Lubbock police arrested two people suspected of leaving a burning bag of trash on the doorstep of a local residence.
Officers said the suspects also kicked a hole in the front door shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of 61st Street. Police arrested Brian Dale Bayliss, 29, and Bronson Randd Arington, 19, on charges of arson, criminal mischief and attempted burglary, according to a police report. Note that Idiot #1, (Bayliss) is 29 years old, about twice the average age for perps of this kind of dipshittery. I suspect that Idiot #2's name is misspelled, possibly because he does not know how to spell it himself.
Officers located Bayliss and Arington driving down the alley behind the residence shortly after the incident. They said they found physical evidence linking the suspects to the crime. Physical evidence? The brains they left behind when they got out of the car? Trash parceled out in neat arson-sized packets? Kitchen matches?
Before there was The Onion, before there was Scrappleface, there was the most respected name in major media: WEEKLY WORLD NEWS!
DJIBOUTI - The Somali pirates, renegade Somalis known for hijacking ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden, are negotiating a purchase of Citigroup. The pirates would buy Citigroup with new debt and their existing cash stockpiles, earned most recently from hijacking numerous ships, including most recently a $200 million Saudi Arabian oil tanker. The Somali pirates are offering up to $0.10 per share for Citigroup, pirate spokesman Sugule Ali said earlier today.
The negotiations have entered the final stage. Ali stated, "You may not like our price, but we are not in the business of paying for things. Be happy we are in the mood to offer the shareholders anything at all."
The pirates will finance part of the purchase by selling new Pirate Ransom Backed Securities. The PRBS's are backed by future ransom payments from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. Moody's and S&P have already issued their top investment grade ratings for the PRBS's.
Head pirate Ubu Kalid Shandu said, "We need a bank so that we have a place to keep all of our ransom money. Thankfully, the dislocations in the capital markets have allowed us to purchase Citigroup at an attractive valuation and to take advantage of TARP capital to grow the business even faster."
Shandu added, "We don't call ourselves pirates. We're coast guards. This will just allow us to guard our coasts better."
A 12-year-old Florida student was arrested earlier this month after he "deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class," according to police. The child, who was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at Stuart's Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School, was busted November 4 for disruption of a school function.
A Martin County Sheriff's Office report notes that the 4' 11" offender admitted that he "continually disrupted his classroom environment by breaking wind and shutting off several computers." The boy, whose name was redacted from the police report released today, was turned over to his mother following the arrest. The young perp turned 13 on November 15.
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he "continually disrupted his classroom environment by breaking wind and shutting off several computers."
Wow! I can understand annoying everyone with the foul odor, but if he is capable of disrupting computers with a strong fart, he's discovered a new military weapon. I wonder what Momma is feeding the dear child ?
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Hey teacher - you don't have kids arrested for farting. Okay? Take control of the classroom and quit being such a wuss. By calling in the police for something so petty, not to mention human, you've completely lost the respect of the rest of the students. Who else needs to grow up here?
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probably have too call police on students now that the schools can't do anything with the kids these days without fear of a lawsuit
Michael Jackson has reached an out-of-court settlement with Bahrain's Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad al-Khalifa, who was suing him for $7 million (5.6 million Euros), his spokeswoman said Sunday.
The reclusive 50-year-old had agreed last week to testify at the High Court.
"As Mr. Jackson was about to board his plane to London, he was advised by his legal team to postpone his travels since the parties had concluded a settlement in principle," a London spokeswoman for Jackson said on Sunday. "Therefore, he will not be attending court on Monday," said the spokeswoman from PR company Outside Organization.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, second son of the king of Bahrain, said Jackson failed to honor a contract to record a new album, write an autobiography and produce a stage play. He also told the court last week that Jackson owed him $7 million after the prince paid for legal costs, travel and other expenses in 2005 and 2006.
Jackson and his children spent time in Bahrain as a guest of the royal family following a 2005 trial on child molestation charges, but he backed down from plans to work with Sheikh Abdullah in 2006.
He was acquitted of the charges in 2005, but the trial left Jackson's career, reputation and financial status in tatters and he has been a virtual recluse since.
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The booming city of Dubai showed signs its economy was starting to crack Monday as it began cutting state spending, capping its building spree and merging its lenders in the face of the global financial crisis.
World business leaders met Monday for a four-day conference at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) where financers were set to discuss Middle East coping strategies as well as how to help sinking western economies.
Dubai officials remained optimistic at the annual meet but seemed to cave under world pressure as they revealed for the first time the level of debt the emirate has accumulated during one of the world's biggest building sprees.
"Dubai is not immune to the problems caused by the global financial crisis, but the region is better placed than most to deal with the issues arising," Mohammed al-Abbar, a member of the Dubai Executive Council and chairman of government-owned Emaar Properties said. He added that total company assets were more than $350 billion while total debts were just $80 billion.
Dubai's sovereign debt stands at $10 billion while the debts of state-affiliated firms amount to $70 billion, he said, broadly in line with external estimates.
In response to ongoing speculation that Dubai may not be able to meet its debt obligations Abbar said: "Let us put an end to this speculation ... and let me state categorically, that the government can, and will, meet all its obligations going forward; so please have no doubt about this fact."
He noted that Dubai had been growing at a rate of 13 percent to 14 percent a year and that a slowdown would be welcome. "If this comes down to six percent or seven percent or eight percent then fine. We've been running a long time and could probably do with a breather. We will use this time to learn lessons and become a stronger city," he said, seeking to put a positive spin on the crisis.
Dubai is famous for manmade islands in the shape of palm trees and the world map, an indoor ski slope in the desert and a reputation as a shopping haven.
The emirate recently staged an extravagant $20 million party complete with a massive fireworks display and a star-studded guest list to launch the opening of luxury resort Atlantis, the move was criticized as over-the-top considering the current global turmoil.
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I wonder if they also cutting down on terrorism financing Islamic charity.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Men dump burning bag of trash at local home
A 12-year-old Florida student was arrested earlier this month after he "deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class," according to police. The child, who was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at Stuart's Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School, was busted November 4 for disruption of a school function. 
Michael Jackson has reached an out-of-court settlement with Bahrain's Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad al-Khalifa, who was suing him for $7 million (5.6 million Euros), his spokeswoman said Sunday.
Landslides and floods in Brazil have destroyed many buildings, killing at least 50 people and forcing over 23,000 to leave their homes.
The booming city of Dubai showed signs its economy was starting to crack Monday as it began cutting state spending, capping its building spree and merging its lenders in the face of the global financial crisis.
