RECENTLY, a Singaporean man was sent to jail after he threatened to post nude photos of his former girlfriend on the Internet. The 27-year-old man was sentenced to one month in prison for intimidating his 18-year-old girlfriend after she ended their relationship. He sent the woman numerous threats using phone text messages.
Singapore, a wealthy city-state located in Southeast Asia, is known for its tough laws and strict social controls. Three men were convicted earlier this year for threatening to post nude photos of women on the Internet unless they were paid or the women agreed to meet them.
THE "flying" Ford Anglia used in the Harry Potter films has been stolen from a film studio lot, police said on October 28.
"For those who have not seen the Harry Potter films, this is the car that flies in the movies and is very well known," a police spokesman said. The blue Anglia went missing from South West Film Studios at St. Agnes in the southwestern English county of Cornwall. "The film prop was being stored under a tarpaulin. It was not in good condition and could not have been driven away under its own steam," the police spokesman said.
A HARDWARE retailer Home Depot has found itself in a sticky situation early this month, defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims the chain's Louisville store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.
Bob Dougherty, 57, of Nederland, said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck. "They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told the (Boulder) Daily Camera. His lawsuit said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack. A store employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk via radio, but the head clerk believed it to be a hoax.
Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and while wheeling a "frightened and humiliated" Dougherty out of the store, he passed out. The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions. "This is not Home Depot's fault," he said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."
