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Her neighbors knew Sharon Brown as a grandmother who hosted yard sales to benefit local Boy Scouts and who helped a family that lost its home to Hurricane Frances in 2004, reports Florida Today.
The 56-year-old lived at her Melbourne home for more than 20 years.
But on Tuesday the neighbors learned she was not the woman she claimed to be.
Her real name is Paula Eileen Carroll, and she had been a fugitive for 34 years since escaping from a Marion County prison two months into a five-year sentence for buying, receiving or concealing stolen property.
Acting on an anonymous tip, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office arrested Carroll outside her home -- on her 56th birthday.
Carroll was sentenced in Osceola County on July 18, 1975, and was serving her term at Florida Correctional Institution -- now Lowell Correctional Institution -- in Ocala. She escaped on Sept. 3, 1975, with another inmate, who was quickly captured.
She told police that she had "been thinking about this day for a long time" and was "glad it's over," according to a news release.
Happy Birthday! Woman caught after 34 years escaping from jail.!!
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Martin Lawrence Says 'Bad Boys 3' Talk Is 'Really Real'!!
CATEGORIES entertainment |
In 1995, "Bad Boys" made Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay household names. Eight years later, the men returned triumphant for "Bad Boys II," an explosive sequel that felt like a coronation of three Hollywood superstars. Now, after another seven years, Lawrence said the "Boys" are back in town — and that talk of another sequel is very real.
"It's real realistic," the comedian revealed to MTV News recently, addressing rumors that he'll re-team with Bay and the former Fresh Prince once again. "We've talked about 'Bad Boys 3.' "
"Any time you can get Big Willie to come out and talk about doing a third installment of a hot movie like 'Bad Boys,' you have to take notice," Lawrence explained. "I met with Michael Bay, and he said he's onboard too — so it's real."
Writer Peter Craig is putting together a script for Columbia, and the "Bad Boys" team is ready. "I got Big Willie to come down and see me about the movie. I felt special," Lawrence said of a visit Smith paid to his friend recently to talk about getting the band back together, adding that at this point, the green light is in the hands of the franchise producer. "We're just waiting on Jerry Bruckheimer to let us know when it's really real."
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Sandwich shop sign turning heads!!
CATEGORIES Finance, funny pic |
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The marquee outside the sandwich shop read the owner is a "Bible thumpin', gun totin' capitalist pig," reports News4Jax.com.
Owner Ed Malin said he got the idea after attending a local tea party rally last week.
I figured out my taxes, and 65 percent of my income was going to some taxing district," he said. " Federal, state, local, 65 percent! That's not America. That's not why I work 90 hours a week."
Did he get an uptick in his business?
"Oh well, I lost some customers," he said. "I also gained some customers. I may be doing the wrong thing, but we'll see."
The Next Futuristic Cellphone Touchscreen: Your Skin [Video Inside]!!
CATEGORIES education, LUXURY LIFE |
And, most importantly, you'd never have to touch them.
Sound like too much to ask? Maybe not.
Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that does just that, essentially by turning a person's hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.
"People don't love the iPhone keyboard. They use them. But they don't love them," Harrison said in a interview at the recent Computer-Human Interaction conference. "If you could make the iPhone keyboard as big as an arm -- that would be huge."
Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their palm to select a menu item.
All of these sign-language-like movements, which are customizable, would control a gadget in a person's pocket through a Bluetooth connection.
When fitted with a pico-projector, the Skinput system could display an image of a digital keyboard on a person's forearm. So, using Skinput, someone could send text messages by tapping his or her arm in certain places -- without pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse.
"You could pretty much do a lot of what you do on your iPhone," said Harrison, who says Skinput "is [like having] your iPhone on your palm."
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Happy 420!!! Willie Nelson is having the time of his life today, Even smoke before going on Larry King...!!
CATEGORIES celebrity, life styles |
In case you missed it (because you fell into a temporary good shit coma), here's Willie admitting to Larry King that he's stoned. Larry seems a little surprised and I'm not sure why. Larry has been naturally stoned for centuries.
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Conjoined twins were seen as a bad omen when born, but their successful separation by Saudi surgeons has changed their lives and the faith of some!!
CATEGORIES World News |
The basic medical services in Babanki Tungo were ill-equipped to care for the girls and, following an internet appeal, the Saudi king agreed to pay for them to be flown to Saudi Arabia for surgery in 2007.
The 16-hour operation succeeded in separating the twins and now they each have their own stomach.
However, nearly three years on from the surgery, serious physical challenges remain.
After the separation, the girls were left with one leg each, and they are now waiting to return to Saudi Arabia to be fitted with artificial limbs and begin the arduous task of learning how to walk.
At the moment, they can only crawl. Even so, the twins are playful, talkative and mischievous - typical four-year-old girls, in fact.
But when they were born, they were anything but typical.
Some people in Babanki Tungo - a farming village known for producing many of Cameroon's vegetables - thought they were "satanic gifts" sent to punish their father, who already had 13 other children by two different wives.
Texts from dead woman’s phone spurred boyfriend to lead cops to her mutilated body!!
CATEGORIES R.i.P |
"Just wait til I got better," the message read.
It worked.
Minutes after they sent the message, police saw Paul Edwards, 44, get into his mother's car and drive to several South Florida locations, one of which would later lead police to Spence's decapitated body, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Edwards was apparently unaware that police followed him to several locations, including northern Miami-Dade County, the warrant states.
Police returned to an address in Miami Gardens and searched a vacant field. Two police dogs that specialize in detecting human remains led police to a sealed, 55-gallon barrel.
The barrel was taken to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, where it was opened. Spence's remains were inside.
Edwards was arrested Wednesday on one count of first-degree murder. Police accuse him of stabbing Spence, his 35-year-old girlfriend, more than 33 times, cutting off her head and stuffing her body into a barrel, which was found two months later in northern Miami-Dade County.
The head remains missing.
Double below-the-knee amputee helps catch beer thief!!
CATEGORIES life styles, starting of with a smile |
But his disability didn't stop him from catchig a beer thief.
Strickland was at a Marion County Shell store when he first noticed a man coming into the store behind another customer.
"When I saw him coming up another aisle carrying the 18-pack of beer, he told me to be quiet but I wasn't," Strickland said. "He went out the door with the beer and I shouted to the clerk to call 911," reports the Gainesville Sun.
The thief bolted out of the store and over a fence.
But the fence surrounded a retention pond and didn't offer an escape route, so the man climbed back over the fence. That's when the clerk who called 911 handed the phone to Strickland and began to chase the man.
"I had my chair outside the store by then, so I kept him (suspected thief) in sight and told the dispatcher where he was going," Strickland said.
The thief, Willie James Griffith, 19, of Gainesville, was arrested and charged with larceny.
4 Common Scams And How To Avoid Them!!
CATEGORIES education, Finance |
Census scammers: These con artists will prey on your willingness to be counted. If for some reason your 2010 census form hasn’t been received yet, there’s a possibility that a census worker could ring your doorbell. But make sure they’re who they say they are.
"If you get an e-mail from the Census Bureau that says we want information, that's not us," Kim Hunter, a media specialist for the Census Bureau tells the Chicago Tribune.
They also won’t give you any online forms or ask for your Social Security number. If a real census worker is on your doorstep, they will have a badge with no picture, and you can ask to see their driver’s license. They shouldn’t come in your house or ask for money. Continue for the rest of the article.....
Phone number switcheroos: After Toyota began recalling automobiles, they set up an info line for consumers - 800-331-4331. But some scammers out there set themselves up with a number that was close to that number, says the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Michigan.
Customers who reached that number were directed to call another 800 number and ended up being charged around $6 on their phone bill.
And when it comes to the phone, don't trust Miss Cleo's pals. As if you didn’t know -- psychics can see your money in the future, so if you call one and they ask you to press a number, you’re most likely going to get charged big money for being sent to a 900-number. Check your phone bill and fight charges that shouldn't be there.
There is no money waiting for you in a foreign land: As believable as it is that there are millionaires dying every day with no one to give their money to -- okay, it’s not believable at all, and anyone who emails you to ask for help depositing millions is just going to steal from your bank account. Delete!
Know your family tree: We all like helping a family member in need and scammers know this. If someone calls you and says they’re your long lost third cousin from your Great-Uncle Jack’s side and they need money to get out of a jam, yeah, they’re lying.
Sneaksters will read obituaries to get names of grandchildren to try and bamboozle senior citizens, according to a March report in the AARP Bulletin. Now that is just cold-hearted.
Basically, you should keep count of your grandchildren, don’t wire money to strangers, be wary of anyone taking your money, don’t give out SSN or credit card info to someone calling you out of the blue, and stay away from email heiresses.
Man Charged With Beating 4-Year-Old To Death For Wetting Pants!!
CATEGORIES R.i.P |
24-year-old Brandon Hayes could spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of parole for the death of little Dominick Calhoun.
Police say the young boy had been tortured by Hayes for a weekend after he wet his pants sitting on the couch.
Hayes reportedly became so enraged that he tortured the child; burning his knuckles, knocking out his teeth and beating him until his skull was crushed.
Prosecutors also say he began “pummeling him with fists and kicking him on his arms, legs and genitalia.”
The boy's mother Corrin Baker says she tried to save her son but was attacked by Hayes.
A battered and bruised Baker told reporters,
“My baby's gone, and I wish it was me.”
Doctors at a local hospital report that the boy was the worst beating victim they'd ever seen.
Here is the murderer:
