Month: June 2007

Anger over Polish breast montage (BBC News)

German politicians have condemned a computer generated photo of Poland’s leaders sucking the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bare breasts.

The image appears on the cover of the Polish weekly Wprost, and is titled “Stepmother of Europe”.

A Polish council overseeing ethics in the media said the montage overstepped “the limits of good taste”.

Tension between the neighbouring countries has been building following last week’s European Union summit.

The mocked up image

Arthritic jaw could sideline Japanese eating champ (AP)

TOKYO: Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi is being treated for an arthritic jaw that could douse his hopes for taking a seventh straight title at the annual Independence Day hot dog eating competition on Coney Island.

Last year, the 165-pound (75-kilogram) champion won his sixth straight Yellow Mustard Belt at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest by devouring a then-world record 53 3/4 frankfurters in 12

Priest arrested for DWI after crashing into restaurant (KXAN.com)

Six people are hurt and a priest is under arrest, all because of a chaotic scene at a Bastrop County restaurant. A pickup truck plowed through the wall just before 7 p.m. Monday.

It happened at La Cabana Restaurant on Highway 71, just outside Smithville. Now, Father Karel Fink is facing a drunk-driving charge.

“It was like an explosion,” said crash victim Christie Mick.

Police said Fink, 61, drove

Cockroaches are helpful, just misunderstood (Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle)

Toby Keith says he’s misunderstood (John Gerome, AP)

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