上海歡樂谷 驚魂半小時

Roller-coasters are designed to produce thrills, but 25 riders got more than they bargained for after they were suspended 60 meters in the air for roughly 30 minutes due to a malfunction yesterday at Shanghai's Happy Valley Park, the Shanghai Daily reported.

據(jù)《上海日報》報道，過山車是驚險刺激的游戲，但昨日，上海歡樂谷的25名游客卻經(jīng)歷了驚魂半小時: 當過山車運行至60米最高點時，突然發(fā)生機械故障，游客被困在半空。隨后工作人員通過軌道兩側(cè)緊急走廊將被困游客護送至地面。歡樂谷工作人員稱，這次事故為傳感器故障所致，由于低溫天氣，導(dǎo)致傳感器突然損壞，造成保護性停機。

中央施壓地方狠調(diào)樓市

《重慶晚報》報道，近日，住建部要求2010年年末房價上漲幅度較大的一些城市出臺限購令細則。一位副部級官員明確表示將向地方官員施壓，"不限購，就約談"。限購已迅速在二三線城市蔓延開來，鄭州、太原、武漢、昆明剛剛出臺其限購令細則，而緊隨其后將要出臺限購細則的地區(qū)還有青島與濟南，以及陜西、廣西的部分城市。

男子揚言炸幼兒園獲刑

據(jù)《廣州日報》報道，近日，廣東三水市一男子因為揚言要炸幼兒園被判入獄1年。去年9月，該陳姓男子酒后報警，稱其要在三水市南邊的一座幼兒園放炸藥。他并沒有真的這么做，不過警方卻非常嚴肅地對待該恐嚇，疏散了幼兒園里所有的人。

Shanghai roller-coaster strands 25

Roller-coasters are designed to produce thrills, but 25 riders got more than they bargained for after they were suspended 60 meters in the air for roughly 30 minutes due to a malfunction yesterday at Shanghai's Happy Valley Park, the Shanghai Daily reported. An emergency stairway eventually allowed the riders to get down. Park officials said the cold weather might have caused a sensor to shut off the power as a safety measure.

Gov't to look at house-buying restrictions

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is urging local governments where housing prices rose quickly at the end of 2010 to release details of their cities' property purchase restrictions, Chongqing Evening News reports. A vice ministerial-level officer said local governments that won't release the details would be asked to "have a personal talk with central government officers." The restriction policies have quickly spread to the second- and third-tier cities. Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Wuhan and Kunming have recently released the details of the policy. Qingdao, Jinan and some cities in Shaanxi and Guangxi will also issue the details.

Man jailed for bomb threat

A man who threatened to bomb a kindergarten in Guangdong Province's Sanshui City was sentenced to one year in prison, the Guangzhou Daily reports. Last September, the man, under the influence of alcohol, called police and said he would place explosives in a kindergarten in southern Sanshui. He didn't follow through on the threat, but police took it seriously and evacuated the school.

(China.org.cn January 26, 2011)