Chuck’s Hand-Picked Overnight Weird News for Thursday
How to get more men interested in science education
A team of researchers, writing in the current issue of the journal Environmental Research, concluded that phthalates (common to plastics, fragrances, hair sprays, and nail polish) absorbed by women result in their male babies having smaller dicks. This human thing follows similar results in mouse studies. Globe & Mail (Toronto)
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Daily update on the Transportation Suckurity Administration
TSA lacks confidence in its agents' individual judgments and so prescribes zero-tolerance-type rules. Trying to get an agent to exercise a little common sense is usually useless; they're paid to enforce rules, not bend them. Well . . except this time at JFK in New York, when an agent found two grenades in a passenger's baggage but let him go through, anyway. No problem, the agent explained. He checked the grenades, and to him, they looked inert. Fox News
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Oh, Jeez, Chuck apologizes
Honest, I didn't know the guy had just died over the weekend. Jose Luis Garza, the 990-lb. guy I mentioned flippantly yesterday from Monterrey, Mexico, succumbed, of a heart attack. But somehow, photographs of the preparations for burial are already out and about, as you can see. Daily Mail (London)
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And one more subtle sign that Chuck's maybe been doing this work for too long
New Zealand Press Association released this story, citing Hamilton, N.Z., police spokesman Andy Bear: A woman was arrested after she broke through the door of her ex-boyfriend's home, then kicked him, in a dispute over custody . . of their pet possum. NZPA via Stuff.co.nz
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Your Daily Loser
On September 21st, the Little River Zoo in Norman, Okla., reported the theft of an albino python and a rare African tortoise. On September 24th, Cody Hawkins, 24, went down to the zoo and asked around if anyone knew how to take care of a python and a tortoise. Cody also had some Ecstasy in his pocket (police said). Daily Oklahoman
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People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
In a routine website story about an attempted abduction of a teenager, the crack Orlando TV station WKMG-TV very helpfully included a map of the spot of the attempt (in the Daytona Beach area) and searched the state's database to see how many registered sex offenders live within five miles. Answer: OMG! Who isn't a registered sex offender? They're everywhere! WKMG-TV
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Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Darin Najor, 20, might be a guy on a mission to get rid of all the witches around Royal Oak, Mich. Daily Tribune (Royal Oak)
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Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
A slide show on ritual circumcision in Uganda, and no, it's Not Safe For Work™, or for stomachs. Daily Telegraph (London)
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More Things to Worry About on Thursday
A Washington state woman got shot in the leg, er, by her stove (containing a misplaced shotgun shell; "There's always that one problem stray," she said) . . . . . Latest blonde joke: What does a blonde do when she can't figure out the hair-care label and accidentally darkens her hair? Why, she sues! (for the heartbreak of unblonding) . . . . . Seymour Gray, 66, told Des Moines, Iowa, police that he knows exactly who burglarized him and stole three computers and some tools and that the thief had contacted Gray and challenged him to a fight, winner-take-all for the goods [Ed.: I just report 'em] . . . . Carjacker not ready for prime time: As mom stepped away, the guy hopped in the car with the 6-yr-old, but after a few seconds of age-6-tantrum, the perp jumped out and ran away. Today's Newsrangers: Sandy Pearlman, Shere'e Robinson
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Editor's Note
Weird Universe will be changing the format of the daily news feed somewhat, beginning on Monday. The changes would hardly amount to much even if we were in a tranquil era of global peace and prosperity, but here they are:
* Monday through Friday (not Saturday)
* Name change for the daily news feed
* More stories mentioned and linked, posted in two parts throughout the day, initially, and later on, three parts
* Written the night before and not the same morning
* Comment threads will not be individualized for all stories linked
Ah, forget it, I'm getting bored explaining this, and none of it matters very much. All that's important is that when you see something that sorta looks like Chuck's Hand-Picked Overnights but is a little different, well, that's what's going on.
(If you've already subscribed to the daily e-mail news feed through Google Groups, you'll still get one e-mail a day that contains all the feeds. If you'd like to sign up for that list, go here.)
(And by the way, I'm going to post this identical Editor's Note tomorrow so when you see it, you can skip it.)
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A team of researchers, writing in the current issue of the journal Environmental Research, concluded that phthalates (common to plastics, fragrances, hair sprays, and nail polish) absorbed by women result in their male babies having smaller dicks. This human thing follows similar results in mouse studies. Globe & Mail (Toronto)
Comments 'phthalates_research'
Daily update on the Transportation Suckurity Administration
TSA lacks confidence in its agents' individual judgments and so prescribes zero-tolerance-type rules. Trying to get an agent to exercise a little common sense is usually useless; they're paid to enforce rules, not bend them. Well . . except this time at JFK in New York, when an agent found two grenades in a passenger's baggage but let him go through, anyway. No problem, the agent explained. He checked the grenades, and to him, they looked inert. Fox News
Comments 'inert_grenades'
Oh, Jeez, Chuck apologizes
Honest, I didn't know the guy had just died over the weekend. Jose Luis Garza, the 990-lb. guy I mentioned flippantly yesterday from Monterrey, Mexico, succumbed, of a heart attack. But somehow, photographs of the preparations for burial are already out and about, as you can see. Daily Mail (London)
Comments 'garza_apology'
And one more subtle sign that Chuck's maybe been doing this work for too long
New Zealand Press Association released this story, citing Hamilton, N.Z., police spokesman Andy Bear: A woman was arrested after she broke through the door of her ex-boyfriend's home, then kicked him, in a dispute over custody . . of their pet possum. NZPA via Stuff.co.nz
Comments 'possum_custody'
Your Daily Loser
On September 21st, the Little River Zoo in Norman, Okla., reported the theft of an albino python and a rare African tortoise. On September 24th, Cody Hawkins, 24, went down to the zoo and asked around if anyone knew how to take care of a python and a tortoise. Cody also had some Ecstasy in his pocket (police said). Daily Oklahoman
Comments 'cody_hawkins'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
In a routine website story about an attempted abduction of a teenager, the crack Orlando TV station WKMG-TV very helpfully included a map of the spot of the attempt (in the Daytona Beach area) and searched the state's database to see how many registered sex offenders live within five miles. Answer: OMG! Who isn't a registered sex offender? They're everywhere! WKMG-TV
Comments 'sexoffender_map'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Darin Najor, 20, might be a guy on a mission to get rid of all the witches around Royal Oak, Mich. Daily Tribune (Royal Oak)
Comments 'darin_najor'
Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
A slide show on ritual circumcision in Uganda, and no, it's Not Safe For Work™, or for stomachs. Daily Telegraph (London)
Comments 'circumcision_uganda'
More Things to Worry About on Thursday
A Washington state woman got shot in the leg, er, by her stove (containing a misplaced shotgun shell; "There's always that one problem stray," she said) . . . . . Latest blonde joke: What does a blonde do when she can't figure out the hair-care label and accidentally darkens her hair? Why, she sues! (for the heartbreak of unblonding) . . . . . Seymour Gray, 66, told Des Moines, Iowa, police that he knows exactly who burglarized him and stole three computers and some tools and that the thief had contacted Gray and challenged him to a fight, winner-take-all for the goods [Ed.: I just report 'em] . . . . Carjacker not ready for prime time: As mom stepped away, the guy hopped in the car with the 6-yr-old, but after a few seconds of age-6-tantrum, the perp jumped out and ran away. Today's Newsrangers: Sandy Pearlman, Shere'e Robinson
Comments 'worry_081009'
Editor's Note
Weird Universe will be changing the format of the daily news feed somewhat, beginning on Monday. The changes would hardly amount to much even if we were in a tranquil era of global peace and prosperity, but here they are:
* Monday through Friday (not Saturday)
* Name change for the daily news feed
* More stories mentioned and linked, posted in two parts throughout the day, initially, and later on, three parts
* Written the night before and not the same morning
* Comment threads will not be individualized for all stories linked
Ah, forget it, I'm getting bored explaining this, and none of it matters very much. All that's important is that when you see something that sorta looks like Chuck's Hand-Picked Overnights but is a little different, well, that's what's going on.
(If you've already subscribed to the daily e-mail news feed through Google Groups, you'll still get one e-mail a day that contains all the feeds. If you'd like to sign up for that list, go here.)
(And by the way, I'm going to post this identical Editor's Note tomorrow so when you see it, you can skip it.)
Comments 'editors_081009'
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