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Fake Cop? Man Accused of Using Cell Phone App to Pull Over Driver
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThe app was on his cell -- and now the suspect is in his cell. Police in Idaho arrested 20-year-old driver Alexander A. Welch on charges of impersonating a police officer after the suspect allegedly pulled over another motorist on Saturday using a cell phone app with flashing red and blue lights. Law enforcement officials in Boise received a call from a worried driver who was concerned after being pulled over by a car with flashing lights that didn't look -- or behave -- like a police vehicle, according to the Idaho Statesman. When cops pulled over Welch, police say they found a cell phone ...
Prosecutors: Weather Anchor Heidi Jones Wanted Attention
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe New York City meteorologist accused of lying to police about being assaulted appeared in a Manhattan court today as prosecutors presented documents alleging that she faked her story for attention. Dressed in a dark dress suit, Heidi Jones briefly appeared before Criminal Court Judge Lynn Kotler with her attorney, Paul Callan. Jones said nothing as she listened to Assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain detail the case against her, which could earn her up to a year in prison. The 37-year-old WABC-TV weather anchor and occasional forecaster on "Good Morning America" went to police on ...
Inside Julian Assange's Alleged Dating Profile
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News
(Dec. 13) -- Is an old OkCupid dating profile ascribed to Julian Assange and "uncovered" by Reddit a rare glimpse into the private life of the WikiLeaks founder? It's tempting to want the dating ad to be real, since it contains so much spot-on hilarity, even though an assistant to Assange's London lawyer, Mark Stephens, told AOL News today it was fake. "Passionate and pig-headed activist intellectual seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy," reads the profile, which is accompanied by photos that appear to be of Assange. "Warning: Want a regular, down to earth ...
Cyber Monday a Real Bust for Some Websites
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 29) -- Cyber Monday was a bust for some websites -- the feds accused them of selling fake handbags, sunglasses and DVDs and shut them down. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that 82 domain names of commercial websites have been seized for allegedly selling counterfeit goods and illegal copies of copyrighted material. dvdcollects.com The Justice Department said today that 82 domain names of websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods and illegal copies of copyrighted material have been seized. The effort targeted websites selling counterfeit sports equipment, shoes, ...
Horror Movie Props Spook Police, Firefighters
By David Lohr - AOL News(Nov. 22) -- Firefighters in western Pennsylvania made what appeared to be a horrific discovery while responding to a recent call at a historic hotel: a blood-splattered hotel room, littered with empty liquor bottles and what appeared to be a human scalp. The incident took a surprising twist when authorities discovered the "crime scene" was actually the backdrop for a horror movie. It all began Nov. 14, when the City of Washington Fire Department responded to a fire at the 10-story George Washington Hotel. "[Firefighters] were getting everybody out safely and alive," hotel owner Kyrk Pyros ...
German Woman Sentenced for Selling Fakes of Fakes
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Sept. 9) -- So you've spent $3,000 on what you thought was an authentic forgery by a master forger, only to find out that the forgery you bought was itself a forgery. What do you do next? You take the forgery forger to court, of course. Dresden, Germany, resident Petra Kujau, 51, was fined $380,000 this week and given a two-year suspended sentence for selling 300 copies of masterpieces by artists like Vincent van Gogh, Franz Marc and Claude Monet. However, she never claimed that her paintings were originals by these great masters. Her crime was to wrongfully market them as copies made by her ...
Viral Video: You Say, 'Obama' but I Say, 'O, God'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThanks to talk radio and town halls, we all knew that Barack Obama was the Messiah. But until this week we didn't realize that he had his own religion -- complete with prayer services! Or so it seemed, as video of a prayer service in support of universal health care went viral. It apparently first appeared on the right-wing outlets, Breitbart.tv and Naked Emperor News, with captions to make sure you were hearing what they were hearing. And what was that? Nothing less than liberal Christians chanting the prayer petitions, "Deliver Us, Obama!" and "Hear Our Cry, Obama!" ...
FEMA Apologizes for 'Error in Judgment'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs my colleague, Eric Schulzke, noted earlier, FEMA has come under fire for staging a phony press conference. One of the few benefits of insomnia is that I get to check out late breaking developments, and tonight, ABC News is reporting that FEMA's deputy director, Vice Adm. Harvey Johnson, in a written statement, apologized for what he called an "error in judgment." White House Press Secretary Dana Perino denounced the charade as "...a bad way to handle it." The report did not say whether Perino fielded questions from Jeff Gannon or Karen Ryan. ...
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