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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A rude surprise after foreclosure
A rude surprise after foreclosure
Even after giving up their homes, many discover that they're still on the hook with the bank.
Negotiate a lower price on almost anything
Negotiate a lower price on almost anything
Learn how to pay less for appliances, clothes, and more with these seven price-reducing tips.
Art auction smashes world record
Art auction smashes world record
A life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti is the most expensive work of art sold at auction.
Tax tricks you might not know
Tax tricks you might not know
It's risky to rely only on your tax return from the previous year, one expert says.
Places where incomes and jobs are up
Places where incomes and jobs are up
Ambitious professionals might do better in these five locations than Wall Street or Silicon Valley.
Space rock triggers legal tug of war
Space rock triggers legal tug of war
When a meteorite struck their office, two doctors sent it to the Smithsonian right away.
Flower that's a shocking food fad
Flower that's a shocking food fad
Restaurants are using a mouth-numbing plant to add snap to sauces and fizz to drinks.
The Pentagon's biggest budget buster
The Pentagon's biggest budget buster
Building the superadvanced F-35 fighter jet was supposed to be affordable and drama-free.
Webcam saves man who was lost on ice
Webcam saves man who was lost on ice
A woman admiring the sunset on her computer helps police rescue a stranded tourist hundreds of miles away.
Careers you can start at any age
5 careers you can start at any age
These booming job fields offer great pay, and you can train for them without leaving home.
Baby in robbery getaway car
From the "Moms who really care" Department:
Federal officials said that a woman robbed a Dallas bank with her 4-month-old premature baby in the getaway car.
Man's castle won't be his home
A man's home is his castle a ' but not if British authorities say it has to be destroyed.
ROBERT Fidler, of Salfords, Surrey, England must demolish his home.Full Story
Man's secret castle ordered destroyed
A British court says that a farmer's clandestine castle has to come down.
Meet Po the Snake: He's Addicted to Cigarettes
From Treehugger:
With habitat loss and climate change threatening ecosystems across the world, animals have enough to worry about, but now it seems some are picking up on our unhealthier habits as well. Sure, we've seen alcoholic monkeys tipping back a few on St. Kitts, and that's bad enough--but they do have hands, after all. That can't be said for Po the snake, who's picked up a nasty habit of his own. Po can't start off his day without his morning cigarette--that is, according to his owner, who smokes a pack a day herself. Does this count as animal cruelty?
Po's owner, Sho Lau of Taiwan, said the 3-year-old snake discovered the habit on his own with no coercion--perhaps thinking that it would make him seem 'cool'.
He is very tame and one day when I threw a cigarette butt away he went for it and seemed to enjoy having it in his mouth. One thing led to another and before long he was having one cigarette in the morning and another at night.
According to the report from Metro, Po is grumpy if he doesn't have the chance to light up at least a couple of times a day. Lau added that the snake "gets very agitated if I don't have [a cigarette] to spare."
If not animal cruelty, it's at least a pretty clear case of enabling--and we should hope that Po's owner doesn't have any other nasty addictions to pass on to the reptile. Because if there's one thing the world could do without, it would be junkie snakes.
Then again, there's the possibility that Sho Lau may be playing a bit of a prank on the media, and that Po may actually be a non-smoker. This should be our hope, since after all, everybody knows that yellow fangs are quite unflattering on a snake.
Science News
From BBC-Science:
 | | BBC News has a rare "up close and personal" look at one of the planet's oldest and oddest creatures, the giant salamander. |
Meet the giant amphibian | Astronomers have used a new ground-based technique to study the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System. | | The US space agency (Nasa) has extended the Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn once again. |
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools today are:
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (retard-Minnesota) suggests that critics of health care reform will be put on a "list" and denied treatment.
Only you Michele, only you.
Syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro is "not suggesting Obama is a Nazi," but he "embodies all the personal characteristics of a fascist leader".
True, he's not 'suggesting' anything, he's outright saying it.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (retard-Minnesota) suggests that critics of health care reform will be put on a "list" and denied treatment.
Only you Michele, only you.
Syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro is "not suggesting Obama is a Nazi," but he "embodies all the personal characteristics of a fascist leader".
True, he's not 'suggesting' anything, he's outright saying it.
Cop News
In Cop News
West Virginia deputy still working while under investigation in $300,000 theft
Illinois man claims police choked him until unconscious
Connecticut officils won't say why assistant police chief was relieved of his duties
Georgia man who was Tasered and beaten by police dies after life support ended
Ohio cop gets probation for using his position to break the law
Florida cop gets 364 day sentence for on-duty theft captured on video
Tennessee deputy fired after DUI arrest was found vomiting on himself, combative; placed in 'K-9 cage'
West Virginia deputy still working while under investigation in $300,000 theft
Illinois man claims police choked him until unconscious
Connecticut officils won't say why assistant police chief was relieved of his duties
Georgia man who was Tasered and beaten by police dies after life support ended
Ohio cop gets probation for using his position to break the law
Florida cop gets 364 day sentence for on-duty theft captured on video
Tennessee deputy fired after DUI arrest was found vomiting on himself, combative; placed in 'K-9 cage'
Movie Gallery Files for Bankruptcy Court Protection for the Second Time
Movie Gallery Inc., the second- largest North American video-rental chain, filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time since 2007.The owner of the Hollywood Video chain exited its first bankruptcy in 2008 as Netflix Inc., which rents movies by mail, and Coinstar Inc., operator of Redbox movie-rental kiosks, continued to lure customers away from traditional stores.
Movie Gallery, based in Wilsonville, Oregon, first sought protection in October 2007 following two years of losses in the face of increased competition from Blockbuster Inc., the world’s biggest movie-rental chain, and Netflix.
Movie Gallery listed assets of $892 million and debt of $1.4 billion in its 2007 Chapter 11 petition. In April 2008, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Douglas Tice Jr. in Richmond, Virginia, approved a recovery plan that gave holders of its senior notes 22.1 percent of their claims. The new filing was also in Virginia.
During the previous reorganization process, the company cut 1,000 stores, mostly through lease rejection and saving more than $130 million in rent. The chain also amended agreements with major film studios and cut its debt, giving the company more liquidity when it previously exited bankruptcy.
Under the confirmed plan, $325 million of 11 percent senior notes, including about $174 million held by Sopris Capital Advisors LLC, and $72 million in second-lien debt was converted into equity in the reorganized company.
Unsecured creditors of Movie Gallery were to receive 6 percent of their claims, while unsecured creditors and holders of senior subordinated notes of the company’s Hollywood Entertainment unit were to get a 12.5 percent recovery.
The new case is In re Movie Gallery Inc., 10-30696, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
It's Time to Impeach Some U.S. Supreme Court Justices
The legal reality is that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both nominated by the shrub, also both testified on tape and under oath, saying that the role of the Supreme Court is a limited role.
They both had agreed, (still under oath), that the court has to do what it does, while being equally careful about not stepping over its boundaries´ and by not invading the authority of the US Congress.
They both had agreed, (still under oath), that the court has to do what it does, while being equally careful about not stepping over its boundaries´ and by not invading the authority of the US Congress.
By not following their own rules of not over turning their own precedents and by invading the authority of elected officials in the US Congress, these justices have now lied while under oath.
Based on their own rules, all of the majority that voted for this decision are "legally eligible to be impeached and removed from their lifetime appointments to the highest court in the land".
Full StoryThree arrested in Chinese crackdown on melamine-tainted milk products
Three people have been arrested in China in a fresh crackdown on melamine-tainted milk products, police said Wednesday.
Three arrested in China
Three arrested in China
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