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@real.lemmy.fanhttps://apnews.com/article/benjamin-benji-cranford-thomson-mayor-alcohol-inmates-8a60ee1ca581a6a219cd29cc273f2758
The mayor of a small Georgia town has been indicted on charges that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.
https://www.todayonline.com/news/serial-molester-foot-fetish-draw-smiley-faces-toes-2476806
https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/16/aurora-burger-king-sentence-gun-menacing/
Prosecutors who announced the sentence Thursday said the drive-thru incident was the beginning of a series of crimes Eugene Robertson carried out in Aurora on Oct. 17, 2022. No one was wounded.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article291052705.html
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/smart-sous-vide-cooker-to-start-charging-2-month-for-10-year-old-companion-app/
“You’ve just lost a LONGTIME and very faithful customer."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/gamer-sets-world-record-by-hooking-up-444-consoles-to-one-tv/
Ibrahim Al-Nasser keeps an Excel spreadsheet that tells him which switcher to turn on to play a particular console. His favorite? Sega Genesis, no question.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/groundhog-arcade-game
Colonel Custard found in Pennsylvania arcade game and released into nearby field: ‘He got set free. No one got bit’
https://apnews.com/article/teen-detroit-field-trip-handcuffs-50ca8b3027ff3f40da0bf7aa98cefeb2
A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/palo-alto-networks-ceo-apologies-for-happy-hour-display-featuring-women-with-lampshades-on-their-heads/
A recent display at a happy hour sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, which posed two women with lampshades over their heads, prompted an apology from the company's CEO.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jl0ekjr0go
The entertainment giant says the terms of a free trial prevent it from being sued for wrongful death.