Man damages toilet by setting off fireworks at an Arby’s in Delaware

September 1st, 2009 Man admits crawling into outhouse pit _ againPORTLAND, Maine — A Maine man caught peering up at a girl from below an outhouse toilet seat four years ago stands accused of crawling into another pit toilet on White Mountain National Forest property in New Hampshire. A federal affidavit indicates a 49-year-old man confessed to repeating his previous act on Memorial Day.

August 24th, 2009 Man gets glued to toilet seat at Australian mallCAIRNS, Australia — A man who used a public toilet in a shopping mall was taken to a hospital to have the toilet seat removed from his backside after someone smeared it with glue in what an official condemned Monday as a sick joke. Police urged possible witnesses to come forward after the 58-year-old man was humiliated in the northeastern city of Cairns by the prank.

August 24th, 2009 Appeals court to hear sports betting argumentsPHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia will decide whether sports betting in Delaware should be put on hold until a legal challenge by professional sports leagues and the NCAA is decided. The court will hear arguments Monday over a judge's denial of an injunction that would have stopped betting from beginning next month.

July 28th, 2009 Australian woman trapped for a week beside toiletBRISBANE, Australia — An Australian woman was rescued after spending a week wedged between her toilet and the bathroom door, an official said Tuesday. The 67-year-old woman, suffering from dehydration, was taken to a hospital after firefighters in the eastern city of Ipswich ended her ordeal Sunday by removing the bathroom door from its hinges, Queensland state government spokesman Chantelle Rule said.

July 10th, 2009 Woman sitting on toilet accidentally shot in legTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities said a bullet from a gun that was accidentally dropped injured a Tampa woman sitting in a bathroom stall.

July 6th, 2009 SC company in NC fireworks explosion fined in 2001COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina company that employed four workers who died following an explosion as they unloaded fireworks in North Carolina was fined after a previous accident.

July 4th, 2009 Fireworks explosion on NC island injures severalOCRACOKE, N.C. — Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has injured several people.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals. Fireworks are fun and exciting, but the flashing displays can harm the environment and pose risks to human health.

June 30th, 2009 Montana fireworks booth catches fireHAVRE, Mont. — An early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a fireworks booth in north-central Montana, jeopardizing funding for the city of Havre's annual fireworks display.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - This time, the 4th of July will see 'green fireworks' brighten the skies in an eco-friendly way in the US, with researchers developing new pyrotechnic formulas that replace environmental pollutant in the firecrackers with nitrogen-rich materials that burn cleaner and produce less smoke. Fireworks, flares and other so-called "pyrotechnics" traditionally have included potassium perchlorate as the oxidizer, a material that provides the oxygen that fireworks need to burn.

June 8th, 2009 Woman's toilet planters create stink in Ill. townLAKEMOOR, Ill.

June 5th, 2009 Walgreens halting Delaware Medicaid prescriptionsDOVER, Del. — Walgreens, the largest pharmacy chain in Delaware, says it will stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at all of its drugstores in the state because of a change in reimbursement rates.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - Supermodel Kate Moss got angry when she had to wait outside a ladies toilet at Voldstead in London. 'She barged into the ladies and when she realised there were no cubicles free she started kicking one of the doors, shouting: 'Hurry up or I'll kick the f***ing door down.' The female toilet attendant told her to calm down and offered her some tissue paper to use when it was her turn, but Kate threw it back at her, saying, 'I don't want any of your skanky toilet roll',' thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

February 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - As part of its total sanitation campaign (TSC), 1.41 million (1,417,960) toilets have been built across villages in Haryana in less than four years in an effort to eliminate defecation in the open. Riding high on generating awareness among masses about the sanitation campaign through radio jingles, hoardings on buses, posters and banners, the state government is aggressively attacking the root-cause of insanitation, a government spokesman said here Monday.

January 3rd, 2009 JINAN - At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at an illegal fireworks plant in eastern China, officials said Sunday. The blast occurred at about 4:30 p.m.