Thieves breaking into AZ optometrist offices to steal eyeglass frames. Docs charging $200 to $800 for these things. Perhaps THAT is the real crime here!

Burglars are hitting optometry offices and making off with expensive eyeglass frames, according to Chandler police. The thieves have broken into five offices in Chandler since January and have been active throughout the East Valley, said Sgt. Joe Favazzo, Chandler police spokesman.

Dimbulb nitwit using his bank’s drive-through window includes small bag of drugs with his deposit.

Police said a man using the drive-through at a Tallahassee bank deposited $200 and a small bag containing marijuana and cocaine. Police said an employee at the Wachovia Bank called police Wednesday after the unusual deposit.

Police clocked guy going 185 mph on his motorcycle before he crashed. After he gets outta the hospital he’ll be headed to jail.

An Orlando man clocked doing 185 mph on a motorcycle on Interstate 75 on Wednesday was hospitalized after he wrecked his bike while being chased by troopers. Davall Montrell Pinkelton was taken to Munroe Regional Medical Center with serious injuries to his left arm, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say the 26-year-old is expected to have surgery on his arm, and once he has recovered, will be transported to the Marion County Jail.

Mother of the year candidate leaves her two small kids alone in apartment with pit bull for 12 hours as she went off and partied.

Officials with the Department of Children and Families said the woman who left her two children home alone with the family pit bull already was under investigation for child abuse. Orlando police on Thursday arrested 28-year-old Mary Ann Ayala after they discovered she had left her children, ages 3 and 6, for nearly 12 hours without any adult supervision, food or water at their Curry Ford Road apartment.

Anything for a buck. Church sells parking spots on top of graves to Wimbledon tennis fans.

Desperate tennis fans with nowhere to park for the Wimbledon tournament are paying £20 to leave their cars on graves in a nearby churchyard. St Mary’s Church in Wimbledon Village is offering spectators parking spots on consecrated ground for £20 a day, directly above the remains of parishioners. The proceeds of the unofficial parking scheme go to charity but some residents are angry with the plan, describing it as ‘disrespectful’.

Animal “rights” thugs in Sweden harass bar-b-que restaurant owner, damage his property and threaten his family forcing him to close his business. It would be fun to see these same idiots try this crap in Texas.

Threats and vandalism allegedly carried out by animal rights activists have forced restaurant in Umeå in northern Sweden to close its doors. In the two years since Michael Hansen opened his Garaget restaurant, which specializes in Texas-style barbecue, his establishment has been targeted by animal rights groups on numerous occasions, the Västerbottens-Kuriren newspaper reports.

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19 1/2 year veteran of the NYPD convicted of perjury after being tripped up by crook’s mp3 player. $80,000 a year salary–gone. $41,000 pension–gone. Seven year prison sentence–looming.

It was approaching midnight when Bronx Detective Christopher Perino confronted Erik Crespo in the interview room of the 44th Precinct station house on New Year’s Eve 2005. Crespo, then 17, had been caught on a surveillance camera shooting John Torres, 24, and Perino was trying to establish a rapport with the teen. (SNIP) As Perino was doing what any detective would do to get a confession out of someone he knew was guilty, Crespo slyly recorded the entire 75-minute interrogation on an MP3 player he had in his pocket.

British housewife finds tiny 500 year old piece of golden treasure out in the middle of a field with her metal detector. Initial estimates say it is worth over $400,000.

The find is thought to be part of a high-quality reliquary or pendant, and depicts the Holy Trinity. It is the first item of any real worth that Mary Hannaby has found in seven years of combing fields and beaches. Mrs Hannaby, 57, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, made the discovery while out on one of her regular six-hour Sunday detecting walks with her son Michael, a 33 year-old wood carver.

CA man, working three jobs to provide for his family, will take home $16 million lottery check after hitting the jackpot. Good for him and his family.

For 20 years Clyde Persley worked more than 60 hours a week making candy, driving limousines and waiting by the phone to pick up extra hours at a restaurant. He bought lottery tickets and hoped for his big break. Well, he got it. Persley, 49, turned in his winning SuperLotto Plus ticket to the California Lottery office Tuesday night, said lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston, and will receive a check for about $16 million in four to six weeks. That’s the lump-sum payout for his $39 million win.

Sick in the head Pennsylvania landlord who installed cameras and spied on female tenants for the last 20 years, pleads guilty yesterday to variety of charges.

A Norristown landlord admitted yesterday that he used electronic devices to videotape female tenants for nearly 20 years. Thomas Daley, 46, formerly of the 1000 block of Spring City Road, Phoenixville, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to 30 counts of invasion of privacy and related offenses stemming from incidents between 1989 and September. “He feels horrible about his actions,” said Daley’s attorney, Tim Woodward. “He’s extremely remorseful.”

Sad news as Missouri woman leaves expensive show dogs inside hot van overnight, discovers them dead the next morning. Cobbles together dubious story when police question her.

Seven high-priced show dogs, including one of the top Akitas in the country, are dead after being left by their handler for several hours in a hot van in Jefferson County. Police say Mary Wild, a 24-year-old woman who was caring for the dogs, left them in a cargo van early Monday and went to bed after returning from a dog show in Iowa.

More sad news as 20 month old child left inside truck during hot afternoon by babysitter who didn’t “discover” him missing for two hours, dies.

Police said a baby sitter returning from the store with four children in her pickup truck Wednesday afternoon did not realize for two hours that a toddler was left in her vehicle. The boy was identified as 20-month-old Bernard Davis. The child was pronounced dead at the scene. Police told Channel 4 that the baby sitter, Shantel Wilcher, 38, of Jacksonville, was charged with interfering with a lawful investigation.

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Another issue concerning food announced this week as the FDA warns of salmonella problems with pistachios.

U.S. consumers should avoid two brands of pistachios tied to a salmonella-related recall because they may have been repackaged and sold in airports and hotels, the Food and Drug Administration said. The federal agency identified the suspect brands late on Monday as California Prime Produce and Orange County Orchards, which were repacked by Orca Distribution West Inc of Anaheim, California.

16 year old girl has not developed beyond the infant stage. Looks and acts just like a baby.

A 16-year-old girl who is the size of an infant and has the mental capacity of a toddler continues to baffle doctors in the US. Medical experts believe Brooke Greenberg suffers from some kind of genetic mutation that shapes the way she ages, leaving her with the perpetual appearance of a baby.

Off duty NYPD officer gets huffy when NYC traffic agent tries to give her a parking ticket for blocking a bus stop. She is now suspended hopefully pending her dismissal from the force.

An off-duty rookie cop was arrested after snatching a hand-held parking ticket computer from a traffic agent trying to cite her for blocking a Bronx bus stop, sources said yesterday. Officer Kenlly Nuñez, 32, was charged with obstruction of governmental administration for Monday’s incident on West Kingsbridge Road, sources said.

The Detroit Public School system is audited, discovers 257 non existent employees are drawing paychecks.

A payroll audit this month at Detroit Public Schools turned up 257 names that will be subject to an investigation into illegal ghost employees, officials said Tuesday. All of the district’s estimated 13,880 workers had to pick up paychecks or direct-deposit slips in person by June 12 as a first step in determining if anyone who is not on the payroll is collecting pay.

What’s that you say? If you are looking to get someone to do something tell them in their right ear.

If you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear, say scientists. Italian researchers found people were better at processing information when requests were made on that side in three separate tests.

British woman suing Abercrombie & Fitch saying she was banned from the sales floor in their flagship London store and sent to the stock room because of her prosthetic arm.

Miss Dean, 22, told an employment tribunal she “questioned her worth as a human being” after she was made to work in the stockroom at the firm’s flagship store on London’s Savile Row. Miss Dean, who was born with her left forearm missing, said she was granted special permission to wear a cardigan to cover the join in her arm. But she was later removed from the shop floor and made to work in the stockroom because the cardigan did not adhere to the strict dress code.

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San Diego police officer not guilty of shooting into occupied car during road rage incident.

San Diego police Officer Frank White was found not guilty yesterday of criminal charges resulting from the shooting and wounding of a mother and her young son during a road-rage incident last year. A Vista Superior Court jury acquitted White, 29, of a felony count of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm.

Going around stealing stuff in Somalia could cost you an arm and a leg.

A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns. The ruling prompted an outcry from human-rights activists.

How do European leftists deal with brutal murderers? Why, they let them out of prison for little weekend getaways that occasionally don’t turn out so well.

A 36-year-old man suspected of murdering a woman on Kungsholmen in Stockholm over the weekend was already serving a life sentence for another brutal murder. He was on furlough from prison at the time of the killing. The man had recently had his prison sentence reduced, allowing him to take regular furloughs. Around 11am on Saturday, a woman was found stabbed to death in an apartment on Kungsholmen in central Stockholm. The 36-year-old was arrested the same day, and later charged with murder.

The longest stretch of sub 100 degree days since 1913 has Phoenix AZ people…..chillin’.

Meteorologists are reluctant to call a month “nice.” They have their data and their science and typically do not describe the weather in such subjective terms. Except now, because the data prove it. “It’s probably the best June since I’ve been here, and I’ve been here most of my life,” said the National Weather Service’s Valerie Meyers, who is in her late 40s. “It’s been really nice.” [Put that in your pipe and smoke it Al Gore…ed]

Six year old receives honor from Girl Scouts for saving toddler’s life.

Riley Braden expressed one concern on her way to Monday’s ceremony in her honor. Fresh from a swim, Braden told her parents that she hoped the paparazzi would not be there. After an appearance on a syndicated religious TV show and calls from local newspapers and radio stations, the 6-year-old was over the cameras.

R.I.P Ed McMahon. I wonder how many folks knew he was a Marine fighter pilot during WWII and the Korean War?

Ed McMahon, a fixture on U.S. late-night television for 30 years as the full-throated announcer and sidekick for Johnny Carson on NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” died on Tuesday at age 86, his spokesman said. The veteran TV personality, best known for his nightly introduction of Carson in a deep, booming voice with the drawn-out line, “Heeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” died at a Los Angeles-area hospital, spokesman Howard Bragman said.

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Family of famous Apache warrior Geronimo want his remains removed from Oklahoma and brought back home to New Mexico. Obama administration fighting against the move.

US officials are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the government by descendants of Apache leader Geronimo to recover his remains. The descendants want to rebury Geronimo, who was buried in Oklahoma in 1909, in his native land in New Mexico.

Off duty cop suspected of speeding in a Ferrari loses control and crashes, killing himself and his passenger.

An off-duty cop and the woman who was riding with him in a Ferrari were killed when their car slammed into a tree on Long Island, authorities said. Southampton Town Police said the accident on Sunday killed 40-year-old Richard Kappel, who worked for the Quogue Village Police Department.

Blithering idiot Perez Hilton, the jerk off who tried to trip up Carrie Prejean in the Miss USA pageant, gets his ugly face punched in. Yay!

Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub. Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band’s tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

This is why you don’t ask your six year old kid to go get your pistol for you.

MANILA, Philippines — Police say a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot dead his father, a soldier home for Father’s Day after fighting Muslim rebels in the south. Police Officer Hermogenes Capili says Private First Class Apolonio Pacioles asked his son to fetch his .45 caliber pistol at their home in Manila’s Quezon City suburb early Sunday.

Pennsylvania man shoots son to death on Father’s Day.

Police say a 62-year-old northeastern Pennsylvania man shot his 19-year-old son to death during a family argument on Father’s Day. Authorities say Bernard Uckele (yoo-KAY’-lee) killed his son Justin with a handgun early Sunday afternoon in the garage of Uckele’s home in Jackson Township, about 75 miles north of Philadelphia.

Passengers get wild ride as Quantas jet rises then abruptly drops 800 feet when it hits turbulence.

Horrified passengers saw people hurled around the cabin of a Qantas Airbus as it hit severe turbulence during a flight from Hong Kong to Perth today. A dozen people were treated for minor injuries after the plane lifted and dropped about 250m due to “convective turbulence”.

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