January 10, 2008

Couple find nearly $12K in 'cold cash'

AP - A Janesville couple are hoping they will be allowed to keep the nearly $12,000 in cash they found in their refrigerator when they moved into an apartment.Click for more →

Boy, oh boy, oh boy…

AP - A 33-year-old Czech woman managed to spend several months posing as a 13-year-old boy named "Adam," fooling teachers and child care workers in Norway, police said Thursday.Click for more →

Phone company cuts off FBI wiretap for unpaid bill

Reuters - A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a U.S. government audit released on Thursday.Click for more →

Students don't bite on food fight reward

AP - The reward for information wasn't much: 30 bucks. Then again, neither was the crime: a cafeteria food fight.Click for more →

Germans lose jobs after S&M holiday

Reuters - A man and a woman in Germany lost their jobs after pretending to be on a training course while taking an S&M sex holiday at their employer's expense.Click for more →

Barclays chief loses cash after conman gets card

Reuters - A fraudster posing as chairman of Barclays tricked his own bank's credit card arm into issuing a new card before taking cash from his account, a Barclaycard source said on Thursday.Click for more →

Shouting Macaw scares off burglar at pet store

Reuters - Watch dogs are a pretty common first line of security for U.S. homes and businesses. Watch birds not so much.Click for more →

Seoul subways add WCs after deadly bathroom break

Reuters - The Seoul subway authority will install toilets in drivers' compartments after one of its engineers plunged to his death, apparently relieving himself from a train that was in motion.Click for more →

It's almost English when dictionary does Australish

Reuters - Contemplating a New Year tattoo in that fashionable area above the buttocks? To help you along, Australians have given them a not-so-fashionable name: "arse antlers". Want a suntan as well? You could have "tanorexia".Click for more →

January 9, 2008

Mom sells rule-breaking son's car

AP - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."Click for more →