Daily Archives: August 12, 2009
Best Buy online ad offered 52-inch TV for $9.99
By Calvin Palmer A 52-inch television on offer at just $9.99 (£6.05) looked like the bargain of the year but like most fantastic offers it turned out to be too good to be true. Best Buy listed a 52-inch Samsung flat-screen television … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Business, Media, News
Child sex monster gets 120 years in prison
By Calvin Palmer A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 120 years in prison today for assembling a vast collection of child pornography and the sexual abuse of children. When the FBI arrested John Jackey Worman, 42, of Colwyn, in 2007, … Continue reading
Racists daub Democrat congressman’s office with Nazi graffiti
By Calvin Palmer The FBI and police have launched an investigation after a swastika was painted outside Rep. David Scott’s district office in Georgia. Scott’s staff arrived at his Smyrna, Georgia, office yesterday morning to find the Nazi graffiti emblazoned … Continue reading
Paramedic struck off register for having oral sex in hospital car park
By Calvin Palmer A paramedic caught on CCTV being given oral sex by a woman in a hospital car park while on duty was today struck off the Health Professions register. David Brammer, 53, of Sheffield, who has been fired … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Justice, News, United Kingdom
Police make one arrest in connection with record jewelry heist
By Calvin Palmer An arrest has been made in connection with Britain’s biggest jewelry heist, the £40 million ($65 million) raid last week at Graff Diamonds in Mayfair. The Metropolitan Police said a 50-year-old man was arrested outside a house … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, News, United Kingdom
