Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 16, 2003 at 2:23:49 PM CET
Polizei erschießt Kalb in Klagenfurt
Ein ungewöhnlicher Zwischenfall hat sich gestern Abend auf dem Südring in Klagenfurt ereignet. Ein Kalb erwies sich als massives Verkehrshindernis. Es musste von der Polizei erschossen werden.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 7:55:47 PM CET
Similar bogus ads examined by FBI
In each case, the person or people behind the scam waited until the last minute to send ad copy, paid for the ad with a counterfeit cashier's check and hired a call center to handle orders for readers. The ads, which have appeared over the past six months, hawked down comforters and plasma TVs at low prices.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 7:09:28 PM CET
delete your SMS
Man gets more than phone cut off after message mix-up
An irate Filipino housewife sliced off her husband's penis while he slept after she discovered text messages from another woman on his mobile phone.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 6:45:32 PM CET
Three people convicted of smuggling rice
Three individuals were convicted in Värnamo county court in Sweden for trying to smuggle six ton of rice across the border from Norway to Sweden.
While it is most common for Norwegians to smuggle alcohol and tobacco from Sweden, this couple and their friend tied to smuggle rice from Norway to Sweden.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 10, 2003 at 3:47:10 PM CET
Polizei lernt von Stinktieren
Drüsensekret als «Waffe»
Die Polizei von Los Angeles setzt den Gestank des Stinktiers als neue
«Waffe» ein. Sie vertreibt damit unerwünschte Personen aus leer
stehenden Gebäuden.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 10, 2003 at 3:10:38 AM CET
New Zealander bungee jumps - without rope
A New Zealand man went bungee jumping yesterday - without the rope, police said.
The 30-year-old man, whose name was not released, leapt off a platform into the Waikato River on New Zealand's central North Island after staff at the bungee had refused to let him jump, said Constable Tracey Haggart of Taupo police.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 10, 2003 at 1:35:16 AM CET
Man pays parking ticket - 38 years late
Gary Peacock came up with the dollar bill and 5 cent stamp - but he didn't put them together to pay a 1965 Athens parking ticket until just this year.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 9, 2003 at 9:20:42 PM CET
Woman, 69, Does Jail Time For Not Shoveling Walk
The Canadian woman says she'll do it again if she has to, rather than shoveling her sidewalk in accordance with city regulations.
The 69-year-old Edmonton resident arrived at the courthouse Thursday ready to go to jail after refusing to pay an $85 fine.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 7, 2003 at 2:46:04 PM CET
Big Brother auf Autobahn
World Economic Forum
Als die ersten Scanner und Videokameras in Bad Ragaz vor Jahresfrist installiert wurden, musste der Mediendienst der Kantonspolizei St. Gallen reagieren. «Die Anlagen haben nichts mit dem World Economic Forum beziehungsweise mit Verkehrsüberwachungen im Zusammenhang mit möglichen Demonstrationen zu tun. Es besteht von Seiten der Polizei keinerlei Absicht, den anreisenden Verkehr lückenlos zu überwachen», teilte die Polizei damals mit. Jetzt steht eine identische Anlage auch auf der Autobahn A 1 oberhalb von Goldach.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 6, 2003 at 11:30:56 PM CET
Police arrest student for 'hijack' joke in Malaysia
Malaysian police arrested a 19 year-old student after he claimed during a flight that he would hijack the plane with his two guns, a report said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 6, 2003 at 12:53:42 AM CET
Police to use 'helmet cam'
Helmets housing concealed cameras are to be worn by police in Sussex.
The Sussex force says it intends to use '"helmet cam" only when there is an above average chance of crime - such as outside nightclubs at closing time.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 4, 2003 at 2:39:50 AM CET
A Los Angeles judge today threw out Barbra Streisand's $10 million suit
against a California environmental group that posted a photo of the singer's cliffside Malibu estate on its web site. In a 46-page tentative decision, the summary from which you'll find below, Superior Court Judge Allan J. Goodman declared that the aerial photo's publication was protected by the First Amendment and, to boot, was not "highly offensive to a reasonable person." Swatting away Streisand's claim that her privacy was violated, Goodman stated, "As a matter of law, there is nothing private or personal" about the photo, a copy of which you'll find at right. Making matters worse for the performer, Goodman indicated that he is ready to award legal fees to the California Coastal Records Project and the group's founder Kenneth Adelman, who snapped the image which so offended Babs. (10 pages)
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