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spam

Court Changes Mind, Strikes Down Anti-Spam Law

The Virginia Supreme Court agreed to reconsider its original judgment on the state's anti-spam law, which made it illegal to send email using an anonymous email address or IP address. Their new decision: prohibiting anonymously sent emails is a violation of the First Amendement.
The court noted that "were the 'Federalist Papers' just being published today via e-mail, that transmission by Publius would violate the [current Virginia] statute."
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2:50 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Chris Walters
2,643 views, 36 comments

Latest by johnva: @Chris Walters: That wasn't the argument I made, technically. My argument is that the law is NOT overbroad, because it's more »

Zero odds lottery

Some States Continue To Sell Lottery Tickets Long After The Top Prize Has Already Been Awarded

Would you buy that "Million dollar" lottery ticket if you knew that someone had already claimed the million bucks? No? Well, if you buy lottery tickets in Virginia you may have been doing just that, according to a new lawsuit. More »

9:00 AM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Meg Marco
6,688 views, 81 comments

Home alone

Cable Company Employee And Registered Sex Offender Charged For Allegedly Touching A 13-Year-Old

Thomas Jefferson, 43, was part of a crew subcontracted by Verizon installing cable in a subdivision in Glen Allen, VA, when police say he went to a house where a 13 year old girl was home alone and asked for a drink of water. NBC12 says that after he asked for the water he "touched the girl in her private areas." More »

1:05 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Meg Marco
8,995 views, 80 comments

Latest by chartrule: i think verizon needs to do a whole lot more than cancel a contract the courts are responsible too for letting more »

Contractor crime isn't just for Comcast: Two men in Verizon Wireless longsleeves robbed a 64-year-old lady's home at gunpoint, binding her and her live-in-aid's hands and taking cash, jewelry, and electronics. [FairfaxCounty.gov]

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safety

My Wife Was Attacked In The Parking Lot And Rite Aid Won't Help!

Virginia police are unable to track down the creep who grabbed Michael's wife in a Rite Aid parking lot because Rite Aid is refusing to hand over its security tapes. Even worse, the store manager apparently knows the creepy grabber guy and is also refusing to help. Michael wrote to Rite Aid's corporate office begging them to cooperate with law enforcement. He hasn't heard back in two days. More »

12:07 PM on Sun Jun 1 2008
By Carey
20,508 views, 130 comments

Latest by subterrene: I tried to help out in a hit-and-run at a local CVS, I witnessed the accident, then waited for the more »

unacceptable food

Applebees Hot Fudge Sundae Menu Picture Vs. Reality

Reader Jose wants to know what happened to all the hot fudge that was supposed to grace this excuse for an Applebees sundae... More »

8:55 AM on Sun May 25 2008
By Carey
30,307 views, 97 comments

Latest by Vilgrom: It might be that I will just eat anything.. but from my experience, the food at my local Applebee's isn't more »

Unhappy Meal

Sorry Girls, This McDonald's Is All Out Of Boy Toys

[May 17, 2008. Fairfax, Virginia. Image thanks to Jose!]

Does that mean there's another sign boasting: Girls! Girls! Girls!?

12:00 AM on Sat May 24 2008
By Carey
6,170 views, 68 comments

Latest by mrearly2: They're out of (good) food, too. more »

best buy

Best Buy Still Embracing Deceptive In-Store Kiosks

Best Buy still uses a secret internal website to deceive customers, according to the L.A. Times. The website appearing on in-store kiosks resembles Best Buy's official site in every way, except for the prices. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was surprised to hear that his investigation failed to end Best Buy's bait-and-switch, telling the L.A. Times: "We thought Best Buy had addressed this. That's what they said to us. Apparently that's not the case." A tipster in Virginia also reports the continued existence of the secret website. More »

3:45 PM on Sun Dec 23 2007
By Carey
66,665 views, 115 comments

Latest by wellfleet: Oh for crying out loud: here's the secret, for ALL THE WORLD to know... There isn't a secret site. When more »

warranties

Sears Takes 2 Months And 4 Appointments To Fix Improperly Installed Washer

On Sept. 1 2006, I purchased a Kenmore HE2 Washer and Dryer from a Sears store located in Richmond, VA. These were full-sized units with the dryer stacked on top, and it was installed inside a utility closet in my kitchen by Sears technicians. I paid an additional $233 for a 5-year warranty for the washing machine.
As I will document below, Sears failed to live up to its warranty on multiple occasions, and because of this negligence my home has experienced considerable water damage.
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12:19 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Meg Marco
2,905 views, 26 comments

Latest by wsmit10: Sears has failed me miserably on my very expensive Kenmore Elite 3t washer machine. This thing has flooded my laundry more »

cruelty

PetSmart Employee Beats Dogs, Keeps Job

Reader Matt watched a PetSmart PetsHotel employee strike several dogs while waiting to pick up his pet. Matt immediately spoke with the store manager, who called the next day called to condemn the employee's actions as 'horribly inappropriate,' and to promise that the employee would no longer work with dogs. Ten days later, Matt received another call, this time from the District Manager.
..the District Manager called us back and stated that she watched the video in slow motion, and that while she could understand how we interpreted the employee's gestures to have been inappropriate, that she has concluded that the man was just playing with the animals, did not in fact strike any dogs, and was not inappropriate.
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9:33 AM on Sun Nov 4 2007
By Carey
24,225 views, 75 comments

Latest by hoosier_park: I worked at the petsmart when this happened and they simply over reacted. The guy that was working in the more »