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A BOEING 727 passenger jet, grounded at Luanda airport a year ago, has disappeared after a mysterious unauthorised take-off, Angola state radio reported today. The plane, chartered by the Angolan airline Airangol, was grounded after being banned from overflying Angolan territory on account of a series of irregularities, said Angola civil aviation director Helder Preza. A witness to the plane's departure on Sunday, airport employee Luis Lopes, said he saw a white man start the empty plane and then take off after a few dangerous land manoeuvres. Airport chief Celso Rosa said there was some evidence to believe the Boeing...

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan: So many people have so many things they can no longer afford. This is an excellent time to be a repo man. When a boater defaults on his loan, the bank hires Jeff Henderson to go seize, or repossess, its property. The former U.S. Army detective tracks the boat down in a backyard or a marina or a garage and hauls it back here, where he auctions it off. After nearly 20 years in the repossession business, Henderson has never been busier. "I used to take the weak ones," he said. "Now I'm taking the whole herd."...

Metro housing slide keeps repo man busy 'Snowball effect' from mortgage woes, easy credit keeps lot overflowing By TAMMY JOYNER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 09/03/07 Swing by Richard Grosvenor's business for a closeup of how quickly the nation's housing market is unraveling. In the last six months, Grosvenor and his repo drivers have hauled in hundreds of vehicles in the course of normal business. Richard Grosvenor stands amongst repossessed vehicles, including a Corvette taken from a plumber (left), on his 3-acre lot at Speedy Recovery in Lithonia on August 29, 2007. With credit and mortgage problems rising, Grosvenor has...

5-Year-Old Boy Found 30 Minutes Later; Police Called It An Accident, File No Charges POSTED: 8:07 pm EDT September 15, 2006 UPDATED: 8:59 am EDT September 16, 2006 Edgemoor Gardens, Del. -- A Delaware mother left her 5-year-old boy inside her car to run into her home and make a phone call before driving him to school. But when she returned 10 minutes later, the car and her child were gone. It turned out a 'repo man' took her car with the boy still inside. "The car was parked right here," said Rosalie Hargroves said, standing at the end of...

Snake attacker 'made threats' before 30/01/2004 08:41 - (SA) Hooked (SAPS) Related Articles Bank snaked out Puff-adders an act of revenge Katrien Smit Johannesburg - A man who apparently released a bag of puff-adders at Absa's headquarters to get revenge, will face attempted murder charges. The man, who was an Absa client until recently, apparently opened the box containing five puff-adders in the headquarters of Absa's foyer as a "warning," says an eye-witness. A security guard was bitten by one of the snakes when he tried to pick it up. Another guard contacted the emergency services and the security guard...

"The Journey Continues--Week 2" Posted by Doc Farmer Wednesday, August 20, 2003 As most of you know, I lost my job in Doha, Qatar. It’s been two weeks now, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the many of you who sent me e-mail messages of encouragement. They were greatly appreciated. What’s it like, being unemployed? Most of us have experienced it at least once in our careers, but it’s rare that we really examine it or talk about it. But there are things that I need to really get off my chest. Partly, this is a simple...

It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your car is? Max Pineiro knows where somebody's is, and he is about to steal it. Driving his Ford F-150 truck around a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Rahway, N.J., on a Monday night, he and his partner, Sergio Costa, don't take long to find what they want, a red Honda Accord. Unlocking the car will be easy — they even have a key — but if there's an alarm, they are worried about disabling it before being caught. Mr. Pineiro takes a deep breath. "O.K., I'm going in," he says to Mr. Costa. He...

Trying to repo judge's car can be a headache By Bartholomew Sullivan sullivan@gomemphis.com December 4, 2002 Chris Reed paid quite a price for trying to repossess a judge's Mercedes. His surgical scar starts at the top of his head and ends halfway down his left ear. The surgery was necessary after a Greenwood, Miss., police officer tossed him, handcuffed, into a concrete road curb after charging him with disturbing the peace, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week against the City of Greenwood. The repo man is recovering from brain surgery required after doctors found an aneurysm following the...