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Fugitive nabbed in bar wearing only a gown
PITTSBURGH — A fugitive wanted for bank robbery is in custody after police say he walked out of a Pittsburgh hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an intravenous needle still his arm.
Authorities say police were called to JR’s Bar Friday night after 20-year-old Elbert Lewis Thompson II walked in from Allegheny General Hospital. Thompson was taken into custody a short time later.
Police in Vandergrift say Thompson had been detained by officers after fleeing a traffic stop there, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) northeast of Pittsburgh. He was initially hospitalized after complaining of feeling sick and losing consciousness.
Thompson is wanted in Oakland County, Michigan, for armed robbery and other charges. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
SWAT team responds to stolen pizza
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police say a plot to steal a delivery man’s pizza brought out a SWAT team in Alaska.
Police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker says a man trying to deliver a pizza order Sunday night was confronted outside a northeast Anchorage home by a man with a gun and a stick. He says three other people attacked him from behind, grabbed the pizza but ran away without taking his money.
Police say the delivery man then followed one of the attackers, a girl, to a home where police arrested her. They say the other suspects then barricaded themselves in the home, prompting authorities to call in a SWAT team that entered the property.
Joseph Nicalaskey and Cesar Alvarez-Jennings, both 19, and two girls were arrested on charges of robbery and assault. The names of the girls were not released.
Edmonton man renames himself ‘God’
EDMONTON – God confesses to be a convicted criminal who spent five years in prison for trying to smuggle a suitcase of marijuana into Japan.
He also lives in Edmonton, and, thank God for name changes.
A college student formerly known as John Paul LaPointe fought the Alberta government to have his moniker changed to God Dieux – and won.
“Apparently their lawyers went a little crazy over it,” the 33-year-old said, adding: “I know now is the time for change.” Service Alberta spokesman Cam Traynor confirmed the switch, explaining lawyers found no legal reason to deny the request.
This wasn’t the first time an Albertan has gone holy with a handle. Several people have renamed themselves God in the past, Traynor said.
The latest God is far from sacred.
Several years ago, he spent five and a half years in a Japanese prison after getting busted trying to smuggle a suitcase of marijuana into the Narita airport, just outside Tokyo.
Before then, God was living in a new-age spiritual commune in Pune, India, where he met a Russian mystic who helped give him a new identity.
Back then, God still went by his birth name, but chose to change it after an off-the-cuff conversation with the Russian.
“It was spontaneous,” God said. “I just knew it was the true self that was manifesting in that moment.
“We knew how strong it could be. But also, we knew how innocent and playful it could be.” The bilingual Vancouver native changed his last name to Dieux, an attempt at the French term Dieu for God.
“I don’t want to make problem with the Quebecers,” he said, laughing. “I want to be able to visit Montreal and try the maple syrup and not get heckled.” God, who moved to Edmonton last November, said he’s expecting no backlash from the religious community.
“I think people are really respectful in Canada of different beliefs and are respectful of each other’s beliefs,” God said. “In a sense, this is giving a very playful energy to the idea of God. It’s making it very ordinary.”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/03/24/13346956-qmi.html
Hockey Canada says Crosby’s missing Olympic equipment were misplaced rather than stolen
Sidney Crosby’s missing stick and glove have been found.
Hockey Canada says Crosby’s missing Olympic equipment were misplaced rather than stolen.
Crosby’s stick was accidentally placed in a shipment bound for the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Russia, that ended up getting intercepted in Toronto.
And one of his gloves was put in a bag belonging to Patrice Bergeron, who sat beside him in the locker-room.
The items were misplaced in the chaos following Crosby’s overtime goal in the Olympic gold-medal game on Feb. 28.
After the gear went missing, an investigation was launched and Reebok put up a $10,000 reward for the stick.
Farrah Missing from Oscar Tribute?
The absence of Farrah Fawcett from the traditional “in memoriam” segment of the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday was causing some to scratch their heads.
Fawcett, who died in June at the age of 62, was notably left out of the tribute, which was accompanied by James Taylor singing The Beatles’ “In My Life.”
Fawcett was predominantly a TV actress and starred in “Charlie’s Angels” and numerous made-for-TV movies. But she also appeared in theatrically released films, including 1976’s “Logan’s Run,” 1986’s “Extremities,” 1997’s “The Apostle” and 2000’s “Dr. T and the Women.” There are often quibbles with the selections for the Oscar memoriam, but Fawcett’s credits – and her celebrity – would seem to qualify her for the tribute.
The montage also included Michael Jackson, whose predominant medium certainly wasn’t theatrically released movies.
Film critic Roger Ebert was among those who questioned Fawcett’s absence on Twitter. Ebert called it a “major fail” and wrote, “They have a whole lot of ‘splaining to do.”
Said Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger, “Every year it’s an unfortunate reality that we can’t include everybody.”
From Associated Press
Crosby Stick and Glove Missing: It’s an inside job!
Hockey Canada has been desperately trying to locate the glove and stick that disappeared soon after Crosby scored last Sunday’s gold-medal-clinching goal in Vancouver.
“There is a slight chance we’ll find it,” said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s director of the men’s national team. “But at this point, we don’t have any really great leads. … We haven’t located it. It’s missing.”
However, officials are going through game video, photographs, put out calls and chased a handful of leads. And, once again, the search came up empty.
Apparently the aftermath of Crosby’s overtime goal against the United States was an unparalleled chaos. The equipment men went onto the ice once the goal was scored and began collecting all the helmets, gloves and sticks into plastic bins and then the equipment was then put back in each player’s stall.
Simple, right? Well, it did not quite work out as expected.
How does someone walk out of that arena and out into the crowded streets of Vancouver without anyone noticing they’re carrying a hockey stick and a glove belonging to Sidney Crosby?
This has to be an inside job!
Quotes are from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-case-of-the-missing-stick/article1490264/