Protect Our Peppers, Say Mexican Chili Farmers (Reuters)

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Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers on
iTMS

Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers on
iTMS 12/12/2003 02:15 AM
Both Green Day and (some) Red Hot Chili Peppers have appeared on Apple's iTunes Music Store. While we don't normally report on band appearances on ...

Thieves Plunder 3 Tons of Toxic Peppers
(Reuters)

Thieves Plunder 3 Tons of Toxic Peppers
(Reuters) 08/04/2004 10:05 AM
Reuters - Spanish thieves who made off with three tons of green peppers hoping to make a healthy profit, might instead get a bad case of indigestion: the vegetables are toxic.

Anyone for hot chili fingers? (Reuters)

Anyone for hot chili fingers? (Reuters) 03/24/2005 04:29 AM
Reuters - A diner at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in San Jose, California, has found a human finger in a bowl of chili prepared by the chain.

New Mexico to fire up troops with chili
(Reuters)

New Mexico to fire up troops with chili
(Reuters) 07/21/2004 11:13 PM
Reuters - Even though temperatures in the Iraqi desert are topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), New Mexicans want to make things even hotter for U.S. troops there with a gift of spicy chili.

Wendy's Doubles Chili Finger Reward to
$100,000 (Reuters)

Wendy's Doubles Chili Finger Reward to
$100,000 (Reuters) 04/15/2005 04:32 PM
Reuters - Wendy's International Inc. on Friday doubled to $100,000 the reward it is offering for information on the origin of a human finger found last month in a bowl of chili at one of its restaurants.

Wendy's doubles chili finger reward
(Reuters)

Wendy's doubles chili finger reward
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 04:32 PM
Reuters - Wendy's International on Friday doubled to $100,000 (52,000 pounds) the reward it is offering for information on the origin of a human finger found last month in a bowl of chili at one of its restaurants.

Clues to aliens in Mexican lake
(Reuters)

Clues to aliens in Mexican lake
(Reuters) 04/04/2005 08:04 AM
Reuters - With cobalt waters harbouring eerie, coral-like formations, this archipelago of lakes in Mexico's searing Chihuahuan desert has always had an other-worldly appearance.

Virgin on Mexican wall "no miracle"
(Reuters)

Virgin on Mexican wall "no miracle"
(Reuters) 05/11/2004 05:12 AM
Reuters - Mexico's Catholic Church has ruled out any divine origin for an image on a hospital wall that thousands of pilgrims are flocking to venerate in the belief that it shows the country's patron saint.

Mexican nabbed smuggling tiger cubs
(Reuters)

Mexican nabbed smuggling tiger cubs
(Reuters) 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
Reuters - U.S. customs agents seized two rare white tiger cubs and nabbed a Mexican man as he smuggled them south over the border from Texas in his truck, authorities said on Monday.

Virgin on Mexican Wall Is No Miracle,
Church Says (Reuters)

Virgin on Mexican Wall Is No Miracle,
Church Says (Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Mexico's Catholic Church ruled out any divine origin for an image on a hospital wall that thousands of pilgrims are flocking to venerate in the belief that it shows the country's patron saint.

Retirement home prepared for Mexican
prostitutes (Reuters)

Retirement home prepared for Mexican
prostitutes (Reuters) 03/17/2005 03:16 AM
Reuters - Distressed to find aging homeless women still working as prostitutes in downtown Mexico City, womens' groups are preparing a roomy retirement home to take 65 of them off the streets.

Supreme Court May Not Decide Case of
Death-Row Mexican (Reuters)

Supreme Court May Not Decide Case of
Death-Row Mexican (Reuters) 03/28/2005 02:55 PM
Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned on Monday the need to decide the case of a Mexican on Texas' death row, after President Bush said the defendant and 50 other inmates should get new hearings because they weren't told of their right to talk to Mexican officials.

Sept. 11 Victim Finally at Rest in
Mexican Town (Reuters)

Sept. 11 Victim Finally at Rest in
Mexican Town (Reuters) 06/09/2004 05:34 PM
Reuters - He died among stockbrokers on Sept. 11 but illegal migrant Leobardo Lopez was buried with his own folk in a remote Mexican town on Wednesday after a long struggle by relatives to identify his remains.

Las Vegas turns 100; Peppers, Weezers to
celebrate

Las Vegas turns 100; Peppers, Weezers to
celebrate 04/14/2005 07:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: BB reader Brian says:

I don't know if it's as big a deal everywhere else as it is here (probably not) but Vegas is turning 100 years old this year. I wrote a little entry about it in my blog. That in itself probably wouldn't be Boing Boing worthy, but I'll tell you what is. Las Vegas is putting on a free concert with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer. There will be an outdoor concert in the beginning of July. Tickets are going to be given out on Monday online so any readers world wide can get some tickets and have a great reason to visit Vegas (then stay a couple days and enjoy Vegas for the fourth of july) Just wanted to let my fellow readers know about it.

Link.

Previous LasVegas-o-philia on BB: T he Fertile Valleys, Photoblogging aging Vegas signage,

Italy May Dust Off Tourists to Protect
David (Reuters)

Italy May Dust Off Tourists to Protect
David (Reuters) 01/03/2005 09:52 AM
Reuters - Custodians of Michelangelo's David are thinking of blasting air at dusty, sweaty tourists to stop them sullying the Renaissance sex symbol.

U.S. Troops Head for Afghanistan to
Protect Voters (Reuters)

U.S. Troops Head for Afghanistan to
Protect Voters (Reuters) 09/22/2004 05:16 PM
Reuters - The United States has begun flying up to 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to Afghanistan to provide increased security for that country's Oct. 9 presidential election, the military said on Wednesday.

Saudi Vows to Hit Militants, Protect
Foreigners (Reuters)

Saudi Vows to Hit Militants, Protect
Foreigners (Reuters) 05/04/2004 09:20 AM
Reuters - Saudi Arabia vowed Tuesday to strike "with an iron fist" at militants who attacked a Saudi petrochemical site and pledged every effort to protect foreigners, five of whom died in the shooting spree.

Saudi Vows to Strike Militants, Protect
Foreigners (Reuters)

Saudi Vows to Strike Militants, Protect
Foreigners (Reuters) 05/04/2004 06:39 AM
Reuters - Saudi Arabia vowed on Tuesday to strike with an iron fist against militants who staged an unprecedented attack on a Saudi energy site this week and said it was making every effort to protect foreigners.

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate!

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate! 05/09/2004 02:30 PM
Fafnir of Fafblog has written a good think-piece explaining the logical next step in the Bush administration's campaign to protect the rights of the unconceived: protecting the rights of the inanimate.

This is yknow a huge step backwards for women's health and for contraception and the prevention of abortions. But it is a huge step forward for what we at Fafblog like to call the "rights of the unconceived," which is just a few short steps from what we are really lookin forward to which is the rights of the inanimate.

I have personally spent hours an hours talkin to cans, waffle irons, boxes, printer cartridges and forks and they all dream of one thing: no longer bein treated as second-class citizens in the United States.

Link

Codejack's really hot chili

Codejack's really hot chili 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
It's winter again, and that means chili time. There's not much better than coming in out of the cold to a good hot (hot!) bowl of chili, preferably served over macaroni with grated cheddar cheese on top. Now, everyone makes chili differently, so of course no one is actually going to follow my recipe exactly, but that's all right. If you want inferior chili, that's your right as an American. Foreigners, you may be out of luck, but then, do you have any business making chili, anyway? This applies to Californians and New Englanders, too.

Champion the Chili Cheese

Champion the Chili Cheese 07/20/2004 02:41 PM
Help save the most gastronomically delightful foodlike item on the Taco Bell menu -- the chili cheese burrito, "the penultimate fusion of zesty Mexican chili, melted cheddar cheese, and a warm, soft tortilla blanket."

Woman who found finger in chili won't
sue

Woman who found finger in chili won't
sue 04/13/2005 11:51 AM
David Pescovitz: Last month, I posted about a woman who reportedly found a fingertip in a spoonful of chili at a Wendy's in San Jose, California. Now, Anna Ayala has surprisingly dropped her claim against the restaurant because, her attorney says, it "has caused her great emotional distress and continues to be difficult emotionally." Wendy's has offered a bounty of $50,000 to the first person who can positively identify the source of the finger. From the Associated Press:

Wendy's maintains the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. None of the employees at the San Jose store had lost any fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.

The Santa Clara County coroner's office used a partial fingerprint to search for a match in an electronic database but came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted on the finger.

Link

UPDATE: Thanks to the BB readers who pointed to reports that finger-finder Anna Ayala has a suspiciously litigious past and that last week police se arched her home.

Mystery of Wendy's Chili Finger Deepens
(AP)

Mystery of Wendy's Chili Finger Deepens
(AP) 04/15/2005 05:44 PM
AP - Somewhere out there is a woman, dead or alive, who is missing a well-manicured finger about 1 1/2 inches long.

Woman finds finger in Wendy's chili

Woman finds finger in Wendy's chili 03/24/2005 12:05 AM
David Pescovitz: No, it's not an urban legend. Yesterday, a woman at a Wendy's in Santa Clara, California put a spoonful of chili in her mouth, paused, and spit out a human fingertip. From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Martin Fenstersheib said today the woman was horrified "due to the unpleasant sensation of having this (object) in her mouth...."

The restaurant at 1405 Monterey Highway was temporarily closed Tuesday night to allow health officials to impound the remaining chili, which was prepared on site, using a variety of ingredients. Health officials also seized all of the restaurant's remaining stock of ingredients, which will be inspected, and traced back to their manufacturer.

Since all of the workers at the restaurant were in possession "of all 10 of their fingers," health inspectors assume the finger likely entered the food chain as a result of the manufacturing process, according to county Environmental Resources Director Ben Gale.

Link (Thanks, Dr. Maz!)

Wendy's Has Hands Full With Chili
Mystery (AP)

Wendy's Has Hands Full With Chili
Mystery (AP) 04/16/2005 02:43 AM
AP - Somewhere out there is a woman, dead or alive, who is missing a well-manicured finger about 1 1/2 inches long.

Woman Claiming Finger in Chili Sues
Often (AP)

Woman Claiming Finger in Chili Sues
Often (AP) 04/08/2005 10:02 PM
AP - The woman who claims she bit into a human finger while eating chili at a Wendy's restaurant has a history of filing lawsuits — including a claim against another fast-food restaurant.

Wendy's diner finds human finger in her
chili

Wendy's diner finds human finger in her
chili 03/25/2005 08:33 AM
Wendy's diner finds a human finger in her bowl of chili

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CNN.com - Officials: Diner finds finger
in chili - Mar 24, 2005

CNN.com - Officials: Diner finds finger
in chili - Mar 24, 2005 03/26/2005 12:17 AM

Woman Eating Chili Bites Into Human
Finger (AP)

Woman Eating Chili Bites Into Human
Finger (AP) 03/23/2005 11:02 PM
AP - A woman's meal at a Wendy's restaurant brought a whole new meaning to the term "finger food." The woman bit into a portion of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili Tuesday night at the San Jose restaurant, Santa Clara County health officials said Wednesday.

U.S. May Pay Farmers to Test for Mad Cow

U.S. May Pay Farmers to Test for Mad Cow 01/02/2004 04:59 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 3:56PM ET

Computers help farmers

Computers help farmers 12/30/2004 07:54 PM
CNN Dec 30 2004 11:01PM GMT

Wi-Fi yak farmers liberated by Net

Wi-Fi yak farmers liberated by Net 05/25/2004 11:50 AM
High-altitude Nepalese get webbed up

Rich farmers may come under tax net

Rich farmers may come under tax net 04/10/2005 09:23 PM
Economictimes Apr 10 2005 9:30PM GMT

Wireless Networking For Farmers

Wireless Networking For Farmers 06/19/2004 03:07 PM
CBS News Jun 19 2004 6:00PM GMT

Farmers Get An Online Hand

Farmers Get An Online Hand 09/05/2004 06:22 AM
Ctnow.com - Sun Sep 5, 07:15 am GMT

Ewe England Cheese Farmers

Ewe England Cheese Farmers 06/23/2004 03:37 PM
"We wanted to retire to something we knew nothing about, something we would find intellectually, physically and spiritually daunting." ~~ "I like goats. They're funny." ~~ "Our animals are vegetarians and don't do drugs." ~~"I can sort of get inside the head of the bacteria," she said. "I read about cheese in bed." ~~ "Oh, Lily," she said matter-of-factly. "Things didn't work out. We ate her." via NortonDC.

U.S. May Pay Farmers to Test Animals for
Mad Cow

U.S. May Pay Farmers to Test Animals for
Mad Cow 01/02/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 9:38PM ET

Farmers Insurance Must Pay $9.5M for
Fraud

Farmers Insurance Must Pay $9.5M for
Fraud 12/06/2003 10:13 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 6 2003 9:37PM ET

Wi-fi lifeline for Yak farmers in Nepal

Wi-fi lifeline for Yak farmers in Nepal 05/27/2004 03:34 PM
BBC story about a WiFi project in Nepal that allows yak farmers in remote Himalayan locations to keep in touch with their families back home. File under pretty frickin' amazing. Snip:

"They are taking advantage of a wi-fi network set up in a remote region of the mountain kingdom where there are no phones or other means of communication.

It is the result of a campaign led by local teacher Mahabir Pun, and backed by volunteers and donations, to bring the internet to an isolated part of the world.

So far, the Nepal Wireless Networking project has hooked up five villages in the area using wireless technology."
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