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Russia's High-Tech Robot "Boris" Isn't

It's a guy in a robot suit.

Oopsie! Busted.

 

Bring Her Home To Meet The Parents?

From her mug shot, it seems safe to say that this 27 year-old Ohio gal, busted for shoplifting at Walmart and also for drugs, is unlikely to be anybody's blushing bride.

Youth is confused.

 

Sweet Success For A Small Oregon Newspaper

The Malheur Enterprise was founded in 1909, and, like many other newspapers, was languishing. But in the last few years, its circulation has surged and it's won several national awards. Perhaps surprisingly, the weekly paper's turnaround and increased popularity happened in a part of the state that strongly supports President Trump, who continues to lash out at the media. And advertising dollars, the lifeblood of a small newspaper, are way up. 

"Our overall revenue is more than triple what it was three years ago," says Les Zaitz, the paper's editor and publisher. "Circulation is probably double. We're profitable and there are not a lot of papers in the United States that can say they're profitable."

The reporting staff has "swelled" to three this year, thanks to another honor for the Enterprise. The investigative news organization ProPublica is paying for a reporter, for a year, to focus solely on the story that earned the IRE award. The Enterprise was one of only seven newsrooms chosen nationwide, out of 239 applicants.

More than a third of the County's residents read the online edition or directly subscribe to the print edition. That's rather remarkable.

Especially so in today's "news" environment.

 

Wombat Crap

Yes, welcome to a brief introduction into the wonderful world of wombat poop.

They're the only animals known to poop out cubes, and they're prodigious poopers, popping out as many as 100 cubes per day. They're very industrious; they take the cubes to the boundary of their territory and build little towers of poop-cubes around the perimeter - presumably as a warning to other critters to stay away or risk a poop-war. Apparently, the little marsupials come with pre-programmed poop engineering degrees.

Most animals poop pellets or elongated coils; the latter of which you've likely noticed before flushing. These guys produce 2-centimeter cubes instead. A hundred or so each night, which are duly gathered up to reinforce their perimeter walls.

By the way, in case you're interested, there's a National Poo Museum which houses some specimens.

 

Oddness

Sometimes you just need a nap. Have you ever taken an hour-long nap and found yourself feeling a bit disoriented upon waking? That's what happened to a drunk baggage handler at Kansas City International Airport after he sorta fell asleep in the cargo hold of an American Airlines 737 and awakened in Chicago.

Yeah, O'Hare's a pretty disorienting place even when you're stone-cold sober.

But hey, no harm, no foul...

Then there's this guy, over in Scotland, who apparently thought it'd be cool to smear peanut butter over his crotch:

The 22-year-old, who we are not naming, was fighting for life in a coma after being discovered unconscious lying in a pool of blood at a flat on October 7.

How did this happen, you may wonder?

It seems that his bulldog had a real thing for peanut butter. He may have mistaken it for Nutella. In any case, he ripped the guy's testicles and wiener off and ate them. Yum! Wiener and peanut butter! Well, there's no accounting for taste when it comes to dogs; they'll eat cat poop out of the litter box if they can get to it. "Kitty Crunchies".

Some people skydive, some smear peanut butter on their crotch. Both can evidently be life-altering experiences.

 

A-Hunting We Will Go, A-Hunting We Will Go...

Central Oregon:

A Bend man was “hunted” in his own home by a neighbor wielding an AR-15 before he shot and killed the intruder in a double-fatality shooting that rocked a quiet north Bend neighborhood this weekend, according to Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel. Hummel said at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Kyle Scott Adams, 33, was alone in his home at 20774 NE Sierra Drive when he was awoken by his neighbor, Tyler William Herrick, 33, standing in his bedroom. 

Adams told Herrick to get out, which he did. But then he returned as Adams and his room-mate were discussing the incident. Herrick fired a shot through a window, striking Adams in the head. His room-mate ran upstairs, retrieved his pistol, and hid in a bathroom.

Hummel said Herrick climbed through the shattered window and “methodically” walked room-to-room hunting Pebbles, who was hiding in the bathroom of the master bedroom upstairs. When Herrick entered the master bedroom, Pebbles shot and killed him.

The room-mate, Mr. Pebbles, will face no charges. The investigation continues, but current speculation is that Herrick suffered a “monumental mental health collapse.” 

Fortunately, Pebbles was able to retrieve his weapon and go "Bamm-Bamm" on Herrick.

 

Built Boeing Tough

An Air India pilot flew a Boeing 737 through a brick wall Friday. Incredibly, that marked the beginning of its journey and not the end.

The jet not only clobbered the top of a five-foot perimeter wall but also destroyed a small landing guide tower as it climbed out of Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu, India, shortly after midnight, the Times of India reported.

Air India Express flight 611 continued to climb above the cloud line. It crossed the subcontinent and headed out over the Indian Ocean, the pilot apparently unaware that the plane had a gash along its belly and mesh fencing wrapped around the landing gear.

After a couple of hours in the air, the pilot was apparently ordered to turn around and land the craft at Mumbai airport. The 130 passengers aboard were uninjured, and routed onto other flights. The pilot and co-pilot have been relieved of duty pending review....

Yeah, that's going to take some time to fix.

 

Grampaw Got Run Over By A Mower

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- A man who police say was run over with a lawn mower while trying to kill his son with a chain saw has had to have his leg amputated. The Bristol Herald Courier reports that a warrant for 76-year-old Douglas Ferguson couldn't be served until Tuesday because of the severity of his injuries.

According to police, Doug and his son had "an ongoing feud".

That apparently means that they don't get along so well....

 

Cumbria, Oh Cumbria

Officers found the 58-year-old British man with just a chair and soiled bedding during a raid at a residential site north of Carlisle on Wednesday.

He was taken away to be assessed by specialist medical staff.

A 79-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences.

The slave was kept in a locked shed for over 40 years.

Mr Plimmer said the man appeared to have been made to carry out unpaid work from the age of 16 or 17.

 

Might Have Been A Set-Up

FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a southern Colorado bowling alley has died after getting stuck in a pin setting machine.

Apparently, he was in a bad frame of mind.