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May 21, 2008

Kids that are being raised right

Parenting dilemma: which gang should 4-year-old claim?

A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.

Too much to drink, too young to drive

An Arkansas preteen faces a drunken driving charge after he and a friend drank his parents' beer, "got liquored up" and crashed his stepfather's pickup truck, the Johnson County sheriff said. Sheriff Jimmy Dorney said the 12-year-old boy and his 10-year-old friend drove off in the truck May 4 to find a girl they met at a rodeo. The boys made it about 10 miles before the 12-year-old lost control of the truck.

Daughter fails to hit the books, dad booked

A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter studied has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma. Brian Gegner, who lives near Cincinnati, was sentenced last week to 180 days in jail for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.

May 20, 2008

A car that gets 285 MPG

Proper aerodynamics were key to the low fuel consumption. VW engineers knew they needed a small frontal area. This led to its unusually narrow, bullet-shaped body where the passenger sits behind the driver.

A car that gets 33 mpg city, 40 mpg highway


So how small is the smart? At just a hair over 106 inches long, the smart fortwo is over three feet shorter and about five inches narrower than the Mini. That’s small. But with an extra five inches in height and an upright driving position, the driver’s view of the road is more commanding than the size suggests. The interior room is surprising, too. As the name indicates, the fortwo is strictly a two-seater, but those two will find plenty of leg--and headroom.

May 19, 2008

Seal molests penguin

An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known. The incident, which lasted for 45 minutes and was caught on camera, is reported in the Journal of Ethology. The bizarre event took place on a beach on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic island that is home to both fur seals and king penguins.

Man molests dog
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA--A 26-year-old Klawock man has been charged with two counts of criminal mischief for allegedly having sex with a tied-up dog. A witness told Klawock Police Officer Chris Paulson that she saw Simpson coax a white dog into the woods by a green rope and later saw the dog come running out without the rope, according to Paulson's affidavit. The witness then said she saw Simpson coax a black Labrador retriever to come to him, tying the green rope around the dog's neck and leading it into the woods. Two men told the officer they went looking in the woods for the dog and found a man having sex with it, according to the affidavit.

Definition: rara avis


Pronunciation:
\ˌrer-ə-ˈā-vəs, ˌrär-ə-ˈä-wəs\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural ra·ra avis·es \-ˈā-və-səz\ or ra·rae aves \ˌrär-ˌī-ˈä-ˌwās\
Etymology: Latin, rare bird
Date: 1607