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German Robber vs. Salami Sausage : 0 - 1
2008-02-02 20:35:00
BERLIN - German police have charged a robbery suspect after matching his DNA to that found on a piece of salami spat out at a crime scene.The bitten-off chunk of the telltale sausage was discovered at a building that had been broken in to in the southern city of Darmstadt in April.Police say the 37-year-old man was taken into custody in early January after police ran his name through their computers at a highway spot-check and found he was wanted for several other crimes.Once in custody, he was linked to the Darmstadt break-and-enter through the DNA sample on the salami and charged.But it seems the rejected meat was not the robber's only slip up: he has been charged with a total of 19 break-ins after other links were found.The man, whose name was not released, remains in custody while police investigate.source: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/200 8/01/31/4804020-ap.html
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Burger King employees serve Marihuana Whopper
2008-02-02 17:54:00
Bite, bite, pass !!
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How to win the Lottery ....... twice
2008-02-02 17:32:00
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian retiree won a $1.8 million lottery prize, lost it, and then won it again Wednesday through a court ruling.Werner Reinhold bought the lottery ticket at a newsstand in Sydney on Sept. 19, 1995.His original ticket did not print correctly, so he asked for a new one, which turned out to be the winner.But when Reinhold went back to claim the jackpot, he discovered that the replacement ticket had been canceled, not the misprinted original, and he was unable to claim the prize.He sued the state lottery company and the newsstand that sold him the ticket.A judge Wednesday awarded Reinhold his winnings, citing negligence and breach of contract by the newsstand and the lottery company.
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Anyone can be a lawyer
2008-02-02 17:24:00
New York (AHN) -- A man was sentenced to five years of probation after a judge declared him guilty of posing as a lawyer in a law firm for two years, despite not having a law degree.Thirty-three year old Brian Valery was working for Anderson Kill & Olick as a paralegal, and earned more than $200,000 as an employee. He claimed that he was a graduate from the Fordham University Law School for his entire employment period.According to the UPI, he also claimed to have recently passed the state bar exam, earning him the promotion to staff attorney.According to Newsday, Valery's original sentence was for 15 years in prison for grand larceny. However, Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro decided to cut it to probation as Valery returned $150,000 of the money he earned as an employee at the law firm.The judge is still asking him for the remaining $75,000.Throughout his entire tenure in the company, Valery worked for 70 hours a week, and managed to win about 50 cases.source: http://www.n...
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The Bus Stop Getaway
2008-02-02 17:13:00
A bank robbery suspect was arrested while waiting at a bus stop to make her getaway, police said. Channel Monae Gaskin, 22, was arrested Wednesday after a police officer saw her waiting for a bus and matched her to the description of the robbery suspect. She has been charged with robbery."That just wasn't too bright," Sandy Springs police Lt. Steve Rose said of the escape plan.A woman went into a bank shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday and demanded money, police said. She did not show a weapon.After being given a bag of cash, she ran across a parking lot to a restaurant, where a dye bomb exploded and sprayed orange-colored ink on her and the money, police said.She left the restaurant and then tried to stash the dye-stained clothes and money in a bathroom at a nearby grocery store, Rose said.The woman apparently changed clothes and went to a bus stop behind the grocery store, Rose said.But what made Gaskin think she could escape on public transportation? Police say she told them she had...
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Apes are people too, you know !
2008-02-02 16:11:00
VIENNA, Austria - A chimpanzee cannot be declared a person, Austria's Supreme Court has ruled, activists said Tuesday.An animal rights group had sought to have the chimp, Matthew Hiasl Pan, declared a person in hopes of gaining guardianship of the animal.The shelter where Matthew has lived for 25 years is going bankrupt, threatening to leave him homeless. Donors have offered to help support him, but under Austrian law, only a person can receive personal gifts.The Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories sought to have him declared a person and petitioned to be appointed Matthew's trustee.But the high court upheld a September ruling by a judge in the town of Wiener Neustadt rejecting the petition, the group said Tuesday.The rights group said it would take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.Matthew and another chimp at the shelter, Rosi, were captured as babies in Sierra Leone in 1982 and smuggled to Austria for use in pharmaceutical experiments. Customs officer...
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Gran Turismo Lawn Mower
2008-02-02 16:08:00
ADRIAN, Mich. - A man was charged with drunken driving after going through two bottles of wine, cutting through a snowstorm on his lawn mower and riding down the center of the street to reach a liquor store, authorities said.Police found Frank Kozumplik, 49, homeward bound on a John Deere tractor Saturday night, toting four bottles of wine in a paper bag, officials said.He told officers that his wife had taken their car to work, and that the mower was the only way he could reach the store, two miles from home.source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22890109/
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Blind guy makes hole-in-one
2008-02-02 16:00:00
CLEARWATER, Fla. --A hole-in-one is rare on the golf course, but what are the odds of a blind golfer sinking one? Leo Fiyalko couldn't see it, but his golf buddies did - a hole-in-one on the fifth hole at the Cove Cay Country Club.Fiyalko is 92 and has macular degeneration. He's been golfing for 60 years, but his 110-yard shot with a five iron on Jan. 10 was his first hole-in-one."I was just trying to put the ball on the green," Fiyalko said.Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to 90-plus. He used to have a seven handicap, but now he needs help lining up his shots and finding his golf balls because he only has peripheral vision in his right eye.Jean Gehring was playing in his foursome and watched Fiyalko's swing."I could tell it went on the green, (but) when we got up there I didn't see it. I looked in the hole and there it was," Gehring said.Gehring said Fiyalko brushed off the feat, and had to be prodded to tell his wife about it at th...
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