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  • Man says God is punishing him for scam

    05/17/2007 9:17:42 PM PDT · by BraveMan · 4 replies · 218+ views
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | THURSDAY, May 17, 2007, 6:36 p.m. | David Doege
    Waukesha - A Menomonee Falls man whose garage was heavily damaged earlier this year in a fire told investigators the blaze was divine comeuppance for his installation of an illegal natural gas bypass that enabled him to heat the building for free, according to a criminal complaint filed today. "I think the fire was God's way of punishing me for stealing the gas," Ricky E. Adair told police, according to the complaint. The complaint charges Adair, 44, with a felony theft count estimating that the garage gas he got for free between January 2001 and Jan. 26, 2007, was worth...
  • Girls Leave Room, Rig Crashes Through It

    09/21/2006 6:46:45 AM PDT · by DaveLoneRanger · 52 replies · 1,718+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | September 20, 2006 | Staff
    LAFAYETTE, La. -- Two little girls, who apparently couldn't sleep, got out of the bed they shared less than a half-hour before a tractor-trailer plowed through their bedroom. Cori Morgan, 7, and her sister, Shadia, 3, had left their bedroom for the living room just before the 4:30 a.m. crash, said Cerrisa Moore, whose mother owns the house. The girls' parents, Cody Batiste and Sally Morgan, both are deaf. "When it happened, I just thought it was the rain," Batiste said through sign language interpreter Phyllis St. Cyr. "There was a big noise, and I was puzzled," Batiste said. "Cori...
  • Israeli PM Ariel Sharon taken to a hospital, Israeli television reports (possible mild stroke)

    12/18/2005 10:12:56 AM PST · by Lauretij2 · 192 replies · 6,847+ views
    CNN ^ | 12/18/2005 | cnn
    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been taken to a hospital, Israeli television reports.