071409: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News for July 14/09
Welcome to Tuesday!
It’s time to make sure you’re ready to wow your friends and co-workers at the Water Cooler once again with some fun news and other historical tidbits of information.
In this edition of the Water Cooler News, aside from the usual birthdays and historical notes, you will find the following fun news stories!
- Kid Burglar in the Clear
- A Hero For Tossing Bricks
- Thief Takes Whole Cash Register
Fun News Stories!
“Kid Burglar In The Clear”
Authorities have declined to charge an 11-year-old girl who helped a Hoosick, New York couple break into homes by squeezing through windows and crawling through doggie doors in order to unlock the houses they robbed. It’s unclear how many times 40-year-old Gregory Frank and 30-year-old Tara Morelli used the girl, who was 10 when the crime spree started. Police say the burglaries took place between September 2008 and this past January. Frank and Morelli were arraigned yesterday on nearly two dozen charges.
“Chinese Senior Citizen A Hero For Tossing Bricks At Cars”
A 74-year-old retiree in the Chinese city of Lanzhou has developed a following after he threw bricks at cars that ignored red lights at an intersection last week. The man, who damaged more than 30 vehicles, was inspired after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a car near his home. He successfully encouraged officials to install traffic lights in the area, but decided to start tossing bricks when drivers ignored the signals. Police detained the man but released him without filing any charges. His brick tossing has won him legions of supporters since people have seen clips of him online in China, with nearly 80 percent of 400 thousand people surveyed online saying they believe in his cause.
“Robbery Really Registers With Thief”
Take the money and run gave way to take the entire register and run. Police in St. Petersburg, Florida are looking for a man who stole a cash register, along with all the money inside it. Witnesses say they saw a man walk into Surfside Food and Deli, pick up the whole register and then smash it through the front window before escaping with it. Employee Rezina Ali, who was on duty at the time, said the thief is a regular who came in asking to buy a cigar.
Historical Notes
Today is…
Bastille Day
Snake River Stampede Day
Notable Birthdays…
Actor Dale Robertson (TV’s Dynasty)is 86
Actor Harry Dean Stanton ( Pretty In Pink, The Green Mile) is 83.
Actress-singer Polly Bergen is 79.
Actor Vincent Pastore (”The Sopranos”) is 63.
Actress Jane Lynch (”Glee,” ”Talladega Nights”) is 49.
Actor Matthew Fox (”Lost,” ”Party of Five”) is 43.
Actress Missy Gold (”Benson”) is 39.
Born on this date…also known as the late…
Woody Guthrie – 1912-1967/folksinger, Arlo’s dad
Keith Godchaux – 1948-1980/keyboards, Grateful Dead
Del Reeves – 1932-2007/country singer
William Hanna–1910-2001/animator, Hanna-Barbera
John Chancellor–1927-1996/NBC TV news commentator
Gerald R. Ford–1913-2006/38th President of the United States
Ingmar Bergman–1918-2007/Swedish film and stage director, Seventh Seal
Movie History
1969 – Easy Rider premiered in theaters.
1978 – Revenge of the Pink Panther hit theaters.
Music History
1993 – The U.S. Postal Service released stamps honoring the Broadway musicals My Fair Lady, Porgy And Bess, Show Boat and Oklahoma!
1988 – Michael Jackson began his first British tour at Wembley Stadium in London.
1980 – Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker sang the national anthem at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, later admitting they were on cocaine at the time.
1973 – The Everly Brothers broke up in mid-performance during a show at Knott’s Berry Farm.
1969 – Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival. He performed three songs.
1967 – The Who began its first U.S. tour, opening for Herman’s Hermits.
General History
1430 – Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1798 – Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1911 – Harry N. Atwood landed an airplane on the lawn of the White House to accept an award from President William Taft.
1946 – Dr. Benjamin Spock’s The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was first published.
1951 – The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, New Jersey.
1968 – Hank Aaron, while with the Atlanta Braves, hit his 500th career home run.
2001 – Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. It was the first time China had been awarded the games.
2003 – Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
Yours in Water Cooler News fun!
Dr. Rus
if it was your little girl being manipulated to do such things for her biological mother you would not think this funny news…this girl had to do things i would not wish on an enemy since she was 3 and and has so much hurt from them…and has guilt and shame from her mom …this is not fun news this is a little girl who has to testify against her mom and re-live the shame and hurt over and over again…before placing this on your funnies page,,think how you would feel if it was your child baing manipulated and placed in harms way….i see no fun in this and i have to look into that childs eyes and listen to her…feeling her pain from a life i would not wish on anyone…
this child is an a student, president of her class, beautiful, dancer, sports athlete..and loved and was forced to do horrible things all for the love of mommy dearest….this is not funny at all and thank god my step daughter did not die or have her face ripped off by a pitbull going through dog doors since she was 3…and she is not guilty of anything..she was and is a baby and innocent child who was only tryig to do what she was told to do and to lie about and hold inside her,,,,,fearing what would happen if she told the truth…this is not a funny laughing humorous matter…this is hell for her and our family…..
Maybe I should have been more clear when posting the story here. When I used it on the air I talked about the fact that, as you point out, this girl is a victim. I clearly said on the air that those involved in this, not her since she have been found not guilty, better receive a very harsh prison sentence.