Parhelion over Montgomery County

Around 5:30, as I was driving on the outer loop of I-495, I saw what looked like a smaller second sun to the right of the Mormon temple.  A bit of research later (and some help from friends) and I see the effort is called a parhelion, or "Sun Dog".  Most of the pictures you see of this effect are better defined than this one.  You can't see it in the picture, but in reality the bright spot had a rainbow shimmer to it.

Negligent Dancing?

A Chicago woman is suing her dance partner for dropping her on her head. In April 2006, Lacey Hindman, 22 with David Prange during a party at a Chicaco bar when Prange grabbed her by the forearms and tosser her in the air, neglecting to catch her. "I fell hard enough you could hear the impact of me hitting the floor over the sound of the jukebox. said Hindman who filed suit in the Cook County Circuit Court. She claims she suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries and is seeking damages for medical bills and lost wages.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_fe_st/negligent_dancing

This is my daughter 'Metallica'

People outside the U.S. give their kids stupid names too. A couple in Sweden are in court trying to name their baby girl 'Metallica' because according to her mother, Karolina Tomaro, 27, "It suites her". They have already won one round in the County Administrative Court in Goteborg which noted there was already someone in Sweden with Metallica as a middle name.

Names have to be registered with the Sedish National Tax Board, which rejected the application becuase it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_fe_st/baby_metal

That's one way to get a first-class upgrade

A woman on a flight from Delhi to London died en-route so they moved her body and her family up to the first class cabin. I guess you have to do something with corpses. I found it suprising that British Airways says that about 10 people die on its flights each year. You don't really expect to happen, but it does. And often enough that they have a policy about it, They can't be put in the galley or blocking aisles or exits and there must be clear space around them. [March 19, 2007]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_fe_st/in_flight_deaths

The meat-eating cow

Dozens of chickens went missing in Kolkata, India, people thought dogs were eating them, but Ajit Ghosh, who owned the missing chickens, solved the mystery. It seems his cow (which is considered a sacred animal for Hindus like Ajit) was sneaking into the coop and dining on fresh live chickens. Odd as that sounds, it can happen. A great quote from Ajit: "The local vets said the cow was probably suffering from a disease but others said Lal [the cow] was a tiger in his previous birth."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070307/od_nm/india_cow_dc

Look before you rob

Your typical idiot robber here. This guy in Edmonton, Alberta robbed a store and set off the alarm so he smashed the car through the garage door and took off. Unfortunatley for him, he made a number of mistakes. First, he didn't notice that in the building next door their was a police officer and his police dog doing training excercises. Second, when he rammed through the garage door he was going too fast and sammed into a snow bank where he got stuck. the cop heard the alarm, came out to investigate, and the dog (Wizzard) caught him when the robber tried to escape on foot.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/od_nm/thief_policedog_odd_dc