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A Pontiac woman’s alleged theft attempt was foiled this week when her motorized cart became stuck at a Rochester Hills Meijer. Jerrie Perkins, 30, is charged with unarmed robbery, resisting and obstructing a police officer and second-degree retail fraud. Her bond was set at $15,000 by 52-3 District Magistrate Nick Camargo during arraignment Thursday. Investigators said Perkins was attempting to leave the Rochester Road Meijer with more than $600 worth of stolen electronic merchandise when her cart got stuck and she was unable to drive out the door. The door alarm was activated when Perkins passed through it around 9:20...

When President Obama came to office he told the nation that a shared sacrifice was key to America's recovery. He urged Americans toward self-reliance and thrift. In those early days the idea of reviving the "victory garden" concept of WWII became an idea whose time had come... again. So, let's tell a fairy tale of one upper class Midwestern Mommy, shall wee. With Obama's example to the nation before her, this mother decided to take the President up on his suggestion and began her own victory garden in her upscale neighborhood. She was initially excited about her contribution to that...

Barely a week has passed since John McCain declared his candidacy to the chat show host David Letterman, but supporters of the Republican presidential hopeful fear he may already have lost the race. Faced with a sudden surge of support for his main rival, Rudy Giuliani, the Arizona senator is struggling to stay in the fight with the former New York mayor. Asked yesterday to explain why Mr Giuliani appears to have established a commanding lead so soon among Republican voters, he confessed: "I don't know. If I did it would be a lot closer." New opinion polls make Mr...

This is a picture of the US Air Force's new 21,000 pound MOAB --- the "Mother Of All Bombs". It is an upgrade of the 15,000 pound "Daisy cutter" which was used in Afghanistan . The USAF coalition forces are planning to drop the MOAB on Tehran , Iran . . . . . . Talk about shock and awe!!! Frightening!!!!

Investors fled SCO Group’s stock on Friday, voting with their feet after a federal judge gutted its lawsuit against IBM. In mid-morning trading, SCO Group (nasdaq: SCOX - news - people ) traded at $1.36, down 64 cents, or 32%. [snip] On Thursday, the judge said SCO Group had provided no evidence to support its claim that IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) took code from Unix, which SCO claims to have some copyrights, and added it to Linux. Read the rest here.

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