Help wanted: registered Chicago voter to join the City Council. Salary $110.556.
Mayor Richard Daley is interviewing applicants who applied for two positions that he advertised on the city’s Web site.
He explained his unusual approach to filling the vacancies until elections are held, saying, “You get to meet some interesting people, and you get some good ideas from them.”
The positions became available when one member left for a state job and the other pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks.
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Meet the world’s most honest burglar.
A man in Sandy, Utah, saw a stranger inside his house and asked what he was doing there.
“I’m burglarizing your home,” answered the intruder, who was caught soon afterward.
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An Arizona company is paying people $100 a month to place ads on their private cars.
Michael Sandler, whose Saturn is adorned with a Krispy Kreme ad, admits, “A lot of people come up to me and they laugh.” But, he added, “I’m real satisfied.”
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Political correctness has gone mad.
Nicole Mamo, who tried to offer jobs to “reliable” and “hardworking” people applying at a government-run placement center in England, was told no thanks.
Her ads, it seems were deemed offensive to unreliable people.
“If the matter wasn’t so serious, I would be laughing out loud,” she said.
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You could buy a very nice car for the price of this set of keys.
Aston Martin is offering a $30,000 custom car key to its richest customers.
It’s implanted in a watch with a touch-sensitive face. When the owner presses the space between 8 and 9, for example, the doors open. If both sides are pressed at once, the lights flash on.