January 28, 2010
In Joliet Illinois, 2 men and a juvenile attempted to rob a grocery store. After donning ski masks and bandanas and carrying air pistols, one entered the store while the other two acted as lookouts. He quickly emerged and told is accomplices that there was no one minding the store – no one to open the register. A witness saw all of this take place and called the police who quickly arrested the trio.
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January 27, 2010
California’s Menifee Union School District made headlines this week when administrators pulled a book from their shelves that was deemed “age inappropriate.” The offending book, Merriam –Webster’s Dictionary. One parent complained to administrators after a curious child looked up the meaning of “oral sex.” School officials are forming a committee to determine the final verdict—and in the meantime, kids must turn elsewhere for the childhood right-of-passage to look up “dirty words” in the dictionary.
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January 26, 2010
Storied NFL quarterback, Brett Favre had a chance to end his career on a high note – an appearance in the Super Bowl. However, after a hard-fought game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, January 24th, his final play of the game cost them the season. The Vikings needed ten to fifteen yards to put them in field goal range to win the game. While running to his right he was solely focused on finding an open receiver – so much so that he failed to see that there were 15 open yards in front of him to run. Instead, he forced a pass, throwing across his body, which was intercepted. At age 40, Favre, who has come out of retirement twice, may be done with football for good after this season.
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January 25, 2010
Have you ever been on a really bad job interview? No. I mean a REALLY bad job interview – like where at the end you are arrested? Well Clarence W. Burnette can check that off his bucket list! While the Florida man was interviewing to become a deputy with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office he answered “YES” when asked if he had child pornography on his computer. After tests revealed he was telling the truth he was arrested and faces charges of a third degree felony.
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January 24, 2010
Lazaro Flores was in his girlfriend’s backyard practicing “quick draws” with his .32 caliber 1871 revolver. As he was holstering his revolver, he accidentally pulled the trigger and was treated for a bullet wound to his lower right leg.
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January 23, 2010
Dieter and Rosemarie Friebel could not figure out why, for years, the plants they tended to so carefully kept dying. The Hamburg, Germany couple even considered having the soil tested for poison but it was cost prohibitive. They never would have imagined that their neighbor, whom they had an ongoing feud with, was doing obscene things to their foliage in the middle of the night. But, when they anonymously received a CD containing 12 videos of the neighbor urinating on the plants, the mystery was solved. The neighbor has since apologized.
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January 22, 2010
When strip clubs open for business, often they contend with community protestors. However, the Lynx Gentleman’s Club in Coachella, California experienced a different kind of trouble. The weekend before they were due to open, a goat smashed through the double glass doors and accrued more than $2,000 worth of damage. A review of the surveillance video shows the goat staring at his reflection in the doors for hours and then suddenly rammed against them. The goat was not caught, and the Gentleman’s Club still plans to open as soon as it receives its liquor license.
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January 21, 2010
Celebrated American writer, Edgar Allan Poe, has been honored in a most unusual way for 60 years. Every January 19th (Poe’s birthday) a person, known only as Poe Toaster, would arrive in the early morning hours dressed in black with his/her face covered and leave 3 roses and half a bottle of cognac on his grave. In 1993, a note was left stating that “the torch will be passed.” It is believed that children of the original Toaster have filled the role. That is a belief supported by the fact that each year the Toaster would make a signature gesture before leaving. However, this year, the Toaster never arrived, leading some to wonder if s/he has met their own demise. One of Poe’s most famous poems is The Raven.
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January 20, 2010
One day before the anniversary of President Obama’s swearing in he and the Democrats were dealt a major blow to the governmental stronghold they possessed. In a special election to fill the senate seat left open by the late Ted Kennedy, underdog Republican Scott Brown, won the seat. It is the first time in thirty years that Massachusetts has had a Republican Senator. This comes amidst news that Obama’s approval rating is the second lowest of any president post WWII entering his second year. That is a big drop from one year ago at his inauguration where he was close to 70% approval.
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January 19, 2010
Monroe, Ohio takes community policing very seriously. So when a set of parents at their wits end called for assistance, the police department was happy to oblige. The parents (who have not been mentioned by name) called the non-emergency number to ask if an officer was available to come speak to their 6-year old son. Apparently, the boy – for some time now – has been very resistant to going to school in the mornings. The parents figured if a policeman told the boy that his mother would be in big trouble if he refused to go to school, it might change his behavior. Officer Mike Doughman took the call and it worked like a charm – the boy has merrily gone off to school every day since. Meanwhile, with all the media attention this story received, Officer Doughman has become quite the celebrity!
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