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?
Reader Comments (Page 5 of 6)
Paula said 12:25PM on 1-15-2008
OMG Tammy-what a tirade! But guess what--since this country is not COVERED with trees, what do you think would happen if we all had wood stoves and were clamoring for wood. We dont all have trees growing in our back yards that can be cut to burn all winter. I, personally, live in the desert (and YES, there are times when we need heat too) and wood is simply not an issue. can you imagine the 5Million people in the Phoenix area all clamoring for wood? What would the cost be> ASTRONOMICAL! Gouging is going to go on no matter what. Let me make a better recommendation to you. Learn what the laws are in your state about turning off utilities in the middle of winter. In most states it is ILLEGAL. go to google and type in LIHEAP and the state that you live in. See what you will learn.
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Paula said 12:26PM on 1-15-2008
OMG Tammy-what a tirade! But guess what--since this country is not COVERED with trees, what do you think would happen if we all had wood stoves and were clamoring for wood. We dont all have trees growing in our back yards that can be cut to burn all winter. I, personally, live in the desert (and YES, there are times when we need heat too) and wood is simply not an issue. can you imagine the 5Million people in the Phoenix area all clamoring for wood? What would the cost be> ASTRONOMICAL! Gouging is going to go on no matter what. Let me make a better recommendation to you. Learn what the laws are in your state about turning off utilities in the middle of winter. In most states it is ILLEGAL. go to google and type in LIHEAP and the state that you live in. See what you will learn.
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vickie said 2:06PM on 1-15-2008
Hey Tammy, Just thought I'd throw in there that ciggarettes are $5.00 to $6.00 per pack. :)
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Zac the Hoople said 2:22PM on 1-15-2008
Actually the converters don't apply to cable and satellite. Only BROADCAST
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Ricky whitten said 2:35PM on 1-15-2008
Big Gov.= Control freaks, Naziology. Can you defecate, or do you need to be watched. Nazi World Order.
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Dan said 3:01PM on 1-15-2008
LOL....wow, I didnt even think anyone still had rabbit ears. I cant imagine having rabbit ears again. The reception must be terrible unless you have one of those antennas that are as big as the Rockefellar Center Christmas tree. I got Digital HD. Its great!
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Paula said 3:39PM on 1-15-2008
rabbit ears work JUST FINE. I get just a clear a picture as can be. No one can tell the difference. You have to know how to adjust the TV.
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WILMA said 3:42PM on 1-15-2008
ALL YOU REPS SHUT YOUR MOUTH UP , AND THANK GOD BUSH WILL BE OUT VERY SOON. YOU VOTED FOR HIM SO OF COURSE YOU WILL DEFEND HIM NOW. BUT IN REALITY YOU ARE ALL EMBARRASSED YOU VOTED FOR HIM. WHEN THE DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER THIS YR. YOU CAN ALL GO AND MOVE FAR AWAY. I ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY THIS..I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!
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Freebyrd said 4:03PM on 1-15-2008
tsdennison says:
Was this national forget to take our meds day???
LOL tsdennison! Must be! LOL.
Seriously though, Lots of people still have the older TV's and are not subscribing to the satelite dishes or the pay channels...I know I'm a glass half FULL kinda girl, but perhaps the government is just trying to protect the people who can't afford new TV's from getting ripped off and monopolized by the stores and cable companies. That's all. Why be so paranoid? Personally, I think most people in this country are all set to go with their TV's already. If we don't have the old rabbit ear TV's, and we have a TV that was purchased in the last 5 years as well as pay channels and the like, are we all set to go? Do we still need to buy a converter box? Just wondering...
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JustOneBrat said 4:36PM on 1-15-2008
The government uses the media to their advantage.This is the only way they can broadcast to us what they want us to believe.Without the media they wouldn't get as far as they have become.The media is like a vehicle to the government.This is much bigger than you could ever imagine.
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Paula said 4:36PM on 1-15-2008
freebyrd--the way I understand it, you need a converter box if you dont have and hdtv and you dont have cable/sat. what the box does is make it so that your tv can read the digital signal. some geek out there please correct me if I am wrong. As for me, I am certainly not going to go out and purchase all new tvs and I dont pay the cable game, so I would need a converter box but the only way I will have one is if someone wants to give me one. I refuse to pay for it. Cant justify it as an expense.
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JustOneBrat said 4:59PM on 1-15-2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/washington/15cnd-scotus.html?ex=1358139600&en=1ec5f0e4456a15b6&ei=5118&partner=rssaol&emc=rss
I thought this to be a little bit interesting as well.
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Ron said 5:52PM on 1-15-2008
Elaine WTG ^5^5^5^5---high 5's lol For Telling big mouth Daphne whats what,with a name like Daphne should tell it all,probably a brit.
Ron
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robojerk said 6:55PM on 1-15-2008
This is a perfect example of what happens
when you let the governmant, on ANY level,
take complete control of a program.
DO YOU STILL WANT A GOVERNMENT
CONTROLED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. ?? If they
get a hold of that, god help us all.!!
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Rick Helms said 8:36PM on 1-15-2008
flemke said:
"So far, the current congress is worse than the one before that was a Republican majority."
Actually, Congress (meaning the House of Representatives) has done an outstanding job.
The real problem is in the Senate, which is split right down the middle, 50/50, between the Democrats and Republicans. Because it takes a 60% vote to invoke cloture and call a bill for a vote, the Republicans have essentially had the power as a bloc to veto any bill they don't like.
The House has enacted a great many bills, almost all of them beneficial, but they have died in the Senate due to Republican recalcitrance (look it up).
Only after Democrats reach 60% or more in the Senate will you see the benefits of a Democratic Congress - and, believe me, it will be tons better than what we had to put up with when the Republicans were in power.
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Jossy said 10:12PM on 1-15-2008
oh heck, if your house (roof) can see the southern sky, you can get direct tv. circuit city has it, costco has it, and many other places do too so it's easy to buy. plus, you can call 'em on their 1-800 number and order it there. this is satellite tv so all you need is one of their small dish antenna contraptions stuck on your roof or in your yard. cable doesn't come where we live yet but we've had direct tv for about 10 years now. cable is always sick, overpriced, and what you do get ain't worth the monthly money fee paid. we have one direct tv dish antenna on the roof and two receivers in the house...one for each tv. you can get the simple plan with direct tv that costs about $30 a month or you can add other viewing packages to it for more money each month. we have the local abc, nbc, cbs, fox, etc. package, movie channel package, disney and other general g-rated package, etc. and it costs about $113 a month. we don't get the sports package for football, basketball, hockey, etc. because many games are shown on the local stations or on some of the other package stations that we have. you can even get the porno stations if you're a sicko. we're not sicko's so no, we don't have it. have no kids (only furry ones, 24 horses, cats, and dogs...was 25 up until yesterday, one of the very old kennel dog's died sometime in the afternoon)but i like cartoons so this is why we have that package. now, we just upgraded the system in the living room in the last week. old direct tv receiver doesn't get high-def, this new one does. we still have an old regular bubble screen (convex) Toshiba 35-in. tv and even though it still works great, my hubby keeps telling me i should have a new 60-in. high-def LCD flat skinny tv or plasma tv and give the Toshiba to GoodWill, whoever charity. this is because i have a $3,000 Infocus Projector that hangs from the ceiling in that room and a very big roll down/roll up Gray Wolf screen. yep, the Infocus shows in high-def (DVD's or tv)so i just got around to buying a Toshiba high-def DVD Player. up until then, i have another DVD player that plays VHS movies and DVD's...but i never used it much. this is because i have a Bose Home Theater Sound System that also plays DVD movies, not high-def however. it's so hard to keep up on this crap, it keeps evolving so fast. sooo, now to be able to hear the sound in a high-def DVD movie, i had to get a new Bose Home Theater Sound System that can be hooked up to the Toshiba high-def DVD player and tv. are you able to follow all this? confusing, huh? the older Bose System cost $1,300 and this new high-def one cost $2,500. the old system could play DVD's, the new one doesn't. strange how it costs more but it's because it does high-def sound for high-def DVD's or high-def tv. oh yeah, we have to pay $5.00 more each month to get the high-def package from direct tv now too. can you hear all the money falling out of our pockets here? makes ya wanna cry, huh? i think i have it all straight now even though it sounds like i created a snake's nest. took out old regular $99.00 direct tv monitor, got new high-def one for $99.00, took out old $1,300 Bose Theater Sound System and put in new $2,500 Bose Theater Sound System, and put in new $300 Toshiba high-def DVD Player. Old and yet like new regular Toshiba DVD Player will be given to GoodWill when we haul the old big Toshiba TV there. the Infocus was replaced about a year ago...i had the $1,500 one and when they came out with the one that's high-def, i took it back, got a refund, stuck $1,500 more into the salesman's hands, and got the $3,000 one. to get the system fully operating now as it should with all things being high-def, i only need a new high-def tv. sony isn't making other than high-def LCD tv's now so rear projection high-def is already outdated. all manufacturer's will follow Sony so don't buy a projection high-
def if you haven't yet, it's a waste of money and you'll be sorry. prices have come down a lot on the 50-inch and larger high-def LCD tv's so it looks like we'll have to fork out about $3,500 to $4,500 for a 60-inch one if we bought right now. yes, this hurts!! due to not wanting it hung from a wall, i also have to get a long short to the floor tv table to set the big flat tv on...and it has to have glass doors to keep dust off of the covered shelves with the Direct Tv Receiver, Bose Receiver, and Toshiba high-def DVD Player on. did i forget anybody for the shelves? the table will cost around $400 and up depending on what's available that doesn't look like the legs will break off once the big tv is set on it. i'm really glad we did this step by step instead of having to fork all that money out at one time but it still is a sin at what these stupid things sell for nowadays. i'm going to wait another 6 months or so before we get the big 60-inch tv...it might drop a few hundred bucks in price by then. the old Bose Theater Sound System will not be given away...it is just moving to the LazyBoy room where the other tv is and it'll be hooked up to that and to a stereo system in that room also. the tv in there is a 27-in. flat screen Sony, just plain, not high-def. it works great for sports games and if not, the Infocus can be turned on in the livingroom and the game can be seen on the huge pull down screen. a LCD or plasma high-def tv the size that this screen is would cost well over $60,000. all in all, i think if you want really big screen, get the Infocus Projector System, everything is super sized. anyway, i hope this helped anyone that's wondering what they have to do to upgrade their tv viewing experiences...but you can do it much cheaper than we did. stores now sell high-def LCD tv's in the 32-in. size for under $400 now, you don't need an expensive Bose Sound System, you can buy a Sony, Panasonic, or other good name company system for just a few hundred bucks. high-def DVD Players usually go for around $350 and up but they go on sale all the time, this is how i got my Toshbia for three hundred bucks. i know that many have the old tv's like my big Toshiba is but they're about ready to die anyday now so i think it's dumb to buy a converter box even with a $40 discount. toss that $40 into a pile of a few more twenty dollar bills and hit Circuit City, Best Buys, Costco, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, etc. i bet you can get a high-def LCD tv in like 27-inches for a bit over $200.00. then get direct tv and get the cheapest package first, add on as money permits, and if you really need to see in high-def, then pay them $5.00 more a month for it. personally, i think high-def stinks and so does wide-screen...people don't even look human to me...they all look like they're made out of wax. funniest thing of all is that we don't watch tv all that much, mostly news and a few movies. only own two high-def DVD movies due to them coming free with the DVD Player. Gave hundreds of VHS movies to GoodWill near Xmas, have kept the collection of regular DVD's that we have, and i really don't know if i'm going to buy many new high-def DVD's. direct-tv has so many movies on their stations that i can easily wait until they show the most recent box office hits, they always do a few months after they hit the theaters. well, good luck in your future tv viewing!! don't go nuts trying to figure out what to do because within a year, what you have will be outdated again.
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Jossy said 10:28PM on 1-15-2008
HEY PEOPLE, IF YOU HAVE A SET THAT NEEDS THE COMNVERTER BOX TO READ THE DIGITAL SIGNALS AND YOU DON'T BUY THE CONVERTER BOX...GUESS WHAT? YOUR TV WON'T PICK UP ZILCH ANYMORE. GOT IT? YOU'LL HAVE NOTHING BUT SNOW (FUZZ) ON THE SCREEN FOREVERMORE. AMEN. AND PLEASE STOP WITH THE KNOCKS ABOUT CONGRESS...THE DEMOCRAP'S OWN THE SHOW NOW, THE REPUBLICANS DON'T...SO IT'S YOUR BELOVED DEMOCRAP'S THAT ARE SCREWING YOU NOW. GOT IT? YOU WANTED IT SO NOW BE HAPPY WITH THE POO-POO THEY'RE DISHIN' OUT. I WANT A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT AMERICA WILL NOT FALL BY THE WAYSIDE AND DIE.
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paula brill said 8:28AM on 1-16-2008
Jeez jossy, sounds like you've got more money than sense. Why would you be willing to spend that kind of money on stupid Tv? That kind of "logic" eludes me
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Marian said 12:47PM on 1-16-2008
"After all, if you can’t afford to spend your own money on a converter then how in the world do you manage to pay your cable/satellite bill each month much less own a television to begin with!"
Who are you to judge others? Some people live on fixed incomes and budget their money to the last penny and have a hard time coming up with any "extras". Then to wonder how a person who can't pay for the box can even have the money to own a TV is just ridiculous! Good for you that you have money! Not everyone is as fortunate. Quit looking down your nose at people who are less fortunate than you! I hope you never become disabled and have to wonder, "do I eat this month, or take my meds?" It doesn't mean we don't budget our money. I became disabled at an early age. I can afford to get the box, but it will be difficult. GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE!!!
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Pamela said 5:24PM on 1-16-2008
The solution: quit watching television. My family has been refusing to pay for cable or satellite television for years, just watching a couple of broadcast shows a week and DVDs if there's nothing on and we just want to veg. I'm not about to pay for something I've been getting for free, especially when there's not that much out there that's good. It's not a question of being cheap, it's about spending my money wisely. I'd rather buy books and save for college for my daughter than spend my money on something that really doesn't matter anyway.
Unfortunately, most people don't agree with that, and do see television as a necessity of life--if you've ever seen a picture of a third-world village, you'll notice all the television antennae on top of all the shacks. It's sad to me that people will pay for cable, satellite, boxes, and new TVs rather than just giving up television and spending their money on food and clothing for their children. I'm disgusted that our tax dollars are facilitating this.
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