In order to stay anonymous, a man wrapped his head in duct tape to attempt a robbery of an Ashland liquor store. He was after the money and the booze but fled when the owner wielded a duct tape wrapped club which he intended to use on this man’s duct tape wrapped head. Kasey Kazee has been charged with robbery and the sentence is pending.
What sort of family life are people leading where mum is able to hide her pregnancy from her husband and kids, give birth after having no medical assistance throughout the pregnancy, feed him, dress him, & pop him in a suitcase which is then left in a ditch on the fort Berthold Indian Reservation? Dana Deegan, 34, was partner with an alcoholic man, her father had cancer and her children were 1, 2 and 5 years old. Her and her partner were both unemployed. She was asked by Judge Daniel Hovland if her life was ‘overwhelmed with stress’, and her answer was yes. She is facing up to 18 years in prison and this baby’s death via starvation and dehydration has been described as ‘absolutely gut wrenching,’ by US Attorney, Drew Wrigley.
In a plot to attempt to save Marie-Antoinette’s life back then in the middle of the French Revolution, pearls were smuggled out of France by Lady Sutherland, an English aristocrat, and have stayed in the Sutherland family ever since. These pearls were made into a stunning necklace utilising diamonds, rubies and other precious stones and the Sutherlands put it to the famous Christie’s auction house in London for sale at the guide price of $811,000 and $927,000. These historical pearls were made into a necklace in 1848 for the wedding of Lady Sutherland’s grandson and Christie’s were rather hoping that the Louvre museum in Paris just might have been interested.
Well, here’s a right to-do. Apparently, and Julian Fairfax Mayhem had yet to meet one, 8 out of 10 people wash, yes, that’s right, the word was ‘wash’, their turkeys before they cook them. This, apparently’, and we must take this as read, because the information is coming from none other than Judith Hilton who is the head of Microbiological Safety at the Foods Standards Agency, (FSA), that the food poisoning germs can linger on bench tops, dishes and utensils for days. She was quoted as saying, just before her luncheon of polony sandwiches and tea, that they had found that there were still a couple of ‘food safety clangers’ served up each year, and Turkey washing seemed to be the most common blunder. Cooking will kill those germs and disease causing agents, it seems, and one other most interesting fact was that 15,000 tonnes of Brussels sprouts were predicted to be eaten, which was the equivalent weight of 37 jumbo jets.
Premier Anna Bligh admitted today that the Child Safety Department had clearly failed this 10 yr old girl. She was quoted as saying, “I think it is very important to understand, and I don’t resile from the fact for one moment, the system clearly failed this little girl.”
On November 27th, 2007, pro-footballer, Sean Taylor was shot dead by armed robbers during a home invasion. This prompted a flood of orders for the newly designed ‘Back Up’, a gun rack which fits onto the side of a double mattress. Made from polymer plastic, once installed, the shotgun sits unobtrusively under the doona cover.
The unpublished novel, ‘Cannibal Instinct’ lay open on the floor. Jose Luis Calva, known as ‘the Cannibal Poet’ had written it some time ago and had been driven to act on the ideas contained within. He eked out a meager living by selling his writings on the street and decided that he would eat his girlfriend. He bought 3 limes thinking that to squeeze lime over human flesh would be a novel idea. That night he convinced her to allow him to pour the juice over her arm before strangling, hacking and frying her up.
After more than 20 years, the 3 surviving members of the well known and extremely popular rock band, Led Zeppelin have come together on the stage for charity purposes. Robert Plant’s voice is just as gritty and harsh as it always was, despite him now being in his 60’s and it would appear that the band itself is just as popular as it was back in the 70’s. More than a million faithful fans queued for hours in order to be there to watch these aging rockers sing Stairway to Heaven and A Whole Lot of Love with just as much verve and aplomb as when they were young, invincible and invulnerable.
The desperation of young pregnant women in today’s world has never been more evident than in the recent news story of the dead new born found under a landscaped garden hedge in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. What was it that drove this young girl to lay her own flesh and blood out in the open to die. This is reminiscent of the Chinese who only want to give birth to sons, and exposure their daughter’s to the elements in order to kill them. This is also reminiscent of the bible’s admonition that in the “last days critical days hard to deal with will be here, for men….will lack natural affection.” Many of you will also be familiar with the mother whose children had been killed and exposed on the side of a mountain, and stayed there with the bodies for 6 months in order for them not to be desecrated by wild beast or fowl.
Some years into Rosemary West’s possibly incorrect life sentence, she spends her time creating beautiful garments in various darns and wools for her expansive brood. Psychologically damaged they may be, one thing they are all sure of is the love of their parents for them as individuals, something that all of us are in dire need of in this day and age. Despite their father hanging himself on Christmas Day in Strangeways Prison, and despite Rosemary taking the rap, the kids that aren’t under the patio or buried in Letterbox Field, love their mum and dad with all their heart. Heather has forgiven him for his sexual advances and Ann-Marie still loves him, despite his sexual advances. This story has not yet been laid to rest and there is the terrible possibility that we will never know the full truth.
