A Drunk, A Loner, A Wuss, And A Homicidal Babe
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 [part two]
More Things to Worry About
Michael Fenton went on a two-day drunk at an F State resort, and his family couldn't control him, and now that his swan dive from a grand stairway turned out badly for his brain function, he and the family want Marriott to pay for its bad bartending. Naples Daily News
Most delicious 2009 baseball player contract incentive clause: Tyler Walker, Seattle Mariners' pitcher, with an 8-12 won-lost record over the last three seasons, will get $150k when he's this year's AL MVP (and $100k if he's the World Series MVP for the sure-thing Mariners). Los Angeles Times
It says here that Kishore Gaba of India's Jharkhand state is on a mission to write out the name of his first love 2,000,000 times, as punishment for being too timid to ask her out when he was young ("and to teach a lesson" to other wusses), and he's up to 1,400,000 so far. Indo Asian News Service via Sify.com (Chennai)
A 15-yr-old boy is no longer with us after he broke into a truck in Aurora, Tex., then ran for it when confronted by a neighbor, fell over a spiked fence, and bled to death. WFAA-TV (Dallas)
The mug shot says Potential Babe, but the rap sheet says severe bipolar with homicidal tendencies (tire iron, ax, etc.) [Ed.: But let me say on behalf of all men, sometimes ya can't help rollin' the dice, ya know?]. TCPalm.com (Stuart, Fla.)
The Way The World Works: The defense contractor KBR Inc., under criminal investigation for shoddy electrical work that caused the deaths of two soldiers in Iraq, has just been awarded another contract, though it's in a different—oh, wait, it's also for electrical work. Associated Press via Yahoo
Giza Zoo, Cairo's largest, has substantial financial and regulatory problems, which have made it susceptible to employees taking bribes (basically, US$2 will do it) to let visitors step inside some of the cages (OK: elephants, bears, lion cubs). GlobalPost.com
Police said Thomas Ferkler is one of the more sophisticated burglars they've encountered, but all that expertise goes for naught when you consume your swag (Oxycodone) during the getaway and pass out with your car keys dangling from the trunk that holds the evidence against you. Philadelphia Daily News
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Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Dana Thompson, 46, Anchorage, Alaska (and try to put out of your mind what his mom said about him: "He has always been a loner; he doesn't like people. He has never cared much for people, only the people we bring into our home. That's the only ones he's ever made friends with.") Anchorage Daily News
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Today's Newsrangers: Ramey Musgrave, Jeff Hochberg, Sandy Pearlman, Larry Seltzer, Stephen Taylor, Karl Olson, Scott Langill
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 [part two]
More Things to Worry About
Michael Fenton went on a two-day drunk at an F State resort, and his family couldn't control him, and now that his swan dive from a grand stairway turned out badly for his brain function, he and the family want Marriott to pay for its bad bartending. Naples Daily News
Most delicious 2009 baseball player contract incentive clause: Tyler Walker, Seattle Mariners' pitcher, with an 8-12 won-lost record over the last three seasons, will get $150k when he's this year's AL MVP (and $100k if he's the World Series MVP for the sure-thing Mariners). Los Angeles Times
It says here that Kishore Gaba of India's Jharkhand state is on a mission to write out the name of his first love 2,000,000 times, as punishment for being too timid to ask her out when he was young ("and to teach a lesson" to other wusses), and he's up to 1,400,000 so far. Indo Asian News Service via Sify.com (Chennai)
A 15-yr-old boy is no longer with us after he broke into a truck in Aurora, Tex., then ran for it when confronted by a neighbor, fell over a spiked fence, and bled to death. WFAA-TV (Dallas)
The mug shot says Potential Babe, but the rap sheet says severe bipolar with homicidal tendencies (tire iron, ax, etc.) [Ed.: But let me say on behalf of all men, sometimes ya can't help rollin' the dice, ya know?]. TCPalm.com (Stuart, Fla.)
The Way The World Works: The defense contractor KBR Inc., under criminal investigation for shoddy electrical work that caused the deaths of two soldiers in Iraq, has just been awarded another contract, though it's in a different—oh, wait, it's also for electrical work. Associated Press via Yahoo
Giza Zoo, Cairo's largest, has substantial financial and regulatory problems, which have made it susceptible to employees taking bribes (basically, US$2 will do it) to let visitors step inside some of the cages (OK: elephants, bears, lion cubs). GlobalPost.com
Police said Thomas Ferkler is one of the more sophisticated burglars they've encountered, but all that expertise goes for naught when you consume your swag (Oxycodone) during the getaway and pass out with your car keys dangling from the trunk that holds the evidence against you. Philadelphia Daily News
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Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Dana Thompson, 46, Anchorage, Alaska (and try to put out of your mind what his mom said about him: "He has always been a loner; he doesn't like people. He has never cared much for people, only the people we bring into our home. That's the only ones he's ever made friends with.") Anchorage Daily News
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Today's Newsrangers: Ramey Musgrave, Jeff Hochberg, Sandy Pearlman, Larry Seltzer, Stephen Taylor, Karl Olson, Scott Langill
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