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'Save your chopper money' -- One of the funniest police press releases ever
Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:49 AM EDT
The Broward County Sheriffs Office in Florida issued this media alert Monday: From: bso_media_relations Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:24 AM Subject: Media Incident Alert
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Soldier accidentally calls home during firefight, freaking out parents.
Seeded on Mon May 5, 2008 11:20 AM EDT (KPTV)
An Oregon couple got a scary voice mail from their son, a soldier in Afghanistan. The son accidentally hit redial on his cell phone, calling his folks. They heard three minutes of a battle and frantically called their son, finally reaching him much later.
Is your DNA a 'pre-existing condition?' Congress says, 'No.'
Seeded on Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:16 PM EDT (The Spittoon)
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has made it through Congress, more than a decade after first being introduced as a means of protecting individuals from discrimination based on their genetic risk for disease.
The Bald Truth About Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno
Seeded on Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:44 AM EDT (MinnyMix)
Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno takes over for Gen. David Patraeus as top U.S. commander in Iraq. Odierno's been in country since April 2003. Back then, he led the 4th Infantry Division, which originally was supposed to invade Iraq from Turkey as part of a north-south punch into Baghdad.
Congress Sent Me My TV Converter Box Coupons
Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 9:41 AM EDT (MinnyMix)
Analog TV signals shut off Feb. 19, 2009. Fearing an old-fogey backlash, Congress created a program to subsidize the purchase of digital-to-analog converters for those who absolutely must hang on to their analog TVs. A few months ago, I applied for the coupon.
Phil Anschutz's Examiner goes big online
Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:40 PM EDT (State of Local)
Billionaire investor Phil Anschutz, the moneyman behind the Examiner newspapers, is making a big push into local news online.
100-MPH Police Chase Ends In Crash - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix
Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 5:26 PM EST (KPHO-TV)
Amazing head-on crash kills one person at the end of a police chase. A bank robbery suspect being chased by officers through several Phoenix-area suburbs crashed into an oncoming car, leaving at least one person dead.
Read the "Don't Tase me, bro" report here
Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:00 PM EDT (University of Florida)
The University of Florida president says a state report cleared campus cops of any wrongdoing in the famous "Don't tase me, bro!" episode. This is the university's official statement and includes a link to the report's executive summary.
Inventor Of Rice-A-Roni Dies
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:37 PM EDT (KTVU-TV)
Vincent DeDomenico, a pasta maker who paid homage to his hometown when he invented the Rice-A-Roni side dish, has died at age 92, his family said. Along with his brothers, DeDomenico, the son of Italian immigrants, created the packaged blend of rice and pasta during the early 19 …
Listen in: Scared boy calls 911 to report mom's DWI
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:28 PM EDT (KPTV-TV)
A 911 recording captures an amazing call from an 8-year-old boy in Vancouver, Wash. His mom was driving crazily and he and his sister were scared to death.
Baltimore police recover hijacked tanker
Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:53 AM EDT (WBAL-TV)
Baltimore police confirmed they found a tanker truck that was taken at gunpoint from a fuel-loading depot in the city's Curtis Bay neighborhood early Friday morning.
Pranksters put deer carcass on team's bus
Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:19 AM EDT (KSAT-TV)
Whoever did this may have been watching "The Godfather" too often. A girl's high school volleyball team was shocked to find a bloody deer carcass on their bus after a game against a rival.
St. Paul Pioneer Press, news union strike deal
Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:11 PM EDT
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, owned by Dean Singleton's MediaNews, has reached a tentative deal with a guild that represents 340 workers.
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Exposing Cheney: Review of Frontline's 'Cheney's Law'
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:27 PM EDT (The Rake)
Once whoever comes next and historians begin clearing rubble from the administration of George W. Bush and trying to explain how this disaster happened the smart ones will start by boring into Dick Cheney's bunker.
Modern day Chicken Little tries to evacuate town
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:59 PM EDT (KPHO-TV)
A Scottsdale woman allegedly tried to evacuate the Village of Oak Creek on Wednesday, claiming she heard radio transmissions from Indiana reporting a cyanide cloud heading north from Phoenix.
AP Sues Online News Distributor
Seeded on Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:09 AM EDT (Editor & Publisher)
AP takes step to halt Moreover from content scraping and aggregating AP's content.
Yahoo! for Yahoo? Maybe not.
Seeded on Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:39 AM EDT (Newsosaur)
The jumbo online revenue gains at Yahoo's newspaper partners may be transitory and short-lived, say publishers struggling to sustain initial lifts they fear they can't replicate in the second year of the agreement.
Teens Caught On Tape Tossing Log From Bridge
Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:01 PM EDT (Iowa News, Des Moines, Iowa News, Weather, and Sports - KCCI Channel 8)
A group of teenagers were caught on tape Tuesday night throwing concrete and steel rods from the Ninth Street Bridge on to Interstate 235.
YouTube fight girl: 'I Can't Believe That's Me'
Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:57 AM EDT (WLWT-TV)
Katelind Lewis was just 12 years old when she was attacked in the girls' locker room at Norwood Middle School. Now she's 13 and the "star" of an online fight video.
Girl-fight video hits YouTube
Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 9:39 AM EDT (WLWT-TV)
A fight in a girls' locker room at a local school has reached an international viewing audience online.
Man on trial for feeding homeless
Seeded on Mon Oct 8, 2007 12:31 PM EDT (WFTV)
A controversial city ordinance has led to a number of protests and now a trial. An Orlando man is the first person to face a jury for feeding the homeless.
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