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  • Man, 56, dies after getting trapped in Southern California car wash, police say

    04/18/2022 12:25:32 PM PDT · by Signalman · 65 replies
    nbc news ^ | 4/18/2022 | David K. Li
    A man was killed inside a Southern California(Escondido) car wash after he got out of his vehicle and got pinned against machinery, authorities said Monday. The fatal accident unfolded late Friday at a self-service car wash in the 2100 block of East Valley Parkway in Escondido, which is about 35 miles north of downtown San Diego and 110 miles south of central Los Angeles, police said. That's where the unidentified man, 56, became "trapped between a 2014 Scion XB and a part of the car wash machinery," according to a police statement. "The preliminary investigation indicated that the man drove...
  • Man Loses Vehicle to Bogus Car Washers in Mbare

    05/29/2021 10:07:28 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    ZIM NEWS ^ | May 28, 2021
    The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned members of the public against trusting strangers. This follows a case of theft of a motor vehicle, which occurred on 27 May 2021 in Mbare, Harare, where a man (49) lost his Nissan Caravan vehicle after he left it for cleaning, to three men at a car wash. Meanwhile, Police have arrested the three suspects and investigations are underway. On another note, the ZRP has expressed gratitude and appreciation to members of the public who have supplied credible information leading to the arrest of drug peddlers in the country. The police say some...
  • Car Wash Bandit Steals Thousands Of Dollars Using A Laminated $20 Bill And Fishing Line

    02/27/2018 10:21:20 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 35 replies
    Jalopnik ^ | Ryan Felton
    Since last fall, police in several states have been looking for a man they believe is using a laminated $20 bill attached to some fishing line to steal thousands of dollars from self-serve car washes. There’s very little information about what exactly happened in this dashcam video, but it appears… The latest on the multi-state car wash bandit came Monday from the Indianapolis Star, which said the man was caught on surveillance cameras at car washes in the city of Moorseville on Aug. 4 and Jan. 26. “We’ve only really had two dealings with him, but he’s a large pain,”...
  • Brazil Ex-President Lula To Be Tried For Corruption As Country's Politics Come Full Circle

    09/20/2016 4:23:48 PM PDT · by jcon40 · 5 replies
    Forbes.com ^ | Sept 20. 2016 | Shannon Sims
    The news out of Brazil today might have been unimaginable 10 years ago, back when he thrilled crowds across Brazil with his promise of a different kind of future. It might have been unimaginable 5 years ago. It might even have been unimaginable 5 months ago. But this is 2016 Brazil, and these days the tables of power can turn quickly. So it goes for Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio da Silva, known as Lula, the man who was once the popular and charismatic leader of a new political movement in Brazil, founded on the premise of raising the country’s...
  • Car Wash For Change

    09/01/2015 11:56:00 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 2 replies
    Go to original link to watch a heartwarming video -- how one brother has stepped up to help autistic young adults find dignity. The Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland, Florida, has a very unique set of employees that will provide you with a clean car you’ll feel great about. It is wonderful to see individuals with life long challenges find a meaningful way to participate in the everyday activities of life and get paid for it. If I had a car wash like this in my area I would definitely make it my go-to place for a clean car....
  • Hey, my car's not clean!

    01/19/2015 1:33:48 PM PST · by smokingfrog · 31 replies
    youtube ^ | 1-14-15 | News200x
    SACRAMENTO (KTXL) — A very close call was caught on camera a local car wash.
  • Federal agents raid 16 Danny's Family Car Wash locations in criminal investigation

    08/18/2013 7:07:38 AM PDT · by moonshinner_09 · 35 replies
    CNN ^ | August 17, 2013 | Greg Botelho
    CNN) -- A chain of Phoenix-area car washes that's raised thousands for local charities, including numerous law enforcement agencies, found itself the target of a sweeping raid Saturday by law officers. Special agents from Immigration and Custom Enforcement's homeland security investigations unit conducted raids at 13 Danny's Family Car Wash locations in central Arizona, plus three locations tied to its outsourced staffing service provider, HR Betty, said ICE spokesman Andrew Munoz. "We are ... going after businesses that are a magnet for unauthorized workers," Munoz said. The action came as part of a criminal investigation into alleged criminal fraud, identity...
  • Cleaver’s carwash nears sale — who is new owner?

    01/24/2013 9:43:06 PM PST · by kc69mustang · 4 replies
    Kansas City Business Journal ^ | Jan 24, 2013 | Paul Koepp
    Who is Rick Kochuyt? For one thing, he’s about to be the new owner of U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Grandview Auto Wash, which Kochuyt has managed since 2007. His attorney, Joe Harter of McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan PC, confirmed that an entity controlled by Kochuyt is close to completing the purchase. The agita the carwash has caused Cleaver has been well documented. Bank of America sued the congressman in March for defaulting on a 2002 loan that, with interest and late fees, has racked up a balance of $1.6 million. A trial in that case is set for April....
  • Dollar coins piling up at Baltimore reserve bank

    09/20/2011 5:17:44 PM PDT · by george76 · 42 replies
    Herald-Review ^ | September 14, 2011
    In a dimly lit underground vault a block from Camden Yards, the Federal Reserve is holding millions of dollars in cash that nobody wants... But a 2005 law requires the reserve bank to keep ordering coins regardless of its stockpile, and so vaults in Baltimore and around the country are filling up. ... a 2008 Harris poll that showed 76 percent of Americans prefer paper money. It costs 30 cents to make a $1 coin, but the Fed purchases it for face value - and the U.S. Treasury pockets the difference. In 2010, the Mint put about 400 million $1...
  • Putin's Army show their support (among other things) with Russian carwash(Video)

    07/29/2011 3:34:42 PM PDT · by GQuagmire · 15 replies
    Autoblog ^ | Jul 28th 2011 7:58PM | Noah Joseph
    Russian premier Vladimir Putin is known as a brutishly dictatorial politician. But that's not all he's known for. He's also a consummate lady's man, and a lover of Russian cars. Now, his two passions have crossed paths in Moscow, where a group of nubile young Putin supporters called 'Putin's Army' took to the streets, offering free car washes to drivers of domestic wheels. Plenty of Volgas and Ladas stopped along the way, and Russia's English-language RT news channel has the report. The only thing more entertaining than the bikini-clad girls soaping up the cars is the stilted debate that followed...
  • Two Los Angeles car wash owners sentenced to (1-Year) jail for labor law violations

    08/17/2010 1:42:30 PM PDT · by Beaten Valve · 10 replies
    LA Times ^ | August 16, 2010 | Andrew Blankstein
    The owners of four Los Angeles car washes were each sentenced to a year in jail and are expected to have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages after pleading no contest to half a dozen criminal counts, authorities said Monday. Benny and Nissan Pirian were charged by the city attorney's office in 2009 with 172 counts of violating criminal and labor laws for their treatment of workers. The original criminal complaint named four of their car wash businesses, including Celebrity Car Wash Inc. of Hollywood, Five Star Car Wash Inc. of Northridge, and Hollywood Car Wash...
  • Elephant carwash raises zoo cash

    07/12/2009 8:02:07 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 19 replies · 664+ views
    BBC ^ | 07/12/09
    Elephant carwash raises zoo cash A wildlife safari in Oregon, USA, has come up with an unusual way to raise money in the tough economic climate. For $20, visitors can have their car washed by the zoo's elephants, who scrub with sponges and rinse with their trunks.
  • Man killed in robbery attempt identified

    01/23/2009 3:39:52 AM PST · by marktwain · 5 replies · 696+ views
    Orlando Sentinel ^ | 22 January, 2009 | Susan Jacobson
    ORANGE COUNTY - The man killed earlier this month while apparently trying to rob a customer at an Orange County carwash was identified Wednesday as Jonathan Washington, 21. Investigators said they think Washington was involved in several other robberies in the county. The Jan. 9 robbery attempt at the carwash at 5101 S. Orange Blossom Trail was similar to five other robberies within a mile of the area, investigators said. Washington was charged in 2006 with carrying a concealed weapon. He was acquitted. Washington was shot by a man who told deputies that two men approached him, one with a...
  • Masked man tries armed carwash robbery but gun fell apart

    12/30/2008 6:48:13 AM PST · by Daffynition · 15 replies · 735+ views
    kgw.com ^ | December 29, 2008 | ERIC ADAMS
    PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man who robbed a northeast Portland car wash is on the loose and police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending him. Police said a masked man robbed the Washman Carwash on NE 81st Avenue Saturday morning, but his gun fell apart in the middle of the heist. The suspect approached an employee at about 10:45 a.m., pulled a gun out from underneath his sweatshirt and demanded money. He then dropped his gun and it fell apart, police said. The suspect began waving his fist at the employee and demanded money, according to a police...
  • Man Being Chased By Police Drives Through Car Wash (suspected drunk driver. Yes, he got Taser'd too)

    12/16/2007 11:03:36 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 11 replies · 182+ views
    WCCO.com ^ | 12/16/07 | AP
    FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) ― A Fond du Lac man didn't make a clean getaway, despite driving his auto through a car wash early Sunday while fleeing an officer. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department said a reserve officer stopped the driver in the city of Fond du Lac on suspicion of drunken driving. However, they said the driver went through a car wash at a gas station, then sped away after exiting the cash wash, nearly striking a Fond du Lac Police Department officer who had stopped to help. The Sheriff's Department says that agency set up...
  • Fairfax Considers Car Wash Ban In Front Yards

    10/03/2007 6:45:26 AM PDT · by racing fan · 28 replies · 657+ views
    FAIRFAX, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 (KGO) - For all the big debates about the environment and global warming, there are small ones, as well. Consider the town of Fairfax in Marin County. Residents are looking hard at a proposal some say violates a basic right -- to wash your car in your front yard. It is the kind of environmental debate you're likely to find only in a mostly affluent community. One resident asks, "do you save the fish or wash your car?" It's the debate du jour in Marin County's Fairfax. There's a town council proposal to ban residents...
  • Man Reported Dead Of Fright In Saudi Vice Police Custody (Arrested For Washing Car; Dies Of Fright)

    08/12/2007 5:22:33 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 24 replies · 1,563+ views
    Middel East Times ^ | August 12, 2007 | AFP
    Man reported dead of fright in Saudi vice police custody AFP August 12, 2007 RIYADH -- A Bangladeshi man died of fright after being arrested by Saudi Arabia's controversial religious police for washing a car instead of praying, a local newspaper reported Sunday. The unnamed man died last week in the holy city of Medina after being detained by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Al Jazirah reported. The Arabic daily said the man "convulsed in fear after he was arrested, leading to a drop in his blood pressure, and causing his death."...
  • Communism and human nature (Bolshie Mod sez, Arise ye kittens of the earth!)

    04/05/2005 10:50:57 AM PDT · by Sammy sam · 153 replies · 8,234+ views
    Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...
  • Red Alert... list of Left groups plan to surround the Whitehouse on Sept 24th

    07/14/2005 12:53:28 PM PDT · by Thunder90 · 127 replies · 8,101+ views
    Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA
  • RENO-PRYOR,DEM-REP,~DEJA VU~The Assault Now Is Imminent!

    08/22/2003 8:37:43 PM PDT · by mysonsfuture · 22 replies · 234+ views
    CNBC | 08/22/03 | self
    REPUBLICAN Alabama Attorney General, Richard Pryor announced on CNBC in a live interview this evening that he "had a plan in place to remove the monument SOON!"