A judge on Wednesday sentenced Richard Heene to 90 days in jail, including 60 days of work release that will let him pursue work as a construction contractor while doing his time. Mayumi Heene was sentenced to 20 days behind bars after her husband's release. ...more

December 23, 2009

In the late 1800s, Karl Marx came up with "The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto." In the late 1930s, Sinclair Lewis wrote a book titled "It Can't Happen Here." Sorry Mr. Lewis, it is happening here and quickly, as evidenced by the House vote on socialized medicine and the relentless daily attacks on our personal freedom and capitalism. If "Obamacare" goes through, our beloved government will own or control 48 percent of the private industry. Next up, cap and trade. This bill is in response to the world's biggest hoax ever perpetuated, global warming. For instance, when we exhale we emit CO2. Plants need C02 to live and supply oxygen to all breathing creatures. If we eliminate the C02 there will be no plants for the animals to feed on and no air for us to breathe. What are we going to eat? Nothing, we all die! Politicians don't care, they just crave power. Big Brother will then have total control over us. But on the bright side, politicians will also die from lack of hot air to spew. ...more

November 11, 2009

Last week's column, in which I described in vivid detail the theft of one our newspaper racks, my comically heroic efforts to recover it from behind a grocery store and the debilitating back injury I suffered while loading its remains onto a truck, drew much sympathy from readers. ...more

October 28, 2009

Friends say the mother of the little boy at the center of the Colorado balloon case is devoted - even subservient - to her inventor husband and her kids, so why would she allegedly tell sheriff's deputies that the whole thing was a hoax? ...more

October 27, 2009

DENVER (AP) — Friends say the mother of the little boy at the center of the Colorado balloon case is devoted — even subservient — to her inventor husband and her kids, so why would she allegedly tell sheriff's deputies that the whole thing was a hoax? ...more

October 26, 2009

The federal discrimination lawsuit against Without Walls International Church is part of an elaborate hoax by a former employee determined to disparage the ministry and its leaders, the church's attorney said Wednesday. ...more

October 22, 2009

Wal-Mart shoppers can continue with their browsing; this gang initiation threat is nothing but a hoax. ...more

March 19, 2009

Wal-Mart shoppers can continue with their browsing; this gang initiation threat is nothing but a hoax. ...more

March 19, 2009

At first glance, it looked like huge news for Jabil Circuit Inc. Late Monday night, a news release popped up online that said the St. Petersburg electronics maker was making an unsolicited bid to take over its much larger rival Flextronics Inc. ...more

December 3, 2008

A Web site posting announced Monday that Jabil Circuit Inc. was making an unsolicited bid to take over its much larger rival Flextronics Inc. Here's the catch. It's not true. It's a hoax. A sophisticated and authentic-looking hoax. "It's bizarre," said Jabil spokeswoman Beth Walters. ...more

December 2, 2008