Archive for January 8th, 2011
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona : NPR
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday.
The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.
At least nine other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition was not immediately known.
Woman spots husband on bank robbery surveillance photo, calls police | police, bradenton, robbery – News – Northwest Florida Daily News
BRADENTON, Fla. — Police say a man confessed to robbing a bank after his wife saw a surveillance photo on the evening news and alerted authorities.
A camera snapped a clear shot of the man with a pony tail and scruffy beard robbing the First Bank in Bradenton Tuesday morning. The robber sprinted down the street clutching money in his fists and got away despite efforts from a K-9 unit and SWAT team.
Will I? Won’t I?
This sign advertising $5 for five minutes of bubble fun is confusing. Not the part where your child is placed inside a giant rubber bubble and then allowed to run around on top of a pool of water. We’re cool with that. But at the top it says, “walk, jog, run, job and have lots of fun on the water… while completely dry!” At the bottom of the sign it says, “YOU MAY GET WET.” Well, which is it?
Tipster John says, “FYI: my daughter did do it, stayed dy and had fun.” And at the end of the day, isn’t that all that matters?
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