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High Speed Cameras are the sh*t!!
A B-2 bomber crashing after take off. Estimated at $1.2 billion in damages.
10 reasons you may be already rich...
Even in times of financial uncertainty, it’s always important to keep things in perspective.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
- Henry David Thoreau
1. You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
2. You didn’t go to sleep outside.
3. You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning.
4. You hardly broke a sweat today.
5. You didn’t spend a minute in fear.
6. You have access to clean drinking water.
7. You have access to medical care.
8. You have access to the Internet.
9. You can read.
10. You have the right to vote.
Some might say you are rich, so remember to be grateful for all the things you do have.
Police say a bank robbery attempt in Hillsboro failed after a teller told the woman who handed her a threatening note that she couldn't read the handwriting.
According to police, a 30-year-old woman walked into a Wells Fargo bank branch Wednesday and handed a teller a note that said, "Need $300 or I'll kill you. I'm serious."
The teller told the woman she couldn't read the writing. While the woman stepped away to rewrite her note on a bank slip, the teller hit a silent alarm and the bank manager intervened, asking the woman how he could help her.
Police and FBI agents soon arrived and arrested the woman; police say she was under the influence of drugs.
Authorities said a woman walking through security at the St. Lucie County Courthouse was found to have marijuana in her purse.
The sheriff's office reported a 21-year-old woman was entering the courthouse Tuesday morning when a private security officer ran her purse through a scanning device.
The scanner found a razor, a knife, scissors and padlock, which led to the officer to emptying out the purse. That's when he found a small bag of what appeared to by marijuana. A field test confirmed it.
The woman was arrested by deputies at the courthouse and charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana. She was later released on $500 bail.
LOL at 'a field test confirmed it'. I know there's an actual test they can do to verify the THC in it, but it sounds like they went out back and blazed to make sure...
Yeah, he looks like he would never do anything crazy or stupid.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and impaled her pet fish this summer has been sentenced to two years probation, a psychological evaluation and community service.
Donald Earl Fite III, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to animal abuse and domestic violence assault.
According to court records, Sarah Harris had broken up with Fite but returned to her Portland apartment July 25 to find him lying on her bed, saying he wanted to get back together.
When Harris tried to leave, Fite shoved her against a wall, grabbed her hair and tossed her against a bathtub.
Harris fled but returned with an officer to find her fish - a bright purple betta named "DeLorean" - on the wood floor with a knife through it.
According to court records, Fite quickly admitted killing the fish, telling police: "If she can't have me, then she can't have the fish."
Fite's attorney, Tom Macnair, said Tuesday that killing the fish was a "very low point" in his client's life.
"He is absolutely mortified and ashamed about what he did to the fish," MacNair said in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Fite, who had no previous criminal history, declined to make a statement.
Harris did not attend the hearing. In a phone interview with The Oregonian newspaper, she recalled crying hysterically when she saw the fish with a knife sticking through it.
"Donald bought the fish for me, and I'm sure he knew how much I cared for it," she said.
Betta fish, also known as Siamese fighting fish, are colorful freshwater aquarium fish that usually are between 2 and 3 inches long.
Prosecutor Eric Zimmerman told Judge Eric Bergstrom that Harris plans to get a memorial tattoo of the fish and wanted Fite to pay for it. Bergstrom, however, declined to make Fite pay restitution for the tattoo.
The judge ordered Fite to stay away from Harris, but said he could have contact with fish.
This one needs a video a la America's Funniest Home Videos...
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WINTERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A 7-year-old Ohio boy playing a game of backyard football was tackled by a deer.
Brandon Hiles says he encountered the buck when the ball rolled into woods while he was playing with friends Saturday in Wintersville, about 125 miles east of Columbus.
The boy says the buck ran at him and flipped him with its antlers, leaving bruises and a gash.
His 9-year-old friend Wyatt Pugh (pyoo) beat the deer with a stick to make it go away.
Wintersville Police Officer Art Fowler Jr. says there were actually two bucks in the area gearing for a fight, and Brandon was attacked when he inadvertently got between them.
And then we have this dumbass, who managed to evade police while at the same time common sense evaded him...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Maxi Sopo was living the dream of a fugitive abroad, kicking back on the beaches of Cancun by day, partying in the clubs by night.
Then he did two things that are never a good idea when you're on the run from authorities: He started posting Facebook updates about how much fun he was having - and added a former Justice Department official to his list of friends.
Because of that indiscretion, the 26-year-old native of Cameroon is now in a Mexico City jail awaiting extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges. Federal prosecutors say he and an associate falsely obtained more than $200,000 from Seattle-area banks and credit unions.
"He was making posts about how beautiful life is and how he was having a good time with his buddies," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scoville, who helped find Sopo. "He was definitely not living the way we wanted him to be living, given the charges he was facing."
Even in the hold-nothing-back world of social networking, where police search Facebook photos for evidence of underage drinking and watch YouTube videos to identify riot suspects, it's rare that a fugitive helps authorities this much.
In status updates, Sopo said he was "loving it" and "living in paradise."
"LIFE IS VERY SIMPLE REALLY!!!!" he wrote on June 21. "BUT SOME OF US HUMANS MAKE A MESS OF IT...REMEMBER AM JUST HERE TO HAVE FUN PARTEEEEEEE."
Sopo, who came to the U.S. in about 2003, made a living selling roses in Seattle nightclubs until, according to prosecutors, he moved on to bank fraud. He apparently drove a rented car to Mexico in late February after learning that federal agents were investigating the fraud scheme.
Investigators initially could find no trace of him on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, and they were unable to pin down his exact location in Mexico.
But several months later, Secret Service agent Seth Reeg checked Facebook again - and up popped Maxi Sopo. His photo showed him wearing a black jacket decorated with a white lion as he stood in front of a party backdrop featuring logos of BMW and Courvoisier cognac.
Although Sopo's profile was set to private, his list of friends was not, and Scoville started combing through it. He was surprised to see that one friend listed an affiliation with the Justice Department and sent him a message requesting a phone call.
"We figured this was a person we could probably trust to keep our inquiry discreet," Scoville said.
The former official told Scoville he had met Sopo in Cancun's nightclubs a few times, but did not really know him and had no idea he was a fugitive. The official learned where Sopo was living and passed that information back to Scoville, who provided it to Mexican authorities. They arrested Sopo last month.
The fugitive had been living at a nice apartment complex, working at a hotel and partying at Cancun's beaches, pools and nightclubs, Scoville said.
Sopo does not yet have a lawyer, and it was not immediately clear how to contact him.
Prosecutors say he masterminded the bank fraud scheme with Edward Asatoorians, who was convicted by a federal jury in Seattle last week. Testimony at trial indicated the pair persuaded young co-conspirators to lie about their income to obtain loans for fabricated auto purchases, and then used the money to prop up Asatoorians' business and to take an expensive trip to Las Vegas.
Asatoorians is expected to face at least five years in prison when he's sentenced. If convicted, Sopo could face up to 30 years.
Citing privacy concerns, the former Justice Department official declined an interview request left with the U.S. attorney's office.
Scoville said it was someone who left the department when the Obama administration arrived, and who had been taking some time off and organizing student trips to Cancun.
Facebook was not Sopo's only computer activity during his time on the lam. An affidavit contains details from an instant-message conversation in March between Sopo and a low-level conspirator in the case. Sopo explained that he had fled to "the one safe place where i can actually think."
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Police said a woman will not face charges for throwing a dog at an officer during a domestic violence investigation.
Police Capt. David Saver said officers were called to southeast Lincoln for a report of domestic violence late Monday. He said the woman was suspected of throwing a cell phone that hit her boyfriend in the face.
Police said the woman was holding a small dog when officers arrived, and at some point, she threw the dog, named Flash, at an officer. Police said neither the dog nor the officer were injured.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.
Now that's just funny. I want to hear the noise the dog made as it was in the air and when it impacted...
On to the FAIL...
Is parking your f*cking car really that hard these days?
Don't you hate those ass-holes that eat your lunch from the company fridge? Don't you hate it even more when they are sarcastic bastards that eat your lunch from the company fridge?
Hahaa I can relate to those work fridge pics. People's food is always getting eaten. After somebody stole my 1/2 eaten sub and ate it regardless that it was already eaten....I learned quickly to bring a soft cooler/ice pack to work when I bring food.
A co-worker told me that she would put a note on her food that said "contains medication", and people wouldn't touch it, lol. Ingenious.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Police in Naples are on the lookout for cocaine. Somehow, they lost their stash. A 2-gram packet was discovered missing this summer from a narcotics kit used in training. Two officers lost it in April, but they're unsure where. It could've been the police parking lot or an airport rental car, but the likely spot was a hotel.
The veteran pair checked out the kit to train their police dogs, but the one who usually handles the drugs was called to a scene. By the time she returned, the dogs were energetic and destroying the room.
The officers said they were focusing more on straightening up the hotel room than collecting the drugs, so the bag probably got left.
They weren't reprimanded — supervisors say it was an honest mistake.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home.
William Maser, 54, had been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. Authorities on Thursday added a felony count of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure. Also Thursday, Maser waived his right to a preliminary hearing on all the charges.
Maser has acknowledged firing a homemade cannon outside his house in Georges Township, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, in early September.
The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, ricocheted and hit the neighbor's home about 400 yards away, smashing through a window and a wall before landing in a closet. Police say nobody was hurt.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming man has been charged with counterfeiting money to pay an exotic dancer for a private performance.
Fifty-year-old Rickey A. Kempter faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors say Kempter hired the exotic dancer for a private dance at the Lariat Motel, and Kempter and the dancer shared a taxi to the location. The taxi driver called police after they arrived, saying Kempter asked him to hold a roll of $50 bills and he noticed that they looked odd and were not cut evenly.
Court documents say Kempter told investigators that he made the bills on a printer in his home, but that he planned to go home and get real money to pay the dancer.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police say an armed robber spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with a clerk at an Indianapolis check-cashing business before fleeing with $20 from the register.
Security video from the Advance America branch clearly showed the man's face during the stickup Monday, and a 23-year-old surrendered Tuesday on a preliminary charge of robbery.
Police say the robbery took an unusual turn after the gunman came around the counter when the clerk starting crying and talking about God.
The man said he had a 2-year-old child to support and asked for prayers about overcoming his hardships.
Police say the man removed the bullet from his gun and gave it to the clerk before taking her cell phone and the money.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A cat who rode two miles through New York City while stuck in the engine compartment of an SUV has lived to meow about it.
Wilfred Rodriguez heard rattling while he was driving Monday in the Bronx. After he parked, he spotted a bushy tail and a paw sticking out of the SUV's front end.
His initial reaction: "Oh my God! I killed a cat." He was relieved when the paw moved.
Detectives with the New York Police Department's Emergency Service Unit freed the grease-covered kitty by removing the SUV's battery and other vehicle parts.
Richard Gentles of New York City Animal Care & Control says the tan-and-white stray appears to be in good physical shape.
I like funny signs. I don't know what it is about them, but I'm getting help for it...
