Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category
Written by OddCulture on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 in Florida, bizarre, culture, travel.
Welcome to Orlando
Home of that damned mouse, among other things. Here’s the news:
Downtown Orlando Panhandling Ban Passes:
Nighttime panhandling is now banned in the city of Orlando. On Monday, the city council gave final approval to a new ordinance banning begging from sunset to sunrise.
Either way, the new ban will go into place on September 27, [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 in Florida, Trainwrecks, culture, travel.
Student Arrested, Tasered at John Kerry Event
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum.
Videos of the incident posted on several Web sites show officers pulling Andrew Meyer, 21, away from the [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 in Florida, crime, travel.
Source: TampaBay.com
Source: Orlando Sentinel
A former investor in an airship business Pearlman owned in the 1990s, Julian Benscher has agreed to buy three lapsing life-insurance policies, make up delinquent premiums and split the proceeds with bankruptcy creditors if the ex-Orlando music mogul dies. “He is not the fittest-looking person I’ve ever seen,” Benscher, a 41-year-old Brit, [...]
Written by OddCulture on Monday, August 20th, 2007 in Florida, Religion, bizarre, culture, travel.
Welcome to Orlando
Home of that damned mouse, among other things. Here’s the news:
Car crashes into woman’s house for the 4th time in 17 years
Patricia Smith said a traffic light on the corner of Goldwyn Avenue and Orange Center Boulevard, in front of her house, confuses drivers and causes them to crash. The driver suffered minor [...]
Written by OddCulture on Monday, August 13th, 2007 in Florida, Trainwrecks, accidents, travel.
Ronald Tridico crashed his brand-new, $400,000 Lamborghini while apparently driving under the influence.
This apparently happened not long after he just bought the thing.
Ronald Tridico happens to, as J. Napsterista eloquently put it, sling spam faxes.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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Written by OddCulture on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 in Florida, Trainwrecks, accidents, disasters, travel.
The collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi river is sadly not the first time bridges in America have collapsed.
I-40 bridge disaster
On May 26, 2002, the captain of the tugboat Robert Y. Love accidentally crashed his barge into an I-40 bridge support in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. A 580 foot section of the bridge [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 in Florida, Trainwrecks, culture, travel.
Source: ABC7
On Sarasota’s North Tamiami Trail, two mannequins are causing controversy. Some people say they’re offensive. The man who put up the display says he wanted to offend his neighbors and the city of Sarasota.
Mannequin Two: On the Move
People have recently sent e-mails to Sarasota city commissioners asking for help to please have this man [...]
Written by OddCulture on Sunday, July 1st, 2007 in Babes, Florida, culture, mature, travel.
From CBS/AP:
A federal appeals court upheld municipal zoning and nudity ordinances on Thursday (6/28) after the city and Lollipops Gentlemen’s Club made their cases before the court on March 23.
“The bottom line is the 11th Circuit Court (of Appeals) upheld the city’s authority to enforce its zoning regulations and public nudity ordinance with regard to [...]
Written by OddCulture on Friday, June 15th, 2007 in Florida, Frisky Friday, funny pictures, travel.
I can haz bailout?
Written by OddCulture on Thursday, June 14th, 2007 in Florida, crime, travel.
Lou Pearlman taken into custody by FBI
Source: LOCAL6 (orlando)
Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman was arrested and taken into custody by FBI agents Thursday morning in Indonesia. Pearlman, who hadn’t been seen or heard from in months, was turned over to U.S. authorities and was being flown to Guam, the nearest U.S. territory, to have an initial [...]
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