January 24, 2004
It's a sad world indeed when we frown upon dogs driving. With so many citizens going overseas for jobs, somebody has to take over the vehicles...they can't drive themselves. And what's up with picking on bank robbers for bad grammar? Is that fair? Noooo, they have enough on their minds robbing and stealing without worrying about whether they want alot of money or a lot of money.
A pensioner is being treated in hospital after being struck by a milk float driven by a dog.
Paw thing: Dogs and cars don't mix
Merseyside Police said the 75-year-old man was
hurt when the dog jumped on to the accelerator, making the vehicle lurch forward, dragging the man with it and crashing into a lamppost.
It is thought that it had been traveling in the cab while the milkman was doing his rounds in Wirral, Merseyside.
Fortunately, the man suffered only a grazed knee. The dog, however, was taken to a local vet with cuts and bruises.
It is not the first time a dog has caused chaos on the roads.
In February 2002, a dog managed to lock a farmer out of his pick-up truck in Oklahoma, nudged the gear lever and drove it into a tree.
A year earlier, two cars collided in a car park in Chemnitz, Germany, when one driver's pet leapt into the front seat and accidentally freed the handbrake.
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SAYVILLE - Police said they have a big clue in trying to nab the suspect in a
string of Long Island bank robberies; the suspect has poor grammar skills.
Police aren't sure if the errors are intentional to throw officials off or if the suspect just doesn't know how to spell. One note he handed to a bank teller said "This is a robe-ry, hand over cash fast no one get hurt."
Eight banks have been held up by a man claiming to have a gun since June. The last bank hit was the Sayville North Fork Bank on December 23.
Detective Vincent O'Leary asked the public to help identify the suspect. He said police think it is someone well known to his family, neighbors and co-workers. Up to $25,000 in reward money is being offered to anyone with information leading to an arrest of the bank robber.
A pensioner is being treated in hospital after being struck by a milk float driven by a dog.
Paw thing: Dogs and cars don't mix
Merseyside Police said the 75-year-old man was
hurt when the dog jumped on to the accelerator, making the vehicle lurch forward, dragging the man with it and crashing into a lamppost.
It is thought that it had been traveling in the cab while the milkman was doing his rounds in Wirral, Merseyside.
Fortunately, the man suffered only a grazed knee. The dog, however, was taken to a local vet with cuts and bruises.
It is not the first time a dog has caused chaos on the roads.
In February 2002, a dog managed to lock a farmer out of his pick-up truck in Oklahoma, nudged the gear lever and drove it into a tree.
A year earlier, two cars collided in a car park in Chemnitz, Germany, when one driver's pet leapt into the front seat and accidentally freed the handbrake.
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SAYVILLE - Police said they have a big clue in trying to nab the suspect in a
string of Long Island bank robberies; the suspect has poor grammar skills.
Police aren't sure if the errors are intentional to throw officials off or if the suspect just doesn't know how to spell. One note he handed to a bank teller said "This is a robe-ry, hand over cash fast no one get hurt."
Eight banks have been held up by a man claiming to have a gun since June. The last bank hit was the Sayville North Fork Bank on December 23.
Detective Vincent O'Leary asked the public to help identify the suspect. He said police think it is someone well known to his family, neighbors and co-workers. Up to $25,000 in reward money is being offered to anyone with information leading to an arrest of the bank robber.
The thing to note here is that this fiend has a pregnant wife. We keep hearing about these guys and almost all of them have a kid on the way. Coincidence? I think not. I think these men are being driven crazy by the evil embryo. Yes, it sits there are day in mommy's tummy...mocking him, making him feel useless...so he seeks out the comfort of little girls. Let us weep for him. Let us weep.
Mass. man pleads guilty in Internet child sex scheme
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 39-year-old father pleaded guilty Thursday to setting up a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl he met on the Internet.
Basil E. Doucette III arrived
in Connecticut with bondage gear and camera equipment in November before learning that the little girl was actually a New Britain detective working with the FBI.
"I knew she was 13 years old Doucette told a federal judge Thursday. "But we hit it off."
He said the girl seemed "so mature."
Doucette, of Dracut, Mass., agreed to plead guilty to a charge of using the Internet to entice a minor into sex. Under the plea agreement, he is expected to receive a sentence of between five and 6½ years in prison.
Doucette's sister and pregnant wife both attended the hearing in U.S. District Court. He also has a 5-year-old daughter, his attorney said.
The charges stem from conversations Doucette allegedly had in an Internet chat room with what he believed was a ,"
13-year-old girl. His chats began innocuously, but progressed over eight weeks, prosecutors said. Doucette said he wanted to photograph the girl and have sex with her.
He also faces likely fines of between $12,500 and $125,000.
Doucette, a failed computer businessman, is being treated for depression, his attorney said. He is also taking fluoxetine, or generic Prozac, which is used to treat depression and obsessive behavior.
Doucette is free on bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 12.
Mass. man pleads guilty in Internet child sex scheme
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 39-year-old father pleaded guilty Thursday to setting up a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl he met on the Internet.
Basil E. Doucette III arrived
in Connecticut with bondage gear and camera equipment in November before learning that the little girl was actually a New Britain detective working with the FBI.
"I knew she was 13 years old Doucette told a federal judge Thursday. "But we hit it off."
He said the girl seemed "so mature."
Doucette, of Dracut, Mass., agreed to plead guilty to a charge of using the Internet to entice a minor into sex. Under the plea agreement, he is expected to receive a sentence of between five and 6½ years in prison.
Doucette's sister and pregnant wife both attended the hearing in U.S. District Court. He also has a 5-year-old daughter, his attorney said.
The charges stem from conversations Doucette allegedly had in an Internet chat room with what he believed was a ,"
13-year-old girl. His chats began innocuously, but progressed over eight weeks, prosecutors said. Doucette said he wanted to photograph the girl and have sex with her.
He also faces likely fines of between $12,500 and $125,000.
Doucette, a failed computer businessman, is being treated for depression, his attorney said. He is also taking fluoxetine, or generic Prozac, which is used to treat depression and obsessive behavior.
Doucette is free on bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 12.
Why is THE MAN always hassling law-abiding, god-fearing people? So, the woman carries her kid in an unconventional manner. Don't we all? I bring my daughter to school in a pickle barrel...and there's nothing wrong with that. Is there?
Woman Headed for Exorcist with Son in Suitcase?
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a Croatian woman who was traveling with her two-year-old son shut up in a suitcase on the way to an exorcist, authorities said on Thursday.
Police in the Bavarian capital Munich said they arrested the 24-year-old mother at a bus stop after a passenger heard noises coming from her
suitcase and discovered the almost naked toddler huddled up inside.
"It was almost freezing that day, but the boy was only wearing a nappy. He was shivering quite badly but unharmed," said a police spokesman.
The woman told police her son was "possessed by the devil" and that she wanted to bring him to an occult priest, the spokesman added. She is now in psychiatric care.
Woman Headed for Exorcist with Son in Suitcase?
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a Croatian woman who was traveling with her two-year-old son shut up in a suitcase on the way to an exorcist, authorities said on Thursday.
Police in the Bavarian capital Munich said they arrested the 24-year-old mother at a bus stop after a passenger heard noises coming from her
suitcase and discovered the almost naked toddler huddled up inside.
"It was almost freezing that day, but the boy was only wearing a nappy. He was shivering quite badly but unharmed," said a police spokesman.
The woman told police her son was "possessed by the devil" and that she wanted to bring him to an occult priest, the spokesman added. She is now in psychiatric care.
January 20, 2004
Finns miss death in tax office
A tax office official in Finland who died at his desk went unnoticed by up to 30 colleagues for two days.
The man in his 60s died last Tuesday while checking tax returns, but no-one realised he was dead until Thursday.
The head of personnel at the office in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, said
the man's closest colleagues had been out at meetings when he died.
He said everyone at the tax office was feeling dreadful - and procedures would have to be reviewed.
'Coincidences'
According to the Finnish tabloid newspaper Ilta-Sanomat on Monday, co-workers had assumed the dead man - a tax auditor - was silently poring over returns.
"The reason for this was caused by many coincidences," Anita Wickstroem, director at the Helsinki tax office, told AFP news agency.
"He was very much working alone and often visiting companies, while his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy in meetings or outside the office at the time," she added.
There were about 100 other staff in the auditing department on the same floor the dead tax official worked on.
Finnish citizens pay among the highest taxes in the world, but enjoy one of the best welfare systems.
A tax office official in Finland who died at his desk went unnoticed by up to 30 colleagues for two days.
The man in his 60s died last Tuesday while checking tax returns, but no-one realised he was dead until Thursday.
The head of personnel at the office in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, said
the man's closest colleagues had been out at meetings when he died.
He said everyone at the tax office was feeling dreadful - and procedures would have to be reviewed.
'Coincidences'
According to the Finnish tabloid newspaper Ilta-Sanomat on Monday, co-workers had assumed the dead man - a tax auditor - was silently poring over returns.
"The reason for this was caused by many coincidences," Anita Wickstroem, director at the Helsinki tax office, told AFP news agency.
"He was very much working alone and often visiting companies, while his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy in meetings or outside the office at the time," she added.
There were about 100 other staff in the auditing department on the same floor the dead tax official worked on.
Finnish citizens pay among the highest taxes in the world, but enjoy one of the best welfare systems.
January 19, 2004
"To announce 
that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918 (During WWI)
that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918 (During WWI)
January 16, 2004
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January 15, 2004
Brian Dunkleman "decides not to return" for 'American Idol 2,' opts to "pursue other opportunities"
Variety reports that "American Idol" co-host and sometimes Coca-Cola pitchman Brian Dunkleman won't be part of the hit Fox reality show's second season.
Dunkleman's reps had been talking to Fox and show producers 19
Entertainment and FremantleMedia about a new deal, but Dunkleman's spokeswoman issued a statement Thursday declaring the standup comic-thesp was done talking. "I have decided not to return for season two in order to pursue other opportunities in the world of TV and feature films," Dunkleman said, adding that he was "so grateful" for the opportunity "Idol" had given him.
Industry sources indicated Fox execs were lukewarm at best about Dunkleman's return, though not necessarily opposed to the idea. Dunkleman, meanwhile, may have been worried about being stuck in a role on "Idol" that often required him to perform some very cheesy stunts -- like pretending to eavesdrop on judges' conversations using Coke cups as listening devices. (Dunkleman isn't an official Coke spokesman.) As reported earlier, co-host Ryan Seacrest recently inked a six-figure deal to return for "American Idol 2"
This is an old story as American Idol is now on it's third season. What has the genius Brian been doing all this time? Not much, voice over on a brief Comedy Central toon...a few bit parts here and there. What has Ryan done since staying with the show? A series of 1-800 commercials, coke commercials, a new radio show, a daytime talk show, hosting three award shows, a new years' show, replacing Casey on America's Top 40, opens a new restaurant, has a clothing line, and dates the hottest bitches in town.
Sorry, Brian...I'm afraid it's my duty to list you as the biggest loser of 2003.
Variety reports that "American Idol" co-host and sometimes Coca-Cola pitchman Brian Dunkleman won't be part of the hit Fox reality show's second season.
Dunkleman's reps had been talking to Fox and show producers 19
Entertainment and FremantleMedia about a new deal, but Dunkleman's spokeswoman issued a statement Thursday declaring the standup comic-thesp was done talking. "I have decided not to return for season two in order to pursue other opportunities in the world of TV and feature films," Dunkleman said, adding that he was "so grateful" for the opportunity "Idol" had given him.
Industry sources indicated Fox execs were lukewarm at best about Dunkleman's return, though not necessarily opposed to the idea. Dunkleman, meanwhile, may have been worried about being stuck in a role on "Idol" that often required him to perform some very cheesy stunts -- like pretending to eavesdrop on judges' conversations using Coke cups as listening devices. (Dunkleman isn't an official Coke spokesman.) As reported earlier, co-host Ryan Seacrest recently inked a six-figure deal to return for "American Idol 2"
This is an old story as American Idol is now on it's third season. What has the genius Brian been doing all this time? Not much, voice over on a brief Comedy Central toon...a few bit parts here and there. What has Ryan done since staying with the show? A series of 1-800 commercials, coke commercials, a new radio show, a daytime talk show, hosting three award shows, a new years' show, replacing Casey on America's Top 40, opens a new restaurant, has a clothing line, and dates the hottest bitches in town.
Sorry, Brian...I'm afraid it's my duty to list you as the biggest loser of 2003.
Letterman's Top Ten Messages on Britney Spears' Answering Machine
10. "This is the printing company. Your wedding announcements are ready"
9. "Hey, it's Christina Aguilera, did you get married or did I?"
8. "It's the printing company. Your annulment announcements are ready"
7. "Rush Limbaugh here. I'd love to try whatever you were taking the other night."
6. "So other than the embarrassing marriage and annulment, how was Vegas?"
5. "Hey, it's Paris. You don't need to get married to get attention. Just have sex on the internet."
4. "This is Kenny from high school. I have a couple of hours free on Thursday if you want to get married and divorced."
3. "Honey, it's Liza. Next time, instead of an annulment, hit him with a bottle."
2. "It's Jessica Simpson. Thanks for making me look like a genius."
1. "Pete Rose here. I bet 10,000 dollars on your marriage lasting a week"
10. "This is the printing company. Your wedding announcements are ready"
9. "Hey, it's Christina Aguilera, did you get married or did I?"
8. "It's the printing company. Your annulment announcements are ready"
7. "Rush Limbaugh here. I'd love to try whatever you were taking the other night."
6. "So other than the embarrassing marriage and annulment, how was Vegas?"
5. "Hey, it's Paris. You don't need to get married to get attention. Just have sex on the internet."
4. "This is Kenny from high school. I have a couple of hours free on Thursday if you want to get married and divorced."
3. "Honey, it's Liza. Next time, instead of an annulment, hit him with a bottle."
2. "It's Jessica Simpson. Thanks for making me look like a genius."
1. "Pete Rose here. I bet 10,000 dollars on your marriage lasting a week"
January 11, 2004
January 10, 2004
Bitch, Air Makes You Fat
Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter
Cable TV made a West Bend man addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight and his kids to be lazy, he says.
And he’s threatening to sue the cable company.
Timothy Dumouchel of West Bend wants $5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free Internet service from Charter Communications to settle what he says will be a small claims suit.
Dumouchel blames Charter for his TV addiction, his wife’s 50-pound weight gain and his children’s being “lazy channel surfers,” according to a Fond du Lac police report.
Charter employees called police to the local office at 165 Knight’s Way the evening of Dec. 23 after Dumouchel showed up with a small claims complaint, reportedly intimidated an employee and made “low-level threats” to employees’ safety, according to a police report.
The report states Dumouchel gave an employee five minutes to get a supervisor to talk to him or their next contact would be “in the ocean with the sharks.”
According to the report, Dumouchel told Charter employees he plans to sue because his cable connection remained intact four years after he tried to get it canceled.
The result was that he and his family got free cable from August of 1999 to Dec. 23, 2003.
“I believe that the reason I smoke and drink every day and my wife is overweight is because we watched TV every day for the last four years,” Dumouchel stated in a written complaint against the company, included in a Fond du Lac police report.
“But the reason I am suing Charter is they did not let me make a decision as to what was best for myself and my family and (they have been) keeping cable (coming) into my home for four years after I asked them to turn it off.”
According to the police report, Dumouchel called Charter to stop his cable service in August of 1999 and was taken off the billing but not the cable service.
In a written statement, he said he put the family TV in the basement in 1999 after he had called to get cable disconnected, but soon thereafter, his wife had moved it back and hooked up the cable connection, and it still worked.
He stated he “made a deal” with her that “she could watch TV as long as the cable worked.”
He then went back to Charter and asked that they disconnect his service, which they reportedly never did.
He stated that he called Charter several times to get the service disconnected for good because he felt it was addictive, according to the report.
Charter’s director of government and public relations for eastern Wisconsin, John Miller, says he doesn’t take the threat of a lawsuit seriously.
“Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don’t think it’s reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive,” Miller said.
“In our society, any kind of legal action shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” he added.
Wisconsin Circuit Court records show no civil lawsuit papers filed in Dumouchel’s name.
Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter
Cable TV made a West Bend man addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight and his kids to be lazy, he says.
And he’s threatening to sue the cable company.
Timothy Dumouchel of West Bend wants $5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free Internet service from Charter Communications to settle what he says will be a small claims suit.
Dumouchel blames Charter for his TV addiction, his wife’s 50-pound weight gain and his children’s being “lazy channel surfers,” according to a Fond du Lac police report.
Charter employees called police to the local office at 165 Knight’s Way the evening of Dec. 23 after Dumouchel showed up with a small claims complaint, reportedly intimidated an employee and made “low-level threats” to employees’ safety, according to a police report.
The report states Dumouchel gave an employee five minutes to get a supervisor to talk to him or their next contact would be “in the ocean with the sharks.”
According to the report, Dumouchel told Charter employees he plans to sue because his cable connection remained intact four years after he tried to get it canceled.
The result was that he and his family got free cable from August of 1999 to Dec. 23, 2003.
“I believe that the reason I smoke and drink every day and my wife is overweight is because we watched TV every day for the last four years,” Dumouchel stated in a written complaint against the company, included in a Fond du Lac police report.
“But the reason I am suing Charter is they did not let me make a decision as to what was best for myself and my family and (they have been) keeping cable (coming) into my home for four years after I asked them to turn it off.”
According to the police report, Dumouchel called Charter to stop his cable service in August of 1999 and was taken off the billing but not the cable service.
In a written statement, he said he put the family TV in the basement in 1999 after he had called to get cable disconnected, but soon thereafter, his wife had moved it back and hooked up the cable connection, and it still worked.
He stated he “made a deal” with her that “she could watch TV as long as the cable worked.”
He then went back to Charter and asked that they disconnect his service, which they reportedly never did.
He stated that he called Charter several times to get the service disconnected for good because he felt it was addictive, according to the report.
Charter’s director of government and public relations for eastern Wisconsin, John Miller, says he doesn’t take the threat of a lawsuit seriously.
“Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don’t think it’s reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive,” Miller said.
“In our society, any kind of legal action shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” he added.
Wisconsin Circuit Court records show no civil lawsuit papers filed in Dumouchel’s name.
