PETA Seeks Memorials To Cows Killed on Illinois Roads

An animal rights group wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of cattle killed when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked for permission to buy the markers, one in suburban Chicago and one northwest of Peoria. The group says the signs would pay tribute to the more than 20 cattle killed as a result of negligent driving this year.

Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Josh Kauffman says the request will likely be denied because the state's Roadside Memorial Act specifies that only relatives who lost loved ones in highway crashes may request memorials.

In 2006, Virginia rejected PETA's request for highway markers to memorialize hogs killed in crashes on their way to slaughter at Smithfield Foods.


Huffington Post: PETA seeks memorials to cows killed on Ill. roads

Man Pays $16,000 For Virtual Sword

Who exactly pays for virtual tools to grow a better virtual garden or to slay a virtual dragon, you ask?

Plenty of people, despite what Zynga's IPO tells you.

A man in China, for example, recently spent $16,000 for a virtual sword on a game that has not even been released yet.

"Age of Wulin," by California-based company Snail Games, has not even been released on mainland China but that isn't stopping some from spending serious cash on the game.

The game is a role-playing one that is set in ancient China and is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or better known as MMORPGs.

The man is not alone in his purchases. A study released earlier in the year valued the virtual economy for MMORPGs is $3 billion.]


NBC Bay Area: Man Spends $16,000 on Virtual Sword

Thugs Steal $8,000 Then Post Photos With Loot on Facebook

Police say they stole thousands of dollars in cash and goods, and then posed with their loot and posted the photos to a popular social media site.

Police say the three suspects, along with another teen, posted the photos on Facebook about an hour after they burglarized Elliott’s Town Market on Chartiers Avenue in the West End.

“We received information the day after the burglary that these pictures were posted on Facebook, and if you look at the pictures, you can see that the individuals are holding a large amount of cash,” Sgt. Kevin Gasiorowski, of the Pittsburgh Police, said.

Officials say $8,000 cash isn’t the only thing the teens took from Elliott’s.

“Numerous boxes and cartons of cigarettes, cartons of candy, checks and approximately $8,000 dollars in cash,” Sgt. Gasiorowski said.

A family member of one of the teens is the one who spotted the pictures online and tipped off police, officials said.

“She found it very concerning and she also knew of the burglary of the business so she did her civic duty and gave us a call,” he said.

Three juveniles, a 17-year-old and two 14-year-olds have already been arrested. They are charged with burglary and criminal conspiracy and have been released to their parents.

Police are still searching for the fourth suspect. He is identified by officials as 18-year-old Isaiah Cutler. They say the pictures were posted on his Facebook account.

They say its only a matter of time before he is tracked down.

“It makes our job a lot easier when basically they post what amounts to be a confession on the internet for everyone to see,” Sgt. Gasiorowski said.

Police believe Cutler is in the East Liberty area. Anyone with information is asked to call police.


CBS Pittsburgh: Facebook Photos Lead Police To Suspects In Burglary

Toys 'R' Us Baby Doll Receives Complaints For Profanity

They play. They giggle. But, then, say some angry consumers, the You and Me Play and Giggle Triplet dolls say "OK, crazy bitch."

The adorable-looking dolls, clad in their pajamas with matching nightcaps, make babbling sounds and move their heads and are made exclusively for the Toys "R" Us brand. The store defended the product and said what customers claim they are hearing is a misunderstanding.

"Obviously we would not sell a doll that uses profanity. What you’re hearing is just baby babble. There are no plans to pull it off the shelves," Toys “R” Us spokeswoman Jennifer Albano says.

But others disagreed. An Oaklyn, N.J., grandmother, Pauline Davis, had bought the Giggle Triplets as a last-minute gift on Christmas Eve and was appalled when she got home to test out the dolls before giving them to her grandchildren, the website reported.

“I'm stunned... There’s no mistake about it. The baby does use the B-word that ends in H,” Davis said.

Davis called up the Cherry Hill, N.J. store where she bought the dolls. The store apologized to her.

"They were appalled," Davis said. "But it still doesn't change things. Who released this doll?"

Toys "R" maintains the toy wasn't using profanity, and said they had no plans to take it off shelves.


NBC10 Philadelphia: Toys 'R' Us Swears Its Dolls Don't Swear

TSA Confiscates Cupcake

An airport security officer confiscated a frosted cupcake amid fears its icing could be a security risk, according to reports.

Rebecca Hains said the Transportation Security Administration agent at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas took her cupcake Wednesday. According to Hains, he told her its frosting was enough like a gel to violate TSA restrictions on allowing liquids and gels onto flights to prevent them from being used as explosives.

"I just thought this was terrible logic," Hains said Friday.

Hains said the agent didn't seem concerned that the red velvet cupcake, which was packaged in an 8-ounce mason jar, could actually be explosive, just that it fit some bureaucratic definition about what was prohibited.

"Once he had identified it as a security threat it was no longer mine and I couldn't have it back."

Hains, a 35-year-old communications professor at Salem State University, said she told the agent she had passed through security at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier in the week with two cupcakes packaged in jars, gifts from a student. But she said the agent told her that just meant TSA officials in Boston didn't do its job.

"The TSA agent who saw them, picked them up and said, 'these look delicious,' and sent me on my way," Hains said.

Hains, who lives in Peabody, just north of Boston, said the encounter highlighted the ludicrousness of TSA policies.

"It's not really about the cupcake; I can get another cupcake," she added. "It's about an encroachment on civil liberties. We're just building up a resistance and tolerance to all these things they're doing in the name of security, when it's really theater. It is not keeping us safe."


MSNBC: Frightening frosting? TSA confiscates cupcake

Shoppers Fight, Arrested, Pepper Sprayed Over New Air Jordans

Across the country, the long-awaited release of Nike retro Air Jordan basketball shoes on Friday resulted in fights, arrests, and the use pepper spray as police tried to calm frenzied shoppers, many of whom had waited outside stores overnight.

In Richmond, Calif., a man was arrested after he fired a gun while waiting in line, KTVU TV reported.

In Seattle, Tukwila police officer Mike Murphy said more than 1,000 people lined up to buy shoes at 4 a.m. at four stores in the Westfield Southcenter mall.

He said police used pepper spray on about 20 people who were fighting, while one man was arrested for assault after police say he pushed an officer.

"He did not get his shoes; he went to jail," Murphy said.

"It was not a nice, orderly group of shoppers," Murphy said. "There were a lot of hostile and disorderly people."

Murphy said they smelled marijuana and found alcohol containers at the scene.

The stores sold out and all but about 50 people got their Air Jordans, he added.

Carlisa Williams said she joined the crowd at Southcenter for the experience and ended up buying two pairs of shoes — one for her and one for her brother. But she said she'll never do anything like it again.

"I don't understand why they're so important to people," Williams told KING-TV. "They're just shoes at the end of the day. It's not worth risking your life over."

Hundreds of customers also lined up outside shoe stores in downtown Seattle and at a mall in Federal Way.

The Air Jordan XI Retro "Concord" sneakers, costing $180 retail, are based on a design that first went on sale in 1995.

The new shoes are already being advertised on eBay with asking bids of as much as $605.

Adding to frenzied demand from fashion-conscious shoppers and sneaker collectors, some stores have been given as few as 12 pairs each.

Here's a sampling of incidents elsewhere:

In Lithona, Ga., police told Fox 5 Atlanta that up to 20 squad cars responded to a mall after a large crowd broke down a door to get inside before a store opened. Police escorted most of the people back outside, but took four into custody. Officers said they had to break a car window to get two toddlers out after a woman went in after the shoes. They said she was taken into custody when she returned to the car.

In Arlington, Va., a large crowd was waiting outside the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City mall which let in a few buyers at midnight and then at again 6 a.m., NBC Washington reported. Police had to come for crowd control, and many customers left angry.

At St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf, Md., people pushed open the doors at several entrances to the mall. Initially, they lined up outside the six stores that were set to sell the shoes, but people began pushing each other, trying to keep their places in line, and the scene turned chaotic. No individual stores were broken into. Officers arrested four juveniles and one adult for disorderly conduct.

In Dayton, Ohio, fights broke out among shoppers outside a store, and some people sold their spots in line.

In Indianapolis, Ind., hundreds stampeded a store, a few losing shoes and jackets along the way. One girl was nearly trampled, WTHR TV reported. "I actually jumped over the girl that fell. There was a few people on the ground but I jumped over 'em and kept running," said one shopper. Another shopper said she "was able to be the first one in, but I kinda hit my hand on the door. I was bleeding but it's all good. It was worth it."

In Taylor, Mich., about 100 people forced their way into a shopping center around 5:30 a.m., damaging decorations and overturning benches. One man was arrested.
It's not the first time the Nikes have caused an uproar. Some people were mugged or even killed for early versions of the Air Jordan shoe, which Nike Inc. created in 1985.

The shoe has been a consistent hit since then with sneaker fans. A new edition was launched each year, and release dates had to be moved to the weekends at some points to keep kids from skipping school to get a pair.

No one anticipated the hysteria around the original Air Jordan, which spawned a subculture of collectors willing to wait hours to buy the latest pair. But the shopping frenzy over the shoe had died down in recent years.

These latest incidents instead seem to be part of trend of increasing acts of violence at retailers this holiday shopping season, such as the shopper who pepper-sprayed others at a Walmart in Los Angeles on Black Friday and crowds looting a clothing store in New York.

Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore., issued a statement Friday afternoon saying: "We are extremely concerned to hear of the reported crowd incidents ... Consumer safety and security is of paramount importance. We encourage anyone wishing to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner."

The Oregonian reported the Air Jordan appeal is only partly nostalgia for the former NBA star Michael Jordan. Collectors known as "sneakerheads" save them for special occasions or never take them out of the box.


MSNBC: Air Jordan shoppers mob stores, some pepper-sprayed

Louisiana Man Arrested After Drunken Handicap Scooter Bumper Car Competition

An early morning game of drunken bumper cars - using Walmart handicap scooters - was broken up Saturday morning by Louisiana cops who arrested a 22-year-old man who copped to driving to the store while intoxicated.

Officers with the West Monroe Police Department arrived at the Walmart around 2:30 AM in response to a call about a disturbance. Store management told cops that a group of intoxicated suspects were “playing ‘bumper cars’ with the handicap scooters in the store,” according to a probable cause affidavit.

A police sergeant contacted Christopher Butler, who appeared “very intoxicated.” Butler admitted driving his 2004 Ford truck to the retailer after consuming “five to six beers.” A subsequent Breathalyzer recorded Butler’s blood alcohol content as .133 (the legal limit is .08).

Butler’s fellow bumper car enthusiasts apparently escaped.


The Smoking Gun: Handicap Scooter Bumper Car Competition At Walmart Ends In 2:30 AM Arrest Of Drunken Louisiana Guy

Man Wins Lamborghini & Crashes It 6 Hours Later

A Utah man was speechless when he found out he won a $350,000 Lamborghini in a contest hosted by a local convenience store chain last month, but his excitement came to a halting stop six hours later when he crashed the luxury Italian sports car.

“We were coming up a hill and going down a corner, and we hit a patch of black ice,” David Dopp said.

Dopp won the 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 on Nov. 12 at LaVell Edwards Stadium during Maverik’s “Joe Schmo to Lambo” contest. According to a spokesperson, the Lamborghini is worth more than $350,000 and its 640-horse powered engine can go from 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds.

The Lamborghini was delivered to Dopp on Dec. 17, and soon after he took the car for a drive around the neighborhood with friends and family. Noise complaints forced Dopp to re-route his joy rides to the outskirts of Sataquin, Utah, where things turned sour.

Dopp said he hit the ice patch while traveling about 40 or 50 mph around a turn, causing the car to spin backward and hit a fence post, damaging the fender on his dream car.

“Everything is going to be OK and we’ll move on from here,” Dopp’s wife Annette Dopp said.

Dopp paid $3,500 to insure the car for six months, and his down payment for the repairs was $1,000. According to Dopp, the car is on its way to Vegas for repairs.

But even when it returns, there will be no more joy rides in the pricey Lamborghini. Dopp plans on selling the car to pay off bills and buy his wife a new car.


ABC News: Man Wins Lamborghini, Crashes it 6 Hours Later

High School Principal Accused of Taking Topless Pictures of Male Students, Pinching Their Nipples

Concerns that a high school principal had pinched male students' nipples were first brought to Fort Worth school district officials this year.

Then officials began investigating an allegation that Dunbar High School Principal Douglas Williams had taken pictures of male students working out without their shirts on, officials said.

Williams was placed on administrative leave Tuesday.

A woman who called the Star-Telegram after attempts to reach Williams at home said Williams had no comment.

Interim Superintendent Walter Dansby said Sunday that Williams has admitted to pinching the students and was disciplined, but Dansby, who was out of town Sunday, did not have details of the incident available. Dansby said the latest allegation was brought forward after the initial investigation began, but he declined to give specifics, saying it is still being reviewed.

School officials who declined to be named for fear of losing their jobs said the second allegation against Williams is that he took photographs of shirtless students before this school year.

Williams is known for being a photographer who often took pictures around the campus and at sporting events that were then presented in slide shows, parents said.

The district's Office of Professional Standards previously reviewed the breast pinching incident. An outside investigator has now been brought in, Dansby said.

"We wanted someone else to look into it to make sure it is fair to him and to everyone involved," he said.

Texas law requires that any reasonable suspicion of child abuse be reported to authorities. District spokesman Clint Bond said law enforcement agencies and Child Protective Services are not involved in the investigation and are not expected to be.

District policy says an educator shall not "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly engage in physical mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of a student or minor" and shall maintain appropriate relationships and boundaries.

Bond said students were not informed about why Williams was removed, only that he was placed on leave.

"We did not feel a need to do that because we anticipate this being resolved quickly," Bond said.

It was not known Sunday whether the parents of the boys involved in the pinching had been informed.

Williams has been principal of the east Fort Worth school since 2007 after spending much of his career in California. Retired educator Jannis Dilworth is temporarily overseeing the campus.

Many in the Dunbar community were shocked at the allegations.

Sophomore Alexis Smith said she had never heard concerns about Williams. "He was a good principal," Smith said. "He cared about the kids and made sure we were focused.

"Some families said they are awaiting the outcome of the investigation before making a judgment but are worried. "I'm really concerned about it," parent Shurl Brookings said. "You don't want to have anything like that going on in our schools.

"Trustee Christene Moss, who represents that area of town, said she could not comment on an ongoing personnel issue.

"He's under investigation, and we just have to wait and see what the investigation reveals," she said. "I have no thoughts about it right now because you don't try a person before you get all the information."


Star-Telegram: Details emerge on accusations against Dunbar High School principal

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Naked Man Flees Stolen Hummer Limousine After Police Chase

A suspected carjacker was caught on camera fleeing from a stretched Hummer – completely naked.

The nude man was dragged to the ground by a police dog after abandoning the limousine following a 30-mile chase.

The Hummer was allegedly stolen at gunpoint in Irvine, California.

The chauffeur called 911 and highway patrol officers gave chase with a police helicopter capturing the scene from above.

The chase eventually ended in Whittier, when the lone driver ground to a halt in a residential area.

As the starkers suspect jumped from the vehicle, stunned police can be heard shouting “He’s come to a stop. He’s bailed.”

Realising the man was unclothed, the officer adds: “He’s naked!”

The bare-bottomed man waves his arms as he runs through residents’ front lawns before being caught by a police dog.


Mirror: Naked man flees Hummer limousine after police chase - video

13-Year-Old Threatens To Kill Santa If He Doesn't Bring The Real-Life Justin Bieber

Christmas letters to Santa asking for a new bike or toy are usually endearing notes penned by wide-eyed innocent children.

But Mekeeda Austin has warned Father Christmas that he will be "killed" if he fails to deliver at least two of her long list of gifts – including a BlackBerry smartphone and "the real-life Justin Bieber."

The 13-year-old goes even further and threatens to "hunt down" Old Nick’s reindeer so she can "cook them and serve their meat to homeless people on Christmas day."

Her mother, Tracey, from Brickhill, Bedford, found the note - which ends "Remember… two of these, or you die" – in Mekeeda’s school bag but has vowed to try to meet her daughter’s demands rather than punish her.

"When I first found the letter, I thought it was funny. Now I think I’d better get her what she wants. The last thing I want is for her to kill Santa," said Mrs Austin, 40.

The demanding Mekeeda added: "I don’t really believe in Santa any more but I was angry because I thought I wasn’t going to get all the presents I wanted this year. I want all of these things and I don’t see why I shouldn’t get them."


Metro: Schoolgirl threatens to kill Santa Claus if he doesn't bring the right presents

Rodney Atkins Arrested For Attempting To Smother Wife With A Pillow

TMZ: Country superstar Rodney Atkins was arrested last month in Tennessee for domestic assault after allegedly trying to smother his wife with a pillow -- but TMZ has learned Rodney has since filed for divorce, and insists his wife made up the whole thing.

According to court documents filed in Williamson County, Rodney's wife Tammy Atkins called 911 at 7:47 AM on November 21 -- claiming the two had been arguing throughout the night in their home when Rodney turned violent.

Tammy told police Rodney tried to smother her with a pillow and later grabbed her by the face and threw her down the hallway.

According to cops, Tammy insisted the platinum-selling singer "had been drinking alcohol all night and was intoxicated."

What's worse -- Tammy claims the entire assault took place in front of the couple's 10-year-old son.

Rodney was hauled to a nearby jail -- where he was booked and released on $2,500 bail.

But Rodney says his wife is straight up lying -- and his lawyer is calling the incident nothing more than an "unfortunate verbal dispute."

In a statement released to TMZ - Rodney's lawyer says, "When Mr. Atkins realized their child was in hearing range of the argument his first priority became getting out of the earshot of the child."

The statement continues, "Mr. Atkins realized he would have no recourse but to file a complaint for divorce. He has exercised substantial parenting time with the parties son and he will continue to do so while the divorce is pending."

"Mr. Atkins wants to thank his fans for standing by him as he is confident the truth will prevail."


TMZ: Country Star Rodney Atkins Arrested for Trying to Smother Wife with a Pillow

Police Officer Tasers 14-Year-Old Girl

An edited surveillance video of a police officer firing a Taser at a 14-year-old girl was released as part of evidence for a federal lawsuit filed against a police officer and the city of Allentown.

The incident happened back on Sept. 29 outside of Dieruff High School. The video first shows Keshana Wilson, 14, walking towards a car on the street with two friends on the 800 block of Washington Street before turning to talk to another group of students, according to the Morning Call.

The video then abruptly cuts to Allentown Police Officer Jason Ammary struggling with Wilson on the side of a parked car. Ammary appears to be shoving Wilson against the car. She then appears to push her left forearm against his face.

Ammary then steps back and fires his Taser at Wilson’s groin, causing her to collapse to the ground. Several security officers then arrive. One can be seen leading a teen boy away in handcuffs.

The Morning Call reports Wilson was taken to the hospital to have probes from the Taser removed. She was charged with aggravated assault on the officer, simple assault, riot, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, failure to disperse and walking on the highway, according to the Morning Call. The Morning Call also reports the assault and riot charges were dismissed in juvenile court.

Attorney Richard J. Orloski filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of Wilson’s mother, Victoria Geist. The suit claims the officer used excessive force against the teen girl.

One minute and 40 seconds worth of video is missing, according to the lawsuit. The video does not show the confrontation between the officer and the girl nor what prompted it. The Morning Call reports that the lawsuit and the Allentown Police Department gave different accounts.

The lawsuit claims the girl did nothing to provoke the officer. Orloski says Ammary grabbed Wilson from behind without identifying himself and violently pushed her into the car. Orloski also says Ammary made insulting remarks about the girl’s “socioeconomic status.”


NBC Philadelphia: Police Officer Tasers 14-Year-Old Girl

Police Officer Drives Car Up Utility Pole

A Miami Police officer wasn't injured, but his car may need a little work after he drove it up a utility pole in a single car accident Tuesday morning.

Miami Police said the officer was briefly distracted and ran over a wire on the pole, leaving his patrol car at a 45-degree angle. Rescue workers responded and helped the officer hop out of the car uninjured.


MSNBC: Police officer takes wrong turn, drives car up utility pole

Pennsylvania Man Fakes Mom's Obituary to Get Time Off

Authorities in northwestern Pennsylvania say a man published an obituary for his living mother in a ploy to get paid bereavement time off from work.

Relatives called The Jeffersonian Democrat newspaper in Brookville after the obit appeared to report the woman was actually alive and well. The woman herself then visited the paper.

Brookville police charged 45-year-old Scott Bennett on Tuesday with disorderly conduct.

Democrat editor Randy Bartley says he accepted the obituary in good faith after being unable to confirm the funeral arrangements at press time. He told The Derrick newspaper on Friday that the woman was very understanding.

Police Chief Ken Dworek says Bennett wrote up the memorial notice because he didn't want to get fired for taking time off.


ABC News: Police: Pa. Man Fakes Mom's Obit to Get Time Off

Woman Attempts To Make Meth In Walmart

A woman was arrested in a Tulsa Walmart late Thursday afternoon while allegedly attempting to make meth from items she had gathered in the store, police said.

Walmart security watched the woman, who was acting suspiciously and made her way to the back of the store near restrooms, where she began mixing ingredients, Tulsa police Cpl. Scott Anderson said.

Police arrested Alisha Halfmoon, 45, about 6 p.m. after Walmart security personnel called 911 to the store near 81st Street and Lewis Avenue, jail records show.

Halfmoon was booked without bond on complaint of endeavoring to manufacture, records show.

"From what they told us, it was pretty strange," Anderson said.

One officer may have been burned by sulfuric acid that had resulted from a chemical reaction in the box of items taken from the scene, Anderson said. Officer Richard Urban told officers he felt a burning sensation on his hand through his leather glove as he was carrying evidence from the scene, Anderson said. Urban removed his glove and washed off the substance, leaving no visible injury, Anderson said.

The evidence collected at the scene included lithium and chemical drain cleaner, but no pseudoephedrine, Anderson said.

"She maybe didn't know how to do it," he said.

Halfmoon was released from jail Tuesday for a Nov. 6 arrest that led to charges of obtaining controlled drugs by forged script and possession of controlled drugs, jail records show.

She was released on a deferred sentence, according to jail records.


Tulsa World: Woman arrested allegedly trying to make meth in Walmart

NJ Man Dies From Silicone Injection In Penis

A New Jersey woman who police say injected a man's penis with silicone, resulting in his death, has been charged with manslaughter.

The Essex County prosecutor's office says 34-year-old Kasia Rivera gave 22-year-old Justin Street the injection on May 5. Such injections often are used to enlarge body parts, such as the buttocks.

Street died the day after his injection. His death was ruled a homicide following an investigation and a medical examiner's determination he died of a silicone embolism.

Rivera also faces charges for the unauthorized practice of medicine. She was arrested Friday and is being held on $75,000 bail. It's unclear if she has a lawyer. No telephone listing could be found for her home in East Orange.


ABC News: NJ Woman Charged in Penis Silicone Injection Death

Rick Perry Fails Again

Gay Bashed By Clark Gas Station Employee In Bluffton, IN

A Bluffton, Indiana man claims he was threatened by A Clark Gas Station Employee because of his sexual preference.

"I went to the Clark gas station here in Bluffton, Indiana today to refill my gas station mug," Josh Love posted to his Facebook wall on Tuesday. "I went to the counter to pay and the man working the register started yelling at me. He told me to leave the store or he would "Come around this here counter and beat my faggoty ass." He did not give me my change from my purchase or my receipt and as I was walking away he hollered that queeres weren't needed there and he would beat my ass if he saw me again. I went to the police and they say they cannot do anything because he only threated to harm me. They won't get involved unless he actually harms me. I called the corporate office for Clark and they said they cant do anything because they dont own any of their gas stations. I talked to the newspaper about putting in an editorial and they can't name any business. So basically, in this town, anyone can threaten a "Faggot" and nobody will do anything about it. That gives the next generations great idea's about how this world works. THANKS!!!"

The "co-owner" of the Clark Gas Station recently replied to Josh Love's Youtube video.
"Our sign says Fountain drinks 69 cents plus tax. That's 74 cents altogether. We don't sell refillable mugs and dont support that program. Our price is for our cups and our pop. When you bring in a cup thats twice the size! umm yea you're going to pay twice the price! That will be a total of $1.48. You gave me $1.50 and your 2 cents you threw back on the counter. So don't act like I shorted You 5 whole dollars. If you would have asked beforehand insted of just helping yourself like you know it all and were going to get your way you would have been told the price before you filled it up. I'm the manager/partner/co-owner. I'm the one you called and nothing like that was said. You threw a fit over the price with nonsense words and I responded - no discrimination intended. You chose to go the route you went and it could have and should have been handled differently. However, this is a family owned business and we have the right to refuse service to anyone!! We're here to help, not disturb the customers and if you don't like how things are done you don't have to come in here. It's your choice. GROW UP"


Just recently, more hateful comments have been posted by the "co-owner." This idiot is just asking for a lawsuit.

"AINT NO THREATS ITS FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!"

"O TO ALL OF U>> Police came. Channel 15 news came.. sorry but ur only option is not to come bak!"

"ITS HILLBILLY THATS WHY HES GAY"

"justin timberlake says.. cry me a river.. or u can be normal and go straight n live a normal life"

"O AND THANKS FOR THE PUBLICITY CUZ EVERYBODYS COMIN IN NOW TO SEE WHATS POPPIN OFF WITH THE GAY GUY LOL.. THANKS FOR THE BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENT!!"

"i sister fuck ur mom bitch.. fuck u homos"


The "co-owner's" final comments posted on Josh Love's youtube video before he closed his account on 12/09/11.

"ye we got cameras.. wanna watch me call him gay lol.. if its a crime id be in jail u fuckin idiot"

"So u give our location city state n store name lmao!! LAWSUIT ON U BUDDY.. along with these threats on hear hahaha ur fucked.. PRO STRAIGHT!!!"

"well sory but im the owner and ur shit outta luck dumbass.. were family owned so fuck urself and the fags on here"


Despite all the threatening and hateful comments on his Youtube video, Josh Love is still fighting back.


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'Mythbusters' Misfire Sends Cannonball Through House & Van

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One of the zany experiments staged by the "Mythbusters" television show nearly turned into a suburban tragedy Tuesday afternoon in Dublin when the crew fired a homemade cannon toward huge containers of water at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb disposal range.

The cantaloupe-sized cannonball missed the water, tore through a cinder-block wall, skipped off a hillside and flew some 700 yards east, right into the Tassajara Creek neighborhood, where children were returning home from school at 4:15 p.m., authorities said.

There, the 6-inch projectile bounced in front of a home on quiet Cassata Place, ripped through the front door, raced up the stairs and blasted through a bedroom, where a man, woman and child slept through it all - only awakening because of plaster dust.

The ball wasn't done bouncing.

It exited the house, leaving a perfectly round hole in the stucco, crossed a six-lane Tassajara Road, took out several tiles from the roof of a home on Bellevue Circle and finally slammed into the Gill family's beige Toyota Sienna minivan in a driveway on Springvale Drive.

That's where Jasbir Gill, 42, who had pulled up minutes earlier with his 13-year-old son, Manvir, found the ball on the floorboards, with glass everywhere and an obliterated dashboard.

"It's shocking - anything could have happened," Gill said after the van had been taken away as evidence, along with the cannonball.

"Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy," said Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. "You wouldn't think it was possible."

He said the television crew was incredibly unlucky that the cannonball flew through Dublin, but "tremendously lucky that it didn't seriously injure or kill somebody."

Nelson said "Mythbusters," a show on the Discovery Channel, had used the bomb disposal range without incident while shooting portions of more than 50 episodes over the past seven or eight years. The show does not pay a set fee but has donated to the department and given it exposure.

One of the terms of the deal, Nelson said, was that the show take out insurance in case of a mishap.

The show is based in San Francisco. Hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use science experiments to confirm or debunk rumors or myths. Reached Tuesday evening, Savage said, "I can't talk right now," before hanging up.

This isn't the first time projectiles in the area have hit homes. In 2007, a stray .223-caliber bullet, apparently fired during a training exercise at Camp Parks Army base in Dublin, shattered the bedroom window of a San Ramon home.

SFGate: 'Mythbusters' cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan

Teacher Removes The Word "Gay" From Christmas Carol

A Michigan music teacher recently hit a sour note with parents after changing the lyrics to a popular Christmas carol.

The Principal at Cherry Knoll Elementary School, in Northwest Michigan, says that the teacher's students were stumbling over the word "gay" in the song "Deck the Halls" so the teacher decided to replace the word.

"There were some students that had been snickering at the lyrics to deck the halls, she had been attempting to get them back on track quite a few times, and just decided to make a change in the wording," Cherry Knoll Elementary School Principal Chris Parker said.

Parker says when he heard the teacher changed the verse "don we now our gay apparel" to "don we now our bright apparel", he immediately talked with the teacher.

Parker says is disappointed in the music teacher's decision to change the lyrics to the song, and the students are back to singing the original version.

Parker added that this is a teachable moment for both the music teacher and students.


Up North Live: Teacher strips word "gay" from Christmas carol

9-Year-Old Boy Suspended For Calling Teacher "Cute"

A Gaston County family is getting lots of attention after a mother said her 9-year-old son was suspended for calling a teacher cute.

The boy's mother, Chiquita Lockett, received a certified letter from the school, explaining why her son is accused of sexual harassment.

In the letter, school officials say Emanyea Lockett said a teacher was fine in a suggestive tone. He said he told a friend she was cute.

The district says the comment is considered a form of sexual harassment.

Eyewitness News watched Chiquita Lockett go over the letter with her son on Monday. It says that he admitted to calling his teacher cute last Wednesday.

School officials said in addition to the comment about the teacher, Emanyea had been warned about calling students bad words. They said all of the comments are inappropriate and violate the student code of conduct.

His mother said she was never told about the other comments. Eyewitness News asked Emanyea specifically about them.

“I didn’t use bad language about other students,” he said.

“All you said is your teacher is cute?” Eyewitness News asked.

“Yes,” he replied.

“What's in that letter, what they accuse him about, if that's true, I should have been notified about it,” Chiquita Lockett said. “And if so, then I would have seen where a suspension would have taken place.”


WSOCTV: School explains boy’s suspension in letter to mother

Alaska Man Stranded In Snow For 3 Days Survives On Frozen Beer

Clifton Vial, 52, climbed into the cab of his Toyota Tacoma on Monday night in Nome to see how far a road winding to the north would take him.

More than 40 miles out of town, at about 9:30 that night, he found out. As Pink Floyd's "Echoes" played on the stereo and temperature dipped well below zero in the darkness, Vial's pickup plunged into a snowdrift.

"I made an attempt at digging myself out and realized how badly I was stuck," Vial told The Anchorage Daily News. He was wearing tennis shoes, jeans and a $30 jacket from Sears. "I would have been frostbit before I ever got the thing out of there."

Vial found himself alone near Salmon Lake, on a road that doubles as a snowmachine trail in the winter and stretches inland from the Bering Sea city. Far beyond the reach of his cellphone, Vial slipped into a fleece sleeping bag liner and wrapped a bath towel around his feet. He occasionally started the truck to run the heater and listen to the radio.

Was anybody talking about him? Did they know he was missing? By the third day, Vial said, the truck was nearly out of gas. "I felt really pissed at myself," Vial said. "I shouldn't have been out there by myself unprepared for what I knew was possible."

Normally Vial carries a sleeping bag, extra gasoline and other survival gear in the 2000 Toyota, he said. But on this trip he had few supplies, no food and no water. Even his dogs, a pair of labs that usually accompany him on drives, stayed home.

Vial kept busy trying to think of ways to stay warm. His wife and daughter were out of town, searchers said. No one would know he was gone until he failed to show up for work at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

"He's a very punctual employee," said John Handeland, general manager for Nome Joint Utility System, where Vial works as an operator mechanic. "By 4 o'clock we figured something was wrong."

No one could reach Vial on the phone. Co-workers patrolling the town that night found no sign of his pickup.

Handeland called police on Wednesday when Vial missed work for a second day.

The Nome Volunteer Fire Department was alerted and Vial's co-workers and volunteer rescuers drove surrounding roads in search of the Toyota.

One searcher drove 41 miles along Kougarok Road -- just a few miles from where Vial sat shivering and stranded in his pickup -- but saw no tracks. The searcher turned back as daylight disappeared and the road conditions worsened, Handeland said.

Troopers joined the search. Rescuers looked for Vial on the ground and from the air, in planes and from a helicopter.

"When we get called on situations like this, it's a needle in a haystack," said Jim West Jr., a Nome fire department captain and search and rescue coordinator.

For Vial, the cold was worse than the hunger, he said. Still he scoured the pickup in vain for food.

His only provisions: Snow, and a few cans of Coors Light that had frozen solid in the cab.

Vial ate the beers like cans of beans. "I cut the lids off and dug it out with a knife," he said.

The overnight low temperature in Nome dropped from about 12 below Monday night -- not counting windchill -- to 17 below on Wednesday morning, said National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Aldrich.

Battling for warmth, Vial wrapped a bath towel around his feet and placed another over his knees and thighs. He shook his ankles and knees to keep moving. He stuffed rags in his clothes and unraveled tissue paper, jamming it down around his feet.

"When I was just sitting there in my coat in the sleeping bag liner I would pull my arms inside my T-shirt to try and utilize my body heat as much as I could," Vial said. "That worked fine for some time, as far as keeping my torso warm and my arms. But my legs and feet where getting pretty cold."

The wind rumbled like airplane engines, Vial said. He thought about his daughter, and about what would happen if no one found him in time.

"I tried to sleep when I could," Vial said, "but I knew that I might not wake up."

When he did close his eyes, Vial said, strange and vivid images appeared. "Saw my daughter. Saw my job. Saw some things that didn't look like people."

He would picture himself driving around Nome, saying hello to friends, only to snap awake and find himself back in the truck, freezing.

At one point Vial decided he would only fire up the pickup's engine once a day. "(The gas tank) was on `E' and the gas light was coming on," he said.

Vial never heard the rescuers arrive. It was early Thursday afternoon, three days after he first became stranded in the snow, when they pulled up behind his pick-up. A co-worker and another volunteer opened the door to the truck, he said.

They gave him a Snickers bar -- it seemed too dry to eat, he said -- and an orange soda.

Vial described the more than 60-hour ordeal in a short phone interview Friday from Nome. His daughter was home from Anchorage.

He planned to visit a doctor Friday afternoon, then return to work.

Vial's legs felt as if they'd been beaten, he said, but he found no signs of frostbite. "I weighed myself last night," he said. "I lost approximately 16 pounds."


ADN: Stranded Nome man survives 3 days in cold

Florida Carjackers Duped By Stick Shift

Two would-be carjacking victims still have their car after their assailants were thwarted by an unlikely ally: The car's stick shift.

Police said a 45-year-old man was dropping off a work truck on the 1000 block of 31st Street S just before 1 a.m. His 23-year-old girlfriend came to pick him up in her 2007 Nissan, which has a manual transmission.

She stopped to let her boyfriend get out and lock up at the business' gate. As he returned to the car and the pair got ready to drive away, two men appeared on either side, police said.

One pulled out a handgun and told them to get out or they would shoot. The couple got out. The two men demanded money and a cell phone, but apparently only got the latter, police said.

The men then jumped into the vehicle and started it up, but that's where they were foiled. They couldn't drive a stick.

Police said the two men gave up and ran north on 31st Street.


TampaBay.com: Two would-be carjackers in St. Petersburg foiled by car's stick shift

7-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Sexual Harassment After Punching A Fellow First-Grader In The Testicles

A 7-year-old Massachusetts boy is being accused of sexual harassment after he punched another student in the groin while he was being choked, according to the boy's mother.

Mark Curran says he was riding his elementary school bus home when a bully stole his new gloves and choked him, prompting him to act in self defense.

'I think my kid was right to fight back,' his mother Tasha Lynch told the Boston Globe.

'He wasn't doing anything except protecting himself,' she says.

But her son now faces suspension or transfer to another school if he is found guilty of the attack, according to a letter from Tynan Elementary school.

'Any kind of inappropriate touching would fall under that category,' Boston school spokesman Matthew Wilder told The Globe.

'The school administration is conducting a full investigation that has not concluded yet. Certainly, once that investigation is through, we’ll then make a final conclusion as to who will be disciplined and how,' he said.

According to Ms Lynch she said her son was visibly upset when she greeted him at the bus stop on November 22nd.

Asking him what was wrong, he explained what had happened, in time for her to question his bus driver.

'He just smiled and shrugged,' she recalled.

With his school's office not returning her calls she says she asked her older son to escort Mark to the principal's office and report what had happened.

'I just thought they were going to call the parents, tell us both to come in and make the boys shake hands,' Mark's mother said.

But instead, she says they began questioning her son on the incident and to his recollection.

'They didn't believe me,' he told The Globe on Thursday.

'I didn't get my gloves back,' he added.

According to Mark's mother, the school principal told her ‘It doesn’t matter who hit who first.'

'‘He said he hit him in the testicles,' his mother recalled of the principal, 'That’s assault. That’s sexual assault.’'

In which she says she replied 'The kid choked my son first and that's called attempted murder. He said he couldn't breath.'

On Monday Mark's mother says a hearing regarding the incident is scheduled which could include witnesses including the two boys.

Since this news his mother says she has been trying to find a lawyer or an advocate who will help assist her defense.

She says her son feels 'totally alone.'

'Nobody believed him. Nobody was there for him,' she said.


Daily Mail: First grade boy, aged SEVEN, investigated for sexual harassment after 'punching bully in the groin in self-defense'

Dog Shoots Owner In The Ass With His Own Gun

A Utah duck hunter was shot in the buttocks, when his dog stepped on a shotgun and sprayed him with birdshot.

The wounded 46-year-old man had laid his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of a boat, when he got out of the vessel to move decoys, said Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Potter. Potter says it wasn't clear whether the safety was on the gun when it went off.

Potter says the hunter, who briefly became the hunted, was hit from about 10 feet away with 27 pellets of birdshot, but he wasn't seriously injured, partly because he was wearing waders. He was treated at a nearby hospital.

His canine companion could be in the running for hunting dog of the year.


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