Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
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Bernard I. Turnoy said 11:39PM on 10-06-2007
Those are interesting photographs of the Korean Air configuration of the A380 that have been posted; of course, looking at the 1st class and business class seating, I couldn't help but think of the aging MD80's and 757's of American Airlines that I've recently flown in. In the past year I've flown from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; from Chicago to New York's LaGuardia, from Chicago to San Juan, et al. Even seated in the 'best' class of service of those aircraft, they are - quite simply, thoroughly antiquated. The quality of the 'complimentary' ear phones on those flights was such that they actually hurt one's ears. There were no seatback video displays, no wifi and the lavatory facilities up front were being used by those seated aft.
While it's one thing to have to take an aged MD80 for a couple of hours to New York, it's quite another for flights in excess of four hours. On longer routes - where competition abounds, such as the trans-Atlantic and/or trans-Pacific routes, the offerings are many and the ammenities correspondingly provided. Nevertheless, it appears that air-travel is quickly going the way of most services, such being a two tier approach. They'll pack the average flying public into steerage, charge fees for all services formerly provided as a courtesy and those who can/choose to anti-up can either fly business/1st class only flights, or continue to pay absurdly high ticket prices for the front rows on legacy carriers. What I don't comprehend is why American taxpayers are paying for the expansion of our airports and infrastructure to accommodate the A380? After all, those footing those bills aren't likely to ever see any direct benefit from facilitating the European's venture into North America - a venture that competes directly with our home grown Boeing.
It's my understanding that United Airlines hasn't ordered any new aircraft {with their fleet aging faster than any of the other legacy carriers} and, even if they were to do so now, the backlogs at Boeing for their 787's would put United well into the 2015 time frame before they could begin to take delivery. Despite living in realtively close proximity to Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the lock that American and/or United have on this key North American hub is in the area of 80%. This hardly makes for competition in one of the world's major aviation markets.
Perhaps when the business class only start-ups expand into Chicago {whether it be at Midway, Milwaukee's Mitchell Field, Palwuakee in Wheeling, or elsewhere, the legacy carriers will have to produce a product corresponding with their price points. In the meantime, those of us in Chicago not flying on private aircraft will have to continue to pay for the expansion of O'Hare, to deal with the regional traffic issues, to pay the price for the lack of competition and to have to endure travel on antiquated aircraft.
Frankly, I think it's high time we expended our tax dollars into a naitonal grid of high speed rail service. Now, there's something to think about.
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G.L. said 8:06PM on 2-04-2008
When you look at the black and white films of the Wright brothers making their first attempts at flight,it is absolutely stunning that humans have evolved this far.
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Philip Richards said 10:02PM on 2-04-2008
The way the US airlines are operated, the poor customers have no recourse whatsoever. If you make a stink at ther ticket counter with a legitimate complaint, you will very quickly find yourself being arrested, or escorted out of the terminal. This is wrong, the customer should be entitled to more courteous consideration.
AND, none of the airlines seem to know how to stay in the 'black' instead of the 'red'!
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carriebnarry said 11:27AM on 2-05-2008
It appears to be dripping in feminity with pastel colors. People under 5'6" will find it comfortable .
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David T. Condra said 4:39PM on 3-27-2008
Now if Korean Air can just stop crashing jets. Over a period of almost a decade spanning the 1990s they had one major aircraft loss per year resulting in hundreds of death. Yes, American airlines are the most comfortable (even Continental has a ways to go) but at least they don't crash into mountain sides in Guam or run off the runways in Soeul - be careful what you wish for...
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