Rumsfeld and Aspartame-Did Diet Drinks Maime & Kill Our Troops In Gulf War ?

Did Monsanto Corporation's Aspartame Sweetener Cause Agent Orange in Our Troops ?   YOU DECIDE.     Donald Rumsfeld was a leading supporter of the usage of the artificial sweetener Aspartame...

Solar panels are new hot property for thieves

Solar panels are now being targeted by thieves in California - many are calling it the crime of the future.Sunny California has a lot of homes with solar panels, and they are expensive - therefore are a new commodity...

Don't eat those nuts, police warn thieves

This is really a strange news, "   Hamburg police spokesman Holger Vehren said the sacks containing the nuts were full of poisonous hydrogen phosphate gas, used to extend their shelf life. The nuts must...

Cybercrime Supersite 'DarkMarket' Was FBI Sting, Documents Confirm

"DarkMarket.ws, an online watering hole for thousands of identify thieves, hackers and credit card swindlers, has been secretly run by an FBI cybercrime agent for the last two years, until its voluntary shutdown...

Burglars do a Stupid Thing and 4 Other Stories

" A Louisiana family didn't have to look far to find who burgled their home. A blanket covered in a distinctive pattern taken in the haul was hanging in their next-door neighbor's window. The thieves were using...

Thieves break into home of Obama's Granny

The Associated Press is reporting that robbers attempted to break into the Kenya home of step-grandmother to presidential hopeful Barack Obama."Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama's elderly...

Risk-Taking Thieves Steal Scrap Metal

"WINDBER, Pa. -- Police in Somerset County are trying to figure out how a radio tower went missing in Windber. Police say a group of people had a very thorough plan to get all 120 feet of steel and copper down from the old Windber radio tower.Police believe the thieves threw...

Quebec Blueberry Heist the Largest Police Have Seen

Ain't nothing like stealing a literal tonne of fruit in the middle of the night...oh the delicious spoils of criminality!And one has to wonder what the previous record was for "largest blueberry theft" in...

Identity thieves cashing in on Canadians' info online, police warn

Having your identity stolen is no laughing matter, and sadly it is an ever-increasing crime, with high profits and a low chance of being caught. Theft can range from simple abuse of your name and reputation (like being someone's fake reference), to outright theft of credit...

Too Many Gadgets can make your Vacation a Disaster

Our electronic age has made many of us so dependent on gadgets that we may have withdraw symptoms if we don't take the laptop, cellphone, Blackberry, MP3 Player, GPS among other things when we travel.  One day...

Thieves Stealing Valuable Car Parts

"Seguin police said thieves sawed off 9 catalytic converters from trucks at Wyatt Arp dealership and stole another 6 from Seguin Chevrolet. Investigators said the crooks are cashing in on the precious metals inside."The platinum, palladium and rhodium is coated on the outside...

Police launch two-day blitz on metals theft

As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...

Freeze, Grease Thief!

As gasoline prices soar, alternative fuels are now in high demand, even to the extent where what was once garbage is now gold.  " "Florida has become a hotbed for grease theft," said Chris Griffin, who is...

Liverpool newsagent shot dead defending his shop - Mirror.co.uk

A shopkeeper in Liverpool has been shot by an armed robber as he tried to defend his shop."A shopkeeper shot dead at his till had gone for a baseball bat to try to defend his small store.Father-of-six Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 47, who was blasted in the chest, is believed to have...

$450,000 of Picasso Etchings Stolen from Art Gallery

$450k of an artist's etchings sounds like a lot of artwork, but when it's Picasso that amounts to a grand total of, um, 2 pieces. "Police say two Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 (€286,000) have been...

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