Top 5-Florida group offers free shotguns and says it finds takers
ORLANDO, Fla. - Hundreds of Florida residents accepted an offer this week for a free shotgun, according to the director of the Florida branch of the Texas-based Armed Citizens Project. A website for the group, which offered one free shotgun per household,
said the project hopes to create “gun rich” zones in moderate to high crime areas in the United States to analyze what happens to the crime rate when a neighborhood is saturated with guns. But Ron Ritter, director of the Florida branch, said guns would be distributed to all comers instead of being concentrated in a defined location. He said the group expects to begin distributing shotguns “in the next 10 days.”
The group flooded a quiet Orlando neighborhood on Sunday with fliers about the free shotguns and ammunition to homeowners who pass a background check and take a firearms course. Geovany Sinche, 40, a hotel maintenance worker who lives in the Sunshine Gardens neighborhood, said he was surprised to receive the offer since, he said, crime is not a significant problem there.
Top 4-Pilots fall asleep on long-haul flight to U.K.
Two pilots on a British airliner on a long haul flight fell asleep in the cockpit, leaving the packed jet travelling unsupervised on autopilot, Britain's Sun newspaper reported on Thursday. One of the pilots on board the Airbus 330 flight to Britain - the name of the airline was not disclosed - eventually woke up and roused his colleague, but neither knew how long they had been asleep, the paper said. The flight took off on Aug. 13 and the pilot and co-pilot took turns to have 20-minute rests but, after flying for more than an hour, they both dropped off. They reported the incident themselves to Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), blaming longer shifts during the summer holiday period. The Sun said it had seen a copy of their report. The CAA said it was legally prevented from disclosing any details about companies or individuals who filed Mandatory Occurrence Reports to them
Top 3-Traffic barriers look like male organs
SCOTT, Pa., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Residents of a Pennsylvania city said newly installed concrete traffic deflectors have earned a street a colorful nickname, "Penis Road."
Scott residents said the posts, called bollards, were installed on two streets in the Glendale section of Scott and the shape of the objects -- elongated shafts with rounded tops -- resemble male sex organs, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday. "People are laughing at it. They're calling it Penis Road," resident Pat Martin told officials at a Tuesday meeting of the township commissioners. Scott Manager Denise Fitzgerald said the state Department of Transportation approved the bollards. Commissioner Bill Wells suggested flattening the tops of the bollards. "I think it would improve the appearance," he said. Fitzgerald said she would look into the potential cost of such work.
Top 2-Soldier wife charged with making dog porn
Raeford, N.C. woman was arrested Monday on charges of having sex with dogs while her husband, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, filmed them. The couple later posted the video on the Internet, police said. Ruben Chance James Fox and his wife, Amber Nicole Fox, both 23, were due to make their first appearance in Hoke County Tuesday. The couple faces charges of bestiality, conspiracy and disseminating obscene materials. Amber Fox faces additional charges of soliciting a crime against nature. "Anything you can ever imagine a man and a woman doing to each other, she was having the dogs do," Raeford Police Chief Franklin Crumpler told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. The Humane Society tipped off the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia. They later contacted Raedford officials after linking the IP computer address to the couple, the chief explained. Police seized the couple's computer equipment from their home and placed their two mixed-breed dogs and three cats in a shelter. Spc. Ruben Fox is assigned to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, outlets confirmed. Bail was set at $15,000 for each spouse.
Top 1-Baboon grabs reporter's breast on live TV, won't let go
A saucy baboon proved to be a bit of a handful during a recent live segment with a Fox 40 reporter in Lodi, California. Mickey the baboon, Sabrina Rodriguez' guest for a piece on the Lodi Grape Festival, shook her hand and promptly grabbed her breast and put his arm around her. "He's trying to cop a feel a little bit," she said. Mickey flashed a huge grin. Rodriguez said viewers would later learn why baboons love grapes.
