London Marathon snail crawl man Lloyd Scott sacked
A charity worker who crawled the London Marathon dressed as Brian the Snail from The Magic Roundabout has been sacked for not raising enough money.
Action for Kids fundraiser Lloyd Scott hoped to raise at least £100,000 for the charity but received about £20,000.
The 49-year-old former footballer from Essex, who has raised more than £5m for charity over the years, said he was "shocked" by the decision.
Action for Kids said Mr Scott was given his notice "due to losses incurred".
The charity said that expenses incurred by the charity included publicity and support costs.
Mr Scott was accompanied around the course by people dressed as other characters from the Magic Roundabout including Florence, Dylan and Zebedee.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13751871
Lt. Moses Hightower dies at 66.
Football great and 'Police Academy' star Bubba Smith dies
He was a good actor. He was Lt. Moses Hightower in "Police Academy." :(
German police seek help over mystery 'forest boy'
Berlin police have appealed for information to help them establish the identity of a teenager who appeared in the city saying that he had been living in the woods for five years.
The teenager is about 17, and speaks English and a little German.
He told the police that he and his father went to live in the woods after his mother died.
He said he left the woods in August when his father died, and walked for two weeks before reaching Berlin.
He said he couldn't remember where his family came from, but that his name was Ray.
"We have sent appeals for help to all European countries via Interpol... we really have no idea where he comes from," Michael Maas, a spokesman for the Berlin police said.
The boy appeared at a youth emergency centre in Berlin on 5 September. He and his father had taken to the woods about five years ago after his mother's death, he told police.
The boy said he and his father did not set up a home, but slept in a tent, and huts they found in the woods.
Police say the boy claims he followed his compass and went northwards after his father died, reaching Berlin.
The boy has been medically examined and is physically healthy.
Police say they have no evidence of a crime having been committed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14950656
Council makes 12 visits to change a lightbulb - with police officer's help
Homeowner Jack Doran was amazed at the number of council staff who tried to change a lightbulb in a broken street lamp near his house.
The 74-year-old reported the problem to authorities, who sent a repair team.
But the workers could not get to the junction box, which was surrounded by a hedge, so parks department staff came to cut the foliage. A third team was sent with a cherry picker, only to be thwarted by water leaking into the light.
This was followed by a policeman who checked the darkened road because of fears it was a security risk.
A worker then replaced the bulb – but it blew out because of a fuse problem.
The light finally worked on September 30, six weeks after the fault was reported.
‘There were at least 12 visits and I started to wonder what on earth had gone wrong,’ said Mr Doran, of Cheltenham.
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First rule of Fight Club is...
...You will not tell mummy and daddy about fight club
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/21...ler-fight-club
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Three Delaware day care employees have been accused of encouraging toddlers to fight each other while the children were under their care.
CBS Philly reported that Tiana Harris, 19, Lisa Parker, 47, and Estefania Myers, 21, employees of the Hands of Our Future Daycare in Dover, were arrested after a cellphone video emerged of them allegedly encouraging two 3-year-olds to fight in an organized battle.
Police said in the video one child is heard yelling, "He’s pinching me!" A day care worker allegedly responded, "No pinching, only punching."
"It was a difficult video to watch," Dover Police Capt. Tim Stump told FoxNews.com. "One of the kids involved ran over to one of the adults for protection, but she turned him around back into the fight."
