Flash Mobs

Flash Mobs are all the rage now-a-days. The fever is leaking over to other countries as well. This seems like a pretty ingenious concept. I wonder if the practice will cross over to political action instead of just mild act of hooliganism.

A flash mob went down today in Rome, as an estimated 100 to 300 people flooded a books and music megastore. They asked employees for nonexistent books. They broke into a round of spontaneous applause. Then they dispersed.

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One Hell of a Hoax

Now, this is one hell of a good hoax.

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Geo Quiz

Can you name the countries pictured here?

Head on over to the Middle East Map Quiz and test your knowledge. I got three wrong myself. I always get those African nations all screwed up.

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Why you should never, ever ask the cops to do you a favor

Eureka family battles U.S. over $350,000 in cash

If he had it to do over, Robert R. Reiner of Eureka probably would not have called police to ask for a security escort while he took more than $350,000 to a bank.

He explained to officials that his father had accumulated it out of fear of “Y2K” bank computer failures that some had predicted with the turn of the century. Eureka police called in federal authorities, who seized the cash under forfeiture laws intended to fight drug trafficking.

Now the U.S. government has filed a suit in federal court at St. Louis to keep the $353,630. And the family intends to fight it.

To protect and serve…

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