Blasts From the Past

Here's a couple of updates to stories that didn't have what it takes to compete in the era of the 23-second news cycle.

• Student in Box-Cutter Case Gets Probation
  A college student who says he hid box cutters on airplanes to expose weaknesses in security was sentenced Thursday to two years supervised probation and fined $500.
• Man Gets Six-Year Term For D.C. Tractor Standoff
  Tobacco farmer Dwight W. Watson was sentenced yesterday to a six-year prison term for making threats, destroying property and paralyzing part of downtown Washington after he drove his tractor into a pond on the Mall last year.

Don't these both of these stories feel like they happened 20 years ago? Maybe it's just me...

UPDATE: OK, OK, I couldn't resist - here's a new one:

• Oklahoma Judge Removed From Bench After Masturbation
  While seated on the bench, an Oklahoma judge used a male enhancement pump, shaved and oiled his nether region, and pleasured himself, state officials charged yesterday in a petition to remove the jurist.

Talk about taking the law into your own hands...

Posted by SmooveJ Zao on June 24, 2004 at 02:33 PM in US News | Permalink