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1/10/2009 4:33:11 AM

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"Lobbyists for big automakers believe stimulus legislation can help industry shake its historic sales slump, reduce U.S. oil dependence and cut tailpipe emissions. For instance, they back a plan for government to finance a new car credit when consumers trade in older, less efficient models. The "cars for clunkers" cash voucher would be awarded at sale and the old vehicle would be scrapped. California and Texas have similar programs as does France. Dave McCurdy, chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents Detroit companies, Japan's Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) and other manufacturers in Washington, suggested voucher amounts be tied to the age and performance of the older vehicle and the efficiency of the model purchased. Benefits could reach $5,000."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN1335804020090113?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

throw them 24s on that (hybrid) Escalade...

1/13/2009 8:47:42 PM

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"A flier headlined "Why I hate Black History Month" that was sent home with St. Louis-area schoolchildren has been tweaked after a slew of complaints. Organizers say they were trying to emphasize the importance of learning about black history all year long, not just in February. The revised flier is titled, "Why I LOVE Black History Month." The fliers were sent home last week with students at Jackson Park Elementary School in University City. They were meant to publicize a planned Parent Teacher Organization meeting on the subject. Organizers say they didn't mean to offend anyone, but some recipients "felt it could be racist." Others simply didn't like the word "hate." About three-quarters of the school's 350 students are black."

http://fe26.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20090113/ap_on_fe_st/odd_black_history_flier

it's bad when an elementary school has to dumb down a flier for the parents

1/13/2009 10:29:04 PM

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"The North Carolina Department of Transportation says it's preparing for heavy traffic congestion anticipated from now until next Friday because of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next week. The department is suspending work on major construction projects on northbound lanes of Interstates 85 and 95 from Saturday until Tuesday and southbound lanes from Wednesday until Friday. More than 2 million people are expected to be in the nation's capital next week for Obama's swearing in. City officials expect to shut down major routes into the city once it reaches capacity and some have estimated that traffic could back up into North Carolina as a result."

http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/4325104/

are you fucking kidding me?!

1/15/2009 7:21:50 PM

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"Covenant, a private Christian school in Dallas, defeated Dallas Academy 100-0 last week. Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime. A parent who attended the game told The Associated Press that Covenant continued to make 3-pointers — even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points. "I think the bad judgment was in the full-court press and the 3-point shots," said Renee Peloza, whose daughter plays for Dallas Academy. "At some point, they should have backed off.""

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9119910?MSNHPHCP>1=39002

1/23/2009 9:51:27 PM

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"A teenage girl in Clearfield County is arrested for child pornography. A 15-year-old girl from Clearfield County is facing several charges including Possession of Child Pornography, Distributing Child Pornography, and Creating Child Pornography. Police say the girl took naked pictures of herself and sent them to a 27-year-old man through the popular website “MySpace,” last June. The Clearfield County District Attorney, Bill Shaw Jr., says even when a teenager takes naked pictures of themselves, it's still considered child pornography and could be a felony."

http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/news/?cid=69372

i might could see the distributing charge for sending pics to some guy across the interwebs, but charging her with making kiddy porn for taking her own picture is stupid as shit--i suppose now she'll have to register as a sex offender, which is doubly stupid

2/22/2009 2:24:10 AM

^fuck that, i say its about time

either don't charge the dude or charge them both

2/22/2009 2:28:02 AM

i do believe that society has a compelling interest in discouraging the distribution of child pornography and perhaps the manufacture and possession in most circumstances, but to say that it's illegal for a person to take their own picture for their own purposes is a step too far imo

2/22/2009 2:34:36 AM

2/22/2009 2:37:12 AM

2/22/2009 2:38:10 AM

2/22/2009 2:38:30 AM

fuck that

like dave chapelle says, how old is 15 really?

2/22/2009 2:40:53 AM

2/22/2009 2:41:28 AM

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"An RCMP officer has testified he was sure Robert Dziekanski intended to harm the Mounties called to Vancouver's airport in October 2007. Const. Gerry Rundel told the public inquiry into the death of Dziekanski that the stapler the Polish man was holding could have been used as a weapon against the officers or members of the public. Rundel testified earlier this week that he feared for his safety when Dziekanski turned toward the officers clenching the stapler However, several other civilian witnesses who watched Dziekanski before police arrived have testified they were not afraid of him. The officer was testifying at the Braidwood inquiry in Vancouver. The inquiry is looking into the death of Dziekanski. He died shortly after he was shot five times with a Taser by the RCMP officers in the international arrivals area of the airport on Oct. 14, 2007."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/02/25/bc-stapler-dangerous-weapon-rcmp-taser-inquiry.html

atleast (or perhaps unfortunately) it isn't just the US...

2/25/2009 5:55:09 PM

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"A mock Iraqi village is helping soldiers at Fort Bragg train for life on the front line without ever leaving the safety of North Carolina. Designed by a private military contractor, the "Freedom City" village gives troops an idea of what they would face when confronting locals in Iraq and Afghanistan – and trains them how to build rapport with villagers"

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4659235/

seems a bit late in the game for that...

3/3/2009 11:03:36 PM

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"The Pentagon complied with policies that ensure that a minimal number of animals were used in the testing and that they were treated humanely at all times, Walker said. "

right...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-04-06-pigs_N.htm

NEWSFLASH: Bitches are bitchier when only surrounded by bitches. I NEVER WOULD´VE THOUGHT!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1168182/Catfights-handbags-tears-toilets-When-producer-launched-women-TV-company-thought-shed-kissed-goodbye-conflict-.html

4/7/2009 2:02:40 PM

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"Most of the women who think having a child entitles them to become unattractive, undesirable and uninteresting are, inevitably, British. Somehow, women in the rest of the Western world manage to maintain their weight and minds while raising happy children. And they are also more likely to keep their husbands. "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1168648/Why-DO-babies-turn-brilliant-women-slummy-mummies.html

4/9/2009 8:25:31 PM

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"A judge gave John Thomas Davis, 59, of Wake Forest, the maximum possible sentence Monday for using a girl to make pornographic images. The victim reported Davis to Wake Forest Police in June 2007. She said he had taken pictures of her in 2000 and 2001, when she was 14, in simulated torture, bondage and execution scenes. Davis pleaded guilty to six counts of manufacturing child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Davis to seven consecutive 20-year prison terms."

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/4990200/

again with the kiddie porn...140 years in prison for taking some lewd pictures? seriously?

4/21/2009 5:51:58 AM

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"Dr Heather Ferguson, a malaria researcher, picked up the disease in southern Kenya and it was only spotted by chance when she was giving a blood sample. She said: "Had I not been diagnosed at that moment and caught it within the next 24 hours all those millions of parasites would have replicated one more time, making eight times as many as there had been before, which could very easily have been lethal." "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8015241.stm

4/28/2009 4:37:34 PM

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"A 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being naked near a high school on Lake Tahoe's east shore. The naked man was arrested Monday after three Whittell High School students reported spotting him tied to a rock and lying face down behind the school. When the students asked if he needed to be untied, the man answered no. Douglas County sheriff's deputies said the man told them he was watching some buzzards flying overhead at the time."

http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/5344149/

6/13/2009 1:41:23 PM

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"Some soldiers said they don't like the orders they might be required to follow under the proposed ban. "It's not their choice to tell me what I can do as long as I'm doing what I need to do in my uniform," Army Sgt. Eric Johnson said. "I can make my own decisions. We can drink; we can smoke." [...] Diana Deering, whose husband served in the Army before retiring, called the idea "heavy-handed." "In a combat zone, if they haven't been over there and (don't) know what it's like, they don't have any right to tell (soldiers) what they can and cannot do," Deering said."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5565680/

i guess some people don't understand how the military works...

7/13/2009 8:47:38 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_kidnapped_girl_found

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""We should have been more inquisitive, more curious and turned over a rock or two." It was not the only missed opportunity. As a parolee, Garrido wore a GPS-linked ankle bracelet that tracked his every movement, met with his parole agent several times each month and was subject to routine surprise home visits and random drug and alcohol tests, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Gordon Hinkle said."

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"She is now free thanks in large part to two quick-thinking police employees at the University of California, Berkeley who came across a rambling Garrido this week, with Dugard's two daughters in tow. He was on campus because he wanted to hold some sort of religious event. Garrido seemed incoherent and mentally unstable, and the girls wore drab-colored dresses, were unusually subdued, had an unnaturally pale complexion and appeared robotic and rehearsed when they spoke, said Lisa Campbell. They said they were home-schooled by their mother and had a 29-year-old sister at home. Colleague Ally Jacobs ran a background check on Garrido and notified his probation officer"

someone should be fired for that. soon as he was on campus that someone should have said "oh let me check on that"

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 12:10 AM. Reason : .]

8/29/2009 12:09:54 AM

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""As we studied American Hummer owners and their ideological beliefs, we found that they consider Hummer driving a highly moral consumption choice," write the authors. "For Hummer owners it is possible to claim the moral high ground." The authors explain that Hummer owners employ the ideology of American foundational myths, such as the "rugged individual," and the "boundless frontier" to construct themselves as moral protagonists. They often believe they represent a bastion again anti-American discourses evoked by their critics. "Our analysis of the underlying American identity discourses revealed that being under siege by (moral) critics is an historically established feature of being an American," write the authors. "The moralistic critique of their consumption choices readily inspired Hummer owners to adopt the role of the moral protagonist who defends American national ideals.""

http://www.labspaces.net/99784/Hummer_owners_claim_moral_high_ground_to_excuse_overconsumption

9/22/2009 4:04:04 PM

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"A north London council has apologised after a woman was refused the loan of a pair of scissors in a library because she "might stab a member of staff". Lorna Watts, 26, a self-employed dressmaker, was turned down at Holborn Library in central London. She said: "It's ridiculous - public libraries are supposed to be supportive of small businesses." A spokeswoman for Camden Council, which runs the library, has apologised and said it would investigate the incident. Ms Watts, from Islington, north London, said: "I asked why I couldn't borrow a pair of scissors and she said, 'they are sharp, you might stab me'. "I then asked to borrow a guillotine to cut up my leaflets but she refused again - because she said I could hit her over the head with it!" She added: "It's absurd - there are plenty of heavy books I could have hit her with if I wanted to. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8276243.stm

9/26/2009 1:33:13 PM

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"I then asked to borrow a guillotine to cut up my leaflets but she refused again - because she said I could hit her over the head with it!"

you're doing it wrong

9/26/2009 2:10:34 PM

all of BubbleBobbles latest topics

9/26/2009 2:22:29 PM

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""You don't need to know. You can't know." That's what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask court officials why, the day before, federal agents had subjected her home to a furious search. The agents who spent half a day ransacking Mrs. Norris' longtime home in Spring, Texas, answered no questions while they emptied file cabinets, pulled books off shelves, rifled through drawers and closets, and threw the contents on the floor. The six agents, wearing SWAT gear and carrying weapons, were with - get this- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Kathy and George Norris lived under the specter of a covert government investigation for almost six months before the government unsealed a secret indictment and revealed why the Fish and Wildlife Service had treated their family home as if it were a training base for suspected terrorists. Orchids. That's right. Orchids. By March 2004, federal prosecutors were well on their way to turning 66-year-old retiree George Norris into an inmate in a federal penitentiary - based on his home-based business of cultivating, importing and selling orchids. Mrs. Norris testified before the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime this summer. The hearing's topic: the rapid and dangerous expansion of federal criminal law, an expansion that is often unprincipled and highly partisan. Chairman Robert C. Scott, Virginia Democrat, and ranking member Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, conducted a truly bipartisan hearing (a D.C. rarity this year). These two leaders have begun giving voice to the increasing number of experts who worry about "overcriminalization." Astronomical numbers of federal criminal laws lack specifics, can apply to almost anyone and fail to protect innocents by requiring substantial proof that an accused person acted with actual criminal intent. Mr. Norris ended up spending almost two years in prison because he didn't have the proper paperwork for some of the many orchids he imported. The orchids were all legal - but Mr. Norris and the overseas shippers who had packaged the flowers had failed to properly navigate the many, often irrational, paperwork requirements the U.S. imposed when it implemented an arcane international treaty's new restrictions on trade in flowers and other flora. The judge who sentenced Mr. Norris had some advice for him and his wife: "Life sometimes presents us with lemons." Their job was, yes, to "turn lemons into lemonade." The judge apparently failed to appreciate how difficult it is to run a successful lemonade stand when you're an elderly diabetic with coronary complications, arthritis and Parkinson's disease serving time in a federal penitentiary. If only Mr. Norris had been a Libyan terrorist, maybe some European official at least would have weighed in on his behalf to secure a health-based mercy release. "

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/05/criminalizing-everyone/

10/6/2009 12:30:32 PM

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"Some 2,000 police officers patrolled the streets of Rio de Janeiro Sunday after a bloody confrontation between rival drug gangs and authorities that killed 14 over the weekend, including two police officers. Two suspected drug traffickers were killed and four were arrested in Sunday's operations by Rio de Janeiro's military police, the official news agency Agencia Brasil reported. But the atmosphere in general appeared calm in the slum known Morro dos Macacos in northern Rio, where the day before crossfire between two gangs left 12 dead, including two police officers who died when their helicopter was shot out of the sky. Residents had also set eight buses on fire during the clashes in an attempt to divert the attention of police. "This was truly one of the worst incidents of this type," one local resident told CNN en Español, who declined to give his name for fear of his safety. "It was like a scene from a real war. It was like the world would end, lots of bullets, lots of noise." The violence comes two weeks after Rio, Brazil's second largest city, celebrated winning the 2016 Olympic Games. The slain officers, Ednei Canavarro and Marcos Stader were buried Sunday, Agencia Brasil reported. Rio's secretary of public security, Jose Mariano Beltrame, said the helicopter was likely brought down by .30- and .50-caliber machine gunfire, the news agency said. Four other police officers onboard were injured. Beltrame on Sunday said that despite the city's crime, there is no reason for people to doubt the government's ability to host the Olympics."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/18/brazil.drug.violence/index.html

10/18/2009 10:13:22 PM

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"A Polk County teacher is suing the state for requiring her to be fingerprinted for a background check, saying it violates her religious freedom. According to her attorney, Scott Skelton, of Lufkin, Pam McLaurin believes the book of Revelation literally and that getting a fingerprint would bear her the mark of the beast and she would be "be tormented in burning sulfur.""

http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=11458231

11/7/2009 11:06:07 PM

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"An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble. The Superior Court opinion issued Thursday upheld a Lehigh County judge's ruling that threw out prostitution charges against Sun Cha Chon in suburban Allentown on the grounds that the government had acted outrageously. The appeals court ruling described how the man first approached state police to say he had been solicited for sex at the Shiatsu Spa. Troopers then supplied the unnamed man with government money and sent him back four times to engage in what the county judge called "a smorgasbord of sexual activity" during June and July 2006."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVH9OQFPtCpCR7CG6vZr82ioVN8gD9BQAO080

11/8/2009 10:25:11 AM

hahhaha

11/8/2009 11:54:55 AM

glad somebody bumped this thread

just realized something i'm working on has a possibility space measurable by:

k2^n * \sum_{i=1}^{2^{(n-1)n}}[k2^{e_i}]

where e_i tends to grow with sizes of i.

o_o

11/8/2009 12:26:28 PM

if matlab can't do it, it's not worth doing

11/8/2009 12:27:58 PM

I mean that's my search space

I have a few reasonable restrictions of it -- some that I can even search exhaustively for reasonable values of n.

Let's put it this way: I have no idea what the modality of the search space is. Thus I can't just drop a greedy-search into this and expect a result I can trust.

11/8/2009 12:30:41 PM

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"Campbell University - RTP Campus is currently seeking a P/T lab assistant. Flexible daytime hours - approx 10 hours week. Pref MA in Science. Responsiblities will include setting up lab for classes & ordering stock for lab. NO PHONE CALLS ! RESUMES ONLY! * Location: RTP - Morrisville * Compensation: 12 - 14 hr. * This is a part-time job. * OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities * Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. * Please, no phone calls about this job! * Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests."

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/sci/1471422834.html

11/20/2009 9:13:57 PM

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"A Gainesville man was charged late Tuesday with interrupting a working police dog by commanding the dog to sit. Mario Duane Porter, who will be 21 on Friday, was charged with striking a police animal (which includes interfering with a working police animal), disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia and refusing to sign a citation for violating the city's noise and window tint ordinances. According to Gainesville Police Officer David Blizzard, Porter was pulled over for operating a car stereo so that it was audible more than 25 feet beyond the vehicle. In an arrest report, Blizzard wrote that that during the stop, Porter "was being belligerent and vulgar, yelling profanities." A police dog was brought to the scene to walk around Porter's car to determine if there was probable cause to search the car for drugs. According to Blizzard's report, Porter "began stating loud commands to 'sit' and 'sitz,' which interrupted the K9 from his duties. The K9 stopped twice while walking the vehicle and looking in the direction of (Porter) who was giving those commands." Once Porter had been quieted and the dog resumed working, Blizzard said it alerted on the car to indicate the possible presence of drugs. Blizzard also said that a small plastic bag found under the front passenger seat contained marijuana residue. Porter was being held at the Alachua County jail on Wednesday."

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100210/ARTICLES/100219954/1105/NEWS?Title=Gainesville-man-charged-with-telling-police-dog-to-sit

retarded in the way that only florida can be...

2/11/2010 2:44:35 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/nyregion/19judge.html?em=&pagewanted=all

2/21/2010 2:23:50 AM

2/21/2010 2:30:17 AM

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"Minimum qualifications include excellent communication and organizational skills; detail-oriented; familiarity with research; strong interpersonal skills; and strong computer skills. Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field required. Phlebotomy experience required and research experience preferred. This is an excellent opportunity for someone preparing to apply for medical, dental or nursing school. * Location: Chapel Hill, NC * Compensation: starting at $9/hour"

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/sci/1661089186.html

3/25/2010 10:41:24 PM

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"?Casualties from a Facebook war between high school students could land a Laguna Beach 16-year-old in an adult state prison for 15 years. Michael Jason Wilson is being charged as an adult for allegedly stabbing a former classmate in the stomach and assaulting two of the victim's friends with a carving knife. He has engaged in "an online rivalry" with a 17-year-old through Facebook and personal email accounts, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA). Hostilities led to a March 11 confrontation at Wilson's house that ended in bloodshed. The 17-year-old, identified as Julian C., drove over to Wilson's home with two 16-year-olds (Nicholas L. and Sam S.) and a fourth friend. Wilson had previously attended the same high school as the four visitors. As his three friends waited in the car, Wilson and Julian C. met outside, a confrontation ensued and, according to the OCDA, Wilson whipped out a carving knife with a 12-inch blade and stabbed Julian C. in the stomach. The friends got out of the car to help their fallen buddy and disarm Wilson. Wilson is accused of slashing the hands and arms of Nicholas L. and Sam S. during the struggle. The fourth friend was not physically injured. The four visitors managed to get back in the car, drive off and flag down a passing police officer, who got them to a hospital for treatment. Julian C. and Nicholas L. required surgery for their wounds. Sam S. received stitches and was released. All are fine now. Wilson was arrested at his home the same day as the attack. He has been charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault with sentencing enhancements for causing great bodily injury. Out of custody on $65,000 bail, Wilson is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach."

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/michael-jason-wilson-aggravate/

3/28/2010 1:44:36 AM

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"On March 29, Sandretzky reportedly called Swanson to tell her Bucky, who she'd rescued from a friend who had abused and tried to train the dog to fight, was no longer useful. Then, according to police, Sandretzky bludgeoned Bucky to death with a hammer, drilled holes in his chest and strung him up in a barn by his hind legs. Afterwards he called Swanson and told her that she was next. "All that dog ever wanted to do was play ball," Swanson told The Everett Herald. "He was just a sweet dog." Sandretzky turned himself in to authorities on Monday. He was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of felony domestic violence harassment and first-degree animal cruelty. But despite the fact that he brutally murdered her dog and threatened her life, Swanson says she doesn't want the man she's known for 17 years to go to jail. "This is not the man I know. Not the man I love," she told KIRO News. "

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/04/norman_sandretzky_accused_of_b.php

4/9/2010 2:17:20 AM

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" Two Columbia sanitation workers who apparently couldn't stand by and let beer go down the drain allegedly took dozens of cases of expired brew from the city landfill. Police and city supervisors are trying to determine if the salvage was a crime - theft of city property - or just a policy violation. "If we determine it's a police matter, we will take some action," said Officer Jessie Haden, a Columbia police spokeswoman. A Columbia distributor, Scheppers Distributing Co., sent 1,500 cases of expired beer to the landfill on April 1 in two shipments. The first shipment was destroyed immediately, but the second, containing about 700 cases of Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, was not."

http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/7425509/

4/15/2010 1:46:12 PM

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"I'm sick of people spreading information that isn't validated. People read books and assume the assumptions & claims the authors' make are true or fact, without any expert critical review. I have a BIG problem with that. I don't have a problem with people who can find a middle ground, so long as your choices are based on facts and not assumptions. Religion is a HUGE exception as it's faith based and spiritual, not physical. You're bringing supernatural into a natural discussion. I believe in God, yet science gives us great insight into the little things we can understand. This food science is something we can understand when studied and spreading misinformation about certain foods can cause a public health issue by scaring people away from foods that probably have more benefit than harm."

6/17/2010 11:01:23 PM

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"Resident Karen Harold warned that Hitler came to power when folks turned a "deaf eye" and feared Muslims might try to kill her for speaking out. "I'm not against any kind of religions," Harold said. "Hindus, they are not trying to kill us. But everybody knows who is trying to kill us, and it's like we can't say it, and they (are) a scary thing.""

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""We got people here who have been accused in public of being intolerant or being bigots," Democratic candidate George Erdel said. "It wasn't a Catholic or Baptist that shot up Fort Hood in Texas. It was an Islamist.""

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/residents-express-concerns-over-new-islamic-community-center-cms-23530

6/18/2010 7:05:34 PM

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"A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 150 days in prison for fatally shooting an elk in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bruce Wayne Cromer Jr. of Stovall had pleaded guilty in June to the November 2009 shooting. Elk No. 21 had been introduced into the park 10 years ago as part of a program to repopulate the species. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Howell also ordered to Cromer to forfeit his rifle, which was autographed by NASCAR legend Richard Petty. Cromer will also lose his hunting license for two years and has been banned from all national parks for the same time period. Elk No. 21 was the first to be poached since 52 elk were released in 2001. More than 100 elk now roam the park."

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/7969367/

7/15/2010 7:51:41 PM

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"A Florida man is facing five years in prison because he photographed two teenage girls flashing their breasts on the side of the road. Turns out, the girls were 15-years-old, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. It is not clear if Robert Lee Blevins, 33, was aware of their age when he pulled his car up alongside them and snapped a photo. Nevertheless, he is now facing a felony charge of possession of photos of sexual performance by a child as well as a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The girls were charged with indecent exposure and released to their parents. The girls had been flashing their breasts at all passing motorists, including Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron, who happened to drive by in an unmarked car. Cameron turned his car around and spotted Blevins pull up alongside them and snap a photo with his cell phone. Cameron detained all three of them and confiscated Blevins’ cell phone. Something tells me there are probably many more images of these girls’ breasts floating out there somewhere."

http://carlosmiller.com/2010/08/05/flashing-teenage-breasts-could-land-man-in-prison/

8/6/2010 9:17:02 AM

^^ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BATMANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

8/6/2010 9:29:33 AM

Pertaining to the recent ruling pertaining to marriage equality rights: "so, a gay judge ruled on this? really? conflict of interest, much?"

wat?

8/6/2010 10:34:50 AM

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"More than half of the unmarried Americans are women. And for every 100 single women, there are 88 unmarried men available"

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/19/single.in.america/index.html

who should be chasing who

8/19/2010 11:59:38 PM

Eye opening.

8/20/2010 12:01:05 AM