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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mitchel eisenstein said 5:36PM on 8-08-2008
this is a fantastic invention. just think, a passive pollution filtration device. what we really need though is a passive filtration device that filters out greenhouse gasses. we have ten years until the irreversible tipping point for this planet. you need to know that. get off of your asses and get with the program. otherwise the greenland glaciers will melt and the planet will heat up to the point where there is going to catastrophic sea level rise with accompanying world war. this means that 3.5 billion people will be on the move.
the entire penninsula of florida, only averaging 3 feet above sea level, will be completely submerged. thats almost 4% of the entire land mass of the united states right there. all of the coastal wetlands will be destroyed along with their irreplaceable fish hatchery functions. no wetlands mean no fish. that means starvation for you and me. you need to know that the consequence of destroying the environment means certain death for your family. half of everyone you know, at the very least, will die either by murder or starvation. you will kill your own children, friends and neighbors for a bite to eat. and you will cry out why, why did this happen. and there will be silence. you murderers of life, you will be answered by silence.
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Juan twan said 7:52PM on 8-12-2008
Nitrates may be fine for the air, but they are bad in the water. Surely this is not an oversight, but just not clarified in the report. Some engineer is probably to blame for dumbing it down for us. P.S. Mitch, I eat beef and the majority of fish don't spawn in the wetlands.
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