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Geek Squad Hatched Plot To Harvest Porn From Pornstar Jasmine Grey's HardDrive, Days Before She Died In Car Crash
By 7.12.07
“I worked for Best Buy 285 several years ago (2003-2005) and was both a Blackshirt and an Agent once the Geek Squad rolled out.
Laptop Containing Personal Data Of All 64,000 Ohio State Employees Stolen
By 6.16.07
A laptop containing the personal information of all 64,000 Ohio state employees and their dependents has been stolen from an employee’s car. Ironically, the laptop was taken home by the employee “as part of a security procedure.” Governor Ted Strickland is not taking the matter lightly. He has already issued Executive Order 013S, giving Ohio’s Chief Privacy Officer 75 days to develop an impressive-sounding “privacy impact assessment protocol.”
“As we are continuing an ongoing review of the data contained in the stolen device, we have determined that information pertaining to participants in the state’s pharmacy benefits management program, including information such as names, social security numbers, addresses and phone numbers of the employees and the names and social security numbers of their dependents, may be contained in the device,” Strickland said.
Strickland’s office has set up a site for Ohioans concerned about their data. The state will provide affected employees free credit monitoring for one year. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER
Ohio Company Used Melamine In Animal Feed
By 5.31.07
A company in Ohio has voluntarily recalled a binding agent used to make “pellet” type feed for fish, goats, cows, and whathaveyou, because it contained melamine.
The Mystery Of The Closed UPS Store
By 5.1.07
Someone get Nancy Drew’s skinny ass down here, we’ve got a puzzler. The UPS Store in Marietta, OH is closed. Are they out of business? Is someone on vacation? Did someone die inside?
Pizza Hut: Wear Your Seatbelt, Get Free Pizza
By 4.2.07
Here’s another one for the “Book It!” haters, Pizza Hut is giving away free pizza to Ohio High School kids if they’re seen wearing their seatbelts during Ohio’s “Buckle Up for a Successful Season” campaign.
Fake AT&T Workers Steal From Unsuspecting Customers
By 3.26.07
According to Lt. Thomas Stacho of the Cleveland Police Department, three men claiming to work for the phone company knocked on the door of an an elderly couple living in an apartment on Payne Avenue.
Is That Person At The Door Really From AT&T?
By 2.19.07
This person identified himself as being with a company called EMS and had no details to give or leave with my husband for me to see later.
Walmart Nazi Shirt Watch: Day 19
By 11.28.06
19 days after a blogger first discovered Walmart selling shirts with Nazi insignia, the shirts can still be found on the shelves, this time in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. John writes:
Cleveland Airport Confiscates Passenger’s ‘Dangerous Liquid’ Pies
By 11.26.06
A Cleveland airport considers pie filling a dangerous liquid, while at JFK the pie loses its incendiary properties. TSA employees seized at least a dozen of the baked goods from travelers.
YouTube Sued by Utube
By 11.2.06
Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp., of Perrysburg, Ohio, sued YouTube Inc. earlier this week, claiming that millions of people confused its Web site, utube.com, for the online video site where people watch entertaining home-made videos.
CIGNA Changes Mind About Paying $9700 Surgery Bill
By 8.10.06
Ahhh, the second of the insurance stories has trickled in and it’s a rip-roaring doozy.
Best Buy Sold ‘Destroyed’ Hard Drive at Flea Market
By 6.1.06
Maybe the Geek Squad’s pocket protectors are strapped on too tight.
‘Jesus Cures Aids,’ Promises Ohio Preacher to African Poor
By 4.7.06
An American preacher on Crusade [sic] in Africa offers an unusal come-on to Lesotho’s poor: he cures AIDS.
