Workers restoring a chimney in an old house here found what they believe to be a 193-year-old bottle of whiskey on a hidden shelf just above the fireplace. Chuck Clapham, owner of Masonry Restoration, said he thinks the masonry crew probably left the half-full bottle behind when they built the chimney nearly two centuries ago. (ABC News)
A man on his way out of the hospital ended up back inside after his mother hit him with her car when she came to pick him up. The accident happened as Lillian Carter, 84, was heading to the entrance of Elliot Hospital Thursday afternoon to get her son, police said. (ABC News)
Grund für die Warnung ist eine Reinigung der Abwasserrohre per Hochdruckstrahl. Neben den in Australien verbreiteten Gefahren wie Haien, Krokodilen, giftigen Spinnen und Giftquallen haben die Behörden die Bewohner einer Stadt im Süden des Kontinents vor einer weiteren Gefahr gewarnt: Explodierenden Toiletten. (Die Presse.com)
Being a poor golfer is a below-par excuse for hitting golf balls at neighbours, says an Orillia judge. Judge Leonard Montgomery sentenced Marcelo Loyola to 40 days in jail on Monday for two assault with a weapon convictions. (CANOE)
Tom Wilson is faced with a problem many city administrators would envy: how to spend $1.5 million on a bus stop. Wilson, Anchorage's director of public transportation, has all that money for a new bus stop outside the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. (The Seattle Times)
