Man Dumped 1000's of Books on Highway, Blames Amazon An Arvada, Colorado man must pay $1,725 and was sentenced to 30 hours of community service because he dumped thousands of books along a busy highway. Glenn Pladsen told the Times-Call newspaper that he could not figure out a better way to get rid of them and did not think his actions had caused harm. The 62-year-old "literary litterbug" scattered the books—many of them romance novels—along a stretch of U.S. 287 south of Longmont. Pladsen entered
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The trial of 25 year old negro Tom Robinson, who was arrested for raping Mayella Ewell, has begun. Robinson, who had been arrested before for getting in a fight with another man, is now back facing the judicial system again. He served 30 days for his first crime. He has lawyered up with Atticus Finch. The public was invited to watch as the man who was being convicted was to be sentenced to death for a very serious crime. Horace Gilmer, the prosecutor, called for his witnesses, starting off with
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Investigation: We met the victim Marta Higuera who stated she ad been assualted by a female not known to her. Victim further stated the she was approached by female white blonde hair, approximately 40 years old, 505 , 135, wearing a white see through shirt, black pants NFD. park in between the Pool and the wash that runs along the 170 freeway at Valley Plaza Park. The suspect started a conversation with the victim in English, the victim told the suspect she didn't speak English that's when the
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The FBI is now investigating the death of Samantha Broberg after she fell off of a Carnival cruise ship this past weekend. This 33-year-old mother fell off of the Carnival cruise ship on Friday around 2 a.m. People shared that the FBI has now started an investigation into her death to make sure that no foul play occurred. The rumors are flying that there is more to this story than Carnival is telling. Samantha Broberg was on the 10th deck of the Carnival ship, and she was sitting on a deck railing
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The question that I wish to address is if any U.S. states have criminal laws regarding adultery or conception out of wedlock. Many Americans know that a long, long time ago, adultery was a sin and that the adulterer or adulteress would have been punished severely, even killed. Even in the 21st century, there are religions that stone people to death for cheating on their spouses. This is common knowledge. However, what most Americans do not realize is that adultery is still considered illegal in some
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The war reacts on everyone differently. Killing men is not an easy task from a distance but up close and personal it is almost impossible to commit and not feel bad. Paul Baumer finds himself in a situation where he must think fast to survive or be killed. Paul's quick reactions save his life but his mind was forever changed. Paul became very depressed from that moment and no one understood his pain. Paul was stuck in a situation where he was stuck with a soldier from the opposing side and his fast
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Is it possible heroines committed suicide and were honored by the ancient Greeks? Based on my findings and understanding, this was not the case. Heroines, such as Alois, Androclia, Menippe, and many more, that should have been celebrated by the ancient Greeks for their acts of heroism were not because of misogyny. Alois and Androclia are reported to have killed themselves in order to allow their fathers to live. This could certainly be an admiring act of heroism by the ancient Greeks, but both
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Ayn Rand’s novel, Anthem connects to our society and history. The novel and our society both have groups of jobs and laws that have to be followed. Also, the novel and our history both involve communism. To begin with, Anthem and our society both have groups of jobs. Equality 7-2521 states, “They called the Students’ names, and when the Students stepped before them, one after another, the Council said: “Carpenter” or “Doctor” or “Cook” or “Leader.”” (Rand 10). This quote shows that the group
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Jenna Le 4A George's circumstances and perceptions lead him to kill Lennie at the end of the novel. George most likely killed Lennie to either save him from a painful death by Curley or to saving him from killing others. He could also have killed Lennie for his own sake. George kills Lennie by shooting him to save him from a more painful death by the hands of Curley,who vowed to make him suffer.In the novel, Curley picked a fight with Lennie. Curley was beating Lennie and he
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his feelings about what happened to him “A great injustice was done to me, boy” (112). “Killer Kane” means in this passage that he doesn’t think that the police should have arrested him, nor did he think that the jury should have found him guilty of murder of Max’s mother, therefore
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