what will NOT get you out of jury duty
and you thought you had a hard time getting out of jury duty. check out sal esposito’s story.
sal’s from east boston and is scheduled for jury duty at the suffolk superior court on march 23. the only problem is, sal won’t be able to be impartial … or maybe he will be too impartial… because [...]
sydney bristow would have caught them earlier
a husband and wife spy team admitted to spying for cuba for almost 30 years. walter and gwendolyn myers began spying for cuba after they were recruited in south dakota and when he returned to his job at the state department. they got their orders over short wave radio and traded secrets by swapping shopping [...]
the burka and…pants?
everyone loves (or hates) the french and particularly the parisians because they are so, how do you say, eh, progressive? get a load of this–there’s a law on the books that prevents women from wearing pants–a law that’s been around in some form or another since 1800 (they modified it to allow for bike rides). [...]
and we can’t agree on healthcare?
here’s an interesting study about top-of-mind issues for americans:
97% of americans support the prohibition of texting while driving.
88% support a ban on talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving.
50% say that those caught texting while driving should get the same penalty as a drunk driver.
according to the article, “concerns about distracted driving seem to [...]
she’d get eaten alive at sterling cooper
pepsico was sued by two men in wisconsin because they claim that pespico stole their idea for a drink (the bottled water aquafina). the dudes won more than they were asking for ($75K) and were awarded $1.26B bones because pepsico never responded to the lawsuit.
they’re asking that the lawsuit be thrown out and they’ve identified [...]
i thought switzerland was neutral?
that’s what roman polanski thought when he hopped over the border to pick up an achievement award in once neutral switzerland. he was picked up on a 31 year old charge related to him having sex with a 13 year old child in the united states. polanski pled guilty to the charges and then fled [...]
he’s ‘the bomb’
that’s what his homies say about daniel boyd, some dude in north carolina that was arrested this week because the feds say he’s a ‘homegrown’ terrorist. boyd was arrested on monday with two of his sons (dylan and zakariya) for planning violent jihad overseas. the report says boyd “has spent the past three years stockpiling [...]
