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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Did you know this horse has the longest tail
Summer Breeze just became a world champion. She may not gallop the fastest or jump the highest, but Guinness World Records says her impressive 12-foot-6-inch tail is the longest in the world. Owned by Crystal Socha of Augusta, Kan., Summer also has a long, flowing mane.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Did you know that a man racked up $81,039 in parking fines ?
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The New York City Department of Finance says a man racked up $81,039 in parking fines but the alleged offender denies the claims.
The department said Alexander Khamish, 30, has incurred 415 parking tickets since 2004 -- the largest amount of fines racked up by anyone during the period -- but the alleged serial offender contends the tickets resulted from identity theft, the New York Post reported Friday.
"Basically, someone registered (the offending) vehicles under my name," Khamish said. "I knew about this a couple years ago, but I didn't know it (involved an) $80,000 (debt).
"Someone did register vehicles under my name before I found out, but I was going back and forth with the DMV, and from the last I heard, I thought everything was OK."
Finance Department spokesman Owen Stone said Khamish's claims would be investigated.
"If it winds up his identity was stolen, he won't be responsible for the tickets," Stone said.
The department said Alexander Khamish, 30, has incurred 415 parking tickets since 2004 -- the largest amount of fines racked up by anyone during the period -- but the alleged serial offender contends the tickets resulted from identity theft, the New York Post reported Friday.
"Basically, someone registered (the offending) vehicles under my name," Khamish said. "I knew about this a couple years ago, but I didn't know it (involved an) $80,000 (debt).
"Someone did register vehicles under my name before I found out, but I was going back and forth with the DMV, and from the last I heard, I thought everything was OK."
Finance Department spokesman Owen Stone said Khamish's claims would be investigated.
"If it winds up his identity was stolen, he won't be responsible for the tickets," Stone said.
Did you know that Tuckruskye, 44 is charged with endangering the welfare of a 13-year-old boy
A Baldwin PTA official has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after she and a 13-year-old boy were caught in the backseat of a vehicle parked behind an elementary school, Nassau police said.
Joan Tuckruskye, 44, of 1111 Steele Blvd., was in the backseat of a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder in a parking lot behind Meadow Elementary on Northern Boulevard with the boy Friday night, said Det. Lt. Kevin Smith.
Tuckruskye and the boy, who police did not identify, were naked from the waist down, Smith said.
Tuckruskye, a vice-president in charge of fundraising of the Baldwin Middle School parent-teacher association, was released without bail at her arraignment Saturday. She could not be reached last night.
First Precinct officers found the two after they approached the parked, running Pathfinder at about 10:30 p.m. Friday.
When officers asked for identification, the boy told them he was 18. He was taken to Nassau University Medical Center for an exam and it was determined he is 13, Smith said.
Tuckruskye told police the two were kissing, Smith said.
"Based on the investigation and the uncooperative nature of both the victim and the defendant, we were unable to establish anything more than the fact she was endangering the welfare of child," Smith said. "The obvious question is whether or not a sexual act took place." more
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Did you know that 100,000 arrests for prostitution occur every year
There are an estimated 100,000 arrests for prostitution every year, but how do law enforcement officers infiltrate the underground world of the commercial sex industry? And who are the johns behind the tidal wave of demand fueling the commercial sex industry in America?
Female police officers pose as decoys to lure Johns. Three decoys are seen here before a sting operation in Miami, Fla.(Kristin Pisarcik/ABC News)More Photos
The FBI and the Justice Department operate "Innocence Lost," a federal initiative to combat sex crimes against children through domestic sex trafficking or child prostitution.
Innocence Lost has task forces set up in 23 cities around the country.
Miami was one of the first 13 cities assigned a task force, "not because of the weather, but it has one of the highest levels of juvenile prostitution in the country," said Sgt. Kelly Sullivan of the Metro Dade Police Department Innocence Lost Vice Task Force.
The FBI works with local law enforcement to plan stings targeting pimps and to rescue minors, but they also conduct "prostitution reversal stings" targeting the johns.
ABC News was granted rare access to a john sting on the streets of Miami and to an escort sting in a high-class hotel. more
Female police officers pose as decoys to lure Johns. Three decoys are seen here before a sting operation in Miami, Fla.(Kristin Pisarcik/ABC News)More Photos
The FBI and the Justice Department operate "Innocence Lost," a federal initiative to combat sex crimes against children through domestic sex trafficking or child prostitution.
Innocence Lost has task forces set up in 23 cities around the country.
Miami was one of the first 13 cities assigned a task force, "not because of the weather, but it has one of the highest levels of juvenile prostitution in the country," said Sgt. Kelly Sullivan of the Metro Dade Police Department Innocence Lost Vice Task Force.
The FBI works with local law enforcement to plan stings targeting pimps and to rescue minors, but they also conduct "prostitution reversal stings" targeting the johns.
ABC News was granted rare access to a john sting on the streets of Miami and to an escort sting in a high-class hotel. more
Friday, December 12, 2008
Did you know these are the Tallest buildings 2007
1. Taipei 101 Tower
Building Stories 
Stories
5. Jin Mao Building
Stories
80
Height (m)
Stories
10. Central Plaza
Building Stories 101
Height (m)
509
Height (ft)
1,670
City, Country
Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
Year
2004
2. Petronas Towers 1 & 2
Stories
88
Height (m)
452
Height (ft)
Height (ft)
1,483
City, Country
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year
Year
1998
4. Sears Tower
Stories 108
Height (m)
Height (m)
442
Height (ft)
1,451
City, Country
Chicago, Il, USA
Year
1974
5. Jin Mao Building
Stories
88
Height (m)
Height (m)
421
Height (ft)
1,381
City, Country
Shanghai, China
Year
1999
6. Two International Finance
Stories
Stories 88
Height (m)
Height (m)
415
Height (ft)
1,362
City, Country
Hong Kong, China
Year
2003
7. CITIC Plaza
7. CITIC Plaza
Stories
80
Height (m)
391
Height (ft)
1,283
City, Country
Guangzhou, China
Year
1996
1996
8. Shun Hing Square
Stories 69
Height (m)
Height (m)
384
Height (ft)
1,260
City, Country
Shenzhen, China
Year
1996
9. Empire State Building
1996
9. Empire State Building
Stories
102
Height (m)
381
Height (ft)
1,250
City, Country
New York, NY, USA
Year
1931
1931
10. Central Plaza
Stories
78
Height (m)
374
Height (ft)
1,227
City, Country
Hong Kong, China
Year
1992
1992
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