Saturday, January 1, 2011
January is ...
National Hot Tea Month
Oatmeal Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
Apple and Apricots Month
Artichoke and Asparagus Month
Soup Month
as well as
Skating Month
and
Book Blitz Month
More and More Farmers' Markets Set to Go Year Round
Photo: Natalie Maynor
More and more of us have committed to hitting the farmers' market each and every week to pick up produce, dairy, bread, meats, etc. But once the farmers' market ends for the year, then what? Do we switch back over to the grocery store and settle for perfectly round albeit tasteless produce? Not so fast. It seems farmers' markets across the country are going year round.Article continues: More and More Farmers' Markets Set to Go Year Round
What eases a hangover
Nothing can cure a hangover, but some things will help reduce the effects.
Also: 
Bad Cops
South Carolina deputies caught "clubbing on the clock"
Pennsylvania police chief, officers named in lawsuit stemming from pub brawl
Fired Georgia deputy is arrested for impersonating an officer
Wisconsin businessman sues over police harassment
Nebraska cop is charged with three counts of intimidation by phone and three counts of disturbing the peace
One of Chicago’s torture cops awaits his sentence
Bank of America screws up ... again
They're not throwing out the ashes of a deceased husband this time, but they were trying to foreclose on a couple on Christmas Eve. Even worse, the couple never missed a payment!
Disgraceful, but that's Bank of America.
Disgraceful, but that's Bank of America.
“In one of the more bizarre foreclosure cases, Bank of America is threatening to throw a West Hartford family out of their home even though the couple never missed a mortgage payment.
The largest bank in the United States earlier this month notified Shock Baitch and his wife Lisa (Friedman) Baitch that foreclosure action will start today – Christmas eve – unless the couple agrees to put their home up for a forced sale.
Why? Because another unit of Bank of America erroneously reported to credit agencies that the family was seeking a loan modification, ruining their credit rating and as the result putting their mortgage into default.
Odds and Sods
Clairvoyants and astrologers can legally practice in Romania on Saturday after fortune-telling was officially recognized by the government as a profession.
In Japan, some people live with the feeling that their facial expression is offending all those who see it.
In Japan, some people live with the feeling that their facial expression is offending all those who see it.
Seven career comebacks
After being laid off, Patti Schuler turned cake baking into a thriving business.
Also: Get out of debt in 2011
A "financial accountability partner" can be a great way to rein in spending.
Also: Double your savings rate
Printing out your monthly credit card and bank statements is among experts' top tips for meeting financial goals.
Also: Put your tax holiday to work
The biggest present that many people will get this year comes from the federal government.
Also: Solve 6 common money blunders
Many people are essentially leaving free money on the table by not being smart with their 401(k)s.
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Croatian daily runs only good news for a day
A huge smiley face is on the front page, and politics and crime are banished. The leading daily in Croatia is publishing only good news for a day.Man steals GameBoy out of dead teen's casket
A 17-year-old's life is snuffed out, and that's a tragedy. Someone steals a GameBoy and cartridges from that 17-year-old's casket: that's just low.
State police are trying to find a Pennsylvania man who they say stole a handheld video game system and accessories from the casket of a teen who had been killed in an SUV crash on Christmas Day.
Update: They found him.
A 37-year-old man has been charged with desecrating the casket of an 11th-grader by reaching in and stealing two handheld video systems and three games.
Jody Lynn Bennett of Mentcle was arrested and jailed Wednesday.
State police in Indiana said Bennett stole the goods about 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Rairigh Funeral Home. Viewing for Bradley D. McCombs Jr. of Clymer had been scheduled to conclude at 9.
McCombs died Christmas morning in Cherryhill Township when he lost control of the SUV he was driving on a snowy road and struck a utility pole.
The boy’s uncle, Robert McCombs Jr., approached Bennett after Bennett got in his vehicle and was about to drive away.
He asked Bennett about a missing Game Boy.
“The defendant told the uncle that he did not have the Game Boy,” according to the affidavit of probable cause.
“The uncle then told the defendant that he could see the Game Boy inside the vehicle. The defendant then produced the Game Boy and returned it to the uncle.”
As that video system was being returned to the casket, family members noticed that a Game Boy Light and three games were missing.
Upon returning home, the boy’s father, Bradley D. McCombs, called Bennett on the phone but Bennett told him not to call again.
Neither Bradley nor Robert McCombs returned a call for comment Wednesday.
The value of the stolen goods was placed at $46.90.
Bennett faces misdemeanor counts of desecration, theft or sale of venerated objects; abuse of a corpse; institutional vandalism; theft; receiving stolen property; disorderly conduct and harassment.
A criminal records check indicates Bennett has a history of drinking and drug offenses dating to 2000.
Dianna Bennett said her nephew has caused embarrassment to the family.
Her family is close friends with the parents of the deceased 17-year-old.
Jody Bennett “has been into drugs, he’s into alcohol,” she told The Associated Press.
“He’s just messed up.”
He was being held in the Indiana County Jail in lieu of $15,000 straight cash bail set by District Judge Susanne Steffee of Homer City.
Bradley McCombs Jr. – who also was known by the nicknames “Boog” and “Ham” – was remembered as a football player and a member of Future Farmers of America. His hobbies included playing video games, collecting mythical creatures, drawing and hunting.
Update: They found him.
A 37-year-old man has been charged with desecrating the casket of an 11th-grader by reaching in and stealing two handheld video systems and three games.
Jody Lynn Bennett of Mentcle was arrested and jailed Wednesday.
State police in Indiana said Bennett stole the goods about 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Rairigh Funeral Home. Viewing for Bradley D. McCombs Jr. of Clymer had been scheduled to conclude at 9.
McCombs died Christmas morning in Cherryhill Township when he lost control of the SUV he was driving on a snowy road and struck a utility pole.
The boy’s uncle, Robert McCombs Jr., approached Bennett after Bennett got in his vehicle and was about to drive away.
He asked Bennett about a missing Game Boy.
“The defendant told the uncle that he did not have the Game Boy,” according to the affidavit of probable cause.
“The uncle then told the defendant that he could see the Game Boy inside the vehicle. The defendant then produced the Game Boy and returned it to the uncle.”
As that video system was being returned to the casket, family members noticed that a Game Boy Light and three games were missing.
Upon returning home, the boy’s father, Bradley D. McCombs, called Bennett on the phone but Bennett told him not to call again.
Neither Bradley nor Robert McCombs returned a call for comment Wednesday.
The value of the stolen goods was placed at $46.90.
Bennett faces misdemeanor counts of desecration, theft or sale of venerated objects; abuse of a corpse; institutional vandalism; theft; receiving stolen property; disorderly conduct and harassment.
A criminal records check indicates Bennett has a history of drinking and drug offenses dating to 2000.
Dianna Bennett said her nephew has caused embarrassment to the family.
Her family is close friends with the parents of the deceased 17-year-old.
Jody Bennett “has been into drugs, he’s into alcohol,” she told The Associated Press.
“He’s just messed up.”
He was being held in the Indiana County Jail in lieu of $15,000 straight cash bail set by District Judge Susanne Steffee of Homer City.
Bradley McCombs Jr. – who also was known by the nicknames “Boog” and “Ham” – was remembered as a football player and a member of Future Farmers of America. His hobbies included playing video games, collecting mythical creatures, drawing and hunting.
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