(8 stories) Prank caller gets 18 months in prison

Offbeat - News February 12, 2011 See Offbeat Weather Prank caller gets 18 months in prison (WWLP) A mentally ill suburban Dallas man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making thousands of prank phone calls to the National Runaway Switchboard in Illinois. NY attorney for Buttafuoco, Hahn is suspended (Santa Cruz Sentinel) A New York attorney whose clients have included Joey Buttafuoco and Jessica Hahn has been suspended from practicing law for a year and a half. Toilet help line has potty mouth (WWLP) A Virginia woman needed help installing her new toilet so she called the 800-number on the directions, but it wasn't help coming from the other end of the line. Cross-eyed opossum picks Oscar winners (KXAN-TV Austin) Heidi, Germany's beloved cross-eyed opossum, is taking a page from Paul the Octopus' playbook: the marsupial will attempt to pick this year's Oscar winners. AT&T thanks users for not leaving for Verizon with 1,000 bonus minutes (examiner) AT&T continues to sweeten the deal for those who stayed with the oft-criticized carrier, rather than bolting for Verizon and the Verizon iPhone (or any other Verizon device). It's latest bonus: 1,000 bonus rollover minutes if you text "yes" to a certain number. Giraffes in a boat? 8 taken to island (WANE-TV Fort Wayne) Eight giraffes got a very rare ride to their new home - in a boat. The endangered Rothschilds giraffes were ferried by barge to a reserve on an island in Kenya's Lake Baringo earlier this week. Town bans profanity (blogs.app) A town council in Italy has banned profanity after a local priest complained he was hearing too many blasphemous oaths against God. A geezer or just a thug in a mask? (KNVA-TV Austin) Entrepreneurs are printing surveillance shots of his wrinkled face on T-shirts, thousands of people "Like" him on Facebook and many are wishing him continued success at evading the law. More Offbeat News...

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