police looking for 'goldilocks'
British police appealed for help in finding a suspected burglar they have dubbed "Goldilocks" because he breaks into houses, eats food and then has a sleep.Essex detectives said they were trying to trace Jesse Dobinson who is suspected of carrying out two burglaries at a house northeast of London, in February and March.
"On both occasions beds in the property were slept in and food eaten before items, including electrical goods, were stolen," police said in a statement.
Dobinson is also wanted in connection with an assault and a knife point robbery.
ke$ha wants your teeth ~ yikes!!!
Ke$ha has made a weird request on Twitter - she wants fans to send her their teeth so that she can make a necklace to wear at awards shows.
The 'TiK ToK' hitmaker has repeatedly hit the headlines for her controversial comments and stunts, including drinking what appeared to be blood from an animal heart during a gig earlier this year.
Now the singer is appealing to her devotees to offer up their molars after one fan gave her inspiration for an outlandish jewellery item.
"I've received 1 tooth from a fan. I made it into a necklace. But now I really wanna make a fan tooth necklace to wear to an awards show. So. What I'm getting at is please send me your teeth. I'm dead serious. I need your teeth," Contactmusic quoted her as tweeting.
The 'TiK ToK' hitmaker has repeatedly hit the headlines for her controversial comments and stunts, including drinking what appeared to be blood from an animal heart during a gig earlier this year.
Now the singer is appealing to her devotees to offer up their molars after one fan gave her inspiration for an outlandish jewellery item.
"I've received 1 tooth from a fan. I made it into a necklace. But now I really wanna make a fan tooth necklace to wear to an awards show. So. What I'm getting at is please send me your teeth. I'm dead serious. I need your teeth," Contactmusic quoted her as tweeting.
boy in a dryer
An 11-year-old boy gets the scare of his life, seeking shelter from a tornado in a dryer.
Austin Miller's mother called him from work as storms swept through the town of Lenox in Iowa, telling him to take shelter. The home doesn't have a basement."I said, 'Get in the laundry room.' There is not a basement and I said, 'Just get in the laundry room,' and he said 'Why mommy?' and I said, "Just get in laundry room.' And then the sirens went off," said Jessica Miller. As she tried desperately to get home, two twisters whipped debris into a blinding mess on local streets."(Austin) said, "Mommy there's glass breaking, it's loud crackling. It's loud and I think the house is going,'" Jessica Miller said. "I mean I was like two blocks away. I could not get here. It was the worst feeling, I can't even explain."While she was on the phone with Austin, the wind tore the home's roof away and rain pounded inside. With debris flying through the air, Austin took shelter in the only place he could."He was just like, "Mommy I'm so scared, I'm so scared," and he ended up getting in the dryer," Jessica Miller said. A short time later, Jessica ran through the front door yelling her son's name. She said he popped right out of the laundry room uninjured -- amazing given the damage the storms caused."I think he's a very smart boy," she said.
Austin Miller's mother called him from work as storms swept through the town of Lenox in Iowa, telling him to take shelter. The home doesn't have a basement."I said, 'Get in the laundry room.' There is not a basement and I said, 'Just get in the laundry room,' and he said 'Why mommy?' and I said, "Just get in laundry room.' And then the sirens went off," said Jessica Miller. As she tried desperately to get home, two twisters whipped debris into a blinding mess on local streets."(Austin) said, "Mommy there's glass breaking, it's loud crackling. It's loud and I think the house is going,'" Jessica Miller said. "I mean I was like two blocks away. I could not get here. It was the worst feeling, I can't even explain."While she was on the phone with Austin, the wind tore the home's roof away and rain pounded inside. With debris flying through the air, Austin took shelter in the only place he could."He was just like, "Mommy I'm so scared, I'm so scared," and he ended up getting in the dryer," Jessica Miller said. A short time later, Jessica ran through the front door yelling her son's name. She said he popped right out of the laundry room uninjured -- amazing given the damage the storms caused."I think he's a very smart boy," she said.
tornado outbreak
April's ferocity was one for the record books: There were more tornadoes in April 2011 than in any month in U.S. history. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates there were more than 600 tornadoes in April, shattering the record of 543 set in May 2003.
With an estimated 327 deaths, the tornado outbreak April 25-28 was the third-deadliest on record, behind 1925 with 747 and 1932 with 332.
The staggering death toll from the tornado outbreak in April 2011-- the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- comes as the National Weather Service reports that the average lead time for tornado warnings was 24 minutes, and that warnings were in effect for more than 90% of the tornadoes. Tornado warning lead time is the difference from when the warning was issued and the time the tornado was on the ground, said weather service meteorologist John Ferree in Norman, Oklahoma.
Ferree said that during the past few years, average tornado warning lead time has been about 14 minutes. This compares with 3 to 5 minutes in the 1980s and early 1990s, before the installation of a national network of Doppler radars and the weather service's modernization.
Tornado warning accuracy is the percentage of tornadoes that occur within areas under warnings. The percentage has increased from around 30% to 40% in the 1980s and early 1990s to around 75% by the early 2000s, Ferree said.
Were it not for tornado warnings, the average annual death toll in the USA from tornadoes would be about 1,000 people, said Kevin Simmons, an economist at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. The Storm Prediction Center says an average 60 people are killed by tornadoes in the USA each year.
There have been an estimated 887 tornadoes in 2011. The year with the most was 2004, when 1,817 were reported, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
With an estimated 327 deaths, the tornado outbreak April 25-28 was the third-deadliest on record, behind 1925 with 747 and 1932 with 332.
The staggering death toll from the tornado outbreak in April 2011-- the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- comes as the National Weather Service reports that the average lead time for tornado warnings was 24 minutes, and that warnings were in effect for more than 90% of the tornadoes. Tornado warning lead time is the difference from when the warning was issued and the time the tornado was on the ground, said weather service meteorologist John Ferree in Norman, Oklahoma.Ferree said that during the past few years, average tornado warning lead time has been about 14 minutes. This compares with 3 to 5 minutes in the 1980s and early 1990s, before the installation of a national network of Doppler radars and the weather service's modernization.
Tornado warning accuracy is the percentage of tornadoes that occur within areas under warnings. The percentage has increased from around 30% to 40% in the 1980s and early 1990s to around 75% by the early 2000s, Ferree said.
Were it not for tornado warnings, the average annual death toll in the USA from tornadoes would be about 1,000 people, said Kevin Simmons, an economist at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. The Storm Prediction Center says an average 60 people are killed by tornadoes in the USA each year.
There have been an estimated 887 tornadoes in 2011. The year with the most was 2004, when 1,817 were reported, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
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