HElP THEM IN lOCATINGSEVERED FINGER
British police have launched a public appeal to find the owner of a human finger, seven years after it was found in london.
Police said this week that the DNA of the severed finger, which came from a male, did not match any missing person or crime reports of the time and they have no other clues.
It was found by a dog in the rear courtyard of a london shop in 2010.
“We have now exhausted all lines of inquiry and have been unable to find out who the finger belongs to and how the finger became detached in the first place. It is quite the mystery,” said Detective Constable Tom Boon.
“We are now appealing for the public to help us solve the case.”
(Reuters)
HE PROPOSES TO GIRlFRIEND AND HER SISTER TOO
It was twice the decision for an Indiana man who not only proposed to his girlfriend, but also to her little sister. Hannah Schaus, 15, has Down syndrome, and her older sister, Ashley Schaus, 23, has always been prepared to become her legal guardian when their parents are unable to take care of her.
So when Ashley and her boyfriend of seven years, Will Seaton, 25, started discussing the prospect of marriage, Ashley joked, “You never thought you’d have to marry two women at the same time.” But, Will was happy to.
Using a simple ring Ashley and Hannah’s grandmother had given him, Will dropped down to one knee to propose to Hannah first, asking if she would be his “best friend forever.” When the teen agreed, Will turned to Ashley and asked if she would marry him. “He definitely goes out of the way for her so this was more than I could ask for,” Ashley told a news portal. “When she was born, my parents told me she was going to be extra special because she had Down syndrome,” Ashley explained.
Although she’s now starting a family of her own, Ashley is making sure Hannah feels included, especially when it comes to the wedding.
Hannah will even dance with the groom in a special song, “Best Friend” by Harry Nilsson, and wear a white dress for the big day.
“The happiness level is infinite, it’s not like she’s stealing anyone’s thunder,” Ashley said.
(MSN Offbeat)
SHOPPERS CAN TAKE A NAP: NO QUESTIONS ASKED
When it’s sweltering in Shanghai, do as the locals do and settle down for a nap at Ikea — if you can find an open bed. Chinese have a peculiar penchant for making themselves at home in the Swedish retailer’s air-conditioned showrooms, snoozing on beds, dozing on couches, and eating at dinner tables — and the phenomenon is on full display as the sweltering summer sets in.
With the mercury pushing 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit), people from all walks of life — children with parents, couples, and the elderly — can be seen lounging and even, somehow, catching a few Zs amid the crush of shoppers. But an Ikea store in Shanghai last year imposed a “no food, no seating” rule in its popular cafeteria, which had reportedly become the chosen venue for many widowed or divorced elderly seeking a romantic match.
(AFP)
YUKON SEEKS ‘BACK UP’ AFTER TOE USED IN COCKTAIl STOlEN
The theft of a famed cocktail ingredient, a mummified human toe, has spurred the northern Canadian territory of Yukon to launch a tongue-in-cheek campaign for an “insurance” toe, in case the digit gets stolen again. In Yukon’s Dawson City, drinking a cocktail with a pickled toe is a time-honored tradition that more than 100,000 visitors have undertaken, according to the municipality. The toe was stolen from a local hotel recently sparking national headlines. It came back by mail four days later along with an apology letter, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Travel Yukon government tourism organisation asked on Twitter for pictures of toes in the “Toenation Contest,” which will grant the winner a free trip to the remote, sparsely populated territory, a neighbour of Alaska. “Our toe was returned, but we can always use backups!” Travel Yukon tweeted. “Donate yours for a Yukon trip. Will your toe make the cutIJ”
(Reuters)
PUNISHED FOR PRAISE
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered an over-enthusiastic columnist to be suspended from his job after he equated him with God, Saudi media reported this week. Ramadan al-Anzi’s column in al-Jazirah newspaper describing King Salman as “Haleem”, or forbearing, and “Shadeed al-Eqab”, strict in punishment — both terms associated in Islam with God — appeared to have gone too far. Attributing divine qualities or giving individuals any of the 99 names of God is frowned upon in the kingdom, which follows the strict Sunni Muslim Wahhabi school of Islam.
(Reuters)