You know... If you're going to be anti-Semitic, or an admirer of the Nazis, just be honest about it: Don't insult everybody's intelligence as well.
Mumbai was also the home, until last year when it changed its name following complaints, of the swastika-decorated Hitler's Cross restaurant. At least the owners of the restaurant never insisted it was named after some guy named Rahul Hitler.
Also in India, Judge R. K. Tiwari has been ordered by New Delhi's High Court to return to law school for three months after he issued a series of quickly-overturned ruling which included detention of a landlord whose tenant didn't pay his power bill, and issuing an arrest warrant for American actor Richard Gere for kissing an Indian actress in public (which Judge Tiwari claimed violated India's anti-obscenity laws).
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In Alameda County, California, a 47-year-old robbery and rape victim pretended to befriend her attacker and offered to help him get a job. When he showed up for his interview the following day, sheriff's deputies were waiting to arrest him.
On the whole, he got off easy: Her original plan, until she was talked out of it by a friend, was to wait for him herself, and "exact vigilante justice."
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In 2009, General Motors plans to add Stolen Vehicle Slowdown to its OnStar system. This new technology will allow police, once they've located a car that's been reported stolen, to remotely cut power to the engine and slow the vehicle to a stop.
Given the many ways this could be abused, or even hacked into by people not at all related to law enforcement, would you be completely comfortable with a system allowing outside access to your car? Please direct your comments to billbickel at crimeweek.com.
Stolen Vehicle Slowdown will be added to the OnStar service by default, but customers will be allowed to opt out of it.
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Identity theft prevention tip from the National Crime Prevention Council: "Cancel all credit cards that have not been used in the last six months. Open credit is a prime target for thieves."
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"Actual" Courtroom Quote: "Now, as we begin," the judge said, "I must ask you to banish all present information and prejudice from your minds, if you have any..."