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Dead Squirrel Tossed In Drive-Thru Window
Man, 26, sought “extra nuts” for his late rodent
DECEMBER 13--While all sorts of stuff has been thrown by enraged motorists through the drive-thru window, it wasn’t until last week that someone got arrested for heaving a dead squirrel at a fast food worker.
The bizarre incident at a Hardee’s in Bartonville, Illinois resulted in a disorderly conduct charge being leveled against Christopher Thompson, 26, according to police reports that carry a brief case summary: “Male threw dead animal through drive thru window.”
A Bartonville Police Department investigation determined that the deceased squirrel had been placed on the dash of Thompson’s vehicle “as a prank” by a friend. Instead of disposing of the animal, Thompson, pictured at right, left the dead squirrel inside the vehicle when he went to Hardee’s, where the “2/3 lb. Monster Thickburger” will thicken your arteries.
Thompson told cops that when he pulled up to the drive-thru window for his grub, “he began to pet the squirrel and make it talk to the female employees of Hardee’s as a ‘joke.’” Hardee’s worker Deborah Roberts, who waited on Thompson, said that after Thompson placed his order, “he asked for extra nuts for his squirrel as he pet it.”
After telling Thompson that she did not believe the animal was real, Roberts turned away from the window. That’s when the motorist said, “Yes, it is,” and “threw the dead squirrel into the restaurant.”
A Hardee’s patron, going beyond the call of duty, removed the animal and placed it in the snow outside the eatery (where the police later snapped several evidence photos, which can be seen here).
When a cop interviewed Thompson last week at his residence, he confessed to the “prank,” claiming that he thought “the drive thru window would close, not allowing the squirrel to enter the business.” Thompson, police noted, was issued a village ordinance citation for disorderly conduct.
Police Chief Brian Fengel said his department takes incidents like this seriously, adding that such behavior would not be condoned in the Peoria-area village (pop. 6310). (2 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...ve-thru-window
Man, 26, sought “extra nuts” for his late rodent
DECEMBER 13--While all sorts of stuff has been thrown by enraged motorists through the drive-thru window, it wasn’t until last week that someone got arrested for heaving a dead squirrel at a fast food worker.
The bizarre incident at a Hardee’s in Bartonville, Illinois resulted in a disorderly conduct charge being leveled against Christopher Thompson, 26, according to police reports that carry a brief case summary: “Male threw dead animal through drive thru window.”
A Bartonville Police Department investigation determined that the deceased squirrel had been placed on the dash of Thompson’s vehicle “as a prank” by a friend. Instead of disposing of the animal, Thompson, pictured at right, left the dead squirrel inside the vehicle when he went to Hardee’s, where the “2/3 lb. Monster Thickburger” will thicken your arteries.
Thompson told cops that when he pulled up to the drive-thru window for his grub, “he began to pet the squirrel and make it talk to the female employees of Hardee’s as a ‘joke.’” Hardee’s worker Deborah Roberts, who waited on Thompson, said that after Thompson placed his order, “he asked for extra nuts for his squirrel as he pet it.”
After telling Thompson that she did not believe the animal was real, Roberts turned away from the window. That’s when the motorist said, “Yes, it is,” and “threw the dead squirrel into the restaurant.”
A Hardee’s patron, going beyond the call of duty, removed the animal and placed it in the snow outside the eatery (where the police later snapped several evidence photos, which can be seen here).
When a cop interviewed Thompson last week at his residence, he confessed to the “prank,” claiming that he thought “the drive thru window would close, not allowing the squirrel to enter the business.” Thompson, police noted, was issued a village ordinance citation for disorderly conduct.
Police Chief Brian Fengel said his department takes incidents like this seriously, adding that such behavior would not be condoned in the Peoria-area village (pop. 6310). (2 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...ve-thru-window
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diabete...1322244&page=1
Diabetes Diagnosis for Jerry Douthett: Dog Ate Toe
Most pet owners would be irate if their dog bit off one of their toes, but Jerry Douthett, of Rockford, Mich., is nothing but grateful: this canine feat may have saved his life.
Douthett was alerted to the seriousness of a bone infection in his foot, resulting from previously undiagnosed Type II diabetes, when his terrier Kiko bit off his big toe while he was passed out drunk, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
"Jerry had had all these Margaritas, so I just let him sleep," his wife, Rosee, a registered nurse told the Michigan paper. "But then I heard these screams coming from the bedroom, and he was yelling, 'My toe's gone, my toe's gone!'"
He suspected for months something was wrong with his foot, but the 48-year-old musician had only recently scheduled an appointment to see a doctor.
Douthett was rushed to the hospital by Rosie where doctors amputated the rest of his toe and diagnosed him with Type II diabetes.
Most pet owners would be irate if their dog bit off one of their toes, but Jerry Douthett, of Rockford, Mich., is nothing but grateful: this canine feat may have saved his life.
Douthett was alerted to the seriousness of a bone infection in his foot, resulting from previously undiagnosed Type II diabetes, when his terrier Kiko bit off his big toe while he was passed out drunk, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
"Jerry had had all these Margaritas, so I just let him sleep," his wife, Rosee, a registered nurse told the Michigan paper. "But then I heard these screams coming from the bedroom, and he was yelling, 'My toe's gone, my toe's gone!'"
He suspected for months something was wrong with his foot, but the 48-year-old musician had only recently scheduled an appointment to see a doctor.
Douthett was rushed to the hospital by Rosie where doctors amputated the rest of his toe and diagnosed him with Type II diabetes.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diabete...1322244&page=1
A Wisconsin woman is accused of biting off her husband's tongue as he was giving her a good night kiss.
Sheboygan police say the man in his late 70s called authorities about 11 p.m. Monday, but was having trouble speaking. An ambulance was dispatched to the house.
Sgt. Terry Meyer says the husband and wife were singing Christmas carols when paramedics arrived. Meyer says the woman, in her late 50s, threw a coffee cup at them.
The man was taken to a Sheboygan hospital and then transferred to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in the Milwaukee area where he was to have his tongue reattached. Police say the man didn't want his wife arrested. But, she was taken into custody on possible charges of mayhem and domestic violence.
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Sheboygan police say the man in his late 70s called authorities about 11 p.m. Monday, but was having trouble speaking. An ambulance was dispatched to the house.
Sgt. Terry Meyer says the husband and wife were singing Christmas carols when paramedics arrived. Meyer says the woman, in her late 50s, threw a coffee cup at them.
The man was taken to a Sheboygan hospital and then transferred to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in the Milwaukee area where he was to have his tongue reattached. Police say the man didn't want his wife arrested. But, she was taken into custody on possible charges of mayhem and domestic violence.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Woman Nabbed For Auto Erotic Crime
Cincinnati woman was caught multitasking herself in Pontiac
AUGUST 25--A Cincinnati woman was simultaneously masturbating with a sex toy and watching a pornographic video while driving last week, according to cops who arrested her on assorted criminal charges.
Colondra Hamilton, 36, was pulled over last Tuesday evening in a traffic stop triggered when cops noticed she was driving a 2008 Pontiac with overly tinted windows.
That’s when officers noticed that Hamilton’s pants were unbuttoned. And she had a vibrator in her lap. Questioned by cops, Hamilton admitted to engaging in auto erotic manipulation, and revealed that she had also been watching a porno movie that was playing on the laptop of a friend in the passenger seat, according to an Elmwood Place Police Department report.
Hamilton, pictured in the above mug shot, was booked into the Hamilton County jail on a misdemeanor count of driving with “impaired alertness.” Hamilton was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia since cops found a “broken piece of crack pipe” in her purse.
She was not, however, accused of using the pipe while she was driving and masturbating and watching an X-rated film, the title of which was not released.
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Bus Driver Resigns After Snowman Hit-and-Run
Video posted to YouTube shows city bus driver plowing over Frosty
Updated 9:37 AM CST, Tue, Dec 14, 2010
A city bus driver in Champaign-Urbana has quit over a hit and run... of a snowman.
The resignation followed a meeting with officials of the transit company, who saw a video posted of the driver recklessly plowing over the snow creation on the University of Illinois campus.
The video was posted on YouTube after a snowstorm earlier this month.
It shows one vehicle swerve around Frosty followed by the bus's accurate hit.
Jan Kijowski, a spokeswoman for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, acknowledged that the driver has resigned.
She refuses to identify the driver or discuss any other details regarding the resignation.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...815254.html?dr
Video posted to YouTube shows city bus driver plowing over Frosty
Updated 9:37 AM CST, Tue, Dec 14, 2010
A city bus driver in Champaign-Urbana has quit over a hit and run... of a snowman.
The resignation followed a meeting with officials of the transit company, who saw a video posted of the driver recklessly plowing over the snow creation on the University of Illinois campus.
The video was posted on YouTube after a snowstorm earlier this month.
It shows one vehicle swerve around Frosty followed by the bus's accurate hit.
Jan Kijowski, a spokeswoman for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, acknowledged that the driver has resigned.
She refuses to identify the driver or discuss any other details regarding the resignation.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...815254.html?dr
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Losing play at Winn-Dixie
Alleged meat thief leads store guards on low-speed chase on motorized shopping cart
By Todd Wright
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updated 12/14/2010 7:01:10 PM ET
When choosing a getaway vehicle, it's a good idea to make sure it goes more than 3 miles an hour.
A Palm Beach man led security guards on an intense slow-speed chase in a motorized shopping cart in a grocery store parking lot after he allegedly stole some meat and ran over a child's foot during his escape.
Louis Lorensen, 58, was finally cornered by security guards and employees of the Winn-Dixie, who waited for police to show up to finally arrest the would-be thief, reports the Sun-Sentinel.
"I ain't no punk, and I ain't going down without a fight," Lorensen was yelling, according to a police report of the odd incident.
He apparently wasn't in a rush to get away, either.
Most motorized shopping carts can reach speeds of about 3 miles per hour, but they might not even be that fast.
At that rate, Lorensen would have been better off using his feet. But that didn't stop him from allegedly loading up on 11 packages of meat and then low-tailing it out of the store.
As he tried to exit, a woman and her 4-year-old son were walking in. Lorensen told the customers to move out of the way, but the little boy was caught like a deer in headlights with the oncoming slow cart bearing down on him, according to the police report.
Lorensen ran over the boy's foot and made it into the parking lot before finally being corralled, the police report said.
At the police station, Lorensen told an officer, "When you take these cuffs off, I'm going to punch you in the face," according to the report, as reported by the Sun-Sentinel.
He now faces two counts of larceny, aggravated battery on a child, possession of stolen property and resisting arrest.
"I ain't no punk, and I ain't going down without a fight," Lorensen was yelling, according to a police report of the odd incident.
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WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his mail rounds who seemed “stressed out.” But, upon further review, the postal worker says delivering the mail in the nude probably wasn’t such a good idea.
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail to her office in Whitefish Bay completely naked to make her laugh. He says the woman dared him to do it, so he took the dare Dec. 4 and brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later at the North Shore Post Office. The Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do.
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WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his mail rounds who seemed “stressed out.” But, upon further review, the postal worker says delivering the mail in the nude probably wasn’t such a good idea.
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail to her office in Whitefish Bay completely naked to make her laugh. He says the woman dared him to do it, so he took the dare Dec. 4 and brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later at the North Shore Post Office. The Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do.
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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2010/1...l-in-the-buff/
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I know this is terrible, but I couldn't help but laugh while reading some of the things he did. 
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-man-...rticle/3522781
An Oklahoma City man seeking sexual stimulation acted severely autistic and wore diapers to con baby sitters into caring for him, police reported.
Mark Anthony Richardson Jr.
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Oklahoma City man admits conning baby sitters by posing as autistic and wearing diapers
He told police he did it “for a sexual purpose,” court records show.
Mark Anthony Richardson Jr., 21, twice this year fooled baby sitters into watching him at their homes in Oklahoma City, police reported. The baby sitters told police he would get sexually aroused when they cleaned him while changing his diapers, police said.
Police said he grabbed the breast of one baby sitter's 18-year-old daughter during an overnight stay in September. Her mother told her “to go back to sleep because he did not know what he was doing,” police reported.
Richardson was charged in October with a felony count of sexual battery and seven misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency. A judge this week scheduled his preliminary hearing for Jan. 5.
The sexual battery count covers the alleged groping of the 18-year-old woman's breast.
The outraging public decency counts cover seven times he allegedly caused a baby sitter to change his diapers. Prosecutors allege four times were on April 8 and three times were over three weeks in September.
Richardson — who is 4 feet 9 inches tall — is being held in the Oklahoma County jail.
Prosecutors allege Richardson found his victims from baby-sitting ads placed online at Craigslist. “This bizarre crime is yet another example of the dangers of letting individuals who we meet online into our homes,” Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Jimmy Harmon said Friday.
Richardson was caught when his last baby sitter became suspicious after he stayed repeatedly at her family's home in September.
The woman told police her 18-year-old daughter had placed the online ad. She said a man — using the name “David” — called about watching his autistic son, “Alex.” Police reported the caller described the son as 19 and said he still wears diapers, drinks formula from a bottle and uses a pacifier.
Police now believe the caller was Richardson. The woman chose to baby-sit “Alex” instead of letting her daughter.
The woman reported “Alex” first arrived at the house in a taxi at 2 one morning and stood on the porch saying “4121” over and over. The number is the start of the family's street address.
He had $40 and a typed note from “David” that he needed to be fed, according to a police report of her interview. He was wearing a soiled diaper and very old clothes. He also had a backpack with diapers, ointment, a bottle and a pacifier.
The woman said that on that first night she changed his diaper and got him clean clothes.
She said she read him a bedtime story because he kicked and screamed when she put him in bed.
She said she gave him a bottle with baby formula which he drank “with a straight face.” She later gave him a bottle of Kool-Aid.
She reported that during most stays he would not be still when she changed his diapers.
“He would get up and run around the house. She would have to catch him to finish putting his diaper back on,” police reported.
“Looking back on everything now, knowing he was not autistic while she was wiping him and cleaning him up completely disgusts her,” police reported. “She believed initially she was caring for an autistic person, but he was actually someone using her to get stimulated.”
Police Inspector Priscilla Helm reported in a court affidavit that Richardson on Oct. 5 admitted he “conned this family and did it … for attention.”
“He also admitted to doing this in April 2010 with another woman. He conned her by portraying he was autistic. … He also advised all of these acts were for a sexual purpose.”
He is on probation for a 2008 arson charge.
His mother said Friday he needs psychological help at a mental institution, not to be sent to a hard-core prison with murderers and rapists who could kill him. She would not disclose her name.
“He has some mental disabilities. He's had them since he was born,” she said. “This is not your average, everyday, walking-the-street citizen. … He lives in a fantasy, not a reality.”
Mark Anthony Richardson Jr.
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Oklahoma City man admits conning baby sitters by posing as autistic and wearing diapers
He told police he did it “for a sexual purpose,” court records show.
Mark Anthony Richardson Jr., 21, twice this year fooled baby sitters into watching him at their homes in Oklahoma City, police reported. The baby sitters told police he would get sexually aroused when they cleaned him while changing his diapers, police said.
Police said he grabbed the breast of one baby sitter's 18-year-old daughter during an overnight stay in September. Her mother told her “to go back to sleep because he did not know what he was doing,” police reported.
Richardson was charged in October with a felony count of sexual battery and seven misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency. A judge this week scheduled his preliminary hearing for Jan. 5.
The sexual battery count covers the alleged groping of the 18-year-old woman's breast.
The outraging public decency counts cover seven times he allegedly caused a baby sitter to change his diapers. Prosecutors allege four times were on April 8 and three times were over three weeks in September.
Richardson — who is 4 feet 9 inches tall — is being held in the Oklahoma County jail.
Prosecutors allege Richardson found his victims from baby-sitting ads placed online at Craigslist. “This bizarre crime is yet another example of the dangers of letting individuals who we meet online into our homes,” Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Jimmy Harmon said Friday.
Richardson was caught when his last baby sitter became suspicious after he stayed repeatedly at her family's home in September.
The woman told police her 18-year-old daughter had placed the online ad. She said a man — using the name “David” — called about watching his autistic son, “Alex.” Police reported the caller described the son as 19 and said he still wears diapers, drinks formula from a bottle and uses a pacifier.
Police now believe the caller was Richardson. The woman chose to baby-sit “Alex” instead of letting her daughter.
The woman reported “Alex” first arrived at the house in a taxi at 2 one morning and stood on the porch saying “4121” over and over. The number is the start of the family's street address.
He had $40 and a typed note from “David” that he needed to be fed, according to a police report of her interview. He was wearing a soiled diaper and very old clothes. He also had a backpack with diapers, ointment, a bottle and a pacifier.
The woman said that on that first night she changed his diaper and got him clean clothes.
She said she read him a bedtime story because he kicked and screamed when she put him in bed.
She said she gave him a bottle with baby formula which he drank “with a straight face.” She later gave him a bottle of Kool-Aid.
She reported that during most stays he would not be still when she changed his diapers.
“He would get up and run around the house. She would have to catch him to finish putting his diaper back on,” police reported.
“Looking back on everything now, knowing he was not autistic while she was wiping him and cleaning him up completely disgusts her,” police reported. “She believed initially she was caring for an autistic person, but he was actually someone using her to get stimulated.”
Police Inspector Priscilla Helm reported in a court affidavit that Richardson on Oct. 5 admitted he “conned this family and did it … for attention.”
“He also admitted to doing this in April 2010 with another woman. He conned her by portraying he was autistic. … He also advised all of these acts were for a sexual purpose.”
He is on probation for a 2008 arson charge.
His mother said Friday he needs psychological help at a mental institution, not to be sent to a hard-core prison with murderers and rapists who could kill him. She would not disclose her name.
“He has some mental disabilities. He's had them since he was born,” she said. “This is not your average, everyday, walking-the-street citizen. … He lives in a fantasy, not a reality.”
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This guy was desperate for a beer obviously
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Man buys beer after being shot in leg by clerk
Associated Press • December 16, 2010
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Flint police say a man was determined to buy beer at a store despite being shot in the leg by a store clerk. The Flint Journal reports the unidentified victim told police he was standing outside the store about 9 p.m. Monday in the city about 50 miles northwest of Detroit when he heard a gunshot and felt a pain in his leg. The man asked the store clerk why he shot him, but did not get a response. The victim then entered the store and bought beer. He later walked to a friend's home, who took him to a hospital. No further details were released. Messages seeking further information were left with police.
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Man buys beer after being shot in leg by clerk
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Flint police say a man was determined to buy beer at a store despite being shot in the leg by a store clerk. The Flint Journal reports the unidentified victim told police he was standing outside the store about 9 p.m. Monday in the city about 50 miles northwest of Detroit when he heard a gunshot and felt a pain in his leg. The man asked the store clerk why he shot him, but did not get a response. The victim then entered the store and bought beer. He later walked to a friend's home, who took him to a hospital. No further details were released. Messages seeking further information were left with police.
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Bank to Staff: No Dyed Hair or Fancy Underwear
Bank to Staff: No Dyed Hair or Fancy Underwear
By MICHAEL INBAR
Updated 5:15 PM EST, Thu, Dec 16, 2010
Switzerland-based banking giant UBS has issued a new dress code for employees that is as precise as the movements of a Swiss watch in telling them how to dress, style their hair and even what they should smell like.
The investment banking firm’s 43-page edict is being tested in five of its Swiss branches. The 154-year-old company is thought to be trying to burnish its conservative credo in the wake of legal troubles in the U.S. and financial woes that led to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board bailing out the bank to the tune of $74.5 billion.
And the stern new rules are enough to have Victoria’s Secret execs wiping their tears with frilly lingerie: Female employees are instructed to wear flesh-colored underwear, keep their skirt length to mid-knee, and steer a wide berth around ankle chains and body piercings.
Nor are male employees exempt from potential disapproval over their dress: UBS wants them in classic-cut two-button jackets and forbids them to wear the same ties or shoes on consecutive days. They must also resist the temptation to turn back the clock by using hair dye.
Vote: Does Swiss bank’s dress code go too far?
So detailed and precise is the UBS rulebook that its style recommendations wouldn’t look out of place in GQ or Glamour magazine. For women:
Related: Executive says she was fired for her ‘distracting’ breasts
The stringent Swiss standards come as UBS launches an ad campaign to shore up its image and consumer confidence in the wake of public relations hits that have damaged the company. In 2008, a U.S. Senate panel accused UBS of helping rich Americans avoid taxes through offshore bank accounts. When criminal charges were threatened, the bank paid a $780 million fine to stave off prosecution for defrauding the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Also in 2008, UBS received the highest amount of bailout money the U.S. supplied any international firm in the wake of the global financial meltdown.
While nearly a third of UBS’ 64,000 employees are located in North America, UBS spokesman Jean-Raphael Fontannaz told the Wall Street Journal that the new dress and style code is in effect only among Switzerland-based employees, and even then, only covers 10 percent of those workers. But if it proves successful, it may be extended to other Swiss employees.
But at least one U.S.-based bank may be as finicky as the Swiss when it comes to their employees’ appearance: Last June, Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, sued Citibank for gender discrimination, claiming she was dismissed for being too attractive.
Related: Woman says bank fired for her being sexy
“The goal is for clients to immediately know that they are at UBS when they are entering the bank,” Fontannaz said. “After the test phase, we may implement the dress code, or adapt it, or not use it at all.”
Though the bank issued a statement declaring the bank’s “reputation makes up our most precious asset ... and so adopting irreproachable behavior implies having an impeccable presentation,” some are casting a less than reverent eye on the fussy new rules.
Noting the shaky state of the banking industry in light of financial abuses, one poster wrote on the U.K. Daily Mail website: “To some top bankers around the world, here’s some good advice: please be careful, not to end up having this dress code = prison stripes.”
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By MICHAEL INBAR
Updated 5:15 PM EST, Thu, Dec 16, 2010
Switzerland-based banking giant UBS has issued a new dress code for employees that is as precise as the movements of a Swiss watch in telling them how to dress, style their hair and even what they should smell like.
The investment banking firm’s 43-page edict is being tested in five of its Swiss branches. The 154-year-old company is thought to be trying to burnish its conservative credo in the wake of legal troubles in the U.S. and financial woes that led to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board bailing out the bank to the tune of $74.5 billion.
And the stern new rules are enough to have Victoria’s Secret execs wiping their tears with frilly lingerie: Female employees are instructed to wear flesh-colored underwear, keep their skirt length to mid-knee, and steer a wide berth around ankle chains and body piercings.
Nor are male employees exempt from potential disapproval over their dress: UBS wants them in classic-cut two-button jackets and forbids them to wear the same ties or shoes on consecutive days. They must also resist the temptation to turn back the clock by using hair dye.
Vote: Does Swiss bank’s dress code go too far?
So detailed and precise is the UBS rulebook that its style recommendations wouldn’t look out of place in GQ or Glamour magazine. For women:
- “The ideal time to apply perfume is directly after you take a hot shower, when your pores are still open.”
- “Wear only ties that match the bone structure of the face and do not wear socks with cartoon motifs.”
- “If you wear a watch, it suggests reliability and that punctuality is a great concern to you.”
- “Underwear is among the most intimate parts of our clothing … your underwear must not be visible through your clothes, or stand out … your figure should not suffer from the way you wear your underwear.”
Related: Executive says she was fired for her ‘distracting’ breasts
The stringent Swiss standards come as UBS launches an ad campaign to shore up its image and consumer confidence in the wake of public relations hits that have damaged the company. In 2008, a U.S. Senate panel accused UBS of helping rich Americans avoid taxes through offshore bank accounts. When criminal charges were threatened, the bank paid a $780 million fine to stave off prosecution for defrauding the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Also in 2008, UBS received the highest amount of bailout money the U.S. supplied any international firm in the wake of the global financial meltdown.
While nearly a third of UBS’ 64,000 employees are located in North America, UBS spokesman Jean-Raphael Fontannaz told the Wall Street Journal that the new dress and style code is in effect only among Switzerland-based employees, and even then, only covers 10 percent of those workers. But if it proves successful, it may be extended to other Swiss employees.
But at least one U.S.-based bank may be as finicky as the Swiss when it comes to their employees’ appearance: Last June, Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, sued Citibank for gender discrimination, claiming she was dismissed for being too attractive.
Related: Woman says bank fired for her being sexy
“The goal is for clients to immediately know that they are at UBS when they are entering the bank,” Fontannaz said. “After the test phase, we may implement the dress code, or adapt it, or not use it at all.”
Though the bank issued a statement declaring the bank’s “reputation makes up our most precious asset ... and so adopting irreproachable behavior implies having an impeccable presentation,” some are casting a less than reverent eye on the fussy new rules.
Noting the shaky state of the banking industry in light of financial abuses, one poster wrote on the U.K. Daily Mail website: “To some top bankers around the world, here’s some good advice: please be careful, not to end up having this dress code = prison stripes.”
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Armageddon-Fearing Pilgrims Flock To French Village
729 Day Countdown Begins
Updated: Thursday, 23 Dec 2010, 9:00 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 23 Dec 2010, 8:27 AM ESTBy NewsCore - Armageddon-fearing pilgrims were flocking to a village deep in the southern French hills after a countdown was started to the end of the world, which stood Thursday at a mere 729 days to go.
Followers of the Mayan calendar believe the mountain in the Corbieres hills overlooking the village of Bugarach, east of the Pyrenees, was endorsed by aliens as a safe place to survive the demise of civilization.
The countdown began Tuesday, exactly two years until Dec. 21, 2012 -- the movement's assigned Judgment Day.
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729 Day Countdown Begins
Updated: Thursday, 23 Dec 2010, 9:00 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 23 Dec 2010, 8:27 AM ESTBy NewsCore - Armageddon-fearing pilgrims were flocking to a village deep in the southern French hills after a countdown was started to the end of the world, which stood Thursday at a mere 729 days to go.
Followers of the Mayan calendar believe the mountain in the Corbieres hills overlooking the village of Bugarach, east of the Pyrenees, was endorsed by aliens as a safe place to survive the demise of civilization.
The countdown began Tuesday, exactly two years until Dec. 21, 2012 -- the movement's assigned Judgment Day.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/inte...e-20101223-ncx
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Snail mucus, potheads add to strange Fla. news
Dec 27, 11:15 AM (ET)
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - This year, Floridians learned that burials at sea don't work if the body doesn't sink, giant snail mucus can make you sick and that an underwire bra can stop a lawyer from visiting her client in prison.
Florida lived up to its reputation for being an odd state in 2010, with residents committing stupid crimes, making poor decisions and exhibiting general weirdness.
There was the man pulled over in Manatee County who claimed the crack in his crack wasn't his. Officers found bags of marijuana and crack cocaine stuffed between the man's butt cheeks. He said the pot was his but "the white stuff is not mine."
That was far from the only weird case handled by police. A 32-year-old Pasco County man called 911 to complain his mother took his beer, while police in Deland said a man walked out of a bar and head-butted a street preacher who called him a sinner. A Pasco County man was charged with slashing his father with a knife during an argument over who would walk the dog.
There were other strange dog stories. A man was walking his Jack Russell terrier in Tampa when an alligator snatched it. He pulled out his handgun and started shooting at the gator. It let go of the dog, but the pet wasn't breathing until the man performed CPR and revived it.
Dogs weren't always the victim. A Hernando County man was run over by his own pickup truck after his dog jumped into the running vehicle and put it in gear.
Threatening items that bomb squads had to handle this year included a box with two kittens in Cocoa and a stuffed pony in Orange County. Authorities blew up the stuffed pony, but spared the kittens. A Melbourne street was shut down for three hours, the time it took the bomb squad to figure out the flashing object in the middle of the street was a restaurant pager.
If that didn't make you lose your appetite, this might: Several people in Miami complained got sick after consuming mucus from a giant snail in a religious ceremony.
2010 wasn't the year to mess with the elderly. An 84-year-old man was arrested in Bay County for allegedly hitting a deputy with his cane. Would-be robbers knocked an 83-year-old man to the ground in Clearwater only to turn and run when the victim pulled a gun on them. A 69-year-old woman turned back a robber after picking up the gun he dropped in her car while smashing the windshield with it. He also dropped his cell phone and was caught.
Weirdness didn't just involve senior citizens: A Clay County woman was arrested after posting a photo of her baby with a bong on Facebook.
Nor was odd news limited to the living. A family honoring a relative's dying wish gave him a burial at sea, only to have the body resurface off a Fort Lauderdale beach. A Tampa-area couple paid $8 for a box of bones at a yard sale that they planned to use as Halloween decorations, until they got home and realized it was a real human skeleton. Finally, Florida has the kind of corrections officials that will make you rethink what you're wearing. A Miami attorney said she was kept from visiting her client at a federal detention center because the underwire of her bra set off the metal detector. After she took it off, she said guards wouldn't let her in because she was braless.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101227/D9KCBN9O1.html
Dec 27, 11:15 AM (ET)
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - This year, Floridians learned that burials at sea don't work if the body doesn't sink, giant snail mucus can make you sick and that an underwire bra can stop a lawyer from visiting her client in prison.
Florida lived up to its reputation for being an odd state in 2010, with residents committing stupid crimes, making poor decisions and exhibiting general weirdness.
There was the man pulled over in Manatee County who claimed the crack in his crack wasn't his. Officers found bags of marijuana and crack cocaine stuffed between the man's butt cheeks. He said the pot was his but "the white stuff is not mine."
That was far from the only weird case handled by police. A 32-year-old Pasco County man called 911 to complain his mother took his beer, while police in Deland said a man walked out of a bar and head-butted a street preacher who called him a sinner. A Pasco County man was charged with slashing his father with a knife during an argument over who would walk the dog.
There were other strange dog stories. A man was walking his Jack Russell terrier in Tampa when an alligator snatched it. He pulled out his handgun and started shooting at the gator. It let go of the dog, but the pet wasn't breathing until the man performed CPR and revived it.
Dogs weren't always the victim. A Hernando County man was run over by his own pickup truck after his dog jumped into the running vehicle and put it in gear.
Threatening items that bomb squads had to handle this year included a box with two kittens in Cocoa and a stuffed pony in Orange County. Authorities blew up the stuffed pony, but spared the kittens. A Melbourne street was shut down for three hours, the time it took the bomb squad to figure out the flashing object in the middle of the street was a restaurant pager.
If that didn't make you lose your appetite, this might: Several people in Miami complained got sick after consuming mucus from a giant snail in a religious ceremony.
2010 wasn't the year to mess with the elderly. An 84-year-old man was arrested in Bay County for allegedly hitting a deputy with his cane. Would-be robbers knocked an 83-year-old man to the ground in Clearwater only to turn and run when the victim pulled a gun on them. A 69-year-old woman turned back a robber after picking up the gun he dropped in her car while smashing the windshield with it. He also dropped his cell phone and was caught.
Weirdness didn't just involve senior citizens: A Clay County woman was arrested after posting a photo of her baby with a bong on Facebook.
Nor was odd news limited to the living. A family honoring a relative's dying wish gave him a burial at sea, only to have the body resurface off a Fort Lauderdale beach. A Tampa-area couple paid $8 for a box of bones at a yard sale that they planned to use as Halloween decorations, until they got home and realized it was a real human skeleton. Finally, Florida has the kind of corrections officials that will make you rethink what you're wearing. A Miami attorney said she was kept from visiting her client at a federal detention center because the underwire of her bra set off the metal detector. After she took it off, she said guards wouldn't let her in because she was braless.
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Man Faces Criminal Charges for Reading Wife's E-Mail
Published December 27, 2010
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ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – A Michigan man found out about his wife's affair -- but somehow he's the one in trouble, and may is now facing criminal charges.
Thirty-three-year-old Leon Walker used his wife's password to get into her Gmail account, and says he learned of his wife's affair by reading her e-mail on their computer. Clara Walker filed for a divorce, which was granted this month, and Leon Walker will stand trial Feb. 7 -- on felony computer misuse charges.
Walker told The Oakland Press that he was trying to protect the couple's children from neglect and calls the case a "miscarriage of justice."
“I feel very strongly that I’ll be exonerated,” Walker told the paper.
Clara was married twice previously, the Oakland Press reported, explaining that Walker discovered that she was having an affair with her second husband, who had once been arrested for beating her in front of her young son from her first husband.
“I started putting more thought into it, (and thought) she was very likely taking our daughter over to the guy’s house,” Walker told The Oakland Press. “So I said to myself, I bet you I can confirm that by reading her e-mail. She kept very simple passwords and she left them in notes and books throughout the house.”
Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Sydney Turner says the charge is justified.
Privacy law writer Frederick Lane tells the Detroit Free Press the law typically is used to prosecute identity theft and stealing trade secrets. He says he questions if a wife can expect privacy on a computer she shares with her husband.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/27/michigan-man-criminal-charges-reading-email/?test=latestnews
Man Faces Criminal Charges for Reading Wife's E-Mail
Published December 27, 2010
| FoxNews.com
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – A Michigan man found out about his wife's affair -- but somehow he's the one in trouble, and may is now facing criminal charges.
Thirty-three-year-old Leon Walker used his wife's password to get into her Gmail account, and says he learned of his wife's affair by reading her e-mail on their computer. Clara Walker filed for a divorce, which was granted this month, and Leon Walker will stand trial Feb. 7 -- on felony computer misuse charges.
Walker told The Oakland Press that he was trying to protect the couple's children from neglect and calls the case a "miscarriage of justice."
“I feel very strongly that I’ll be exonerated,” Walker told the paper.
Clara was married twice previously, the Oakland Press reported, explaining that Walker discovered that she was having an affair with her second husband, who had once been arrested for beating her in front of her young son from her first husband.
“I started putting more thought into it, (and thought) she was very likely taking our daughter over to the guy’s house,” Walker told The Oakland Press. “So I said to myself, I bet you I can confirm that by reading her e-mail. She kept very simple passwords and she left them in notes and books throughout the house.”
Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Sydney Turner says the charge is justified.
Privacy law writer Frederick Lane tells the Detroit Free Press the law typically is used to prosecute identity theft and stealing trade secrets. He says he questions if a wife can expect privacy on a computer she shares with her husband.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/27/michigan-man-criminal-charges-reading-email/?test=latestnews
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Woman arrested for assault on cop with sex toy
By Megan Craig
Gurnee Police “should be ashamed” for including allegations that a sex toy was used in the assault of an officer, the defendant’s lawyer said Wednesday. A police official countered that the account was just being factual.
Carolee Bildsten, 56, of Gurnee, will plead not guilty next month to accusations that she charged an officer with the “clear, rigid feminine pleasure device” described in a police report, according to defense attorney Neil Calanca.
Her bond was lowered on Wednesday from $75,000 to $10,000, and Calanca said he expected Bildsten would be out of jail before the end of the day. Calanca said Bildsten was unable to attend a hearing last week because she was in the hospital. A judge at that time issued a warrant for her arrest.
A former police officer, Calanca said the officer involved in the incident “should be ashamed of himself,” and that he would have been “embarrassed” to include such information in a police report.
Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick countered that such reports “are required to be a factual account of an incident.”
The alleged assault occurred when the officer went with Bildsten to her apartment in the 5300 block of David Court on Nov. 9 after employees at Joe’s Crab Shack in Gurnee accused her of dining without paying for the second time, according to Patrick.
Bildsten reached into a dresser drawer for what the officer thought was money to pay her bill, but instead pulled out the “pleasure device,” police allege. The officer deflected the sex toy with his hand, and was not injured, according to Patrick.
http://triblocal.com/gurnee/2010/12/...-with-sex-toy/
By Megan Craig
Gurnee Police “should be ashamed” for including allegations that a sex toy was used in the assault of an officer, the defendant’s lawyer said Wednesday. A police official countered that the account was just being factual.
Carolee Bildsten, 56, of Gurnee, will plead not guilty next month to accusations that she charged an officer with the “clear, rigid feminine pleasure device” described in a police report, according to defense attorney Neil Calanca.
Her bond was lowered on Wednesday from $75,000 to $10,000, and Calanca said he expected Bildsten would be out of jail before the end of the day. Calanca said Bildsten was unable to attend a hearing last week because she was in the hospital. A judge at that time issued a warrant for her arrest.
A former police officer, Calanca said the officer involved in the incident “should be ashamed of himself,” and that he would have been “embarrassed” to include such information in a police report.
Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick countered that such reports “are required to be a factual account of an incident.”
The alleged assault occurred when the officer went with Bildsten to her apartment in the 5300 block of David Court on Nov. 9 after employees at Joe’s Crab Shack in Gurnee accused her of dining without paying for the second time, according to Patrick.
Bildsten reached into a dresser drawer for what the officer thought was money to pay her bill, but instead pulled out the “pleasure device,” police allege. The officer deflected the sex toy with his hand, and was not injured, according to Patrick.
Along with the aggravated assault charge, Bildsten is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 23 on the Crab Shack-related theft of services charge and an unrelated charge for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Cops: Man Playing Real-Life 'Frogger' Hit by SUV
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- A man has been hospitalized after police in South Carolina say he was hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game "Frogger."
Authorities said the 23-year-old man was taken to a hospital in Anderson after he was struck at around 9 p.m. Monday.
In the "Frogger" arcade game, players move frogs through traffic on a busy road and through a hazard-filled river. Before he was hit, police say the man had been discussing the game with his friends.
Chief Jimmy Dixon says the man yelled "go" and darted into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway.
No charges are expected against the driver. The name of the man who was struck has not been released. He was in stable condition Monday night.
Authorities said the 23-year-old man was taken to a hospital in Anderson after he was struck at around 9 p.m. Monday.
In the "Frogger" arcade game, players move frogs through traffic on a busy road and through a hazard-filled river. Before he was hit, police say the man had been discussing the game with his friends.
Chief Jimmy Dixon says the man yelled "go" and darted into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway.
No charges are expected against the driver. The name of the man who was struck has not been released. He was in stable condition Monday night.
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Top 10 Worst Political Decisions of 2010 Are...
Friday, 31,December 2010 02:11:57
Politico news service has put together a list of the top 10 worst political decisions made this year, skewering Democrats and Republicans alike. Here they are -- with Politico’s explanation.
1. Delaware Republicans' nomination of Christine O'Donnell (pictured) for the Senate. “Few nominations so clearly cost their party the seat.”
2. Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway's "Aqua Buddha" TV ad. He was so desperate for a way to halt Republican Rand Paul’s momentum that he made an ad attacking Paul for alleged collegiate pranks. It backfired.
3. Rep. Eric Massa's tickle defense. “Upon the sudden announcement that the erratic New York Democrat was stepping down in March, word began to leak that he had been under ethics investigation for alleged sexual harassment of staffers.”
4. Sharron Angle speaks to Hispanic high schoolers. “Confronted about her ads featuring Latino-looking gangsters, Angle said she had no way of knowing that's what they were: ‘I don't know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me.’"
5. Democratic Massachusetts Senate Candidate Martha Coakley riles up Red Sox Nation. “Between derisively asserting she was above such political duties as shaking hands outside Fenway Park, and mistaking Red Sox hero Curt Schilling for a Yankee fan, Coakley couldn't have seemed more out of touch with the voting public.”
6. Texas GOP Rep. Joe Barton’s BP apology. “In a classic case of boldly standing up for the not-so-little guy,” Barton spoke in defense of BP CEO Tony Hayward on the House floor.
7. Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller's journalist detention. “The incident intensified the impression that Miller was an angry loose cannon.”
8. Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden's "Chickens for Checkups." When she advocated "barter with your doctor" as one way to reduce health care costs, “a late-night joke was born.”
9. Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva's home-state boycott. “In response to Arizona's passage of a controversial anti-illegal immigration state law, Grijalva joined those calling for a boycott of his own home state.”
10. New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel fires his lawyer. He “walked out of the first day of his House ethics trial last month, saying he deserved legal representation and didn't have it since parting ways with the law firm to which he'd paid $2 million in fees.”
http://www.newsmax.com/m/Article/S00
Friday, 31,December 2010 02:11:57
Politico news service has put together a list of the top 10 worst political decisions made this year, skewering Democrats and Republicans alike. Here they are -- with Politico’s explanation.
1. Delaware Republicans' nomination of Christine O'Donnell (pictured) for the Senate. “Few nominations so clearly cost their party the seat.”
2. Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway's "Aqua Buddha" TV ad. He was so desperate for a way to halt Republican Rand Paul’s momentum that he made an ad attacking Paul for alleged collegiate pranks. It backfired.
3. Rep. Eric Massa's tickle defense. “Upon the sudden announcement that the erratic New York Democrat was stepping down in March, word began to leak that he had been under ethics investigation for alleged sexual harassment of staffers.”
4. Sharron Angle speaks to Hispanic high schoolers. “Confronted about her ads featuring Latino-looking gangsters, Angle said she had no way of knowing that's what they were: ‘I don't know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me.’"
5. Democratic Massachusetts Senate Candidate Martha Coakley riles up Red Sox Nation. “Between derisively asserting she was above such political duties as shaking hands outside Fenway Park, and mistaking Red Sox hero Curt Schilling for a Yankee fan, Coakley couldn't have seemed more out of touch with the voting public.”
6. Texas GOP Rep. Joe Barton’s BP apology. “In a classic case of boldly standing up for the not-so-little guy,” Barton spoke in defense of BP CEO Tony Hayward on the House floor.
7. Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller's journalist detention. “The incident intensified the impression that Miller was an angry loose cannon.”
8. Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden's "Chickens for Checkups." When she advocated "barter with your doctor" as one way to reduce health care costs, “a late-night joke was born.”
9. Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva's home-state boycott. “In response to Arizona's passage of a controversial anti-illegal immigration state law, Grijalva joined those calling for a boycott of his own home state.”
10. New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel fires his lawyer. He “walked out of the first day of his House ethics trial last month, saying he deserved legal representation and didn't have it since parting ways with the law firm to which he'd paid $2 million in fees.”
http://www.newsmax.com/m/Article/S00
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4000 birds drop dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us...html?src=twrhp
I bet that was a crazy sight to see.
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I bet that was a crazy sight to see.
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not to be out done, 100,000 fish dead in NW Arkansas:
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/...136401&catid=2
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