German woman calls emergency for dating a cop

A German woman dialed a police emergency line 13 times as she wanted to date a policeman and her arrogance to continue making calls until she found one made the cops confiscate her phone battery.

"I have been without a partner for a long time and now have resolved to look for a policeman with whom to spend the rest of my life," police in the western town of Schwelm quoting the woman said in a statement Tuesday.

She said she would keep calling until she had found what she was looking for. And that she didn't care that she was blocking the emergency line.

When two police knocked at her door, the inebriated woman apologized and promised to bring a cake to the police station the following day. The officers were not especially amused and temporarily confiscated the battery of her mobile phone.

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Motorist stopped by police for LAUGHING at wheel

A driver had the smile wiped off his face when he was stopped by police for laughing at the wheel. Gary Sanders, 47, was speaking on a hands-free phone while driving to work when he got the giggles. But Mersey Tunnels Police failed to see the funny side and ordered the Liverpool businessman to pull over.

A traffic officer told him: “Laughing while driving a car can be an offence.”

After lengthy questioning, the officer concluded there was nothing he could book Gary for and let him go. But Gary, managing director of Spontex Workwear, was told to produce his licence at a police station which took a further hour and a half making him miss an important appointment.

He said: “I couldn’t believe it. I was driving very safely and took a call from a friend.

“He said something funny and I was laughing – simple as that. I never took my eyes off the road and I was in full control of the car.

“Then I saw a police car flashing its lights. He said I was laughing too much. I was kept there for 35 minutes answering these unrelated questions.

“It was no joke,” added Gary, who first told his story on BBC Radio Merseyside.

Supt Hagger of the Mersey Tunnels Police said he “didn’t know the full details”.

BBC

Want designer babies?

A clinic with offices in New York and Los Angeles advertised that it has been able to help couples to choose the sex, eye or hair color of their child.

Genetic counseling usually helps couples avoid passing a genetic disorder or disease onto a child, but now designer babies are not science fiction any more, according to Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg of the Fertility Institute as quoted by reports Wednesday.

"Can they say to me, 'We would prefer to have blue eyes,' and can we offer them an increased chance of blue eyes? Absolutely." said Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg of the Fertility Institute.

Such idea has given rise to disagreement.

“I would try to talk (couples) out of it. I don’t know what in the world they’re thinking that we should be spending our time picking out eye color and hair color," said Dr. Elizabeth Kennard, who practices in Central Ohio and helps couples who have trouble conceiving.

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Wake up to a crocodile at your door

A one-meter-long crocodile, its jaws sealed, escaped from a local restaurant and climbed up to the 4th floor in the same building, sending scared residents to call police for help in Quanzhou, China.

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Helicopter stops play in cricket match

A helicopter stopped play in a domestic cricket game in India after the pilot mistook the pitch for a landing pad, local media reported on Sunday.

Players were forced to abort Saturday's one-day game and scurry for cover when the hapless pilot set the chopper down on the letter 'H' painted in the corner of the cricket ground.

The 'H' stands for the name of the Himachal Pradesh team in the north-west Indian state.

A fire near the stadium also added to the confusion of the pilot, who misinterpreted it for smoke signals, according to the Hindustan Times.

The unscheduled arrival of the helicopter, owned by a private airline, halted play for almost half an hour before the red-faced pilot buzzed off again.