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Canadian pleads guilty selling non-existant SUV to Tennessee man. CALGARY, Alberta, April 11 (UPI) -- A Canadian pleaded guilty Friday to selling a sports utility vehicle he didn't have on the eBay Internet auction site to a Tennessee man. A lawyer for Ireneusz Rudy, 30, of Calgary entered a guilty plea to the fraud charge dating back to July 30, 2005, the Calgary Herald reported. His original excuse was the vehicle was lost by the postal service. Man dies after killing dog. WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) Police say a 72-year-old Washington County man died of a heart attack after an argument over his neighbor's dog during which he shot and killed the dog and injured the neighbor. That's two for one, I think. Man with suicide victim's heart takes own life. HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor's widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Another two for one? I can't help but wonder what part the mutual wife played. The last drive-in in Winnepeg. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 11 (UPI) -- The central Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has lost its last drive-in movie theater to declining profits despite a large petition drive to keep it open. Cineplex Entertainment announced the 44-year-old, 998-vehicle Odeon Drive-in won't reopen this year as there was a 40 percent drop in attendance last summer when North American theaters brought in a record $1-billion at the box office, the Globe and Mail reported. I fondly remember when a typical Friday night involved some heavy petting with my favorite kitty at the local "passion pit". Misheard comment causes evacuation of power plant. MILWAUKEE - Hundreds of employees were evacuated from a nuclear power plant for several hours Tuesday because a clerk at a nearby convenience store misunderstood a comment by a new plant worker. A man entered the store about 7:15 a.m. and asked for directions to the Point Beach nuclear power plant, the clerk told Two Rivers police. As the man was leaving, the clerk heard him say he "came to blow up the place," authorities said. Wouldn't it be nice if all terrorists gave warnings? Canadian man late for his own funeral. OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian family's grief turned to outrage Tuesday after a deceased relative missed his own funeral because his coffin was bumped from a flight home to make room for luggage, media said Tuesday. Dennis Hamilton died suddenly last week while working in western Canada's oil-rich Alberta province. That's just plain rude! I wonder if it was an American airline? Oops! They're all grounded. (^o^) Woman stops alleged burglar with scraper CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Cedar Rapids police say a woman chased down a burglar, bagged him with an ice scraper and then made him pick up the stolen loot he dropped when he fled. Police were called to Derdre Rodriguez's home on Monday where they found her holding 16-year-old Jake Merfeld at bay with the ice scraper. I hope Homeland Insecurity doesn't try to ban scrapers. Those of us in the north would be in deep .. er .. snow. I'm dead but living in Bellevue, Wa. BELLEVUE, Wash., April 9 (UPI) -- A Bellevue, Wash., man whose jet was shot down over Korea in 1953 says he still has trouble persuading the U.S. government he is alive. Edwin "Nick" Nixon, 79 -- who was spent six months in North Korean prisoner of war camps after his plane was shot down during the war -- said the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration send him letters from time to time questioning whether he is still alive, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. I wonder if they will bill him for past income taxes? Neither snow, nor sleet, nor turkey attacks ... MADISON, Wis. - Rather than rain or snow, or even dogs, postal workers in a West Side neighborhood near Owen Conservation Park are being pestered by wild turkeys this spring. Mara Wilhite, manager of the Hilldale Station Post Office, said she expected to deal with all manner of issues when she went to work for the U.S. Post Office. But that was not one of them. "Just when you thought you'd heard it all," she said. I should see if they want to borrow a couple of my attack cats. They all seem to enjoy turkey. What do you say to a naked Cheney? WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- A photo editor who used the latest digital technology to examine a photo of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the veep was not fishing with a nude woman. In a photo of a fly-fishing vice president posted on the White House Web site, the reflection on one lens of Cheney's sunglasses created a stir on line when some bloggers concluded it was a lady showing the full monty. At least Cheney didn't try to shoot her. Woman arrested for drunk driving ... at police station. NEWPORT, Ore. - The Oregon State Police arrest drunken drivers on the road every day. But it's not often when the drivers show up drunk at a state police office. Troopers charged Ruby Ann Pederson, 42, of Newport with driving under the influence of intoxicants after she came to work to clean the state police office. Hmmm?! Cleaning while intoxicated. Works for me. How to make a Canadian Angry and it has nothing to do with hockey! VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 9 (UPI) -- Nothing angers Canadians more than telemarketing calls, a poll indicated. The second-leading cause of anger among Canadians is being forced to pay fees for automatic teller machines, the Angus Reid polling agency's online poll found. I can't wait until I retire and escape across the border. |