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New York taxi driver fined for foul-mouthed tirade against fellow cabbie
NEW YORK - New York's reputation for foul-mouthed taxi drivers appears to be going the way of the checkered cab.
Canoe.ca – May 14, 2008 8:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NEW YORK - New York's reputation for foul-mouthed taxi drivers appears to be going the way of the checkered cab.
Canoe.ca – May 14, 2008 8:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Woman accused of faking cancer to avoid work
AP - A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 8:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 8:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
911 operator fired after cursing during call
AP - A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after saying during a call that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who reported her ex-boyfriend was threatening her.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 8:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after saying during a call that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who reported her ex-boyfriend was threatening her.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 8:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Police thwart scheme to steal light poles
AP - Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island. Nassau County Police Lt. Ray Cote said Wednesday that neighbors noticed two men carving up the aluminum poles with a cordless power tool and stashing them in a van under the cover of darkness. He says plainclothes officers arrived and caught the thieves in the act.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 7:53 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island. Nassau County Police Lt. Ray Cote said Wednesday that neighbors noticed two men carving up the aluminum poles with a cordless power tool and stashing them in a van under the cover of darkness. He says plainclothes officers arrived and caught the thieves in the act.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 7:53 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NYC cabbie is fined $1,000 for foul-mouthed tirade
AP - The days of the cursing cabbie may be over. A New York City cab driver has been fined $1,000 for launching a foul-mouthed tirade at another cabbie.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 7:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - The days of the cursing cabbie may be over. A New York City cab driver has been fined $1,000 for launching a foul-mouthed tirade at another cabbie.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 7:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk
AP - A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 7:33 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
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Courthouse murals go up 70 years late
NEWARK, N.J., May 14 (UPI) -- Seventy years after a federal judge declared two murals too controversial for his New Jersey courtroom, copies of the banished artworks have been installed.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 7:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NEWARK, N.J., May 14 (UPI) -- Seventy years after a federal judge declared two murals too controversial for his New Jersey courtroom, copies of the banished artworks have been installed.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 7:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) -- With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor....
AP – May 14, 2008 7:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) -- With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor....
AP – May 14, 2008 7:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill
BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low. It's that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to send it to him by certified mail....
AP – May 14, 2008 7:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low. It's that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to send it to him by certified mail....
AP – May 14, 2008 7:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Meowing kittens alert humans to fire
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- Residents of a Jacksonville, Fla., boarding house gutted by an early morning fire credit two kittens with saving their lives.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 6:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- Residents of a Jacksonville, Fla., boarding house gutted by an early morning fire credit two kittens with saving their lives.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 6:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
