The Booming Economy.

The CTA has been pretty ineffective in protesting California budget cuts in education, which is likely to cost thousands their jobs.
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Miscellaneous.

A Medford, Oregon, pair has been held in connection with the Craiglist hoax, and it is not an April Fool's joke:

Police on Monday arrested a Medford couple who allegedly used hoax postings on Craigslist to cover up their own thefts from a rural Jacksonville residence later inundated by Craigslist readers who thought the house's contents were free pickings for the taking.

Amber D. Herbert, 28, and Brandon D. Herbert, 29, were taken into custody on burglary, theft and computer crime charges involving the Craigslist hoax that drew international attention and cost the victim several thousand dollars, authorities said.

The Herberts owned the computer used to post two Craigslist messages March 22 that invited readers to help themselves to what was purported to be abandoned belongings, including a horse, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

But it was just a ruse to cover the Herberts' own thefts of horse saddles and other items from a garage on the Sterling Creek Road property a few days earlier, Jackson County sheriff's Sgt. Colin Fagan said.

I hope they get the book thrown at them.

There is more here.
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Former actor Max Baer is bound determined to see his dream of a resort/casino based on the Beverly Hillbillies become reality.

He also talks about the recent suicide of his live-in girlfriend, Chere Rhodes. He landed in the hospital following her death.
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California teachers are being screwed over thanks to massive state budget cuts.
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