Why-Woman files Lawsuit over sizzling bikini

Why-Woman files Lawsuit over sizzling bikini

A New York woman has launched a lawsuit because she says her bikini was too hot.

Robin Corrente, 50, claims the underwire in her black swimsuit top heated to the scorching point when she was sunbathing in 32 C weather in August 2008, causing third-degree burns and blistering after about an hour in the sun.Corrente reportedly sought medical attention and doctors removed a piece of flesh about the "size of a dime" from her right breast.She's filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against Swimwear Anywhere, manufacturer of the Coco Reef bikini.

Surprise-Man arrested after cash and pot thrown from rooftop

Money may not grow on trees, but for some people in Victoria, B.C., it did fall from the sky. Police were called around 4 p.m. Thursday after reports a man was throwing cash and marijuana from a rooftop. A witness collected more than $1,340 in $20 bills and, while handing it over to police, estimated it was about a third of the money thrown from the roof."Several other people collected the cash and marijuana and made off," police said in a release. Officers went to the rooftop to investigate and found more marijuana and cash. Through the window of an adjoining apartment, police saw a large sum of cash on a kitchen table and a man who matched the description of the person who threw the drugs and money from the roof. The man climbed out of the apartment and onto the roof to talk with officers."He admitted that the marijuana and money were his, but offered no explanation for his odd behaviour," police said. Inside the apartment, officers found an additional $2,500 and about two pounds of marijuana.

Man-Dog-Cops Bitten During Arrest

A "heavily intoxicated" man allegedly bit three officers during a scuffle in a Victoria, B.C., pub, and police say. The officers were outside the pub around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when they heard the man inside "yelling, swearing and (he) was heavily intoxicated." Police said the man was so loud; the officers were drawn inside to investigate. When officers approached the man, he went into the washroom. After his bathroom break, police said he became argumentative, then combative and began fighting with the officers. "He bit one officer on the knee, one on the leg, and another on the arm. The bite to the knee broke the skin and required a tetanus shot, and another officer injured his hand in the fight," police said in a release. Michael David Hill, 23, is facing three charges of assault of a police officer and one charge of causing a disturbance.

Wow-New Jersey Physics Professor Linked to Prostitution website

MADISON, N.J. — A longtime New Jersey physics professor who dabbled in scuba diving and harbored dreams of working in the theater had another hobby, New Mexico police say: operating a prostitution website that may have catered to as many as 200 prostitutes and 1,200 clients. David Flory was arrested Sunday at a Starbucks in Albuquerque, N.M., and charged with 40 counts of promoting prostitution. The 68-year-old Flory has taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1969 and has been a physics professor there since 1980, according to his website. He also has served as director of FDU's School of Natural Sciences. Flory, a married father of three, was being held on a $100,000 bond Tuesday. He didn't immediately respond to an e-mail message. His wife didn't return a phone message left at the couple's New York apartment. Albuquerque Police Lt. William Roseman told The Associated Press that Flory's password-protected website, Southwest Companions, had been the subject of a vice investigation for the last six months after police received tips from prostitutes and johns. Roseman said the site had been in operation about three years and had about 1,400 members — about 200 prostitutes and about 1,200 johns. Most of the members were in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area, though some postings originated in Phoenix and Denver.

Badluck-Slot machine pays $24,988 More instead of $12

PITTSBURGH — State regulators say a gambler won a $25,000 jackpot on a Pittsburgh casino slot machine that should have paid out only $12. The Gaming Control Board tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the false jackpot happened on May 29, 2010. The generous payout happened in one of five instances involving Rivers Casino machines that weren't properly tested or certified. The board was to have levied an unspecified fine against the casino. But it nixed a consent agreement with the casino Monday after some board members felt a stronger message needed to be sent. Casino officials say the player was allowed to keep the jackpot and that it paid all taxes on it. Rivers spokesman Jack Horner says the casino takes the matter seriously and has retrained all of its technicians.

Car-bike - half a Renault Clio and half a motorbike - invented... then banned

Markus Sell, from Jonschwil in Switzerland, turned heads on his first trip out with his magnificent machine, which sees the driver sitting on the back passenger seat of the Clio while steering using the front wheel of a bike. The seating arrangements probably weren't what caught the eye, though - more the fact that he was reaching speeds of up to 70mph.

But his maiden voyage was cut short when he was pulled over by traffic cops. The police gave him short shrift when he was spotted riding (or is it driving?) - Mainly because he was breaking so many laws all at once, and because they couldn't actually tell what it was. 'It wasn't taxed, insured or tested. In fact, we weren't even sure it was a car or a motorbike,' one officer said. 'He's a talented mechanic but he should stick to racetracks.'

Sell is apparently set to go back to the drawing board in order to invent something similar but hopefully roadworthy and legal, this time.

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