGS FROM BELIZE AND MEXICO
When you live in two worlds like I now do it is hard for me to say hi from Belize and not from Mexico. This past year has been one of growth, sorrow, hapiness, fulfillment and progress. We look at the world today and we are fortunate to just be alive. There are so many less fortunate so while we want to complain about not being able to buy this and that, we must stop and think that there are many who have no where to sleep and no food to eat. No one to tell them "I Love You", "I care for you" and all the things we take for granted in our everyday existence.
As Christmas comes around once more we are singing and feeling the spirit of Christmas. BUT ARE WE REALLY BEING CHRISTIANS? ARE WE REALLY LOVING EACH OTHER? THE TIME HAS COME. THIS IS THE REASON FOR MERRIMENT BUT IT IS ALSO THE REASON TO DO BETTER. LET US LOOK AROUND US AND TRY TO HELP AT LEAST ONE LESS FORTUNATE HUMAN BEING. THIS WORLD IS OURS AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT WILL BE PASSED DOWN TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. REMEMBER, LOVE IS ALL IT TAKES.
LOVE, PEACE, JOY,
BRENDA
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
A los 74 QUE MAS, Abuela??
Police: Woman, 74, drives car into store
NORWALK, Calif. (UPI) -- An elderly California woman was arrested after she allegedly drove her car into the windows of a convenience store and then tried to buy beer, police said.
Lynne Rice, 74, is accused of driving her 1988 Cadillac into the front windows of Joe's Food Mart, said Lt. Jenny Ha of the Norwalk Sheriff's Station.
Officials said damages from the Sunday crash total about $8,000.
The store owner said after the 112-pound woman crashed into the store she got out of the car and tried to buy a six-pack of Bud.
Rice allegedly shoved the cashier when he refused to make the sale, the Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram reported.
Ha said no injuries were reported in the incident, but Rice received medical treatment for an existing health problem.
Rice was released Sunday from the Norwalk Sheriff's Station on $15,000 bail after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, the newspaper said.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
QUE COINCIDENCIA!!
Luck lands student in dad's dorm room
EAST LANSING, Mich. (UPI) -- The father of a Michigan State University student said fate landed the 18-year-old in the same dorm room his dad stayed in 30 years ago.
Rich Robell, 50, said he was shocked when his son, Mike, received his room assignment at Emmons Hall, B310, the same room he moved into as a freshman in 1978, The Detroit News reported.
Tim Knight, housing operations complex manager for Brody and West Circle complexes at the school, said many students request the dorm rooms that their parents once occupied, but it is highly unusual for a student to wind up in the same room as a parent strictly by luck of the draw.
"After 37 years as a full-time employee ... this is the first time that I'm aware of that someone was simply offered the space. It really is an incredible coincidence," Knight said.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
WHO'S FAMOUS?
Poll: Oprah, Hanks most trusted celebs
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A magazine poll has found that U.S. TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood star Tom Hanks appear to be the most trusted celebrities.
An AOL Living and Woman's Day magazine poll indicated that 37 percent of the poll's nearly 2,000 participants said Winfrey was their most trusted celebrity compared with Hank's first-place support of 40 percent, the New York Post reported.
Poll respondents appear to be less trusting of their loved ones. The Post, which didn't provide a margin of error for the poll, said 67 percent of respondents admitted they wanted to know everyone their husband was contacting by e-mail or text message and 75 percent said they wanted to know who their children are messaging.
The poll found that 24 percent of female respondents admitted to cheating on their spouses, while 48 percent said they considered themselves honest people.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
THIS WEEK I AM ON MY FINAL EXAMS FOR THIS CUATRIMESTRE AT UNDI IN CHETUMAL, Q. ROO
I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY CLASSMATES AND I HAVE BONDED AND WE ARE A HAPPY GROUP, ENVIED BY THE OTHER CLASSES. FOR CHRISTMAS MY WISH IS THAT WE ALL STAY TOGETHER FOREVER JUST THE WAY WE ARE.
GRACIAS COMPANEROS POR HACERME PARTE DE SUS VIDAS.
MUCHO AMOR SIEMPRE.
EXITOS EN LOS EXAMENES.
SO DE "YO PUEDO" Y LO HACEMOS!!!
Brenda, la chica de Belice - la BELMEX - porque soy Mexicana hecha y derecha!! Gracias a papas Belicenas que me tuvieron en Mexico, D.F.
NOT SO MUCH NOISE, PRIMATE
Zoo's mating apes awaken residents
BRISTOL, England (UPI) -- England's Bristol Zoo has announced its pair of gibbons have been given a curfew to prevent their mating songs from disturbing sleeping neighbors.
The zoo said the gibbons, Duana, 7, and Samuel, 11, will be confined to their housing units on "Gibbon Island" for three nights a week, after Bristol residents complained that the loud singing that makes up part of the primates' mating ritual has been waking them up in the early morning hours, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.
Bristol City Council upheld the noise complaints after environmental health officers monitored the singing for several nights.
The gibbons were previously allowed outside whenever they wished through use of a door in their housing unit.
"The gibbons are very noisy at daybreak and in the evening. The female, in particular, makes a very distinctive call," said Phyllis Farmer, a resident who lives near the zoo. "There was no one supervising them after 6 p.m. and they more or less had the run of the place. There is a school very close to the zoo and they must hear them all the time. I wondered if one of the pupils sitting exams might be bright enough to write on his paper that he couldn't concentrate because of the noise."
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BRISTOL, England (UPI) -- England's Bristol Zoo has announced its pair of gibbons have been given a curfew to prevent their mating songs from disturbing sleeping neighbors.
The zoo said the gibbons, Duana, 7, and Samuel, 11, will be confined to their housing units on "Gibbon Island" for three nights a week, after Bristol residents complained that the loud singing that makes up part of the primates' mating ritual has been waking them up in the early morning hours, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.
Bristol City Council upheld the noise complaints after environmental health officers monitored the singing for several nights.
The gibbons were previously allowed outside whenever they wished through use of a door in their housing unit.
"The gibbons are very noisy at daybreak and in the evening. The female, in particular, makes a very distinctive call," said Phyllis Farmer, a resident who lives near the zoo. "There was no one supervising them after 6 p.m. and they more or less had the run of the place. There is a school very close to the zoo and they must hear them all the time. I wondered if one of the pupils sitting exams might be bright enough to write on his paper that he couldn't concentrate because of the noise."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Saturday, December 6, 2008
SHE IS EVERY WHERE,TOO
Man claims Virgin Mary in neighbor's tree
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario (UPI) -- A Scarborough, Ontario, man claims an image of the Virgin Mary has appeared in the bark of a tree outside his home.
Christopher Moreau, 47, said he first noticed the image of Jesus' mother with her arms outstretched on a tree in his neighbor's yard last week, The Toronto Star reported Monday.
"I don't know why it's there, but I think it's a blessing," Moreau said. "It raises the hair on your neck, it gives you chills."
Moreau said the first person he showed the image to was his mother-in-law, who was given a clear bill of health last week after a fight with cancer.
"At first I thought I was seeing things," he said. "Then I went and got my mother-in-law to tell her. She was overwhelmed by it. She was crying."
He said the divine image has attracted the attention of his neighbors, as well.
"Some of the neighbors have seen it and they just started shaking," Moreau said.
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SCARBOROUGH, Ontario (UPI) -- A Scarborough, Ontario, man claims an image of the Virgin Mary has appeared in the bark of a tree outside his home.
Christopher Moreau, 47, said he first noticed the image of Jesus' mother with her arms outstretched on a tree in his neighbor's yard last week, The Toronto Star reported Monday.
"I don't know why it's there, but I think it's a blessing," Moreau said. "It raises the hair on your neck, it gives you chills."
Moreau said the first person he showed the image to was his mother-in-law, who was given a clear bill of health last week after a fight with cancer.
"At first I thought I was seeing things," he said. "Then I went and got my mother-in-law to tell her. She was overwhelmed by it. She was crying."
He said the divine image has attracted the attention of his neighbors, as well.
"Some of the neighbors have seen it and they just started shaking," Moreau said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Friday, December 5, 2008
WHY WE DON'T NEED GUNS
Man injures self during gun inspection
MINEOLA, N.Y. (UPI) -- Nassau County, N.Y., police said an elderly man shot himself in the finger during an annual inspection at the pistol license unit of police headquarters.
Police said the 77-year-old man had brought his pistol in for an annual inspection, but apparently did not know there was a bullet loaded in the chamber. The weapon discharged, shooting off the tip of the man's left index finger, Newsday reported.
Detective Sgt. Anthony Repalone said the man was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was expected to undergo surgery to have his fingertip reattached.
"He was shaken up and very remorseful," Repalone said.
He said police do not intend to file charges, but the man's five licensed pistols have been confiscated as a result of the incident.
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (UPI) -- Nassau County, N.Y., police said an elderly man shot himself in the finger during an annual inspection at the pistol license unit of police headquarters.
Police said the 77-year-old man had brought his pistol in for an annual inspection, but apparently did not know there was a bullet loaded in the chamber. The weapon discharged, shooting off the tip of the man's left index finger, Newsday reported.
Detective Sgt. Anthony Repalone said the man was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was expected to undergo surgery to have his fingertip reattached.
"He was shaken up and very remorseful," Repalone said.
He said police do not intend to file charges, but the man's five licensed pistols have been confiscated as a result of the incident.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Thursday, December 4, 2008
PUES LO BUENO QUE NO ESTABA DESNUDO TOTALMENTE!!
Man in underwear chases burglars
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (UPI) -- A shotgun-wielding man in West Valley City, Utah, chased a pair of burglars from his home while wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, police said.
Tony Gamonal grabbed a shotgun and gave chase when the burglars fled from his home, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Police arrived on the scene and Gamonal helped apprehend a suspect while the second suspect managed to escape.
Gamonal said he didn't realize until after the suspect was arrested that he was outside in his underwear.
"I looked down and said, 'oh man ... here I am,'" he said.
He said this was the second time in two weeks that his home had been burglarized. He said he intends to protect his home at all times, regardless of his attire.
"If you can't be safe in your own home, where can you be?" Gamonal said. "There was no doubt; I was so mad that I would have shot them."
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (UPI) -- A shotgun-wielding man in West Valley City, Utah, chased a pair of burglars from his home while wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, police said.
Tony Gamonal grabbed a shotgun and gave chase when the burglars fled from his home, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Police arrived on the scene and Gamonal helped apprehend a suspect while the second suspect managed to escape.
Gamonal said he didn't realize until after the suspect was arrested that he was outside in his underwear.
"I looked down and said, 'oh man ... here I am,'" he said.
He said this was the second time in two weeks that his home had been burglarized. He said he intends to protect his home at all times, regardless of his attire.
"If you can't be safe in your own home, where can you be?" Gamonal said. "There was no doubt; I was so mad that I would have shot them."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
AIR AND CHAIR
Balloon man floats 235 miles in lawn chair
CAMBRIDGE, Idaho (UPI) -- An Oregon man landed safely in Idaho after floating 235 miles at 10,000 feet above the ground in a chair attached to a cluster of balloons, onlookers say.
Kent Couch, 48, of Bend landed near Cambridge, Idaho, Saturday after floating about 235 miles in a lawn chair suspended by 160 large helium-filled balloons, The (Portland) Oregonian reported.
"A customer said, 'Oh, it's the balloon man, it's the balloon man.' So we ran outside," said Laurene Houghton, owner of the Cambridge City Market.
This was the third time the gas station owner tried floating from Bend to Idaho in a chair tied to balloons, the newspaper said.
Couch said his flights aren't "that dangerous" but he took a parachute and satellite phone just to be on the safe side.
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CAMBRIDGE, Idaho (UPI) -- An Oregon man landed safely in Idaho after floating 235 miles at 10,000 feet above the ground in a chair attached to a cluster of balloons, onlookers say.
Kent Couch, 48, of Bend landed near Cambridge, Idaho, Saturday after floating about 235 miles in a lawn chair suspended by 160 large helium-filled balloons, The (Portland) Oregonian reported.
"A customer said, 'Oh, it's the balloon man, it's the balloon man.' So we ran outside," said Laurene Houghton, owner of the Cambridge City Market.
This was the third time the gas station owner tried floating from Bend to Idaho in a chair tied to balloons, the newspaper said.
Couch said his flights aren't "that dangerous" but he took a parachute and satellite phone just to be on the safe side.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
WHAT'S NEXT, DAD?
Son beats dad in pit spitting contest
EAU CLAIRE, Mich. (UPI) -- Brian "Young Gun" Krause bested his father Rick "Pellet Gun" Krause to win this weekend's International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Michigan.
Competitors exercised their best spitting skills Saturday at the 35th International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship at Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire, Mich., the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune reported.
Brian Krause, 30, of Dimondale, Mich., beat his father, Rick Krause, 54, of Yuba City, Ariz., by 6 1/2 inches. "Young Gun's" winning spit was 56 feet, 7 1/2, the Tribune said.
Combined, the father and son have won the pit-spitting crown 20 of the 35 years it has been awarded.
Amanda Jennings, 18, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, said it was "cool" to win in the women's division for the second consecutive year. This year, she took the crown with a 43-foot, 11-inch spit, the newspaper said.
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EAU CLAIRE, Mich. (UPI) -- Brian "Young Gun" Krause bested his father Rick "Pellet Gun" Krause to win this weekend's International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Michigan.
Competitors exercised their best spitting skills Saturday at the 35th International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship at Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire, Mich., the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune reported.
Brian Krause, 30, of Dimondale, Mich., beat his father, Rick Krause, 54, of Yuba City, Ariz., by 6 1/2 inches. "Young Gun's" winning spit was 56 feet, 7 1/2, the Tribune said.
Combined, the father and son have won the pit-spitting crown 20 of the 35 years it has been awarded.
Amanda Jennings, 18, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, said it was "cool" to win in the women's division for the second consecutive year. This year, she took the crown with a 43-foot, 11-inch spit, the newspaper said.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
WHY STEAL BANANAS???
Thief makes off with $40,000 in bananas
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A Delaware police officer said "a whole lot of potassium" is missing after someone stole two trailers carrying $40,000 worth of bananas.
The trailers were found in the Bronx borough of New York Saturday but the bananas were mysteriously absent, the New York Post reported.
"Someone's got a whole lot of potassium," Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeffrey Whitmarsh said.
Whitmarsh said the banana trailers went missing Thursday and New York police discovered them unattended along the road.
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- A Delaware police officer said "a whole lot of potassium" is missing after someone stole two trailers carrying $40,000 worth of bananas.
The trailers were found in the Bronx borough of New York Saturday but the bananas were mysteriously absent, the New York Post reported.
"Someone's got a whole lot of potassium," Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeffrey Whitmarsh said.
Whitmarsh said the banana trailers went missing Thursday and New York police discovered them unattended along the road.
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EVEN BEFORE HE WON THE PRESIDENCY HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE COOKIE!!
Obama cookies outsell McCain in Ill. NORTHBROOK, Ill. (UPI)
-- The folks at an Illinois restaurant say their cookies featuring the likeness of Barack Obama have been vastly outselling ones bearing the face of John McCain.
Ben Schlan, manager and co-owner of Max and Benny's in Northbrook, said cookies with the face of the Illinois senator -- who is the Democratic presidential nominee -- have been outselling those with the face of the Arizona senator, the Republican nominee, by a 20-to-1 margin since being introduced in July, the Chicago Pioneer Press reported.
"We're in Obama land," Schlan said. "I'm sure if you went to Arizona with these cookies, McCain would be outselling Obama."
Schlan said the line of politically themed cookies, which he created with pastry chef Joe Lochirco, are being expanded to include pastries with the faces of Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin.
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