How not to win back your girlfriend
A heartbroken Milwaukee man persuaded a friend to shoot him, in the hope that his ex-girlfriend would take him back out of sympathy. Jordan Cardella, 20, was shot once in the arm by Michael Wezyk, 24, a court heard late last month, but Cardella’s ex was not moved enough by the news even to visit him in the hospital. “This has to be the most phenomenally stupid case that I have seen,” said prosecutor Christopher Rawsthorne before Wezyk was sentenced to two years’ probation.
William and Kate tackle thriftiness
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Prince William and his bride, Kate, seem to be out to demonstrate that thriftiness can be a royal virtue. During last weekend’s wedding festivities of William’s cousin, Zara Phillips, Kate wore two dresses that had already been seen by an attentive public. And after the wedding in Edinburgh, the royal pair flew on a budget airline to Manchester, with nothing but their bodyguards to distinguish them from other frugal fliers.
Muslim teens paint burkas on advertising posters
Two Muslim teenagers in London have been convicted for painting burkas on posters of women they considered immodestly dressed. Mohammed Hasnath and Muhammed Tahir, both 18, admitted defacing several advertising posters, including one for deodorant, reportedly telling arresting officers that “the way the women had been photographed” was against their religion. Each youth was given probation and ordered to pay roughly $460 in court costs.
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