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Month: March 2012

How facebook could land you in jail…

A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won’t be locked up even though he stopped making amends early.

Mark Byron agreed to begin posting the apology last month to avoid jail but later said the ruling violated his freedom of speech. He stopped posting the apology after 26 days, but Judge Jon Sieve, of Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court, determined Monday that he had posted it long enough, and Byron wasn’t jailed.


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Best Dine & Dash – Have a few drinks jump off a Skyscraper

Restaurant owner Shannon Bennett said the four men – wearing business suits – walked into the venue’s Lui Bar with travel suitcases and ordered Negroni cocktails before throwing themselves off the building.

“Basically, four guys came upstairs with parachutes hidden underneath their jackets,” Mr Bennett said. “One went to the bathroom, followed by the rest, straight out to the balcony and pretty much jumped straight off.”


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Why Won’t Wireless Companies Help Stop Cell Phone Thefts?

Police say it is an epidemic across the country and only getting worse: Tens of thousands of smartphones stolen every year. And yes, it gets violent: Many victims are beaten, bruised and hospitalized. Authorities say there’s an easy fix, a way to stop these criminals in their tracks right now. But, they say, the wireless companies are blocking it — to protect their profits.

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