xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over “all” churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere. Apparently, pastors all over the United States are outraged, with some attributing drops in attendance (and contributions) to Camping, whose Oakland, Calif.-based organization reported donations of $12 million in 2000.
Toki Holden, 38, was arrested and her day-care center closed when state investigators accused her of giving a crying 5-month-old boy a bottle spiked with Ny-Quil (Durham, N.C.).
Among the rap lyrics penned by condemned murderer John Taylor, 38 (convicted of killing five New York City Wendy’s employees in a 2000 robbery), during his two days on the lam before his arrest (and revealed by prosecutors in January) (Taylor’s spelling): “so now you know how I go / They got my face on the worlds most wanted show / on chanel five showing live / you’ll think I’m famous / I’m airing world wide / I’m a stick up kid so swift you see / in and out like 1 2 3 / I said give me the doe you say no, no? / Is it no you said stick some lead to your head / guess what punk now your dead / with all that blood bursting out your Head.” Taylor now says he’s sorry for the killings.
If it hadn’t been for the metal detector at the Regina, Saskatchewan, airport, the woman might still wonder why her stomach pains, following June 2002 surgery, were persisting. When the detector relentlessly beeped but no metal could be found on her, she scheduled an X-ray and discovered that a 12-inch-long surgical retractor had been left inside. (A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in January estimated that 1,500 items were left inside surgery patients in 2001.)
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