Net Crimes & Misdemeanors

I couldn't make this if I tried. . .English official says he has a child by an alien http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/06/1 9/English-official-says-he-has-a-child-b y-an-alien/UPI-45481371617136/#ixzz2X9Dc BXYq A member of a town council in northern England says he has fathered a child with an alien who visits him four times a year. Simon Parkes, a member of the Labor Party who sits on the council in Whitby on the Yorkshire coast, said many people think he is crazy, The Northern Echo reported. But he says his beliefs do not affect his work for his constituents. Parkes is featured on "Confessions of an Alien Abductee," a documentary by Channel 4. He said his child is named Zarka and he calls the mother the Cat Queen. "What will happen is that we will hold hands and I will say 'I'm ready' and then the technology I don't understand will take us up to a craft orbiting the earth," he said. "My wife found out about it and was very unhappy, clearly....

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Video of 86-year old man singing 'You Are My Sunshine' goes viral http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/06/1 5/Video-of-86-year-old-man-singing-You-A re-My-Sunshine-goes-viral/UPI-3924137133 0937/#ixzz2WTzmfCU6 A video of an 86-year-old man singing his wife of 66 years "You Are My Sunshine" from his hospital bed in Utah has gone viral on YouTube. James Pinegar of Orem, who was in the hospital recovering from a bad fall on ice and bladder cancer, was caught on tape singing to his wife, Colleen, 86, KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, reported Thursday. The couple's family put the video online to share with the rest of the family and friends, their daughter Linda Whitaker, 60, said. "That's originally why it was filmed. Not everyone in the family could come see him in the hospital and he wanted to share his feelings. I don't think he knew he'd get so emotional, he just wanted to share something with the rest of the family,...

True Crime Online Video Podcast: Online Safety Presentations for Schools

Book signing tomorrow in Freeport, Maine - swing by to say hi if you can! Shermans Books and Stationery Noon to 2 pm 128 Main Street Freeport, ME 04032

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .BeautifulPeople.com allows job targeting to those deemed attractive http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/06/0 7/BeautifulPeoplecom-allows-job-targetin g-to-those-deemed-attractive/UPI-4397137 0627414/#ixzz2VpM4AQzY BeautifulPeople.com, a website based in Denmark that rejects users deemed "ugly," has begun allowing companies to use the site for recruiting job candidates. Miki Haines, head of publicity for the social media site, said the 10-year-old website, which boasts 750,000 members, has previously partnered with casting directors, agents and other entertainment companies to send out notifications about auditions and reality show opportunities, ABC News reported Friday. "We've been doing that via email for quite some time and getting quite good responses," she said. "We thought, 'Why not make this more official as a resource for more companies?'" Haines said the recruitment wing of the website -- which i...

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .New York state selling used morgue refrigerator on eBay http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/06/0 2/New-York-state-selling-used-morgue-ref rigerator-on-eBay/UPI-56691370199459/#ix zz2VAK4pniw The New York Office of Mental Health is selling on eBay a used morgue refrigerator from a Manhattan psychiatric ward, an official said. About a day after the item was first posted on the auction website, the price was at $1,050. The eBay listing describes the refrigerator as "used" with "signs of cosmetic wear" but "fully operational," the New York Post reported Saturday. Heather Groll, a spokeswoman for the Office of General Services said she's never seen a government agency sell a morgue cooler. "Every once in a while, we get an unusual item -- and this would be that," she said. "Whoever buys it would have to come pick it up, so he or she would have to have some familiarity with [refrigerators] like that....

True Crime Online Video Podcast #4: Cyberbullying

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Bully learns lesson from thrift-shop clothes http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/05/2 1/Bully-learns-lesson-from-thrift-shop-c lothes/UPI-39171369171768/ A Utah woman who found out her daughter was teasing a schoolmate about her clothes said she taught the girl a lesson using clothing from a thrift shop. The Murray woman, identified only as Ally to protect the identity of the girl, Kaylee, said she devised the punishment for the elementary school student after receiving an email from the girl's teacher saying Kaylee had been bullying another girl, KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, reported Tuesday. "She would take her out on the playground and call her names, and tell her she was a slob and tell her she dressed like a sleaze," Ally said. "Someone not wanting to go to school anymore based off of something that one other little person said to them -- I mean, that's huge, that's damaging." Ally said she is not Kaylee's bio...

TODAY!!! I'm doing a book signing! Hope some of you can make it! 25 May 2013 Nonesuch Books Book signing from 11am-1pm The Shops at Biddeford Crossing 403 Mariner Way Biddeford, ME 04005 Tel: 207-282-2638

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I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Bing adds Klingon to translation tool http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/05/1 5/Bing-adds-Klingon-to-translation-tool/U PI-76031368638115/ U.S. software giant Microsoft has added "Klingon" to its Bing translator to celebrate this week's release of "Star Trek: Into Darkness." The search engine partnered with Marc Okrand, the creator of the fictional language, to add the alien tongue to the translation tool, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Selecting Klingon on Bing causes a line to pop up indicating partnerships with Paramount and the non-profit Klingon Language Institute. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit WHOA on the web at http://www.haltabuse.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG! (DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for ...

On May 14th, 2013, I was doing a talk and book signing at the River Run Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH. A film crew from a Massachusetts community TV station came to film me for a documentary they are doing. It was exciting and a lot of fun! Click on the link to see the photos.

True Crime Online Video Podcast #2: Online Dating

Tonight in Portsmouth, NH at 7 pm I'll be doing a talk and signing books at River Run Bookstore - please come and please share with your friends!

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Horse-riding goats common occurrence, owner says http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/05/1 2/Horse-riding-goats-common-occurrence-o wner-says/UPI-33511368395029/ A Canadian farm owner says horse-riding goats are a common sight on her farm. Angie Power's horse-riding pygmy goats were recently featured riding her Arabian horse in a video put out by Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, CBC News reported. "The goats like to always, of course, be close to the horse, and when she lies down, they lie down on her back," Power said. "And, of course, goats being goats -- you know, they're pretty sure-footed little things -- [the horse] gets up and most of the time they'll just stay on and go for a ride around the farm." Power said people from the tourism department happened to be driving by her farm and see one of the goats on the horse. "They thought it was remarkable -- they had never seen anything like it," she sai...

My first True Crime Online podcast is now up! Please watch, like and share!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Gexmsd5y8

This is tonight! If you live in southern New Hampshire or Maine, I hope you can make it. Please share! The Wiggin Memorial Library in Stratham will hold its annual Local Authors Night on Tuesday May 7 at 6:30 p.m. The panel of local authors will include mystery novelist K.D. Mason, author and former Portsmouth Poet Laureate Mimi White, gardening author and editor of Coastal Home Magazine Penelope O'Sullivan, cyber crime expert and author J.A. Hitchcock, young adult author Zoe Cannon, novelist Tim Horvath and columnist, poet and humorist Joann Snow Duncanson. For more information please contact the library at 772-4346.

I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Man called 911 80 times seeking 'Kool-Aid, burgers and weed' http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/05/0 1/Police-Man-called-911-80-times-seeking-K ool-Aid-burgers-and-weed/UPI-37171367439 747/#ixzz2SWNR388E Police in Florida said they arrested a man accused of calling 911 about 80 times because he wanted "Kool-Aid, burgers and weed" brought to his home. St. Petersburg police said Jarvis Sutton, 34, allegedly called the emergency number about 80 times Sunday and the arrest report said he told officers he "wanted Kool-Aid, burgers and weed to be delivered to him," the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times reported Wednesday. Sutton, who was arrested on a charge of misusing the 911 system, allegedly chewed foam attached to the metal caging in the back of a police cruiser during his arrest. Sutton was jailed in lieu of $150 bail. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit WHOA on the web at http://www...

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I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Alexandria, Va., dubbed most well-read city by Amazon.com http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/04/2 4/Alexandria-Va-dubbed-most-well-read-ci ty-by-Amazoncom/UPI-97241366831168/#ixzz 2Rs85t79L Online store Amazon.com said Alexandria, Va., topped its annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. The website said its third annual list, compiled using sales of both print and Kindle editions of all books, magazines and newspapers per capita in cities with a population of more than 100,000 since June 1, 2012, was topped by Alexandria, followed by Knoxville, Tenn.; Miami; Cambridge, Mass.; and Orlando, Fla. The Top 10 was rounded out by Ann Arbor, Mich.; Berkeley, Calif.; Cincinnati; Columbia, S.C.; and Pittsburgh. "The results of our annual Most Well-Read Cities list is proof that people across the country are reading, and also that we're still seeing the popularity of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,'" said Sara Nelson, editorial dir...