FRANKFURT, Germany: The euro traded lower against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as soaring U.S. bond yields chipped away at the common currencys strength and consumer spending in France fell unexpectedly. The 13-nation euro bought US$1.3382 in morning European trading, down from US$1.3400 late Wednesday in New York. Analysts said the unexpected drop in French consumer spending Д down 0.8 percent in May from a year ago Д was one reason for the euros slow drift in trading. ” An unexpected...
Robbers Google Their Way Into Safe
July 11th, 2007
Found this one over at «today.grokdotcom.com»and had to share. Seems a couple of amateur «www.gazette.com» at the last minute.
The burglary at Bigg City, formerly Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center, turned into a comedy of errors early June 10. The burglars tried to disable a security camera by repeatedly spraying it with WD-40 . . . and spent an hour and 15 minutes trying to open three safes, apparently unaware that some types require the dial to be turned two or three times.
They finally did a Google search for how to open a safe and how to crack a safe on a computer in the next room.
Theyre not professional safe people, said Colorado Springs police detective Chuck Ackerman. No, theyre not.
On the other hand, the Google query apparently worked: The burglars havent been caught, and they did get about $12,000.
ЦBut if they had done their homework on Bigg City, they hadnt studied other principles of burglary. The WD-40 dripped off the camera within 30 seconds, Ackerman said. They did it eight or nine more times.
The first few times it actually cleaned the lens and made it a better picture, Ackerman said.
They also sprayed a fire alarm, apparently thinking it was a camera.
An hour and 15 minutes, eh? Hows that for «www.grokdotcom.com» ?
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