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Shelbyville, TN- A couple has been arrested on domestic assault charges with dangerous weaponry — Cheetos.

Warrants filed after 40-yr-old James Earl Taylor and 44-yr-old Mary S. Childers heatedly argued.

According to an officer’s report, the pair became “involved in a verbal altercation” with each other “at which time Cheetos potato chips were used in the assault.”
“There was evidence of the assault,” the report read, “however no physical marks on either party and the primary aggressor was unable to be determined.”

Both Taylor and Childers were charged by Roddy with domestic assault. Both posted a bond of $2,500 and will appear in Bedford County General Sessions Court on July 15.

CNN- Bar Mitzvah Boys everywhere have a new reason to shout “L’Chaim:” Apple is allowing nudity on the iTunes App Store.
“Hottest Girls” is the first of its kind allowed. The app is not new, but the 2,200+ nudie pics are. Before, they were resigned to bikinis and skimpy lingerie.

CNN Update: Shortly after this article was published the Hottest Girls app, which claims to be the first officially sanctioned iTunes app to contain topless photos, disappeared from the iTunes store.

Apple’s public relations team has not yet responded to questions regarding the application.

I was just going to post the story, but this video is too bad to be ignored.

Framed by a circle of clouds, this is a stunning illustration of Nature’s powerful force.
A plume of smoke, ash and steam soars five miles into the sky from an erupting volcano.
The extraordinary image was captured by the crew of the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific.

For volcano experts, the most exciting part of the image is the layer of smooth white cloud that caps the plume - a little like a layer of snow on a mushroom.
This cap of condensed air is created from the rapid rising and then cooling of the air directly above the ash column. When moist, warm air rises quickly it creates a cloud.

Nixon is heard on a muffled tape recording telling his special counsel that abortion is necessary in some cases - including instances of multiracial pregnancy.

Speaking to Charles Colson after the January 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, the president said: “I admit, there are times when abortions are necessary, I know that.” He gave “a black and a white” as an example.

“Or rape,” Colson offered. “Or rape,” Nixon agreed.

ZAMIBIA - One thing President Rupiah Banda was not expecting while giving a speech outside the State House yesterday: getting peed on. Yet that’s EXACTLY what happened.

“You have urinated on my jacket,” a startled Banda told the monkey, one of many that makes their home in the trees outside his offices.
“I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,” he joked, referring to opposition leader Michael Sata, who Banda defeated in last year’s elections.

GREENSBORO — College-Bound Sisters is a new program working to pay teens to not get pregnant. Founded by the U of NC, the program gives $1 a day to 12-18-yr-olds to keep them from getting pregnant.
The Sisters were formed by maternity nurse Hazel Brown, and is funded by a 4-yr state grant.

“Our three goals are that they avoid pregnancy, graduate from high school and enroll in college,” Brown said.

Under the program, $7 is deposited into an interest-bearing college fund that the girls can collect once they graduate high school. Some recent graduates earned more than $2,000 and are an inspiration to those still in the program.

Nearly 100 percent of the girls who finish the program have gone on to graduate college.

If a girl drops out or gets pregnant, her money is divided among the other girls still in the program.

BRIDGEPORT, CT —- Gay rights advocates have their panties in a bunch over a video released of a Conn. church performing an exorcism of a teen’s “homosexual demons.”
The 16 year old boy declined comment, and the video has been removed from youtube.
The Rev. Patricia McKinney of Manifested Glory Ministries, Bridgeport says he is 18 and came to the church on his own accord. She denies any prejudice on the part of the church.

HiRISE finds irrefutable evidence of lake on Mars. Click for story.

QUEENS, NY (DAILY NEWS)- A Queens mother determined to drive evil spirits out of her daughter has been arrested for performing a voodoo fire ritual. The 6-yr-old girl is permanently scarred after being engulfed in flames while her mother watched, ignoring her screams.
It was the girl’s grandmother that eventually came to the rescue, dousing out the flames with water and then putting the girl to bed.
It was a full day more before the child was brought to the hospital. She has second and third degree burns covering 25% of her body.
The woman charged is a 29 year old Haitian immigrant facing 25 years in prison. She has been in the states for less than 1 year.

The ritual is called Loa, named after the religious spirits that serve as saints in the Voodoo religion. It is enacted by surrounding the victim (participant?) with a circle of rum and igniting it.