
June 24, 2008
Police in Tampa, Fla. have arrested 'God,' for allegedly selling cocaine near a church. Authorities say God Lucky Howard was arrested after trying to sell cocaine to undercover detectives in Tampa. A subsequent search at his home yielded 22 grams of cocaine and a scale.
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June 23, 2008
Topics bra, helicopter, lost, colorado, weather, mountain, led, bad, search, free, water, help, woman and police
A Colorado hiker lost in southern Germany's Bavarian Alps for almost three days used her white bra to signal for help and it led rescuers to the ledge where she was stranded. Jessica Bruinsma, 24, was hiking with a friend near the Austrian border on June 16 when she lost her way due to bad weather and fell to a narrow ledge.
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May 29, 2008
Topics office, job, search, stress, houston, books, personal, college, schools, food, university, fire, men, women and people
A survey of 2,520 executive made by a New York-based online job search website said office cursing topped the reasons why bosses fire employees. According to TheLadders. com, 38 percent of the respondents to the online survey pointed to violation of office etiquette, primarily using cuss words, as their number one reason for terminating workers.
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May 20, 2008
Topics cd, health, search, medical, lost, city, software, dating, names, private, london and drivers
The British government continues to be embarassed by the loss of private electronic data. The latest incident involves the medical records of more than 38,000 National Health Service patients sent to a software company for back up in the event the information got lost. According to the Telegraph, the lost CD had data dating back a decade, believed to have been mislaid while enroute from London to the Sandown Health Center on the Isle of Wight.
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May 9, 2008
To curb the wave of crimes in the national capital, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier made a book on social epidemics a required reading for police officers. The book is "Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. Its about New York City's efforts to stop its transit system from further decay by cleaning up its graffiti.
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