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Monday, April 28, 2008

News you May Have Missed

MERCED, Calif. - A sheriff's deputy has fatally shot a man who stormed through security at a northern California county courthouse carrying two large butcher knives.

District Attorney Larry Morse II says guards chased the man as he ran down the hallway on Monday afternoon carrying the knives and entered a courtroom holding them above his head.  A.P.

 

WEBSTER, Mass. - Two police officers and a firefighter rescued a toddler and infant twins from a fire that authorities say started after the mother left the children alone while she went shopping. The mother was arrested.     A.P.

 

OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury has found an Oakland software programmer guilty in the death of his estranged wife.

Nina Reiser disappeared more than a year ago after dropping the couple's children off at Hans Reiser's home. Her body has never been found.   A.P.

  I threw this one in just for the hell of it

TORONTO, April 28 (UPI) -- The number of strippers and strip clubs in Toronto is declining, with former dancers blaming the Internet for putting them out of work.
A 23-year-old ex-dancer identified only as Madeline told the Toronto Star she could make as much as $1,000 per night after she started working in strip clubs four years ago, but gave it up for a clothed bartending job when fewer men would pay $20 for a lap dance.
"Why would a guy go to a club and pay to sit there if he could get it all for free on his computer at home?" she asked.  U.P.I.

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