Home For Sale Includes WifePALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- A struggling single parent and real estate agent is trying to sell her house and find a husband.
She's auctioning off both her home and herself in a package deal on eBay and Craigslist.org, NewsChannel5's sister station WPTV reported.
Single parent Deven Traboscia has been divorced for eight years. She had hoped to be remarried by now, so she is turning to the Internet for help.
In the ad, Traboscia writes, "If you want to live the never ending dream and experience the real love, life and the romance you have always felt was a fairytale, then this is the vibrant outstanding woman of your dreams! To sweep this European Loving Lady off her feet, send in your application right now."
She goes on to say that her four-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot home, that will be included in the deal, has "neutral colors, Berber carpet, and upgraded tile."
Traboscia said she has already been contacted by one man in Italy, who is arranging a trip to South Florida to visit her.
Her eBay auction ends July 2 and asks for a starting bid of 99 cents with a shipping cost of $500,000. The auction has not yet received any bids.
In the trial of a pornographic Web site operator, the defense plans to show that residents of Pensacola are more likely to use Google to search for terms like “orgy” than for “apple pie” or “watermelon.” The publicly accessible data is vague in that it does not specify how many people are searching for the terms, just their relative popularity over time. But the defense lawyer, Lawrence Walters, is arguing that the evidence is sufficient to demonstrate that interest in the sexual subjects exceeds that of more mainstream topics — and that by extension, the sexual material distributed by his client is not outside the norm.
Uninvited skunk causes stink, delays plane in MiamiAn uninvited passenger created a smelly situation on a plane in Miami. American Airlines Flight 915 from Miami to Bogota, Colombia, was delayed Wednesday night after a skunk was found in the back of the cargo hold, discharging its foul odor throughout the aircraft, airline officials said.
The skunk was discovered as workers were loading the plane. When crews tried to remove the skunk, the animal released its notorious rotten smell, American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner said. No one was injured, but the odor filtered through the cabin and passengers were taken off the plane.
"I'm sure it smelled real bad in there," he said.
The flight took off more than two hours late, in part because of bad weather in the area, Wagner said. The skunk was removed from the plane, but it was unclear where it was taken or how it got on the aircraft.
Airport officials could not provide additional details.
“We don’t want to cast a pall over the blogosphere by being heavy-handed, so we have to figure out a better and more positive way to do this,” Mr. Kennedy said.But even then, I suspect the AP's going to be in cat-herding territory trying to keep track of who's using what where and how.
Mr. Kennedy said the company was going to meet with representatives of the Media Bloggers Association, a trade group, and others. He said he hopes that these discussions can all occur this week so that guidelines can be released soon.
A record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the internet, email or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and mobilize others.A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project titled "The Internet and the 2008 Election" is chock full of goodies:
There's some not so great stuff too:35% of Americans say they have watched online political videos a figure that nearly triples the reading the Pew Internet Project got in the 2004 race.
6% of Americans have made political contributions online, compared with 2% who did that during the entire 2004 campaign.
and this is the best part:Some 39% of online Americans have used the internet to access "unfiltered" campaign materials, which includes video of candidate debates, speeches and announcements, as well as position papers and speech transcripts.
On one hand, 28% of wired Americans say that the internet makes them feel more personally connected to the campaign, and 22% say that they would not be as involved in the campaign if not for the internet. At the same time, however, even larger numbers feel that the internet magnifies the most extreme viewpoints and is a source of misinformation for many voters.But this is all from the summary. I'll take a closer look at the full report when I have more time in the morning.
Woman buying beer says of kids: 'I don’t want them anymore anyway'
A 24-year-old woman is facing felony charges after deputies say she left three young children outside an Immokalee convenience store in the rain Thursday while she tried to buy beer, sheriff’s deputies said.
Anna Godinas, who gave a general delivery address on her arrest report, was arrested and charged with three counts of child neglect.
Arrest reports say a store clerk told deputies that Godinas entered the Shell station, 617 W. Main St. to buy a six-pack of Bud Light, leaving three children outside in the parking lot unattended. The children, ages 5, 2 and 1, were dirty and standing in the rain, reports said.
The clerk told deputies that she chided Godinas for leaving the children outside to which Godinas replied, “I don’t want them anymore anyway,” arrest reports said.
The interactive format works well. Well reasoned questions were fielded well by polished moderators.I'll take polished. Polished works.
For months, the Internet has been full of allegations about Barack Obama being a threat to Israel. My personal opinion is that the writings on the Internet were politically motivated and were not true, as much of what we read on the Internet is not true. I have been waiting to hear or read a definitive statement by Barack Obama on Israel. That came today.The email goes on to outline Obama's speech to AIPAC and his support of Israel.
Pa. man walks 25 miles to court for DUI sentencingShippensburg was in my viewing area when I worked at NBC25 in Hagerstown, Md. If I remember correctly, there's not a lot out there besides road.
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man says he had one alternative when his brother didn't show up to give him a ride to court: start walking.
Stephen Shoemaker of Shippensburg was scheduled to appear at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for sentencing on a 2007 drunken-driving conviction.
Shoemaker, 33, doesn't have a car or driver's license. So he started walking to the Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle at dawn. He kept walking for about 25 miles in 90-plus-degree heat.
Shoemaker arrived about 3:30 p.m., after a detour to Carlisle Regional Medical Center where he was treated for dehydration.
Judge Edward Guido had issued an arrest warrant when Shoemaker failed to appear. Instead, he agreed to defer sentencing until July. Guido says he hesitated only because "That means he'll have to walk back to Shippensburg."
Deputy Public Defender Anthony Adams volunteered to give Shoemaker a ride home.
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