Easy Jail Break
A prisoner has escaped from a small jail in Brazil after a policeman left him in charge while he popped out for lunch.
Policeman, Jose Wilton de Lima, had grown to really trust the prisoner, known as Cristiano, and regularly left the prison in his hands. But finally Cristiano took advantage of the the policeman's lunch break by freeing two other inmates and driving off in his police car.
De Lima, who has been dismissed from his job, said: "I believed he had reformed."
The prisoners are still at large.
Convict wins luxury holiday
Sergei Repinovsky filled in a ticket for a local prize draw sent to him by a relative - hoping to win a teapot for his cell. But instead he won the top prize of an all-expenses five-star trip to London including seven nights in a luxury hotel.
Prisoner escapes for a Big Mac
An escaped prisoner was caught trying to get back into a Tennessee jail with four MacDonald's hamburgers.
He was carrying a package containing clothes, liquor, prescription pills, crack cocaine - and the burgers.
Woman in Male Prison wants to stay
A Peruvian woman spent a month in a male prison in Argentina after she was mistaken for a man. When she was finally discovered and transferred to a women's jail, she asked to be transferred back.
Carla Aguilera was arrested for robbery but told police her name was Manuel Martin Aguilar. She was checked by several policeman but none noticed she was a woman.
An anonymous phone call alerted the police to Mrs Aguilera´s real gender and after a medical examination she was sent to Ezeiza female prison.
A police spokesmperson said: " She insists she is a man and wants to be transferred back to the male prison".
Cold-Hearted Cuts to the Poorest
Howard's massive welfare overhaul will force disability pensioners into work, and put them on the lower Newstart allowance.
Single parents will also be moved to the lower benefit after their youngest child turns eight, but will have to look for work when that child turns six.
It's aimed to get 190,000 people off welfare and back into looking for work.
The government's welfare reforms are just the latest assault on poor people in a world where paid work is increasingly seen as the only way citizens can contribute. The social benefits of treating people humanely and generously have been obscured by propaganda aimed at stigmatising the unemployed as bludgers.
Welfare to Work isn't designed to increase employment opportunities. Rather, it's a punishment to those who would choose an 'easy' life on welfare.
Meantime, more tax cuts have been passed for those earning over $100,000 p.a.
Bright Lights over Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
A bright object streaked across part of Victoria Wednesday night lighting up the sky as far as Mildura .
The bright, blueish light was seen about 11.30pm.
"The time it took, you could have taken out your mobile phone and taken a few shots of it," said Constable Peter McNair, a policeman based in Mildura who was on patrol about the time the light was seen just after 11.20pm last night.
"It looked like a falling star. It was going in a north direction, and then it split into two which was quite extraordinary. Normally a falling star would ... fade away - this actually kept going. It looked like it was going to hit the earth. It was
like a bluey colour. It was amazing. The night before ... about the same time, about 11.45pm, exactly the same thing happened as well," he said.
Bev Leach was driving to Mildura from Merbein at 11.20pm when she saw what she said was a bright light coloured green, red and white.
"I watched it for a little while and it separated into two in the sky. It came apart. It took me by surprise, it just happened so quickly," she said.
"It was fairly large. It was long. It had like, tails at the back, like streamer tails at the back of it. It was all lit up and flashing."
Was it a meteor? Space junk? UFO?
A prisoner has escaped from a small jail in Brazil after a policeman left him in charge while he popped out for lunch.
Policeman, Jose Wilton de Lima, had grown to really trust the prisoner, known as Cristiano, and regularly left the prison in his hands. But finally Cristiano took advantage of the the policeman's lunch break by freeing two other inmates and driving off in his police car.
De Lima, who has been dismissed from his job, said: "I believed he had reformed."
The prisoners are still at large.
Convict wins luxury holiday
Sergei Repinovsky filled in a ticket for a local prize draw sent to him by a relative - hoping to win a teapot for his cell. But instead he won the top prize of an all-expenses five-star trip to London including seven nights in a luxury hotel.
Prisoner escapes for a Big Mac
An escaped prisoner was caught trying to get back into a Tennessee jail with four MacDonald's hamburgers.
He was carrying a package containing clothes, liquor, prescription pills, crack cocaine - and the burgers.
Woman in Male Prison wants to stay
A Peruvian woman spent a month in a male prison in Argentina after she was mistaken for a man. When she was finally discovered and transferred to a women's jail, she asked to be transferred back.
Carla Aguilera was arrested for robbery but told police her name was Manuel Martin Aguilar. She was checked by several policeman but none noticed she was a woman.
An anonymous phone call alerted the police to Mrs Aguilera´s real gender and after a medical examination she was sent to Ezeiza female prison.
A police spokesmperson said: " She insists she is a man and wants to be transferred back to the male prison".
Cold-Hearted Cuts to the Poorest
Howard's massive welfare overhaul will force disability pensioners into work, and put them on the lower Newstart allowance.
Single parents will also be moved to the lower benefit after their youngest child turns eight, but will have to look for work when that child turns six.
It's aimed to get 190,000 people off welfare and back into looking for work.
The government's welfare reforms are just the latest assault on poor people in a world where paid work is increasingly seen as the only way citizens can contribute. The social benefits of treating people humanely and generously have been obscured by propaganda aimed at stigmatising the unemployed as bludgers.
Welfare to Work isn't designed to increase employment opportunities. Rather, it's a punishment to those who would choose an 'easy' life on welfare.
Meantime, more tax cuts have been passed for those earning over $100,000 p.a.
Bright Lights over Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
A bright object streaked across part of Victoria Wednesday night lighting up the sky as far as Mildura .
The bright, blueish light was seen about 11.30pm.
"The time it took, you could have taken out your mobile phone and taken a few shots of it," said Constable Peter McNair, a policeman based in Mildura who was on patrol about the time the light was seen just after 11.20pm last night.
"It looked like a falling star. It was going in a north direction, and then it split into two which was quite extraordinary. Normally a falling star would ... fade away - this actually kept going. It looked like it was going to hit the earth. It was
like a bluey colour. It was amazing. The night before ... about the same time, about 11.45pm, exactly the same thing happened as well," he said.
Bev Leach was driving to Mildura from Merbein at 11.20pm when she saw what she said was a bright light coloured green, red and white.
"I watched it for a little while and it separated into two in the sky. It came apart. It took me by surprise, it just happened so quickly," she said.
"It was fairly large. It was long. It had like, tails at the back, like streamer tails at the back of it. It was all lit up and flashing."
Was it a meteor? Space junk? UFO?
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