Archive for August 27th, 2007
Greek mother and children perish in flames
ARTEMIDA, Greece (AP) — As the wall of flames swept through the heavily forested mountain toward her home, the mother of four was forced to make a life and death decision — should she flee?
Athanasia Paraskevopoulou gathered her three daughters, aged 15, 12 and 10, and her 5-year-old son and headed to the village square. […]
Wily German kangaroo returned to petting zoo
BERLIN (AP) — Skippi, a wily kangaroo on the run since early August was returned to his home at a petting zoo Monday in southern Germany, but not after a chase through the German Alps that left the animal with a strained leg.
The injured marsupial was captured in a cornfield near Leutkirch im Allgaeu, […]
Dick Cheney: A retrospective
Artists have retrospective exhibits in which the public gets a chance to see what the artist created in the past. So why not have a retrospective exhibit for a politician, say Vice President Dick Cheney. When Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense during the Gulf War, he was asked why the […]
The Judge and the belt
Here’s the story: An 8-year-old boy has red marks across his back made by a belt. (The photo above, taken by the police sometime after the beating, shows the marks on the boy’s back.) A teacher sees these marks and reports it to […]
Big camera, Big bucks
Well photography fans, here is the latest offering from Canon, and, judging from the specs, this new camera is a beauty. The EOS-1 Ds Mark III features a 21-megapixel sensor, a live view on the rear display and a really cool dust removal feature that knocks the dirt off the sensor and onto […]
Elyria firefighter staffing cuts occur today
ELYRIA — Fire Station No. 2 on Broad Street will be closed today to help the Elyria Fire Department deal with a budget shortfall.
Elyria Firefighters Local 474 planned a press conference this morning to discuss the closing, the second time the station has closed in three years, Assistant Fire Chief Ron Brlas said.
Brlas said he […]