Entries from May 2009

May 30, 2009

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Phil Spector gets at least 19 years for murder
At least I won't have to see his hair for a few years.

Fairfax sues Krispy Kreme over ruined sewer system
No wonder I felt sluggish.
(tags: krispy kreme doughnut sewer)

May 29, 2009

Phil Spector gets at least 19 years for murder

At least I won’t have to see his hair for a few years.

clipped from www.reuters.com

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eccentric music producer Phil Spector was given a sentence of 19 years to life in prison on Friday for the murder of a Hollywood actress in 2003.

Spector, 69, who revolutionized pop music in the 1960s [...]

May 29, 2009

Fairfax sues Krispy Kreme over ruined sewer system

No wonder I felt sluggish.

clipped from www.washingtonexaminer.com

Krispy Kreme doughnuts appear to have much the same effect on a sewer line as they do on a human artery.

Citing goop-clogged pipes, Fairfax County is looking to recoup millions of dollars from the confectionery giant, claiming yeast and grease dumped at the company’s Lorton plant destroyed [...]

May 22, 2009

Tweets for the Day

17:13 I just spent the last 27 hours in rollback hell. Crikey! It would have been quicker to drop the database and restore it! #

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May 22, 2009

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$10million bank bungle pair flee
Really?
(tags: westpac bank million)

May 22, 2009

$10million bank bungle pair flee

Really?

clipped from www.thesun.co.uk

A COUPLE are on the run after their bank mistakenly put millions of dollars
into their account.

The pair fled after withdrawing part of the cash – triggering an international
manhunt for the lovers.

New Zealand bank Westpac made $10million (�3,853,500) available to the
couple’s account after they had asked their bank manager for an overdraft.

Instead [...]

May 20, 2009

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NC Gov. bans smoking in restaurants
*cough*
(tags: smoking ban nc)

May 19, 2009

NC Gov. bans smoking in restaurants

*cough*

clipped from www.wavy.com

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The country’s largest tobacco-producing state is going smoke free.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue signed a bill into law Tuesday that bans smoking in restaurants and bars statewide. She signed the bill during a ceremony in the Old House Chamber of the state Capitol.

The law allows fines of [...]

May 11, 2009

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Pentagon official: US soldier kills troops
(tags: soldier killed baghdad)

May 11, 2009

Pentagon official: US soldier kills troops

clipped from www.wtopnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) – Pentagon officials say five U.S. soldiers are dead after an American soldier opened fire at a U.S. base in Baghdad.

The officials say the shootings happened Monday at Camp Liberty near Baghdad’s airport.

One senior military official in Washington said it was not yet clear whether the shooter was among [...]