Cry Baby M/C

Words fail me. But did the ruling actually change anyone's opinion, or did he just start noticing it?

The president of the Vancouver chapter of the Hells Angels says people have been rude to him and his feelings have been hurt since the group was ruled a criminal organization by an Ontario judge last year.

In an affidavit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Rick Ciarnello lists a number of public snubs including a couple in a restaurant who asked to be moved because they didn't want to sit next to him after he walked in wearing Hells Angels colours.

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Public service worker arrested

I really do think he was doing public service, these people needed scamming. It's a shame that he played for such small stakes. Some of the "victims" look like they could've been taken for thousands. Oh, and by "victims" I mean retarded dipshits with more money than brains.

For a few hundred dollars apiece, Robert Bouconi made people feel like they were in the presence of a rock star.

Police say Bouconi targeted victims in bars, posing as a guitarist for REO Speedwagon, a brother to Lynyrd Skynyrd's band members or the son of a prominent Mafioso, wowing them with his aura of celebrity.
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From Scottsdale to Pinal County, police say Bouconi conned several people by claiming to buy them luxury cars and mansions in exchange for $250 to $300 to get the transactions started, before ditching the paperwork he never signs. He is wanted in similar cons in California and New Mexico.

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Pwned

Talk about putting one in the ten-ring!

A woman fears she could lose sight in one of her eyes after being struck by an egg thrown from a passing car in Aberdeen.

Pamela Blair, 61, was leaving His Majesty's Theatre (HMT) when the egg was thrown by youths in a car.

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Please, think of the DNA

Fluffy MkII won't be home for Christmas, it seems.

Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sells cloned pets, has sent letters to its customers saying it will close at the end of the year. The company had recently reduced the price from $50,000 to $32,000.

The letters said the Sausalito, Calif., company was not accepting new orders because it was "unable to develop the technology to the point that cloning pets is commercially viable."

The company was launched by University of Phoenix founder John Sperling, who had hoped to have his hunting dog, Missy, cloned - a feat that was never accomplished.

Since the company opened in 2000, it was behind the creation of five cloned cats, but sold only two to paying customers.

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Lasers belong on sharks

Did they think to ask first?

But then, why should they bother? Yahoo is a large American company, and they should get their way no matter what, right? I'm sure some marketroid's head exploded when he found out that the Mexicans said "no."

Yahoo Inc. has abandoned its plan to beam a digital time capsule into space by laser from an ancient pyramid after Mexican authorities refused to allow it.

Mexican officials feared the project could damage the nearly 2,000-year-old Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacán, about 40 kilometres northeast of Mexico City.

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Be a good little robot, ya hear!

What do you expect when you force one employee to do the work of three, due to "downsizing?" Remember, you job doesn't want you to be the "creative, motivated, self-starter" that they advertised for. They want an obedient robot that can be micro-managed.

You can't have a career without having a job. But, it's the job part that sucks. Now, think about your job saying that you have to use the company diet plan to qualify for health insurance.

Bad employee! No cookie!

Arizona employees are overweight and overstressed, according to a statewide survey of 3,500 workers released Monday by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona.

Workers' relatively poor health is leading to lost productivity and higher health care costs, said Richard Hannon, senior vice president with the insurer, which is one of the largest in the state.

Blue Cross will use the survey results to encourage employers to offer workplace initiatives, which can include programs to encourage healthier lifestyles. Those programs can include discounts at fitness centers or weight-loss classes.

Industry analysts say that increasingly employers, frustrated by continued higher health care costs, will use a mixture of financial incentives or penalties to guide their workers into healthier practice.

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Time for gun baby control?

When you really, really, really, need to hit your boyfriend, whatever's closest at hand will do. Somehow, I really doubt the boyfriend was an "innocent victin" here.

ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.

The baby was critically injured in the attack early Sunday, said District Attorney Bradley Foulk.

"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," Foulk told the Erie Times-News.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

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P.S. With a name like "Chytoria," it'd be a safe bet to say it was her destiny to be in the news for something like this.

North Korea is safe for now

One sure way to make the U.S. take you seriously is to pop a nuke. If Saddam really had nukes, there was no way we'd have invaded.

Another example is Pakistan. They'd be in the same situation as Afganistan or Iraq if they hadn't have tested a nuke. Now they're "a valuable partner" in the "war on terror."

Now, North Korea can rest easy, and Bush won't have to talk about his pedo Republicans for a while.

South Korean media said the test took place in Gilju in Hamgyong province at 1036 (0136 GMT).

The size of the bomb is uncertain, with estimates varying from 550 tons of destructive power to as much as 15 kilotons. The 1945 Hiroshima bomb was 12.5-15 kilotons.

But correspondents say the claimed test does not necessarily mean North Korea has a fully-fledged nuclear bomb or warhead that it can deliver to a target.

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