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Police sometimes use "bait cars" to catch car prowlers, but the captured criminals are often only charged with attempted grand larceny or something, and many don't even get jail time - they get probation. However, what if police fielded some normal-looking but armored cars, sent them to the...

It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...

It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...

It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...

It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...

Every time I go back to China (I have been there six times since the year 1998, when I was just a kid), there seem to be more roads, more vehicles on the road, and also FANCIER, more expensive vehicles. In 1998, few private citizens had cars, and many of the cars were very cheap used Soviet...

New Orleans has 40 murders so far this year, and had 165 murders last year, for only 343,000 people. That's a murder rate of 52 (per 100,000 people per year). Absolutely insane. The US national average is 5.0. Rome's murder rate is 0.34. Vancouver is 1.5. London is 1.57. Vienna is 1.1. New York...

It's kind of gay, but a magazine did a poll a few years ago about the hottest men in the history of rock music, and this was their top 10: 1. Nuno Bettencourt (guitarist, Extreme) 2. Mike Patton (vocalist, Faith No More) 3. Paul Simonon (guitarist, The Clash) 4. Kip Winger (vocalist, Winger)...

It's kind of gay, but a magazine did a poll a few years ago about the hottest men in the history of rock music, and this was their top 10: 1. Nuno Bettencourt (guitarist, Extreme) 2. Mike Patton (vocalist, Faith No More) 3. Paul Simonon (guitarist, The Clash) 4. Kip Winger (vocalist, Winger)...

...pepper spray? I've tried both, and while uncomfortable, the pain isn't THAT bad. I would much rather get sprayed in the face and eyes with mace OR pepper (capsaicin) spray rather than eating another couple jolokia peppers, which I have also done on a dare. THAT nearly caused me to choke due...

with the daughter of a client? Obviously, it would be unethical to trade an intimate relationship with a client for payment. But let's say that the attorney is a good-looking younger dude, and the client is a lady in her late 40's. And he has no interest in her, but she happens to have a...

They have been trying to do this for decades, but without much success. This is a problem, since the European pickup truck market is worth a lot of money, if they can get a piece of it. Right now, the five best-selling pickup trucks for the EU market (there are 27 EU countries right now) are...

This is shocking news! How can something like this happen in a country like Iraq??? http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20101212-308549/6-police-among-8-killed-in-Iraq-suicide-attack "A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives in the center of the western Iraqi...

It seems like every time gas goes over $3 per gallon, people start whining again. They complain that prices are "too expensive." But why? First of all, $3 or $4 or $5 per gallon is not THAT expensive. Gas is $8 per gallon right now in Norway, and people there are doing just fine. If you...

Okay, I admit that today's game was pretty entertaining, but these aren't even BCS-series teams. In fact, I don't even think that the Ivy League lets its football teams compete in the Div-IAA playoffs. Why is this game still carried on national television? Does it actually get decent ratings...