Thursday, May 24, 2007

More Tabloid News from Michigan

Man fined for using free Wi-fi. Picked up in the Netherlands as international high tech irony.

20-Story Michigan Building on Sale on eBay. Our real estate market is so weak that if you are trying to sell the tallest building in Battle Creek, eBay is your best chance of reaching someone, anyone, who can buy it! The owner says eBay is a good tool that "reaches a whole lot of people." Well, yes.

Canadian with Beaver Dam Bombs is Detained in US.
The Ontario man, held and questioned by US Customs officials, claimed he used the suspicious device to blow up beaver dams along his trap line. According to the Soo Evening News, the beaver dam story was not confirmed, so why did WTOL in Toledo make that the story?