QUIRKY WORLD ... Mystery Kellogg worker put pee in Rice Krispies

USA: A criminal investigation is under way after a video surfaced online showing a man urinating on a Kellogg factory assembly line, the company said.
QUIRKY WORLD ... Mystery Kellogg worker put pee in Rice Krispies

The company says it learned of the video last Friday and immediately alerted law enforcement authorities and regulators. A criminal investigation is being conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigation, the company said.

The graphic video shows a man urinating on an assembly line, then panning to a sign with the Kellogg logo. Kellogg said its own investigation determined the video was recorded at its Memphis, Tennessee, factory in 2014.

“It is important to note that any products that could be potentially impacted would be very limited and past their expiration dates,” the company said. It says the products that were potentially impacted include Rice Krispies Treats, granola clusters used in some products and puffed rice treats that it no longer makes.

“We are outraged by this completely unacceptable situation, and we will work closely with authorities to prosecute to the full extent of the law,” the company said.

Kellogg said it is still working to identify the individual in the video.

Games of drones

ENGLAND:

A team led by a 15-year-old British pilot has won the first World Drone Prix in Dubai.

Luke Bannister of Somerset raised the golden trophy over his head after the race on Saturday night.

Bannister’s team, Tornado X-Blades Banni UK, won a $250,000 (€225,250) purse, part of $1 million (€900,998) in prizes handed out in the inaugural edition of the race.

It’s a shard life

ENGLAND:

A mystery man has parachuted off The Shard prompting the skyscraper’s bosses to launch an investigation.

The man, who could be a base jumper, disappeared quickly after his dramatic leap from the 310-metre high building.

Pictures and video of the daredevil move were posted on social media, showing the man drift back down to a London street.

Bats all folks

USA:

A business watchdog is being ordered to stay away from his Florida office after 5kg of bat droppings was discovered above his desk.

Inspectors found the guano in an area right above the ceiling of Ken Lawson’s office in Talahassee.

They have told Mr Lawson, secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, that no-one should enter his office until the mess is removed.

Two in two-storey drop

AUSTRALIA:

A mother trapped by fire in her second-floor apartment dropped her two-day-old baby and two-year-old toddler from a window to rescuers.

The children were uninjured by the fire and the 20ft fall, police in Sydney said. They were apparently caught by neighbours holding a bedsheet over scattered mattresses before firefighters arrived. The 27-year-old mother was rescued by fire crews using a ladder and was taken to hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and cuts.

The fire, which broke out in a kitchen in a block of flats in the suburb of Lakemba, spread to other apartments and about 50 people were evacuated from the block.

Cougar kills koala

USA:

Officials believe a wild mountain lion made a meal out of a koala that was found mauled to death at Los Angeles Zoo.

John Lewis, the zoo’s director, said workers found the koala’s body outside its pen, and the seven-year-old male cougar was spotted on zoo surveillance video from the same night. Zoo workers are now taking extra precautions such as locking up smaller animals in barns at night.

The cougar, called P-22, wears a tracking collar and was once photographed near the Hollywood sign for National Geographic.

Workers up in arms

USA:

The owner of a small US insurance company has ordered his employees to carry a firearm at the office, sparking a debate about workplace safety.

Lance Toland — owner of Lance Toland Associates, an aviation insurance firm based in Griffin, Georgia — told all 12 employees to get permits to carry concealed weapons. He is then giving each of them a revolver known as “The Judge”.

So far, he says, none of the workers has refused, but the decision has led to a debate among those who say it is a smart idea for employees to carry a firearm for protection and others who say it could invite violence in a workplace when there is a dispute.

Taxi thief’s heads-up

USA:

A Denver woman has been accused of stealing a taxi, but not before she told the driver where she was headed.

KMGH-TV reports that the cab driver called police to say that a woman got in his cab and asked to go to a 7-Eleven store.

Police say she then threatened him with a knife, kicked him out of the taxi and took off in the vehicle.

The woman ditched the cab but walked to the convenience store she had initially mentioned. Police say she was arrested there and taken into custody.

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