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How about just being HONEST when pulled over. This guy brought this on himself. Omission IS deception 99.9% of the time. How being CONVICTED of a DUI to this guy is NOT a crime is beyond me. Idiot, plain and simple.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 11:11 AM) I guess I'm not ready to give up on innocent until proven guilty. BTW, he had an explaination. Bang, bang, bang.... You win. He initially LIED... The government claimed that “the dog’s alert, along with the large amount of cash that was seized, the circumstances of Gonzolez’s travel, and Gonzolez’s initial false denials that he was carrying cash or that he had a criminal history, showed that the currency was substantially connected to a drug transaction,” according to the court analysis. Friends and relatives of Mr. Gonzolez testified that they had given him money from their savings so that he could buy a refrigerated truck for their produce business, and Mr. Gonzolez said he didn’t mention the cash to officers because he was “scared” and he said he had no arrest record because he didn’t think a DUI was considered a crime. Probable cause because of his own actions. Common sense would have likely saved him some trouble...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 11:04 AM) I would agree. But should that be enough to have the government seize their property until they can prove themselves innocent? If I was stupid enough to be carrying around that much money without explaination I would not mind the hassle. It's common sense for me.

So.. The gal that sits right outside the office from me raves about having lost 55lbs over the past year. This morning, like most mornings around here, someone brings in a sweet. Today it's a chocolate cake. Delores nearly falls over herself to get the first slice which is roughly the size of my hand and loudly states… "I'll walk an extra 5 minutes on the treadmill TONIGHT…" Oye...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 10:37 AM) The court ruled that the most obvious reason to carry large amounts of cash is because you are involved in drugs. That sounds like guilty until proven innocent. Of all the folks caught carrying large sums of cash... I would bet high that most of them are breaking the law in some way, shape, or form.

Tit, tat, tit, tat... Regardless, your thread title is misleading. He was not charged with a crime, thus it's not illegal to carry "too much" cash. His property was detained for reasons some (many IMO) would call reasonable.

QUOTE(beautox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:47 AM) Saturday the 24th after we loose our final home game against Seatle. Which one... Saturday, or the 24th....?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:32 AM) Too bad, I was looking forward for an opportunity to b**** at Ozzie. I'll take a list. Can you just see me at the mike... "And this one is from Rowand44 @ Soxtalk... ", "Next we have this comment from Aboz in St Louis..."

I was just about to comment on the other factors in his case, and that the 8th Circuit reversed the district court.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 08:52 AM) There had to be something, because US Air had him on their lists. My point was, I think it is funny that AA was upset that they were pegged as having flagged Atta. To me I think it is a better thing that US Air at least did something right, vs AA who had no clue. I don't know the upside of wanting everyone to know that you were MORE incompetitant than less. Perhaps they wanted to be sure it was known that THEY were not informed therefor THEY had no idea he should be watched possibly preventing his part of the attack...? If I'm them and they are accused of having him pegged, but did nothing, I'd be screaming "oh no we didn't" as well. If they did know, and did nothing, hello wrongfull death lawsuit maybe.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2584838 Indiana coach Hoeppner to undergo brain surgery INDIANAPOLIS -- Terry Hoeppner walked into the room, looked around at the long faces and broke the silence by blowing his whistle. "Come on guys, let's go, wake up in here," he shouted. It was typical Hoeppner -- light and optimistic on a day most others would consider grim. Hoeppner announced he would have brain surgery Wednesday morning in Bloomington and would miss the next two to four weeks of Indiana's season. It's the second time in less than nine months Hoeppner has needed the procedure, although doctors were uncertain whether the new growth is a recurrence of the tumor that was removed in December. Assistant head coach Bill Lynch will replace Hoeppner on an interim basis. Hoeppner said he and his family are hoping for the best -- that it's simply scar tissue. "That's what our prayer is," Hoeppner said Tuesday, as his wife, Jane, watched from the front row. "These tests, as I've come to find out, give them a pretty good indication of whether it's enough of a possibility either way. We don't want to sit around and see what it is three to six months from now." He still tried to keep the mood light. At times, the 59-year-old Hoosiers coach drew laughter with his jokes. At other times, he poked fun at himself, once even pointing to his head so photographers could get a good shot. Through it all, though, he demonstrated the optimism that prompted Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan to hire him. "Hey, we're all day to day," he said. "You know, it's two weeks to the Big Ten season. That's my goal." Hoeppner has had periodic checkups and scans since the first surgery. On Friday, he had another MRI. Doctors got the results back over the weekend, but Hoeppner said they waited to meet with him until Monday -- after the Hoosiers rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat Ball State 24-23, their biggest comeback since 2002. Neurosurgeon Marshall Poor said in a written statement there was evidence of a possible recurrent tumor. Initially, Hoeppner wanted to wait until after the season to have surgery, but doctors urged him to act sooner. "It made sense to get it done ASAP," he said. He hopes to be back on the sideline for the Hoosiers' Big Ten opener against Wisconsin on Sept. 30, but that decision will rest with the doctors. "My dad went through this seven, eight years," offensive lineman Justin Frye said. "From an insider's aspect, I know a lot what they're going through but at the same time, I don't." Among those attending the news conference included Hoeppner's assistants and a few boosters including rock star John Mellencamp, a longtime supporter of Hoosiers athletics. "I'm here to support him," Mellencamp said. "He's a good guy." Since having surgery last winter, and taking time off the recruiting trail, Hoeppner appeared to be doing well. Even Tuesday, Hoeppner said he felt good -- a vast difference from the headaches that first prompted him to seek medical treatment in December. The Hoosiers were 4-7 in Hoeppner's first season and are 2-0 for the third straight year. Hoeppner is 54-32 in seven-plus seasons as a head coach. Lynch has an overall record of 81-67-3 in 14 seasons as a head coach, including eight years at Ball State.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2585781 GREELEY, Colo. -- The University of Northern Colorado's reserve punter was arrested Tuesday, accused of stabbing his rival in his kicking leg. Mitch Cozad, a sophomore from Wheatland, Wyo., allegedly attacked starting punter Rafael Mendoza in a parking lot in Evans on Monday night, Evans police Lt. Gary Kessler said. Mendoza, the Bears' first-string punter from Thornton, was treated and released from the North Colorado Medical Center Monday night. Coach Scott Downing said Mendoza will not punt for UNC in Saturday's game at Texas State University. "I don't know how long he'll be out because I haven't talked to the doctor," Downing said. Cozad, Mendoza and freshman Zak Bigelow had been in a three-way race for the starting punter's job in preseason training. Mendoza has averaged 37.6 yards per punt on nine punts in the two games so far this season. Cozad is facing second-degree assault charges and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a bond hearing. He was suspended from the team, evicted from his residence and expelled from school on Tuesday, The Greeley Tribune reported. Good grief...

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) I don't want to have this end to my first ever full sports season in HS. I keep forgetting how young some of you guys are. That totally sucks GP. Hopefully it's not a sports ending injury though and you'll bounce back good as new. Hang in there.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 07:36 AM) I agree. Being speared, you mean, right? My sympathies lie with the fish, not the azzhole who tried to take him out. I'm sure that sounds callous, but there's a shortage of large jewfish (= "goliath grouper" in the PC world), but no shortage of azzholes who'd spear every last one of them if given the chance. Both. I don't quite "get" fishing for fun.

Praying for Tom Cruise Stephen Baldwin says he is praying for Tom Cruise’s soul. “On the Hollywood list of people I pray for often, Tom Cruise is probably No. 1,” the youngest of the Baldwin brothers told Radar Online. “I’d love to break bread with him and pray with him, and I’d love for the Holy Spirit of God to reveal the truth to him.” Baldwin also says that Cruise is a “very different guy” from the person he was when they worked together on “Born on the Fourth of July.” “That regular Joe quality seems to have been lost,” Says Baldwin. “When you buy enough of your own hype, then it’s not who you are anymore.” The born-again Baldwin has written a book about spirituality, “The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith,” but when asked by Radar Online to name the Ten Commandments after much fumbling came up with only six. He was totally stumped when asked to name the seven deadly sins.

I'm soooo looking forward to flying to Hawaii... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14809852/ Man subdued by other travelers, air marshals after unruly behavior Updated: 1:15 a.m. CT Sept 13, 2006 CHANTILLY, Va. - A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said. United Airlines Flight 890 from Los Angeles landed as scheduled at Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:35 p.m., said Amy Kudwa, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman. No one was injured. Ken Wolfenberger, of Whittier, Calif., who was on the flight, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he helped subdue the unruly passenger. The man wore patches on his fatigues with special forces and jujitsu champion logos, Wolfenberger said. The man had been acting strangely for about 20 minutes, then sat up, wrapped belts around his hands and threw punches into the air, Wolfenberger said. Wolfenberger said he heard a flight attendant yell for help and tell the man, “Sir, get your hand off the handle.” “Any time you hear a flight attendant shout ‘please help,’ you worry that something pretty bad is going to happen,” he said. Air marshals on board Wolfenberger said the man was held down and punched by other passengers as he grabbed the man’s leg. Air marshals then came and took custody of the man. The passenger became unruly about 3½ hours into the flight, said United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy. “After the passenger was restrained, the pilot decided to land at Dulles,” McCarthy said. “It wasn’t an emergency landing.” Airport police and FBI agents met the flight and were interviewing the passenger, said FBI spokeswoman Debbie Wierman. There were 138 passengers and six crew members on board, McCarthy said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/od_nm/fish_dc Fish kills spear-fishing diver MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida diver shot a large grouper with a spear gun then apparently drowned when the fish sped into a hole, entangling the man in the line attached to the spear, investigators said Monday. The 42-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was free-diving in about 25 feet of water off the lower Florida Keys Saturday and speared a Goliath Grouper, Monroe County Sheriff's Detective Mark Coleman said. "It looks like the fish wrapped the line attached to the spear around the victim's wrist. The fish then went into a hole in a coral rock, effectively pinning the man to the bottom of the ocean," Coleman said in a news release. Police divers found the speared fish tightly wedged into the hole, with the man's body still tangled in the line, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Goliath Grouper are the largest members of the sea bass family and can weigh hundreds of pounds. What a horrible way to go.

Another update. When Joey was in the hospital and went into arrest we were right there and I couldn't watch for more than 30 seconds as they tried to save his little life. I can't imagine the pain she was feeling watching this unfold. Hope she's doing ok. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_en_...icole_smith_son Workers tried CPR to save Smith's son NASSAU, Bahamas - Police investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son said Tuesday that they had no evidence that he had suffered a heart attack or that drugs were involved. The 38-year-old reality TV star and former Playboy playmate found her son, Daniel, unresponsive Sunday morning in a chair in her hospital room, where she was recuperating from giving birth to a baby girl, and called for help, according to police. A hospital official said medical personnel performed CPR and other measures to try to save the young man. "Resuscitative efforts using advanced life-support protocol continued for 22 minutes without response," Barry Rassin, president and CEO of Doctors Hospital in Nassau, said at a news conference. Daniel Smith had arrived at the hospital late Saturday to visit his mother, and Rassin said hospital employees saw him "attending to his mother's comfort" during the night. Dr. Hubert Minnis, obstetrician for Anna Nicole Smith, said she had an "uneventful" Caesarean section at the private hospital on Thursday. "Both mother and baby are presently doing well," Minnis said at the press conference. Police said they were waiting for a pathologist's report to determine the cause of death. "We have got to give them time to do their job professionally and properly. I wait for them," said Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of the Royal Bahamian Police Force. The Nassau Guardian, citing unidentified sources, reported Monday that Daniel Wayne Smith had died of a heart attack. On Tuesday, the newspaper reported that a preliminary investigation found that Smith had antidepressants in his system. That report cited sources close to the case. Ferguson dismissed the reports. "That's just talk, we have no evidence at this time to suggest that," he told The Associated Press, when asked whether drugs had contributed to Smith's death. Earlier, the commissioner told People magazine that there was no evidence "at this time" that the young man had suffered a heart attack. It was unclear whether a coroner had completed the autopsy, or whether police would release the results.

Hopefully this can be solved and this family can get some closure. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_...boy_disappeared WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - More than two decades after 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while on his newspaper route and became one of the first missing children to be put on a milk carton, a potential new clue to his fate was literally dropped on his mother's doorstep. Inside an unmarked package more than two weeks ago were two photographs that Noreen Gosch says show her son bound and gagged. "When I saw them I could barely breathe," she said. One black-and-white shot shows Johnny on a bed, wearing the same sweat pants he had on when he vanished, the boy's mother says. She says the other photo, this one color, shows him in a similar pose with two unidentified boys who are also bound and gagged. Investigators with Iowa's Division of Criminal Investigation said they are analyzing the photos, trying to determine their authenticity, where they might have come from, and whether there are any fingerprints or DNA that can be lifted from them. "They don't appear to be doctored. It's the source of the photographs that we're looking at. Are they connected to any other cases? And is it Johnny Gosch in the photos?" said John Quinn, agent in charge of the case for the DCI. "It's a priority. Absolutely it is," Quinn said. "Were taking it very seriously. We have some promising leads in regards to information from the photographs." The freckle-faced, gap-toothed boy was last seen before daybreak on Sept. 5, 1982. His wagon, filled with copies of the Sunday paper, was discovered near his West Des Moines home, but there have been few solid clues since then. Police have said they believe he was abducted. Coming just a year after the highly publicized abduction of 6-year-old Adam Walsh in Florida, the disappearance of Johnny Gosch was seen as a similar watershed event. If it can happen in heartland Iowa, parents felt, it can happen anywhere. The case contributed to what some regard as an obsessive fear of children being abducted by strangers. Most kidnappings are committed by family members, not strangers, according to studies by the U.S. Justice Department. "Once every child becomes vulnerable, then it can become an obsession among all parents because it can happen to your child," said Paula S. Fass, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and author of "Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America." "The fear that parents now walk around with is unlike anything that we've experienced in the past." Noreen Gosch said she believes her son was taken by child pornographers and forced into sexual slavery. She has told authorities that her son showed up at her door in 1997 with a stranger. She said he told her he feared for his life and wouldn't give details about himself. No witnesses have corroborated her account. Johnny's father, now divorced from Gosch, has said he is not sure the visit ever occurred. Gosch said she also believes her son's disappearance is connected with the apparent kidnapping of a Des Moines boy, Eugene Martin, who vanished two years after Johnny. Like Johnny, Eugene was on his paper route in the early morning. Authorities say they are unsure if the two cases are connected. The National Center for Missing Children said it is examining the other boys in the photograph and trying to match them against its database of missing children. "These kids have parents someplace," Gosch said. "I'm sure they feel the same way I did. Hopefully we can do some good and give these parents some peace." Gosch, assistant manager at a Des Moines-area store, said she believes the pictures are real. But as for why they have surfaced now, she said: "I have no idea. I'm as shocked as anyone else." "I kept looking at Johnny's little face in the black-and-white photographs and I kept wondering if he was sitting there thinking, `Are they going to kill me? Will they find me?'" she said. "It really is so hard. Every time I look at them I practically get sick."

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 07:56 PM) So AA didn't even have him as a security risk... yeah, that makes me feel a lot better about American Airlines. Why would they have him as a risk in the first place? From what I have read, seen, heard, the g'ment had him pegged but did not communicate that info out. In reality, airlines see how many people pass their gates daily? Millions? Are they to be held responsible for knowing who possible terroists are? At some point the government has to have better communication with the airlines in nailing these people, no?

At first I thought (hoped) this was some terrible accident, but with the amount of medicine in this little ones system it seems on purpose. I wish people who don't want their kids anymore would just call someone to surrender them. There are so many people wanting to adopt and help this is so terrible. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/...story?track=rss Tribune staff reports Published September 12, 2006, 7:18 PM CDT Will County authorities have filed murder charges against a Joliet woman who they said forced her 19-month-old daughter to ingest an over-the-counter antihistamine commonly used to treat allergies, colds and hay fever. Sarah Campbell-Merker, 27, of the 900 block of Audrey Avenue, caused the January death of Jaycee Merker, State's Atty. James Glasgow said in a press release Tuesday. Campbell-Merker is accused of having the girl ingest diphenhydramine, knowing it created a strong possibility of death or great bodily harm, Glasgow said. Jaycee Merker's father found her dead in her crib on the morning of Jan. 10, Glasgow said. When police arrived, it was obvious the girl was dead "for some time," said Joliet Police Chief Fred Hayes. An autopsy determined that she died of "diphenhydramine intoxication," he said. An autopsy showed that the level of the medication given to the girl poisoned her "at a level toxic even for an adult," Hayes noted. Police and prosecutors conducted an "exhaustive investigation" of the incident before filing charges, Glasgow said. "I was profoundly saddened and troubled by the death of this innocent little girl." A judge on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for Campbell-Merker and set bail at $2 million. The woman surrendered to Joliet police Tuesday afternoon and was taken to the Will County jail, Glasgow said.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 10:31 PM) What's your opinion of him saying he wouldn't have thrown out the first pitch of the ALDS if he knew he wouldn't be brought back, and that he wouldn't have celebrated with the team as much? Those are the only comments he's ever made which really pissed me off. I think we can all agree that Frank's never been one with a way for words... With that said, I always separate the on field stuff from the off field stuff. It helps me enjoy the "game" more. I do think he was FOS though, and speaking with emotion versus common sense. QUOTE(My Dixie Normus @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 11:28 PM) His beefs with other players is well documented. He had more than one front page pissing match with managers and the front office. Suffice it to say, I was not a big fan of him off the field. On the field, the only criticism I have was that I thought we was too quick to take walks with runners in scoring position. There isn't much else to criticize obviously. I thought the guy was a whiney, me first jerk who was one hell of a tough out. Good for him and his success. But I will take Jim Thome in my clubhouse over Frank Thomas any day of the week. First, what does a beef with his manager have to do with his relationship with teammates? Second, who are these players? A google, ESPN.com, and Yahoo search is not supporting your assumptions. Third, you can only criticize that he took walks too quickly - pending any sort of verification of the other stuff you are posting about ... and that equals him being a clubhouse cancer?

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) Are you serious? Normal attendance at the Hyatt (exlcuding 2005) was about 10,000-12000 people throughout the weekend. Are you saying there's only going to be a few hundred tickets sold for each day? Just looking at the PH capasity for their biggest area it's in the 4K range. That's for meetings, weddings, etc, so I would guess it doesn't include the vendor space Soxfest has, and the signing and seminar areas. I wouldn't be surprised to see them cap ticket sales a bit lower than that per day.

Backing up statements with opinions doesn't mean much when the facts dispute you. The house building has nothing to do with his clubhouse manner. But for arguments sake... he hired a builder who used non union labor. He did not control what the builder did with his money. Paul later apologized several times saying he was out of line. How do you know what other players thought, and for s***s and giggles... who are those other players? His contract b****ing had nothing to do with his relationships with his teammates. Frank enjoyed plenty of popularity where it counted. At his home yard. And he paid the fans who supported him 10 fold. Just because he didn't bend over and kiss media ass ala Sammy Sosa has nothing to do with his behavior in the clubhouse.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 04:13 PM) "Please note, that SOXFEST passes must be purchased in addition to the hotel package" Wow. So for SoxFest 08, will we be required to be season-ticket holders in order to attend SoxFest? No. You will be required to buy a weekend HOTEL package. QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) something tells me that this will change when they are not selling enough 'weekend packages'. look for individual day tickets to go on sale as SoxFest gets closer. The capasity is roughly 1/5th of what it was at the Hyatt. QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 04:16 PM) I guess they want the angry second-guessers to pay through the nose for the privelege of spewing their bile at Sox management.