TENTEGES

Postal employee on workers comp caught running Boston Marathon

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:26 +0000

A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers compensation for a back injury. 55-year-old Jacquelyn V. Myers was also convicted of making false statements and faces up to […]

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:25 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. “Spy, the Secret World of Espionage,” which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). …

Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a break—on child support

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:25 +0000

And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support. Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV. The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn’t amount to much when […]

Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa’s ANC

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:24 +0000

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption. The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called “The Spear”, which depicts the president with his genitals exposed, and another work that has a “For Sale” sign superimposed over the party logo. The picture of Zuma is a facsimile of a famous poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. …

‘Psychic’ pig to make Euro tips

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:24 +0000

KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland. Kiev’s city government said on Friday it would wheel out the porky tipster to give daily forecasts once the tournament kicks off next month. “A unique oracle hog, a real Ukrainian pig and a psychic which knows the mysteries of football,” a statement said. “Every day at 16.00 it will predict the result of the upcoming match. …

Car with four kids riding in trunk nearly hit by semi truck (VIDEO)

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:23 +0000

In this video from Romania, a car is driving down a highway with four children riding in the trunk. While the children appear to be having a good enough time, the conditions are obviously anything but safe. In fact, the children are using their arms to apparently hold up the door to the trunk. At […]

200 buffalo escape Iowa farm, spotted across five counties in two states

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:23 +0000

“Home on the Range,” is the state song of Kansas, but after 200 escaped buffalo made their way across five Iowa counties, the Hawkeye State is singing a similar tune. The Press-Citizen reports that authorities are still attempting to round up some of the escaped buffalo that broke out of pen at the Frick and […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:22 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said no one was home at the time of the burglary, which was discovered May 4 by a housekeeper. The Washington, D.C., police were investigating, she said. Breyer and his wife, Joanna, have a townhouse in Washington’s upscale Georgetown neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times. …

Goodwill sorting through allegedly accidental $14,000 donation

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:22 +0000

A Goodwill Industries outlet in St. Louis received a very generous donation this week: $14,505 in cash. The only problem is it appears to have been unintentional rather than a literal act of goodwill. Store manager Tina Wells was sorting through a box of Christmas donations when she discovered the money, which included 266 $50 […]

Canadian police waiting for alleged thief to ‘pass’ swallowed diamond

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:22 +0000

All things must pass. At least that’s the plan in place for police in Ontario who are waiting for a man to extricate a $20,000 diamond from his body, after he allegedly swallowed the stolen gem last week. The Canada Press reports that Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is being held by police after allegedly swapping […]