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Mountain View: Arrests made in 'roll around in cash' online date robbery scheme
How desperate do you have to be to show up for a seemingly ridiculously obvious scheme such as this? Surprise, surprise... they got robbed.
Richard Dawkins does it again: New Atheism’s Islamophobia problem
I'm not quite sure why Dawkins is attracting so much attention over this right now. He's known for being relatively reliably cranky about theists of all stripes.
Nova Scotia cyber law turns bullied into bullies
"As defined in the Act, cyberbullying is 'any electronic communication [. . .] that is intended or ought reasonably be expected to cause fear, intimidation, humiliation, distress or other damage or harm to another person’s health, emotional well-being, self-esteem or reputation.'" As the article suggests, turning someone down for a date would seem to be a criminal act under the legislation.
SC man charged with smearing buttered toast on SUV
"Damage to the SUV was estimated at $1." Clearly this new category of dangerous weapon needs to be banned.