Daily Archives: January 10, 2003

Gun toting coach resigns

Posted on January 10, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

What is it with coaches named Nolan Richardson? Nolan Richardson III resigned as men’s basketball coach at Tennessee State University on Wednesday night, two weeks after he was indefinitely suspended for bringing a gun into the school’s arena. Richardson, 38, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Our friends the Saudi phreakers

Posted on January 10, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas A&M phone system was hacked by some Saudi Arabians, who used it to make free long distance calls. Phone carriers alerted the school to the suspicious activity Thursday, said Walt Magnussen, A&M’s associate director of telecommunications. The university … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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For want of a zero

Posted on January 10, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

In 2002, Montgomery County got a $2.5 million grant from the Justice Department for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, an initiative aimed at easing the burden for housing illegal immigrants jailed on state or local charges. The size of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More “The Crooked E” bashing

Posted on January 10, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

If you managed to sit through The Crooked E for any length of time this past Sunday (about 20 minutes was all I could take), you might have noticed that pretty much all of the female employees portrayed at Enron … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Know your spammers

Posted on January 10, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

File this one under When Good Things Happen To Bad People: SLIDELL, La. — He’s a 30-year-old self-taught computer programmer and electronics repairman with a fondness for Scooby-Doo, cars and camping. He’s also one of the country’s better-known spammers, one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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