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Just Can’t Stop Myself
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In Norfolk, Virginia, Todd Jacob Sherman, 24, pleaded guilty in March to swindling an elderly woman out of $70,000. According to the prosecutor, not only did the woman fall for Sherman’s initial pitch, in which he told her to wire him “advance taxes” on a $130,000 sweepstakes prize, but she sent him money over 100 times during the next 33 months.
People With Too Much Time on Their Hands
In December the Toronto Star reported that a poll of Ontario residents revealed that a majority believe in miracles, although the Star pointed out that some respondents’ standards about what constitutes a miracle are lower than others. One man claimed he had witnessed a miracle when “I went to someone’s house and got a good deal on a power tool that I wanted for a long time.”
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