Telegraph - UK
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Michael Alfinez, 18, from Lake Worth, Florida, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted to abusing the elderly and various firearms charges.
He was arrested in April after police examined footage from his video camera during a routine traffic stop.
The footage showed Marie Huertas, 85, wearing a full black balaclava and, after repeated instructions, uttering a number of gangsta rap phrases that included expletives.
A sheriff's report said Alfinez had admitted dressing up his grandmother and persuading her to flash a gun and money at the camera.
Alfinez, who will serve his sentence in juvenile detention, also pleaded guilty to charges of firing out of a moving vehicle and into a building.
Alfinez is said to have told deputies he knew that there was something wrong with his grandmother's memory.
According to the report, when a detective showed Miss Huertas the video, she said: "They are making a criminal out of me." She said she was ashamed and didn't normally use that type of language.
Alfinez said he got the idea from a Gangstas & Thugs DVD - which show real footage rather younger hoodlums in action - and "knew (his) grandmother could be like that, too, or better".
His family has claimed that the incident was a misunderstanding.
Alfinez's mother told the Palm Beach Post: "This is my mother. This is his grandmother. Just today when he called me he said, 'Tell grandma I love her very much.' And she told me, 'Tell Mikey I love him, too.'"
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Friday, October 31, 2008
US teenager jailed for 'grandmother gangster rap video'
Sarah Palin Mob in NYC tonight
From UrbanPrankster
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We just got notice of a Sarah Palin gathering happening tonight in Union Square in NYC:
Presenting the 1st ever “SARAH PALIN EXPERIMENT and PAGEANT.” Let’s see how
many Sarah Palin’s will fit in UNION SQUARE!
Knowing that 75% of us ladies (and perhaps a few fellas) will be appearing as potential VP candidate Sarah Palin for Halloween, we’ll all unite in honor and celebration of a true MAVERICK - mother, governor and part-time huntress by MEETING AT…
UNION SQUARE (14th Street and University - north side of street)
October 31, 2008. 10pm
Part picnic. Part meet-n-greet. Instruments encouraged. And bring the rest of the Palin-gang if you can! Bristol! Todd! Trig! See and be seen. Stop by after the parade!!
*If you know ANYONE going as Sarah Palin - PASS THIS ALONG TO THEM!!*
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Vietnam suspends controversial plan to ban skinny drivers
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HANOI, Vietnam - Faced with mounting public criticism, Vietnam's Health Ministry suspended a widely ridiculed plan to ban short, thin and small-chested drivers.
The ministry had recommended that people whose chests measure less than 28 inches be prohibited from driving motorbikes - as well as those who are too short (less than 4 feet, 8 inches) or too thin (less than 88 pounds).
When the plan hit the media this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their bust.
Thursday's state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted ministry official Nguyen Huy Quang as saying the proposal would be suspended.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Man puts wife up for sale
ANANOVA
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A Romanian man has put his 25-year-old wife up for sale on a website specialising in used cars.
Alex Cretu, 20, who lives in Bucharest, hoped to get around £4m but has lowered his price to £3,000 for a quick sale.
His ad on www.okazii.ro reads: "Wife for sale. Model 1983, good condition. Full option, nice suspensions, spacious boot, second owner.
"Price is negotiable, comes with three-year-old and five-year-old accessories. Seriousness demanded."
Alex says he placed his ad on the site partly because he had got fed up of his wife nagging him all of the time and partly as a joke.
He said he waited until his wife left for a job in Spain so as she wouldn't know about the sale.
He had received a number of offers but none were acceptable so far as the potential purchasers either offered too low a price or wanted to buy her in instalments.
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