Daytona Beach officials will consider removing big patrol trucks from the city's famous sands after a lifeguard ran over and injured a Kansas sunbather Sunday morning, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.Erin Joynt, 33, of Wichita was listed in stable condition today after the right front wheel of a beach patrol pickup truck struck her in the "head area" while making a U-turn, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Her husband was with her but not injured.
The 21-year-old lifeguard, Thomas Moderie, told police he didn't see her. He has been a seasonal, part-time employee for five years and has a "spotless record," Volusia County officials said. The accident is under investigation.
It was the third accident in about a year involving a beach patrol vehicle and a sunbather, and the sixth since 2003, the News-Journal said.
County spokesman Dave Byron said officials will again discuss removing big vehicles from patrolling the beaches because of drivers' visibility problems
Note: I predict a lawsit coming soon... -Rob
From: USA Today
Baseball Player's Earmoth?
Of all the various afflictions that have sidelined big league ballplayers this season, there isn't
one that will leave you more squeamish than what happened to Matt Holliday(notes) on
Monday night.
Watch Holliday's exit
The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder was just minding his own business in Busch Stadium's left field when a moth flew into his right ear and refused to come back out. The inner-ear invasion left Holliday in pain and he immediately left the field under the care of a trainer.
Say, where's Fredbird when you really need him?
From the AP:
Holliday was taken into a dark room and a light was put to his ear, trying to lure the moth out, Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said. When that didn't work, an instrument was used to pry the live moth out of Holliday's ear.
Holliday was not available for comment but appeared to be OK, Bartow said.
"He had a moth fly into his ear, deep into his ear. I don't even know what happened to it," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said.
So what was more embarrassing for Holliday? That he had to leave the game on account of a moth? Or that the rest of us can make jokes about there being enough room between his ears for that little sucker to make himself at home for a spell?
No matter the answer, the fact that Holliday elected to save the moth for posterity is more than amusing. Anyone know if Cooperstown keeps an entomologist on staff?
UPDATE: We've just obtained a proposal of the Cardinals' plans to prevent anything like this from happening in the future. Not bad, though we wish old Busch Stadium was still around so it could be converted into a giant citronella candle.
Note: Lol Rob ;)
From Yahoo Sports
5.9 quake hits East Coast; Pentagon, Capitol buildings evacuated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the East Coast from Virginia to at least Boston on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The earthquake was centered in Mineral, Virginia, which is 92 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake was initially reported at 5.8 magnitude.
The quake had a very shallow depth of 0.6 miles.
The Pentagon and Capitol Building in Washington were evacuated, as were courthouses in New York City. The earthquake sent Washington office workers scurrying into the streets.
A Reuters witness said the quake was felt as far away as Toronto, Canada.
Note: I hope that everyone is ok esp. all my freinds in those areas and New York
as well. Maybe the Rapture is not to far away... Rob
From Yahoo News
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