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 1 of 1)
zephead said 7:22PM on 7-24-2008
Fail.
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kim said 6:48AM on 7-25-2008
OH GREAT, I WASS WONDERING WHAT WASS IN THE NEWSS THISS MORNING. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TOMORROWSS TOP STORY ISS!
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jbjg24m said 7:35AM on 7-25-2008
wtf? who cares??
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Keith J. Mohrhoff said 8:25AM on 7-25-2008
When my father became a police officer in Jersey City, they issued all the new officers their I.D. cards. At the top they read, "Jersey City Police Depratment". When these new officers questioned this, rather than admit there had been a mistake made their superiors said, "That's how we'll know it's an 'official' police identification card."!!!
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heather said 1:46PM on 7-25-2008
lmao
Tigerlily said 8:31AM on 7-25-2008
What a waste of time that was. Who cares? Typos happen. I guess there's nothing happening out there since we have this as a headline. Stupid.
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crys said 8:42AM on 7-25-2008
I hate when typos like that happen. Yes, it should've been caught. Editing a newsletter, there are just times things slip past you. Sometimes a person might look at a newsletter or newspaper so much that they see it as correct, even when it isn't. One typo we had once on our newsletter nbody caught for months. Right on the front page, we had our phone number typoed. Duhhhh
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pschei6821 said 10:19AM on 7-25-2008
Given that the Telegraph is reporting this, it's amazing they didn't mention the Guardian newspaper, perpetually famous for spelling mistakes (including its own name) and colloquially known as The Grauniad!
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Keith J. Mohrhoff said 10:29AM on 7-25-2008
Having worked in the computer graphics field myself, I am surprised that 'Valley News' is typed text (that could potentially be mispelled.
Since the name on a newspaper always appears in the same space on the same page, it should have been a graphic element--not a text one.
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Keith J. Mohrhoff said 10:32AM on 7-25-2008
And leave off the last 'S'--for savings!--LOL!!
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John said 11:49AM on 7-25-2008
If they had listed their paper on TypoBounty.com, I could have told them about that error and made $2.50 for it. They wouldn't have been embarrassed and I would be $2.50 richer. They probably have a lot more errors and I could have made the money. Crap Ha Ha
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John3M said 11:52AM on 7-25-2008
If they had listed their paper on TypoBounty.com, I could have told
them about that error and made $2.50 for it. They wouldn't have been
embarrassed and I would be $2.50 richer. They probably have a lot
more errors and I could have made the money. Crap Ha Ha
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Ed said 12:29PM on 7-25-2008
It's not as bad as Missouri's new license plate with the wrong spelling for "Show-Me State". No one caught the missing hyphen until production started. So until the next redesign, all our vehicles will show how dumb the Governor was for agreeing to keep it incorrect.
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XSemper Idem5 said 12:46PM on 7-25-2008
Spell check anyone?
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bgatlake said 12:49PM on 7-25-2008
Proof of our poor quality education and ability to proof-read. Have you heard poor grammar on TV from people and among news media?
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Will said 2:44PM on 7-25-2008
No, but I have from your comment.
mjmelrose said 1:32PM on 7-25-2008
Nobody proofreads anything at newpapers anymore -- all they do is run "spellcheck" and apparently not on headers. Articles, captions and ads are rife with spelling and grammatical/syntax errors. The keepers of our literacy are asleep at the switch and have been since they began using Word Processors.
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Jiggy said 1:57PM on 7-25-2008
As Trump would say-- YOUR FIRED !
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Cindy Dyer said 2:37PM on 7-25-2008
What's odd is, why should the nameplate change AT ALL from issue to issue? When I set up a header on a newsletter or magazine, it will NEVER get changed. Pretty bad editing, considering the point size is 70+ or more!
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Big Ang said 12:15PM on 7-26-2008
You know, perhaps it was a way to sell more papers?
"Hey, look at this, it's spelled incorrectly! Let's all buy one for keeps!"
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