Monday, October 25, 2010
JOKE: Rindercella
VIDEO: WOW!! Rice Texas Tornado Yesterday
The dramatic moment a tornado ripped off a US school roof has been caught on camera by an official who was in a vehicle just metres away.
In the video, Eric Meyers, an emergency management coordinator, yelled out several times: "We are in the tornado! We are in the tornado!"
The storm injured at least four people, knocked 11 train cars off their tracks, and destroyed five homes in Rice, north-east Texas.
The tornado, with 125 mph winds, also pushed a truck onto a car and caused major damage to Rice Elementary School.
People did whatever they could to escape the storm - one couple even hid in the freezer of a restaurant.
Man collects 26 years of belly button lint
A librarian has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records after collecting fluff from his belly button every day for 26 years.
Graham Barker has amassed 22.1 grams of lint since embarking upon his unusual hobby, reports the Daily Telegraph.
"One evening, when a little under-occupied, I noticed the lint in my navel and started wondering about it," he said.
"I became curious as to how much of it one person can produce, and decided the only way to find out was to collect it for a while and see."
Mr Barker, who color-codes his collection in jars, says thermal underwear produces the most lint.
The 45-year-old from Perth, Australia, has sold three jars to a museum for an undisclosed sum.
"The raw material is worthless but as a unique world record collection and a piece of cultural heritage, of debatable merit, it has some curiosity value," he said.
While most people have a positive reaction to his collection there is "a small minority - usually women" who find it unappealing.
Mr Barker said he was not the only navel fluff collectors in the world - but he was the only one who had gone the distance.
"One guy might have persisted, but he got married and his wife ordered him to stop," he added.
3000 King Cobras Escape..Town is Terrorized
Terrified householders had to abandon an entire town after 3,000 illegally bred king cobra eggs hatched out and gave their owner the slip.
The eggs - bred to supply the traditional health industry - had been stored in a cage in a house in Xianling, south west China.
But the newly hatched snakes escaped through a hole in their enclosure and took over the entire town.
"We don't really know how many survived but we caught 170 of them so we think a lot are still missing," said a police spokesman.
King cobras - which as adults can reach 18ft in length -are among the most deadly snakes in the world and can kill a man with a single bite.
Illegal breeder Cai Yong is now facing jail for breeding venomous snakes without a license.
'World's sexiest hacker' faces court
STARING alluringly into the camera with dazzling blue eyes and a rather daring outfit is the Russian student accused of a plot to defraud British and US banks of millions.
Kristina Svechinskaya, 21, has been dubbed the "world's sexiest computer hacker" after being charged with being part of a gang aiming to steal $223 million. Wearing leather boots and skin-tight jeans, she wept during a court appearance this week.
She was expected to appear in court again yesterday, charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and false use of passports.
If convicted, she could be jailed for up to 40 years.
Thirty-seven people have been accused in New York over the alleged Eastern European-based plan to use an internet virus to siphon money from the online accounts of small businesses and individuals.
Svechinskaya was one of four students at New York University said to have acted as "money mules" by opening hundreds of accounts.
Prosecutors claim she opened at least five bank accounts, which received $35,300 of the stolen money. British police also are investigating the fraud and arrested 11 Eastern Europeans in Essex last month.
They have been charged with fraud and money-laundering offences over bank thefts amounting to $9.6 million.
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