Remember last week when the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series? It was pretty awesome. Of course Philly fans celebrated the victory the only way they know how... by destroying shit. This poor guy is an example of the wrath of destruction. His car was flipped over on Broad Street and he cannot afford to repair it or purchase a new one. Donate to this guy if you were there or are just feeling generous....
"In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.
It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.
It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.
But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance ... Read more
"102 people were arrested after fans took to the streets in an impromptu protest march after a Rage Against the Machine concert in Minneapolis Wednesday night.
Before letting out the concert, fans were asked to stay peaceful and to remain above the tactics of the police but were told that they didn't have to be passive.
Thousands poured out of the Target Center and were met by dozens of police on their bikes and in riot gear but the crowd thinned to a few hundred after a relatively short time. The remainder gathered on First Avenue, stopped traffic and began to chant, "Who's streets? Our streets!"
"Kay Underwood, 20, has cataplexy, which means that almost any sort of strong emotion triggers a dramatic weakening of her muscles. Exhilaration, anger, fear, surprise, awe and even embarrassment can also cause sufferers to suddenly collapse on the spot.
Victims are often left paralysed for several minutes, although they always retain the ability to hear what is going on around them.
Kay, of Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, who was diagnosed with the condition five years ago, once collapsed more than 40 times in a single day. She said: "People find it very odd when it happens, and it isn't always easy to cope with strangers' reactions.
"Once, when I collapsed on some stairs, a woman walked past, hit me over the head and said I should have collapsed in a more convenient place."
I would have punched that bitch in the face, once the temporary paralysis wore off of course.
..."Police reports don't make a distinction between pet theft and other property theft, so there's no way to pinpoint the exact number of stolen pets each year, but anecdotally, officers say that pet theft is increasing this year.
"More people are reporting it ... and it seems to be occurring more frequently," says Lt. John Kerwick, president of the U.S. Police Canine Association, Region 7, New York, an organization of officers who work with police dogs.
In the first five months of 2008, the AKC noted three times as many dog thefts as the year before. (The organization tracked 30 from news reports and customers; the entire year before they only recorded 10.) Sometimes people steal a dog simply because it’s a cheap or easy way to acquire one, especially in a tanking economy, says Allan Reznik, editor-at-large for Dog World and a judge on the CBS TV show "Greatest American Dog."
"I’m sure the economy and hard times make people desperate and more brazen in terms of what they ... Read more
