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SINCE 1994 and reaching more than 107,000 subscribers in over 200 countries, this is the 803rd weekly issue of... THIS is TRUE: 1 November 2009 Copyright http://www.thisistrue.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FATHER OF THE YEAR: A man was arrested in a hospital in Ogden, Utah, after allegedly groping a nurse. Adam Jay Manning, 30, wasn't a patient at the McKay-Dee Hospital: he had brought his girlfriend there to give birth to his child. Manning looked "up and down" at the nurse and told her "how attractive she was, how cute she was," said police spokesman Lt. Loring Draper. The nurse ignored him, but he tried to massage her shoulders and then grabbed her breast, Draper said. She pulled away, but Manning kept after her and allegedly grabbed her again. "After the second time, the nurse asked what he was doing," Draper said. His girlfriend "responded he was just drunk." That's when the nurse called police. Manning has been charged with forcible sexual abuse, a felony which calls for 1-15 years in prison. "He says he doesn't remember any of it," said his public defender. "He still hasn't seen his child." (Ogden Standard-Examiner, Salt Lake Tribune) ...It might be better for the kid if he never does. POLITICS AS USUAL: Reynolds Smith, Jr. has been named to the Mobile County (Ala.) Democratic Executive Committee, announced state party Chairman Joe Turnham in a press release. Smith would have been 84 years old had he not died nearly a year before his appointment. Party officials blame outdated records for the gaffe, but that's far from the only contention in the matter. Another appointee, Ed Kahalley Sr., refuses to serve, noting Turnham is "part of the problem, not the solution," and two members of the previous committee have filed a lawsuit to keep the new committee from being seated, even though they were held over. (Mobile Press-Register) ...Wait, I'm confused: is giving dead people the vote "part of the problem, or part of the solution"? ----------==========**********O**********==========---------- TECH QUESTIONS? GET ANSWERS 30 years of industry experience at your disposal. You have questions? Come and find the answers fast. Browse the archives or ask a new question at http://ask-leo.com/d-tr ----------==========**********O**********==========---------- SHE SAID, WHO SAID? "She came at my client with the stiletto [heeled shoe] and my client acted accordingly," says attorney Tom DiCaudo. His client, Chetania Davis, 22, a stripper in Akron, Ohio, had a dispute with a new dancer. Davis was allegedly upset with the new dancer, Jo Nolan, 52, who had started work at the club that day, because Davis thought she'd lure regular customers away from her. After angry words, Nolan allegedly came at Davis wielding her shoe, and Davis, who was eight months pregnant, grabbed the shoe and whacked Nolan over the head with it. Nolan suffered lacerations that took seven surgical staples to close. Assistant Prosecutor Norman Schroth called it a "he said, she said" case, and offered Davis a plea bargain: one year of probation. She accepted to "put all of this behind her," DiCaudo said. (Akron Beacon Journal) ...A pregnant stripper and a 52-year-old first-day stripper have a "he said, she said" argument and she wants to put it behind her? But this would make great reality series! ZERO COMMON SENSE: Matthew Whalen, 17, a senior at Lansingburgh (N.Y.) High School, is an honors student, an Eagle Scout, and wants to attend the U.S. military academy at West Point. He has already completed an Army basic training course and serves in the National Guard, and was given an award for saving a life. When school officials interrogated him about a report that he "carries a knife," he said the only knife he has is one with a 1-1/2" blade in a survival pack in his car. "They asked me to show it to them," Whalen said. "I didn't realize it was going to be a problem. I knew it wasn't illegal -- my police chief grandfather gave the knife to me." His car was in the school's parking lot, and "the principal even admitted that I had no intent to use the knife, that I had no accessibility to the knife," but he was still suspended for "possession" of a "weapon" on campus per the school's zero tolerance policy. The school also called police, but officers refused to press charges. After a district superintendent review of the 5-day suspension, it was boosted to 20 days. "He's lucky that he didn't have a bayonet in the car," said his police chief grandfather. "He's a National Guardsman for God's sake." (Troy Record) ...How will kids ever learn to think when school officials can't master doing it themselves? REVENGE OF THE URSIDAE: "Ice-Skating Bear Kills Circus Head" -- London (England) Times headline DID YOU FIND an error? See http://www.thisistrue.com/errata.html AS EXPECTED, LAST WEEK'S issue was late (except for those of you who took my advice and re-subscribed to the new mirrored distribution list). My long-time e-mail distribution company moved my server to a new location, and it was offline over the weekend. As they were getting the servers online, the Lyris folks sent out a test message -- unfortunately to one of my lists. If you're on the Stella Awards list, that's what that was. I plan to relaunch the Stella list next year, but didn't really want the list used for testing. *grumble* To avoid any future problems (though there are no more moves planned), but also to get some great benefits from the new provider, which I'll talk about next year when they're implemented, it's best if you go to the TRUE web site and subscribe again: http://www.thisistrue.com Thanks! OVER THE WEEKEND I got an update on a story from 2007 -- an odd death story that led to a lawsuit. It's a very quirky story, and the lawsuit has concluded. The story, the update, and some commentary are on my blog: http://www.thisistrue.com/blog-lessons_from_a_strange_death.html THE REST OF THE STORIES: The other half of the stories include the man who survived his house burning down around him -- he slept through it. High school principal watched students have sex -- and then he showed the security camera video of the incident to his staff. Man arrested after beating up his roommate -- the charge was (really!) assault with a dangerous harmonica. And another zero tolerance story that's even more outrageous than the one included above -- and the principal still insists he is justified in kicking the innocent girl out of school. Get twice the stories without ads and other stuff = the same size issue, just more concentrated with great content. A full year is just $24, and best of all supports TRUE without our having to even consider selling out to a giant corporation. Won't you help save an innocent independent newsletter? http://www.thisistrue.com/upgrade.html o o o AND AMONG THE LATEST postings to Jumbo Joke: My First Mammogram. http://www.JumboJoke.com ----------==========**********O**********==========---------- TOO MANY BUSINESSES AVOID BEING "GREEN" ...because they think it will cost too much money. Being ecologically friendly can actually ADD to your bottom line. In fact, our articles show how "being green" is not only Ecologically Sound, but Economically Sound. Learn how: http://www.ECOnomicallySound.com ----------==========**********O**********==========---------- TO SUBMIT STORIES and vote on what submissions are best, register for free at http://Groxx.com BLOG COMMENT OF THE WEEK: "Alas, Europe is dutifully following in the USA's footsteps and beginning with fear-based policies exactly like what led to ZT in USA. There has been talk here in Switzerland of weapons bans and metal detectors, despite the fact that significant school violence is as rare here as it is in USA. (And I say this as someone who was a constant victim of bullying in school in USA and Switzerland... but that's another matter.) Common sense is long gone, and the media, in its endless quest for numbers thanks to sensationalism, has people believing that our world is more dangerous than ever, when in fact, there's never been a better time to be human." --Antonio Switzerland, in response to http://thisistrue.com/d-zt-nyt TEN YEARS AGO IN TRUE: While going through the stories from 10 years ago, I found this ZT story -- and actually laughed out loud when I read the tagline. Maybe you will too: http://thisistrue.com/6734 And don't forget http://i.thisistrue.com for a new story every day on your iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, or other web-enabled phone! THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Qian Xuesen, an engineering genius who helped establish the U.S. space program (and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), but was then callously thrown away by the government for ridiculous reasons, much to the U.S.'s detriment. 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