So, And Thus...

Van Dragged Body for 17 Miles

Ok, this is just unbelievable.

AP News : LimaOhio.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- A pedestrian was hit by an SUV, then was caught under a van and dragged nearly 17 miles through New York City early Wednesday before the driver realized what had happened, police said.

The mangled body had not been identified. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said investigators were tracing the route searching for remains.

The driver of the SUV notified police after hitting the victim around 6 a.m. Wednesday. However, when police arrived the body was gone.

It's not known if the victim was alive at that point. An autopsy was planned for Thursday.

The van drove on three major city highways from Queens to Brooklyn before the driver stopped to check the vehicle. But he didn't see the body until a pedestrian pointed it out.

The van driver said later that he hadn't seen the initial accident and assumed the drivers of swerving vehicles were avoiding a pothole.

Witnesses reported the driver looked shocked and exhausted while he was interviewed by police.

Police say no criminality is suspected.

What was that Tom Petty song?

Woman Locks Herself In Car With Her 22 Dogs

This is how you show that you love your dogs?

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POTTSBORO, Texas (AP) -- North Texas authorities seized 22 dogs found crammed inside a station wagon with their owner. The owner locked the car doors and refused to come out when a constable tried to serve her a warrant for the seizure of the dogs early Monday, said SPCA spokeswoman Maura Davies.

Two puppies and 20 dogs were taken to a shelter until a judge decides who gets custody, the SPCA said. A hearing on the custody of the animals is set for Feb. 16 in Denison.

The dogs were in the car along with a pot of water, blankets and waste.

"The car was soaked with urine and covered in feces. The ammonia level in the vehicle was 23 parts per million even after the doors had been opened for several minutes. As a frame of reference, humans start experiencing health issues at 12 parts per million," Courtney Stevens, SPCA of Texas rescue and investigations supervisor, said in a news release.

Talk about a bitch in heat!

Mrs. Brady Grabs A Bunch

Saw this picture over at my friend's blog. I think she misunderstood when they asked her to go grab Peter:

Chuck Taylor's Blog: Go, Flo!

Always Check Your Child's Homework

An email from a friend:

(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)

Dear Mrs. Jones, I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in. Sincerely, Mrs. Smith

Clear-Rite

We love Kristen Wiig!

Handbag Saved Life

"last night a handbag saved my life..."

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Don't knock those trendy, oversized purses - they could save your life, as one college student found out. Police say the contents in an oversized purse saved Elizabeth Pittenger, a 22-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student, by stopping a bullet during an attempted robbery.

Pittenger was walking to her car on campus Thursday evening when a man confronted her and demanded her purse, cell phone and laptop, university Police Chief Buddy Peaster said. She fought the man off, but he fired a gunshot before fleeing.

The bullet was found inside the purse, along with a calculator, umbrella and small case that had been punctured. Pittenger was not injured

I REALLY want to know what kind of bag it was.

Kid Compacted in Recycling Truck

Recycled news:

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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Police in Milwaukee say a teenage boy has survived after being accidentally dumped into the back of a recycling truck and compacted.

Police say the 14-year-old ran away from a boot camp-style school for teens Monday and hid in a recycling bin filled with cardboard.

The bin was picked up by a Waste Management truck and dumped into the vehicle's rear compactor.

Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Morgan says the truck continued on its collection route, compacting cardboard several times.

The boy wasn't discovered until the truck dumped its load at a recycling processing center.

He was semiconscious and was taken to a hospital, but police say his injuries aren't life-threatening.

At least the story was succinct.

52 Cow Pickup

How random...

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.

A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.

Gives a whole new meaning to ground beef (actually, 3 meanings).

Manhunt Saw Record Traffic As Dow Dropped

But we received a tip that Manhunt, the most popular online "dating" resource in NYC for men looking for a hookup, saw record membership numbers the day of the stock market crash. So we got on the phone with Ken Herron, chief of marketing, and Tim Feeley, head of product development, to discuss the numbers that spiked when the Dow dropped.

Herron claims that guys were probably "reaching out to connect with friends, whether they were going to have sex or not. They want to reach out and talk." We didn't realize that people were using the sex site as an actual "social networking" site similar to Facebook.

Gay Sex Site Manhunt Saw Record Traffic As Dow Dropped

I think they were all Republicans who needed comfort after the debates.

"Bla, I Will Get You!""

From Americablog:

The photo that sums up the debate -- and the campaign

I saw this photo a few times this morning. This angle happens to be the best shot.

Apparently, he was about to exit the wrong side of the stage and caught himself. At least Halloween is a couple of weeks away.