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A Texas woman was awarded over $229,000 because a cable company placed 153 automated calls to her cell phone. Araceli King said, the calls were meant for the person who had the cell number before her, and even though she told the company, the calls did not stop. The cable company said the calls were…

For 20 years, people have been sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place market. The market estimates that there are as many as one million pieces of gum on the wall. The “gum wall” as it is known, has become a popular landmark, and people have left pictures, cards and other…

When a Georgia bank teller accidentally posted a customer’s $31,000 deposit to the wrong account, the teenager who received the money by mistake immediately began a huge spending spree. Records show the names on the account were the same, and the teller apparently did not double check the account numbers…

The Cable Television network Oxygen proposed a new reality show called All My Babies’ Mamas. The show was about a rap artist who has 11 children with 10 women. Thankfully, public disgust was such that they pulled the show. It is a sad commentary on the state of entertainment that they could even consider…

Authorities arrested Petra Zaragoza and Bulmaro Reyes for leaving their little girl in their car. Why would the couple do such a thing? They wanted to gamble in a casino. A passerby discovered the girl as she was searching for her parents 10 minutes after the couple left her. It makes me wonder, if this…

Stacey Vanek Smith, writing in the New York Times, states that before you get married one of the most important conversations you can have is about finances. Some people even go so far, she says, as to run a credit score on potential partners. Financial compatibility or at least financial understanding…

Police in Butte, Montana say a man, who led them on a high-speed chase for no apparent reason, baffled them. 55-year-old John Hughes drove at speeds of more than 100 mph before police used “stop sticks” to deflate his tires and bring the chase to an end. They were surprised to find that Hughes was not…

A survey by CareerBuildercom found that nearly a third of workers called in sick to their employer to get a day off. One in six ditched work just to catch up on sleep. Some of the more creative fabrications include a botched hair-dye job, a grandmother who was being exhumed for a police investigation,…

While Ronald Reagan was president, a thirteen year-old boy sent him a letter requesting disaster relief funds because his mother asked him to clean his room. Recently, an Internet blogger rediscovered the letter and reposted it. In the original request, seventh grader Andy Smith from South Carolina wrote,…

A young 18-year-old from Connecticut would do well to remember the fifth commandment. When his mother insisted he clean his room, he cursed her. When things got out of hand, the police showed up and arrested him. His response was to tell the police, “I have rights.” --The Week, October 14, 2011 p. 6…

Yahoo video clip news revealed that a postman threw a parcel box into the addressee's house compound and the antique contents were damaged. His negligence is on display for the world to see. The same happens when we make an angry post on Facebook. What we do in the privacy of our living room suddenly…

A prisoner wrote an article in a newspaper, which stirred up controversy among the readers. He wrote that his life in prison was more enjoyable than that of free men outside the prison because he had everything he needed such as food, clothing, and entertainment in the prison. Some readers commented…

“One British department store chain, Debenhams, has launched a gift registry for couples that are calling it quits so that family and friends can help them ‘begin their new life.’” At one time, our society discouraged divorce and championed marriage. One of the benefits of the stigma of divorce was that…

FINANCES USA Today reports that the ten largest US banks make their profit from people who don’t keep track. Their biggest money maker is to pay checks presented to them drawn on accounts that have insufficient funds to cover. Then they charge the customer a large fee, some as large as $50.00 for overdrawing…

When caught in a less than honorable situation many of us blame it on the devil. “The Devil made me do it,” is more than words. It is an attempt to absolve ourselves of responsibility. “Ex-convict John Stephens told a Floyd County (Ind.) judge that he had a full-time job and intended to turn his life…

Jaws Ever since seeing the movie "Jaws" when I was a kid, I've been afraid to go into the bathtub, much less the ocean. You can tell me all you want that it was only a movie, and there is a greater chance of being struck by lightning than being attacked by a shark, as the experts say. I still say, there…

O-Ring It was a defining moment. On January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded and killed all seven astronauts aboard. It was a major setback in NASA's manned space flight program. But worse than what it did to NASA, something died in most Americans along with the astronauts. Up until the…

EVANGELISM No, this isn’t a Seinfeld episode—it is real life. The U.S. Postal Service in a surprise audit discovered that some local managers temporarily stashed unprocessed mail in parked trailers so that the letters and packages so supervisors wouldn't notice it as delayed. Auditors found millions…

MISTAKES After the city crew accidentally demolished a five-car garage, Linda Stango, the Community Development Commissioner for Rochester, N.Y. said, “We just misidentified which building it was.” —NEWSWEEK, September 22, 2003, p. 21 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson My grandfather taught me to measure…

RESPONSIBILITY A New Mexico man who used "Satan" as one of his aliases is facing up to 16 years in prison and/or a $24,000 fine. 30-year-old Paul Edward Duran was arrested in May 2003 for allegedly speeding and driving recklessly in a stolen vehicle. As the investigation widened the charges against the…

NEIGHBOR The man who was first to climb Mount Everest says he is concerned about the attitude of climbers today. Sir Edmund Hillary who reached the summit of the world's highest mountain in 1953, said he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their recent attempts…

BLAMEGUILTRESPONSIBILITY What does a bagel, or even broken teeth, for that matter, have to do with losing the care, comfort, consortium and society of a spouse? Frankly, I don’t have a clue, but John and Cecelia O'Hare filed suit against a McDonald’s restaurant claiming that a bagel broke John’s teeth…

PRIORITY The FAA revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots after their airplane flew for 91 minutes out of contact with the ground and overshot their destination city by 150 miles. The revocation took place because of recklessness caused by “inattention.” Airline pilots must direct their…

Accountability King David was a man of great contradictions. He was a hard working man who was equally comfortable playing a musical instrument or fighting in a war. He was a tender-hearted poet, with musical talents that could soothe the souls of his listeners. He was a "man after God's own heart"--…

Service It was every parent's worst nightmare. On March 24, 2005, one-year-old Connor Reynolds fell down a flight of stairs in his grandmother's home in Burnaby, British Columbia. Fearing the worst, Angela called emergency services for help. The paramedics arrived on the scene in a heartbeat, but they…