George Vera, 25, was arrested in Houston on August 2, 2009 and taken to city jail. After a day there he was transferred to Harris County Jail. Fourteen hours after the intake procedure Vera was taken to the showers – the last stop before going to his cell. At the showers he confessed to the police he had a 9mm handgun and 2 clips of ammunition on him. According to procedure, Vera should have been searched at least 3 times. Vera, weighing nearly 600 pounds, had hidden the gun and clips between layers of body fat. Although released on bond, Vera will face the scales of justice.
The crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles was auctioned on eBay. As of August 17, 2009 the bid was $4.5 million. The present occupant of the crypt bought it from Joe Dimaggio when the ballplayer and Marilyn Monroe divorced in 1954 and has resided there since 1986. In fact, being buried facedown was a deathbed request. The occupant’s widow is moving her husband and selling the crypt to pay off a $1 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home. It seems this is an eBay auction to die for.
Marco Sea, a Manhattan real estate company, turned 3 trash bins into swimming pools. Placed in an “H” formation, the clean bins are lined with heavy plastic and filled with filtered, chlorinated water. They are surrounded by a wood deck – complete with tent cabanas, barbecue grills and beach chairs. Because the bins are 5 ½ feet deep, there’s also a shallow kiddie pool. Marco Sea is thinking about putting these pools in redeveloped strip malls, as well as renting them for parties. One thousand dollars turns a trash bin into a pool – unless you think the idea is all wet.
Scientists tested bank notes from more than 30 cities in 5 countries and found that currency from China and Japan had the lowest levels of cocaine contamination – 12%-20%. Canada and the U.S. had the highest – 85%-90%. In fact, the U.S. level was 20% higher than in a similar study done 2 years before. Of the money from U.S. cities, Salt Lake City had the lowest contamination levels. Baltimore, Boston and Detroit had among the highest levels and Washington, D.C. ranked above average with 95% of its money being contaminated with cocaine – giving new meaning to dirty money. Palm Beach, family style - MiamiHerald.com
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Apartment fire blamed on alligator - WWLP 22News
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