Wednesday's eye-catching headlines
The suspect in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10 year old Northridge girl has been arrested in Mexico. Tobias Summers was arrested by Baja California police this morning, based on information from a tip. The tipster may get a $25,000 reward.
Police in Santa Monica arrested four suspect in a possible robbery/kidnap attempt at a beach-front hotel.
UC Santa Cruz police arrested a man with a two-foot long joint. When I read that, I immediately thought of this lyric: "I wanna jump but I'm afraid I'll fall, I wanna holler but the joint's too small."
Shoe manufacturer and retailer Skechers has a new audit firm, after their former auditors KPMG had one of its partners accused of leaking inside information. BDO USA is re-auditing Skecher's last two fiscal years. In addition to Skechers, Scott London leaked information on Herbalife, Decker Outdoor Corp (makers of Uggs), RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital.
72,000 ladybugs have been released inside the Mall of America, in an effort to combat the hordes of aphids who are making a home for themselves inside the mall, feasting on the plant life there.
Shakuntala Devi has died at the age of 83. Known as the "human computer", she was famous for being to calculate faster than machines. In 1977, she calculated the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds, beating a Univac computer. The computer needed 62 seconds.
A lieutenant in the San Francisco Fire Department reportedly earned $221,000 in overtime last year.
Beyonce, perhaps upset by photos of her taken at the Superbowl that did not present her in the most flattering way, has banned independent professional photographers from her upcoming tour.
A state senator from Tennessee is refusing to apologize for a tasteless photo he posted on his blog. It was a shot of a pressure cooker with the label "APC - Assault Pressure Cooker". Another moron.
Jimmy Kimmel "punked" some of those who attended the Coachella Music event by sending a faux reporter to ask them their opinion of bands that don't exist. One guy described himself as a "DJ" and that he played that group's music all the time. Dude, look at the labels. Get a fan if the haze from the joint is too thick.
Lance Armstrong is now being sued by the U.S. government, who is seeking to recoup money it provided him when he raced on behalf of the Postal Service.
Woah. Mark Wahlberg says he is willing to reunite with the Funky Bunch in a benefit to raise funds for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Do it. It would be huge.
Girls Gone Wild is in bankruptcy and the appointed trustee has just asked a judge to order company founder Joe Francis to remain at least 100 feet away from the company and its employees. Not going to be easy, since GGW is a sub-tenant of Francis' parent company, which is not in bankruptcy.
Do you like sandwiches from Subway? Then what you want is the little-known "black card", which entitles the holder to all the sandwiches they want, for life. A NFL prospect just signed an endorsement deal with Subway that included his being given the card.
Police in Santa Monica arrested four suspect in a possible robbery/kidnap attempt at a beach-front hotel.
UC Santa Cruz police arrested a man with a two-foot long joint. When I read that, I immediately thought of this lyric: "I wanna jump but I'm afraid I'll fall, I wanna holler but the joint's too small."
Shoe manufacturer and retailer Skechers has a new audit firm, after their former auditors KPMG had one of its partners accused of leaking inside information. BDO USA is re-auditing Skecher's last two fiscal years. In addition to Skechers, Scott London leaked information on Herbalife, Decker Outdoor Corp (makers of Uggs), RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital.
72,000 ladybugs have been released inside the Mall of America, in an effort to combat the hordes of aphids who are making a home for themselves inside the mall, feasting on the plant life there.
Shakuntala Devi has died at the age of 83. Known as the "human computer", she was famous for being to calculate faster than machines. In 1977, she calculated the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds, beating a Univac computer. The computer needed 62 seconds.
A lieutenant in the San Francisco Fire Department reportedly earned $221,000 in overtime last year.
Beyonce, perhaps upset by photos of her taken at the Superbowl that did not present her in the most flattering way, has banned independent professional photographers from her upcoming tour.
A state senator from Tennessee is refusing to apologize for a tasteless photo he posted on his blog. It was a shot of a pressure cooker with the label "APC - Assault Pressure Cooker". Another moron.
Jimmy Kimmel "punked" some of those who attended the Coachella Music event by sending a faux reporter to ask them their opinion of bands that don't exist. One guy described himself as a "DJ" and that he played that group's music all the time. Dude, look at the labels. Get a fan if the haze from the joint is too thick.
Lance Armstrong is now being sued by the U.S. government, who is seeking to recoup money it provided him when he raced on behalf of the Postal Service.
Woah. Mark Wahlberg says he is willing to reunite with the Funky Bunch in a benefit to raise funds for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Do it. It would be huge.
Girls Gone Wild is in bankruptcy and the appointed trustee has just asked a judge to order company founder Joe Francis to remain at least 100 feet away from the company and its employees. Not going to be easy, since GGW is a sub-tenant of Francis' parent company, which is not in bankruptcy.
Do you like sandwiches from Subway? Then what you want is the little-known "black card", which entitles the holder to all the sandwiches they want, for life. A NFL prospect just signed an endorsement deal with Subway that included his being given the card.
posted by me at 6:19 PM
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