January 31, 2007 at 7:00 am
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Dogs have been known as man’s best friends for decades, and Jamie Hanson’s 13-year-old dog, Jesse, has lived up to it. A specially trained golden retriever-German shepherd mix, Jesse, not only rescued her owner from fire but also tried to save the fellow pet, a cat, before dying of asphyxiation.
Hanson, who had lost her leg in a car accident three years ago, was sitting in the couch watching television when the cat ran over the back of the couch and jumped onto a table, tipping a candle on it thereby lighting the artificial plants on fire.
Recalling the tragic incident to the AP, Hanson said she fell off the couch and was unable to get her artificial leg from the table, “so my dog got my leg for me and went and got the phone and brought the phone to me so I could call 911.”
Hanson said she tried to put the prosthetic leg on, but it was too hot, and here Jesse again came to her aid before going back inside for the cat.But when rescuers arrived, it was too late. The house was fully engulfed in flames and both the pets had died due to smoke inhalation.
According to the sheriff’s department Hanson was found in the doorway and was assisted to safety by a deputy.
She was taken to the hospital for burns and was discharged Monday.
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January 31, 2007 at 6:57 am
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A professor of philosophy and a professor of criminology, enacting Canadian human rights and medical marijuana legislation, were granted the right to smoke the green plant in specially ventilated rooms near their offices this week.
According to a report by Reuters, both professors suffer from chronic medical conditions and their doctors say smoking pot can alleviate some of the physical symptoms of pain. Each professor was able to convince their academic employers that they must have the right to smoke on campus as opposed to their previous arrangements to make trips just off university grounds to partake.
York University professor of criminology, Brian Maclean, suffers from degenerative arthritis.
University of Toronto professor of philosophy, Doug Hutchinson, suffers from severe debilitating pain.
“Without the medication, I am disabled and I’m not able to carry out meaningful and valuable, productive work. It helps me to maintain my mobility as a physical problem but it also helps me to keep the pain at a distance so I can focus on my work,” professor MacLean explained in an interview with Reuters.
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January 31, 2007 at 6:48 am
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A mysterious 18-inch ice chunk fell from the sky and crushed the upper portion of a car belonging to a man from Florida. The roof of the Ford Mustang, owned by Andre Ravage, 20, was crushed down to its seats on Sunday.
Ravage’s neighbor Raymond Rodriguez was changing a tire when the strange chunk fell from the sky. “I was scared,” AP quotes Rodriguez as saying who was only a foot away. “It’s crazy, man.”
The Federal Aviation Administration is speculating if the chunk fell off from some plane’s lavatory. However, the ice did not have a blue tint meaning it was not from a plane.
According to the National Weather Service, the conditions in Tampa are not suited for the formation of large balls of ice, known as megacryometeors. However, no one was hurt in the incident.
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January 31, 2007 at 6:44 am
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A Casper man, unfamiliar with the workings of a new pistol he recently purchased ended up firing the weapon accidentally with the bullet striking yet another man using the bathroom in the next building.
The bullet hit the man in the chest leaving a small bruise that did not require treatment. The bullet’s speed was slowed after traveling through two walls, across a courtyard and rebounding off a shower wall.
AP quotes police Sgt. Mark Trimble as saying, “It’s one of those freak happenings.” The incident occurred about noon Sunday.
However, the owner of the gun Erick Hovermale of Casper was left with only with a small scratch on his arm. He was given a misdemeanor charge for discharging a firearm in city limits.
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January 31, 2007 at 6:43 am
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One student is offering $130 to a woman willing to pose as his girlfriend to impress his parents during the holidays.
Zhu Lijie, a Peking University student in China, posted an advertisement on a bulletin board asking that a woman pretend to be his partner for 10 days during the Lunar New Year holiday.
The man told local media that he has been telling his parents he was studying too hard to earn a degree in physics to meet a woman. But this year he wants to impress them.
The bulletin asked that the women be kind, honest and have a degree. He is offering 1000 Yuan or $130. The holiday starts on February 18.
Although the advertisement seems innocent, Peking University police have issued a warning to women to avoid these requests.
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