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“It all started with an eBay auction for a new G4 Powerbook. When a scammer tried to “buy” my laptop using a fake escrow site and an assumed name, we orchestrated an international prank where we tried to “scam the scammer.”
Read Full Story: The Powerbook Prank
I wonder how many have lost their wedding ring this way? I see how easy it would be with little “helpers”
Diamond ring gets flushed, then flushed out
(chicagotribune.com) Authorities today were seeking a burglar who allegedly took the time to make coffee, cook and eat meals, take showers, pick out a change of clothes, watch television and check his e-mail while inside three rural Washington County homes this month.
Read Full Story: Chicago Tribune | Burglar made himself at home
(news.yahoo.com) Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the first season of “Survivor,” was found guilty Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings.
Read Full Story: Hatch Guilty of Failing to Pay Taxes - Yahoo! News
(msn.com) A 16-year-old from Florida who traveled to Iraq on his own without telling his parents has left the country and is on his way home, the U.S. Embassy’s consul general said Friday.
Read Full Story: U.S. teen leaves Iraq for home - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email forwared to me with a video attached of a house’s Christmas lights set to music. I was fun to watch, but I was sure there was some special video editing involved. A friend sent me another video of the same house, different music. I had to do a search and see it it was true.
It was true. The guy is Carson Williams an electrical engineer from Mason, Ohio.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (The Light Before Christmas)
(msn.com) A lot of what we know to be “true” about Thanksgiving really isn’t. Determining exactly what did happen is difficult, because the Pilgrims didn’t have camcorders shooting tape after tape of video that they could later sell to a local television station when something scandalous happened.
Read Full Story: MSN Encarta - The Pilgrims Watched Football (and Other Thanksgiving Myths)
(chicagotribune.com) The whole incident was absurd, said the carpenter who was banned last week from all Home Depots worldwide for pocketing a pencil.
And Home Depot apologized on Sunday, saying that Michael Panorelli, 51, who had spent $117 on window-trimming lumber, should never have been written up for taking the pencil. Panorelli said he did it absent-mindedly.
Read Full Story: Chicago Tribune | Home Depot offers sharp apology, but he makes a point too
Found this one on Mike’s Blog:
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A man upset about a $120 speeding ticket satisfied his fine Monday by paying Clay County District Court in pennies.
But the intended statement to upset the court may have backfired when a judge forced the man to wait around until the change was counted.Read Full Story: One, two, three … : Judge one-ups man who pays $120 fine in pennies
(chicagotribune.com)They’re everywhere — the footwear, that is. Even on members of the Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team in a recent group picture with President Bush.
Read Full Story: Chicago Tribune news : Local news
