News from The Smoking Gun

Dear Friends:


Employing MacGyver-like ingenuity, Carlos Isordia just captured the man who apparently had been repeatedly burglarizing his Oklahoma home. The intruder, it seems, kept coming back to swipe the undergarments of Isordia's wife. When cops searched the arrestee's home, they found 55 pounds--that's right, 55 pounds--of undies stashed in a large red cooler. Story at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0810051bandp1.html


Speaking of brilliant inventions, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office files are brimming with them. Dip into the archive:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/patent/patent.html


A female teacher's aide. Male high school students. What could possibly go wrong? Details at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0810052teach1.html


Michigan's Robert McClain just found out the hard way that medieval armaments are no match for ye olde Taser:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0805051sword1.html


Speaking of dummies, the retooled Smoking Gun TV series debuts this Tuesday (August 16) with a cast full of marionettes, hand puppets, bobblehead dolls, and animated characters. We'd be honored if you dialed up Court TV at 11 PM and gave it a look. More info at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/tvspecial/tvshowaug2005.html


New prize contest has started, so enter now for a shot at some fine loot, including the sixth-season DVD from "The Simpsons.” Just tell us what name Ms. Battle's nasty coworkers called her. Head this direction:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/contest/contest.html


Regards,

Your pals at TSG


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