WEBBITS . . .
30/01/2010 05:20
Don’t You Hate It
When This Happens?
A roundup of bits from the web:
* AUSTRALIANS are the worst sinners in the world, British researchers have decided. In a study of 35 countries, Australians come up as the most likely to commit one of the biblical seven deadly sins. Read more:
* About 1,400 tourists have been airlifted from near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru following floods that destroyed road and rail links. A break in the weather allowed the government to send in helicopters, but about 800 tourists are still stranded. Read more:
* A Queensland surfer has fought off a shark with his fists in waters east of Bundaberg in south east Queensland. Read more:
* COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police in Colorado say they arrested a 28-year-old man accused of passing out in a McDonald's play area and telling his two children to bite the officers who were trying to arrest him. Read more:
* A Portland police officer accidentally used pepper spray instead of a fire extinguisher on a man who lit himself on fire downtown near a fur store Wednesday. Read more:
