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Cat Bite nets man $122,000 in retribution
2007-03-19 16:56:00
FLUSHING, Mich. - A nasty bite on the hand that a man got from his sister's Siamese cat is worth $122,400.A jury on Friday awarded Michael Sabo, 57, the money for an injury he got when the cat, Randy, bit his right hand in March 2004.Sabo's fingers swelled so much that they looked like "plump hot dogs," his attorney, Tom Pabst, told The Flint Journal, and an infection put Sabo in a hospital for three weeks. He had to pay thousands in medical bills.Pabst said Sabo's sister, Jean Toney, had warned people not to pick up Randy because he had bitten people before, but the newspaper said the cat leapt into Sabo's lap.Sabo initially tried to get his sister's homeowner's insurance policy to cover the cost of treatment. When that request was refused, Sabo had no choice but to take the matter to court, Pabst said.There was no answer Sunday at a telephone listing for Toney. A call to Pabst on Sunday wasn't immediately returned.Goosey's Gabbings...When asked for a comment from Randy, th...
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Hardcore Porn interrupts Brokaw Broadcast
2007-03-19 15:33:00
MESA, Ariz. - A cable news program was temporarily replaced with hard-core pornography, shocking viewers who had been watching a health show featuring former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw.The incident Monday night on KPPX-TV was ?an act of human sabotage? at the Phoenix-area station, said ION Television, which operates the station.?We have launched a rigorous investigation, and any implicated employees will face strict disciplinary action and termination,? ION Media Networks spokeswoman Leslie Monreal said in a statement.?There were these images?Brenda Schodt, of Chandler, said she was shocked to look up and see graphic sex acts on her television screen.?Maybe five or 10 minutes into the show there was no volume,? Schodt said. ?I thought it was the TV, but when I looked up, there were these images.?ION Television, based in West Palm Beach, Fla., declined to say whether the pornography aired beyond the Phoenix market.Goosey's Gabbings...So somebody got away with a full-fledged Tyler Du...
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New Mexico Man Arrested on 28th DWI Charge
2007-03-19 15:27:00
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man on suspicion of complaint. Deputies said they tried to give Brill a field sobriety test but he could not complete the test. He then refused to give a breath test. Deputies also found an open container of beer in his trunk. "People like Joseph Brill will never get it. They don't care," Sheriff Darren White said. "He needs to go to prison, and that's the way we're going to insure he does not drive a car drunk." According to the complaint, Brill had 27 prior DWI offenses with at least 14 convictions before his arrest Wednesday. Records also show that he has had his license revoked five times and has spent nearly four years in New Mexico jails and prisons on DWI charges. At the time of his arrest, he was on parole for two of the convictions, according to records. Linda Atkinson, executive director of the Albuquerque-based DWI Resource Center, said she had never seen someone with 28 DWI arrests. "It's...
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First Class Flight with a Corpse
2007-03-19 15:11:00
LONDON (Reuters) - A passenger in first class woke up to a shock when he found himself sitting near a corpse on a British Airways flight, British newspapers reported on Monday.Paul Trinder, 54, said cabin crew moved the body of the elderly woman from the economy section where she had died after take-off, the Mirror and Sun tabloids said. "The corpse was strapped into the seat but because of turbulence it kept slipping down on to the floor," Trinder, a businessman, was quoted as saying. "It was horrific. The body had to be wedged in place with lots of pillows." The woman's daughter was also upgraded and spent the rest of the nine-hour flight from Delhi to London grieving next to her dead mother, the Sun reported. The Guardian newspaper said the incident happened last week. British Airways has apologized for any distress suffered, according to the reports. The Mirror quoted BA as saying: "We apologize, but our crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option they tho...
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If you are going to give police a false name, Don't give the name of a felo
2007-03-19 03:05:00
ANNAPOLIS - Vincent Lloyd Massey should have thought twice before he gave city police a false name this morning. He gave the name of a wanted felon.City police pulled a vehicle over into a Bay Ridge Avenue Texaco station at 4:30 a.m. and found that the driver had a suspended license. They took the driver into custody and then looked to Mr. Massey, a passenger in the vehicle, to drive the car from the scene.When officers asked Mr. Massey, 48, for his driver's license, he said he had left it at home but gave officers his name, address and date of birth.Moments later, dispatchers told the officers they had a man with several felony warrants, including some from the U.S. Marshal's Service. Due to the "serious nature" of the charges, including drug charges and counterfeiting, police said, they called for backup immediately. They obtained a warrant and arrested Mr. Massey.Once in custody, Mr. Massey told police he had given a false name and that he had identification in his pocket. Poli ...
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News Anchor apologizes for "feeling like a retard"
2007-03-19 01:56:00
Philadelphia, PA- 10 O'Clock News anchor Dawn Stensland had to apologize on air for a "self-deprecating comment" she made on the air that offended people the night before. But, apparently, after a medical report, Stensland said she sometimes feels "like a retard." Dan Gross reports she stayed up until 1 a.m. to answer the 23 -- twenty-three! -- emails she got after the broadcast. Goosey's Gabbings...Aye, here's the rub...If someone who is retarded understands that Stensland's comments were offensive, are they really retarded? Hmmmm...now that's a mystery!
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Mom throws tantrum at school after her child is "disruptive"
2007-03-18 22:03:00
TAMPA - The mother of a Cannella Elementary student was jailed Friday after throwing a cursing fit in her son?s classroom and threatening the principal, according to an arrest report. Edna Rose Manchame, 31, was charged with assault on a school employee and disturbing a school function ? both misdemeanors. She remained at Orient Road Jail late Friday; bail was set at $750. Hillsborough County Deputy David Patterson wrote in the arrest report that Manchame was upset because she?d been called to school at 10707 Nixon Road ?to pick up her disruptive child.? ?She stormed into her son?s class and began yelling and cursing,? Patterson wrote. She ?began throwing books and other school items on the floor.? The teacher hit a panic button and Manchame took her son to the school?s main office, where she cursed the staff and banged on the counter, Patterson said. The school went into lock down after she allegedly threatened the principal and moved to attack but was restrained by her husban...
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Brothels offering Senior Citizen Discounts
2007-03-18 21:50:00
BERLIN (Reuters) - A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount for sex in the afternoon.The "Pascha" in the western city of Cologne has introduced reduced rates for sex sessions for clients aged 66 and above -- provided they can prove they are old enough. "All clients need to do is show us some proof of age," said a spokesman for the brothel's managing director Armin Lobscheid. "A 'normal session' costs 50 euros with us -- and we're now paying 50 percent of that for these older guests." "We don't earn as much money, but we're establishing ourselves across a broader range of age groups," he added. After testing the water with reductions for senior citizens once a week, the Pascha decided earlier this month to offer 50 percent off sex services between midday and 5 p.m every day. "There's been plenty of demand and people have certainly been taking advantage of the offer," the spokesman said. "Older folks are m...
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Merlot rhymes with NO
2007-03-18 19:55:00
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Merlot can be a variety of grape or a type of red wine, but not an acceptable personalized license plate in the state of Utah. Glenn Eurick's 1996 Mercedes has had the license plate reading "merlot" for 10 years. He says the plate never got a lot of notice until the Utah Tax Commission told him last week that he had to remove it because the state doesn't allow words of intoxicant to be used on vanity plates. Six or seven-letter words like liquor or whiskey probably wouldn't make it through the state screening process before the plates are issued. But merlot did and Eurick was fine until an anonymous caller told the state that merlot was also an alcoholic beverage. Eurick's car with the offending plate is dark red, like the wine. He said few people who asked about the plate made the connection. Though one man did ask "if we chose merlot because there were too many letters in cabernet sauvignon," Eurick said. Eurick said he will challenge the state's d...
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Nude Motorist Nabbed
2007-03-18 19:34:00
INDIANAPOLIS, IN-A middle-aged woman who was naked when she surrendered to police after hitting an officer with her car at a convenience store was undergoing a medical evaluation today. Fishers Police Sgt. Gerry Hepp said Leann E. Orbin, 47, was detained and taken to Community Hospital North for evaluation of a suspected impairment, possibly from drugs or alcohol.Hepp said the evaluation will help prosecutors decide whether to charge the woman with felony counts of criminal recklessness.Fishers police officer Jeff Phelps, who was knocked down by Orbin?s Mitsubishi and fired on the car as she fled, was treated for scrapes to his leg at Riverview Hospital and released.Hepp said the incident began about 4:45 a.m., after police responded to a call from an employee of the Village Pantry at 96th Street and Lantern Road.The caller was seeking help with the woman, said Hepp.?We had an officer there very quickly,? he said. ?Within seco...
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Maryland apologizes for Slavery--240 years later
2007-03-18 19:23:00
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Just blocks from a dock where enslaved men and women arrived in chains more than 240 years ago, Mary land 's Senate today unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for slavery.The resolution expresses "profound regret" for the role Maryland played instituting and maintaining slavery and for -- quote -- "the discrimination that was slavery's legacy."Resolution sponsor Nathaniel Exum says he believes the measure is needed because no one has ever apologized for the pain slavery caused in Maryland from its earliest days as a colony until 1864. The state senator says he feels a formal apology can improve race relations "if everyone takes it to heart." A similar resolution is pending in the House.If it passes there, Maryland would be the second state to issue such an apology. Virginia's legislature passed a resolution last month also expressing "profound regret" for that state's role in slavery.Goosey's Gabbings...Perhaps the race relations can be expected to impr...
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Female Police Officer in hot water over Racy Pic
2007-03-18 19:10:00
A photograph of a young Victoria Police constable exposing her breasts while in uniform, which she sent to her policeman boyfriend, has been circulated through the force's internal email. The ethical standards department is examining the matter to determine whether an offence has been committed as a result of the circulation of the image, a Victoria Police spokeswoman has confirmed. It is believed the policewoman, named on the Nine Network tonight as Constable Melissa Scannell, took the image on her mobile phone and passed it on to her boyfriend as an intimate get well message. The constable was in her police uniform with her name badge visible, her shirt undone and her breasts exposed when she was photographed. But the image was circulated widely through the force's internal email, landing in the inboxes of top-ranking officers and ethical standards department detectives. "She has sent an image to her boyfriend and obviously he has done the wrong thing and forwarded it on," a Vic...
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What do you get when you mix M and M's, Twizzlers, and Salsa? Theft resulti
2007-03-18 18:57:00
LANCASTER - The case of 18-year-old Joseph Peterson started out as a relatively minor affair involving the alleged theft of M&Ms and Twizzlers from a discount store - but ended up as murder, according to prosecutors. When the Lancaster man tried to flee after what police called a petty theft, Charles Hairston, a 51-year-old homeless group volunteer, tried to stop him. Peterson threw a bottle of salsa at him, hitting him in the head. Hairston died three weeks later. "It's a sad story. (Hairston) was a good Samaritan who tried to help out, and unfortunately with these circumstances, he was killed," Deputy District Attorney Bernie LaForteza said. Peterson, who is being held in lieu of $986,000 bail, is scheduled to be arraigned next month on one count of murder. His attorney, Tyson Beers, declined to comment on the case. Hairston, a Lancaster resident, was outside the Lancaster 99 Cents store July 14 collecting donations for a group that assists the homeless when Peterson, ...
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Teacher gets 10-year sentence for Sex with Pupil
2007-03-18 18:18:00
WILMINGTON, Del. - A sixth-grade science teacher who was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Rachel L. Holt, 35, had pleaded guilty to second-degree rape. She sobbed in court Friday as Superior Court Judge Calvin L. Scott gave her the mandatory minimum sentence.Prosecutors had wanted Scott to sentence Holt to the maximum of 25 years.Holt was initially charged with 28 counts of first-degree rape.Police accused her of having sex with the boy that many times during an intense weeklong affair. She was also accused of plying the boy with alcohol and allowing him to drive her car.Holt's attorney, John S. Malik, said the sentence was much longer than what teachers convicted in similar cases got. He reviewed 40 such cases and found the average was 18 months to two years.In her brief comments to the court, Holt apologized "to everyone who suffered" as a result of her actions, including the victim and his family."I hope you can forgive me...
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SkyWest to Passenger: Sorry for making you pee in a bag
2007-03-18 03:44:00
SkyWest Airlines apologized to a passenger who said he wasn't allowed to use the restroom during a one-hour flight and ended up urinating in an air-sickness bag. James Whipple said he had two "really big beers" at the Boise, Idaho, airport. While on a flight to Salt Lake City on March 7, he wanted to use the cabin restroom. The captain had declared it off-limits during the short flight because a light wasn't working. Whipple said he had used the cabin restroom before the plane departed but had to go again and finally reached for the air-sickness bag. "It was like I had no choice," Whipple told the Salt Lake Tribune, which posted the story on its Web site today. No other passengers noticed Whipple using the bag, but a flight attendant asked him about it and told the captain, who called airport police. Whipple was questioned and took a taxi home to Sandy, a Salt Lake City suburb. The airline sent him a letter of apology and a flight voucher, SkyWest spokeswoman Sabrena Suite-Mangum ...
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Stripper declares: Surgeon Stole My Butt!
2007-03-18 02:10:00
A German belly dancer has been awarded 12,000 compensation after a plastic surgeon accidentally sucked away one of her buttocks. Julia 'Cleopatra' Meyer, 38, from Munich, wanted slimmer thighs and instead ended up with half her bum missing. The court heard that during the liposuction the plastic surgeon, not named, from a private clinic, had removed fat from her right buttock instead of her thighs. She said: "I had been unhappy with my saddlebags, the fat stored in the outer thigh area. Because of the local anesthesia I did not realize what he was doing. "When I saw afterwards that half of my bum was missing I almost fainted. It had been completely sucked away." A consultant at the Berlin Charité hospital asked for an expert opinion said it was a "grave error in treatment". The court heard the woman can no longer perform. She does not even dare to go to a swimming pool because she is ashamed of the way she looks. The surgeon has been ordered to pay her 12,000 -...
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Leprechaun not a lucky charm for Speeders
2007-03-18 01:04:00
ORLANDO, FL- A roadside leprechaun was bad luck -- at least for some speeders in the Orlando, Florida, area. An Orange County sheriff's deputy was dressed as a leprechaun and warning drivers to slow down. A laser speed gun clocked cars above his sign reading: "Watch your speed or it will cost you your pot of gold." Deputies on motorcycles pulled over the lead-footed motorists who didn't ease off the gas pedal. The Orlando Sentinel reports the deputies were writing a ticket a minute.Some drivers complain it's entrapment. But Richard Lockman, aka Deputy Leprechaun, says "the elf didn't force anybody to speed."Goosey's Gabbings...What would have been even more classic would have been to have Nelson from the Simpsons about 1 mile after the leprechaun pointing--HA HA...
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Superman could be bad for your kids' health
2007-03-18 00:45:00
London, Mar 17 : Your kids might love putting on a superhero costume for that fancy dress party, but doctors are warning parents that such outfits can increase the chances of children landing up in the hospital.As for how a costume can endanger a child, well it seems that once kids put on the outfits, not only do they look like their heroes, but also want to behave like them - including trying to copy the death-defying stunts - as they believe that their costumes can give them a "superboost".The study was carried out by child specialist Dr Patrick Davies, from Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham."Imaginary role models are an essential part of growing up and it is important not to deny children their unrealistic dreams, whether it be scaling the sides of buildings, flying or playing football for England," the Daily Mail quoted Dr Davies, as saying."However, parents need to be aware that children may believe that their abilities have been given a superboost with an appropriate costu...
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Meter Maids Targeting Police cars
2007-03-18 00:03:00
NEW figures reveal that thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money has been spent on paying for parking fines after traffic wardens targeted marked POLICE cars.The Metropolitan police paid Islington Council £1,400 in parking fines in 2006. The year before the figure was more than £2,000. In total, the police have paid Islington Council almost £7,000 in parking fines over four years, since 2002.The police have confirmed the figures include fines paid for marked police vehicles - easily identified by the blue lights on top and fluorescent stripe along the side.Councillor Richard Watts (Labour) who uncovered the figures, said: "It's bonkers! I think residents will be shocked to hear that their taxpayer's money, which should be going into the fight against crime, is going into paying parking tickets."Police budgets are stretched and the last thing they should be worrying about is dodging traffic wardens. It's just another example of what a rip-off Islington's parking policy is. The co...
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Man Cuts off his own Genitals in Drunken Rage
2007-03-17 23:43:00
40-year-old Tadeus Konopizc, from Zakopane Poland, cut off his own penis and testicles with a 6 inch kitchen knife in a drunken rage after his wife left him. He had reportedly consumed multiple bottles of vodka. In spite of his pain, the man was able to call doctors. He described what he had done and begged for help. Paramedics were dispatched, who in turn called for a helicopter to transfer him to a specialist hospital. Unfortunately for the man, the helicopter was held up by heavy fog; when he reached the hospital it was too late to reattach his genitalia. Surgeons will now attempt to surgically rebuild what he severed using tissue from elsewhere on his body.Goosey's Gabbings...Well, we finally found Lorena Bobbitt's dream man.In other news, evidently George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey is capitalizing off this story with a new slogan: "Drink Dickel, Don't Cut yours off."
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Lawyer Bares Breasts Giving Evidence in Trial
2007-03-17 23:32:00
Janet Robertshawe, 36, was yesterday called as a defense witness in the trial of an alternative health professional accused of indecently assaulting three female patients. The man, whose name and specific occupation are suppressed, is accused of touching the breasts of two of the women and the breast and genitalia of the other during massage treatment. Mrs Robertshawe, a solicitor from Invercargill, is a former patient of the accused. She volunteered to be a patient in a massage demonstration the accused performed in front of the jury box yesterday. Mrs Robertshawe entered the courtroom in a white robe, was sworn in by the court crier, disrobed then lay face down on a massage table dressed only in her bra and underwear. Before the demonstration began, Judge Les Atkins instructed the members of the jury it is not a reconstruction of the events relating to the charges, but an effort to show them what is involved in a typical treatment. A camera was position near the jury box to record...
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Three Little Pigs Get taken off the Chopping Block
2007-03-16 20:34:00
The Three Little Pigs have earned a reprieve after they were ditched from a children's show to avoid offending Muslims. Organisers of the Kirklees Primary Music Festival changed the traditional tale to Three Little Puppies, reports the Telegraph. But local councillors have now stepped in to reverse the decision which they said was well-intentioned but wrong. Children from Honley Church of England Junior School in Huddersfield are to perform Roald Dahl's version of Little Red Riding Hood, which features the pigs, at the Town Hall. Festival organisers were concerned the Three Little Pigs could offend Muslim children taking part, or their parents. There had been no complaints about the festival, which will feature hundreds of children from 63 schools in Kirklees in June. Jim Dodds, the council's Cabinet member for children's services, said the decision to change the wording was a "mistake". "On this particular aspect of it - everyone knows the story of the Thre...
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Porn Star's Parents Lend a Major Helping Hand
2007-03-16 19:05:00
As a girl, Sunny Lane wanted to be a professional ice skater. Her mother, Shelby, decorated her glittery competition costumes, and her dad, Mike, cheered for his only child from the sidelines. Years later, they're still at it -- only now they're helping their daughter chase her dreams of becoming a porn star. "I like to be in front of the camera," Sunny said. "I like to show my talent. I have many, many talents in a lot of different areas, and I want to show them." But it's more than just showing off the physical assets and the innocent pouts that have earned her the nickname the "Shirley Temple of Porn," because she looks much younger than she is. Sunny will only say that she's in her 20s. "It would totally mess the fantasy up for my fans," she said about her reluctance to reveal her age. "I look very young, which I'm very grateful [for]." Sunny sees more than the opportunity to show off her talents; she also sees dollar signs in an industry that made almost $1...
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Stenographer jailed for typing too slow
2007-03-16 15:08:00
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A court stenographer was sent to jail when she didn't finish a trial transcript needed for the appeal of a convicted rapist.Ann Margaret Smith was jailed Friday for contempt of court. Circuit Judge Charles Greene noted that Smith failed for months to finish the transcript and missed a final deadline in February. She also failed to produce the transcript at her contempt hearing.But Smith was released from jail Sunday night and placed under house arrest until she finishes the final 400 pages of the 1,500-page transcript.Smith told the judge she wasn't getting the work done in jail because she was worried about her three children at home.Goosey's Gabbings...Inmate 1: So, whatcha in for?Inmate 2: Prostitution. You?Inmate 1: Grand theft auto. How 'bout you?Smith: I can't type fast enough.Inmates 1 and 2: DAMN!Smith: Now, back off before I cut ya. With this paper! You want a paper cut, bitch? Do you? DO YOU?
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Man Bets $4 on Horses--Wins 1.4 Million!
2007-03-16 15:01:00
Ladbrokes said the odds of Archie Evans' successful accumulator bet were nearly 350,000 to one. It is the bookmaker's biggest payout in Wales and a bonus bet this Saturday could even see Mr Evans, 59, increase his winnings to over 1 million dollars. The father-of-three has been invited to be a VIP guest of the bookies to the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday. Ladbrokes described Mr Evans' correct six-horse bet last weekend as "extraordinary". "This is the most phenomenal betting performance we've seen in many years," said a spokesman. Mr Evans said: "It's fantastic to have won and it's so exciting to think I could be a millionaire by Saturday night. "It's a huge amount of money and if I'm honest it's not sunk in yet." He said everyone kept asking him how he planned to spend the money, adding: "I've not decided yet but I know I'm going to take my wife on a bloody good holiday."Goosey's Gabbings...Take that, Carleton Sheets!
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Snowball Toss Earns A Day in Court
2007-03-16 03:49:00
A US private detective is suing a man for 2,250 - plus courts costs - for throwing a snowball at him. William Elich, 46, claims he was about to enter a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, when Greg Ely, 32, came by in a Hummer with a "dashboard lined with snowballs". One snowball hit Mr Elich in the head, breaking his glasses and bruising his left eyeball, reports the Oregonian. Mr Elich said the loss of his bifocal glasses forced him to miss work as a private investigator for eight to 10 days while he waited for a new pair. Mr Ely, a stone mason, claims he has the wrong man: "I didn't throw a snowball at anyone," he insisted. But Mr Elich is adamant. He says that, after he was struck with the snowball, he looked through his remaining good eye and noted the number plate of the Hummer. He called called police, who visited Mr Ely but didn't pursue any charges. Officers said it was one man's word against another. But Mr Elich would not let the matter drop and is pur...
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Sorry for wrongfully imprisoning you, now pay us for room and board
2007-03-16 00:57:00
Three men who spent years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murder will have to pay for their prison board and lodgings, Law Lords have ruled. Brothers Vincent and Michael Hickey of Birmingham, spent 18 years in jail for paperboy Carl Bridgewater's murder. Michael O'Brien from Cardiff spent 11 years in jail for a separate murder. The three were deducted money from their compensation for what lawyers called "living expenses" but what the court agreed was for life necessities. Judges ruled by a four to one majority that they must pay back 25% of their compensation. 'Necessities of life' The three men had appealed against an earlier Court of Appeal ruling the Independent Assessor was entitled to deduct their compensation to reflect the necessities of life which they would have to buy from wages if they were free. Their lawyers had argued it was wrong to expect people wrongly imprisoned to pay for what is effectively their "board and lodgings".Goosey's Gabbings...I...
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Pentagon: "Civil War" not correct term to use for Iraq
2007-03-15 22:56:00
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new Pentagon report said some elements of the war in Iraq fit the definition of civil war, but the term "does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict." The war in Iraq has been characterized by fighting between the majority Shiite Muslim sect and the minority Sunni Muslims, who were in power under Saddam Hussein's regime.But the report also cites Shiite-on-Shiite violence; al Qaeda and Sunni insurgent attacks on coalition forces, and "widespread criminally motivated violence" as features that complicate the designation of civil war.The quarterly report, which is mandated by Congress, said attacks and casualties documented for the last three months of 2006 are the highest since the war began four years ago.The document, dated March 2, was released on Wednesday.Whether the conflict in Iraq amounts to a civil war has been a topic of debate in recent months. The congressional report cites declassified parts of the recently released National Intellige...
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Burglar breaks in using ID; Leaves at the scene
2007-03-15 21:57:00
BETTENDORF, Iowa - A burglary suspect was arrested after he left behind a Corrections Department identification card he used to jimmy a lock, authorities said. Officers said they arrested Robert Alan Fry of Rock Island, Ill., after investigating the theft Tuesday of a plastic jug containing about $400 in change from an apartment in Bettendorf. They said they found Fry's Illinois Department of Corrections ID card at the apartment and arrested him Wednesday at a Bettendorf motel. Fry, 43, was charged with third-degree burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia and interference and was taken to the Scott County Jail, authorities said. Fry was released from the Illinois prison system in January, having served two years and three months of a 10-year sentence for a Rock Island County burglary. Inmates who are released but are without legal identification like a driver's license can receive a Corrections Department-issued ID card.Goosey's Gabbings...Just when you though criminals couldn...
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Potty Discrimination NO MORE!
2007-03-15 19:00:00
The lady fans at Busch Stadium will have something new to cheer about, aside from the reigning world champion St. Louis Cardinals. Team officials are promising potty parity by opening day. The restrooms in the recently opened stadium are being renovated to give women as many places to find relief as male fans. When the stadium opened last season, it wasn't in compliance with a state law requiring equal access to restrooms. Advocates say it's not fair for female fans to have to stand on long lines during the seventh inning stretch.Goosey's Gabbings...Wouldn't it be easier to just have the men drink more beer so they go to the bathroom more? Jeesh..I think I'll write them a letter.
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