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legal_alien
UK DVLA withdraw some number plates (F4GOT and D1KES) from an upcoming auction as they could be offensive.
story linky
long-haul
Passenger safety can't get worse.

Air India investigates mid-air brawl between pilots and cabin crew

Crew members threw punches and hurled abuse at each other in full view of 106 passengers.
It's stupid, but can't get better than this

Plane forced to land after drunk woman tries to open door - German police arrested two woman aged 26 and 27 after one of them tried to force an exit open "to get some fresh air" on the XL flight from the Greek Island Kos to Manchester airport.
long-haul
Couple sue snapper over wedding blur

Photographer ensures that newlyweds' big day is just a blur

Highlights,

“There are no nice group shots with the usual, bride and groom and family and bridesmaids."
“The videographer missed us turning up at the reception together so he made the limo go back around the block again and filmed the driver opening the car door with nobody inside it."
“Bowers also missed the cutting of the cake and you can see how angry I’m getting on the wedding video – I even do a Psycho slashing knife action, which I can’t believe they left in.”
One photograph shows the bridal party travelling in a horse and cart on the way to church minus the carriage driver’s head, and there is a rear view of the organ player that looks like it belongs on the Guess Who round on A Question Of Sport.
"There are pictures of the backs of people dancing and Mr Bowers even took a picture of Sylvia’s three-year-old bridesmaid niece before she had put any clothes on – which he put on his website and did not remove when they asked him to."
How would you have reacted if this had happened on your wedding day? (Apart from posting it on TT and asking advices on how best to get back at the photographer)
bohemka
Not weird. Dumb.

Police say 22-year-old Matthew Mervine of Berlin, N.J., was videotaped taking the rings Thursday. They say he had also left his contact information on a job application.

Police found them at Mervine's home when he was arrested on theft charges. He does not have a listed phone number and it's not clear if he has a lawyer.
It's not clear, it's crystal clear.
PES
Not weird. Dumb.

It's not clear, it's crystal clear.
Dude, what rings? Post the story. I am sure it is dumb, but we need more info.
Chelle63
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html

6 year old boy floats away in a balloon his parents made, breaking news on CNN.
Keydeck
It just came down and it seems he wasn't in it.
Chelle63
Seriously!! thank god for that Hope he's ok wherever he is!!
randy
Err well, it seems the reports are that the boy got in it when it took off, but wasn't in it when it landed.
PES
Seriously!! thank god for that Hope he's ok wherever he is!!
But it seems clear he went up, as he untied that damn thing. I doubt he is okay. CNN says nothing about whether he is okay.
CNN 1 minute ago:

Six-year-old boy floats away in balloon
Rescuers are trying to reach a 6-year-old boy who climbed into a balloon-like experimental aircraft built by his parents, untethered it and floated away into the sky over Colorado. The child's family has described the structure as a dome-shaped "homemade flying saucer," according to a law official. full story
Chelle63
When the news first broke they were tracking the balloon someone would have seen him fall off, oh thats sad, hope he is ok.
Keydeck
Not really clear yet, CNN said "Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office said a sibling saw Falcon Heene climb into the basket before the balloon took off from his parents' Fort Collins, Colorado home."
PES
The thing hasn´t landed yet.

EDIT; corrected: (CNN) -- A runaway balloon has touched down in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy untied it from his family home in Fort Collins.
The dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high, Larimer County Sheriff's Office says.

The dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high, Larimer County Sheriff's Office says.

The boy was not inside the helium aircraft when it landed, CNN affiliate KMGH reported.
Keydeck
Welcome to 10 minutes ago, PES.
PES
That is not bad for me. I am always a day late and a dollar short. Now where is the boy?
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