The Bank, the Bag, a Bomb Threat and an Old Lady (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for The Bank, the Bag, a Bomb Threat and an Old Lady (Reuters)

A bank, a bomb threat and an old lady
(Reuters)

A bank, a bomb threat and an old lady
(Reuters) 04/15/2004 08:59 AM
Reuters - German police are searching for a little old lady whose only success in an attempted bank robbery was a clean get-away.

Two Airliners Searched After Boston Bomb
Threat (Reuters)

Two Airliners Searched After Boston Bomb
Threat (Reuters) 06/02/2004 11:43 AM
Reuters - Police in Boston and Philadelphia searched two airliners on Wednesday in response to a bomb threat but found nothing and sent both planes on their way, the Transport Safety Administration said.

Rice's Party Gets Moscow All Clear After
Bomb Threat (Reuters)

Rice's Party Gets Moscow All Clear After
Bomb Threat (Reuters) 04/19/2005 11:22 AM
Reuters - A bomb threat at the Moscow hotel where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due to stay forced her motorcade to divert after she flew in for talks on Tuesday, a senior U.S. official said.

Bomb threat jet given all-clear

Bomb threat jet given all-clear 09/27/2004 01:18 AM
A Greek Olympic Airlines flight is allowed to fly again after a bomb threat diverted it to a British airport.

BNP legal threat over bank move

BNP legal threat over bank move 07/16/2004 11:59 PM
The far-right British National Party says it is considering legal action after its bank accounts were frozen.

W Bank women 'abort bomb mission'

W Bank women 'abort bomb mission' 09/16/2004 07:43 AM
Two alleged would-be Palestinian suicide bombers surrender to Israeli forces at a checkpoint near Nablus.

Bank Robber Admits Threat to Sen.
Clinton

Bank Robber Admits Threat to Sen.
Clinton 01/03/2004 09:54 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2004 9:37PM ET

Bomb Threat Diverts U.S.-Bound Plane
(AP)

Bomb Threat Diverts U.S.-Bound Plane
(AP) 01/18/2004 11:27 AM
AP - A Delta Airlines jet traveling from Germany to the United States made an emergency landing Sunday in Ireland because of a bomb threat.

Bomb Threat Forces Flight Diversion (AP)

Bomb Threat Forces Flight Diversion (AP) 09/26/2004 11:29 AM
AP - A bomb threat forced a New York-bound Greek airliner to make an emergency landing Sunday at London's Stansted Airport escorted by military jets, authorities said.

Police investigate Internet bomb threat

Police investigate Internet bomb threat 04/27/2004 11:06 PM
Big News Network Apr 28 2004 2:46AM GMT

Plane Diverted to London on Bomb Threat
(AP)

Plane Diverted to London on Bomb Threat
(AP) 09/26/2004 10:54 PM
AP - A bomb threat that mentioned Iraq forced a New York-bound Greek airliner to make an emergency landing Sunday at London's Stansted Airport escorted by military jets, authorities said.

Two Airliners Searched After Boston Bomb
Threat

Two Airliners Searched After Boston Bomb
Threat 06/02/2004 03:03 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 2 2004 6:30PM GMT

Two Accused of Phony Plane-Bomb Threat
(AP)

Two Accused of Phony Plane-Bomb Threat
(AP) 06/04/2004 10:04 PM
AP - A bomb threat against two American Airlines flights was a hoax to allow a traveler time to retrieve her passport, the FBI said Friday.

Police on trail of Internet user over
bomb threat

Police on trail of Internet user over
bomb threat 04/27/2004 06:10 AM
Mainichi Interactive Apr 27 2004 10:20AM GMT

It's over before "fat" lady sings
(Reuters)

It's over before "fat" lady sings
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A London opera house has given the lie to the adage "it ain't over till the fat lady sings".

'Cruel' Farmer Threw Lady Vet Into
Manure? (Reuters)

'Cruel' Farmer Threw Lady Vet Into
Manure? (Reuters) 01/26/2004 10:19 AM
Reuters - A man dubbed "the cruelest farmer in Britain" faced jail on Friday after plunging a woman vet and an animal health inspector into a pit of manure.

Bush, First Lady Paid $207,307 in
Taxes Last Year (Reuters)

Bush, First Lady Paid $207,307 in
Taxes Last Year (Reuters) 04/15/2005 03:41 PM
Reuters - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush reported total income last year of $784,219 and paid $207,307 in federal income taxes, according to documents released by the White House on Friday.

Subway Ends Fat Lady Liberty Promotion
in Germany (Reuters)

Subway Ends Fat Lady Liberty Promotion
in Germany (Reuters) 08/03/2004 07:23 AM
Reuters - Sandwich chain Subway Restaurants on Monday said it was ending a promotion at its German franchises that used an image of a fat Statue of Liberty.

Don't moo-ve! There's a cow in the bank
(Reuters)

Don't moo-ve! There's a cow in the bank
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - A Friesian cow took a detour from a wedding where she was meant to be a guest of honour, wandering into a German bank where she was caught on security cameras sidling up to the tellers.

Bank Robber Did It for Her Cat?
(Reuters)

Bank Robber Did It for Her Cat?
(Reuters) 05/05/2004 08:15 AM
Reuters - A 44-year-old woman who told police she robbed a string of banks to raise money to pay for surgery for her cat pleaded not guilty to larceny in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Monday.

Man tries to rob bank with bulldozer
(Reuters)

Man tries to rob bank with bulldozer
(Reuters) 07/06/2004 05:23 AM
Reuters - A Saudi man posing as a municipal worker used a bulldozer in an inept attempt to rob a bank's cash machine but fled when the police arrived, a local daily has reported.

Man Tries to Rob Bank ATM with Bulldozer
(Reuters)

Man Tries to Rob Bank ATM with Bulldozer
(Reuters) 07/06/2004 08:28 AM
Reuters - A Saudi man posing as a municipal worker used a bulldozer in an inept attempt to rob a bank's automatic teller machine but fled when the police arrived, a local daily reported on Tuesday.

Shotgun "priests" rob bank (Reuters)

Shotgun "priests" rob bank (Reuters) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters - Three tall men disguised as bearded Orthodox Christian priests have robbed a Belgrade bank and removed three security video tapes of the heist before making a getaway with 160,000 pounds.

World Bank Corruption May Top $100
Bln (Reuters)

World Bank Corruption May Top $100
Bln (Reuters) 05/13/2004 03:19 PM
Reuters - Corrupt use of World Bank funds may exceed $100 billion and while the institution has moved to combat the problem, more must be done, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Thursday.

"Bomb" of a car has Norfolk man worried
(Reuters)

"Bomb" of a car has Norfolk man worried
(Reuters) 09/15/2004 12:22 AM
Reuters - A Norfolk man spent four hours holding a rusty piece of metal he feared was an unexploded World War Two bomb that would detonate if he let go -- only to be told he had been cradling part of an old car.

Six in 10 Say Bush Underestimated 9-11
Threat (Reuters)

Six in 10 Say Bush Underestimated 9-11
Threat (Reuters) 04/10/2004 03:16 PM
Reuters - Six out of 10 Americans say the Bush administration underestimated the threat of terrorism prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and nearly two out of three are at least somewhat concerned Iraq could become another Vietnam, according to a Newsweek Poll released on Saturday.

Wolfowitz Gets OK as World Bank
President (Reuters)

Wolfowitz Gets OK as World Bank
President (Reuters) 03/31/2005 07:05 PM
Reuters - The World Bank unanimously approved Paul Wolfowitz as its president on Thursday despite quiet misgivings by some members over his role as the Bush administration's architect of the Iraq war.

Oldest U.S. bank robber gets 12 years
(Reuters)

Oldest U.S. bank robber gets 12 years
(Reuters) 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
Reuters - The oldest bank robber in the United States, 92-year-old J.L. Hunter Rountree, has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing $1,999 (1,100 pounds) from a Texas bank last August.

More Bank Data May Not Aid Fight Against
Terrorism (Reuters)

More Bank Data May Not Aid Fight Against
Terrorism (Reuters) 04/18/2005 11:19 AM
Reuters - A plan to force banks into disclosing hundreds of millions of wire transfers to help fight terrorist financing would overwhelm bankers and regulators and add questionable value to the war on terrorism, experts and officials say.

Bank gives beggars phones instead of
cash (Reuters)

Bank gives beggars phones instead of
cash (Reuters) 09/11/2004 09:14 AM
Reuters - Grameen Bank, famous for pioneering micro-credit programs in Bangladesh, has launched a new idea to empower the poor: arming beggars with mobile phones so they can sell a roving service for cash.

World Bank OKs Wolfowitz as New
President (Reuters)

World Bank OKs Wolfowitz as New
President (Reuters) 03/31/2005 03:29 PM
Reuters - The World Bank on Thursday unanimously confirmed Paul Wolfowitz as its president despite quiet misgivings by some members over the deputy defense secretary's role as the Bush administration's architect of the Iraq war.

Shotgun 'Priests' Rob Belgrade Bank
(Reuters)

Shotgun 'Priests' Rob Belgrade Bank
(Reuters) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters - Three tall men disguised as bearded Orthodox Christian priests robbed a Belgrade bank and removed three security video tapes of the heist before making a getaway with $300,000.

Bank Says Emphasize Sex, Sleep -- Not
Money (Reuters)

Bank Says Emphasize Sex, Sleep -- Not
Money (Reuters) 06/18/2004 01:10 PM
Reuters - A major investment bank is advising clients to have sex, get more sleep and stop equating happiness with money -- turning the industry image of hard-nosed dealmakers on its head.

Suspected Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills at
Least One (Reuters)

Suspected Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills at
Least One (Reuters) 01/28/2004 02:20 AM
Reuters - A suspected car bomb blew up outside a hotel in central Baghdad shortly after dawn on Wednesday, killing at least one Iraqi, wounding several others and ripping the front off the three-story building.

Car Bomb Explodes Near U.S. Convoy in
Baghdad (Reuters)

Car Bomb Explodes Near U.S. Convoy in
Baghdad (Reuters) 09/22/2004 10:17 AM
Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad's upscale Mansour district on Wednesday, wounding three people, police and witnesses said.

Two U.S. Soldiers Killed by Baghdad Bomb
(Reuters)

Two U.S. Soldiers Killed by Baghdad Bomb
(Reuters) 05/06/2004 06:05 AM
Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb on Wednesday night, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday.

Suicide Bomb Outside U.S. Baghdad HQ
Kills 18 (Reuters)

Suicide Bomb Outside U.S. Baghdad HQ
Kills 18 (Reuters) 01/18/2004 03:47 AM
Reuters - A suicide bomber blew up his car outside the main U.S. headquarters in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 16 Iraqi civilians and two Defense Department staff in the deadliest attack in Baghdad since the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Suicide Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills at
Least Five (Reuters)

Suicide Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills at
Least Five (Reuters) 09/17/2004 04:53 AM
Reuters - A suicide car bomber struck near a major police checkpoint in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 20, health ministry and government sources said.

Bomb Kills 14 Iraqis in Bus -Doctor
(Reuters)

Bomb Kills 14 Iraqis in Bus -Doctor
(Reuters) 04/24/2004 08:57 AM
Reuters - A roadside bomb killed 14 Iraqis traveling by bus to Baghdad on Saturday and 12 were wounded, Dr Abbas Wissan al-Shamari said.
Grok Description matches for The Bank, the Bag, a Bomb Threat and an Old Lady (Reuters)
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Supermarket superheroes

Supermarket superheroes 04/14/2005 03:48 PM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Isaac B2 says:

At the supermarket the other day I found quite a few examples of inappropriate superhero/product tie-ins. I posted some photos and captions on my blog, including Mace Windu / Honey Smacks and Jedi Mind Game / Raisin Bran ("These are not the raisins you seek").

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Dracula's supermarket

Dracula's supermarket 01/22/2004 02:13 AM

Every place has some variety of local weird food in the grocery and in St. Louis you could get a whole dressed raccoon in the right part of town. Only recently did I notice these jars of frozen blood sitting next to slices of frozen rudolph in the local market. I eat black bread and love blood pudding but for some reason that I can't explain, seeing blood in the grocery was a bit disturbing.

GM 'cow' protest at supermarket

GM 'cow' protest at supermarket 07/10/2004 10:12 AM
Environmental campaigners - some dressed as cows - chain themselves to Sainsbury's dairy aisle in Swansea in a protest over GM milk.

Monkey Bites Boy at N.Y. Supermarket
(AP)

Monkey Bites Boy at N.Y. Supermarket
(AP) 08/03/2004 08:05 PM
AP - A monkey trained to help a disabled man with chores bit a 2-year-old boy in a Brooklyn supermarket, authorities said.

Fire Kills 283 at Supermarket in
Paraguay

Fire Kills 283 at Supermarket in
Paraguay 08/02/2004 04:54 AM
The fire swept through a crowded supermarket on the outskirts of Asunción that kept its doors locked as an antitheft measure.

Supermarket Scan Cards Aid Mad Cow
Recall

Supermarket Scan Cards Aid Mad Cow
Recall 01/25/2004 12:47 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 25 2004 4:43PM GMT

Paying by Fingerprint at the Supermarket
(Reuters)

Paying by Fingerprint at the Supermarket
(Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out, saving the time spent scrabbling for coins or cards.

More Than 250 Die in Paraguay
Supermarket Fire (Reuters)

More Than 250 Die in Paraguay
Supermarket Fire (Reuters) 08/01/2004 08:22 PM
Reuters - A fire swept through a supermarket packed with shoppers on the Paraguayan capital's outskirts on Sunday and killed more than 250 people, the government said.

A Supermarket Cashier Talks Back

A Supermarket Cashier Talks Back 07/22/2004 09:49 AM
The cashier at your local grocery store may be dying to say some things to you, such as...

German Buys Rights to Communist East
German Emblem (Reuters)

German Buys Rights to Communist East
German Emblem (Reuters) 04/21/2004 10:02 AM
Reuters - A western German businessman who bought the rights to the official emblem of communist East Germany defended his move Tuesday, saying critics were jealous they hadn't thought of it before he did.

Spanish supermarket giant chooses Red
Hat Linux

Spanish supermarket giant chooses Red
Hat Linux 04/14/2005 07:06 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 14 2005 11:42AM GMT

Austrians silence jibbering supermarket
trolleys

Austrians silence jibbering supermarket
trolleys 09/15/2004 09:34 AM
In brief A victory for humanity

The Next Time You Hear that Beep,
remember you can be on Supermarket
Sweep!

The Next Time You Hear that Beep,
remember you can be on Supermarket
Sweep! 03/14/2003 02:48 AM
The Next Time You Hear that Beep, you can be on Supermarket Privacy Sweep! I'm sure most of us own Supermarket Discount Cards, I mean who can resist the savings? If you don't like being monitored, help out the always popular Rob at Cockeyed.com become the Ultimate Shopper by using his card (NYT Article here). I'm always a bit wary when I use mine, I'm afraid they may find out how boring I really am. I'm tempted to sexy up my database profile: "I'd like to buy come chocolate chip cookies... and ah.. some vaseline and hamster food. Oh, and straws!" Then Safeway will give me a discount on new underwear, fo shizzle my nizzle!

Supermarket Giants Crush Central
American Farmers

Supermarket Giants Crush Central
American Farmers 12/27/2004 11:15 PM
Across Latin America, supermarket chains have brought unanticipated and daunting challenges to millions of struggling, small farmers.

Fully Featured German Webspace and
Customizable .de Domain Registration
Services at Retail Rates Provided to End
Users by German - Ukrainian Co-operation
MZL & Novatech

Fully Featured German Webspace and
Customizable .de Domain Registration
Services at Retail Rates Provided to End
Users by German - Ukrainian Co-operation
MZL & Novatech 06/27/2004 02:58 AM
MZL & Novatech enter the web hosting market with prices of 6.99 USD (setup 4.80 USD) per year for a German .de domain with user specified DNS entries and bandwidth metered featured webspace from of 2.99 USD per year. [PRWEB Jun 27, 2004]

Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia

Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia 09/26/2004 09:00 PM
What would Benjamin Franklin say? Philadelphia plans citywide free Wi-Fi Internet access for computer users.

Philadelphia going wireless

Philadelphia going wireless 04/08/2005 10:04 AM
CNN Apr 8 2005 1:31PM GMT

Philadelphia to Get Citywide Wi-Fi

Philadelphia to Get Citywide Wi-Fi 09/01/2004 05:27 PM
The city of Philadelphia plans to spend $10 million to blanket the city in Wi-Fi: The network will either be free or available for a cost lower than commercial providers. It's unclear if such municipal networks will succeed in the future. 3 Rivers Connect built a free, public network in Pittsburgh in 2002 but the network is no longer operating. That network failed for a number of reasons, said George Heinitsh, chief technology officer for 3 Rivers Connect. "The biggest was that we ran into a lot of competition from providers offering service for free," he said. Doug Luce, founder and president of Telerama, an operator of for-fee hotspots in Pittsburgh, cited some other reasons for 3 Rivers' failure. He said that the mesh technology used by 3 Rivers may not have been very reliable. "Part of it also was they had a great signal in the middle of the street but not so great in storefronts," he said. He said that operators that try to cover whole cities might have such coverage issues. Luce also wondered about municipal networks that may be built primarily for use by law enforcement agencies. "If the police use it, they're likely to cater to those people and individual users are relegated to second class citizenship," he said. Still, it's clear that some municipal networks work. The Associated Press story cites Cleveland, which has 4,000 access points in one area of town. The chief information officer of Case Western Reserve University, which is running the project, said that at 2 in the afternoon on a Tuesday, 1,016 people were logged onto the network. The network is free to use. But cities that use tax dollars to build networks, ought to have a clear plan for marketing and using the network because even commercial ventures are having trouble figuring out the best business model for operating a Wi-Fi network. Luce says of the Philadelphia network: "This is an expensive experiment."...

Floods Cause Evacuations in Philadelphia
(AP)

Floods Cause Evacuations in Philadelphia
(AP) 08/02/2004 08:06 AM
AP - Torrential rain and flash floods caused airport delays, transit stoppages, apartment evacuations and a few vehicle rescues in the Philadelphia region.

Man Kills Co-Worker, Self in
Philadelphia

Man Kills Co-Worker, Self in
Philadelphia 12/29/2003 10:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 9:39PM ET

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid 04/08/2005 08:28 PM
Red Nova Apr 8 2005 11:58PM GMT

Wireless Philadelphia launch

Wireless Philadelphia launch 04/08/2005 06:35 PM
Yesterday, I attended the press conference at which Philadelphia mayor John Street (that's him in the photo) announced the formal launch of Wireless Philadelphia. This is the city-wide wireless broadband network that has been the source of both so much excitement and so much angst on the part of incumbents.

As Street, and Philly CIO Dianah Neff (the force behind the project) made clear, however, the city isn't just blindly trying to replace private connectivity providers. Philadelphia has established a separate non-profit corporation, which will contract with private companies to build the network. It will then offer the network as an open wholesale platform, with third-party service providers offering the retail connections to end users. That means carriers, ISPs, and hotspot aggregators will all benefit from the city's investment, not compete with it.

No city money will be spent on the project. All costs will be covered from revenues. That's right; the network won't be free. It will cost an estimated $16-$20/month for unlimited access, which is a bargain considering that you can pay $10 just to surf in one Starbucks for a couple hours. The city will be a customer of the wireless network for its internal communications activities, which is expected to save it $2 million per year in telecommunications costs once. And as Street and Neff pointed out, there are all sorts of potential ancillary benefits and services to be delivered on top of the connectivity platform.

It's exciting to live in the place that it pioneering something that I'm confident all major cities will want to do within the next 5-10 years.

By the way, we're organizing a workshop track at Supernova on municipal broadband. The activity around municipal wireless in particular is just too great to ignore. And this decentralization of connectivity and broadband policy is a perfect example of the Supernova themes.

Wireless streets of Philadelphia

Wireless streets of Philadelphia 09/01/2004 11:38 AM

Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan

Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan 04/07/2005 06:06 PM
After a contentious fight with Verizon, Philadelphia releases a report outlining its citywide wireless Internet access ambitions.

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid (AP)

Philadelphia Turns to Cos. for Wireless
Aid (AP) 04/08/2005 09:35 AM
AP - The city will tap the private sector to implement its plan for blanketing most of Philadelphia with cheap, high-speed wireless Internet access.

Philadelphia to Announce Wi-Fi Expansion
Plans

Philadelphia to Announce Wi-Fi Expansion
Plans 02/05/2005 09:20 PM
The city will move forward with a public/private partnership to build a citywide wireless broadband system starting this year.

What's New: An Online Update for
Frommer's Philadelphia

What's New: An Online Update for
Frommer's Philadelphia 03/25/2005 09:04 AM
Frommers.com - Fri Mar 25, 08:02 am GMT

NBC10.com - News - Philadelphia Police
Say Dog Ate Man

NBC10.com - News - Philadelphia Police
Say Dog Ate Man 06/04/2004 03:40 PM
Philadelphia Police Say Dog Ate Man .. eating his owner .. NBC10 News

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Philadelphia plans first U.S. citywide
Wi-Fi network

Philadelphia plans first U.S. citywide
Wi-Fi network 04/08/2005 12:07 PM
The city of Philadelphia will become the largest U.S. Internet "hot spot" next year under a plan to offer wireless access at about half the cost charged by commercial operators, city officials said.

Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless
hotspot

Philadelphia mulls 135 sq mile wireless
hotspot 09/01/2004 09:24 AM

The Bank, the Bag, a Bomb Threat and an Old Lady (Reuters)

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