(AP) Two Australian robbers were sentenced Tuesday for their April Fools Day heist at the Cuckoo Restaurant, where they thought they were hauling away a big sack of cash that turned out to be bread rolls.
Benjamin Jorgensen, 38, and his accomplice Donna Hayes, 36, were sentenced in Victorian County Court after pleading guilty to robbing the restaurant in the southern Australian city of Melbourne on April 1 last year.
During the holdup, Jorgensen grabbed what he believed was a bag with the Cuckoo's cash earnings of about $26,000, but later found it was full of bread rolls, the court heard.
He also fired his gun accidentally in the caper, shooting Hayes in the buttocks.
Judge Roland Williams told the robbers they were a "pair of fools," before sentencing Hayes to eight years in prison and Jorgensen to seven.
Earlier this week, defense lawyer Greg Thomas said Jorgensen had been under the influence of drugs at the time, had made a full admission to police and was remorseful, News Ltd. newspapers reported.

A gas station clerk is accused of defrauding her boss out of nearly $50,000 by selling fuel to her family and friends for a tenth of a penny a gallon.
Police arrested 25-year-old Madeline Jordan on Sunday _ along with her mother, brother, a cousin and two others _ after setting up a sting at the BP station in South Charleston.
The station's owner told police last week he had noticed a significant drop in his income and found receipts that listed the deeply discounted rate.
Police alleged that for several months Jordan, of Nitro, had reset the price at the pumps every Sunday morning and allowed people she knew to fill up.

I posted this one awhile back I'm glad of the outcome so I thought should post the results also.

(AP) The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.A lawyer for Timothy Elliott, 55, called the violation minor, and the Massachusetts lottery commission previously has said there was no basis for withdrawing the prize.
Barnstable Superior Court Judge Richard Connon on Friday approved the probation department's agreement that he could keep the winnings. The only change is that Elliott now must pay a monthly $65 probation supervisory fee, previously waived because he had been indigent.
Elliott declined to comment Friday. He lives in Bourne under the supervision of the Department of Mental Health.
Probation department spokeswoman Coria Holland would not comment further on the case.

Think they can keep this money too

How awful does Britney Spears feel her life is right now?

She told the paparazzi in a British accent, "you're better off being homeless than being me, sir." In a video posted on Hollywood.TV, Spears complained "it's been a long time since I had fun."  

This is such a bull thing to say the poor Little spoiled girl jeez . Maybe they should make her be homeless for awhile so she can see what it is really like. Maybe then she could appreciate what she has. I'm sick of ppl like her saying poor me give it a break appreciate what you have  maybe thats a lesion for all of us in there  I don't know but this is just sicking to me.

Whats the world comeing to??

LONDON (Reuters) -

Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary."As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university."We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."

VILNIUS (Reuters) -

Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month earlier.The woman's parents had mistakenly identified a body found in a forest as that of their 27-year-old daughter, Natalya Pavlova, who disappeared from home in November, police said on Wednesday.It emerged that Pavlova was alive and well and living with her boyfriend in the same town."Her parents identified the corpse as their daughter. What could we do?" Petras Mikalauskis, a deputy police chief for the area, told Reuters."It was the first such case in my experience."The real identity of the dead woman was not known. The police have launched an investigation.

Indian Chief, "Two Eagles," was asked by a government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done." The Chief nodded in agreement. The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?" The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. "When white man find land, Indians running it. No taxes, No debt, Plenty buffalo, Plenty beaver, Clean Water; Women did all the work, Medicine Man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; All night having sex." Then the chief leaned back and smiled. "Only white man dumb enough to to think he can improve system like that."

The following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day.

"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester

and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you.

If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"

me, an individual, a committee of one.

dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.

Allegiance

my love and my devotion.

our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever

she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given

her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!

that means that we have all come together.

individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and

purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to

a common purpose, and that's love for country.

And to the republic a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.

one nation, meaning "so blessed by God"

Indivisible incapable of being divided.

which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's

own life without threats, fear or some sort of

retaliation.

the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.

which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. ***~~**~~***

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...

UNDER GOD

Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too?


God Bless America!