Archive for April, 2009

Students asked to dress as a disabled person for fundraiser

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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Australia - A primary school has infuriated parents and disability advocates by asking students to come to school dressed as a disabled person as part of a fundraiser. In a newsletter sent home to parents on Wednesday, Ramco Primary School in South Australia advised it would hold a “disability day” and fundraiser on Friday, May 29, with prizes for the “best students dressed as a person with a disability”. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Valueline

School bus driver lets man on school bus to hit a kid

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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CHARLESTON, West Virginia - A man who allegedly boarded a school bus outside East Bank Middle School and smacked a 14-year-old student should never have been allowed on the bus in the first place, Kanawha school officials said Wednesday.
The man said students on the bus flashed the middle finger at him. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - MR.BEER

Woman makes bomb threat to stop husband from gambling

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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Auburn - Tamara Gillespie was mad at her husband, police say. After all, he had just taken all the money they had been saving for a new car and was headed to the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn to gamble it away.
So she picked up her cellphone, dialed the casino and told them her husband was headed there with a fertilizer bomb to blow the place up, according to King County prosecutors. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Live Aquaria

Woman rams boyfriend’s truck with kids in car

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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ROYAL PALM BEACH — When Lorena Alvarez noticed her boyfriend didn’t come home, she piled her kids in the car and went to look for him.
When she found him, sitting in his pick-up truck in the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie in suburban Lake Worth, she pulled up her car to his - then slammed into it. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Bake Me A Wish

Thieves looted $1 million in lobsters from seafood company

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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MIAMI - Police are fishing for information on the thieves who stole more than $1 million worth of lobster from a seafood company, authorities said today. The thieves looted about 71,000 pounds of individually wrapped lobster tails Saturday night from the freezers of Carlos Seafood, at 4041 NW 28th St., police said. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Inspired Shades

Woman spends $57,000 to find out she hasn’t won the lottery

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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Sweden - A 52-year-old Swedish woman has been left out of pocket after she was lured into handing over her cash to secure an imaginary lottery win. The woman, from Sundsvall in northern Sweden, was told by a gang of international fraudsters that she had won $2.5 million in a lottery, local newspaper Dagbladet reports. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Shriners Hospitals for Children

Woman accused of stealing 500 lbs. of gold from employer

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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NEW YORK - An employee of a New York jeweler stole 513 pounds of gold from the firm over five years, taking one small piece at a time hidden in her purse, police allege.
Teresa Tambunting, 50, of Scarsdale, N.Y. brought a suitcase filled with 66 pounds of gold worth an estimated $868,000 back into the company’s office after an investigation was launched. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Napster

Which Wife of South African President Will Reign as First Lady

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Date: April 30th, 2009

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South Africa - Now that 67-year-old Jacob Zuma is about to become president of South Africa, the question is: Who will be First Lady? And Second Lady? And will there be a Third Lady?
Zuma, who led the African National Congress party to an overwhelming victory in last week’s elections, is a onetime goatherd who enthusiastically embraces his Zulu roots. Zuma has been married four times and currently has two wives and one fiancée waiting in the wings. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - The Black Bow