June-23rd-2006, 05:14 PM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
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What Am I Supposed To Say Thread
Fan forgets hotel location in six-hour ordeal
Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:19 PM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police rescued an American soccer fan lost in Hanover and unable to find his hotel again after helplessly wandering around the city for more than six hours after a match, federal police said Friday.
The 25-year-old Boston man had checked into his hotel in the afternoon before going to see a match between Poland and Costa Rica but could not remember his hotel's name, its address or anything else about it, police spokesman Holger Jureczko said.
"He came into the police station at 3 a.m. and asked for help," Jureczko said.
"The only thing he could remember was paying 10 euros for a taxi ride to the city center and that he went past a park and a Mercedes dealer. There are a lot of Mercedes dealers in Hanover but we were able to find the one in the vicinity of a park."
Police took the American to the area that matched his vague description in the city of 500,000 and spent an hour driving up and down streets in that quarter until he recognized his hotel just before dawn Wednesday.
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June-23rd-2006, 06:30 PM
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Universal Sky Marshall
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Somewhere along the Lincoln Highway
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Three elderly Americans lost for three days in Miami
Jun 09 1:48 PM US/Eastern
Three elderly people spending three days driving lost around Miami until a police officer came to their rescue.
"The two women were taking turns driving, and they've been driving around non-stop trying to find the hotel," said Mary Walters of the Miami-Dade police department.
"The gentleman does have alzheimer, so he didn't even know he was lost," she said.
The trio from Naples, New York state, all in their early 70s, were in Miami to visit a sick friend, said Walters.
"They were found in the car, just sitting there, in the parking lot of the gas station," said Walters.
The three visited their friend on Tuesday, but got lost on their way back to their hotel, about 13 kilometers (eight miles) away.
They managed to tell a relative about their plight Wednesday before their cell phone battery apparently went dead. Police across southern Florida were told to look out for them
Walters said all three were doing well. "They're awaiting family members to take them back to New York," she said.
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June-24th-2006, 10:04 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal
Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:54am ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his U.S.-run prison, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.
The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch Thursday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.
Former Saddam aides being held in the same prison had refused to eat three meals since Wednesday evening but ended their fast with the ex-president.
"They all took their dinner meal," the spokesman told Reuters.
Saddam is on trial for crimes against humanity for his role in the 1982 killing of 148 Shi'ites in Dujail. His lead counsel, Khalil al-Dulaimi, has blamed pro-government Shi'ite militias for the murder of his deputy Khamis al-Obaidi Wednesday.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved
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June-24th-2006, 12:43 PM
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The mouldiest of all figs
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Tustin, CA
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EVERYBODY gets lost in Boston.
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June-24th-2006, 12:58 PM
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Be Afraid
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Originally Posted by Gary Sisco
Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal
Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:54am ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his U.S.-run prison, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.
The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch Thursday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.
Former Saddam aides being held in the same prison had refused to eat three meals since Wednesday evening but ended their fast with the ex-president.
"They all took their dinner meal," the spokesman told Reuters.
Saddam is on trial for crimes against humanity for his role in the 1982 killing of 148 Shi'ites in Dujail. His lead counsel, Khalil al-Dulaimi, has blamed pro-government Shi'ite militias for the murder of his deputy Khamis al-Obaidi Wednesday.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved
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Yeah, I'd say a dead lawyer was worth going hungry for a few hours... 
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June-29th-2006, 10:00 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
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June-29th-2006, 10:07 AM
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Plus ça change...
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Boston area
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Hey, they're all welcome to my life. I get lost in my bathroom.
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June-29th-2006, 10:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: New Brunswick
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Hey,
How'd they get my picture?
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June-29th-2006, 10:51 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Wait a minute. I thought that was Coda.
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July-1st-2006, 10:13 AM
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The Bluegrass
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July-1st-2006, 11:06 AM
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The Bluegrass
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