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In March a federal judge in Syracuse, New York, rejected the latest lawsuit by Donald Drusky of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in his 31-year battle against USX Corporation for firing him in 1968. Drusky had sued “God…the sovereign ruler of the universe” for taking “no corrective action” against Drusky’s enemies and had demanded that God compensate him with professional guitar-playing skills and the resurrection of his mother. Drusky argued that he should win a default judgment if God failed to show up in court.
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Bruce Charles Davis, 36, explaining in November to an employee of a bank in Sacramento, California, why he had just robbed the place: “I only wanted to teach you a lesson. I want a job in bank security.” Davis already had five bank-robbery convictions and another trial pending.
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