London - An Italian prisoner who was given home leave for good behaviour asked to go back to his cell after spending less than a day with his wife.
The 40-year-old was given a 72 hour pass by the governor at Vigevano prison, near Pavia in northern Italy.
But within minutes of meeting his wife they had an argument and he called the prison asking to be taken back inside.
A spokesperson at the jail said: "We got a call from him saying he couldn't stand being with his wife and was it possible to go back to his cell. He said he didn't want to spend another minute with her.
"It was a very unusual request as we normally get inmates asking when they can leave and not if they can come in.
"He was told it was not a problem all he had to do was come back and he would go straight to his cell and within an hour he was at the prison gate."
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Cold Naked Models
Complaining of low pay, cold rooms and air laden with paint fumes and charcoal dust, models who pose nude at a Philadelphia art school voted Wednesday to join a union.
"We were at a loss about how to get the schools to pay attention to us," said Claire Hankins, 39, who led the effort to organize artists' models at the Moore College of Art and Design.
The union vote came after the National Labor Relations Board rejected the school's argument that the models are independent contractors.
"We feel they are sporadic, occasional employees hired for a specific service, as opposed to employees that we can depend on," said Moore President Happy Craven Fernandez. She said Moore administrators had not gotten any complaints from models about working conditions.
Based on the NLRB ruling, only 13 models at the school had worked enough hours to vote on whether to join District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Hankins said seven of the 13 attended Wednesday's meeting and all voted to unionize.
The local - which also represents white-collar city workers and zoo employees - wants to organize about 200 models who pose for art classes in the Philadelphia region, which is also home to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and several other art schools.
"We were at a loss about how to get the schools to pay attention to us," said Claire Hankins, 39, who led the effort to organize artists' models at the Moore College of Art and Design.
The union vote came after the National Labor Relations Board rejected the school's argument that the models are independent contractors.
"We feel they are sporadic, occasional employees hired for a specific service, as opposed to employees that we can depend on," said Moore President Happy Craven Fernandez. She said Moore administrators had not gotten any complaints from models about working conditions.
Based on the NLRB ruling, only 13 models at the school had worked enough hours to vote on whether to join District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Hankins said seven of the 13 attended Wednesday's meeting and all voted to unionize.
The local - which also represents white-collar city workers and zoo employees - wants to organize about 200 models who pose for art classes in the Philadelphia region, which is also home to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and several other art schools.
Bomb Eater
A British man who was fascinated with explosives blew himself up after putting a home-made pipe bomb in his mouth and lighting the fuse.
Kevin Barnes, 20, of Joseph Priestly Court in Daventry, took the device into his mouth and flicked a lighter as his petrified flatmates and girlfriend looked on.
The bomb, which might have been created using instructions from a book on explosives, then blew up, causing him serious head injuries, and he died on the same day.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Northamptonshire Coroner Anne Pember said she was satisfied he had not intended to take his own life.
Mr Barnes was described as a risk-taker with a history of harming himself and the inquest heard he had a short temper.
His girlfriend, Elizabeth Elliot, said: "My opinion was that Kevin was mucking about but didn't actually mean for the pipe bomb to go off.
Kevin Barnes, 20, of Joseph Priestly Court in Daventry, took the device into his mouth and flicked a lighter as his petrified flatmates and girlfriend looked on.
The bomb, which might have been created using instructions from a book on explosives, then blew up, causing him serious head injuries, and he died on the same day.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Northamptonshire Coroner Anne Pember said she was satisfied he had not intended to take his own life.
Mr Barnes was described as a risk-taker with a history of harming himself and the inquest heard he had a short temper.
His girlfriend, Elizabeth Elliot, said: "My opinion was that Kevin was mucking about but didn't actually mean for the pipe bomb to go off.
Woman pee on coffee cup
Eight people are seeking $600,000 apiece in damages in a lawsuit involving a woman convicted of repeatedly urinating into an office coffee pot.
The wives of four of the plaintiffs are seeking an additional $200,000 apiece in the civil suit filed Tuesday in the Oneida County Clerk's office.
The lawsuit names Holly Jones, 46, of Sherrill, and Robinson Aviation, Inc., of Oklahoma City, as defendants. The company formerly contracted with the county to provide air control and other services.
According to the lawsuit, which accuses Robinson of assault, several plaintiffs consumed the mixture of water, coffee and urine and became "physically ill."
The suit claims Robinson Aviation was negligent because it failed to fully screen employees and conduct routine performance examinations.
The spouses seek damages because they say their husbands "would not freely mingle in society with others because of the derision and jokes" made in public.
Two years ago, Jones was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of creating a criminal nuisance.
State police said Jones urinated on several occasions into a glass coffee pot used by other airport personnel and pilots. She was reportedly mad about being passed over for a promotion, officials said.
State police became involved after the tower manager reported a strong odor emanating from the coffee machine. The odor warned employees of a problem before any tainted coffee was used, police said. No sicknesses were reported.
Employees cleaned the coffee machine several times, but the odor never went away. Officials said a sample of a yellowish liquid was taken from the machine and sent to a lab for testing. The results revealed that the substance was urine.
State police then set up video surveillance above the coffee machine and caught Jones urinating into the pot, then pouring the urine into the coffee machine.
The wives of four of the plaintiffs are seeking an additional $200,000 apiece in the civil suit filed Tuesday in the Oneida County Clerk's office.
The lawsuit names Holly Jones, 46, of Sherrill, and Robinson Aviation, Inc., of Oklahoma City, as defendants. The company formerly contracted with the county to provide air control and other services.
According to the lawsuit, which accuses Robinson of assault, several plaintiffs consumed the mixture of water, coffee and urine and became "physically ill."
The suit claims Robinson Aviation was negligent because it failed to fully screen employees and conduct routine performance examinations.
The spouses seek damages because they say their husbands "would not freely mingle in society with others because of the derision and jokes" made in public.
Two years ago, Jones was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of creating a criminal nuisance.
State police said Jones urinated on several occasions into a glass coffee pot used by other airport personnel and pilots. She was reportedly mad about being passed over for a promotion, officials said.
State police became involved after the tower manager reported a strong odor emanating from the coffee machine. The odor warned employees of a problem before any tainted coffee was used, police said. No sicknesses were reported.
Employees cleaned the coffee machine several times, but the odor never went away. Officials said a sample of a yellowish liquid was taken from the machine and sent to a lab for testing. The results revealed that the substance was urine.
State police then set up video surveillance above the coffee machine and caught Jones urinating into the pot, then pouring the urine into the coffee machine.
Human bit dogs now?
A 33-year-old man faces charges that he bit a police dog during a disturbance outside a downtown bar in Syracuse, New York. Paul Russell was charged with injuring a police animal, resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration.
"I don't think I bit the dog. I just got into a fight with him," Russell said. "I don't really remember what happened. I was pretty drunk."
The incident occurred when Officer Foster and his dog, a German shepherd named Renny, were sent to investigate a disturbance at 10 p.m. outside a bar in Syracuse's Armory Square district.
Russell said he and a friend were asked to leave the tavern and then got into a tussle with bouncers.
According to police reports, Russell grabbed Renny by the throat and started choking the animal and biting it on the left side of his neck. After the arrest, Renny was taken to a veterinarian. Foster said the animal had swelling in his neck and was sore where he was bitten.
"The dog is off for the next two days. He'll be back for his regular shift. He's not expected to miss any time," said Lt. Cecile, a police spokesman.
"I don't think I bit the dog. I just got into a fight with him," Russell said. "I don't really remember what happened. I was pretty drunk."
The incident occurred when Officer Foster and his dog, a German shepherd named Renny, were sent to investigate a disturbance at 10 p.m. outside a bar in Syracuse's Armory Square district.
Russell said he and a friend were asked to leave the tavern and then got into a tussle with bouncers.
According to police reports, Russell grabbed Renny by the throat and started choking the animal and biting it on the left side of his neck. After the arrest, Renny was taken to a veterinarian. Foster said the animal had swelling in his neck and was sore where he was bitten.
"The dog is off for the next two days. He'll be back for his regular shift. He's not expected to miss any time," said Lt. Cecile, a police spokesman.
HIV New Way To Rob Banks
A woman robbed a Colorado bank by passing her official HIV status card from a local clinic and a note saying she would infect a teller with AIDS if the clerk didn’t hand over money, police said on Friday.
Jeff Satur, spokesman for the Longmont, Colorado police department, said detectives are searching for a pale woman between the ages of 55 and 75 with a “boney build.” Although she blacked out her name from the status card the teller did so most of the letter and they are investigating wit the local clinics help.
Satur said a woman, who was wearing a train conductor’s cap and a gray sweat shirt, walked into a Wells Fargo bank inside a Safeway grocery store on Thursday night and handed a note to a teller.
“She indicated she had AIDS and would give it to a teller if she didn’t cooperate,” Satur said.
The woman coughed frequently into a blue bandana during the robbery, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Satur said.
Police and the FBI released still photographs of the robbery and are reviewing additional photographs and surveillance video from the bank’s parking lot to try and identify the suspect.
She is described as about 5-feet 6 inches tall, and weighing between 130 and 150 pounds.
No weapon was displayed during the robbery and no one was injured, police said.
Jeff Satur, spokesman for the Longmont, Colorado police department, said detectives are searching for a pale woman between the ages of 55 and 75 with a “boney build.” Although she blacked out her name from the status card the teller did so most of the letter and they are investigating wit the local clinics help.
Satur said a woman, who was wearing a train conductor’s cap and a gray sweat shirt, walked into a Wells Fargo bank inside a Safeway grocery store on Thursday night and handed a note to a teller.
“She indicated she had AIDS and would give it to a teller if she didn’t cooperate,” Satur said.
The woman coughed frequently into a blue bandana during the robbery, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Satur said.
Police and the FBI released still photographs of the robbery and are reviewing additional photographs and surveillance video from the bank’s parking lot to try and identify the suspect.
She is described as about 5-feet 6 inches tall, and weighing between 130 and 150 pounds.
No weapon was displayed during the robbery and no one was injured, police said.
Lack of sex = $ Expensive?
Beware if the mood has left the marriage, at least in France! A judge in France has ruled that a 51-year-old man must pay his 47-year-old ex-wife damages for failing to fulfill her sexual needs for 21 years.
The Telegraph reports that a man from Nice, in southern France, known in court as Jean-Louis B., must pay his wife 10,000 euros — or $13,965 — to compensate for a “lack of sex over 21 years of marriage.”
The man was fined under section 215 of France’s civil code, which says married couples agree to a “shared communal life.”
He argued he was often tired and had health problems that prevented him from being sexually active with his ex, but the judge decreed: “A sexual relationship between husband and wife is the expression of affection they have for each other, and in this case it was absent.”
The ruling comes two years after a judge deemed the man solely responsible for the couple’s divorce because of his refusal to have sex with his wife.
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The Telegraph reports that a man from Nice, in southern France, known in court as Jean-Louis B., must pay his wife 10,000 euros — or $13,965 — to compensate for a “lack of sex over 21 years of marriage.”
The man was fined under section 215 of France’s civil code, which says married couples agree to a “shared communal life.”
He argued he was often tired and had health problems that prevented him from being sexually active with his ex, but the judge decreed: “A sexual relationship between husband and wife is the expression of affection they have for each other, and in this case it was absent.”
The ruling comes two years after a judge deemed the man solely responsible for the couple’s divorce because of his refusal to have sex with his wife.
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