USELESS BANK RIDES AGAIN. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristoff published a story in the NYTimes two weeks ago about US Bank firing employees for being good Samaritans after the bank ripped off customer money. Some poor lout had his account mistakenly frozen and his paycheck funds were not released when they said they would. He spent hours trying to unfreeze … [Read more...]
Nevada News Briefs
Associated Press Children Injured After Bounce House Blown into Power Lines RENO — Authorities say strong winds blew an inflatable bounce house with three children inside into powerlines, causing electricity to be temporarily cut off to thousands of people in Nevada. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office says the bounce house was uplifted about 10 feet (3 meters) and got … [Read more...]
Nevada News Briefs
Vandals damage headstones at historic Reno cemetery RENO — Reno police are investigating damage to several headstones in an apparent attack of vandalism at a historic cemetery near the University of Nevada campus. Police say at least four headstones at Hillside Cemetery were damaged late Saturday or early Sunday. The markers date to the 1800s and are considered of … [Read more...]