Two men caught with 260 baby alligators

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers say they surprised two Sumter County men when the men came off Lake Apopka with a couple of sacks full of recently hatched alligators.

Robert “Bo” Martin Duval, 32, and Christopher Cork Scroggins, 22, both of Bushnell, were booked into Lake County jail early Thursday on felony possession/capture of hatchling alligators along with misdemeanour conspiracy charges.

Duval had additional felony charges of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. The firearms were concealed under some vegetation in the airboat boat. FWC Officer David Straub and FWC Reserve Officer were on surveillance at the Montverde boat ramp when the two men returned from the night on Lake Apopka.

“You have got me, and I have a lot of alligator hatchlings,” Duval said as the officers approached him and Scroggins.
“Unfortunately, there is an illegal market for hatchling alligators, and people who participate in this type of poaching have no regard for our resources or the laws that protect them,” Straub said.

Officers returned the hatchlings to the lake alive. Duval and Scroggins later bailed out on $13,000 and $3,000 bonds, respectively.

Charges are pending against a woman who assisted the two men at the boat ramp, and the incident is still under investigation.

Possessing/capturing hatchling alligators is a third-degree felony, which, on conviction, carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a second-degree felony, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Hydrogen fueling station opens in California

 Residents of California can take a trip to Orange County and find the world’s first sewage-powered refueling station. Located just off the 405 freeway, the station is located next to the Orange County waste-water treatment plant in Fountain Valley.

The hydrogen fuel offers about 70 miles per gallon and the station can fuel up to 50 automobiles per day with the daily 120 kilograms of hydrogen gas produced at the plant. In order to produce the hydrogen gas, sewage is processed to collect methane. This methane is converted into hydrogen and sent into a fuel cell to power the entire plant with 250 kilowatts of electricity.

The remaining hydrogen is converted into fuel grade hydrogen and sent to the fueling station for consumer use.

World’s biggest burger record created

A California man Brett Enright smashed the record for the world s biggest burger, creating one that weighed in at 777 pounds, including bun, cheese and condiments.

Brett Enright came up with the idea in December to make the world’s largest burger. He found that the previous record for the biggest burger was at 590 pounds so he teamed up for the record-breaking burger burn at the county fair. It took the team around 15 hours to cook 777 pounds burger.

Bystanders paid 99 cents for a taste, with proceeds going to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Strauss signs new Middlesex deal

LONDON: England captain Andrew Strauss has signed a two-year contract extension with Middlesex.

Strauss penned the deal, which will keep him at Lord’s until 2012, a day before he is to fly out to Australia to lead England in this winter’s Ashes series.

Middlesex managing director of cricket, Angus Fraser said: “Naturally, we are delighted that Andrew has chosen to remain at Middlesex.”

He added: “We expect Andrew’s involvement with Middlesex over the next couple of years to be minimal – he has bigger fish to fry with England – but when he is available to play for us he is a great person to have around. His presence is extremely reassuring and he sets a superb example to all our young cricketers.”

Strauss, who has been at Middlesex since 1997, will be joined by his county team-mates Steven Finn and Eoin Morgan in Australia as England look to win a

Yousuf summoned to join Pak team in England

NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan responded to their mammoth 354 run first Test defeat by England at Trent Bridge on Sunday by summoning former captain and experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf to the squad.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also announced leg-spinner Danish Kaneria had been released back to English county side Essex.

A brief statement issued by the PCB in Lahore said: “Danish Kaneria is relieved from the national team and he is now available to play for his county Essex. His services will be available for national squad if required.

“Mohammad Yousuf and Raza Hasan (a left-arm spinner) are added to the national squad with immediate effect.”

The second Test of a four-match series starts at Edgbaston on Friday.

England win toss, field vs Bangladesh

BRISTOL, England: England has won the toss and opted to field in the second one-day international against Bangladesh at the County Ground.

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Ulema united to flush out militancy: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said that Ulema and religious leaders across the county have rejected militant groups conspiracies to destabilize Pakistan, ARY NEWS reported.

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NBA Playoff Schedule 2010

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Playoffs start on 17 April 2010 with the ABC, the ESPN, TNT and NBA TV games in the United States.

Below are the Western Conference NBA playoff schedule for 2010:

- Los Angeles Lakers (1) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (8)
- Dallas Mavs (2) vs. San Antonio Spurs (7)
- Denver Nuggets (3) vs Portland Blazers (6)
- Utah Jazz (4) vs. Phoenix Suns (5)

Below are the Eastern Conference NBA playoff schedule for 2010:

- Cleveland Cavs (1) vs. Chicago Bulls (8)
- Orlando Magic (2) vs. Charlotte Bobcats (7)
- Atlanta Hawks (3) vs. Miami Heat (6)
- Boston Celtics (4) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5)

Tim Chapman His Divorce Details And Reviews

Tim Chapman, were allegedly seen by a woman pleasuring himself “in the last year in a garage, and when approached by a security guard, he pulled up his pants in the back seat, then ran out of the seemingly almost borders guard. He said he had spilled orange juice in his lap and moved into the back seat of the truck to clean himself off and change his pants.

where they run as one of its Chinese Bail Bonds and Bounty hunting office.They now operates in locations throughout Hawaii, and throughout Colorado. He was often cast feature in the popular TV show Dog The Bounty Hunter. He can be seen in seasons one to four. From season five until a “Mister Mom” episode in season six, had Tim not in the show. Although Tim is not in season 5, he can be seen in the camera shot under any of the episodes.

His mother ran a bail bonds business out of Denver, Colorado, it was fourteen years old, Tim got his first civilian arrested. They drive around Hawaii, and throughout Colorado. He worked for his mother in the bail bond business and it was there he met Duane “Dog” Chapman, better known as the dog. Tim and Dog has no blood relationship.

Tucker Chapman, a loss of conversation with his father that included racist comments about interracial dating, A & E has decided to indefinitely. But Dog for Tim, as his “blood brother” Tim Dog and Beth prepared by the Denver, Colorado that bounty hunter, until Duane “Dog” Chapman and Beth moved to Hawaii. After having been business partners for 16 years, added Duane Chapman and Beth Smith, husband and wife to their resume.

Tim Chapman divorced because she had an alleged affair and was pregnant with another man. Tim is now a single father looking after his 3 children. Chapman said he and other cast members of the reality show had been warned by Tim Chapman’s wife Beth to avoid getting into situations that could lead to bad publicity, so he decided to leave the area.

Magnitude 6.9 quake hits China, 67 killed

BEIJING: A series of strong earthquakes struck China”s western Qinghai province Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Chinese authorities say at least 67 people died in the quake, which caused houses to quickly crumble, according to witnesses.

The USGS reported on its Web site that a magnitude 6.9 temblor struck an area in southern Qinghai, near Tibet, on Wednesday morning and was followed by two quakes in the same region.

The quake hit the county of Yushu, a Tibetan area in Qinghai, a local news agency cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying. The Chinese center measured the quake”s magnitude at 7.1. A local government Web site put the county”s population in 2005 at 89,300, a community of mostly herders and farmers.

The quake sent residents fleeing as it toppled many houses made of mud and wood, said Gasong Nima, the Yushu county television station”s deputy head of news, speaking by phone with state broadcaster CCTV.

“In a flash, the houses went down. It was a terrible earthquake,” the witness said. “In a small park, there is a Buddhist tower and the top of the tower fell off.

“Everybody is out on the streets, standing in front of their houses, trying to find their family members,” he said, adding that school buildings had not collapsed but students had been evacuated and were assembled in outdoor playgrounds.

The epicenter of the first quake was located 235 miles (380 kilometers) south-southeast of Golmud, a large city in Qinghai, at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), the USGS said.

Ten minutes later, the area was hit by a magnitude 5.3 quake, which was followed after two minutes by a temblor measuring 5.2, according to the U.S. agency. Both the subsequent earthquakes were measured at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers).

Calls to the local Communist Party office and the government of Yushu county and the Qinghai provincial seismological bureau rang unanswered.

In 2008, a magnitude-7.9 quake in Sichuan province left almost 90,000 people dead or missing.

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