35-year-old Anthony Armatys had about the best job anyone could have. He had almost 5 years worth of paychecks deposited into his account from a New Jersey company that he didn't work for. Armatys took a job with telecommunications company Avaya Inc. in September 2002, then changed his mind. The company's computer system liked him so much however it never removed his name from the payroll. Prosecutors say that he received more than $470,000 in paychecks.

Judge a man by his clothing.

boombaard writes "News is spreading quickly here that scientists writing in a popular science periodical (Dutch) have debunked the 2012 date (google translation linked) featuring so prominently in doomsday predictions/speculation across the web. On 2012-12-21, the sun will appear where you would normally be able to see the 'galactic equator' of the Milky Way; an occurrence deemed special because it happens 'only' once every 25.800 years, on the winter solstice. However, even if you ignore the fact that there is no actual galactic equator, just an observed one, and that the visual effect is pretty much the same for an entire decade surrounding that date, there are major problems with the way the Maya Calendar is being read by doomsday prophets." I wonder what Amazon's return policy on a box full of 3 doomsday wolves shirts is?

New Jersey's David Smith has built a model train that is 35,200 times smaller than the real thing. It took months to build and the locomotive only cost about $11.

Researches say that today is really unproductive.

Fotograf writes "Yahoo's latest embarrassment seems like a sign that the company is just trying too hard to be cool. The latest debacle is earning the company some additional publicity. After Yahoo hosted Taiwan Open Hack Day, a special event for engineers and developers that was held last weekend, a series of photos found their way onto the internet — as ill-thought out decisions often do. Yahoo offered lap dances to the attendees of the hack event. Since the pictures have come out the company has decided to apologize."

yog writes "An assistant at a grocery store in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, was ordered by the Performing Right Society (PRS) to obtain a performer's license and to pay royalties because she was informally singing popular songs while stocking groceries. The PRS later backed down and apologized. This after the same store had turned off the radio after a warning from the PRS. We have entered an era where music is no longer an art for all to enjoy, but rather a form of private property that must be regulated and taxed like alcohol. 'Music to the ears' has become 'dollars in the bank'."

29-year-old Eric Williamson is facing indecent exposure charges after a passerby spotted the man naked in his kitchen making coffee. A spokesman for the Fairfax County Police said officers arrested Williamson because they believe he wanted to be seen naked by the public. Williamson says, "Yes, I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me." I have to agree with Eric. It's not like he was doing anything potentially dangerous like working a waffle iron without clothes first thing in the morning.

Westword, an "alternative" newspaper in Denver, has placed an ad for a medicinal marijuana reviewer. The paper has been running reviews by a staff writer, but the writer "wanted to return to the day job," opening up the position. Applicants must write a short essay on "What Marijuana Means To Me," and a MacGyver-like ability to make a bong out of common household objects is a plus.

Australian police were able to use blood DNA from a leech to convict a man of a 2001 armed robbery. Peter Alec Cannon had picked up a leech near a safe at the scene of the crime. Forensic scientists took a sample of blood from the leech and that DNA profile was found to be a match to Cannon's after he was arrested and charged for another crime. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling scientists and that mangy Annelida.

If you're in the market for a set of slightly used gold teeth the Nashville Police Department has just the thing for you. The police are auctioning off a "set of custom made teeth grills," confiscated from a perp. The grill is made of 10 karat yellow gold, and is set with six topaz stones and two citrine stones. Officials say the grill has been thoroughly cleaned by a jeweler.

German police are investigating the kebab sauce from a stand in Bremen's central train station to determine if it is so spicy that it is capable of causing grievous bodily harm. The kebab salesman threw some of the sauce into the eyes of a customer during a fight over napkins. "Legally, the question of whether the spiciness of the kebab sauce constituted 'normal' or grievous bodily harm must be addressed," local police said. Sounds like everyone can skip this week's CSI Bremen.

32-year-old Aleh Kot couldn't decide if he wanted a 2010 Honda Accord he saw at a dealership in West Springfield, Massachusetts so he took it, and a salesman on a 15 hour trip to Wisconsin. Kot reached speeds in excess of 120mph during his test drive. The salesman was able to escape when the car was stuck in traffic, but Kot was not caught until Wisconsin State Patrol pulled him over 20 miles north of the Illinois state line. “For him not to be stopped by a state trooper until then is astonishing. We’re just glad they caught him and our salesman was not injured,” said Larry Bass, general manager for Balise Honda.

Laurent Vernet has a taste for beef, such a good taste for it that he can tell gender, maturation, breed, feed, time of year the cow died and whether it was under stress prior to slaughter with one bite of steak. "There's almost no science involved. I've met farmers and butchers who can immediately identify the same things I can, but they do it informally," he says. The real question is, can he tell where a can of Beefaroni was packaged by taste?

someyob writes 'From the article, "Astronomers at the University of Western Ontario have recovered a golf-ball sized fragment of a meteorite that hit an SUV in southern Ontario." First of all, no one was hurt. With that out of the way, (a) do we need more proof SUVs are too big, and/or (b) is this a message of some kind?'

In an attempt to win the coveted worst samaritan/friend award, a group of climbers abandoned their disabled friend not once, but twice, on a mountain climbing trip. The group was carrying their wheelchair-bound friend on a sponsored charity climb up Mount Snowdon in North Wales. Before reaching the top, the group decided the handicapped man was too heavy to carry any more, so they left him behind while they continued to the peak. Unfortunately, this final push also left the compassionately challenged group unable to bring the man and his wheelchair back down. Rescuers were called in to save the man and hopefully find him some better friends. Climber Dave Morrell, 44, who saw the rescue, said, "The poor bloke was sitting there in his wheelchair for quite a while. It was a bit mean of them to leave him there while they carried on to the top. But other climbers went over to talk to him. He was just getting very cold."

Dan Seddiqui has spent the past year fighting a one man war on unemployment. After being unable to get a job and finding himself around $150,000 in debt, Dan came up with a scheme in which he would take a year going state to state and trying out the career that each state was most famous for. His favorite job was bartending in Louisiana during the middle of Mardi Gras, and he would be happy to never work on a lobster boat for the rest of his life. Dan learned a lot about people and the country on his journey. Most importantly he learned that publishers are falling over themselves to get the rights to his book. After writing his memoirs, Dan plans on becoming a dietician, a job that he did for a week while in Mississippi.

The city of Stockholm has an interesting way of dealing with the thousands of rabbits killed every year to protect trees and shrubbery in the city’s parks. The bunnies are transported to a special heating plant, where the bodies are burned as a form of bioenergy. Last year Stockholm burned over 6,000 bunny briquettes. As to be expected many animal rights activists say they would rather go cold. "Those who support the culling of rabbits surely think it's good to use the bodies for a good cause. But it feels like they're trying to turn the animals into an industry rather than look at the main problem," said Anna Johannesson of Vilda kaniners ("Society for the Protection of Wild Rabbits").

Philips Electronics, a Netherlands-based company, has come up with a device designed to protect day traders from emotionally based trading decisions. The Rationalizer measures your galvanic skin response and lets you know when you are under stress. An online trader can then take a "time-out, wind down and re-consider their actions," according to the company. This may have come too late for us, but at least future generations won't have to live through the horror of angry day trading.

Police have arrested a South Carolina teen and charged him throwing a deadly missile at a moving vehicle. The "deadly missile" in this case just happens to be a burrito. According to the police report, the teen threw the burrito at an oncoming Honda, leaving the car's windshield cracked and the driver covered in refried beans. The victim suffered no injury as a result of being struck by the burrito as he had once taken a class about defending yourself from fresh fruit and Mexican food.