Forced to Travel in Airplane’s Bathroom: Humiliated NY Man Sues Airline

“Above all else, JetBlue Airways is dedicated to bringing humanity back to air travel. We strive to make every part of your experience as simple and as pleasant as possible.”
Thus reads JetBlue’s “Customer Bill of Rights.”
Hmm… it seems a certain JetBlue pilot was unaware of company policy when he instructed Gokhan Mutlu to give up [...]

Student Arrested for “Assaulting” Cop with Candies

And now for some lighter reading…
Sean McGuire, a 20-year-old student at Drake U in Iowa, was arrested yesterday for assaulting a police officer.
His weapon of choice? M&Ms
The officer was investigating a hit-and-run accident involving McGuire’s friend, and, in an effort to “stick up” for his pal, he cast a few candies at the cop.
What he [...]

Fritzl Case Update: Underground Prison Lacked Oxygen

Telegraph.co.uk reported today that, “a chronic shortage of oxygen in the cellar Josef Fritzl built for his daughter and their children made them so listless that for most of the time they could only sit or lie down.”
“The windowless bunker … was hermetically sealed by a remote controlled door weighing half a ton and had [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Nothing sappy, just an interesting quote for all to ponder…
“Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.”–Marianne Williamson

Mystery Illness on Train Claims One Life, 6 Others Being Treated

UPDATED:
A Via Rail passenger train, en route from Vancouver to Toronto, Canada is under quarantine, after a 60-year-old woman died from a mysterious flu-like ailment. Another passenger was airlifted to hospital, while five others with similar symptoms are being treated on the train.
“However, the death of the 60-year-old woman does not appear to be connected [...]

Update: Josef Fritzl Wanted to Keep Elisabeth Away from Bad Influences

“The twisted mind of Josef Fritzl has been laid bare in a prison interview in which he defends the 24-year imprisonment and rape of his daughter Elisabeth.”
These are the highlights:
“I grew up in the Nazi times, and that meant the need to be controlled and respect authority. Yet, despite that, I am not the monster [...]

Woman Gets Job Back after being Fired from Donut Chain for Giving Baby a Free Timbit

An “overzealous” (read: idiot) Tim Hortons manager in London, Ontario fired Nicole Lilliman on Wednesday, for giving the 11-month-old child of a regular customer one free Timbit—or “a blob of dough”—as Jennifer O’Brien of cnews, so aptly put it.
But the single mother of four, who’s been employed by the donut chain for three years, was [...]