A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency’s legitimacy and called police.
According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was ha
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Coolest Billiards Table Made from a Volkswagen Bus You'll See Today
This amazing pool table was brought to Detroit’s Woodward Dream Cruise over the weekend, and it’s a fully-functional setup built inside of a first-generation VW bus. It’s unclear how many hippies go in for bar room games, but regardless, this is probably some of the coolest automotive furniture you’ll ever see.
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Too fat? Common virus may be to blame: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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old computer parts given new life!
Wondering what to do with all those old floppy disks, scratched CDs and random computer parts you can
â™t get yourself to throw away? Check out the clocks, notebooks and jewelry the clever folks at Acorn Studios have fashioned from old keyboard keys, circuit boards and floppy disks for a little inspiration.
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Production Line Built From Legos Builds Lego Cars
This is amazing. Someone’s built a production line out of legos capable of building little lego cars all by itself.
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Great Scott! The DeLorean will return in 2008!
James Espey, VP of DeLorean Motor Company: “Job one will begin the third quarter of this year, with delivery by Q1 of 2008. We’re aiming for $57,500 as the sale price.”
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FW: WKYT – August 21, 2007
> —–Original Message—–
> From: WKYT E-News [mailto:wkytenews@nl.clickability.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:01 PM
> To: kg4vma@gmail.com
> Subject: WKYT – August 21, 2007
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> Drug Store Robbery Suspects In Custody
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> As employees were opening The Medicine Shop this morning, two men
> entered, demanding drugs.
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> Evidence Wanted For DNA Testing In Old Murder Case Missing
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> Two pieces of crucial evidence wanted for DNA testing by a Kentucky
> Death Row inmate are missing.
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> Woman Charged For Hindering Police Investigation
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> An employee of a group that helps victims of spouse abuse is
> charged with tipping a client to a pending raid by law
> enforcement.
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> Philadelphia Firm Files Lawsuit Against Mattel
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> A Philadelphia lawyer says an apology and a recall from Mattel just
> aren’t enough.
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> Two-Year-Old Found Wandering Streets
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> A two-year-old boy is found wandering the streets of Danville. His
> mother says he left the home while he should have been sleeping.
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> It was just what the doctor ordered weather wise on Tuesday across
> Central and Eastern Kentucky: a good soaking rainfall. With the
> remnants of what was tropical storm Erin last week moving through
> the heart of the bluegrass, most locations picked up a solid 1 to 2
> inch rainfall Tuesday with several locations receiving 3 inches
> plus. This should at least put a bit of a dent into the drought
> situation temporarily. Unfortunately the big time heat will return
> quickly with afternoon highs surging back into the mid and even
> upper 90s into the mid and late week. It was be pretty
> uncomfortable to be out and about during the hottest part of the
> day later this week so keep that in mind. Another frontal system
> will slowly move into Kentucky during the upcoming weekend
> providing another shot at some much needed rain and cooling our
> temperatures down a bit as well…TG
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The Depressing YouTube Videos of the Day
In 1985 a man named Paul Hardcastle wrote and arranged (and remixed, several times) a song about the Vietnam War.
Here’s two of the music videos. Watch. Think.
Now, having thought about it, what do you think a song about the “War on Terrorism” and the “War in Iraq” would sound like?
The Feel Good YouTube Video of the Day
For some reason I’ve had this song stuck in my head for the past few weeks, and thought that I’d share. Enjoy!
Comments On Local News Stories
I have posted two comments to the auto-post of WKYT’s E-News.
Feel free to read them, and comment.
(After all, that’s why they’re there!)
Two-Year Old Found Wandering Streets
http://kg4vma.livejournal.com/53602.html?thread=5730#t5730
Highway Expansion Is Unearthing Some Controversy
http://kg4vma.livejournal.com/53602.html?thread=5986#t5986