Inventor unveils $7,000 talking sex robot

To some men, she might seem like the perfect woman: She's a willowy 5 feet 7 and 120 pounds. She'll chat with you endlessly about your interests. And she'll have sex whenever you please -- as long as her battery doesn't run out.
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Teacher collects $100,000 salary for doing nothing

New York - A Queens teacher who collects a $100,000 salary for doing nothing spends time in a Department of Education ?rubber room? working on his law practice and managing 12 real-estate properties worth an estimated $7.8 million, The Post found. Alan Rosenfeld hasn?t set foot in a classroom for nearly a decade.---...More

Iowa Kmart workers open tin can, find $10,000

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- When employees of a Des Moines Kmart store finally opened a red tin can that had been sitting on the customer service counter for four days, they got a $10,000 surprise. The can contained $10,380 in assorted bills. Employees called police after opening the can Friday---...More

Fines for too-tall grass - $1,000 a day

JUPITER, Florida - An overgrown lawn could cost a homeowner $1,000 a day. A plan to quadruple the penalty from the current maximum of $250 per day for a first violation is scheduled for consideration at the town council meeting. A repeat violation by the same person would be boosted to $5,000 a day maximum from $500 per day. If the code enforcement board finds that the violation is irreversible - the unapproved removal of an historic tree, for example ? the violator would face a maximum fine of $15,000. The current maximum penalty is $5,000. Last year Jupiter?s seven-person Code Enforcement Division collected about $39,000 in fines.--- ...More

NFL Owner Fined $250,000

Nashville, Tennessee - The NFL has fined Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Bills fans. It happened in Nashville. After the Titans beat the Bills 41-17, Adams was seen ?flipping off? fans from his luxury suite at the stadium. Adams apologized later in the day for the display of his middle fingers. ?I do realize that those types of things shouldn?t happen,? Adams said in a statement. ----...More

Kennedy funeral cost $431,000 - US Taxpayers paid most

Boston - The city of Boston spent $431,000 on overtime costs to deploy 629 police officers, 48 firefighters, and a raft of other workers for the funeral of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. City officials said a federal grant for ?urban areas security?? would cover $400,000 of the cost. Boston spent $359,714 on 629 police officers, $36,748 on 48 firefighters, $29,572 on 55 public health and emergency medical workers, $4,350 on 27 transportation workers, and $1,293 on six public works employees....--More

Stupid News-More than 1,000 animals rescued from house

HOUSTON, Texas - Animal rescue personnel removed more than 1,000 birds, gerbils, snakes, dogs and a goat from wretched conditions at a home in the Houston area. SPCA spokeswoman Meera Nandlal says the property owners said they planned to sell the animals at flea markets. Investigator Charles Jantzen says a tip led the SPCA to the site, with many of the animals in cages and no water or food.....More

Mass. postal worker admits to stealing 30,000 DVDs

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office.--...More

Jobless US graduate sues college for 70,000 dollars

NEW YORK (AFP) – A US student who recently graduated from New York's Monroe College said Monday she had filed a complaint with the school accusing it of being responsible for her inability to find work.

Trina Thompson, 27, who graduated with a degree in information technology in April at the school in northern Manhattan's Bronx district, asked the state supreme court to award her 70,000 dollars to reimburse the tuition costs.

The former student said she had been unable to find employment to support herself since graduation.

"I need full-time job placement and that's what they said they were going to help me with and they didn't," Thompson told NY1 television.

"The IT career counselor sent me about three emails saying 'Oh, I have this job opening, you should apply for it.' That's it."

A Monroe College spokesman said the lawsuit was "completely without merit."

Man must repay $350,000 student loan

Minnesota - The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the 45-year-old Grand Marais man cannot escape more than $350,000 of student debt he piled up over more than a decade. Jesperson had hoped to discharge the debt in bankruptcy and won the first couple rounds in court. But last week a three-judge panel reversed the lower courts’ decision and said he must pay the money back

Social Security Execs Cost Taxpayers $700,000 for Lavish Conference

Phoenix, Arizona - Claiming they needed to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats being made against them, nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration gathered for a lavish three-day conference in Phoenix, AZ last week, costing taxpayers about $700,000.