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Today, 6:06 amRare illness leaves teen unable to eat for monthsYesterday, 10:30 pmSick man sells house for $10Yesterday, 4:21 pmCapitol Hill's Weathiest Officialshttp://thehill.com/homenews/senate/116491-the-hills-50-wealthiest-list-slideshow Last Edited: Yesterday, 5:22 pm Yesterday, 12:55 pmDeer drinks two beers a dayYesterday, 9:43 amThose born on September 2ndThose born on September 2nd are not big on frills. They hate phoniness and despise all forms of affectation. Rarely will they make excuses for their work or behavior. They also have little time for robbing analytic explanations of their motives, referring to let their actions speak for themselves. September 2 people just want to get on with the job, and indeed become workaholics. Most September 2nd people present an unassuming exterior, and do not go out of their way to draw attention to themselves. If blessed with moderate talents, they generally choose a tried and true career path with a low risk factor. The more unusual people born on this day may seek some degree of danger and excitement, but usually prefer to generate it themselves rather than just go along for the ride. September 2nd people are usually good at handling money and finances, particularly their own, even if they don’t have that much to manage. Materially oriented, many September 2nd are strongly physical types. They are attuned to the usefulness and beauty of objects and materials, recognizing their value and handling them accordingly. In matters of love, September 2 people can be pretty particular about what they want, and choose to settle for nothing rather than compromise their expectations. To say they are rather demanding of mates and lovers may well be an understatement. Those born on the 2nd of the month are ruled by the number 2. Number 2 people make good co-workers and partners, rather than leaders, and this influence may aid September 2 people in adjusting jobs or relationships. However, it may also act as a brake on individual initiative and action, producing frustration. Advice: Learn to balance your feelings. Do not be satisfied with second best. If you believe you can do it, get on with it. However, allow for inspiration- don’t just work for work’s sake. Share affections with others. Strengths: Fair, honest and unpretentious. Weaknesses: Unyielding, moody and explosive. Born On This Day: Jimmy Connor, Terry Bradshaw, Eric Dickerson, Chista McAullie, and John Thomson. This Day in History: First ATM opens for business On this day in 1969, America's first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. ATMs went on to revolutionize the banking industry, eliminating the need to visit a bank to conduct basic financial transactions. By the 1980s, these money machines had become widely popular and handled many of the functions previously performed by human tellers, such as check deposits and money transfers between accounts. Today, ATMs are as indispensable to most people as cell phones and e-mail. Yesterday, 8:27 amTax Cuts That Make a DifferenceYesterday, 7:23 amMan calls 911 I need a hug and a cup of cocoaSeptember 1, 2010, 11:09 pm"We're about to crash," passengers told in error?"" We're about to crash," passengers told in error" 7:57pm EDT
LONDON | Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:32am EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways apologized to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake. About 275 passengers were on the London Heathrow to Hong Kong flight on Tuesday evening when the automated message went out. The plane was flying over the North Sea at the time. Cabin crew quickly realized the error and moved to reassure the terrified passengers. "We all thought we were going to die," Michelle Lord, 32, of Preston, northern England, told The Sun newspaper. Another passenger was reported saying: "I can't think of anything worse than being told your plane's about to crash." A spokesman for British Airways said an investigation was under way to discover whether it was human error or a computer glitch. "We apologize to passengers on board the flight for causing them undue distress," he added in a statement. "Our cabin crew immediately made an announcement following the message advising customers that it was an error and that the flight would continue as normal." Last Edited: September 1, 2010, 11:12 pm September 1, 2010, 4:51 pmMan accidentally shoots self in buttSnohomish man shoots self in buttock
Dee Riggs World staff writer Originally published August 30, 2010 at 11:13 a.m., updated August 31, 2010 at 9:49 a.m.
PESHASTIN — A Snohomish man accidentally shot himself in his left buttock Saturday when he put a handgun in his back pocket. Darrel Elam, 52, was preparing to go hiking on Blewett Pass and had moved his 40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun from its holster to his back pocket to see if that position would be more comfortable for walking, said Jerry Moore, chief of administration for the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. The gun discharged and shot down his left buttock and left leg, coming to rest just above his knee. Elam was treated at Central Washington Hospital and released, a hospital spokeswoman said. The incident happened on Blewett Pass about 12 miles from Peshastin. September 1, 2010, 4:26 pmMan replaces ex-girlfriend with custom-made $18,000 dollLast updated: September 02, 2010 Man replaces ex-girlfriend with custom-made sex doll Staff writers From: NewsCore September 01, 2010 8:40AM
A SEX-starved businessman was so hung up on his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him that he paid $18,000 to recreate her as a life-sized sex doll. The 50-year-old man put together a collection of photos of his ex and told Italian adult toymaker Diego Bortolin: "I want it just like her but with bigger boobs", Italy's Il Messaggero newspaper said.
Mr Bortolin, who hasn't named the man, creates extremely realistic sex dolls at the factory behind his shop, named "Temptations" in English, in Treviso, Italy. "She was a smiling blonde girl but he wanted bigger boobs and a curvier backside," Mr Bortolin said. "Our normal dolls are very realistic and everything works just like the real thing. Mr Bortolin said he usually charges around $US5000 for the dolls, but that this particular project was more expensive "because we had to replicate everything, right down to the shape of her nails and teeth".
"She is now the perfect girlfriend as far as I can see," Mr Bortolin said.
Mannequin” photo by patrick kiteley
This is not a sex doll. But it is a real mannequin. September 1, 2010, 1:59 pmWoman sneaks into lover's house gets stuck in chimney and...Last Edited: September 1, 2010, 2:00 pm September 1, 2010, 1:43 pm2010 International Bodypainting Festival Photo GallerySeptember 1, 2010, 8:34 amIs it 'Independence' or 'Indepednence'?September 1, 2010, 8:28 amMan arrested has $50,000 in duffle bag
Man arrested has $50,000 in duffle bag Charged for money laundering, third-degree felony Updated: Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 11:48 AM MDT
Pamela Cosel AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police stopped a man for a traffic violation on Thursday, and when he did not produce a driver's license nor proof that he owned the vehicle, events led officers to find a duffle bag with more than $50,000 in it. Christopher Emanu Carbujal, 22, was driving a Ford Taurus that police later found was being rented for $100 a day from a woman in Dallas who never expected the car to leave the Dallas area. During the traffic stop, the officer smelled marijuana, and police conducted a narcotics search with a trained police dog. That's when cash was found in the car's trunk, in a shoe box inside a duffle bag. Police found no luggage nor changes of clothing. According to the affidavit, Carbujal told police the money was an inheritance from his deceased father's estate. He said he was an unemployed brick layer and that he bought the car but hadn't had the title transferred yet since he had no driver's license. When police asked Carbujal to produce a paper trail on the inheritance and the purchase of the vehicle, he could not, according to the report. He allegedly told police he kept his money out of banks and in his backyard, since he did not handle money well nor trusted banks. He told police there was $75,000 in the bag, when police found only $50,125. He also told police he was en route to Mexico to invest the cash with his aunt in Michoacan, who owned a grocery store. Once jailed, he allegedly told police he dealt in small amounts of hydromarijuana. The affidavit states police believe due to the amount of cash and the way Carbujal was using a car that belonged to someone else, along with his statements and the circumstances, that he is likely a courier for drugs and/or drug money into Mexico. Based on probable cause, Carbujal was charged with money laundering, a third-degree felony. Bond was set at $50,000. September 1, 2010, 6:28 amMan sued for losing $1.35M painting after too many drinks
'Portrait of a Girl,' the missing painting worth $1.35 million. Lombard for NewsKristyn Trudgeon is suing over the loss of her painting.
A Manhattan man is being sued for losing a $1.35 million painting. He blames the booze - saying the Jean Baptiste Camille Corot masterpiece, "Portrait of a Girl," vanished following a bender at The Mark hotel. The artwork's co-owner, Kristyn Trudgeon, isn't buying James Haggerty's tale. "I think he's a complete fumbling idiot," a visibly annoyed Trudgeon said outside her West Side apartment. "He's just a complete a--hole." Trudgeon and Tom Doyle, who co-own the painting, had hired Haggerty, an old pal, to assist with a possible sale of "Portrait of a Girl" to London gallery owner Offer Waterman. A July 28 afternoon appointment in Doyle's Empire State Building office fell apart when the Brit wanted a closer look at the painting. The men agreed to meet later at midtown bistro Rue 57 with Doyle,who then ordered Haggerty to take the painting to The Mark, which is on the upper East Side, for further inspection by Waterman. What happened next remains a boozy blur. The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, says hotel security footage at 10:54 p.m. shows Haggerty sitting at a table with the painting. Six minutes later, he left the painting at the hotel's front desk and entered its bar with Waterman, who yesterday told the Daily News he was annoyed that Haggerty showed up without an appointment. "That struck me as wrong," he said in a phone interview from London. At 11:30 p.m., the two men left the bar, retrieved the painting and had a conversation in the hotel lobby, court papers say. "Something just didn't feel right and I didn't want to be involved," Waterman said. "So I said no, and I said goodbye." Haggerty went back to the hotel bar at 11:34 p.m. and once more deposited the painting at the front desk. He resurfaced 90 minutes later, the suit says, when he stumbled out with the painting and a doorman asked if he needed a taxi. "No," Haggerty allegedly slurred. "I have a car." At 2:30 a.m., he finally returned home to his Trump Place apartment, minus the painting. Later that morning, the suit says, he informed Doyle that he couldn't recall its whereabouts because of his boozy blowout. "We're skeptical as to the explanation," said Max DiFabio, a lawyer for Trudgeon. The painting was part of a collection that made the rounds of museums in Paris, Beijing, San Francisco, Tokyo and Buffalo. Doyle, an executive with Imperial Jets, did not return calls, and Haggerty, who also works at the company, was missing in action at his homes in Manhattan and Long Island. "Until we are able to account for that one hour and 40 minutes, we suspect anything," DiFabio said.
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