Archive for June 26th, 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009
The serial rapist who judicial officials believe has preyed on at least seven women including a 16-year old girl is still walking the streets in Puerto Viejo, they said.
Agents believe they know who the rapist is, said a judicial official Wednesday. But the one case that may have enough evidence for a conviction, hasn’t even gotten the suspect in preventative detention. Instead the suspect must simply sign in to the prosecutor every 15 days, said a court spokeswoman.
In January of 1997, a court sentenced the suspect, Rolando Alonso Brown Humphreys, to 13 years in prison for rape. Brown only served six of those 13 years, said Guillermo Bermúdez, the regional director of the Judicial Investigation Organization in Limón. “His sentence was probably cut in half for good behavior. He may have swept the floors and helped clean,” said Bermúdez. Brown was released in 2003.
Since 2003, eight women have reported rapes or attempted rapes in the Puerto Viejo area, said Bermúdez. Three of the reported rapes were this year, said the Limón judicial director. (more…)
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Colorado securities regulators have warned a Costa Rican company to stop peddling exotic trees over the Internet to Colorado investors interested in reforesting portions of the Central American country.
The state on Thursday issued a cease-and-desist order against Finca Leola, its manager Fred Morgan of Alajuela, Costa Rica, and Boulder salesman Gregory Fitzpatrick.
According to the state’s allegation, the company was improperly seeking investors over the Internet to buy mahogany and teakwood trees.
The pitch: Investors were told they would have title to the trees planted in the country until they are harvested over a period of 12 to 25 years. They are promised an annual return in addition to ownership of a “socially responsible” investment.
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
TheE! channel has announced that they will no longer allow Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt news. The network posted a poll online asking the viewers to vote on whether the couple should be banned or not. An astounding 94% voted for the ban.
The ban went into effect on June 22nd. The network has said they will still report on the couple but only if it’s actual news. The examples given are: “she gets knocked up, he falls off a cliff, or –heaven help us- her album goes to Number 1.”
The couple’s rep told New York Daily News that they were unable to comment because they were in Costa Rica but “it’s not worth a comment.” The couple has recently been working overtime, trying to get as much exposure as they possibly can, from the reality show, I’m a celebrity, get me out of here.
The couple hasn’t released any comments on the ban yet but it would be surprising if they are silent for long. Hopefully, the network will be the first of many to adopt this ban. Would anybody really miss their faces forcing themselves into the limelight?
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. There is no time like the present, he said it was time to present the present.
8. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object.
11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
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