Ga. Man Tries to Deposit Fake $1M Bill

A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.

The employee refused to open the account and called police while the man started to curse at bank workers, Frank said.

The second forgery charge came after investigators learned Smith bought several cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a stolen check, Frank said.

The federal government has never printed a million-dollar bill, Frank said.



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1 year later, 4 Atlantic City prostitute deaths remain unsolved

On Nov. 20. 2006, the bodies of four prostitutes were found face-down in a drainage ditch behind a string of seedy motels on the Black Horse Pike, just outside the Atlantic City limits. One had been strangled with a rope or cord, and another was asphyxiated, although the medical examiner's office could not say exactly how. The cause of death for the other two could not be pinpointed because they had been in the water too long. All four cases are being investigated as homicides.

WHAT HAPPENED SINCE: Authorities have refused to speculate on whether they believe a serial killer is to blame, even though the bodies were placed in the water at different times, based on the rate of decomposition. Three of the four were blonde, and all abused drugs and alcohol. A task force has interviewed several people, but prosecutors have never publicly identified anyone as a suspect or "person of interest." A Salem County handyman who says they accused him of killing the women was jailed in April on an unrelated charge of secretly videotaping his ex-girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter nude. Terry Oleson was allowed to go free last month after pleading guilty to invasion of privacy and will be sentenced in two weeks. He gave investigators DNA samples in June; they still won't say what the test results show, but his lawyer says if police had anything on Oleson, he's still be behind bars.

WHO ELSE?: Atlantic County authorities won't say who they have questioned in the case, but Oleson's lawyer says another man, already in jail, confessed to the killings. The man says he turned over recordings of the alleged confession to prosecutors, but they won't say if they find them credible or not.

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Who were these ladies.

Dog Washing Machine?

What do you think about this? Would you put your doggie in it?

8-limbed Girl has Successful Surgery

I'm glad to hear this little girl is ok and that the operation was successful.

OJ Simpson has been arrested!

WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 - Schumer Wants More Help for Struggling Homeowners

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Charles Schumer urged federal regulators Wednesday to do more to help certain homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments.

The Democratic senator from New York made his plea in a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, two men at the forefront of efforts to make sure the credit crunch that has rocked Wall Street doesn't undermine the economy.

Schumer asked Paulson and Bernanke to support a plan in Congress to provide $100 million to nonprofit housing groups to help troubled subprime borrowers, those with blemished credit histories, to refinance their homes.

Those borrowers have been hardest hit [LA Times] as interest rates have risen and home values have weakened. As a result, foreclosures and late payments have soared. The credit crunch, which started with these homeowners, has spread to other borrowers.

Schumer said the $100 million, which would be contained in a Senate appropriations package, may not be sufficient. He called on the Bush administration to ``come up quick additional financing.''

Schumer, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, also called upon policymakers to use their powers of persuasion to get financial institutions to pony up money.

``I urge you to use your leverage over financial institutions, whether banks, lenders, servicers or brokerages, to encourage them to match the federal government's efforts to provide funding to nonprofit group working to prevent foreclosures, and to work with the nonprofits to help borrowers who need ... loan modifications,'' Schumer wrote.

He said he intends to offer legislation when Congress returns next month to boost investment caps on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ``to increase their flexibility to participate in loan modifications with borrowers and lending institutions.'' The administration has so far been opposed to raising the caps. The two mortgage giants a few years ago suffered multibillion-dollar accounting scandals.

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