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Law and Order SVU actor charged with Child Porn: Let the irony commentary b
2007-08-14 23:30:00
From wnbc.com:WAYNE, N.J. -- An actor who once played a lieutenant on NBC's "Law and Order : Special Victims Unit" has been charged with possession of child pornography, authorities said Tuesday.Albert Insinnia, 57, of Bloomfield, turned himself into the Passaic County Sheriff's Department in Wayne on Monday and was released on bail Tuesday morning, said sheriff's spokesman Bill Maer.Insinnia was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography after authorities allegedly discovered 180 images of child porn on the hard drive of the actor's laptop computer.Reached at his home Tuesday afternoon, Insinnia told The Associated Press he had no comment, but his lawyer, Joseph Portelli, said he planned to plead not guilty at an arraignment Tuesday afternoon."Any images that may have been on that computer are not his," Portelli said, adding that there are no allegations that his client purchased or sold any of the images.Ok, so he was only in two episodes, but it still makes goo...
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Snapping Turtle proves too much for Fishermen
2007-08-14 23:12:00
From IndeonlinePolice responded to a call that a firearm had been discharged shortly after 11 p.m. Friday on the Tuscarawas riverbank near the intersection of Earl Road and Lake Avenue.?From what I understand, two guys where out fishing on Friday night ... just on the western side of the river,? DiLoreto said. ?But instead of catching a fish, they caught a snapping turtle.?So these two knuckleheads have this turtle hooked and I think they were planning to eat it,? DiLoreto continued. ?Apparently he was taking a shot at the turtle and his foot got in the way. He shot himself in the foot.?The discharged weapon was a 9mm handgun.?I don?t know how bad his foot is, but I do know they took him to a hospital by private vehicle right away. ... At that close range and the bullet moving that fast, it had to have hurt like heck.?DiLoreto said he is not sure if the turtle lived or not. ?I can?t say with a 100 percent certainty ? but I think the turtle got away,? he said.The case is listed as a ...
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Fast Food Robber taken into custody
2007-04-25 03:45:00
Chicago police arrested a man suspected of robbing a pair of fast food restaurants. Police say he climbed half way into the drive-through window at a Burger King on East 95th Street and threatened the workers with a gun. The employees ran into an office for safety and called police. A few minutes after he ran away, a pair of officers caught up with the man. There was a vehicle matching the description given. We curbed the vehicle at which time we apprehended the offender with a semiautomatic and another handgun and the proceed that were taken from the robbery," said James Dillon, Chicago Police Department. Police suspect he also robbed a nearby Wendy's. Police say he was wearing a bullet proof vest and claimed to be a security guard. Charges are pending. Goosey's Gabbings.... I guess this gives new meaning to the name "Hamburglar". When reached for comment, the perpetrator was quoted as saying "robble robble robble". technorati tags:news, chi...
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Tampa man arrested for buthering alligator---on front lawn
2007-04-25 03:41:00
(CBS4) TAMPA A Tampa man arrested for butchering an alligator on his front lawn said he only wanted a new belt.35-year old Benjamin Hodges told police he found the 4 to 5 foot long dead alligator floating in the Hillsborough River on Sunday and took it home in a shopping cart. He had just started to skin it when the police showed up and arrested him.Hodges was charged with killing or possessing an alligator, both of which are illegal in Florida. It's a felony punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. He has been released on $2 thousand bond.The American alligator is protected in Florida as a species of special concern, and hunting is tightly controlled. Only state-licensed trappers can kill alligators out of season. Goosey's Gabbings... Steve Irwin must be puking in his grave. If there's any spirit that will haunt this moron, it will be the Crocodile Hunter...CRIKEY!!! technorati tags:news, tampa, florida, bizarre, odd, weird, quirky, man-butchers-alligator, allig...
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Ten-hut! Forward--HALT! About FACE! Pose for racy pictures! At Ease, at eas
2007-04-25 03:28:00
NEWPORT NEWS - A Fort Eustis drill sergeantwill spend six months in prison for having inappropriate personal relationships with three trainees in his command. Staff Sgt. Edmundo Estrada was court-martialed Monday for his actions during a 15-month period at thepost, where he oversaw low-ranking soldiers, many just out of boot camp. Estrada, a drill sergeant with the 1-222ndAviation Regiment, 8th Transportation Brigade since 2005, pleadedguilty to violating regulations not to develop relationships withsubordinates and three counts of mistreating the three male soldiers. Estrada said in court he hadone-on-one interactions with each soldier. He asked each one to posefor what he called body-building photos, urging them to take theirshirts off and wear spandex shorts. He also pressured the soldiers to act out torture scenes from a movie. One of his victims who testified Monday, aprivate first class now stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, approachedEstrada for help after he was caught ...
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Man cuts off penis in busy London restaurant--was the food that bad?
2007-04-24 05:24:00
A MAN cut off his own penis with a large knife in front of diners at a busy London restaurant. Witness Stuart McMahon, who was eating at Zizzi in the Strand with his girlfriend on Sunday, told the Sun: "This guy came running in then charged into the kitchen, got a massive knife and started waving it about. "Everyone was screaming and running out as he jumped on a table, dropped his trousers and popped his penis out. "Then he cut it off. I couldn't believe it." Police said a man in his 30s was taken to a south London hospital where his condition was stable today. Goosey's Gabbings... The man's friend was in horror as the man cut off his "thing", quoted as, "Dude, all I said was leave a TIP!!!" technorati tags:news, bizarre, odd, weird, funny, funny-humor, humor, comedy, london, man-cuts-off-penis, offbeat-news, quirky, strange, sick, scary, zizziBlogged with Flock
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11-year old girl stops sick mom's van
2007-04-24 05:17:00
PERU, Indiana (AP) -- An 11-year-old girl stopped a van that went out of control when her diabetic mother became ill, police said. Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Joe Swisher said Abigail Parker's actions were "nothing short of heroic." Besides stopping the van, Abigail kept her mother and 8-year-old brother calm and informed paramedics about her mother's condition, Swisher said. State police dispatched an ambulance and troopers to U.S. 31 south of Peru on Saturday after the girl called 911 and another person reported a reckless driver. Officers found the van stopped, partially blocking the southbound lane of the highway. Deborah Parker, 36, of Muncie, who had been driving, was unaware of her surroundings. She was treated for low blood sugar. Abigail told police her mother had started driving erratically at about 80 mph. The girl said she climbed from the rear seat of the van onto the woman's lap and managed to stop the vehicle before calling 911. Goosey's Gabbings.....
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Honor student serving community gets served by drunk man
2007-04-24 05:09:00
An 18-year-old man was shot and wounded in the leg when he tried to get his neighbor to sign some documents for verification of volunteer hours as part of his National Honor Society requirements at 10:30 p.m. on April 5.The younger man reported that while at his 43-year-old neighbor's house, the older man offered to show the younger man his new pistol.Reports indicate the younger man smelled alcohol on the breath of his neighbor. He said he became worried when the man loaded the pistol.The older man told police he was trying to remove a round from the chamber of the pistol when he accidentally discharged the firearm into the thigh of his young friend.After he was shot, the18-year-old called his father and told him, "Dad come over, I've been shot," according to the police report. The older man was given a summons for reckless endangerment and released at the scene.Goosey's Gabbings... I'm not sure why this guy is in so much trouble. I mean, he had a "I shoot honor students" bump...
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Giving your boss a Benny Hill slap on the head is a career limiting action?
2007-04-18 04:57:00
A worker fired after giving his boss a Benny-Hill style slap on the head at a works night out to promote team building and bonding has won his unfair sacking claim and almost £2,000 compensation. Derick Brown, 49, from Dundee, a team leader in the stores department of Tokheim UK, had been forewarned by customer services manager Robert Fraser not to give him a 'hard time' at the event. A Dundee employment tribunal heard his employers, who supply fuel dispensing equipment, hosted a night out for workers and their partners in November 2005, providing each with a voucher to be exchanged for drinks at the bar and a half bottle of wine per person at the table. Mr Brown and some workmates were watching a boxing match on TV in the bar. One of the contestants was bald, and the tribunal noted in that respect may have looked similar to Mr Fraser. The contestant looked like a character from a Benny Hill comedy sketch, during which Benny Hill pats or slaps a bald man on the head. Mr B...
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Hot new trend in home building: Dual Master Bedrooms
2007-04-18 04:46:00
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Springtime usually signals 'building time' in the housing world. Despite a decline in the housing market some families are still choosing to build custom homes. And those plans include something new, separate master bedrooms.A growing number of couples are living together but sleeping separately.Howard and Bev Rossman have been married for 33 years. They love each other but can't stand sleeping together. Bev has restless legs and Howard snores.So they bought a home and tore it down to build a custom home. The plans included what they call a "snoring room"."It takes out the tension of sleeping together, not the romance," says Bev Rossman. "So it eliminates an aspect of conflict."Bev says in the past she would have to search for another place to sleep when her husband snored. "I would have to go to our son's room or our daughter's room in the middle of the night," says Bev. "In the morning he would wake up and go 'I'm so sorry that you had to move' but now ...
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What a Boob! Man caught with stolen bras jailed
2007-04-18 04:33:00
PENANG: A 43-year-old labourer, caught while fleeing with two stolen bras partially tucked inside his pants, was jailed three months by a magistrate's court on Tuesday. Chong Lean Hin, of Air Itam admitted to stealing the bras, worth a total RM10 belonging to two sisters. He was nabbed by the girls' father Chow Eng Chuah while trying to escape. Chong, unrepresented, had pleaded guilty on Jan 30 to committing the offence. He had stolen the bras from Chow's house at Taman Air Itam, Lebuh Air Itam at 1.45am on Jan 28. According to the facts of the case presented by prosecuting officer Chief Insp Mohd Fadzli Napiah, Chow was outside his house when he saw Chong removing the grey and beige-coloured bras, which were hung over the house fence. Chong fled when Chow approached him but was nabbed after a chase. In mitigation, Chong asked for a lenient sentence. He also identified the bras as those produced in court. Goosey's Gabbings... Ok, now for the lau...
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Powerball winner to quit job as sacrifice...ummm..ok...
2007-04-18 04:26:00
(Columbia) -- The person who won the $15 million dollar Powerball lottery earlier this month after buying a ticket in Florence has come forward.79-year-old Navy Veteran Dick Sandlin of Wilmington, North Carolina claimed his check, Tuesday.The ticket was sold at Amoco Food Shop #3 in Florence.Sandlin and his wife, Colleen, have decided to take the lump sum, which averages out to $7.1 million dollars before taxes."I don't feel any different right now than I did before. I'm still dreaming. I guess I'll wake up after a while and jump up and down and hollar and all that stuff," says Dick.At this point, Sandlin says all he plans on doing with the money is buying "an RC Cola and a Moon Pie."As for his job with the North Carolina State Parks, "I feel kind of guilty holding a job that someone else might really need, so I think I might just blow out and let someone else have the job," said Sandlin.This is the fourth time a winning Powerball ticket has been sold in South Carolina, and all f...
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Lockdown at OU for suspicious object--an umbrella
2007-04-18 04:08:00
NORMAN ? The Norman campus of the University of Oklahoma briefly experienced a lockdown this morning after officials received a report of an unidentified Caucasian male of student age carrying a ?suspicious object.?According to a campus-wide email issued at 9:32 a.m., university deans, directors and chairs were ordered to ?Immediately take action to keep all individuals within their current buildings into further notice.? A second email was sent by President David L. Boren?s office at 9:50 a.m. to students, faculty and staff. The note stated, ?students, faculty and staff should stay in their buildings or dorms until further notice.?More than an hour after Boren made his statement, his office released an update and a correction.?The person apparently seen by the student making the earlier report has self-identified himself,? Boren said. ?He was carrying an umbrella and not a weapon. We appreciate his action in identifying himself. We now consider the matter closed. I appreci...
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Man punches out Mayor over unfixed pothole
2007-04-18 04:01:00
ORAIOKASTRO, Greece, April 17, 2007 (UPI) -- A man who allegedly assaulted the mayor of the Greek village of Oraiokastro says he did so because of the town's failure to repair a pot hole. The man, who was not identified, went to the home of Mayor Nikolaos Batos and punched him in the face and body when he answered the door, Ekathimerini reported Tuesday. The alleged attacker said he was angry that municipal workers would not fill a pothole in front of his home. He was arrested and charged with causing bodily harm, making threats, swearing and disturbing the peace. The mayor was treated for bruises at a local hospital. Doctors said his injuries were not serious. Goosey's Gabbings... Not only is this bizarre...but he was arrested for swearing? SWEARING? Ummm....WTF?(Oops...just garnered a night in the Athens' klink...) technorati tags:news, greece, weird-crimes, funny, humor, funny-humor, weird, crimes, bizarre, odd, quirky, offbeat, offbeat-newsBlogged with Flock
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Secret Service Accidental Shooting--Cheney immediately says "HAHA-NOT
2007-04-18 03:55:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Secret Service officers were injured in an accidental shooting Tuesday at the White House. The incident occurred in a security booth at the southwest gate. Secret Service spokeswoman Kim Bruce said one officer was injured in the leg and the other received a shrapnel wound in his face. She said the injuries appeared to be non-life threatening and that both officers were taken to nearby George Washington University Hospital. The gun involved was a service-issued weapon, she said. She said the Secret Service Office of Inspection would conduct a review. Goosey's Gabbings... So, we're all supposed to believe that a group of people that are supposed to be the best of the best of the best--SIR...accidentally had this happen?? If that is so, we are in some deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep dooodoooo..... technorati tags:secret-service, accidental-shooting, washington, president, news, odd, bizarre, weird, offbeat, offbeat-news, quirky, humor, funny, funny-humorBl...
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Man charged with stealing 66 colonoscopes from hospitals
2007-04-13 04:25:00
A man has been charged with taking 66 colonoscopes from hospitals around the region and then selling them to various medical equipment distributors. Michael Marburger was charged in federal court in Pittsburgh yesterday by a criminal information with 66 counts of transporting stolen goods across state lines. According to court documents, Mr. Marburger took the colonoscopes from hospitals in Pittsburgh; Erie; Du Bois, Clearfield County; Altoona, Blair County; Cleveland; Butler; Martins Ferry, Ohio; State College, Centre County; Akron, Ohio; and Clarksburg, W.Va. between March 2004 and July 2006. The most taken from any one place, according to paperwork, were 10 colonoscopes stolen from United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. They were valued at approximately $210,000 and were taken from July 8 to 28, 2006. Goosey's Gabbings... What's the odds he's going to get more than 66 colonoscopes in prison?? technorati tags:news, odd, offbeat, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, dumb-criminals...
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Man accused of dancing naked in backyard...in front of children
2007-04-13 04:14:00
(CBS) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. A judge has ordered a series of psychiatric and competency exams for a Fairfield man accused of dancing naked in his backyard in front of two neighborhood children. Keith Iodice, 39, was out on bond after being arrested Dec. 1, 2005, and accused of downloading child pornography while working at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford. U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel will use the test results to determine if Iodice is competent to stand trial. Iodice had a brain aneurysm when he was 18. "He has no short-term memory," said his attorney, Frank Riccio Sr. "He does well as long as you plot the whole day out for him." Iodice was taken into federal custody earlier this month after two boys said he was staring at them and gyrating his hips while naked in his backyard. Iodice does not face new charges connected with the nude dancing, but he was accused of violating the terms of his release on the child-pornography charges. Meanwhile, Fairfield First Selectman...
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Mutilated Goat carcass found in South Buffalo
2007-04-13 03:43:00
The body of a mutilated goat was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a remote area off Hopkins Street in South Buff alo , and city officials suspect animal cruelty. The carcass, which was found by children playing in the area at about 4 p.m., was headless, and its four legs were sawed off, according to Michael J. DeGeorge, special assistant to Buffalo Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson. ?There?s a feeling it was probably dumped in that location,? DeGeorge said. ?Animal control officers believe it was probably there about 24 hours.? Authorities said it is uncertain whether the animal was killed as part of a religious or cult ritual. The slaughter of a lamb or a goat around Passover or Easter is a tradition practiced by some religions. DeGeorge said police found three dimes on the carcass but were unsure of the significance. Goosey's Gabbings... Word on the street is that this was a tribute to Buffalo little-known rapper 30 cents. technorati tags:news, bizarre, weird, occul...
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Gonorrhea now on CDC's "Superbug" list
2007-04-13 03:31:00
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. health officials are recommending wider use of a new drug to treat gonorrhea because the sexually transmitted disease is steadily becoming resistant to the longtime standard antibiotic. Fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that includes Cipro, have been the most common way to treat the bacterial disease since the early 1990s. Since then, gonorrhea has grown increasingly resistant to those drugs. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that a different class of antibiotics, cephalosporins, be used instead. ``Gonorrhea has now joined the list of other superbugs for which treatment options have become dangerously few,'' said Dr. Henry Masur, president of the Infectious Disease Society of America. ``To make a bad problem even worse, we're also seeing a decline in the development of new antibiotics to treat these infections.'' The CDC made the new recommendation after discovering that nearly 7 percent of gonorrhea cases...
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Donald Duck finally getting his due in Finland
2007-04-13 03:17:00
Kwaak! The trouserless duck in the sailor's hat puts even Helsingin Sanomat to shame. He has more readers than the largest daily newspaper in the Nordic region. And at 56 years of age, Donald Duck is more popular than ever. What is the secret of the phenomenal popularity of the strip cartoon albums that go by the Finnish name of Aku Ankka? "Aku Ankka came at the right time", says artist Kaj Stenvall, who was born in December 1951, in the same month and year that Donald's comic albums made landfall in Finland . Stenvall learnt to read with the help of the Aku Ankka strips, just like hundreds of thousands of others. And the duck won over the hearts and minds of the baby-boomer generation. Now they order the comics for their children and their grandchildren. The circulation of Aku Ankka has grown for seven straight years in succession and hit a new record early this year, at 320,514 copies. Aku Ankka is Finland's largest magazine, not including some ...
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University President arrested for 2 DUI charges--in two days
2007-04-13 03:10:00
William J. Frawley, 53, was charged yesterday with drunken driving and refusing a Breathalyzer test in Fredericksburg, city police said. Both are misdemeanors. UMW Rector Bill Poole said Frawley was in Mary Washington Hospital?s intensive care unit this afternoon. He said at a news conference that he didn?t know the details of Frawley?s injuries. ?The tragedy of all this is he?s such a brilliant man and so capable,? Poole told The Free Lance?Star. Fairfax County police spokeswoman Camille Neville said today that there is an outstanding warrant for Frawley in Fairfax on a DUI charge from Tuesday. The president of the University of Mary Washington also faces a charge of drunken driving in Fairfax County stemming from an accident there Tuesday afternoon, Fairfax police said today. Mary Washington university officials said Frawley left Inova Fairfax early yesterday morning against advice. He was arrested about 2 p.m. yesterday at Brompton, the official residenc...
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Female Civil Servants in India must now disclose menstrual history
2007-04-12 00:45:00
FEMALE civil servants in India are furious with new government guidelines that force them to list intimate details, including their menstrual history, in appraisal forms, a newspaper reported today. The All-India Services Performance Appraisal Rules 2007 ? which apply to senior government workers ? ask female employees to record their last menstrual period, as well as when they last took maternity leave, the Hindustan Times said. "The questions are too intrusive and have no bearing on our work," Seema Vyas, a senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra state, was quoted as saying. India's Ministry of Personnel, which drew up the new appraisal guidelines, says it has not received any complaints and the addition of such questions was based on advice from health officials. "I assume this will help evaluate the officer's fitness," Satyanand Mishra, the ministry's most senior bureaucrat, told the newspaper. But women officers said it was "insensitive" and "irrelevant", adding t...
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Man arrested for pimping out sister on Craigslist
2007-04-12 00:36:00
A Las Vegas man is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting his mentally challenged sister and attempting to offer her for sex out on the internet. 34-year-old Rodney Nickerson is being held on $800,000 bail. According to a police report, Nickerson admitted to putting a photo of his 36-year-old sister on craigslist website. The ad featuring his sister apparently asked men if they wanted to have sex with her. The report states Nickerson also fondled his sister and had another man touch her as well. Nickerson's mother told New's 3 her son has always taken care of his sister since they were little . "I know my son didn't do what they said he did," Deborah Nickerson told News 3. "My son also stuck up for her, (has) taken care of her. He's never bothered her sexually." Police say they received a tip about the craigslist ad around mid-March. An undercover officer tried to arrange a meeting with Nickerson twice, but Nickerson never showed up. Nickerson goes befor...
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Woman arrested for being high on Holy Spirit...and a little bit of marijuan
2007-04-12 00:14:00
Holy Spirit and a little bit of marijuana ? Saturday, about 5:20 a.m., Officer Rocky McDaniel was sent to check on a woman walking in the middle of University Blvd., causing drivers to have to go around her. The woman had ?very red bloodshot eyes and very intoxicated on an unknown drug... did not have any normal behavior,? McDaniel wrote in his report. She said she was going to the emergency room to see a friend who had overdosed. When he asked her if she knew why McDaniel stopped her, she stated ?because I was walking in traffic.? Yes, that was correct, and he explained she couldn?t walk in the roadway. Then, he asked her if she was high on some kind of drug. Her answer, the report said, was ?I am. It?s the Holy Spirit and little bit of marijuana.? He asked if she had any left and she said, ?Not enough to get you high, but I know who to go to for more.? McDaniel asked who and she answered, ?Jesus.?She searched herself and produced a glass pipe with a green leafy substance residue, ...
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Snellville Georgia New City Ordinance Kicks Gangs to the curb
2007-04-12 00:01:00
Snellville has hung out the "No Vacancy" sign for gangbangers. By passing the street gang terrorism and prevention ordinance Monday night, the City Council also served notice that suspected gang members will find it very difficult to keep a rental roof over their heads within the city limits. Landlords can streamline evictions in cases where three or more suspected gang members are living together, using a civil court process that can take a few weeks or even days, as opposed to four to six months under the existing criminal court process. Police Chief Roy Whitehead, who pushed for the ordinance, said Tuesday it is a preventive measure, as opposed to a reaction to an existing widespread problem. "We want to prevent it [gang-related activity] from coming here," Whitehead said. Whitehead said his effort to get the ordinance passed was partly as the result of one recent case, where four brothers suspected of being gang members were arrested and then evicted. They are still sus...
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Thief trapped by 95-year old woman
2007-04-07 02:46:00
BERLIN: A 95-year-old German woman solved a series of mystery thefts in a retirement home when she set a trap, hid in a toilet, and caught the thief red-handed. "It was a real case of Miss Marple," said a police spokesman in the eastern town of Saalfeld on Thursday. "It's good to know there are still courageous old ladies out there." The elderly sleuth left cash out in her room as bait and then withdrew to the toilet to lie in wait. A cleaner then entered and pocketed the money, unaware she was being watched. "Then the old lady hit the alarm button in the toilet and staff in the home nabbed the cleaner," the spokesman said. The cleaner, 36, later confessed to police she was responsible for other thefts from the home near the spa resort of Bad Lobenstein. technorati tags:news, odd, offbeat, funny, funny-humor, humor, comedy, germany, berlin, thief, trapped, weird, bizarre, offbeat-news, humorousBlogged with Flock
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Harry Potter Vandals caught
2007-04-07 02:40:00
Ten youths have been arrested after Harry Potter 's train, the Hogwarts Express, was attacked by vandals. The train - famous for departing from imaginary platform 9 3/4 at London's King's Cross station - had numerous windows smashed by yobs. The damage is expected to cost around £50,000 to repair, according to train operator West Coast Railways. A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "Ten youths have been arrested after 337 windows were smashed on various trains at the West Coast Railway Company Depot in Carnforth, Lancashire. "Ten males aged between 12 and 14, from Carnforth and surrounding areas, have all been arrested in connection to the incident. "They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries to report back to British Transport Police in the first week of May." Forensic experts spent several days at the depot in Carnforth, Lancashire, after the train was attacked on March 10. This attack was the second on the Hogwarts Express. In September 2...
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Girls Gone Wild founder taking on Judge Gone Wild
2007-04-07 02:36:00
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- The founder of the Girl s Gone Wild videoempire defied a federal judge, repeatedly calling him a -- quote:"judge gone wild" and refusing to surrender to U-S marshals inPanama City. U-S District Judge Richard Smoak ordered Joe Francis intocustody after settlement negotiations soured in a civil suitbrought by seven women who were underage when they were filmed byFrancis' company on Panama City Beach. Francis drew the contempt order after lawyers for the women saidFrancis shouted obscenities and threatened them duringnegotiations. Francis' attorneys appealed the order that would send him tojail in an emergency motion. Smoak denied a request by Francis tostay the order pending the appeal. Smoak first ordered Francis arrested Saturday if he did notreach a settlement in the case, but later suspended the order. He reinstated the order in an emergency hearing Wednesday afterattorneys said Francis had altered the conditions of the offer,making it unacceptab...
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Fleeing Couple jump into River, man loses pants in process
2007-04-07 02:19:00
A Cecil County couple attempting to flee city police yesterday by jumping into the Gwynns Falls in West Baltimore after police observed their stolen car being driven erratically were pulled from the cold stream by police and remain in custody. The man, identified as Jesse Sandow, 28, of North East, is wanted by Delaware police on drug violations and auto theft, said Officer Christopher Warren, one of the arresting officers. Sandow was expected to be extradited to Delaware. About 8:30 a.m., Warren, of the Southwestern District, stopped a white Lincoln Town Car on Hilton Parkway between North Avenue and Edmondson Avenue after observing that the vehicle was being driven erratically. When the car stopped, the driver and the woman got out and jumped into the Gwynns Falls, Warren said. Warren said other officers arrived and that within minutes the man was found hiding under a rocky outcropping in the water. The woman, Sandow's wife, made it to the opposite side of the 10-foot-wide st...
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Porn and Pancakes (no, it's not a new fetish video)
2007-04-06 03:17:00
MORTON, Illinois (CNN) -- At 8 o'clock on a recent Saturday morning, more than 250 men gathered at New Life Christian Church in Morton, Illinois, for a breakfast of porn and pancakes. The event, not as titillating as it sounds, is the brainchild of Craig Gross, founder of the online Christian ministry, XXXChurch.com. Gross concocted the idea of "Porn & Pancake s" as a way to get Christians and church officials to talk about pornography addiction. It's a problem, he said, that is growing, among Christian communities. Over the smell of maple syrup and sausage, Gross and other guest speakers -- including a former producer of pornography -- talk to the men about how pornography negatively affects their lives, including relationships with their families and with God. The men who come to hear them speak want to make sure they don't develop a problem themselves. "A lot of people think Christians sure don't struggle with this," Gross said. "The stats don't lie: Christians are consum...
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