http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged claims en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:41 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/mgsi-medical-claims-billing/ Medical claims billing is not your prime job and it is essential that you get support from experts to handle the billing functions. MGSI, can manage your billing the way you manage your patients. ]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 07:46:44 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/mgsi-medical-claims-billing/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/nz-woman-claims-to-have-neds-head/ A New Zealand woman says she has Ned Kelly's skull, one of Australia's most sought-after relics. Anna Hoffman, 74, was given the skull 30 years ago while on holiday in Melbourne by a security guard who told her it was "Ned's head". When she read recently that the famous outlaw's skull was missing, she was determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:21:17 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/nz-woman-claims-to-have-neds-head/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/londons-metropolitan-police-faces-racism-claims/ London's Metropolitan Police was under fire Friday after 10 cases involving alleged racism by police officers were referred to the independent police watchdog for investigation. Eight officers and a staff member have been suspended while allegations that they used racist language are reviewed, the Metropolitan Police said. The 10 cases involve about 20 police officers and one staff member, a police spokesman said. ]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:51:58 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/londons-metropolitan-police-faces-racism-claims/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/teacher-fired-after-claims-3rd-graders-had-sex/ A Tallulah Elementary School teacher was dismissed after she was in the classroom while two third-graders were reportedly having oral sex under a table. A Madison Parish High School teacher is under investigation for reported substance abuse on the job. Both disciplinary actions are part of Superintendent Lisa Wilmore's effort to "change the culture" of the district which has a history of academic struggles. Wilmore wants to put more emphasis on classroom management a... ]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:48:37 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/teacher-fired-after-claims-3rd-graders-had-sex/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/lawsuit-claims-oahu-pet-store-cut-dogs-ear-tail/ Two dog owners filed a lawsuit claiming their pets were mutilated while being groomed at an Oahu pet store. The lawsuit filed in state court Monday said plaintiff Gladys Kapuwai dropped off her dog Dodo for grooming at the Petco store in Kaneohe in July, and that the pet was returned with its ear cut off. In addition, there appeared to be an effort to "reattach, glue or sew" the ear back on, the lawsuit states. ]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:16:14 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/lawsuit-claims-oahu-pet-store-cut-dogs-ear-tail/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/twitter-rumor-claims-death-of-korean-leader-kim-jong-un/ A team of trained ninja assassins snuck into North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's room overnight and assassinated the new leader while he was on a business trip in Beijing -- if rumors spreading across microblogging service Twitter and its Chinese counterpart Weibo are to be believed, that is. The rumors -- unsubstantiated by any major news service or government agency -- started on the Chinese language Twitter clone earlier today, claiming Jong-Un had been killed in his residence ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:42:23 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/twitter-rumor-claims-death-of-korean-leader-kim-jong-un/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/127-year-old-cuban-claims-to-be-oldest-person/ The battle over who is the world’s oldest living person continues. Cubana Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodríguez claimed that she turned 127, which would make her 12 years older than the official record holder, the 115-year Besse Cooper of Georgia. Cooper was declared the world's oldest in January of last year, after Guinness learned that Maria Gomes Valentin of Brazil died. Gomes Valentin was 48 days older than Cooper.. ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:29:20 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/127-year-old-cuban-claims-to-be-oldest-person/ http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/life-on-venus-russian-scientist-claims-to-have-seen-scorpion-in-probe-photographs/ A Russian scientist claims to have discovered life on Venus after analysing photographs taken by a Soviet probe that landed on the planet's surface 30 years ago. The pictures - taken by the probe Venus-13 in 1982 - have been re-examined by Leonid Ksanfomaliti of the Space Research Institute at Russia's Academy of Sciences. Ksanfomaliti said the images showed a scorpion-shaped body, a disc and a 'black flap,' which apparently moved as the probe's camera records... ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:32:19 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/out-of-this-world/life-on-venus-russian-scientist-claims-to-have-seen-scorpion-in-probe-photographs/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/peter-falconio-still-alive-claims-lawyer/ DISGRACED Melbourne lawyer Andrew Fraser has made the astonishing claim that British backpacker Peter Falconio is alive, 10 years after he disappeared in Alice Springs. Bradley Murdoch was convicted of Falconio's murder in 2005, but Mr Fraser maintains he is innocent, and that he is "100 per cent" sure Falconio manufactured his own disappearance. Fraser did not provide proof of Falconio being alive and said he had not spoken directly to anyone who had seen him. ... ]]> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:25:30 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/peter-falconio-still-alive-claims-lawyer/