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Wal-Mart Wants to Enter the Banking Business

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is prepared to ask the U.S. federal government permission to operate its own in-house bank. It is expected to petition the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Monday to open a bank for checks and credit card payments.

“It’s a landmark battle in both U.S. business and financial services history,” said Jerry Comizio, a financial services lawyer for Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP. Opponents are afraid such a venture could hurt local banks.

The American Bankers Association said in testimony prepared for Monday’s hearing, “The ABA believes that banking is too important to the nation to try such a risky experiment.” Wal-Mart promises that it will stay out of consumer banking.

also an interesting link http://walmartwatch.com/blog/archives/dont_bank_on_it_wal_mart/

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Move Over Bond Girls

A Ross County jail inmate hid a gun so well that not even the guards who did an extensive pat-down found it.

The Cleveland woman hid a loaded handgun inside her body and smuggled it all the way to her jail cell, where it accidentally fired when she was trying to hide it.

"While in the holding cell, she removed a .25-caliber semiautomatic from her vaginal cavity," Chillicothe Police Capt. Tom Hewitt said yesterday.

Victoria Lundy, 41, hid the gun in the toilet-paper holder. It fell to the floor and discharged. The bullet lodged in the ceiling as guards scrambled to quickly recover the weapon, Hewitt said.

Germany Spanks All Of Europe In IQ Test

Brits Found to be Smarter than the French on Average
The British are in 8th place and the French in 19th place according to a new European league of IQ scores. Professor Richard Lynn of the University of Ulster states that Brits have an average IQ of 100 while the French average IQ is 94.
The top IQ scorers were the Germans with an average 107 IQ. The Dutch, Poles, Swedes, Italians, Austrians, and Swiss also beat out the Brits. An IQ range of 85 to 115 is classified as normal while 145 or more is exceptionally gifted.
Professor Lynn whose studies have concluded that men are on average 5 IQ points smarter than women [SN reported], has also concluded that climate plays a role in brain development, specifically colder climates demonstrate an increase in brain size.
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Porn King Jailed

David Mason, 27, was raided by Vice squad officers and they discovered 5,000 obscene films and 16 DVD burners set up to his computer in his home at The Village, Charlton, south-east London.
Mason was stopped by officers in September.
He was running a large scam of video's and DVD copying operation from his bedroom producing thousands of copies many involved urination and various other degrading acts".
Mason pleaded guilty to a string of offences they included possession of obscene material for publication for gain, handling stolen goods and holding a fake warrant card.
He was Jailed for nine months.
Source: www.lse.co.uk

Man Killed After Mooning Teens

Philadelphia, Pa - Martin Malone was killed by two teenagers outside the city of Philadelphia. The teens, Christopher McEneaney, (16) & Andre Mark, (18) spotted Malone sifting through trash.
The teens began to taunt Malone, calling him a "bum" and other names. Malone responded by barring his buttocks at them. The teens threw rocks at Malone, eventually stabbing him with a multi-tool & bludgeoning him with a shovel.
The two teens were arrested after witnesses provided police with a description of their clothing. According to Malone's sister Molly Munsell, he had been living with her for about a year.

Burger King Employee Arrested After Jumping Through Drive-Up Window to Attack a Customer

18-year old Michael Perez, a Burger King employee, was arrested and charged with burglary with battery after he assaulted a customer. The incident occured when the customer, Kevin Gillis, was attempting to pay for an order of fries.
According to Gillis's wife Dana,"He snatched a five-dollar bill from my husband's hand." Gillis & Perez exchanged verbal insults which escalated. Gillis attempted to drive forward, when Perez climbed through the window and punched Gillis in the face.
Mrs. Gillis & her children exited the vehicle, not before Perez attempted to hit her as well. Gillis jumped out of the truck and tackled Perez to the ground. Police were called and Perez was arrested. He remains held in jail without bond.

The Inevitable March of Progress (But Watch Your Step)

India to become 'open defecation free' by 2012

March 26, 2006

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Come 2012 and it will be rare to see people defecating in the open in India. So claims Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who went on to say that the country was set to achieve 'open-defecation free' status under the government's Total Sanitation Programme (TSC).

U.S. Planning Base on Moon To Prepare for Trip to Mars

HOUSTON -- For the first time since 1972, the United States is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in history -- putting human beings on Mars.