I guess it's OK.......

Md. man who stole, crashed plane to pay just $40

The Associated Press

FREDERICK, Md. - A homeless man caused about $12,000 in damage when he stole and crashed a single-engine airplane at a Maryland airport - but he'll pay just $40 in restitution.

Frederick County Circuit Judge G. Edward Dwyer Jr. expressed surprise Thursday upon learning of the small amount.

Dwyer asked: "Only $40?"

Prosecutors explained that insurance had paid for all the damage except for a $40 deductible.

Fifty-one-year-old Calvin C. Cox has served half of his nine-month sentence for the December theft. His lawyer has said Cox stole the plane because he was homeless and cold.

At sentencing in April, Dwyer authorized work release for Cox so he could earn money to pay restitution to the plane's owner, Mid Atlantic Soaring Associates Corp.

Gotta love justice......doesn't matter that the insurance claim is going to cause the premiums to go up, etc......

He was cold.....

The Sky is Falling , The Sky is Falling....

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Abandoned water cooler causes Times Square scare

By COLLEEN LONG and VERENA DOBNIK
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEW YORK — Police cleared streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad after finding a cooler and a shopping bag left on a sidewalk about a block from where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend. They opened streets to traffic after finding out the cooler contained only water bottles.

A nearby shopping bag left in a flower pot had books and a gift wrapped in pink tissue paper.

Police had earlier cordoned off a pedestrian mall and nearby streets with yellow tape around 1:15 p.m., while yelling "Get back, get back" at onlookers and guiding bomb-sniffing dogs through the area.

The bomb squad X-rayed the soft-sided green cooler found on the pedestrian mall to determine, "in an abundance of caution," whether it posed a threat, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.

Six NYPD officers opened the cooler, took out the contents and carried it off about an hour later, when the department said there was no threat. In responding, they noticed the second bag which in the flower pot which turned out to be full of books.

"It was exciting, but it seemed a little silly, after all — a cooler that somebody left there," said psychiatrist Thor Bergersen, of Newton, Mass., who watched the drama from the eighth floor of the Marriott Marquis hotel.

The department has had a 30 percent uptick in the number of suspicious package reports since the failed bombing in Times Square.

"This is something that happens fairly regularly," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Friday. "When you have a major event, the reports of suspicious packages will go up. I think to a certain extent, people are becoming more suspicious, more vigilant and that results in more calls."

Gotta love the paranoid people.....this is really quite funny......and sad that this is what is the norm nowadays.......

Doggie doo doo in your shoe.........SUE!

Man sues, claims he fell after stepping in feces

The Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. - A Poquoson man who said he fell after stepping in dog feces at a PetSmart store has filed a $1 million negligence lawsuit against the company. Robert Holloway alleges in his lawsuit in U.S. District Court that he badly injured his back, struck his head and knocked out four teeth when he slipped in January 2009 at a Newport News PetSmart. He alleges that PetSmart and its manager should have protected him from a hazardous condition created when they allowed animals to defecate on the floor.

Gotta love the litigation crazy leeches up North.

Can you imagine this happening at any local store? They would laugh at you first, second it seems that personal responsibility for stepping in dog crap you would be ridiculed forever. But no, they will settle for big bucks, the attorney will make enough to by a new car or two.....

Amazing.......

Day Care Criminal

Taser Used on 10-Year-Old; Policemen Suspended

David Knowles Writer

AOL News

(April 1) -- Two police officers have been suspended for reportedly using a stun gun on a 10-year-old boy who had gotten out of control at a day care facility.

The incident occurred Tuesday, when a worker at Tender Teddies Day Care in Martinsville, Ind., called police to report that one of the children there was acting up and posed a potential threat to the kids, local news affiliate WRTV reported.

A spokesperson for the Martinsville Police Department told AOL News that Capt. William Jennings and Officer Darren Johnson arrived at the scene and found the boy to be "combative." Jennings then slapped the boy, and Johnson used his Taser to further subdue him, police said.

The boy, who weighs 94 pounds, received two marks on his arm where Jennings used the gun, WTHR news reported, but is believed to have suffered no lasting injuries.

While the day care center's owner, Heath Lancaster, did not comment on the case, police released a statement announcing that the officers had been placed on paid administrative leave pending further investigation.

"While the department will not condone the unnecessary treatment of any subject, regardless of age, in any apprehension situation, additional comments will not be made pending results of the final investigation," the statement read.

Separate investigations have now been launched by the Morgan County Sheriff's Department, the Martinsville Police Department and the Martinsville Department of Child Services.

"We need to look at it a lot closer because [the Taser gun is] not really made for 10-year-olds," Martinsville Police Chief Jon Davis said at a news conference.

While the police had been called to Tender Teddies Day Care on another occasion about the behavior of the same child, local resident Kenneth Frazier told WRTV that he thinks police went too far.

"I don't think that should have happened. I'm sure they could have detained him some other way," Frazier said. "They take big grown-ups down without tasing them ... why a 10-year-old?"

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The Grouch asks
I have one question...What good does it do to put anyone on paid administrative leave? Why not have them do paperwork or sweep the hallways instead of sitting home getting paid for it? Or am I missing something?

Calif. woman gets 6 months for fake breasts heist

WESTMINSTER, Calif. - An Orange County woman's new breasts cost her six months in jail. Yvonne Jean Pampellonne was sentenced Monday in Westminster for using a fraudulent line of credit to obtain $12,000 in cosmetic surgery, including breast implants and liposuction.

The 30-year-old woman had pleaded guilty to burglary, grand theft and identity theft. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail and was placed on three years' probation. Restitution was also ordered by the Westminster judge, but the amount wasn't immediately clear.

Pampellonne used a line of credit established in another person's name to get the September 2008 procedures at the Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery in Huntington Beach.

The picture is not that of the fake breasts in the article, It appears that the certificate is the Guinness World Record, something or other. Either for the worlds largest breasts or the worlds larges sling.....

Now the comment:

Funny of how society in the states has changed... what happened to being happy with what you have?

Why you have to spell everything out.

Today I was surfing one of the web pages of one of my web services providers. For some reason I clicked on their employment openings. I read a few of the descriptions and could not believe of what their HR person had to write to describe an open job.
Things sure have changed from the last time I looked for a job. I have highlighted some of the words that I found interesting. Or better yet, I am surprised that you have to spell everything out for the applicant I guess so that some lawyer doesn'tt sue the employer for not letting the employee know that what they wanted was someone who knew how to read etc......



Requirements

Candidate should have a proven record of successful telephone sales. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their experience in consistently making 45+ outbound calls per day. The ideal candidate must be results driven with a passion to excel. Candidate must have excellent organizational and time management skills. This position requires a person to consultatively sell XXXXXXX services to our existing Customer base. Computer literacy in MS Office suite is a must. Must be self-motivated and have the ability to perform well under pressure and against aggressive goals and deadlines in an entrepreneurial/start-up environment.

Must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use HANDS AND ARMS AND TALK OR HEAR.

The employee requires dexterity in using telephone, computer keyboard, mouse and calculator while seated at a desk. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit. The employee may frequently move to interact with fellow employees and/or clients. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: While performing duties of this job, the employee is required to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos. The employee requires the ability to write effective and detailed correspondence and to effectively present information both in one-on-one and small group situations.

MENTAL DEMANDS: While performing duties of this job, the employee is required to deal with stress associated with a fast-paced work environment and multiple priorities/tasks. The employee will be required to make judgment decisions and adapt to changing work situations, grasp and apply new ideas, communicate with various personalities at all levels and have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: While performing duties of this job, the employee is required to work in an office environment, and the noise level is usually quiet to moderate.

What happened to persons who knew that this was a normal part of working for someone?????

No Soup for YOU!

Man held in Mexico after spices mistaken for drugs

The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO - A Nigerian-born U.S. citizen spent two days in a Tijuana jail after Mexican authorities mistook the soup spices he was bringing to his nephew in Mexico for an illegal drug.

San Diego social worker Okoronkwo Umeham (oh-koh-RUHN'-kwoh oo-MAY'-ham) said Tuesday that he was detained while crossing the border on March 15 because inspectors thought he had five bags of khat, a stimulant popular in East Africa.

Umeham says he was bringing ingredients for ugu (oo-goo), a spicy Nigerian soup, to his nephew who lives in Tijuana.

He says he didn't speak Spanish and couldn't explain that the labeled packages were dried fish, spices and vegetables, not drugs.

Federal prosecutors in Tijuana say they had to test the substances.

Somehow this is believable...on both sides of the border.