Three California
foreclosure scammers were busted after convincing some people that all they had to do to keep the banks away was to declare their homes sovereign nations.
KNSD-TV (San Diego)
Suspicions confirmed: Two economists show that when state gov't revenue drops by 1 percent,
traffic-ticket-writing goes up the next year by 30 percent.
Charlotte Observer
Bernard Madoff's scam, by the way, also took down
his own sister for $3m (which is one reason he was mailing her all the jewelry that almost got his bail revoked).
New York Post
Australia's Queensland Rail said, yes, we refunded passengers in one serious crash, but not another, because in that second one, the crash occurred late in the ride, when it almost over, so those people
got their money's worth.
Courier-Mail (Brisbane)
The Fletcher family complained about poor service at the Manor Restaurant in Britain, but management decided to fight back, pointing out that its
surveillance video on the family's table showed they were actually having a jolly ol' time. (The Fletchers: You . . had us . . under . . surveillance?)
Daily Telegraph
He and his brother were
confirmed momma's boys until he was 48 yrs old, and then he won big in the Lottery, and Momma got sick, and he actually went out on a date, and he lost his cherry, and now he'll walk the aisle.
The Sun
An Aussie man accidentally shot himself in the thigh
with his own speargun, missing both his femoral artery and his crown jewels by the tiniest of margins.
Sunshine Coast Daily via Ninemsn.com
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