Archive for June, 2011


‘Black Widow’ Grandmother Passes Before Her Trial

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June 15, 2011

It wasn’t long ago that I posted a story about a lady who was holding up a pregnant woman. Well, here’s another intriguing story about a woman, this time one who died before her trial.

The story comes from foxnews.com:

>>‘Black Widow’ Grandmother Dies Before Facing Charges Related To String Of Dead Husbands

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –  An elderly grandmother who left a trail of five dead husbands in five states over decades has died in Louisiana after an illness, her son-in-law said Monday.

Terry Sanders said Betty Neumar died in a hospital in Louisiana. Stanly County, N.C., Sheriff Rick Burris said authorities are looking into her death.

“We’re going to make sure we examine the death certificate,” Burris said.

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Pennsylvania School Resorts To ‘Natural’ Lawn Mowers

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June 14, 2011

I know the economy is still bad, but this is too much!

Check out the school that is replacing lawn mowers with sheep! It’s an AP story via Yahoo:

>>Pa. school district turns lawn care over to sheep

CARLISLE, Pa. – A central Pennsylvania school has a woolly plan to keep its grass neatly trimmed.

The Carlisle Area School District says it can save up to $15,000 a year by turning over some landscaping chores to sheep.

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Cursing Might Get You Removed From Your Flight

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June 13, 2011

A few days ago, I posted a story in which cursing would be fined in Australia. Now we find out that swearing might get you thrown off an airplane.

Here’s the story from the Detroit News website:

>>Man tossed off flight after cursing in Detroit may sue

A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who said he was thrown off a flight at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday for cursing is considering suing the airline, calling the experience “humiliating.”

Robert Sayegh had a layover Sunday afternoon after attending a cousin’s wedding in Kansas City on Saturday. The 37-year-old TV producer and children’s book author said he and other passengers on Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5136 to Newark, N.J., had been waiting at the gate for 45 minutes when he was overheard by a flight attendant telling a passenger next to him, “What’s taking so (expletive) long to close the overhead compartments?”

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A Mannheim Steamroller Musical Weekend

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June 12, 2011

Most people associate Mannheim Steamroller and Chip Davis with the holiday/Christmas season. But I like their other music as well. Check out a few of their videos below:

This is called ‘The Children’s Waltz:”

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Woman Confesses To Robbing Bank Dressed As Clown

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June 10, 2011

The economy continues to spiral downward, and people are getting more and more desperate. Here’s a good case of that where a Philadelphia area woman dressed as a clown robbed a bank.

>>With her polka-dot clown suit, rainbow wig, red nose and candy-cane socks, Carolyn Williams looked quite a picture when she strode into a KNBT Bank last August.

But it was no laughing matter when she told tellers at the bank in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, that she had a bomb before making off with more than $7,000.

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Assault With A Dead(ly) Weasel

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June 9, 2011

The Associated Press seems to have a flood of weird crime stories these days.

Check out the true crime story below:

>>Man with dead weasel accused of assault

HOQUIAM, Wash. – Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state.

The victim asked, “Why are you carrying a weasel?” Police said the attacker answered, “It’s not a weasel, it’s a marten,” then punched him in the nose and fled.

The attacker was apparently looking for his girlfriend and had gone to her former boyfriend’s apartment Monday where the victim was a guest.

KXRO reports he left the carcass behind.

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Confessing To Murder … 65 Years Later

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June 8, 2011

It may take a long time before someone gives in to their conscience. Well, in this case, it took a long, long time!

Here’s the story from the AP via Yahoo:

>>96 year-old woman confesses to 1946 murder

AMSTERDAM – A murder mystery has been solved — 65 years later — with the confession of a 96-year-old woman.

The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who at the time was being considered for a high political post, roiled the Netherlands, and the failure to find the assassin became a point of contention among political parties.

On Wednesday, the mayor of Leiden, Henri Lenferink, said a woman has confessed to the killing, saying it happened in the mistaken belief that Gulje had collaborated with the Nazis.

Lenferink said he received a letter from the woman, whom he identified as Atie Ridder-Visser, on Jan. 1. Two subsequent interviews with her and a review of the historical archives persuaded him that her story was true.

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Tell Your Boss Where You Are!

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June 7, 2011

Helping someone out isn’t as important as keeping your supervisor informed where you are, apparently!

Check out this story about one officer trying to help others from the AP:

>>Cop Fired After Helping Fellow Officer In Distress

It was a Saturday on campus when David Sedmak, a Rice University police officer, heard “Officer down, officer down!” on his scanner: Two members of the Houston Police Department had been shot downtown. Sedmak rushed to the scene to help his fellow officers.

But Rice didn’t see Sedmak as a hero. Instead, the university fired him, citing “dereliction of duty.”

The university said in a statement that its officers often assist other law enforcement agencies when the need arises. But Sedmak erred, it said, by not informing the university police dispatcher about where he was.

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Be Careful How You Pay Your Bill

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June 6, 2011

Some folks think it’s a cool thing to make someone who says you owe them money jump through hoops. In one town, that won’t work out very well, apparently.

Here’s the story from the deseretnews.com website:

>>VERNAL — A Vernal man has been charged with disorderly conduct after police say he caused alarm when he paid for a disputed medical bill in pennies.

On May 27, Jason West went to Basin Clinic prepared to dispute an outstanding bill, according to Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell. West, 38, apparently did not believe he owed the clinic the $25 it said he did.

“After asking if they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies onto the counter and demanded that they count it,” Campbell said. “The pennies were strewn about the counter and the floor.”

The incident upset clinic staff, said Campbell, adding that West’s behavior served “no legitimate purpose.”

Clinic staff told West they were calling police and he left the office. Officers caught up with West later and issued him a citation for disorderly conduct, an infraction, which carries a potential fine of $140.

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A Funny Comic Book Parody Weekend

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June 4, 2011

Since comics are big in the news recently (both with new films and renumbering of books), I thought this weekend I’d highlight some of the wonderfully funny bits done by the “I’m A Marvel/I’m A DC” folks from YouTube.

First up is their latest one, with Green Lantern talking with characters from the new X-Men prequel film:

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