Paws' News. Weekend Edition. ( Archived) (13)

Man In Graphic Anti-Smoking Ad Still Smokes.

He's the poster boy for the state's new anti-smoking campaign. But 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking -- despite an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke.

Why You Should Never Lick Envelopes.

What you don't know, wont hurt you, but this one is sure worth knowing. (an employee) I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to work in the Chicago plant and told us not to lick the envelopes because they would often find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after thousands of envelopes had been glued and shipped)

Venzuela to ban stupid names.

Venezuela approves a bill barring parents from giving their children 'names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce,' or that raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.



Police: Armed & Hungry 13-Year-Old Girl Robs Burger King.

Tampa Police say a 13-year-old girl who just got out of Juvenile Detention robbed a Burger King Restaurant at knife point. But all she demanded was a cheeseburger.

Citizen-burglar: He finds corpse, calls police.
BERLIN - A Berlin burglar's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police.

"He called to say he'd just broken into a flat and found a dead body," said a spokeswoman for Berlin police Thursday. "He gave the address of the place and then hung up."

Teen's bill for a wild party? Cops say $18,000.

MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian teenager who threw a wild party while his parents were away could face a hefty fine after police said Monday they might charge him for the cost of breaking up the gathering.

Even though it seemed the perfect gift ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania man who mailed a bloody cow's head to his wife's lover has been sentenced to probation and community service.

Cop thought dead man in office chair was 'joke'.

NEW YORK - Detective Travis Rapp has seen his share of corpses, but this was new: two men wheeling a rigid, pale body down a Manhattan street in a red office chair, drawing a crowd of suspicious onlookers.

Looking out the window of the restaurant where he was having lunch, Rapp initially assumed "it was a mannequin or a dummy," he said. "I thought it was a joke, honestly."

A closer inspection showed that it wasn't. The man was dead, and two of his friends had hauled his corpse to a store to cash his $355 Social Security check, police said. They were arrested before they could get the money.

Be well. Editor.

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i love it when you do weekend news........daily news i have to hunt and hunt and hunt for to read and usually don't get to find it since it's buried by the time i get here........keep up the awesome work!!!!

"I always buy the self stick ones or use a damp sponge to do my licking for me."

I do that with women.