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Woman Claiming Finger in Chili Sues Often

Fri Apr 8,10:35 PM ET

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS - The woman who claims she bit into a human finger while eating chili at a Wendy's restaurant has a history of filing lawsuits — including a claim against another fast-food restaurant.


Anna Ayala, 39, who hired a San Jose, Calif., attorney to represent her in the Wendy's case, has been involved in at least half a dozen legal battles in the San Francisco Bay area, according to court records.


She brought a suit against an ex-boss in 1998 for sexual harassment and sued an auto dealership in 2000, alleging the wheel fell off her car. That suit was dismissed after Ayala fired her lawyer, who said she had threatened him.

The case against her former employer was settled in arbitration in June 2002, but it was not known whether she received any money.


Speaking through the front door of her Las Vegas home Friday, Ayala claimed police are out to get her and were unnecessarily rough as they executed a search warrant at her home on Wednesday.

"Lies, lies, lies, that's all I am hearing," she said. "They should look at Wendy's. What are they hiding? Why are we being victimized again and again?"


Ayala acknowledged, however, that her family received a settlement for their medical expenses about a year ago after reporting that her daughter, Genesis, got sick from food at an El Pollo Loco restaurant in Las Vegas. She declined to provide any further details.

San Jose police have joined the Las Vegas police fraud unit in the investigation into how a 1 1/2-inch-long fingertip ended up in Ayala's bowl of chili at the San Jose Wendy's on March 22. Ayala said Friday she had not yet filed a claim against Wendy's, and it was unclear whether she had filed suit against the franchise owner.


Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini would not comment on the investigation Friday.

The company, however, maintains that the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. The employees at the San Jose store were found to have all their fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients have reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.


On Thursday, Wendy's offered a $50,000 reward to anyone providing verifiable information leading to the positive identification of the origin of the finger.

"It's very important to our company to find out the truth in this incident," Tom Mueller, Wendy's president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.


Investigators would not say what they were looking for in the search of Ayala's house. Ken Bono, a family friend who lives at the home, said officers searched freezers, a picnic cooler in the backyard and the belongings of an aunt who used to live at the house.

The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office used a partial fingerprint to attempt to find a match in an electronic database of missing people and those with criminal histories, but came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted on the finger.


"The simple fact of the matter is that the finger came from somebody. Where's that person at?" said Sgt. Nick Muyo, a spokesman for the San Jose Police Department.

Bertini said Wendy's stores in the area have suffered from declining sales since the incident.


"Obviously the store has been down significantly," he said. "This has been an ordeal for all of us. Hopefully there will be a resolution soon."

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Associated Press Writers Rachel Konrad in San Jose, Calif., and Terence Chea in San Francisco contributed to this story.

My Psychic Dog Saved Me from Blindness
My Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Cassie, ate my prescription sunglasses one day. I have not had my eyes checked for about two years and I wasn't planning to. So now, without sunglasses to see with while driving, I made an appointment with an eye doctor and went for a checkup. While he was checking my eyes, he mentioned that I had two growths on the back of each eye. They had been there for about a year, he said. Normally, a human body can flush these out, but certain medication I am taking was preventing this. He said that if I hadn't come in when I did, these growths would have multiplied and eventually caused me to lose my sight!

The doctor says that he isn't too worried about these growths now, and I go back for frequent check-ups to see if there are any more growths. There is nothing that they can do to prevent this except to stop the medication. So I spoke with my psychiatrist and we switched my meds. I am now completely off of that medication that was causing these growths as one of the side affects. I truly believe that Cassie knew about my eye problem when she chewed the sunglasses. - Lisa S.

Lisa has glasses <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />??? And she's on medicine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />?????????

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Woman Arrested For Blasting Rock Music

TOKYO Apr 11, 2005 — Japanese police arrested a 58-year-old woman for triggering insomnia and headaches in her next door neighbor by blasting rock music at her almost continuously for over two years.

Miyoko Kawahara was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury on the 64-year-old woman by playing loud, fast-paced dance music almost 24 hours a day on a portable stereo she had pointed at her neighbor's house 20 feet away.

Police launched their investigation after doctors diagnosed the neighbor with insomnia and headaches they attributed to the noise, a local police spokesman said on condition of anonymity.

The police said Kawahara started blasting the sounds in November 2002. The police haven't pinpointed a motive for the alleged prolonged harassment, but the spokesman said the two women had spats over minor issues he declined to identify.

Under Japanese law, those convicted of inflicting injury on another person face up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $2,800.

Cool-headed cashier baffles bank robber

A bank robber who demanded £10,000 cash was baffled when a bank clerk told him he'd got the wrong counter.

The cool-headed cashier told the masked robber that if he wanted a loan he needed to go to a different counter.

The robber, who had handed over a note demanding the cash, was left stumped by the move and fled empty-handed from the bank in the Austrian city of Graz.

In addition, the cashier gave police such a good description of the robber that he was arrested minutes later.

The 40-year-old Austrian robber, who was not been named for legal reasons, admitted he had no idea how to react when he was told he was at the wrong counter.

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Hmm. Not sure if this is true or not...

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The Palm Islands, also referred to as The Palm Dubai and The Palms, are the world's two largest man-made islands, which are being built on the coast of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project is being handled by Al Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corporation), which will increase Dubai's shoreline by 120km (72 miles) and create a large number of residential, leisure, and entertainment areas. The idea was first announced in May 2002 and the two manmade freehold artificial palm tree-shaped resort islands are expected to maintain Dubai's position as a premium tourist destination. The Palm Islands has also be named 'The Eighth Wonder of the World'.

Treasure Found In Thrift Shop Shirt

Apr 14, 2005 5:40 am US/Pacific

WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) Larry Hoffman brought home a bargain shirt from the Goodwill store—only to find $2,000 in cash stuffed in a pocket.

The 69-year-old retiree returned to the store the same day to report the money.

“The money certainly wasn’t mine. It belonged to somebody else, obviously,” Hoffman said of his April 1 find. “That person was certainly on my mind more than me.”

Store manager Rebecca Johnson said customers have returned small amounts of money found in clothing, “but nothing on this scale” in the six years she’s been in charge.

“If there’s a one-tenth of 1 percent chance that somebody’s going to claim it, they should have that opportunity,” Hoffman said Wednesday.

Goodwill has no way to trace the source of the shirt, so Johnson called West Bend police. The rightful owner has 90 days to claim the money. After that, Hoffman can claim it or else it goes in the city treasury.

Police won’t disclose any details about the shirt or the denominations of the bills that were found. That information has to come from anyone seeking to claim the money.

When we were kids, it was always ‘finders keepers, losers weepers,”’ Hoffman said. “But that’s not really the case. You’ve got to keep the losers from weeping too much.”

hmmm this is for real huh ?? well glad to see there's some kindness left in this "Iwant it now!" world <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sure it's for real. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I personally know of two similar stories. One work related and one neighbourhood related... well, neighbourhood... area, it happened in a village nearby.

One day at work we got a call from someone who wanted to invest a rather large amount in investmentfunds and put another amount on a savingsaccount.
They asked us to send someone over becouse they rather closed the deal at home. Two of us went over and when we got there we got the whole story. Aparently that couple had been taking care of the mentally ill daughter of an auntie. They couldn't have children and helped raise that girl like if it was one of their own. When auntie died she left them a lot of "things". Including the "junk" on the attick of the old house. A couple of chests/baskets with old letters, old medaillons, ... lots of things what people keep as emotional reminders but that are just old stuff to other people. In two of those chests/baskets there was old clothes. The couple had no idea what to do with those and decided to donate them to charity. But first they wanted to clean it ofcourse. While going through it they found differend pairs of socks. Who seemed to be stuffed. When they turned the socks inside out lots and lots of the notorious (in Belgium) 10,000 BEF bill fell out.
Seems like old auntie, who was a loner, had hidden her fortune there. Maybe it was her way of thanking them for taking care of her daughter. Auntie herself never cared about her daughter very much. She couldn't deal with the fact that she gave birth to a "disabled" child. - Is what the couple told us.
They had found over ( exchange of today) 20,000 US $.
Half they put on in long time investmentfunds. The other half was put into a savingsacount that can only be used for the daughter of that auntie. Last thing I heared when I was in that office is that they legally want to adopt the girl.
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The other story is about a guy who bought an old farmhouse with surrounding grounds in a village nearby. It was "in fashion" for awhile in Belgium to buy old farmhouses and turn them into homes, with lots of gardens around it. Getting rit of old stable buildings for gardens or ponds, or turning them into garages fi.
That guy was demolishing one of the old stables close to the house when he discoverd an iron (little) chest under the wooden floor. The chest was filled with bronze, silver and golden coins. He reported it to local authorities. The works in and around the stable ware put on hold for awhile while scientists and historians searched for more. What he found ware coins from the Roman time. He put an ad in newspapers, looking for family of the people who previously owned the farm. - The story had made newspapers anyway.
No one replied. And after no more was found he was declared legally owner and "sold" the treasure to the goverment (they take and leave you with leftovers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />). He prolly didn't had a choice anyway. They prolly claimed it as national heritage. Some of the coins are on display now in differend musea around the country. I'm sure the goverment made good use of the rest. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

- on a side note
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You should take people to the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> The oldest city of Belgium. Remember?
I only remembered becouse I know a few of those coins are there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />
And that while the village I live in is build on an acient Roman site too. And we have the remains of 3 cassles and one abbey from the middle ages here. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />
But a little village doesn't has the funds to restore those, let alone turning them into toerist atractions.

I see that some people need to fresh up their memory! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Don't worry Seth, it would be my honour if you want to be our guide when we arrive there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> After we saw Gent, I was planning on showing Antwerp. From there we can go to Tongeren if you like. Just keep an eye on the tread!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

Scientific Article faked - with success ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4449651.stm

The article : http://www.pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/rooter.pdf

Heh, yeah I can believe that, I seem to remember some years ago in Melbourne, a few Journalists got to gether donned blue Overalls, Hired a huge Car Transporter, drove to the nearly opened Car exhibition Centre and preoceeded to load all the Cars from the Ford stand on the Transporter then drove them down to the Police station, in an interview 1 of the Journalist said they had done it to show how slack the security in the building was <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I still remember an event years ago at Melbourne University. Workers were working on the tram tracks outside of the university. A group fo students went to them to warn them that another group of students were going to dress up like police officers and ask them to remove themselves from their worksite and not to worry about them. They then called the police and told them that a group of students were causing traffic problems by pretending to work on the tram tracks. They then went and got some popcorn and a good seat.

You could be sitting on a fortune. Here is a list of ten valuables most likely to be left in people's attics.

Toy Cars – Dinky and Corgi toys from the 1970’s are rapidly increasing in
value. Classics include: a Dinky Vulcan bomber aeroplane worth over £1,000;
Corgi’s model of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB6 which has made as much as
£900 at auction; Corgi’s set of Chipperfield Circus vehicles and models of
“Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang“.

Toy Dolls – Not so much the plastic figures manufactured in the 1960’s and
1970’s (although even some of these are increasing in value), but those with
china heads made earlier on and hidden away in a cupboard for years due to
their fragile nature.

Toy Teddy Bears – Especially by German manufacturer Steiff. The old, early
and unusual versions with a particular type of plush, pads, stitching or
integral growling mechanism are of particular value.

Picture frames – check any inherited paintings more carefully. Sometimes the
frame can be worth more than what it is surrounding and there are specialist
dealers in St James in London selling nothing other than valuable picture
frames.

Asian Art – Often an item of Asian Art (which can extend from China to Japan
through Thailand, Korea, the rest of South East Asia and India) that appears
to be very plain and simple can in fact be very early in its date of
manufacture and valuable. The majority of Oriental items sold to British
people on holiday or working in places like Hong Kong as being “genuine”
frequently turn out to have been made a short time before sale, but there
will always be a few items that actually were and are “genuine” and now
worth considerable sums of money.

Post War Designer Furniture – Despite the current vogue for reproductions of
classic contemporary furniture designs by names the likes of Charles and Ray
Eames, it is worth remembering that there are many un-sung or lesser known
heroes of this genre – such as Carlo Mollino or Ettore Sottsass who are now
commanding high prices.

Silver with rare Hallmarks – such as the assay offices of Dublin, Exeter or
even Norwich as opposed to the more usual hallmarks of London, Birmingham
and Sheffield, as well as the marks of more collectible silversmiths like
Omar Ramsden.

Glass Paperweights from around the world – The most famous names are
Baccarat, St Louis and Clichy but North America is also a major centre for
the production of extremely valuable glass paperweights. Two names that are
still producing fine paperweights in the US are Paul Stankard and Debbie
Tarsitano.

Stamps – people often inherit lots of correspondence when elderly relatives
die and this may include stamps, which have now become collectors’ items.

Books – Books are always worth checking carefully. Whilst a first edition
with a personalised inscription by the author speaks volumes, a lesser-known
tome with a flaking leather cover and possibly written in Latin may be more
of a challenge.

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PICO RIVERA, California (AP) -- It's not easy living on Dork Street -- just ask Mario Saucedo.


"I had a resume kicked back because someone thought I was kidding," said Saucedo, who has lived on the street in this suburb about a dozen miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles for eight years.

Ester Avetisian, who moved there 18 years ago, said she might have thought twice if there had been a sign in those days marking the road tucked into what is still a semi-rural section of town where people keep goats and chickens in their back yards.

"I didn't know the name until my husband and I were signing (mortgage) papers," Avetisian recalled. "I was pretty shocked when I found out."

Still, most residents have learned to grin and bear the jokes.

"It's pretty funny," said Clyde Parra, who has lived on Dork Street for eight years. "When I go to cash a check at the store, people ask me if I'm a dork."

Officials say there is no record at City Hall explaining how the street got its distinctive moniker, but residents believe it was named after someone called Dork. It first appeared on a Los Angeles County tract map in 1936.

"It's obviously historic, and it seems like streets named for last names are the norm in that area," city spokesman Bob Spencer said.