MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a man drove into a security gate at the Moses Lake police parking lot, then asked to be jailed. Officers in the building heard the crash, went outside and saw the 54-year-old man backing away in a 1977 Chevrolet pickup truck.
Only the gate was damaged.
The man was arrested for investigation of first-degree malicious mischief, driving under the influence of alcohol and hit-and-run with property damage.
Capt. Dave Ruffin told the Columbia Basin Herald, "He wanted to go to jail. He said he did it on purpose."
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Information from: Columbia Basin Herald, http://www.columbiabasinherald.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
$200,000 in checks tossed in trash
PROVO, Utah (UPI) -- A Provo, Utah, woman said she has recovered nearly $200,000 in checks that she threw out with the trash.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she flagged down the driver of the garbage truck as soon as she noticed the checks, which were from the company she works for, had gone missing, KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, reported.
Brad Rollins, waste management supervisor for Provo, said a bay was cleared at the county garbage transfer station to allow the woman and a friend to sift through the load of trash to find the specific white kitchen bag they were looking for.
Rollins said the two women said a prayer and one of the women almost immediately picked up a bag that turned out to contain the missing documents.
"The checks were in great shape. They weren't wrinkled, they were still flat, the deposit slip was still in there. She could've taken it right to the bank and they wouldn't even have known where it had been, and it had been on a trip," Rollins said.
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The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she flagged down the driver of the garbage truck as soon as she noticed the checks, which were from the company she works for, had gone missing, KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, reported.
Brad Rollins, waste management supervisor for Provo, said a bay was cleared at the county garbage transfer station to allow the woman and a friend to sift through the load of trash to find the specific white kitchen bag they were looking for.
Rollins said the two women said a prayer and one of the women almost immediately picked up a bag that turned out to contain the missing documents.
"The checks were in great shape. They weren't wrinkled, they were still flat, the deposit slip was still in there. She could've taken it right to the bank and they wouldn't even have known where it had been, and it had been on a trip," Rollins said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Monday, June 16, 2008
Facebook deletes profiles of cat eaters
ARHUS, Denmark (UPI) -- A group of Arhus, Denmark, journalism students said their Facebook accounts were deleted after they posted pictures of themselves eating a cat.
The Danish School of Journalism students said their accounts were closed by administrators of the popular social networking Web site after they uploaded the photos, The Copenhagen Post reported Wednesday.
The students said the cat cooked and eaten as a means of drawing attention to the plight of pigs, cows and other animals used primarily for food.
"We wanted people to think about what it was they were putting in their mouths," said Laura Boge Mortensen, one of the students involved. "It's hypocritical for us to spend thousands of kroner on our pets, yet buy the cheapest pork from Netto that comes from pigs that have lived a horrid life. And just why is it that it's worse to eat a cat than a pig?"
The students said the cat was killed humanely and prepared by a professional chef.
"We had to count to three before we sat down to eat, and I wouldn't really say that we stuffed our face," Mortensen said. "Everyone did take a bite though."
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The Danish School of Journalism students said their accounts were closed by administrators of the popular social networking Web site after they uploaded the photos, The Copenhagen Post reported Wednesday.
The students said the cat cooked and eaten as a means of drawing attention to the plight of pigs, cows and other animals used primarily for food.
"We wanted people to think about what it was they were putting in their mouths," said Laura Boge Mortensen, one of the students involved. "It's hypocritical for us to spend thousands of kroner on our pets, yet buy the cheapest pork from Netto that comes from pigs that have lived a horrid life. And just why is it that it's worse to eat a cat than a pig?"
The students said the cat was killed humanely and prepared by a professional chef.
"We had to count to three before we sat down to eat, and I wouldn't really say that we stuffed our face," Mortensen said. "Everyone did take a bite though."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Saturday, June 14, 2008
A New Place To Play
Not games, but still fun. I discovered this place last night, it's basically a large selection of forums for people to write in (and argue, I'm sure ha ha). And, they say that you will be paid, although I am not quite certain yet how they do that part.
The only real hard part is when you sign up (free!) and have to make selections in your interests. That was time consuming, or at least it seemed that way to me, but I did this after taking Tylenol PM so maybe it really isn't that bad.
If you'd like to try it out, you can sign up HERE and I will get something for referring you. Or, I guess you could just visit the site first, here.
So, if you have time on your hands and you like to interact with people online, come and join us :)
The only real hard part is when you sign up (free!) and have to make selections in your interests. That was time consuming, or at least it seemed that way to me, but I did this after taking Tylenol PM so maybe it really isn't that bad.
If you'd like to try it out, you can sign up HERE and I will get something for referring you. Or, I guess you could just visit the site first, here.
So, if you have time on your hands and you like to interact with people online, come and join us :)
Friday, June 13, 2008
Winning lotto tickets found weeks later
SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- A California woman and a Maryland man have reported discovering $250,000 lottery tickets in separate incidents.
The Price George's County, Md., man, whose name was not released, said he found his Mega Millions ticket in his jacket pocket, where it had resided for nearly a month and a half, WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported Tuesday.
"I was lucky to wear the jacket that day. I probably wouldn't wear it for the rest of the season," the winner said.
Meanwhile, Candy Tyree of Sacramento, Calif., said she was about to throw away an old recliner when her husband told her he had stuffed a week-old Mega Millions ticket in the chair, KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported Tuesday.
She said she retrieved the ticket from the recliner, which had already been taken outside, and looked up the winning numbers from the drawing.
Tyree said the ticket turned out to be worth $249,050.
Her husband Jim said the incident has caused his wife to reconsider tossing the old recliner.
"It could be the lucky chair now," he said.
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The Price George's County, Md., man, whose name was not released, said he found his Mega Millions ticket in his jacket pocket, where it had resided for nearly a month and a half, WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported Tuesday.
"I was lucky to wear the jacket that day. I probably wouldn't wear it for the rest of the season," the winner said.
Meanwhile, Candy Tyree of Sacramento, Calif., said she was about to throw away an old recliner when her husband told her he had stuffed a week-old Mega Millions ticket in the chair, KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported Tuesday.
She said she retrieved the ticket from the recliner, which had already been taken outside, and looked up the winning numbers from the drawing.
Tyree said the ticket turned out to be worth $249,050.
Her husband Jim said the incident has caused his wife to reconsider tossing the old recliner.
"It could be the lucky chair now," he said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Cops: Teen uses stolen card, fills out application
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Police say a Dover, New Hampshire, teen suspected of using a stolen credit card at a store left a pretty good clue to his identity by filling out a job application at the same store.
Fandi Pradipta, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to using a stolen card at a store in the Fox Run Mall in Newington.
Police said Pradipta made the investigation easier because he had been at the home of the card owner the day before it was reported stolen, then after using the card, he filled out a complete job application - name, address, telephone number.
He was fined and given a suspended sentence.
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Information from: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
Fandi Pradipta, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to using a stolen card at a store in the Fox Run Mall in Newington.
Police said Pradipta made the investigation easier because he had been at the home of the card owner the day before it was reported stolen, then after using the card, he filled out a complete job application - name, address, telephone number.
He was fined and given a suspended sentence.
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Information from: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
New outhouse too fancy for farmer
CINCINNATI (UPI) -- A new outhouse built by a Cincinnati non-profit group is simply too fancy for Elbert "Lew" Preston, the Ohio farmer says.
The 79-year-old retired tobacco farmer said the concrete and treated lumber outhouse built by People Working Cooperatively is a far cry from the simple wooden structure he once had sitting above a hole in the ground, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
"It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse," Preston said. "I call it a privy."
The senior citizen said his old outhouse not only survived decades of usage, but even remained in service after being uprooted by a tornado in 1997.
A visit by board of health officials resulted in the outhouse being condemned. That's when People Working Cooperatively offered to build a new structure for Preston.
He says he misses his dilapidated outhouse but he's relieved he can still relieve himself outside.
"When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston told the Enquirer. "Everybody knows your business."
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The 79-year-old retired tobacco farmer said the concrete and treated lumber outhouse built by People Working Cooperatively is a far cry from the simple wooden structure he once had sitting above a hole in the ground, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
"It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse," Preston said. "I call it a privy."
The senior citizen said his old outhouse not only survived decades of usage, but even remained in service after being uprooted by a tornado in 1997.
A visit by board of health officials resulted in the outhouse being condemned. That's when People Working Cooperatively offered to build a new structure for Preston.
He says he misses his dilapidated outhouse but he's relieved he can still relieve himself outside.
"When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston told the Enquirer. "Everybody knows your business."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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