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Stolen 5,300 Pound Copper Church Bell Recovered Near Scrapyard
FYI - the scrap yard is in West Oakland, but St. Mary's Cathedral is in San Francisco. So not only did they steal a 2.7 ton bell - but they got it across the Bay Bridge to Oakland.
The CBS article isn't very clear about the location of St. Mary's, but that's why the SF Police were involved. Here's a more accurate article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/27/BAE71LMMSV.DTL
I Watched In Real Time As ID Thieves Spent My Money On Xbox Live
Wow, this is exact same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. Two purchases for points, $50 and $75, which were then used to buy a couple of games on some remote location. It took about 2.5 weeks but they finished the investigation, unfroze the account and refunded me my points. So I thought it was handled pretty well. Some of the customer service people seemed a little confused as to what the proper procedures were so it might have been handled quicker. Actually, once I finally spoke to the rep actually assigned to monitor the case, and gave him in my Serial # and Console ID #, it only took a few days for it to finish - but I am not sure if they were investigating that whole time.
More College Grads Defaulting On Student Loans
How about they increase or remove the cut off for writing off student loan interest on your taxes so that students aren't punished for earning more money and can actually use that money to pay down their loans faster?
Before Entering Scam, Man Wants To Make Sure He Can Get A Refund...
Those currency trading systems are always scams. I know, I've down currency trading and known people who work for currency trading firms. These scammers spend a lot of time coming up a myriad of numbers/formulas/charts, etc., to convince you the "system" works. It is all bullshit.
"MacDefender" Trojan Tricks Mac Users Into Giving Up Credit Card
I was recently hit by a similar slick looking virus on my PC. When I booted up my PC it pretended to launch a "windows recovery" program that indicated there were problems with my hard drive and system files. It then ran a fake scan and gave me the option to try and fix the problems. After that, it pretended to fix some of the problems but said that other problems could only be fixed if I bought the advanced version of the software. It directed to me a slick looking fake site, complete with a fake "secure" http protocol where i was supposed to spend 80 bucks to buy the advanced version of the software. When I attempted to locate my personal files to try and back them up, it had hidden almost all of my personal files and a lot of the program files on my computer. Regular anti-virus couldn't detect it and I had to go in and do some registry editing to disable the damn thing. The whole program looked very professional though and had me going for a little bit.
Bank Of America Donating 10 Homes To Detroit To Attract Cops To Live In The City
Probably because the average price for a home in Detroit is something like $15,000 - and I am sure BofA has a glut of them. It's a big boost to BofA's bottom line to ditch a bunch of basically worthless homes which they were responsible for maintaining while they were empty, as well as property tax, and instead write-off their likely inflated and unrealistic values as a charitable donation.
Man Wins $5,000 Suing Debt Collectors, Thanks To Google Voice
The language quoted by "ahecht" is accurate and direct from the FCC website (however his URL link accidentally included a colon - making the hyperlink not work.)
The actual code citation is 47 U.S.C. § 227. Section 227(a) lays out and the definitions for the section and Section 227(b) expressly prohibits making any call "using any automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice" to cellular phone service (Section 227(b)(1)(A)(iii) to be exact).
The language of the statute is relatively easy to read and understand. You can find it here: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf
Readers Find Lost Money Using Unclaimed.org
Holy crap - I found my GF $476. Awesome.
A Nightclub Security Guard Tased Me -- What Should I Do?
You should sue the club and security company.
All companies operating within a state have to register with the secretary of state for that state an agent for service of process, i.e., a person to whom notice of a lawsuit can be sent. Look up the company name on the secretary of state website. If they are not registered they can be fined by the state for operating in the state without registering their business with the secretary of state.
If you still cannot find their contact information, serve the night club and then propound discovery on the night club to get the contact information for the security company.
Comments from rhys1882
Stolen 5,300 Pound Copper Church Bell Recovered Near Scrapyard
The bell is no longer in use and wasn't hooked to anything. It was sitting on a cement slab in the garden of the church and is purely decorative now.