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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Nine women tricked into thinking they were reality TV show contestants and lured into an Istanbul villa were rescued by Turkish military police after two months confinement, a police spokesman said Thursday. Cameras in the villa filmed the women 24-hours a day, providing a live stream of images for Internet users who had paid to access the footage, the spokesman said. The women, all from Turkey, according to the Turkish press, had answered an advert seeking contestants for a "Big Brother"-style television show. They passed an audition and selection process before entering the house. "The women's parents called the police after they didn't hear anything from them. The military police went to investigate and heard the women screaming from inside," the spokesman said, adding the raid took place Monday. Police detained three men and prosecutors are investigating, he said. According to Turkish media, the women had signed a contract agreeing they would have no contact with their families and would face a fine of 50,000 Turkish lira if they left early. Source
CHICAGO- Have you seen a 39-year-old Playboy cover splashed with the scantily clad Phyllis Babila concealed only by what appears to be a red sheet? The magazine, circa May 1970, was stolen last week from a glass frame in a bathroom at The Fifty/50, a Ukrainian Village sports bar, 2047 W. Division St. But whoever stole the magazine left behind two others in the same frame, from 1972 and 1973. A jealous relative of Babila's maybe? "That's the only thing I would think of," said bar co-owner Scott Weiner, 28. "[She is] somebody's relative. They saw their mom up there and thought, 'I'm taking that down.' " Not so, says Babila. Reached at her Los Angeles home, the former model, who once lived in Wicker Park, said she doesn't have any children or ex-husbands in Chicago. "I'm impressed," Babila, 62, said of the thief's effort. And she doesn't think any of her ex-boyfriends here would yank her photo from a wall. Weiner and co-owner Greg Mohr are offering a $100 gift certificate to their bar and an autographed copy of this May's issue featuring Crystal McCahill. They also promise not to press charges into the theft of part of Weiner's uncle's Playboy collection. "The Playboys have always been kind of a sacred thing," Weiner said. "No one's really messed with them before." Source
AN ANGRY mum has accused a pizza delivery man of child abuse after he allegedly grabbed her four-year-old son and tried to hold him as "ransom" for payment. Cindy Paardekooper, 30, told the Northern Territory News the driver from Pizza King was an hour late delivering her half-Hawaiian, half-supreme. When she refused to pay, the driver allegedly grabbed her four-year-old son Cain who was standing on the other side of the fence. ''He grabbed my son, four years old, by the arm through the fence as ransom for the pizza,'' Ms Paardekooper claimed. ''Grabbing a child, that's child abuse, that's assault.'' Upset at the pizza being so late, Ms Paardekooper had called the shop before the driver arrived and said she would not pay. She said she was told the driver would be informed. Source
"Childish" remarks about top British pudding Spotted Dick has forced a council in Wales to change the name on its menu. They will now call it "Spotted Richard" or "Sultana Sponge". The decision was made by canteen staff at Flintshire County Council after they became fed up with immature comments from customers choosing the pudding. A spokesperson from the council says staff just wanted to put an end to the childish comments they received every time they served Spotted Dick. But John Midgley, the co-founder of the Campaign Against Political Correctness, told Sky News he thinks the council "will be made a laughing-stock of" and that the move will be "completely and utterly counter-productive". And when Sky News asked food critic Michael Winner about the decision he said he found it "absolutely ridiculous beyond belief". He added: "Spotted Dick is a classic and lovely name for a traditional British dish." Recipes for the pudding date back to the 19th Century but despite a number of theories, the name's origin has never been discovered. Source
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. Police say 20-year-old Stephfon Bennett of Columbus was among three men who robbed a couple late Sunday. Columbus police Sgt. Sean Laird said the woman recognized Bennett as one of the robbers when he returned to ask her out. She had a relative call 911. Police said Bennett was arrested in front of the home. He was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of aggravated robbery and was being held in the Franklin County jail on $100,000 bail. A public defender had not yet been assigned to Bennett's case. Source Have any interesting articles you'd like to share? Article Request Thread.
BENNINGTON — Police said they caught four people trying to get the giant pepper off Chili’s restaurant early Sunday morning. The foursome ran an extension cord across Route 67 to power an electric drill they used to detach the logo sign from atop the building. Susan Michet, 22, and Asher Woodworth, 23, both of North Bennington, were cited for grand larceny along with Claire Davis of Lee, Mass., and Sophia Giordano of Williamstown, Mass., both 22, according to police. Sgt. Camillo Grande said two are college students, one is a recent graduate and another is “between work and school. He said he asked if the attempted theft was part of a scavenger hunt or other series of pranks police should watch out for and was told it was a spur of the moment act. “They really didn’t plan it,” he said Sunday. “One of their friends had an eye on the chili and they got together last night and decided they were going to get it for the friend.” Toward that end, police said the foursome assembled a hack saw and power drill they used to remove the bolts holding the chili to the roof. Grande said they planned to make their getaway with the sign, valued at $8,000, in an SUV. “I’m not sure how it was going to fit,” he said. “It’s a pretty large chili.” To power the drill, Grande said they connected 470 feet of extension cords that they ran from the Chili’s building, across all four lanes of the road and through the parking lot of Home Depot to a nearby outlet. While Route 67 is well-traveled, Grande said the cords did not seem to obstruct traffic. The alarm at the Chili’s activated at about 4:30 a.m., and police said they arrived to find one person on the roof, two hiding in the bushes and another running away. Police said they took all four into custody without incident. The foursome had succeeded in freeing the sign from its bolts when police arrived. The Bennington Rural Fire Department helped collect evidence on the roof. Grande said the last such incident he could think of was 15 years ago. He said a Ronald McDonald statue was stolen from outside the McDonald’s and only recently recovered. Source
A STEAMY new AIDS awareness advert shows an Adolf Hitler lookalike having sex. The controversial footage - to be shown on TV and in cinemas - is aimed at shocking the public out of complacency over unprotected sex. "We asked ourselves what face we could give to the virus, and it couldn't be a pretty face," said Dirk Silz, creative director for the advertising agency behind the "AIDS is a mass murderer" campaign. "The campaign is designed to shake people up, to bring the topic of AIDS back to center stage, and to reverse the trend of unprotected sexual intercourse." The ad, made for German audiences, shows blurred clips of a couple having sex and it is only at the end that the man is revealed as Hitler. A tag line then reads: "AIDS is a mass murderer." The campaign, which also features posters of Joseph Stalin and Saddam Hussein lookalikes en flagrant, was organized with AIDS awareness group Regenbogen e.V. ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1. Source Of course no love for my man Pol Pot. SOBs
An Isle of Wight man was told to get his teeth fixed before a dentist would let him marry his daughter. Gordon Taylor, 32, was told he must have a series of fillings and cosmetic surgery before he could walk down the aisle with Sarah Lewis, 26. Her father, Dr Philip Lewis, even made him wear a 'snap-on smile' cosmetic denture for the wedding in Cowes. "I didn't mean to neglect my teeth, I guess it was just the lifestyle I was leading," said Mr Taylor. "When I met Sarah, I guess her family noticed them more than most because her father is a dentist." Dr Lewis, 56, admitted he was horrified by the sight of his future son-in-law's teeth. "The thought of my daughter walking down the aisle to Gordon with his teeth the way they were was not a good one," he said. Sarah's mother Joy, who works as a receptionist at Dr Lewis's surgery, added: "Gordon is a lovely chap but he had awful teeth, really awful teeth." And his bride said she was thrilled Mr Taylor had agreed to undergo the dental work to win her hand. "I will always love him regardless but I know the finished look will certainly please him as well as our family and friends," she said. Source
A Massachusetts man who police say drove to Madison last week looking for a 17-year-old boy he met in an online game had an arsenal of weapons, restraints and rubber gloves in his vehicle when he was arrested Friday, Massachusetts State Police said. "We feel extremely lucky that we've avoided a homicide," Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said Wednesday. Police also are crediting the boy's mother, whom DeSpain said "played a significant role in preventing her son from being victimized, injured or killed." The son was 16 when he met Trevor L. Lucas, 21, of Gloucester playing the popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft, DeSpain said. According to a criminal complaint, about a year ago, Lucas asked the son for nude photos of himself. The son notified Madison police and put Lucas on an "ignore list" for the game. The complaint said Lucas then sent the son messages threatening to hurt him if he didn't pay back money Lucas claimed to have spent on him in the game. When Lucas came to her Madison home Aug. 26, according to the complaint, Lucas told the mother he was with the National Security Recruiting Department and needed to speak with her son. She then asked for identification, and called police while Lucas went to his vehicle. While police were en route, DeSpain said, Lucas returned to the house and pulled a gun on the woman, then fled when she pushed the door closed and screamed. On Friday, Lucas was charged in Dane County Circuit Court with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and impersonating a peace officer to aid in the commission of a crime, both felonies. Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Michael Popovics said Lucas had four semi-automatic hand guns - two of which were loaded - along with four loaded, large-capacity magazines, two stun guns, three pepper spray containers, two assault knives, two expandable police batons and seven sets of handcuffs when he was arrested on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston, about 10 minutes outside of Boston, Friday afternoon. Lucas also had two rolls of duct tape, a large number of plastic tie wraps that could be used as restraints, a set of professional lock-picking tools, a compass and two flashlights, along with rubber gloves and a large number of plastic bags, Popovics said. Lucas was out on bail for several felony firearms and ammunition violations in Massachusetts, where this week he was charged with additional weapons violations. Madison police will be meeting with federal authorities to determine if federal charges will be filed, DeSpain said. Source
A homeowner said she was shocked but then proud to discover there was a skeleton with a gun buried under the concrete floor of her shed. The remains were found by workers building a new deck for the home of Rosalie Foster in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Associated Press reports. Ms Foster said that her initial shock and disbelief gave way to her thinking: "Wow, I got a body!'' The skeleton is thought to be over 100 years, with the gun being an antique. Forensics tests were being conducted to confirm the age and gender of the remains. Ms Foster has been told she can keep the weapon as it was discovered on her property. Source
