http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oops/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:24:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416643/posts Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. American officials agreed to send the two terrorists to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials. Gee, who would have expected "art therapy" to fail on terrorists? Wahington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416643/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416487/posts KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road. Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416487/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:21:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414887/posts Pagan worshippers, who braved freezing dawn temperatures to celebrate the winter solstice at Stonehenge, were dismayed to discover they had turned up on the wrong day . . . Pagan leader Arthur Pendragon said: "It is the most important day of the year for us . . ." Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414887/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414489/posts Extremely high, potentially unhealthy levels of lead dust have been found in the Allegheny County Health Department's dilapidated office building in Lawrenceville that houses the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The highest test reading of 337,000 micrograms per square foot was taken in August... Results of tests done Dec. 2 and 3 in Building One found lead dust levels of 32,800 micrograms per square foot on a windowsill in Room 305 and 10,900 micrograms per square foot on a windowsill in Room 309 -- both food safety division offices. The tests found 8,400 micrograms per square foot on a windowsill... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414489/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414238/posts PORT RICHEY — Deputy Matthew Kadel was taking a man to jail the morning of July 19 when he decided to grab some food. It was 9 a.m. and he'd been working since 5. He was hungry and thirsty and had at least a 20-minute drive ahead of him. As Kadel, 45, pulled into the McDonald's drive-through and placed his order, the man in the back seat — Richard Zukoski, 21, arrested on auto burglary and theft charges — used his own handcuff key to free himself. He took off through the parking lot off U.S. 19, just south of... St. Pete Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414238/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:37:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409317/posts In an end-of-session nail-biter vote, the House passed a short-term increase of the debt limit Wednesday, setting the stage for a February showdown on deficit spending. It was not a popular measure with centrist and vulnerable lawmakers, who don’t want to be portrayed as allowing the nation to go deeper into debt. The $290 billion increase would set the debt ceiling at $12.394 trillion. The vote was 218-214, but Democratic leaders had to sweat it out. As the voting clock ticked down to zero, the bill was losing, 203-208. Thirty-nine Democrats rejected the measure and not one Republican voted for... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409317/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404786/posts Turns out they're not "out there" after all. Those UFO sighting in Norway this morning weren't actually UFOs -- just a Russian missile test gone wrong. The Russian Defense Ministry admitted today that its Bulava intercontinental missile failed a test launch, following reports of unusual lights in Norway that caused an influx of UFO sightings. Russia's submarine-based Bulava (Mace), which is designed to carry multiple warheads up to 5,000 miles, failed its 13th test launch, something Alexander Khramchikhin, chief analyst at the Institute of Military and Political Analysis in Moscow, called "a catastrophe." "Billions of dollars have been flushed down... tpmlivewire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404786/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:30:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404365/posts What's blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky? If you know the answer, pop it on a postcard and send it to the people of Norway, where this mysterious light display baffled residents yesterday. Curiously, it appears to be unconnected with the aurora borealis, or northern lights, the natural magnetic phenomena that can often be viewed in that part of the world. . . . The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country. It stopped mid-air, then began to move in circles. Within seconds... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404365/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403889/posts People are freaking out all over Norway because of what you are seeing here. According to Norwegian news outlets, the spooky giant spiral was seen, photographed, and recorded on video from all over the country. Updated with video. Could it all be a hoax? Maybe it's a massive joke, but all kinds of Norwegian news sites are reporting on it. According to NKR—Norway's national TV channel—it could be related to a rocket fired from a Russian submarine in the White Sea. The Russians are denying any part on it at this at the moment. Nick Banbury, a witness located... Gizmodo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403889/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400845/posts AP-VT — Court Gunshot,1st Ld-Writethru,0125 Gun of Vt. deputy goes off in court; no injuries Eds: APNewsNow; adds day of incident in 3rd graf, minor editing. BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A Washington County sheriff’s deputy is under suspension after a personal weapon he brought to the county courthouse in Barre went off. The name of the deputy was not released. WCAX-television says the deputy was in a section of the courthouse Wednesday where he was screening people to ensure they did not bring weapons into court when the shot was fired. Sheriff Sam Hill says it was against policy for... Nashua Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400845/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:16:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400659/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- More than a dozen parking spaces at a Metropolitan government facility have misspelled words, and no one noticed until Channel 4 pointed it out Friday. Related: Watch This Story The word "owned" is misspelled 16 times in spaces outside the County Clerk's office off French Landing Drive at MetroCenter. It's a parking lot, and most people usually don't pay attention to what's on the ground until something is misspelled. Words on the first three parking spots are spelled correctly, but spot No. 4 is misspelled. It should read "Metro Owned Vehicle Parking Only;" however, someone switched up... WSMV Nashville, TN. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400659/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 01:12:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts When Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis told the New York Times in a recent interview that gay people don't get to heaven, he broke not one, but two cardinal rules of politics in a single sentence. With a simple phrase, Davis breached the separation between church and state and grabbed the electrified "third-rail" in Bay Area politics with both hands. He told the reporter that gays are "committing sins and those sins will keep them out of heaven." After the Nov. 20 article, the mayor claimed his words were taken out of context. The Times responded by providing an audio link... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394484/posts LAS VEGAS (CN) - North Las Vegas police blew up a family's door in a raid on the wrong house, then failed to fix the door as they promised, causing the home to be burglarized repeatedly, the family says in Federal Court. Jose Cruz says he, his wife and three young children - 8, 5 and 3 years old - were "scared to death" when a North Las Vegas SWAT team raided their home. The botched raid came in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 2008. The police apparently were searching for three armed-robbery suspects - all of them... http://www.courthousenews.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394484/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387863/posts Chicago politics, where voting is such a revered civic duty that people do it even after they're dead, cold, stiff, stuffed, boxed and buried beneath the permafrost for years, has now come to D.C. with the Obama administration. This afternoon comes the most encouraging economic news, courtesy of our keen-eyed buddy Rick Klein over at ABC, that the Obama administration's $787-billion economic stimulus has, for example, thankfully created 30 new jobs in a little-known rural corner of Arizona at a cost to American taxpayers of only $761,420. That works out to only $25,380.67 spent to create each individual job. Seems... L.A. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387863/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:39:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387579/posts The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because the reporting outlets had submitted "unrealistic data," according to a document obtained by ABC News. The Office of Management and Budget document shows that before an Oct. 30 progress report on the program the administration asked the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to remove information from 12 stimulus recipients that contained "unrealistic data," including "unrealistic job data." One recipient, Talladega County of Alabama, claimed that 5,000 jobs had been saved or created... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387579/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387221/posts LA MARQUE, Texas - Police say a low-flying pelican distracted a driver in Texas, causing him to veer off a road and drive his million-dollar sports car into a salt marsh - La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist does not know if the car can be salvaged but conceded that "salt water isn't good for anything." - Click for photo KOMOnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387221/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:27:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377107/posts A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself. The passenger, who was flying in a Pilatus PC-7 Mk II with an air force pilot friend, The Daily Mail reported. He was instantly blasted 320-feet into the sky by the rocket-powered chair, before floating to the ground with an automatic parachute, the paper reported. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377107/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375280/posts An official with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election campaign was arrested last night after cops found found ecstasy tablets wrapped and ready to be sold in his car, police said. Jason Shih, 25, was pulled over by East Rutherford cops at about 11:30 p.m. last night because he was talking on his cell phone on Route 17, said Lt. Chris Conforti of the East Rutherford police. Officers wound up finding 19 "blue star" ecstasy tablets in Shih’s car, each wrapped in its own little plastic bag. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375280/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372695/posts MOBILE, Alabama - Mobile police say a possible burglar was shot and killed while he was trying to break into a home. Police say they received a call of a burglary in progress on Louise Drive around 6:45 Tuesday night. Details are scarce, but police say the man was attempting to break into the home when he was shot in the chest by a female inside. According to police, the man was transported to USA Medical Center where he pronounced dead. His name has not been released. wkrg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372695/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:10:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370791/posts Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) acknowledged Wednesday that he failed to disclose nearly $300,000 in profits from the sale of Exxon stock in 2006 and 2007, and his office said he will file amended financial disclosure forms with the House ethics committee as soon as possible. According to Carter’s office, a 2006 sale of Exxon Mobil Corp. stock netted the Congressman just more than $199,000 in profits that were not reflected on his financial disclosure form for that year. A 2007 sale of Exxon stock netted about $97,000 that Carter failed to disclose. Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370791/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:36:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369097/posts Many a person has missed their stop on a bus or train at one time or another because they were engrossed in a weighty conversation or a book. But when the pilots of Northwest Airlines flight 188 became distracted it had more serious consequences as they overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. "They were in a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness," the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) explained. When the pilots got their "situational awareness" back they turned the Airbus A320 around and landed it safely on Wednesday evening, apparently without any of... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369097/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368842/posts MSBNC's Brewer introduces Jackson as Sharpton Wednesday, October 21, 2009 NEW YORK, (AP) MSNBC's Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. She made the slip-up Wednesday while introducing Jackson during a segment on homelessness. After the introduction, Jackson stared at the camera from a studio in Burbank, Calif., and said, "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson." Brewer explained that her script read that she was to introduce "the Rev. Al Sharpton." She continued, "We all know who you are, Rev. Jackson. I'm so sorry." APReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368842/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:06:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367905/posts Around 2:30pmET this afternoon, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer was introducing a segment on unemployment and brought in her guest: "Joining me now to talk about this and the nation's real problem of joblessness, the Rev. Al Sharpton..." One problem: Brewer was interviewing the Rev. Jesse Jackson. And he made her aware of that fact. "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson." "Right. I'm so sorry," said Brewer. "The script in front of me said Rev. Al Sharpton. I'm looking at your face. I know who you are, Rev. Jackson, we all do. I'm sorry." TVNewser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367905/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363619/posts President Barack Obama's name was spelt wrongly in an official release from the White House. Following President Obama's trip to Russia, an official release touting the agreement between the US president and President Dmitry Medvedev over how to craft a follow-up to the START arms reduction treaty was put out. But the White House claimed the document had been signed by one "Barak Obama" - missing the 'c' from his first name. Russian and American negotiators salvaged the summit by agreeing the text of a preliminary deal on nuclear disarmament, deflecting fears that the most important element of Mr Obama's... Telegraph uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363619/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:37:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364172/posts LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear in southern Montana also had the misfortune of being shot in the arm by a companion trying to stop the attack. The incident last Saturday resulted in the bear being killed, the attacked hunter surviving and no charges against the companion for shooting his friend. Park County Sheriff Allan Lutes says his office looked into the shooting of the hunter and found no negligence, with the other hunter trying to save his friend and killing the bear. "It doesn't point to anything but an accident," Lutes said. However, the U.S.... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364172/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:06:31 GMT