Archive for April, 2009
Fla. lawyer disbarred for sex with client (AP)
AP – A lawyer who let a female client work off her fee through sex has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court. The justices Thursday cited the man’s guilty plea to solicitation to prostitution as one of several instances of professional misconduct.
Alabama man sleeps with gun and shoots himself (AP)
AP – A 24-year-old man likely will rethink his habit of sleeping with a gun after police said his 40-caliber pistol discharged and hit him in the shoulder on Wednesday. A police detective said the wound was not life threatening.
Bird loses meal to power line, causing outage (AP)
AP – Utility workers suspect an osprey made a mess of its breakfast by dropping a fish on a power line, turning out the lights for folks trying to find their own way to start the day. Salem Electric workers called to an outage on the west side of the state capital Wednesday found a burned 14-inch fish beneath the line.
Police: Burglar took jellybeans, but nothing else (AP)
AP – Police in northwestern Pennsylvania say a burglar took some jellybeans from a home but nothing else. Police said Thursday that they are stumped by the burglary in North East Township. Sgt. Mark Zaleski said it remains unclear whether the suspect wanted only jellybeans. Or maybe that’s all the thief had time to grab.
Man asks to join brother in jail and gets his wish (AP)
AP – Police said a man wanted to go to jail with his arrested brother, so he shoved an officer and got his wish. David Jacob Ginnis, 35, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault on a police officer and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, with the full sentence suspended.
Diners report seeing Virgin Mary in food griddle (AP)
AP – The hottest thing on the griddle at the Las Palmas restaurant these days isn’t the food it’s the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that a cook says she saw on the griddle.
[audio] Kidnappers Running Out Of Fingers To Send
Onion Radio News – with Doyle Redland
The 10 Finalists Of Our Annual “Send Us 65″ Contest
Woman accused of taking 500 lbs of gold from job (Reuters)
Reuters – Call her the modern day Goldfinger.
Man asks to join brother in jail and gets his wish (AP)
AP – Police said a man wanted to go to jail with his arrested brother, so he shoved an officer and got his wish. David Jacob Ginnis, 35, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault on a police officer and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, with the full sentence suspended.
