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Robert Kahre, who owns numerous construction businesses in Las Vegas, is standing trial on 57 counts of income tax evasion, tax fraud and criminal conspiracy. If convicted on most counts, he could live out his life in prison. But attorney William Cohan paints Kahre as an American "hero" who believes his payroll system helped keep the U.S. monetary system sound, and was also a form of legal tax avoidance. A self-made entrepreneur, Kahre, 48, paid his workers in gold and silver coin, and said they could go by the coins' face value -- rather than the much higher market value of their precious metal content -- for federal tax purposes. He did not withhold taxes from the…

The Happy Gilmore tee shot tested Sport Science recently tested to see whether professional golfer Padraig Harrington could drive the ball further than normal by employing a Happy Gilmore swing. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguFY0DDoAU&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Sport Science Happy Gilmore[/ame] The good stuff doesn't get going until around 3:00. The running swing technique increased Harrington's distance by an average of 30 yards but his accuracy suffered. The split-screen view of his stationary and running swings is amazing...it's the same swing. http://kottke.org/09/04/the-happy-gilmore-tee-shot-tested

I hate Manchester United. !! :angry:

A man drove a Rolls-Royce through the window of a Tesco supermarket yesterday after staff at the store refused to sell him alcohol. Six woman were injured as the glass windows shattered and shelves came crashing down. Two check-out counters were demolished. Witnesses said that the man had come into the store in Andover, Hampshire, at around 4.30pm to buy alcohol but had been turned away because he was already drunk. Minutes later, he drove at the store front in his luxury silver saloon. Although he failed to break through on his first attempt, he reversed, revved and came back for a second try. One Tesco worker described yesterday how the man had reversed a lo…

Any Travian players here? I've joined it some months ago and i like it, although at the beginning is very slow... :uhoh:

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Residents of 'Butt Hole Road' club together to change street's unfortunate name By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:24 AM on 26th May 2009 Comments (14) Add to My Stories In the end, the constant jokes were just too much to take for the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road. Groups of youths used to visit the street and bare their backsides for photographs while many delivery firms simply refused to believe it existed. And coachloads of amused American tourists frequently turned up to view the sign after it appeared in a US book. And so despairing households in the suburban street in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, decided that the r…

California Supreme Court outlaws gay marriage sparking outrage among liberals By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 9:15 PM on 26th May 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories California's top court has backed the will of the people as expressed in a referendum and banned gay marriage. The ruling came as a major blow to California’s much-vaunted reputation as a liberal trendsetter. It was hailed as a victory for democracy by conservatives who praised California’s Supreme Court justices for backing the voice of the people. Anger: Protesters comfort each other after hearing that judges had upheld a ban on gay marriage in California The…

Horse 'hunk' spends three hours at Katie Price's house... as distraught Pete reveals he has lost a stone since split By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:04 AM on 26th May 2009 Comments (32) Add to My Stories Meeting: Andrew Gould, pictured last week, spent three hours at Katie Price's house in Surrey yesterday The dressage coach at the centre of Katie Price and Peter Andre's break-up spent three hours with the model at her house yesterday. Married Andrew Gould, who insists their friendship is innocent, arrived at Katie's home in Woldingham, Surrey, at 4pm and declined to comment when he left at 7pm. Mr Gould, who runs a stables…

Hello, I just got a Twitter account and I'm not quite sure how to work it...help?

I heard this on the news today but I don't think it's true! I'm currently reading his auto-biography and from what he's written he truly loves Victoria...and I don't think he'd do that to his sons...he loves them way too much

Rise of the thugettes: Quarter of ALL violent assaults in Britain are now carried out by women By Matthew Hickley Last updated at 7:37 AM on 26th May 2009 Comments (62) Add to My Stories A quarter of all violent assaults in England and Wales are now carried out by women. The shocking figures, police believe, can be put down to binge-drinking and the so-called 'ladette culture'. Officers say young women are increasingly challenging their male counterparts when it comes to drunken yobbishness and booze-fuelled brawling. Violence is now the most common reason for women in England and Wales to be arrested, recently overtaking theft and han…

New York celebrates new era as cars are banished from Times Square By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 12:14 AM on 26th May 2009 Comments (4) Add to My Stories New Yorkers have taken to the streets - and without fear of having to dodge cars - as the iconic Times Square banned motor vehicles today. As part of a plan to make the Big Apple nicer to live in, the Department of Transportation has banned cars from stretches of Broadway at Times Square and at Herald Square - near Macy's flagship department store. The move is set to last until the end of the year at least. Enlarge New Yorkers fill Times Square without fear of dodging tra…

:lol: Great Man, this Rowan Atkinson! Ive already seen each episode 20 times and i still laugh.

I think this man deserves a thread :D He's a great radio DJ, TV man, Writer and if you don't know he's the guy that wrote the story of the film "Yes man", which he actually lived through, responding to everything with the word "Yes" Anyone else a fan?

Two years, £500,000 and 178 pages to tell us that we want our trains to be on time and uncrowded By Martin Delgado Last updated at 8:35 AM on 24th May 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories It was the biggest-ever study of overcrowding on Britain’s railways, taking two years and costing the taxpayer £500,000 as commuters were secretly filmed as they struggled in to work. But last night the 178-page report for the Rail Safety and Standards Board was condemned as ‘an astonishing exercise in rehashing the blindingly obvious’ – for revealing people are happiest when trains are on time and they can sit down. Cattle truck conditions: The study fou…

i guess that's the right name and title. :uhoh: well i'm sure that problem happen to more people, so i guess someone can give me a clue why it fails. each time i open the direct access i have on my desktop to my user folder, i can access the other carpets but it uses to give a failure message (and closes the window), when i open or modify a open office document. (no matter the version or format it is). that's very annoying. anyone knows why it happen? because when i open any other folder, no problem, but this one :confused: and i know is not caused for a virus. so i guess must be new OO version interferes with the other programme that gives access to the fo…

Navy warships dispatched as Spain invades seas around Gibraltar By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:26 AM on 24th May 2009 Comments (104) Add to My Stories Royal Navy warships have forced heavily armed Spanish ships to retreat from British waters around Gibraltar. Relations between the 30,000 residents of the British outpost and mainland Spain have become strained following what the Foreign Office described as 'a violation of British sovereignty'. The warships were dispatched after Spanish ships sent boarding parties to inspect fishing boats in British waters, despite having no authority to do so. DISPUTE: Inhabitants are concern…

Now drinkers must wait in 'post office-style' queues at their local pub By Martin Delgado and Sarah Bridge Last updated at 10:46 PM on 23rd May 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories 'Nanny state': Barriers similar to those used in banks and post offices will soon be used in pubs Drinkers in pubs are to be told to stand in a queue and banned from ordering more than two drinks at a time at the bar. Rope barriers similar to those used in shops and post offices will be installed to keep customers in line. The plan has been proposed following concern over disorder and violence in a town centre's bars. The two-drink limit is intended to…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpsBM1rmx-M]YouTube - Military Time: Obama--contractors in security-force[/ame] "You are privatizing something that is what essentially sets a nation-state apart, which is the monopoly on violence." You won't hear such honesty coming from Obama or any other president again in your lifetime. It's amazing they caught it on video.

TMZ has confirmed reports that actor Patrick Swayze is suffering from cancer. Swayze's publicist issued the following statement to TMZ: "Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment." The statement continues, "Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. Th…

For some reason I cannot play videos on YouTube!! The whole screen just wont show up on any YT page I load up!!!! I have installed the latest JavaScript and the newest Adobe Flash Player and still the actual main video doesnt show up and even when I click the small thumbnail video stills the main video screen doesnt come up!!! It just doesnt show up on the page!!!! I am registered on that site and yet i cant even subscribe 2 any videos or channels!! Can someone help me please???? Thanks!!!!:D:D:D

I'm looking for video of Kobe Bryant's 81 point performance against the Raptors a coupla years ago. All the torrents I've found are under-seeded, and the only video I've seen is pretty low quality. Thank you :D

I'm not sure if there is already a topic, or if this is the right place so let me know. The semi-finals are over and the final is today/tomorrow depending where you are. Who do you think will win? Who did you want to see get to the final? In the first semi I was going for Switzerland and Macedonia, but they didn't get through:( In the second I liked Serbia, but they didn't get through either.

The DL from Coldplay.com comes as WinRAR, how do I get that into iTunes? I could probably figure it out but I'm far too lazy.