Kate Hudson in Hair Raising Scandal

Kate Hudson and partner, David Babaii, are being sued by 220 Laboratories (that's the name of the company, not a whole load of laboratories!) for misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and breach of contract and confidence.

The problem is with her new hair care range, David Babaii for Wildaid. Apparently, in August 2006, Hudson and Babaii entered into a contract with suppliers of volcanic ash, they agreed that 220 Laboratories would develop and manufacture the new Babaii for Wildaid hair care range.

However, once the dumb couple had a hold of the confidential ingredient list, they took it to other companies in search of a more lucrative deal. They were successful and Universal now make the range.

Gotta get that company right out of their hair?

Celebrity Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:49 AM | Permalink

How Do You Know When You're Really Poor?

When Thieves Feel Sorry For You and Leave You Money!

The criminals in this story are heroic rather than dumb. Flavia Alcantara, a Brazilian lady, left a note on the windscreen of her car warning thieves that it wasn't worth stealing.

The note read: Mr Robber, please do not steal this car. It has no batteries, no spare tire. It is in bad shape. Thank you for your attention.

She wasn't exaggerating; somebody did try to steal her car but gave it up as a bad job - and left her a 1 Reai banknote - worth about 80 cents.

Ananova

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 03:21 AM | Permalink

Research Results Awaited with Interest

Jeffrey M Hansen wanted to know if the glass doors and windows of the Rock County Sheriff's Office were bullet-proof. In an experiment to find the answer to his research question, he repeatedly threw a large stone at the aforementioned doors and windows.

When officers went to investigate. Hansen gave himself up, holding out his wrists to officers, and admitted to causing the damage, telling officers to handcuff and arrest him. He told the officers he threw the rocks to see if the glass was bulletproof; investigating officers did find chips in the glass panes, a fact that will certainly inform the research project.

Ten people from a jail tour were in the lobby during the alleged incident.

Hansen was arrested for reckless endangering safety, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct and is being held at the Rock County Jail until his initial court appearance.

We await the results of his research with interest, although one wonders if data produced for large stones (aka rocks?) is transferable to bullets.

Capital Times

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:26 AM | Permalink

Please Don't Tell the Wife

Austrian Josef Reiner was admitted to hospital with a broken nose, jaw, and arm; injuries consistent with having been attacked.

However, when the hospital called police, Reiner admitted that he had used an iron bar to inflict the injuries on himself in an attempt to fake an armed robbery. Apparently, Reiner had lost thousands of dollars at the casino and was too frightened to tell his wife.

Ananova

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:12 AM | Permalink

Jail Pigeon Breeding Project Doomed!

A rehabilitation program at a high security jail in Bosnia encouraging prisoners to breed pigeons was one of those projects that seemed like a good idea at the time. However, one of the pigeons is now in custody and behind bars, accused of smuggling drugs.

Wardens at Zenica prison grew suspicious when four prisoners became visibly intoxicated shortly after the pigeon was spotted landing on a window-ledge. The wardens' suspicions were confirmed when the bird's owner and three other inmates later tested positive for heroin, which it is thought had been carried in by the pigeon in tiny bags attached to its legs.

The pigeon will remain behind bars until prison authorities decide what to do with it.

Ananova

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:20 AM | Permalink

It Wasn't Me, Your Honor

When two police officers stopped a Ford Ranger for failing to signal a turn on Thursday, the driver of the vehicle became very nervous, telling officers, "It's not my truck, if you find something, it's not mine", and "if there is anything in that black bag, it's not mine."

The police later found approximately 50 rocks of crack cocaine in the bag and impounded the truck.

The driver was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and is being held in the County Jail on a $1,500 bond.

How often must it be said - if you're carrying something illegal you should ensure that your driving is pristine.

Caller

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:51 AM | Permalink

Is it a plane, is it a bat...

...No, it's a burglar!

When Paul Ives returned to his home in Dartford, England, after a long day at work he was shocked to find that he had been the victim of an attempted burglary; he was even more shocked to find the burglar still in situ - hanging upside down after apparently using a hammer he was still holding to smash through a glass window.

Ives reports "He was hanging upside down. His body was inside the house and he was stuck in the window with his foot outside. The more he struggled, the more he got jammed. When I got home, he still had the hammer in his hand which he had used to smash the main window and get some leverage."

Police and paramedics were called to the scene and, once freed, John Pearce pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to steal. Sentencing is scheduled for September 5th.

UPI

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:38 AM | Permalink

Doing Things By the Book!

Heidi Dalibor from Grafton in Wisconsin has been arrested and booked for not paying her library fines. Although Dalibor had ignored calls from the library, together with their letters and a notice to appear in court, she was still surprised when officers with a warrant knocked on her door, cuffed her and took her to the police station to be fingerprinted and photographed

The 'criminal' had to pay around $30 in unpaid library fines; it cost her mother rather more, at $172, to get her out of custody.

So what marvelous tomes of knowledge cost the Dalibor's over $200 for the pleasure of reading? White Oleander and Angels and Demons. Oh, dear; it wouldn't have been quite so bad if it had been great literature that had cost her so dear.

I dread to think what this literary escapade cost the State.

My Way News

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:24 AM | Permalink

Who? Who? It Was the Owl What Dunnit!

Michael Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife, Kathleen Peterson has come up with a novel defense, or rather his attorney has.

Attorney Larry Pollard, a former neighbor of the Petersons, hopes to change the prosecutor's mind with evidence that was handed over to Peterson's defense team before the 2003 verdict. His hypothesis is that it was a neighborhood owl and not a fancy fireplace poker that caused the blunt-force trauma and head wounds that drained the life from Kathleen Peterson in December 2001.

Wouldn't there be feathers if that had been the case? Pollard has an answer for that one; an SBI report lists the presence of a microscopic feather mixed in with hair that Kathleen Peterson had clutched in her left hand.

So, are we saying that the owl killed Mrs Peterson with a fancy firework poker?

NewsObserver

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:50 AM | Permalink

Follow That Chair!

In Germany, two inventive teenagers added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes, and a metal frame to a revolving office chair and turned it into a something like a souped up go-kart.

But the German police haf vays of spoiling your fun. They confiscated the motorized chair and said that the inventors are being investigated over a variety of possible offenses, including defying insurance regulations, driving without a license and violating registration requirements. I don't suppose Ford had these problems!

I think its a wonderful invention - just think how much more you could get done in a day's work if your office chair was motorized!

My Way

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:44 AM | Permalink