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Calif. police seek man who snatched nun's purse


SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - Police in Southern California say a man has been caught on surveillance videotape stealing a nun's purse at a Los Angeles-area supermarket.

San Fernando police say two nuns in full habit were putting groceries in their car on Nov. 10 outside a Food 4 Less store when a man approached and asked where his sister could get food for her children.

As they talked, the man grabbed the purse from the shopping cart. He fled in a minivan driven by another man.

Sister Mary De Leon ran after the vehicle but couldn't catch it.

Police employees later chipped in to buy her a new purse, a scarf and a food gift card. She wrote them a thank-you note and said she'd pray for them to St. Michael, the patron saint of police officers.

Honor among thieves? Is there a faster way of punching your ticket to hell?

Cops: 5 SoCal kids victims of 'ginger' attacks


CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." However, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made.

A 12-year-old boy reported being kicked and hit by classmates on Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. A sixth-grade girl told KABC-TV that some fellow students kicked her in the legs from behind. Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Fray Lupian says there were at least five victims.

Investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a "South Park" TV episode that satirized racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned "ginger" people.

Giggle. Seriously though...Giggle.

Chef Paula Deen accidentally hit by charity ham


ATLANTA (AP) - Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham - across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.

Deen tells WGCL-TV: "I thought it busted my lip, but it didn't."

Though smiles and laughter, Deen added: "I'm OK. It just knocked me for a little bit."

She says she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man, who then said "Back at 'ya." Thinking he meant it only as a sentiment, she turned around to get another ham when the errant swine came at her.

"He really meant, 'Back at 'ya.'"

Later, she tweeted: "I haven't met the ham that could stop me yet!"




Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club

INDIANAPOLIS — A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked.

They found the boy inside watching cartoons on a television inside the cab. The keys were in the ignition, and the doors were unlocked.

Police said the suspect put his son in jeopardy by leaving him exposed in a high crime area.

The man was taken to the Marion County jail, where his wife picked up him and the child.

I don't see the issue here.

Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery

REHOBOTH, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying.

Medeiros has posted an ad on Craigslist seeking donations for the surgery. She said the procedure could cost up to $2,600. Her farm in Rehoboth, Mass., cares for other animals with health problems.

Yeah! F cancer research!

Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

The eye doctor's patient complained Sunderhaus poked her thigh and told her she is fat, and also scolded her as irresponsible for being unemployed and relying on taxpayers to pay for another pregnancy.

Sunderhaus admitted he told the patient that her thick thighs and diabetes could cause her to go blind.

He made his points again by writing the patient, Gov. Beverly Perdue and blasting the medical board.

Do I need to even get into what is wrong with this story?

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.

A sheriff's statement says Westlake High School students claimed Hersel paid them to yell profanities, spit and slap him in the face. Several also claimed he offered them cash to urinate and defecate on him.

A motive wasn't clear.

Authorities say Hersel contacted some teens through the MySpace social networking site.

Hersel couldn't be reached for comment Friday. He had no listed phone number in Thousand Oaks.


Why does it always cost more for the fun stuff?

Our Bad...

Judge: Katrina Flooding Due to Corps Negligence

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding from Katrina. (Nov. 19)

Wait. I thought it was the gays fault. So does that mean everyone in the Army Corp. Of Eng. is gay? I'm so confused.

Woman Blames Casino for Gambling Addiction


The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether a casino should have allowed a compulsive gambler to play and lose $125,000 in a single night. (Nov. 12)

This falls under the heading of "Are you effing kidding me?" This is much like the case of the fat kids taking McDonalds to court. It's insanity. You can't blame a company for doing what it does. You can blame a casino for wooing their patrons to stay and spend more. That's how casinos make money...by people betting it. If this skank knew she had a problem and really wanted to be BAN from the casino, she should've taken her ass to casino officers and volunteered herself to be banned from the casino. I really hope the casino counters with a lawsuit of their own. Trying to fight the casino will most cetainly top her previous wager of 125K. Nailed it.

Oh dear...

Va. student mistaken for deer, shot to death


FERRUM, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia say a college student was shot to death while collecting frogs for biology class by a hunter who mistook her and her classmates for deer.

A Ferrum College spokeswoman says three students were collecting frogs Tuesday afternoon along a trail a mile west of campus.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 23-year-old Jessica Goode was shot and killed and 20-year-old Regis J. Boudinot was shot in the hand. The third student wasn't hurt.

Department Sgt. Karl Martin says 31-year-old Jason David Cloutier of Ferrum was charged with manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm and trespassing.

Cloutier's bond was set at $20,000 and court officials say he doesn't yet have a lawyer.

No one answered the phone at the home of the only Cloutier listed in Ferrum.

To the hunter's credit, the girl was wearing a deerskin coat and antler hat.


10-year-old is tasered by police in Arkansas


OZARK, Ark. (AP) - Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter.

Noggle said Tuesday that officer Dustin Bradshaw went to the girl's home after her mother called police woman called police. (Such a confusing sentence.)

According to a report filed by Bradshaw on Thursday, the officer found the girl on the floor of the house screaming and crying. She refused to follow her mother's instructions and the mother told Bradshaw to use his Taser.

Bradshaw carried the girl to the living room and told her she was going to jail, according to the report. The girl was violently kicking, the report said, and struck Bradshaw in the groin with her legs and feet. The report said Bradshaw administered a "very, very brief" stun with the Taser, put the girl in handcuffs and carried her to his patrol car. She was taken to the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil.

What a sweet mother. "Hell, I've tried spanking, I've tried beatings...hey, why don't you try out that taser thing on 'er? If she doesn't make it I'll split the life insurance money with ya.' Odd...why would you take out life insurance on a 10 year old? That's not even in the story. I'm just saying...

Nicolas Cage visits Kenyan jail to talk to pirates


MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Inmates danced for the movie star and shook his hand as he toured the Shimo La Tewa prison in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa. The prison has become a model for other jails in the country because of the reform work of its chief warden, Wanini Kireri.

Cage, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, told The Associated Press Television News on Tuesday that he wanted to meet with some of the suspected Somali pirates, hear their stories and understand what is fueling piracy off the Somali coast.

"Then I'm in a position where I can actually make some sense and talk about it when I go back to the States where I go talk to different U.N. councils and discuss the matter," Cage said.

Cage also gave out awards during his Tuesday visit to wardens in recognition of their outstanding work. He left Kenya Wednesday.

Somali pirates are currently holding around a dozen ships and more than 200 crew, and attacks have increased in recent weeks as seasonal rains subsided.

On Wednesday, pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

An international flotilla of warships now patrols the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, but pirates continue to carry out attacks because of the millions of dollars that can be made from a successful hijacking.

WTF!!! Nick Cage is on a UN Council? Cue REM.

Jeers on ur face

Jeers: To those of you who only read the jeers. You know who you are!

— Marie, Euless

Ummm…Guilty. I do know who I am.

Jeers: To DirecTV and ESPN for not showing the USC/Oregon game on Oct. 31. I’m not a Pac 10 fan, but it seems like they missed the game of the day. Thanks for not letting me choose what I want to watch.

— Don, North Richland Hills

Of course Don, ESPN and DirectTV know the outcome of every game before it happens. You are correct. They did know this would be the game of the day well before the first kick off, and they should have put it on just for you. Nevermind the fact the more than likely, this game would have only been cared about in the West and Northwest while the rest of the country probably wanted to see games with more meaning. I’m sure after reading this both companies will check with you on which game they should televise. Oh, by the way, DirectTV has a college game day package of which you can purchase and pretty much watch whatever game you choose to. Look into you cheap bastard.

Jeers: To local media for not doing a story on an older man standing at the edge of Denton Highway in Haltom City, holding a sign saying, "I need a job, Please." If the plight of the jobless isn’t newsworthy these days, then that is a shame.

— Deborah, Haltom City

Really? Sweet Deborah… Where exactly have you been for the last year as the unemployment rate all over the country has risen? Are you just now catching wind of this? Do you honestly think that the papers, television, and radio media should do stories on every individual that stands on a highway with a sign? Do you realize that the media outlets themselves are cutting back and cutting jobs? Seriously!!! Do you really think one guy deserves a feature story over all of the other unemployed people in the metroplex? You do know that there is this thing called freelance, right? You’re more than welcome to go and report on anything you like and then send it into the papers. So go ahead…You do that and we’ll see how many of your plight of the homeless and jobless stories make it in.

Presidential showman

I would have found it admirable if President Barack Obama had gone to Dover, Del., to view the arrival of those valiant soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, but he had to take a photographer along to turn the whole thing into a photo op.

What a publicity-monger this man is!

To the families who refused his photo op, thank you. For the family that allowed Obama to manipulate their grief, my heart and condolences go out to you. You should never have been put in that position.

The master showman showed how little he really cares about those who serve. He prostituted the honor of a fallen soldier for the sake of his ego. The saddest part is that the media allowed him to do it. President George W. Bush went to Dover, too, bit it wasn’t a photo op.

— Charles, Fort Worth

Wow! Are you effing kidding me? First of all, do you think President Obama is the first politician to take advantage of situations in order to get good publicity? Really? 100% of the politicians in Washington do the exact same thing. Secondly, it has been well documented that President Obama, and pretty much every president since the invention of photography has had a presidential photographer on staff. This goes back to President Lincoln. As for your statement about the family who accept the photo op, you state ‘You should never have been put in this situation.’ You are correct sir. A situation President Bush put them in. Charles, you’re an idiot.

Jeers and Letters

Jeers: To the Fort Worth police officer who ticketed a vehicle on Oct. 8 for stopping the wrong way on a residential street in the Lakes of River Trails subdivision. The vehicle had a handicapped sticker in the window and belonged to a sweet little woman age 80.
— Keith, Fort Worth

Oh Keith. You’re precious. As, I’m sure, was the little old lady… WHO PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET!!! Age and ignorance are not excuses to break the law. Age and ignorance are not a defense for breaking the law. Any law. A handicap sticker in the window is not a get out of jail free card. Furthermore, was the little old lady in the car at the time? If not, how was the officer supposed to know who was driving the car? I hate you.



Jeers: To area high school stadium announcers who ask the home team fans to give a big hand to the "hometown defense" over the loudspeaker. Jeers to announcers who only call names and numbers of hometown players when they make a play.
— Anne, Bedford

Anne…sweet Anne. The majority of high school sport announcers are volunteers, amateurs with a hard on for calling the big game. They have other jobs and most likely spend, maybe 1-2 hours actually prepping for the game. They are not pros that get a week in advance to go over rosters, study film, and interview players from either team. Most importantly, they are all HOMERS. They don’t care about the other team. However, if you think you can do so much better, then by all means, get your ass up in the booth and have it. Just watch your gut while you’re there.

Jeers: To the two teenagers seen in a south Arlington neighborhood who stole some pumpkins off my front porch. I hope you know you left a 3-year-old boy in tears. He picked them out and decorated them himself. You are pathetic!
— Judith, Arlington

Umm…Judith, tell your 3 year old to man up. Sheesh. What a baby. Wait. Yeah, he is a baby. He doesn’t have to know that his gourds were stolen. Crimeny lady…ease up on what you tell your kid. And really? You observed two teenagers in your area so they are the ones who took your kid’s jacked up pumpkins? Any real evidence of that? I’m gonna go with no. You’re gut is now my most wanted.



Jeers: To Cowboys Stadium for charging $5 for bottled water. I took my own water in my purse for the second event I attended there and employees went through my purse — not to find things like a weapon, but to confiscate bottled water!
— Gay, Hurst

First of all, nice name. You must hate your parents. Next, it is against the law in the state of Texas to carry in outside beverages of any kind into an establishment which has a TABC lic. Therefore, your bottle of water inside your purse was violating a state statute. And do you really think the employees are looking for anything other than weapons? C’mon. You’re insane. You should hope they find my weapon before it gets to your gut.


We were informed after playing only two games that the seventh-grade B team season was over. Our coaches were told that we might get to play more, but that never happened. The Fort Worth school district athletic department could not manage to find any other teams to play against.
I think that the school district could have reached out to other districts or could have arranged for us to play those two teams again, as in previous years.
At the last A team game, I felt sad and disappointed that our B team did not have as many chances to play. It is hard for 12- and 13-year-old boys to understand why we cannot play football games that we have practiced so hard for.
I feel this issue should be discussed so that future B teams can play more and enjoy the game that we love.
— Richard, Fort Worth

Hey Richard…Maybe if your kid was a better player he would be on the A team and he could play more games. Not the district’s fault your kid sucks.

I read the Thursday article about the new and safer buses being built for Arlington. Seat belts are not part of the design.
What good are evacuation windows for children crushed into the back of seats?
It is time for our state officials to make seat belts mandatory on school buses to save the precious cargo.
— Nikki, Lakeside

Hi Nikki, I’m the simple laws of physics. Seat belts will do nothing to prevent kids in school busses from being launched forward in a crash. See, the kids aren’t flying forward on their own, no…The seats are also moving forward and taking the kids with them. Seat belts would only hinder rescue efforts and probably cause more harm than good. You idiot. Do you really think that study after study hasn’t been done on seat belts in busses and that if said studies proved that seat belts could actually help, that they wouldn’t have already put them in? I wish you didn’t breathe.

May, our home was burglarized. Our rear door was kicked in and our entire house turned upside down. Officer Charles Gonzales, our Westcliff West neighborhood patrol officer, estimated it took three minutes for the perpetrators to go through our house and out the front door. This has been very unsettling. I still have to reassure my kids that the bad guys are not coming back. Our neighbors were as upset as we were because it happened during the day when most of them were home.
I had wished to remain quiet in an effort to put it behind me. However, earlier this week, our neighbors two doors up were burglarized the same way. This situation is out of hand, and we are mad as hell. This incident is part of a pattern indicating an increase in home burglaries this year. The times are creating desperate people, and those of us living quiet, productive lives are beginning to think about fighting back. This situation will lead to someone getting hurt.
Westcliff West is a cross-section of professionals and small-business owners who contribute to the life of our economy and pay a heavy share of local taxes. I urge our elected officials to alleviate this wave of crime coming through our neighborhood. I want to urge the citizens of Fort Worth to vote yes for the continuation of the Crime Control and Prevention District.
— Lee, Fort Worth

You’re right Lee. We should vote yes just so the small wave of crime hitting your so much more awesome than everyone else’s neighborhood can be stopped. Gracious me… We must end this string of robberies. NOW! Forget the murders, forget the rapes, forget the child abuse. Let’s get Westcliff West cleaned up before someone loses another plasma.