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Houston lawyer loses big in Internet scam (11 News Houston)
A successful Houston lawyer says he fell for an elaborate Internet scam that ended up costing him $182,500. Houston attorney Richard T. Howell, a law partner at Buckley, White, Castaneda, and Howell, says he would rather not be in the news because what happened to him is embarrassing to say the least. But hoping others won’t fall into the same trap, Howell decided to sit down and talk with 11 ...
Without Anti-gay Hysteria, Massa's a Dud for the GOP (The Nation via Yahoo! News)
The Nation -- There was an intense, conspiratorial, crazily sincere man on Glenn Beck's show Tuesday, and it wasn't Glenn Beck.
Local news briefs (Kelowna Capital News)
Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14. others also read...
'Jersey Shore' lands in Miami (New York Post)
"Jersey Shore" is heading to South Beach. Over the objections of locals, the controversial cast of MTV's latest hit reality series is said to be gearing up to bring their Cheetos tans and fist-bumping guido 'tude to Miami, reports the Miami Herald. Shooting on the second season of the...
UPDATE: Jesus rug scam (KMOV St. Louis)
Angela Johnson got the paper Jesus Prayer Rug in the mail, liked the message behind the other mailings she received from Saint Matthews Churches, and decided she should give the ministry some money. She considered her donation an "extra tithe." Soon, Saint Matthews started bombing her with more mail, perhaps three times a week she'd get the mailings encouraging her to give "seeds" so that she ...
Mardell's America (BBC News)
'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun
ABC chairman gives editorial independence a kick in the groin (Crikey)
With one speech, the ABC's chairman has returned the national broadcaster to the days of having a poltically interventionist board running a culture wars agenda -- and he has done it by trashing the editorial independence of some of this country's finest journalists.
Sham Humane Society Just in It For the Guns (Gothamist)
A sham Yonkers humane society group was shut down by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo after it was revealed that its 16 members were really just trying to procure guns and badges, and had no real interest in protecting animals. The group, called the Yonkers Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty, was established in 2007 (a real Yonkers SPCA existed in the '50s) in order to "masquerade as a ...
Police: Woman Scammed Castle Shannon Residents (WPXI Pittsburgh)
Police in Castle Shannon have charged a woman they said has been preying on people's emotions in a door-to-door scam.
Woman accused of adoption fraud (WTHR Indianapolis)
An Indianapolis woman is charged with running an adoption scam that defrauded adoption agencies and would-be parents.
Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones signs with WNBA (TSN)
Please read the full story on TSN.ca for the latest details
Worker Stuck On Open Drawbridge In Florida (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- A worker appears to be stuck clutching onto a Florida drawbridge fixed in the air in Pompano Beach. Firefighters were heading to the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Wednesday morning.
Indiana-Armstrong Builders/Spring Home Show: Building code revisions to increase cost of homes next year, PBA says (The Indiana Gazette)
The Pennsylvania Builders Association contends that changes going into effect under the 2009 Uniform Construction Code are unnecessarily pricing new homes out of reach for some would-be buyers, and threaten the economic survival of small builders across the state.
Local candidates seek ballot spots; Lance Marshall avoids criminal charges (Centre Daily Times)
· Marshall avoids criminal charges · Local candidates seek ballot spots · Photo Contest
5-Alarm Fire In Kidder Township (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
KIDDER TWP., PA.; -- Fire crews responded to a fire at the Villas at Split Rock on Lake Harmony in Kidder Township, Carbon County, early Wednesday morning.
More Local Headlines (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
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Inflation insurance (Asia Times)
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Mechanic Street Memorial Service (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Tuesday marks the two year anniversary of the deadly fire in Bethlehem that took the lives of four children. Tuesday night, their neighborhood gathered to remember them.
80-Year-Old Robbed While Getting Communion (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
PORTLAND, Conn. -- Police said an 80-year-old woman was robbed of her wallet while getting communion at a church in Portland, Conn., on Sunday.
Using Gold to Fend of the FDIC and Its “Problem Banks” (GoldSeek.com)
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