Stalking Venus

Virgin Galactic, the space faring branch of Richard Branson’s empire has unveiled the WhiteKnightTwo - an aeroplane with a twin fuselage, designed to carry a spaceship into suborbital flight.
The craft will carry SpaceShipTwo from Virgin Galactic’s New Mexico space port before releasing it 15km above the Earth’s surface, from where the spaceship will take its [...]

In a bizarre bit of news this morning, the Associated Press report that a man aboard a Greyhound bus in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba was stabbed forty to fifty times by a fellow passenger, who then used the large knife to sever the man’s head.
Other terrified passengers fled the bus, along with the driver, who [...]

In some headline-inspiring news, British police are concerned that a knife manufactured by WASP Injection Systems has turned up in the U.K.
The knife, designed to kill large predators such as sharks and bears, contains a small high-pressure gas cannister hidden in it’s handle. Once the target has been stabbed, the stabber presses a button on [...]

This morning’s LOLnews is about a rescue attempt in Queensland, Australia, where ‘frantic’ police smashed a car window to rescue an unconcious baby that had been left in the back seat… Only it wasn’t a baby, but rather a very realistic baby doll.
Creator of the ‘reborn’ dolls, Ms. Vynette Cernik says that it isn’t the [...]

In a blind bit of news today, New Scientist Tech reports that more than two dozen ravers who attended the Aquamarine rave at the Open Air outdoor festival near Moscow, may face permanent eye damage due to mismanagement of the party’s laser effects.
Twelve cases of eye damage were recorded by the Central Opthalmological Clinic in [...]

A couple of months back, it was discovered that Nelson Mandela, the previous South African president, was banned from entering many parts of the United States, because the FAA peeps had the ANC and it’s members on their terrorist watch list.
An embarrassed George Bush has just signed a bill that allows the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

As if the crime in this country wasn’t bad enough, now we have cops shooting each other. Independent Online reports that over 400 protesting metro police blockaded the M2 highway that rings Johannesburg, bringing peak hour traffic to a standstill.
Then along come the SA Police in riot gear. Shooting erupted, with the metro police using [...]

George Carlin, amazingly talented and incredibly funny comedian, who has entertained the world for 50 years, died at age 71 last Sunday.
Carlin, known for his irreverance, comedic anger and cleverly-timed usage of strong language will be missed by audiences around the world.
Known for his comedy routines such as “Seven words you can’t say on television” [...]

Torrential downpours starting Tuesday evening caused major road blockages, destruction of bridges and property and the death of at least six people. Others are still missing, injured or marooned where emergency services cannot reach them. Two of the dead were children - pupils from Sidelile High School. (Sadly ironic is the fact that the word ’sidelile’ means ‘we had enough’ in the Zulu language).

Some more tragic news delivered to you with a dollop of bad taste:
If you want your scouting experience to literally blow you away, then head on over to Iowa, where four people were killed and at least 40 injured when a tornado struck the Little Sioux Scout Ranch situated near the Nebraskan state border yestereday [...]