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Wednesday: March 10, 2010

Popular Today:
It's probably not a smart idea to throw hot coffee at a parking enforcement official.
It's probably not a smart idea to throw hot coffee at a parking enforcement official.

The next time you happen to witness the writing of a ticket on a vehicle you happen to own and find yourself agitated with coffee in hand - remember this little article. As it turns out, tossing a cup of hot liquid substance at a person of authority can in fact land you with an assault and battery charge. Who knew?

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Tuesday: March 2, 2010

Popular Today:
Hacking popular ticket sites may land you with several unfriendly charges.
Hacking popular ticket sites may land you with several unfriendly charges.

What kind of charges you ask? Well there is conspiracy, wire fraud and unauthorized computer access for starters. According to the source article that wire fraud charge carries a twenty year prison sentence.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Security @ 6:00 AM | Tags (13) | hackers | tickets | ticketmaster | profit | concerts | music | yahoo | hacking | charges | conspiracy | wire | fraud | prison |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 5 Clicks


Monday: February 8, 2010

Popular Today:
A handy tutorial on how to obtain free movie tickets.
A handy tutorial on how to obtain free movie tickets.

There are some interesting methods listed here that you can use to try and score some free movie tickets. Some methods may take longer than others (ie becoming a film critic and/or getting a job at said movie theater). Good luck.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Tutorial @ 6:03 AM | Tags (9) | critic | entertainment | film | free | job | movies | tickets | tutorial | wikihow |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 49 Clicks


Tuesday: January 5, 2010

Popular Today:
Movie ticket sales managed to surpass DVD sales in 2009.
Movie ticket sales managed to surpass DVD sales in 2009.

The last time this happened was way back in 2002. Also, it turns out that people really like renting movies these days rather than pay ridiculous prices to actually own said DVDs. Hooray for Hollywood.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Neat @ 5:43 AM | Tags (10) | 2002 | 2009 | dvds | hollywood | movies | sales | surpassed | tickets | wallstreetjournal | wsj |  | Discuss (1) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 8 Clicks


Thursday: August 20, 2009

Popular Today:
JetBlue officially sold out of the 'all-you-can-fly' passes.
JetBlue officially sold out of the 'all-you-can-fly' passes.

Maybe this little promotion turned out to be a lot more popular than they originally anticipated.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Travel @ 3:06 PM | Tags (6) | jetblue | soldout | allyoucanfly | tickets | travel | flying |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 9 Clicks


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