Archive For The Month: December, 2009WARREN, Mich. — A man who walked into a Michigan diner with a 5-inch knife stuck in his chest ordered a coffee and complained only about the cold weather.
A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.
Trouble is, they aren’t really presents. They’re his own belongings meticulously wrapped by friends as a prank while he was out of town.
Apple Valley, MN was called Lebanon Township until 1969.
Read more here, if you really want to, but the reason for the name change is not made clear.
Men prefer the smell of petrol and frying bacon to that of a newborn baby, a study has found.
“You need a password to buy toe-socks on Amazon.com, but military surveillance footage–not encrypted” –Rachel Maddow
You know what sounds like a fun Friday night? A three-hour lecture on imperialism starring Smurfs.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and bonuses are counted…
Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
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