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  1. Man admits mailing hundreds of tarantulas

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Reuters – Tarantula's confiscated by the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge...
  2. Court confiscates 3 tons of mammoth tusks

    Link Removed due to 404 Error ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian authorities have confiscated three tonnes of mammoth tusks from a criminal gang which tried to smuggle them out of the country. The court office of the northern city of St. Petersburg said on Thursday that it had...
  3. Jury Duty

    Weird Universe Link Removed - Invalid URL No not Chuck's jury duty, the kind you have to show up for or else. Apparently they are having trouble filling the jury box in Boston. Sal Esposito, the family cat, has been called up and thus far has not been excused.
  4. Woman Accused of Stashing Fur Coat in Her Underwear

    http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/14/woman-accused-of-stashing-fur-coat-in-her-underwear/ Police in Bloomington, Minn., say a shoplifter snatched a $6,500 fur coat -- then hid it between her legs in a pair of barely-there underwear for three days while she was in jail. As an accomplice...
  5. Man says cocaine in his buttocks isn’t his

    MANATEE — A search of a 25-year-old man following a traffic stop Wednesday morning revealed one bag of marijuana and one bag of cocaine in the driver’s buttocks, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The driver said only the marijuana belonged to him. Raymond Stanley Roberts was...
  6. VIDEO 'Spider-Man' Busted After 57-Story Climb up Building

    'Spider-Man' Busted After 57-Story Climb up Building Alain Robert, the French free climber dubbed "Spider-Man" for his gravity-defying feats, was arrested on the roof of a Sydney, Australia, skyscraper today after he scaled the 57-story building using just his bare hands and a bag of chalk...
  7. Senator Suing God Urges Judge to Proceed

    Link Removed - Invalid URL OMAHA, Neb. (AP) --State Sen. Ernie Chambers says his lawsuit against God might seem funny but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a serious point. Chambers asked Douglas County District Judge Marlon Polk on Tuesday to let his lawsuit proceed. Chambers said he wants...
  8. Girl Scout leader admits taking $8,000 worth of cookies without paying

    Link Removed due to 404 Error (NBC News Channel) MOUNT ORAB, Ohio (NBC News Channel) -- An Ohio woman has admitted taking more than 2,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies but never paying for them. The Brown County Sheriff's Office said that Donya R. Waits pleaded guilty last week to...
  9. VIDEO Traffic stop video on YouTube sparks debate on police use of Md. wiretap laws

    In early March, Anthony Graber, a 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard, was humming a tune while riding his two-year-old Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95, not far from his home north of Baltimore. On top of his helmet was a camera he often used to record his...
  10. Naomi Campbell may be subpoenaed by war crimes court

    BBC News - Naomi Campbell may be subpoenaed by war crimes court War crimes prosecutors in The Hague say supermodel Naomi Campbell should be subpoenaed to testify at the trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor. They say Ms Campbell "was given rough diamonds" by Mr Taylor in 1997 at...
  11. Microsoft Word Patent Ruling: Court Upholds Decision, Microsoft Plans Quick Update

    Well, seems that a Federal Court has upheld the original decision that Microsoft is infringing on the patents held by another company with Microsoft Word. While Microsoft attempted to fight the implementation of this decision claiming irreparable damage, now states "no problem, We will have a...
  12. Irreparable Harm - - Gimme a break

    It appears that Microsoft is going to play the pity card in their ongoing battle with i4i and the injunction against Microsoft's use of Custom XML which i4i holds the patent to. Microsoft is, perhaps with a somewhat less cocky attitude than they displayed during the recent proceedings, now...
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    Windows Vista Micro$oft brass get BURNED with VISTA

    Internal email at Microsoft released to public ... (By US Court Judge) From: Mike Nash Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:30 PM To: Bill Veghte; Mike Slevert; Brad Brooks; Scott Di Valerio; Jawad Khaki Subect: Re: Vista ..... I personally got burned by the Intel 915 chipset issue on a laptop...