Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
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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?
A man in Berkeley, California was struck and killed yesterday while crossing the train tracks on foot. Witnesses say that he was distracted by talking on his cell phone, resulting in the accident. The man stood by the side of two sets of the tracks waiting for one train to cross, then immediately stepped out onto the tracks and was struck by a second train passing in the opposite direction.
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Hope said 8:54PM on 11-19-2007
Stupid is as stupid does. What in the world can be so important that dimwits, nitwits, dummb ass, nincompoop moron Americans cannot put the stupid cell phone down while driving or crossing the railroad tracks on foot or in the car ?????? Americans - get a life without the stupid cell phones. A life is a terrible thing to lose because of a stupid, stupid, phone call. A life you save might just be yours !!!!
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Simzeeee said 6:09AM on 11-20-2007
I thought it was a cell phone growing on peoples heads.
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Chris said 2:08PM on 11-20-2007
Darwinism at its finest.
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Tammy said 2:11PM on 11-20-2007
Well this isn't the first death from talking on the cell phone, and it won't be the last. EACH and every time someone almost hits me while driving, you guessed it...THEY ARE ON THE CELL PHONE. lol So this does not surprise me... Talk away people, talk away. Dumm dumm need summ gumm gumm?
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Nilla said 2:13PM on 11-20-2007
It was not the only the cell phones fault. First of all there should be a blocking at every train crossing, to make sure no one is able to even set foot that close to the train!!! And that's that! People should not be able to accidentally walk on the tracks. Where are the guarding rails when you need them?
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Vivi said 2:22PM on 11-20-2007
No one has a right to call we Americans, nitwits, dumb-asses or any other nasty name. If you don't like my America, go back to wherever you came from.
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Vahn said 2:26PM on 11-20-2007
Wonder if the person on the other end thought it was a dropped call.Dumbass people.Oh,I'm gonna talk while crossing the train tracks,then talk while taking a dump, then I will call you while I have sex.
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Tory said 2:40PM on 11-20-2007
Hope, I am sure everyone in your country is so much smarter, I mean you proved it by your ignorant narrow mind. Then we have Nilla, do you live in bubble? I don't want to because we have people that can't walk and chew gum at the same time. I am smart enough not to try and cross the train tracks while a train is coming. Neither of these talking while walking incidents should have happened, but neither of them had to do with the phone. The people were just not very smart, they probably grew up in the bubble that Nilla lives in. Kept them safe until that fateful day when they decided to cross the train tracks!
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Susan said 2:42PM on 11-20-2007
A note to Vivi (one of the participants in this discussion): The word "dumba__" is filthy and unnecessary. Before you tell people to go back where they came from, perhaps you should first go to charm school. (Respectfully submitted without name-calling or filthy language, but an instruction in just plain decency instead . . . .)
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testtube2005 said 2:44PM on 11-20-2007
whoever invented the cell phone should have it stuck up their ass and they should ban the damn thing
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CoCo699 said 2:57PM on 11-20-2007
Susan~
I can appreciate what you are saying, but if you notice, ViVi was simply quoting another post.
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Jay said 3:04PM on 11-20-2007
yes, many people here in the states are very stupid, but what can you expect from the education system we have here? and i am not from somewhere else, from here and can speak to my own opinion as i see fit. that of course is whats called "Free speach" supposedly what we are fighting for in Iraq and Afganistan?? or is that just excuse number #20 as to why they invaded another country who had nothing to do with 9/11?
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jeff said 3:06PM on 11-20-2007
Ok guys...The train killed this idiot not the cell phone. If you aren't smart enough when walking railroad tracks to be cautious
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dradney said 3:09PM on 11-20-2007
The most important thing in cases like this is to STOP telling people that the cell phone caused the accident. Put the blame where it belongs.
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tanya said 3:12PM on 11-20-2007
Gee, I guess that when people say they are paying more attention when they are using their cell phones theory, this just put that myth to rest. YOU CAN'T DO IT!!!!!!!
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J. Washington said 3:14PM on 11-20-2007
can we say thining the herd?
is your conversation that important that you can't put the celly down when crossing RR tracks?
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M. said 3:15PM on 11-20-2007
Well go back to whatever country you come from then Hope. And if your American then God bless us all that people like you look down on your own country but seem to hide everyday under the protection and freedom your country provides. Sick.
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Steph said 3:17PM on 11-20-2007
Why not place the responsibility where it lies? It is too dangerous to be crossing RR tracks on foot. However, if you have to, at least have enough common sense to pay attention to what is going on around you. Cell phones are "things" they do not control a person or make a person step into a dangerous situation. The person is responsible for his/her own actions.
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bill pulk said 3:23PM on 11-20-2007
IT GETS SORT OF MESSY, BUT A SURE WAY TO THIN OUT THE NIT WITS WHO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO THEMSELVES. NO PITY HERE.
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Michael Wright said 3:27PM on 11-20-2007
I hate the cell phone nuisance in libraries. I live in Norman, Oklahoma. The administrators of the University of Oklahoma library have tolerated the cell phone nuisance for years. They also tolerate people eating food in the library. This is a reprehensible outrage. Crumbs attract insects which attack books. The Norman library administration is guilty of the same irresponsibility.
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