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Kidnapped Woman Forced To Iron, Wash Dishes

Filed this under, "its hard to get good help" folder

(Via Reuters) - An Italian man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, then taking her home and forcingher to iron his clothes and wash the dishes.

The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa, shoved her into a car and took her to his home where he made her iron and wash dishes after threatening her, they said.

Police arrived at his house after being tipped off by a friend of the woman who watched the scene at the pub.

The man, who was apparently furious at his ex-girlfriend for leaving him, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, police said.

Under A Big W

(via Reuters) - A Serbian bank clerk who stole nearly 1.5 million euros from his bank left a note reading "I'm sorry," buried the loot in a park and waited at a cafe for police to arrest him.

Aleksandar Spasic Saturday walked out of the Raiffeisen branch office in the central town of Kragujevac with the money stuffed in his briefcase, state news agency Tanjug reported.

"I am sorry, but I had to do it," said the note he left for his boss.

Police found the money buried in six holes in a nearby park, "Under a big doub-ya!".

Spasic was arrested Saturday at a cafe after he called police and asked: "How long do I have to wait for you?"

Police said Spasic was still being questioned Monday. His motive was not immediately clear.

A Camera Is Not A Parachute

DUANESBURG, NY - 29-year-old Sloan Carafello of Schenectady, New York, leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute Saturday afternoon.

His body was found next to a house with a damaged roof, police said. Carafello, who was observing on the flight, followed the instructor, student and videographer out the door, wearing no skydiving gear, officials said. Carafello struck a house at 7951 Duanesburg Road just before 2 p.m., damaging the roof and splitting his body in two.

A tenant was inside at the time and called to inform the landlord, who does not live in the house. No one else was hurt. The landlord declined comment.

Bob Rawlins, the pilot and owner of the Duanesburg Skydiving Club, said he began to close the plane's door, Carafello leaped out, holding a camera but no sky diving gear.

The videographer filmed as Carafello fell and Carafello took pictures of himself while falling through the air, according to Rawlins. Police have the video.

Bystanders said Carafello didn't appear particularly agitated before the flight but he was wearing a stained white T-shirt. One person stated, "When he walked by, I got an air, a weird vibe, but I didn't think twice about it."

Rawlins said Carafello had called the office about a week ago inquiring about going up and said he wanted to take aerial photos for a school project.

The sky diving club regularly allows customers to fly in the plane as observers. They stay buckled into their seats and take pictures through the window or out the door, said Rawlins, who said Carafello's seat belt was fastened when the plane took off.

While customers seeking to jump are required to fill out paperwork and show identification, Carafello was not asked for his ID. "Why would I ask for his ID?" asked Rawlins. "He wasn't sky diving. I'm not sure he put his real name on the paperwork when he signed in."

Rawlins noted the man listed "General Schwarzenegger" as his emergency contact. Rawlins, who has been in the business for 37 years, said he has never seen anything like this before.

Groucho Marx World Record

It's official! The city of Hillsboro, Oregon has officially claimed the new Guinness World Record for most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses in one place.

At the city's Celebrate Hillsboro Presented by Intel Oregon event last summer, co-sponsored by United Way of the Columbia-Willamette and Intel Corp., 3,459 people gathered in the Hillsboro Civic Center plaza wearing the glasses, shattering the previous record of 1,750 set by Midwest City High School in Oklahoma. In 2006, the city broke the record for most people wearing balloon hats (1,874) at Celebrate Hillsboro..

Never Piss-Off An Engineer

Randall Munroe, an engineer and web cartoonist, was a little pissed off at Verizon when he wrote this check, wouldn't you say?

[0.002 + e^(2pie)]=535.4936555 and the limit of the sum of (1.2^n) as n goes to infinity is =1. Therefore, $535.4936555+1=$536.49 | So, this check is (approximately) made out for $536.49

Oh, notice the handwritten note in Memo?

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