The Gentler Side of Women's Sports

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Piuuqqs10&feature=player_embeddedNew Mexico suspends hair-pulling soccer player

Nov 06 2009



PROVO, Utah— A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

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Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. Lambert is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then yanking the ponytail of a BYU player who went crashing to the ground.

"My actions were uncalled for," Lambert said in a statement released by New Mexico. "I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation."

Lambert's actions brought unprecedented _ and very unwanted _ attention to the Mountain West women's soccer tournament.

Video highlights have been airing nationally since Thursday night and not because it was a thrilling game decided on Carlee Payne's header in the 31st minute. The focus of the highlights is more on Lambert's physical play, especially her takedown of BYU's Kassidy Shumway by grabbing her ponytail and pulling her backward.

New Mexico moved quickly to announce Friday that Lambert has been suspended indefinitely. The Mountain West followed with a statement commending the Lobos for acting promptly.

"Liz is a quality student-athlete, but in this instance her actions clearly crossed the line of fair play and good sportsmanship," New Mexico coach Kit Vela said.

Lambert was the only player to be penalized in the game, getting a yellow card in the 77th minute for colliding with a BYU player who was driving toward the Lobos' net. The highlights showed the game was physical in both directions, including an elbow to Lambert's ribs by a BYU player during a dead ball.

Lambert responded with an elbow to the back, one of many regrettable plays she made in the game.

"This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player I am," Lambert said in her apology. "I am sorry to my coaches and teammates for any and all damages I have brought upon them. I am especially sorry to BYU and the BYU women's soccer players that were personally affected by my actions."

This Van's Been Around - Now It Has A New Lease On Life - To Be Auctioned

Van stolen 35 years ago in Wash. state recovered

Nov 06 2009



(AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

In this undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 1965 Volkswagen van that was stolen 35 years ago from Spokane, Wash., is shown after it was recovered on Oct. 19, 2009, from a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles bound for The Netherlands.

SPOKANE, Wash.— A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.

Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for The Netherlands, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. They ran the vehicle identification number and discovered it was listed as stolen.

Law officers said the van, which is in great shape, was stolen from an upholstery shop in Spokane on July 12, 1974 _ while Spokane was hosting the 1974 World's Fair.

Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.

The operators of a vehicle restoration business in Arizona were the latest to have possession of the van, which they refurbished and planned to sell overseas, said Michael Maleta, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol. Maleta said the shop is also considered a victim in the case, and he declined to identify it.

The van now legally belongs to Allstate Insurance Co., which paid off the original owner's theft claim back in 1974. The Highway Patrol turned over the van to Allstate this week.

Maleta said the van had been restored to pristine condition.

"Now it's probably worth 27 grand," he said. "It's a beautiful van."

Megan Brunet, a spokeswoman for Allstate, said the company is looking through old records trying to find the original policy and theft claim.

"Trying to find paper files from that far back can be pretty challenging," she said.

The company will likely have the van appraised and go through the process of getting a replacement title before selling it at auction, she said.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again - But Not 950 Times

SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try

Nov 06 2009

South Korean Woman Sets Record for Failed Driver's License Attempts

A 68-year-old South Korean woman, Cha Sa-soon, shows her application form for a driver's license in Wanju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Cha had passed the written exam required for a driver's license Wednesday after hundreds of failed attempts over the past four years, police said Friday.

SEOUL, South Korea— A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed the written exam with a score of 60 on Wednesday, said Choi Young-chul, a police official at the drivers' license agency in Jeonju, 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of Seoul.

Police said Cha took the test hundreds of times, but had no specific total. Local media said she took the test 950 times.

Now she must pass a driving test before getting her license, Choi said.

Repeated calls to Cha seeking comment went unanswered. She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

Montana Doomsday Group Loses Chief Doomsayer To Ordinary Illness

Doomsday Sect - It it doomed or still waiting?

Nov 06 2009

A Marie Antoinette look alike?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

When the charismatic prophet/leader of a doomsday organization that predicts an end to the world via holocaust dies, what happens to Doomsday? Does the doom simply vanish with its predictor?

What kind of a Doomsday is it when it allows its principal prophet and predictor, Elisabeth Prophet, to escape the holocaust via a very ordinary earthling death? It scarcely seems fair to those left behind to continue to worry about Doomsday for the remainder of their lives and then have to die through it, too.

With doom apparently on the back burner for now, the primary issue is who gets to control and keep the 750 persons underground rooms, dug into the side of a Montana mountain, on a 7,500 acre spread in Paradise Valley, fully stocked with food, medicine and water, for those still around when and (now a big IF), Doomsday finally arrives? The legal squabble for control of the doomed assets probably will last until Doomsday, or the assets are fully depleted,whichever comes first. What a pickle?


FILE-This undated file photo provided by Mouth Public Relations shows Church Universal and Triumphan leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet addressing a group of followers.

(AP Photo/courtesy of the book Prophet's Daughter, Lyons Press, Chad Slattery,File)

Man Gives New Meaning to "Screw You"

Man accused of corkscrew threat in public bathroom


Oct 28, 2009


CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested a 56-year-old man accused of threatening another man with a corkscrew at a public restroom in Riverfront Commemorative Park. A witness told police he saw a man holding a corkscrew in his hand while kicking the bathroom door and threatening to kill the man inside. No one was injured.

Officers arrested the man on charges of menacing, unlawful use of a weapon and disorderly conduct. They confiscated the corkscrew, which was used by the officers back at the station to open a bottle of wine one officer had in his locker.

The man, who has no permanent address, was taken to the Benton County jail. The report did not mention whether the corkscrew owner was offered a glass of the wine from the tasting he made possible.

Instead, bail was set at $62,500 after his arraignment Tuesday afternoon.

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Information from: Gazette-Times, http://www.gtconnect.com

Jack Daniels/T.G.I.F.Defense to UI Charge

Sheboygan man claims he was drunk from eating a Jack Daniels steak the night before.

Sheboygan Press staff • October 28, 2009

A Sheboygan man with a fourth drunken driving charge pending is facing new charge after failing a breathalyzer test, then claiming the test result was from eating a Jack Daniels steak, according to a criminal complaint.



Ian A. Baker, 23, of 1229 Trimberger Court, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor bail jumping, which carries a maximum penalty of nine months in jail. Here's what happened, no joke. According to the complaint:


Baker came to his court-ordered intoxicated driver intervention program Monday morning and blew a blood-alcohol level of 0.07 on a breath test. He then denied drinking any alcohol and blamed the test result on eating a Jack Daniels steak the night before.


Baker was charged in July with the fourth-offense OWI and released on a $1,500 signature bond that forbade alcohol consumption.

Man Concocts Novel Defense to DUI Arrest

Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man charged with DUI

Nov 04 2009

(AP Photo/Oxford Police Department)

James P. Miller, 20, a dolt,is shown Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in a police photo provided by the Oxford Ohio police department wearing a Halloween breathalyzer costume. Miller was arrested and charged with driving a vehicle while intoxicated after blowing a 0.158 on a breathalyzer test when he was stopped by Oxford police driving the wrong way on a one way street Halloween night.

OXFORD, Ohio— An Ohio buffoon, who dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street. Oxford police said they stopped 20-year-old James P. Miller on Halloween night and found beer in his front seat and in the trunk. Miller admitted having more beer in his stomach.

Police said Miller blew 0.158 percent on a Breathalyzer test. The legal limit for driving is a blood-alcohol level of .08. According to a police spokesman, speaking on condition of parsimony, described Miller as an "airhead."

Miller was cited on charges which included operating a vehicle while intoxicated, underage possession of alcohol, having an open container in the vehicle, possession of a fake ID,illegal discharge of methane gas, and a one-way street violation. Miller offered to test himself on his own Breathalyzer at the scene, to save authorities time and money. His offer was declined because police felt his own drunken condition would compromise the results and it would be inadmissible in court. Miller then read the arresting officer his Miranda rights and asked that an attorney be appointed to represent the officer.

Miller had no comment when reached at home Wednesday other than to say he was a victim of police breathalyzer discrimination.