DURHAM, N.C. -- A Durham man accused of drunkenly driving into a yard was found after police followed a smelly trail of dog feces footprints.
Police said 18-year-old Josue Herrios-Coronilla drove his black Camaro on the wrong side of the road Wednesday and crashed into the yard of Bill McDonald, the owner of four dogs.
When police arrived, they found crushed bushes, a damaged fence, an inoperable car - and a fresh shoe print in a pile of dog feces.
Following an odoriferous trail down the street, Durham police Sgt. Dale Gunter noticed a white van driving toward him.
When he asked the passenger to step out, he noticed alcohol on the man's breath and evidence all over his shoes.
Herrios-Coronilla was charged with driving while impaired and drinking underage.
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Reminds me of a neighbor who got drunk, crashed his car and drove home leaking oil. Denied everything when the cops came to his door. They laughed as they hauled him off.
ROOSEVELT, N.J. - Authorities are trying to determine who spray-painted graffiti on the pedestal holding the bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Roosevelt.
Some of the graffiti is anti-Semitic and some of it makes references to the Depression.
The Monmouth County community was founded as an experimental farming-industrial cooperative during Roosevelt's Depression-era administration. The government transplanted mostly Jewish workers from New York City to the rural town that was named after the president.
Graffiti was also painted on the nearby post office. Officials believe the vandalism took place between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Eyebrows were raised in the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the Church of England to be disestablished was listed with the number 666, symbol of the AntiChrist.
"This number is supposed to be the mark of the Devil. It looks as though God or the Devil have been moving in mysterious ways," said Bob Russell, a Liberal Democrat MP among those proposing the motion for debate.
"What is even stranger is that this motion was tabled last night when MPs were debating blasphemy," he added.
The motion calls for an end to the formal link between Church and State in England -- embodied in the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is both head of state and head of the Church of England.
The number 666 is referred to in the Book of Revelations in the Bible: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred, three score and six."
"It is is incredible that a motion like this should have, by chance, acquired this significant number," said Russell.
Under the rules of the House of Commons the motion by backbenchers has little chance of actually being debated in parliament.
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"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred, three score and six."
That's not how it goes on the song. "Let him who hat understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, this number is six hundred and sixty six!" Maiden rocks.
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who hath understanding, not hat. Nobody understands hats these days especially Eddie.
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The representation of the number is in "Arabic numerals, known formally as Hindu-Arabic numerals"... The numerals arose in India between 400 BC and 400 CE... The European acceptance of the numerals was accelerated by the invention of the printing press, and they became commonly known during the 15th century. -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numbers
When the Emperor Constantine directed the commission of fifty Bibles in 331CE, I doubt very much that '666' would have been the symbol of the beast so described.
Many Scholars believe that 666 refers to a Roman Emperor such as Nero(whose name, written in Aramaic, was valued at 666, using the Hebrew numerology of gematria, a manner of speaking against the emperor without the Roman authorities knowing)...
In May 2005, it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques[9] had been able to read previously illegible portions of the earliest known record of the Book of Revelation, from the Oxyrhynchus site, Papyrus 115 or P115, dating to the mid to late third century. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616 (chi, iota, stigma), rather than the majority text 666 (chi, xi, stigma).[1] The other early witness Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) has it written in full: hexakosiai deka hex(lit. six hundred sixteen).[10]
Significantly, P115 aligns with Codex Alexandrinus (A) and Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) which are generally regarded as providing the best testimony to Revelation. Thus, P115 has superior testimony to that of P47 which aligns with Codex Sinaiticus and together form the second-best witness to the Book of Revelation. This has led some scholars to conclude that 616 is the original number of the beast. -
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I derived a lot of amusement from that when I temped at a fairly large department store in the fur salon concession... yes, I sold fur coats for a while, after I retired from the Air Force and before I began writing genre fiction.
The in-store telephone extension for the warehouse loading dock was "666" and when I pointed out solemnly that it was the so-called 'mark of the beast' the other sales associates agreed that yes, that was a very fair discription of some of the guys who worked on the dock!
Also, '666' is the telephone area code for San Marcos, Texas, known mostly for being the home of a University of Texas campus notorious as a party-hearty school. Local evangelicals do not find this amusing at all.
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It would be extraordinarily good for the CofE to be disentangled from English politics. To start with, they would no longer get bishops and archbishops who were atheists or Muslims.
The bishops would be removed from the House of Lords and would no longer be titled. The biggest debate would be over the ownership of the national cathedrals.
The primacy of Canterbury in the Anglican church would be challenged, and their bishops might be inclined to conform with the rest of the church.
A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.
The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday in this northern Idaho town. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center.
"It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. "He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad."
It was not immediately clear whether the man has a history of mental illness.
Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Johnson would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand, citing patient confidentiality.
The Book of Revelation in the New Testament contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God's fury."
The Book of Matthew also contains the passage: "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."
Wolfinger said he didn't know which hand was amputated.
Tata Motors has unveiled the world's cheapest motor car at India's biggest car show in the capital, Delhi.
The vehicle, called the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees or $2,500 (£1,277) and enable those in developing countries to move to four wheels.
The four-door five-seater car, which goes on sale later this year, has a 33bhp, 624cc, engine at the rear. It has no air conditioning, no electric windows and no power steering, but two deluxe models will be on offer.
Tata will initially make about 250,000 Nanos and expects eventual annual demand of one million cars. The price will be slightly more than the 100,000 once tax and other costs are taken into consideration. The Nano release comes as India's domestic car market is predicted to soar in the coming years on the back of the country's fast-growing economy and increased consumer wealth.
Indian car sales are predicted to more than quadruple to $145bn by 2016.
Company chairman Ratan Tata said the launch of the Nano was a landmark in the history of transportation. He said the car was "a safe, affordable and all weather transport - a people's car, designed to meet all safety standards and emissions laws and accessible to all". Environmental critics have said that the car will lead to mounting air and pollution problems on India's already clogged roads. But Tata said the car had passed emission standards and would average about 50 miles to the gallon, or five litres per hundred kilometres. The firm also said it would introduce a diesel version of the Nano at a later date.
At the unveiling ceremony Mr Tata said: "I observed families riding on two-wheelers - the father driving the scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, his wife seated behind him holding a little baby. "It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family. "Tata Motors' engineers and designers gave their all for about four years to realise this goal. "Today, we indeed have a People's Car, which is affordable and yet built to meet safety requirements and emission norms, to be fuel efficient and low on emissions."
Ravi Vangala, of Hyderbad, India, said: "I... congratulate Tata for his dream, and I will definitely buy the Tata Nano car."
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Alluding to fears expressed by environmentalist R K Pachauri and green activist Sunita Narain that the car at that price would add more vehicles on the road leading to higher vehicular pollution, Tata said the 624 cc, 33 HP petrol engine meets Bharat Stage-III emission norms and can also meet the Euro 4 norms.
"Pachauri will not have a nightmare and Sunita Narain can also sleep," he quipped, while recalling that some people had suggested that the car should be called 'Pachauri' and some others said that it should be named 'Mamta' probably referring to the position TMC leader Mamta Banerjee had taken against the setting up of the small-car project at Singur in West Bengal.
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The Nano's safety performance exceeds current regulatory requirements, said Tata. With an all sheet-metal body, it has a strong passenger compartment, with safety features such as crumple zones, intrusion-resistant doors, seat belts, strong seats and anchorages, and the rear tailgate glass bonded to the body. Tubeless tyres further enhance safety. Tata added that the car had passed the full frontal crash tests that are mandatory in India.
Additionally, it has also been designed to pass the offset and side impact tests that are mandated across the world. Needless to say, this means that the car will most definitely find its way into overseas markets.
Saying that the car conforms to the prevalent Bharat Stage 3 (BS III) emission norms, and ''will meet the Euro 4 standards'' Tata took a light-hearted dig at Dr R K Pachauri's much publicised concerns about the impact of the car on the environment, ''Dr Pachauri need not have nightmares.''
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So I guess it's never occurred to Tata that they might actually crash?
Here's an idea. Make them biodegradable. And bury their owners in them when they get hit. That should keep the treehuggers happy.
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Pachauri, having shared the Nobel Prize with Al Gore , will of course still have nightmares....
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Rear-end a tractor trailer and you're feet will be under the steering wheel, with your torso in the trunk. I remember seeing accident photos of Smart car like that.
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So if we bought two and put them side-by-side in our driveway, we'd have a "Nice Pair Of ....s"
Running away while he spanks himself
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I'm a little surprised at the snarky comments. This is what most of us claim to support, capitalism. He saw a market he could exploit, fill a need and give alot of Indian families a chance to own a car. Sure it's not much compared to what we have in our garages, but then, neither was Ford's Model A when you compare them.
The point is, it's a good start and an improvement over what's available to them now.
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Whatever people say about the Nano's crash test results, it has to be safer than a motor scooter carrying an entire Indian family.
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y ! You haven't seen anything until you've seen a family of five on a scooter. Papa driving, Mama ridin' side-saddle, and three kids here and there.
I expect the death toll will actually go down as a result of these cars. And, it isn't like they drive the speeds we do. Things move much slower there than they do here.
By the time it gets here, however, our gubermint do-gooders will find a way to half that (increased crash test ratings, child-safety locks, airbags, ponies, bunnies, etc.).
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Hey look! A little yellow speedbump !
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"I can't wait for the crash test videos."
There should be sharp blades behind the dash to slice the front seat passengers to bits in case of an accident so that they don't suffer for a long time. That would help take care of the overpopulation problems while ridding the gene pool of people with poor eye/hand coordination.
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Interesting car. At about the average Indian's yearly salary, it will be quite affordable for the rising (and higher income) Indian middle class. I would discount US level crash testing. The buyers are not going to be zipping down highways at 120kph.
The one big disappointment is the gas mileage. 47mpg is low. I was hoping for 70. I guess TATA used a motorcycle engine, something not known for mileage, nor geared it at the most efficient level. TAT will have to do better on the next iteration.
For comparison, larger Euro and Japanese subcompacts (Yaris, VW Golf) are Euro5 compliant rated at 50-55mpg gas and 60-65mpg diesel. That's with an engine twice as large and more than 2X power.
Of course, add in US pollution and safety gear and mileage is cut at least 1/3. In other words, Americans this year will burn at least $200 billion more down the exhaust pipe for marginal air quality gains than if Euro5 emissions were in effect in this country. This is just one unseen boat anchor that is over regulation.
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As both a master mechanic and mschinist, this little car seems entirely practical, it's well made, deliberately low powered, and should be a huge benefit for anyone NOT a raving Eco-freak.
I frankly would like to have one, as an around town car. Ideal for runs to the Wal Mart for groceries, haircuts etc. But it isn't designed for our standards, so will not be sold here in the USA.
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San Francisco's ban on handguns, blocked by a legal challenge since voters approved it in November 2005, suffered a possibly fatal blow Wednesday when a state appeals court ruled that local governments have no authority under California law to prevent people from owning pistols.
The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco agreed with a June 2006 ruling by Superior Court Judge James Warren, who said state laws regulating gun sales, permits and safety leave no room for a city or county to forbid handgun possession.
State courts have upheld some local restrictions, including prohibitions on the sale or possession of guns on public fairgrounds, Presiding Justice Ignazio Ruvolo noted in the 3-0 ruling. But in general, "when it comes to regulating firearms, local governments are well advised to tread lightly," he wrote.
San Francisco's ban was challenged by the National Rifle Association, whose lobbyist Chris Cox called Wednesday's ruling "a big win for the law-abiding citizens and NRA members of San Francisco." "Take that, hippies!"
Alexis Thompson, spokeswoman for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said the ruling was disappointing, "particularly in light of the continuing plague of handgun violence here in San Francisco."
The city could ask the state Supreme Court to review the case. History would not be on the city's side, however, as the state's high court refused to review a 1982 ruling by the same appeals court striking down an earlier San Francisco ordinance that prohibited handgun possession in the city limits.
Drafters of the 2005 measure, Proposition H, sought to comply with the 1982 ruling by limiting the handgun ban to San Francisco residents. The ordinance allowed only law enforcement officers and others who needed guns for professional purposes to possess handguns.
It also prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of any type of firearms and ammunition in San Francisco.
Prop. H was approved by 58 percent of the voters but was challenged by the NRA a day after the election in a suit on behalf of gun owners, advocates and dealers. The proposition has never taken effect.
In Wednesday's ruling, the court said the city ordinance would interfere with an elaborate system of gun regulation enacted by the Legislature.
State laws allow law-abiding Californians to possess handguns in their homes and businesses and let them request a concealed-weapons permit or a judge's permission to carry guns in public, the court said. In addition, the court said, a 1999 state law banning the sale of the cheap handguns known as Saturday night specials, and setting safety standards for legal firearms, implicitly prohibited local governments from outlawing all handguns.
San Francisco argued that its measure was a legitimate response to violent crime. But Ruvolo said in the court ruling, "The ordinance will affect more than just criminals. It will also affect every city resident who has not, through some demonstration of personal disability or irresponsibility, lost his or her right to possess a handgun."
The Legislature, Ruvolo said, has determined the statewide balance between the public's interest in being safe from gun violence and law-abiding citizens' right to buy guns "to deter crime, to help police fight crime, to defend themselves and for certain hunting and recreational purposes." A local government has no power to disrupt that balance, he said.
The court also refused San Francisco's request to allow the city to enforce Prop. H's ban on the manufacture or sale of rifles and shotguns, saying the city must first rewrite the ordinance to narrow its scope.
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I've been in a lot of different cities in this country but I never felt more threatened by strangers on the street than when I was in San Francisco.
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San Francisco argued that its measure was a legitimate response to violent crime.
That's why its worked so well in DC /sarcam off. The confusion of symptom over cause. Show over substance. If you go hard after the criminals, that sort of thing diminishes. Not that criminals by nature were ever concerned about obeying your laws in the first place.
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I've been in a lot of different cities in this country but I never felt more threatened by strangers on the street than when I was in San Francisco.
Me too. Try North Philly. West Baltimore, or what's left of it. DC about anywhere. Youngstown. Sorry, SF doesn't hold a candle.
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Alexis Thompson, spokeswoman for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said the ruling was disappointing, "particularly in light of the continuing plague of handgun violence here in San Francisco."
Plague? I wonder how many more people die of AIDs in SF compared to handguns. Yet we don't see liberals demanding that the government regulate personal action against high risk sexual behaviors.
BEIJING - Eight baby mice were found aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington but tests showed they were free of dangerous viruses, the Chinese government said Thursday.
The crew found the mice in a pillowcase that was located in a bin for unused pillows, Robin Urbanski, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based United, said Wednesday. No passengers were on board at the time, she said.
The mice were found after United Flight 897 arrived in Beijing on Sunday. They were tested for hantavirus and other dangerous viruses and results were negative, China's Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said on its Web site.
"Our customers on this flight were always safe and unaware of the situation," Urbanski said.
The airline told Chinese authorities about the mice, which is standard procedure, and officials "thoroughly inspected (the plane) for a little over two days," she said. The plane was back in service and flew to San Francisco from Beijing on Wednesday, Urbanski said. Chinese authorities did not impose any sanctions or fines on the airline, she said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Eyebrows were raised in the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the Church of England to be disestablished was listed with the number 666, symbol of the AntiChrist. 
San Francisco's ban on handguns, blocked by a legal challenge since voters approved it in November 2005, suffered a possibly fatal blow Wednesday when a state appeals court ruled that local governments have no authority under California law to prevent people from owning pistols.
