Man almost left handcuffed in a room for a four day weekend

At some point this guy was left in a locked room with no food, water, or bathroom facilities. If it hadn't been for a janitor, he would have been in there for the four day weekend. If I were his attorney I might ask for a suspended sentance for the rest of the time he were to serve. Full story.

Even dirt is a commodity

Anything can be for sale, even dirt. I really wonder how easy it is to steal beaches worth of sand at a time. I also wonder if diamonds would be easier to steal and smuggle. Although, this must give a lot of people jobs.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/7221987/Singapore-accused-of-launching-Sand-Wars.html

More Pirate News

Some upity Somalia Pirates tried taking over a ship recently. However this ship was part of a protected convoy and was able to get help to repel the boarders. Maybe we should rethink the rules governing armed crew on board shipping vessels. Full story here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9755598

New source of life

One of the things that so fascinates me about western science is the idea that even those things which are assumed facts can be overturned by better explanations. A new theory on the origin of life has been published. Gone is the primordial soup, instead thermal vents is the new course http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/02/primal-soup-theory-nixed-earths-chemical-energy-jumpstarted-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond+%28The+Daily+Galaxy%3A+News+from+Planet+Earth+%26+Beyond%29