Teh Official NEWS section, Judge gets 4 years for exposing himself Options

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**You gotta be kidding me! These people are idiots...**

Astrologist woman sues NASA over comet crash
--- A Russian astrologist who says NASA has altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet is suing the U.S. space agency for damages of $300 million, local media reported Monday.

Brilliant...just brilliant...
--- A German thief effectively signed his own arrest warrant after photographing himself at the scene of a crime and accidentally leaving the pictures for police to discover.

The things a guy will do for his sister...
--- - A young Russian man who dressed in women's clothes to take an exam for his sister was caught after his oversize bust gave him away, Interfax news agency reported Monday.

Teacher skips school for wrestling career
--- A New York City school teacher apologized and resigned on Friday after admitting he pursued a career as a professional wrestler when he had told his boss he was on leave to care for a sick relative.

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4-year-old was thrown into truck while hiding; man stopped compactor
By JOHN DIEDRICH
jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com
Posted: July 12, 2005
On his regular rounds Monday, Kenosha trash collector Inis Ramadani slung a load of garbage into the truck including a duffle bag stuffed with old blankets.

He punched the compactor button and heard a chilling noise over the clang of the machinery: the muffled scream of a child. "I looked around and thought, 'Where is that coming from?' " he said. "I have kids so I know what that sound is."

Ramadani slammed the stop button. He looked inside the truck and saw two small hands reaching out of the duffle bag.

He pulled Jacob Deates, 4, from the duffle bag where he had been hiding. Except for a bump on the head, the boy was uninjured. He ran crying back to his mother, who had been inside caring for a sibling.

Ramadani, 49, a trash collector since 2001, said Jacob was just seconds from being killed.

"Those compactors work fast, in a matter of seconds," he said. "It still is a very frightening moment."

Ramadani's practice of hitting the compactor button on the side of the one-person truck instead of the one in the driver's compartment likely saved the boy's life. Ramadani uses the outside button to be sure no trash tumbles out during the compaction.

"Usually, drivers just jump in (the driver's seat) and hit the compactor," said police Lt. John Morrissey. "It was very fortunate."

Investigators reviewed the case and referred it to social services as a routine procedure but Morrissey said it didn't appear to be a case of neglect. He said the boy's father is a Kenosha police officer who was not home at the time.

The boy, who loves watching garbage collectors work, apparently was playing near the trash and hid in the duffle bag, under the blankets, according to the police report.

Ramadani said he scanned the load of trash as he approached the Deates' home but Jacob was already hidden. Jacob was silent as Ramadani threw the duffle bag into the compactor, he said.

Jennifer Deates, Jacob's mother, did not return a call for comment.

Ramadani was back on his garbage route for the city on Tuesday, but he couldn't stop thinking of Jacob.

"I am glad that I was able to save a little boy's life," he said.