Even before it opened last year, Apple\u2019s spaceship building in Cupertino, Calif., presented a transparency problem: its glass walls couldn\u2019t be distinguished from its glass doors. Since they moved in, several workers have been injured after walking into them. Three people suffered head injuries severe enough to require the summoning of emergency responders. Apple\u2019s vice president of real estate and development, Dan Whisenhunt, said there hadn\u2019t been any problems with birds flying into the glass. \u201cNow the humans on the inside, that\u2019s a different story,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a problem we are working on right now.\u201d Architects have added black rectangular stickers to the glass panes; they seem to be helping.<\/p>\n
Of Course I Play Baseball On The Roof<\/strong><\/p>\n A man playing with a baseball on the roof of a parking structure in Honolulu had to be rescued by firefighters after he fell into the space between two buildings and got stuck. Security guard Ray Rodrigues was dispatched to the roof to run the 55-year-old off. But he found the man had fallen into a 7- to 9-inch-wide space between the cement walls. When an effort to pull him out with a rope failed, firefighters resorted to using drills and saws to cut through the concrete to free him. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.<\/p>\n Nude Modeling In The Mall<\/strong><\/p>\n Shoppers at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Monroeville, Penn., got more than they bargained for as model Chelsea Guerra, 22, of Indiana Borough, and photographer Michael Warnock, 64, of Point Breeze, conducted a nude photo shoot around 11 am. As Warnock took photos and families looked on, Guerra walked around and posed wearing only thigh-high black stockings and high-heeled shoes. Guerra and Warnock pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after other charges were dropped, and paid a $300 fine. \u201cMy nude modeling is honest work,\u201d Guerra said, \u201cand I use it mostly to fund my college career.\u201d<\/p>\n People Who Love Their Dorms<\/strong><\/p>\n A co-ed dormitory at Hunter College in New York City has become the site of a dispute between the college and 32-year-old Lisa S. Palmer, who won\u2019t vacate her dorm room despite having discontinued her classes in 2016. Palmer, who works for an architecture firm, has \u201cracked up a staggering $94,000 in unpaid residence hall charges,\u201d a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court noted. The New York Post reported that in June, 2016, and fall, 2017, Palmer received eviction notices. But she won\u2019t budge. Palmer admitted that dorm life is \u201creally lonely. I feel very isolated.\u201d Palmer was moved into a wing of the dorm that\u2019s occupied only by a middle-aged nurse, whom the college is also trying to evict. In fact, Hunter is working on removing nine nurses, who were given rooms in the building when it was owned by Bellevue Hospital.<\/p>\n Oops<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Kenny Bachman, 21, had a rude awakening when he racked up a $1,636 Uber fare on Feb. 23 following a night of partying with high school friends in Morgantown, W.V. The Charlotte Observer reported that Bachman and the friend he planned on staying with stopped at a convenience store during the evening. The friend told Bachman to wait outside as he went into the store, but Bachman was gone when the friend emerged. He had summoned an Uber to take him home \u2014 to Gloucester County, N.J. Bachman was passed out drunk for most of the nearly 300-mile trip, which was subject to surge pricing, doubling the fare. Bachman challenged the charge but ended up paying it; \u201cI feel like there\u2019s very little I could have done to reverse it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u2014 Miami resident Luce Rameau didn\u2019t know what hit her as she lay in bed, talking on the phone. She thought a bomb had gone off, as wood and debris fell on her bed. \u201cI kept screaming, \u2018What happened? What happened?\u2019\u201d Rameau told the Miami Herald. It wasn\u2019t a bomb; an 80-pound inflatable raft had crashed through her roof after becoming untethered from a Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter that had been conducting an offshore training exercise nearby. David Lavallee, a spokesman for the RCAF, said the accident is being investigated, and the air force intends to help \u201cthe resident with accommodations and other support.\u201d<\/p>\n Least Competent Criminals<\/strong><\/p>\n Peoria Police Dept. officers were called to a gas station in response to a shoplifting. When they arrived, suspects Marwan Al Ebadi, 28, and Salma Hourieh, 29, set off on foot before hopping over a fence … and landing directly in a secured parking lot of the Peoria Police Dept. Hourieh tried to hide beneath a bench outside the station, while Al Ebadi jumped back over the fence and was stopped in the street. Both were arrested and charged with shoplifting. \u201cYou should never run from the police,\u201d said police spokesman Brandon Sheffert. \u201cAnd if you do, do not run into a secure parking lot of a police station.\u201d<\/p>\n Awesome!<\/strong><\/p>\n Name recognition won\u2019t be a problem for the Libertarian Party challenger for eastern Arkansas\u2019 1st Congressional District seat: Elvis Presley. The Associated Press reported that the King impersonator from Star City, Ark., who legally changed his name to match the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll icon\u2019s, filed campaign paperwork on Feb. 26. Presley works as an auto refinish technician at Camp\u2019s Custom Paint in Star City. But his political ambitions aren\u2019t new: He\u2019s also run for governor, land commissioner and state legislator.<\/p>\n If It Ain\u2019t Broke …<\/strong><\/p>\n Republican State Sen. John Ruckelshaus, of Indianapolis, is the proud sponsor of a new measure in Indiana that bans eyeball tattooing. According to the proposed law, passed by both the Senate and the House, tattooists would be prohibited from coloring the whites of a customer\u2019s eyes, with a fine of up to $10,000 per violation. The Associated Press reported that Sen. Ruckelshaus admitted he\u2019s not aware of any problems with eyeball-tattooing in Indiana. The legislation was on Gov. Eric Holcomb\u2019s desk for his signature on March 1.<\/p>\n Risking It All For The Meatball<\/strong><\/p>\n Leahman G.R. Potter, 48, neglected to conceal the evidence after he stole a pot of meatballs from a neighbor\u2019s garage in Hazle Township in Pennsylvania. The meatball owner returned home to find Potter outside his garage, covered in red sauce and his pot of meatballs missing. When Pennsylvania State Police arrived shortly afterward, they found the pot in the street and Potter at his home, where he was charged with burglary, trespass and theft.<\/p>\n Last Chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n Houston detectives were finally able to close a case in January that had been vexing them for 30 months. Mary Stewart Cerruti, 61, the last holdout in a neighborhood being bought up for redevelopment, was reported missing by a friend, who described her as shy and frail. Police had no leads, and her home was foreclosed on after payments stopped. Eventually, the home was cleaned out and sold, and new renters moved in. On March 4, 2017, a 911 call reported a human skeleton \u201cbetween two of the walls\u201d in the home. When police arrived, they found a hole in the attic floorboards; down below were the bones, clothing and shoes that had been discovered. An investigation found no evidence of foul play. On Jan. 23, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains were those of Cerruti.<\/p>\n Whole Lotta Freezin\u2019 And Shakin\u2019 Goin\u2019 On<\/strong><\/p>\n A dairy truck driver lost his job after being caught on a surveillance camera urinating near dairy cows in a barn at Tremblay Farm in Highgate, Vt. While no charges were filed, Monica Massey of the Dairy Farmers of America said the driver\u2019s behavior was unacceptable. \u201cWe saw the videos. What we saw was deplorable,\u201d Massey said told WCAX TV. Darleen Tremblay said she was \u201cshattered\u201d by what she saw on the video. \u201cI couldn\u2019t move. I froze and I shook,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Public Service Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n Police in Sheboygan, Wisc., appealed to the public for help in tracking down an unusual perpetrator. \u201cOver the past year and a half,\u201d the department said on its Facebook page, \u201csomeone has been clogging the women\u2019s toilet [at the Deland Community Center] with a 20-ounce soda bottle. This is very strange … and gross.\u201d The Sheboygan Press reported that the string of more than 25 incidents began in 2016. Joe Kerlin, the city\u2019s parks and forestry superintendent, says the suspect is likely an adult male, based on security camera footage from outside the restroom. The city\u2019s resulting plumbing bills have totaled $3,000.<\/p>\n Full Disclosure<\/strong><\/p>\n Linda Fein and her husband thought they had found their dream home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix. They offered $1.8 million for the house and 1.3-acre lot, but then found out the house belonged to Kevin and Sandra Otterson, and was the setting for their pornography website, Wifey\u2019s World, founded in 1998. \u201cI just can\u2019t make Thanksgiving dinner on counters where a porn star has been lounging around,\u201d Fein told the Arizona Republic. In late February, the couple rescinded their offer on the four-bedroom home. \u201cI certainly believe there are people out there who wouldn\u2019t care about the house being used for those purposes,\u201d Fein explained. \u201cI\u2019m just not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even before it opened last year, Apple\u2019s spaceship building in Cupertino, Calif., presented a transparency problem: its glass walls couldn\u2019t be distinguished from its glass doors. Since they moved in, several workers have been injured after walking into them. 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