THIS JUST IN!

THIS JUST IN!

January 22, 2008

A man accidentally shot himself in the groin as he was robbing a convenience store Tuesday, police said.

A clerk told police a man carrying a semiautomatic handgun entered the Village Pantry demanding cash and a pack of cigarettes. The clerk put the cash in a bag and as she turned to get the cigarettes, she heard the gun discharge.

Police say surveillance video shows the man shooting himself as he placed the gun in the waistband of his pants. The clerk wasn't injured.

A short time later, police found 25-year-old Derrick Kosch at a home with a gunshot wound to his right testicle and lower left leg.

OUCH!

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From an article in National Geographic titled The Emptied Prairie about North Dakota.

North Dakota ghost towns speak of an irreversible decline" painted a desolate picture of much of the state, at one point declaring that its vast rural stretches are plagued by "abandoned churches, schools shutting down, towns becoming ruins."

The Governor objected, as you might imagine.

In fairness North Dakota has a lot of pretty rich sugar beet, wheat and potato farmers, as well Indians who are offended by the UND Fighting Sioux logo, and my friends who got the hell out of there.

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In an effort to help Sen. Larry Craig, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that people who have sex in public bathrooms have an expectation of privacy.”

The ACLU filed a brief Tuesday supporting Craig. It cited a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling 38 years ago that found that people who have sex in closed stalls in public restrooms "have a reasonable expectation of privacy."

I wonder if the ACLU would fight for the rights of the “Mile High Club.

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Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence.

The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure. Unions said they fear that employees could be dismissed on the basis of a computer’s assessment of their physiological state.

Now that’s scary. Don’t pick you nose at work.

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Scott D. Clark, 26, stood before a Ramsey County judge Tuesday morning and said he was "extremely sorry" for killing a duck that made its home in an ornamental pond at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown St. Paul.

Clark, who was a federal auditor in Denver, grabbed the duck in the hotel lobby and ripped off its head. He pleaded guilty to one count of felony animal cruelty. Prosecutor Kaarin Long and defense attorney Michael Colich had negotiated for a stay-of-imposition sentence, two years probation, a 45-day cap on jail time, a $500 fine and restitution.

Do you think there was drinking involved????

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Out of the Mouths of Babes Department

From my New Mexico nephews again.

Joe spent the afternoon with his great-grandparents Mimi and Grump. He reported to us that Grump was sick. Jeff asked him, "What did Grump have?" and Joe replied, "Grump had soup."

Several years ago when Holden was first learning to read he would read aloud everything in sight. While driving past the sign at Farmer's Market grocery store he read, "Your Family's Grocer" and, in true brotherly rivalry, Noah retorted, "Oh, yeah, well, YOUR family's GROSSER!!"

Have a nice day!

Sammy Carl