] BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 24 - Eager to have more Iraqis
] take responsibility for their country's security,
] American officials here are planning to ferry as many as
] 28,000 Iraqis to Eastern Europe for an intensive police
] training course.

!?@!#!@#!!?
I'm headed to Hungary in September... WHY HUNGARY?! Please tell me they will be gone by then.....

U.S. to Send Iraqis to Site in Hungary for Police Course

] LAKEWOOD -- The township couple originally believed to
] have kidnapped a 4-year-old boy was actually hopelessly
] lost on the roads, driving with the child from Long
] Branch to New York and then to Virginia before turning
] back north, all in an attempt to return home, police
] said.

okay......

Couple missing with child got lost

] A 10-ton whale that leaped into a yacht near Australia
] seems to have survived the impact without major injury,
] authorities said, but the only known albino humpback
] faces a new threat, human stalkers.

Ever since I saw this story last week, I've been wondering if he's okay. I'm glad he is. Now people should just leave him alone!!!!

Rare white whale survives boat collision

] Dozens of residents in Waterford and Niantic reported
] seeing a large aircraft flying unusually low and close to
] the Millstone nuclear power plants early Thursday night.
]
] The sighting generated numerous calls to local police
] departments and to The Day, with many of the callers
] expressing alarm at what they had seen.
]
] Officer Stephen Dubin of the airport police at Groton-New
] London Airport identified the aircraft as a C5A military
] cargo plane, which he said was flying at 3,500 feet,
] possibly headed for Westover Air Force Base in
] Massachusetts.

‘Suspicious' Aircraft Seen In Area Was Military Plane

] Guests will not only be required to show a ticket, but
] that ticket will be scanned against the shipyard's
] database and people will be required to show a picture
] identification to prove they're the authorized ticket
] holders.

What a lie. They didn't ask for ANY i.d... all I needed to show was my badge, and tell the security guy that the two men with me were my dad and my uncle, and they waved us on through.

USS Virginia Puts EB Back In The Christening Business

] The researchers claim this is the first photograph of a
] minke whale letting one go in the icy waters of
] Antarctica. It was taken from the bow of a research
] vessel.

Stinky!!!

Whale flatulence stuns scientists (August 14, 2003)

] Mohegan - A New Jersey tour bus believed to be headed
] to Foxwoods Resort Casino struck the facade of the
] Mohegan Sun casino's Riverview parking garage Sunday
] afternoon, shearing off a portion of the vehicle's roof
] and injuring roughly 30 passengers.

The picture is the best part..

30 Hurt When Bus Hits Garage At Sun

Funny diagram of military hand signals.

Military Hand Signals

] A couple who met through a saucy mobile phone text
] message sent accidentally are preparing to get married.
]
] Paul Bishop, 30, was intrigued when he received a mystery
] message which read: "26, ski instructor, GSOH,
] 36-26-28ish and brunette."
]
] Mr Bishop, from Royston, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire,
] replied: "Tell me more."

I love fate.

Mistaken text leads to marriage

] When I first saw the USS Virginia, I was taken back by
] its size and how small the workers appeared next to it as
] they were preparing it for the christening ceremony next
] Saturday.

Its SIZE?? This one's TINY. Little tiny submarine.

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