http://newslite.tv/ Odd news stories from newslite.tv - it barley counts as news. en Copyright 2014 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:42:04 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://newslite.tv/2013/02/16/sloth-drops-from-tree-into-spe.html http://newslite.tv/2013/02/16/sloth-drops-from-tree-into-spe.html animals video Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:42:04 +0000 BBC weather forecaster Kate Kinsella halted a live broadcast on Three Counties radio … after spotting a mouse in the studio. http://newslite.tv/2013/01/02/bbc-weather-forecast-interrupt.html http://newslite.tv/2013/01/02/bbc-weather-forecast-interrupt.html animals oops Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:49:27 +0000 http://newslite.tv/2013/01/02/stephen-hawking-stars-in-new-g.html http://newslite.tv/2013/01/02/stephen-hawking-stars-in-new-g.html marketing they did what? video Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:37:01 +0000 Forget those little gummy worms you used to get in a pick-and-mix. This is the gummy python, a seven foot long 36,000 calorie monster which is more sweet than you would ever want to eat.The candy snake is surprisingly detailed and includes intricate eyes, extensive and blended coloring, ridged coils, and thousands of individually carved scales.But maybe more importantly it is freakishly huge! Weighing in a at 12.2 kilograms (27 pounds) it's almost 8ft long and those 36,720 calories are 18.36 days of an adult's recommended daily allowance.Retailers Vat19.com suggest the Party Python could be divided into 306 servings of 40 grams and 120 calories each. It's equivalent to 1,109 regular-sized gummy worms. http://newslite.tv/2012/11/12/meet-the-7ft-long-edible-gummy.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/12/meet-the-7ft-long-edible-gummy.html food funny products Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:43:59 +0000 When a man pulled up at a petrol station in Texas and offered Jalonta Freeman a new $800 iPad for just $200, she should have know it was too good to be true.Instead she thought it was too good to pass up and handed over the cash … it was only later she discovered the iPad was actually a mirror wrapped up to look like an Apple iPad. http://newslite.tv/2012/11/12/ipad-bought-at-petrol-station.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/12/ipad-bought-at-petrol-station.html crime oops video Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:42:00 +0000 A design firm has created a bizarre power-generating rocking chair which can be used to charge an iPad as you rock.Makers MICASA LAB from Zurich claim that regular rocking in the iRock chair can keep an Apple iPad topped up. Featuring an iPad docking stand on one arm and speakers in the back rest, the chair works thanks to a set of gears and generator on the base that transforms the movement into power."If you use iRock for 60 minutes you can recharge an iPad 3 to 35%," said a spokesperson. "The iRock is an updated version of the traditional rocking chair. It's a self sufficient iPad dock and sound station." http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/irock-rocking-chair-charges-yo.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/irock-rocking-chair-charges-yo.html funny products Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:01:59 +0000 This helicopter pilot is our new hero, after spotting a toy plane stranded in a tree, he rescued it and returned it to the boy who had crashed it.Despite being busy flying a Robinson R-22 helicopter, the pilot saw the lad flying a scaled-down P51 Mustang, and then crashing it into a tree.He quickly sprang into action and swooped down, hovered over the tree and got his co-pilot to lean out an grab the wing of the plane.Once they'd retrieved the toy, they landed outside the house and returned it to the boy. http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/helicopter-pilot-rescues-toy-p.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/helicopter-pilot-rescues-toy-p.html they did what? video Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:31:20 +0000 http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/baby-mops-puts-your-littleone.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/07/baby-mops-puts-your-littleone.html children funny products Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:26:38 +0000 The UK Foreign Office has spent £10,000 to have a giant 120-year-old dead snake re-stuffed.Measuring 20ft long and known as "Albert" the snake - which hangs in a Foreign Office library - is said to be regarded as a departmental asset.The odd spending was revealed after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from political blog Guido Fawkes.A spokesman for the Foreign Office reportedly said of the spending: "It is quite a bit of money, but he is a very big snake." http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/uk-government-spends-10000-on.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/uk-government-spends-10000-on.html they did what? Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:21:30 +0000 Chances are that you saw some good Halloween costumes this year, but did you see any as good as this baby who was dressed as Marty McFly from Back to the Future? Didn't think so.Explaining the Cooper’s costume online, mother Cory Newton-Smith said: "It all started with a red puffy vest Cooper already had and a side comment from my husband about Marty McFly in late September. "I’ve always loved Back to the Future, and love cars since I was little and grew up going to car shows with my Dad; what better way to tote my 1 year old son around on Halloween than in a transformed $25 Step2 push car."So, I spent a few weekends and nights in October recreating the iconic DeLorean with cardboard, tape, paint, and a little help with some EL lighting from my husband, Jeremy. The perfect costume for Cooper’s first Halloween!" http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/back-to-the-future-baby-hallow.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/back-to-the-future-baby-hallow.html art children Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:11:14 +0000 Children out trick-or-treating in Manchester got more than a few sweets on Halloween, some were given packets of cocaine!Greater Manchester Police say they were called to reports of trick-or-treaters in Royton being given packets of white powder amongst their sweets.It was soon confirmed that the snap bags contained cocaine, not a sweet, and a 33-year-old man from Royton was charged with possession of class A drugs Superintendent Catherine Hankinson said: “The parents and police acted quickly when this report was made, in the interests of public safety." http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/trickortreat-kids-given-bags-o.html http://newslite.tv/2012/11/04/trickortreat-kids-given-bags-o.html WTF children crime Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:08:06 +0000 With Halloween fast approaching there are going to be plenty of people claiming to have a great Halloween scare trick… they wont be as good as magician Rich Ferguson.Ferguson has scored an internet hit with a video of him performing a head drop trick on the streets of his home town San Luis Obispo.Click play and enjoy… just try not to lose your head. http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/sneezing-man-has-mustsee-hallo.html http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/sneezing-man-has-mustsee-hallo.html video Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:12:53 +0000 Because every man wishes he was James Bond, a paintball website is allowing them to run around dressed as their hero while shooting down infamous Bond villains… but using a paintball gun rather than a Walther PPK.The Skyfall Paintball package, which has been launched to celebrate the new 007 movie, gives paintball players the opportunity to re-enact some of the cult hero’s most iconic scenes, all while wearing a tuxedo.Villains will be played by the site’s staff and participants are being warned to keep tuxedo spending to a minimum as it's unlikely they'll be able to get the paint out of the clothes should they get shot.However, paintball spies won't look quite as smooth as Daniel Craig, due to safety regulations they will still have to wear unstylish safety goggles. http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/wouldbe-james-bonds-wear-tuxed.html http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/wouldbe-james-bonds-wear-tuxed.html weird event Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:09:54 +0000 http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/top-10-weird-mobile-phone-insu.html http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/top-10-weird-mobile-phone-insu.html animals oops Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:50:23 +0000 A family in Albuquerque have been left puzzled after a stranger repeatedly climbed onto their porch in the early morning … to rearrange their patio furniture.CCTV footage shows the unknown woman walking past the home, noticing that the family have rejected her new layout and put the furniture back, and then doing it again.The Dentandts from New Mexico said: "It's been funny but it's kind of creepy to know that someone is coming on our property." http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/stranger-moving-patio-furnitur.html http://newslite.tv/2012/10/29/stranger-moving-patio-furnitur.html crime video Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:47:56 +0000