Halloween 'Howl To's' Oct 8, 2008
Bed sheets hung from the ceiling or tree branches make convincing ghosts, as do balloons covered with a white sheet, tied with a ribbon around the neck and black felt tapped on for eyes. The sheets can be taken down, laundered and returned to the linen closet once Halloween is over. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
A 'Well-being Routine' - the Real Key to Health Oct 6, 2008
Incorporate some pampering in your routine, such as a relaxing shower, soothing moisturizer and a spritz of calming scent in the room, on your pillow or bed sheets. The Body Shop's new Wellbeing line includes five products designed to enhance rest, like the Deep Sleep Dreamy Pillow and Body Mist. (Pekin Times, IL)
Lewis: Ironing out the laundry Oct 5, 2008
It's sort of like triage - if we have clean bed sheets and underwear, and everyone's more or less healthy and fed, life is good. As always, the filth on the floor and the scum in the shower can wait. (Athens Banner-Herald)
More of this story Oct 4, 2008
A barely dressed blonde woman wearing the most darling fishnets suddenly drops out of The Edison lounge ceiling, directly above me, supported only by what appears to be bed sheets and rope. She's not just relaxing there, mind you, but is in the midst of a gyrating dance so compelling I barely notice that her hair's practically in my drink. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
DRUGS: MUSTANG MOTEL, Sept. 29 Oct 3, 2008
Published: Thursday, October 2, 2008 1:22 PM MDT While doing laundry, an employee found 4 12 grams of marijuana rolled into the bed sheets of a room that was occupied by a 48-year-old man. The man was ticketed for possession after he admitted that he owned the drugs and that he had stashed it under the bed, police Sgt. Chuck Deaton said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
COLUMN: Hurricane nearly puts teens' dignity on the clothesline for all to see Sep 25, 2008
Sue s grandmother, she explained, would hang a kid s underwear on the clothesline most visible to the street if that youngster was in trouble, while those who behaved got their items hung on a line behind the bed sheets. Other parents did the same thing. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Filling the void Sep 25, 2008
Bed sheets, blankets, school items, furniture, appliances, food, personal hygiene items and even cell phones will be collected and distributed appropriately. In short, if there's something you can give whether it's time, extra food or clothes there's no reason not to give it. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
PRICE IS RIGHT: Minor League Player of Year on mound for Rays Sep 23, 2008
"I kept my stuff back there for four or five months my clothes, shoes, bed sheets, comforter, golf clubs. Everything.". Price, 23, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2007 after an All-America junior season at Vanderbilt, was named USA TODAY's Minor League Player of the Year for 2008 in a vote that combined the input of the USA TODAY baseball staff as well as fans who voted at USATODAY.com. (USA Today -- Sports)
Fire in Toronto, Ghanaian Youth Mowed Down Mercilessly Sep 23, 2008
TruePatriot, says, quote: "The Pastors are to be blamed somehow; think of All Nations for example, the parents are at church, Sunday (it used to be morning and evening service), Monday (leaders meeting), Wednesday (midweek service), Thursday (if they are part of a group), Fridays (all night), Saturday (home fellowship). You then ask yourself what time do they have for their partners or children? All that the pastors care about is to make money and make name for themselves and nada for the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
LETTER: Dems or Republicans -- a plague on both houses Sep 20, 2008
Governor Palin s husband will now be in charge of changing diapers and bed sheets, thereby changing roles with his wife. Wonder who will be in charge of changing the oil in their vehicles. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Travel trend-setter Sep 20, 2008
These days he makes do with the Egyptian cotton bed sheets in his room. After a hard day of looking around, it is always nice to come back to a beautiful room, he says with a beatific smile. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Person of interest examined in U.D. murder investigation Sep 17, 2008
Investigators seized bed sheets, clothing, underwear and fingerprints from Morgan's apartment as evidence. The search warrant for a male tenant's apartment sought linens, towels, clothing, pornographic videos, personal notes and any other material or object that could contain DNA evidence, and objects that could cause blunt-force trauma to the victim, according to Detective Brad Ross. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Australia's Matthew Cowdrey grabbed his fifth gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics on Monday as China built up an unassailable lead in the medal standings.• No complaint, but many thanks for services Sep 16, 2008
The village has already provided 147,349 bottles of water and replaced in all 30,806 bed sheets, pillowslips, quilt covers and 54,729 towels and bath towels for the residents. The athlete's dining hall has served a total of 224,315 meals. (Xinhuanet, China)
Artist Alyssa Monks Lectures On Painting Sep 15, 2008
"Water can be just as destructive as it is life giving and refreshing." Another filter Monks uses are bed sheets and comforters. After waking up in a hotel room one morning with her boyfriend, Monks said she noticed how the sheets looked as if they were a "sea of white folds and ripples and reflections." She said she immediately had to take a photograph as a prelude to her future painting, "The Morning After." Monks likes to "use the paintbrush in a really loose, painterly and tactile way so... (East Tennessean, TN)
Trade In "Oburoni waawu" Underwears Increases Sep 13, 2008
On a visit to that part of Accra alone, Daily Graphic found hundreds of sellers and buyers in all categories of clothes that include used bed sheets, T-shirts, trousers, shirts, dresses, towels, and gents and ladies panties, as well as brassieres. Before daybreak, especially on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Kantamanto Market looks like a carnival bursting with buyers and sellers of used clothes setting their market up for the day. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Homing instinct of migratory 'mudikers' Sep 10, 2008
Yes, like it or not, mudik requires money, and to get home mudikers are willing to pawn their belongings, sometimes even their most prized possessions -- from bed sheets to valued batik cloth to Mercedes Benz cars -- in order to get the instant cash they need to pay for their Lebaran needs. Pawnshops are easier to borrow from than banks, and certainly less embarrassing than borrowing from a neighbor. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Inside the Pelo investigation: How did former cop get caught? Sep 4, 2008
Victims told police Pelos behavior during the assaults included forcing them to bathe, removing bed sheets and engaging them in conversation about boyfriends and roommates. Pelos mistakes. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Kids dream up new bedrooms Sep 4, 2008
If I could change that, it would be all light blue and my bed sheets would be light blue. If I had a theme, it would be Jonas Brothers because I love all their songs. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Students use reality as muse Sep 3, 2008
White bed sheets and common baking flour may be two ordinary household items, but in true artist fashion, Jackie Tufford used them to construct a meaningful piece of artwork ... In the piece, the bed sheets are twisted into the shape of an intestine and are used as a symbol of sickness. (Daily Collegian, PA)
'Stupid' jail escape bid foiled Sep 3, 2008
A makeshift rope of knotted bed sheets was found by warders ... A makeshift rope made of knotted bed sheets was also discovered. (BBC News -- UK)
HGRM needs items Sep 2, 2008
HGRM, the Household Goods Recycling Ministry, has an immediate need for twin-size bed sheets and for towels. In addition, our supply of pots and pans is also low. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Lewis: Thoughts of sleep add to lack of it Aug 31, 2008
I probably started the ball rolling the day I decided to wash my bed sheets. As with most any other housework, my philosophy is: Why clean it if it's going to get dirty again in less than 12 hours. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Young girls arrested for plotting stabbing Aug 30, 2008
When I purchased my home, I made sure that her bedroom was the one she could not sneak out of in the middle of the night, unless she wants to fall 20 feet to the ground, or first build an escape rope made from bed sheets, haha. Also, to add to the safety of my daughter, I have four very curious to any sounds made in the middle of the night dogs. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Inmates escaped through hole in wall Aug 29, 2008
Six inmates escaped Sunday night at 9:40 p.m. After crawling through the hole in the prison wall, they scaled a tall chain-link fence and threw blankets and bed sheets over the razor wire to protect themselves as they climbed, the source said. There are no guard towers at provincial jails, and no shots were fired during the escape. (Globe and Mail -- National)
De-bunking plans for a new bed Aug 28, 2008
He even accompanied me on a three-hour shopping trip for bed sheets with only a few groans. He picked out two different patterns, Batman and Hulk or Hulf, as Eli refers to him. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Big money find! Aug 28, 2008
They will take bed sheets, pillow cases dishtowels, blouses, men's shirts, slacks, tablecloths - you name it, and the ladies will make use of it. However, just recently they received something that had them "stumped" for a while. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
'Trash to Treasure' recycles goods while raising funds Aug 25, 2008
Some may have considered the dusty old couches, mismatched bed sheets and old books and clothes displayed Friday in the UT Recreational Sports Center as trash, but for others, the contents were abandoned treasure. The Campus Environmental Center welcomed back students with "Trash to Treasure," its annual garage sale aimed at raising money for the center and giving students a chance to buy discounted, donated goods. (The Daily Texan, TX)
Man takes everything from motel room Aug 24, 2008
A Commerce man copped more than just the towels when he cleared out of a northside motel room early Saturday - he took the television, microwave, telephone, ice bucket, bed sheets and pillows, too, Athens-Clarke police said. The man asked for his money back 30 minutes after paying for a night at the Bulldog Inn on Commerce Road, but a clerk turned him down, saying he could leave if he wanted to but he'd already paid for the room, police said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Gitmo inmates' suicide notes talk of martyrdom Aug 23, 2008
The notes left by the two Saudis and the Yemeni who hanged themselves with bed sheets were worded similarly and raised concerns that another prisoner at the U.S. Navy base directed them to kill themselves, according to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. But the agency, which said in its statement that it had closed the investigation, did not establish the suicides were coordinated by anybody else. (MSNBC -- International)
Feds: TGH psychiatric unit deemed threat to safety Aug 22, 2008
Two patients in the hospital s psychiatric unit used bed sheets to hang themselves last month. The suicides happened two days apart. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
World Vision and WFP assist displaced in Tbilisi Aug 10, 2008
World Vision provided essential food and non-food items such as bars of soap, toilet paper, wet napkins, towels, bed sheets, large woolen blankets, and essential food items such as cans of canned meat with vegetables, pasta, canned fish, vegetable oil, iodized salt, among others items to an estimated 170 people, mainly women and children, who escaped the violence from Gori and villages in South Ossetia. The refugees and internally displaced persons have been arriving at an existing center in... (AlertNet)
Man accused of murder leads police to new suspect Aug 8, 2008
Allen's body was found wrapped in bed sheets. Powell was taken to the Bessemer Police Department for questioning. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Jury will decide if woman had sex with boy Aug 8, 2008
Hedland also told jurors that the alleged victim's testimony was inconsistent, saying he had incorrectly described one of Vinje's tattoos and the color of her bed sheets. Schmidt rebutted that the taped conversation made it clear that Vinje was aware of what she was doing. (Juneau Empire)
Be our (green) guest Aug 7, 2008
Oh, and another thing: a pledge from the hotel to not wash the bed sheets for any of them. "They think it's wasteful, and they're right," said Brian Conyers, general manager of the Plaza Lord Baltimore, where the nuns stayed July 24-27. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
A suspect in Sebastian Chick Allen's murder helps find a new suspect Aug 7, 2008
Allen's body was found wrapped in bed sheets. CONTINUED 1. (AL.com)
Smith Gambrell Entangled in Hedge Fund Scandal Aug 6, 2008
Less than a week later, while awaiting a sentence that could have reached 710 years in prison and $16 million in fines, he hanged himself with bed sheets in his Union City, Ga. jail cell. (Law.com)
Dream comes true for Prairieville boy Aug 4, 2008
A blast of exhaust painted onto the wall, bed sheets with brightly colored rockets and pillows shaped like aliens add to the look. But one of the other highlights of the room isn't visible until after dark. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Kerney returns from latest injury Aug 1, 2008
Kerney uses an array of things, including an electric stimulation machine, a hyperbaric chamber and earthing bed sheets, to help his body heal from injuries. And he s had a few. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
More hotels are evicting phone books from rooms Jul 31, 2008
Many hotels change bed sheets daily only on request. Logo towels, shoehorns and toilet seat sanitation bands have largely disappeared. (USA Today -- Money)
Service Science Emerging As A New Tech Discipline Jul 31, 2008
Services make up more than 80% of the gross domestic product in both the U.S. and the U.K. Services might include call center agents helping customers, software programmers sharing code, auto suppliers delivering spare parts or maids turning down bed sheets. But as services grow and entail more partnerships and more parts of the world, the issue is: How does a company effectively manage all the services it's providing and the services it's getting. (Investors Business Daily)
Chicago Exhibit Explores Life of Ma... Jul 30, 2008
Photographer Douglas Kirkland s series One Night with Marilyn , featuring Monroe wrapped in white bed sheets, also alludes to her sexuality in a more subtle way. The soft-focused portraits showcase Monroe in a more delicate light. (Suite101.com)
Parenting: Keep eyes, ears open to detect deadly game kids are playing Jul 29, 2008
Kids have been found using anything laying around their house as a noose, including bed sheets, leashes, ropes, belts or ties. In cases where kids play alone, the risk for death or permanent brain damage may be higher because there is no one to loosen or untie the noose after the child loses consciousness. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Journeys | Crete: Days of wild oregano and goatherds Jul 28, 2008
I had forgotten matches for the oil lamp and a flashlight to maneuver up the rocky steps to our room, and we had to mummify ourselves in the bed sheets to defend ourselves from mosquitoes. To crank ourselves up the next morning, we drank strong, unsweetened Greek coffee on the terrace before driving north to Sitia, then east toward the island's tip. (International Herald Tribune)
Tobacco Plants Can Become An Important Ally In Fight With Cancer Jul 25, 2008
Some of us spend a good deal at the supermarket poring over household items that make our rooms, clothes and bed sheets smell good and stay crispy and fresh but a University of Washington study. People with pre-diabetes should be treated properly and this should be done before their condition worsens and transforms into diabetes, according to new recommendations released on Tuesday by the. (eFluxMedia)
Pop Tarts: Jessica Simpson's Super-Sexy (and Smelly) Photo Shoot Jul 19, 2008
She s wrapped in pink silk bed sheets, her lips are parted and she s running her fingers through those blonde locks. All we can say is, Tony Romo better keep his girl under close guard. (Fox News)
Cheap Mulch Options Jul 15, 2008
For a clean, weed-free path through the vegetable garden, use old 100-percent cotton bed sheets, clothing, or rugs. The cotton will disintegrate gradually and naturally, all the while providing a free mulched path the keeps weeds and mud at bay. (Suite101.com)
In the groove on Grove Jul 14, 2008
They have patches of front yard the size of bed sheets. George Doody, a musician and teacher who has lived on Grove for 15 years, likens it to "dorm living for adults." In tight quarters like this, it's in everybody's best interest to get along. (Albany Times Union)
Convenient "Suicide" Removes Key Witness In Kazakh Scandal Jul 13, 2008
In the holding cells, suspects belts are taken away and there are no bed sheets or other materials that could be used to make a noose. Whatever happened, Mazhrenov will no longer face trial. (EurasiaNet.org)
Inmate found hanging in cell Jul 13, 2008
Bastrop County Sheriff Rosanna Abreo reported Monday that a female inmate was found hanging in her jail cell by her bed sheets Tuesday, July 1. The inmate failed to answer her cell door when the evening meal was served and when the door was opened, the prisoner was found. (Elgin Courier, TX)
Could Toledo, Ohio, hold the answer to our prison overcrowding woes? Jul 13, 2008
Security at these hotels would be a cinch, as snipers could simply pick off anyone hanging bed sheets from a 13th floor window. Parole prisoners to other countries: Hey, it's not like they haven't sent us plenty of THEIR prisoners. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Dan Kline column: Salute the flag by treating it better Jul 8, 2008
In addition to turning the flag into everything from bed sheets to oven mitts, we seem overly willing to use the tattoo as our method of showing what we like or care about. Admittedly, getting a tattoo requires commitment. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Missionary Vida Mensah Undertakes A Gargantuan Project For Ghana Jul 7, 2008
She has also purchased some bed sheets, blankets and other supplies for shipment. Again I asked Vida why all these items to Ghana. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Breathe Easy this Allergy Season Jul 6, 2008
Wash bed sheets and blankets every week in hot water - at least 130 degrees F - to kill dust mites. Don't Sit on It. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Woman dies after falling from Allson Hotel room in Senen Jun 28, 2008
Police took the bed sheets and the hairs from the room to the city forensic center lab for further investigations. Gunawan, one of the security guards, said he did not know much about the incident as he guarded the residence, not the hotel. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Philanthropist donates to Tamale Children's Home Jun 24, 2008
The items include toilet rolls, plastic buckets, chairs, baby beds, bed sheets, blankets and disinfectants. Making the presentation Alhaji Ayana said he was touched by the plight of the children and decided to make the token donation as his contribution to their upkeep. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
No Chance? SHS' duct tape dress doesn't make national finals Jun 21, 2008
She used duct tape fixed to bed sheets to make the fabric lighter and more comfortable, and rather then sewing the pieces of fabric together she stapled. Even though Mitchell and Marcolino are not finalists in the contest, the two were a hit at prom, and they definitely went out with a bang as Mitchell hoped. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Inmate sentenced for institutional vandalism Jun 20, 2008
They planned to use bed sheets knotted together to shimmy down to the parking lot below, prosecutors said. Saler s cellmate, Michael Brendle, connected Ohler and Saler to the incident, claiming that Saler entered the crawl space several times to dig and that Ohler told him that he was going to use the hole to escape. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Ghost Hunters Want To Search Retired Ferries Jun 17, 2008
There's more to ghosts than Casper, bed sheets and frightening visitations from Christmas Past, Marks explained. "I think it's finding the nature of consciousness and reality," he said. (KIRO TV, WA)
Is Friday 13th Unlucky - Or Just Superstition? More than 60 million people around the world stay at home when Friday falls on the 13th - but is it really unlucky? More... Jun 13, 2008
" But in Holland, the date is considered safer than the average Friday, according to the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics.Over the past two years reports of traffic accidents are down from an average of 7,800 incidents on 'normal' Fridays compared to 7,500 on Friday the 13ths. Advertisement There were also fewer fires and thefts on Friday the 13ths and, in America, many people will not go into work on Friday the 13th.According to Dr Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specialising in the... (Sky News)
Sex, Lies, and Virginity Restoration Jun 11, 2008
That's why he "provides his patients with vials of blood that can be spilled on wedding-night bed sheets.". Let's hear it for Dr. Paniel and his fellow fraud artists. (Slate)
Triple-murder suspect attempts second suicide, this time in Bossier Parish jail Jun 10, 2008
He was found by guards in his cell trying to hang himself with bed sheets. McCoy is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 55 year old Christine Colston, 50 year old Willie Ray Young, and 17-year-old Gregory Colston. (KSLA.com, LA)
Circumcision at issue after Pelo's wife testifies Jun 6, 2008
Spanky wrote on Jun 5, 2008 3:02 PM:" I too am confused...if the attacker forced them to bathe and took the bed sheets and clothing how are they getting the DNA evidence?? ". Dave wrote on Jun 5, 2008 3:01 PM:" Quoted from the article---"Debra Minton, DNA analyst for the Illinois State Police crime lab, said a mixed DNA profile taken from the cheek of a woman raped in January 2005 indicates that two people contributed to the forensic material. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Finding the right eco-message for business travelers Jun 4, 2008
For example, no business traveler I know thinks that changing bed sheets every day is a necessary amenity. And most of us see no need to expend all that energy on laundering all those towels every day. (International Herald Tribune)
Some members of Kpale Faith Church now attend hospital Jun 2, 2008
They items, sourced from Kasapa Telecom Limited, are a tabletop refrigerator, three super density mattresses, a sphygmomanometer, a tabletop telephone with GH 100 units and 51 bed sheets and pillowcases. Miss Ayibi said the gifts would help boast the flagging morale of health workers at the clinic, built through self-help in 1976, but now in dire need of refurbishment. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The way to get noticed at the prom: Wear a dress of duct tape Jun 1, 2008
I was stealing bed sheets from my mom, Mitchell said. Mitchell had dreamed about Stuck at Prom for years. (Somerville Journal, MA)
