Woman Arrested for Sexual Bribery- July 16, 2008 Elizabeth Ann Kommes, 30, of Iron Mountain Michigan, was arrested and charged with drunk driving and bribery of a public official. According to onlookers, the woman left a Wisconsin Dells parking lot intoxicated, driving a red Pontiac Grand Am with Michigan license plates reading, “TROUBLE.” When Kommes was stopped by officers and given a sobriety test she allegedly offered the officer $10,000 plus sexual favors to let her go. This is Kommes fifth drunk driving offense on top of...http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1827756 Man Flies Helium Balloons Over State Lines!- July 9, 2008 A 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert on July 5, landing safely in a field in Idaho. Ken Couch, from Cambridge, Idaho, covered 235 miles in nine hours after taking off in a green lawn chair rigged with a cluster of more than 150 giant party balloons. This was Couch&39;s third balloon flight, he first realized it was possible after watching a TV show about the 1982 lawn chair flight over Los Angeles, done.http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1826277 EBay to pay out to LVMH- July 2, 2008 eBay is feeling the heat! A French court ordered the online auctioneer to pay nearly 40 million euros (63 million US) in damages to Louis Vuitton on June 30 for selling fake products against copyright protection. The court ruled in favor of six of LVMH brands and four perfumes that were being sold, Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain. eBay immediately announced it would lodge an appeal, rejecting the view that the court had upheld copyright law. The case, which started a year and a...http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=1824489 |