District of Columbia to be withdrawn, Washington will become part of VA or MD

It was announced today that the District of Columbia (D.C.) is to be withdrawn from the USA and Washington, the capital of the United States is to be come part of either Virginia or Maryland, based on a vote.

The vote will take place on December 31st by residents of D.C. and the result will be announced on the 1st January.

If Virginia wins the vote then Washington will officially be placed in Fairfax County, if Maryland wins then it will be in Montgomery County. Either way it shouldn't make much of a dent to the wallets of residents because to live in the suburbs of Washington D.C. you must be extremely minted.

But that has not stopped people complaining about this proposal. Throughout November and December there will be several protests in Washington D.C. from residents of both states.

Currently, the D.C. state line starts just south of Silver Spring and circles around the city ending just near Alexandria. However in the new year this could all change.

The fear of residents is that the taxes will raise in which ever state Washington becomes part of. One Virginian could be heard saying "Leave my wallet alone!".

The integration will take place on 1st January 2013.

Spaceship on Motorway

A spaceship toppled off its trailer and ended up on one of the busiest sections of the M20.

The flying saucer, believed to be a Universe Liner 5300, worth around 600,000 Space Dollars fell onto the motorway just after midday on Saturday.

It was being towed on the motorway towards London by an alien believed to be from the planet Neptune, when the accident happened between junction 2 for Wrotham and the M25 interchange at Swanley.

No-one was injured in the accident but it caused some problems on the motorway yesterday and some repairs to the spaceship have been required.

Licking lemons is now illegal in Virginia

Jim Webb, U.S. Senator for the State of Virginia has announced a new law for the state which is to take effect immediately.

It is now unlawful for oneself to place their tongue on a lemon. ABC News interviewed Jim Webb on this new law and he gave us this statement:

"Well I was sat in my office the other night and had nothing to do, the water cooler was broken and wasn't scheduled for repair until Friday. As well as that my Internet connection was quite slow on that night, speaking of which I need to speak to AT&T about that. So I was quite bored and I came up with this new law for my state. There is no reason for it, I was just bored and needed to fill extra time at the office."

The law was passed straight onto Barack Obama who was so impressed with Mr. Webb's work that he passed the law and gave Mr. Webb an immediate $100,000,000/month raise and a complete makeover of his office, it is also reported Obama "pulled some strings" and Webb's water cooler will now be repaired by Thursday instead of Friday.

Anyone in the State of Virginia who is caught licking lemons will be slapped with a $500 fine plus 500 hours community service/unpaid work for first time offenders. Anyone who continues to lick lemons after this could be facing a lengthy sentence in maximum security prison.

Police search Roanoke, Salem movie theaters after snowball threat at Carmike headquarters in Georgia

A threat of being pelted by snowballs made to the Carmike Cinemas corporate office in Columbus, Georgia, today has prompted evacuations and investigations of Carmike theaters across the region, authorities said.

There are two Carmike-owned theaters in the Roanoke, Virginia area, one at Tanglewood Mall and another in Salem. Both went on red alert after receiving the threats. Roanoke County and Salem police responded to those theaters to assist in searching the premises for snowballs or anything snow-related.

Roanoke County police Lt. Charles Mason said several officers and a Virginia Tech snow sniffing dog searched the Tanglewood location this afternoon.

“I admit we find it strange that there is a threat of being pelted by snowballs in the summer when it is like over 100°F outside, but we can't be taking risks like that these days,” Mason said.

Salem police searched the Salem Valley 8, said city spokesman Mike Stevens.

“Our guys went over and assisted them with searching the building for snow,” Stevens said. “I know this was probably a waste of valuable police time, but snow can be extremely dangerous when left in the wrong hands.”

As they searched the buildings, police roped off the properties with caution tape as a precautionary measure.

Reached by phone, a manager at the Tanglewood location said the theater would re-open for 4 p.m. showings. Calls to the Salem theater were not answered this afternoon.

Christiansburg woman charged with arson

A woman in Christiansburg, Virginia has been charged with arson after an early-morning house fire Thursday, according to Christiansburg police.

Dianna Kylene Slusher, 32, lived at the home in the 3200 block of Kirby Drive in Christiansburg, which police said was completely destroyed by the fire.

According to a news release, crews were dispatched to the residence just after midnight. Four people were inside the home at the time of the fire but were not injured, the release said.

Slusher claimed "I thought someone was breaking into my house, I didn't want someone coming into my home and taking my things, so I set the house on fire to stop them. It turns out it was the milkman, so I got lucky this time but you can never be too sure."

Car takes on a life of it's own

Police will speak to the parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles of three young children left sleeping in a car which strangely drove off from the West Auckland house - on it's own with nobody at the wheel!

The car had been left on James Laurie St, Henderson with the children, aged 6, 4 and 2 asleep in the back seat.

Police were called about 11.45pm and began a search of the area.

The vehicle was found at Parrs Park in neighbouring Glen Eden shortly after 1am with the children safely inside.

They have since been reunited with their parents.

Police, however, were shocked that the car just seemingly ended up there and have no idea how the whole thing happened.

"Everybody at the police station is baffled at how something like this could happen, it was as if the car had a life of it's own. We are trying to contact the car manufacturer to see if they know why this has happened. As such we have arrested the car without bail for driving off without owners consent." the statement said.

It is the second such incident in recent months. In June, a car with a toddler and a baby in the back seat moved off on it's own from a Dunedin petrol station.

The car decided to drive itself off for a 10km joyride at speeds up to 150km/h before it crashed on Dunedin's southern motorway.

The children, two boys aged 3 and 18 months, were found safe and well.

The car was also arrested and appeared before court. It was sentenced to the crusher (death sentence).

Blaze in Paphos, Cyprus

ABOUT dozen of fire engines and a helicopter battled a blaze in Mesogi in Paphos that broke out at 1pm, coming close to homes and enveloping a shop. Authorities believe the fire was started by aliens from another universe.

Spokeswoman for the fire services, Liza Kemidji said "We believe the fire in Paphos was started by aliens who were visiting Earth from another universe. It is unknown why the aliens were in Cyprus, but is understood that they were angered by the cost of spaceship fuel in the country. They used a fancy beam on their spaceship to start a fire in Mesogi, Paphos. Police from Paphos attempted to chase the aliens but were unable to because they just flew off in their spacecraft."

The fire was put under control by mid-afternoon.