"NILES — The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84. So how did the lighters end up the centerpiece of a situation that resulted in Paolucci and his gay partner, Thomas Hitchcock, being banned from Wal-Mart, not only in Niles but everywhere? That's the rest of the story."
- Steven Perez
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"On Aug. 16, the four traveled to Wal-Mart at least in part, Paolucci said, to reward the twins for recent good behavior. Hitchcock bought groceries totaling some $200 and checked out at a counter operated by a cashier. Paolucci, meanwhile, went to a self-checkout lane to use scanning equipment he had operated before. Later, he said, he returned to the shopping area to pick up...
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- Steven Perez
"Paolucci said that while he and Hitchcock were attempting to calm down the boys, the employees ordered them to enter a "detention room" for questioning. Fearful of what might happen behind closed doors, he and Hitchcock refused to enter and asked to speak to a manager. "Some guy came up and said, 'I'm the manager,' then turned around and left," Hitchcock said. Paolucci said he and...
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- Steven Perez
"Paolucci and Hitchcock estimated it was at least 45 minutes before officers told them they had reviewed the store's tapes and had determined that the lighters hadn't been shoplifted. The two said they expected an apology and were surprised once again when personnel from the store walked up to the squad cars with the twins and read from a statement that Paolucci and Hitchcock had been...
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- Steven Perez
"Numerous follow-up telephone calls to the Sheriff's Department eventually succeeded in officers interviewing the boys four days later, with one of the issues raised an allegation by Paolucci that one of the twins had been injured when he was pushed into the security room. Paolucci said he and Hitchcock also asked the Berrien County Prosecutor's Office to file criminal charges against...
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- Steven Perez
Congratulations, Target. You win all my future business.
- Steven Perez
"Integrates with your Google Account™ No need to sign up for yet another username and password. GQueues integrates directly with your existing Google Account."
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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Nice. What took them so long? well, at least it's easier than wave :/
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
They should make it very clear they aren't part of google, their UI is almost identical. An unwary user might think it's a new feature or sth.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Thanks baby, :* ... I thought you might like those two, something about the hands gave it away! ;) <333
- Emma
don't mean to interupt the love here (lol) but the photos are great :)
- stanleyyork
lol @stanleyyork. Those crazy kids and their love goggles! ♥_♥ ;-P
- Anna Haro
Anna: lol ... and you would know all about love goggles! ♥_♥ ;p @stanleyyork: You didn't interupt and thank you, it's always great to know you like my selections! :)
- Emma
"History is littered with good ideas that didn’t work out because they were ahead of their time. Tablet PCs didn’t work out a decade ago, but with technology advances, they’re poised to make a comeback. Microsoft’s local information web site Sidewalk.com was a bust in 1997, but now sites like Yelp and Google Maps offer local information that many people couldn’t fathom living without. Virtual currency sites like Beenz and Flooz never took off, but the idea is making a comeback on social networks."
- Kol Tregaskes
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""This week we saw the release of the highly anticipated Google Wave. Wave is an innovative communications platform that combines asynchronous communication (like email) with real-time communication (like chat), an application platform, and discovery tools. It’s been touted as both an email killer and a Facebook killer. In short, there’s a lot of hype, and while Wave may prove to be a huge success, I think one thing it potentially represents is a great opportunity for Facebook.
- Kol Tregaskes
Well it might make me use Facebook is it used the Wave protocol. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
*yawn* This is one of Mashable's "what if" articles that really have no connection to reality. The hardcore geek crowd of Google Wave is ready for this. The Facebook crowd likes things simple, and FB's having a hard enough time maintaining simple chat as is.
- LANjackal
shhh, facebook is supposed to be cloning friendfeed, don't distract them!
- Mike Chelen
ohyeahsexyladies:
Dita von Teese
Burlesque star. Marilyn Manson’s ex-wife.
Love this lady for reminding us of the good ol’ days when real women had curves. - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...
yeah, i can imagine a few botched attempts<g>!
- MikeAmundsen
There was a youtube vid where he and his friend would send an exercise ball back and forth this way. Crazy. I'll see if my Friendfeed-fu is up to snuff.
- Andrew C
"Karan Thapar: But you do accept that the technology is not just uncharted but at this moment not actually fully known?" Nandan Nilekani: There is no other country in the world where a billion peoples’ biometrics have been captured and stored in an online database. In that sense, it has not been done before. Karan Thapar: We actually have to invent the technology for this size and scale of operation? Nandan Nilekani: No, we don't have to invent the technology; we have to scale up the existing technology to work at this scale.
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
there is almost no opposition to this huge project, its scary
- Aaman (Clone of FF)