I figured we needed to start the new month with a DLD, and if it stinks, at least I won't get fined

HONOLULU—Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for bus passengers convicted of being too smelly.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/weird/ci_13246890

SAN LORENZO — The Alameda County Sheriff's Office annual flea market fundraiser was probably the last place a San Lorenzo shopper expected to see her grandson's stolen bicycle for sale.

During the popular Sunday flea market in the old Mervyn's parking lot on Hesperian Boulevard, she spotted a man standing off to the side of the market with a BMX bike, holding a handmade sign that read "For Sale $20."

 

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_13241336?source=most_viewed

MIAMI (Reuters) – A woman described by a federal agent as a heroin addict with a stash of wigs was arrested in Miami on charges of being part of an identity theft ring that targeted the wife of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090901/od_nm/us_bernanke_identity_odd

 

MIAMI (Reuters) – Police in a Florida city used the promise of economic stimulus checks to lure 76 people to their arrest on a variety of outstanding warrants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090828/od_nm/us_stimulus_sting