Archive for February, 2008

Weird: Perhaps the best scam ever

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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Australia - It is amazing what kind kind of brilliant scams people thing of.
Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam. A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Beauty

Big Lie: Author of Best-Selling Holocaust Book Admits Survival Story Not True

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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BOSTON — Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true.
She didn’t live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She didn’t trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deported parents, nor kill a German soldier in self-defense. She’s not even Jewish. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Body Candy

Hero: Girl, 12, Declared Hero for Saving Siblings in House Fire

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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Illinois - A 12-year-old Illinois girl was honored Friday with her own day for her heroism during a recent house fire, MyFOXStLouis.com reports.
East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks Jr. presented the girl, Derrionna Adams, with a plaque and declared it Derrionna Adams Day in the city at an assembly for Adams held at her school, according to MyFOXStLouis.com. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hunting Knives

Dumb Crook: Git-N-Go robber sheds jacket with W-2 personal info

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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Iowa - A man who stole $115 from a Git-N-Go just after midnight left the store after shedding his hat and jacket. Police officers found a W-2 form in one of the pockets, which provided the suspect’s personal information, according to the police report. When officers checked the name on the W-2, results showed that the 25-year-old man has a suspended driver’s license and is currently on probation for theft charges. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Great American Products

What a nightmare: Americans get too little sleep - Yawn

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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WASHINGTON - With late-night TV watching, Internet surfing and other distractions, Americans are getting less and less sleep, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
And all this sleeplessness can be a nightmare for your mental and physical health, CDC experts cautioned, calling sleep loss an under-recognized public health problem. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hallmark

US Currency: 29 N.J. Students Punished After Using Pennies To Pay For Lunch

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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READINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn’t a good thing.
Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff said it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday’s shortened lunch period. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fog Dog Sports

Mean: Nurse’s Aide Accused of Abusing, Urinating On Patients - Faces 15 years in prison

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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MUSKEGON, Michigan — A Michigan nurse’s aide abused an elderly couple by urinating in the woman’s hair and pouring liquid soap on her husband’s head, according prosecutors.
Timothy Andrew Carl, 26, was charged in an arrest warrant with two felony counts of vulnerable victim abuse, Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague said Wednesday. If convicted, Carl faces up to 15 years in prison.
The alleged abuse happened Friday at the couple’s Muskegon Township home, Tague said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - eBooks

Melissa Moss: Teacher Charged With E-Mailing Topless Photos To Student

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Date: February 29th, 2008

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Missouri: She’s being called the topless teacher.
A 27 year old Chesterfield woman who taught at a newly opened, private St. Charles County high school is facing a criminal charge for allegedly e-mailing topless pictures of herself to one of her students!
The former teacher, Melissa Moss, was fired from her job as an English teacher. Moss e-mailed two pictures of herself nude from the waist up to a 15 year old boy in her class. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Electronic Appraiser