Women Killed by "Flying" Laptop

TORONTO: A Canadian woman was killed after she was hit by a "flying" laptop, a news report said on Friday.

According to police, 25-year-old Heather Storey died when she was hit by a laptop while driving to work last month. Storey usually kept her laptop in the backseat of the vehicle.

The momentum caused due to sudden braking sent the laptop "flying" and hit her in the head, the police was quoted as saying by the Vancouver Sun.

According to investigators, the woman would have survived had she secured the laptop and warned people not to leave their belongings unsecured in the back of their vehicles.

"Dumbest Criminal" Nabbed

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (US): A retired police chief said he was robbed by "probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania," at a police officers'convention on Friday morning.

John Comparetto said as he came out of a stall in the men's room, a man pointed a gun in his face and demanded money. There were 300 narcotics officers from Pennsylvania and Ohio at the gathering.

Comparetto gave up his money and cell phone. But when the man fled, Comparetto and some colleagues chased him. They arrested a 19-year-old man as he was trying to leave in a taxi.

The suspect is also awaiting trial on four previous robbery charges. The suspect was arraigned and taken to Dauphin County Prison. When a reporter asked the suspect for comment as he was led out of court, he said, "I'm smooth."

British Minister Claims for Adult Movies Expense

LONDON: Britain's Home Secretary has apologized for claiming the cost of adult movies screened at her home on parliamentary expenses.

Jacqui Smith claimed for five movies watched on pay-per view television channels at her family home in April 2008. Two of the movies that each cost 5 pounds (US$7) were classified as adult-only.

The Sunday Express newspaper and other British media reported that the adult movies were watched by her husband.

Smith said in a statement on Sunday that the television package had been claimed in error and would be paid back.

Smith is already under investigation from the parliamentary ethics watchdog over expenses she claims on the home in Redditch, 120 miles (190 kilometers) northwest of London, while staying with her sister in London.

Women Divorces Husband for "cleaning too much"

A German woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time.

German media reported the wife got through 15 years of marriage putting up with the man's penchant for doing household chores, tidying up and rearranging the furniture.

But she ran out of patience when he knocked down and rebuilt a wall at their home when it got dirty, Christian Kropp, court judge in the central town of Sondershausen, said on Thursday.

"I'd never had anyone seek a divorce for this," he said.

Rhode Island strip club to host job fair

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (US): Here's a job opportunity you won't need to buy a new wardrobe for.

Hoping to take advantage of Rhode Island's floundering economy, owners of the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence plan to hold a job fair on Saturday.

They say they're looking to fill around 30 positions, from strippers and waitresses to disc jockeys and bartenders, at that club and two others in Massachusetts.

"I need more managers, I need more competent staff, and I need more attractive waitresses to go along with the ones I have right now," said co-owner Tom Tsoumas.

The naked truth is that Rhode Island's economy is among the worst in the nation, with an unemployment rate of 10.3 percent in January.

The Providence club isn't immune from the recession but is still drawing customers willing to drink and pay for lap dances, said manager Bob Travisono.

"It's taken a hit," he said. "It's not as bad as restaurants and stuff like that. In times like this, they seem to drink their sorrows away."

Tsoumas said he hopes some who might shun strip clubs when the economy is good might consider shedding their clothes now, or at least working as a floor host or bartender.

Student Suspended for Passing Gas

LAKELAND (US): An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a
misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day.

Polk County school officials said there's no rule against flatulence, but there are rules against causing a disturbance on the bus.

The teen said he wasn't the one passing gas.

Whether he did it or not, he might have gotten off easy. A 13-year-old student at a Stuart school was arrested in November after authorities said he broke wind in class.

Teen Fined for Cheeky Flash

CANBERRA: An Australian teenager wearing baggy trousers and no underwear was fined after his pants fell down just as a female police officer was walking past, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

Trent Joseph Wroe, 19, was fined A$250 ($168), and ordered to wear a belt, after the February 28 incident in Mooloolaba in the northern Queensland state, the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper reported