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Universal Studios raises ticket prices just before it opens new Harry Potter attraction

 

Only a few weeks before the opening of its much-anticipated Harry Potter attraction, Universal Studios Hollywood is performing a shrinking spell on your wallet. Over the weekend, the park quietly raised prices up to 20%, pushing its highest-priced daily ticket beyond that of its sister parks in...

 

 

"The tiered-pricing programs allow theme parks to raise daily prices and still appease critics by noting that visitors can save money by visiting during off-peak days, Niles said.

"It allows you to get more revenue without ticking people off," he said.

uh, that would be incorrect.

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Man steals BMW he tried to buy with food stamp card, investigators say

 

Authorities in Florida have arrested a man they say stole a BMW after trying to buy it with a food stamp debit card.

The Martin County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets in a statement that 36-year-old Nicholas Jackson was arrested Friday and charged with grand theft auto.

Deputies say Jackson was turned away at the Pompano Beach auto dealership after trying to buy the $60,000 car using his EBT card and a credit card.

However, deputies say the suspect returned the next night and stole the car along with keys from 60 other vehicles.

Deputies say they later found Jackson with the car and the keys after he ran out of gas because he didn't have money to fill the tank.

 

 

that's the kind of creativity and outside-the-box thinking that makes this country great.

[Redondo]

HIGH FLIER
Flight attendant who left cocaine at LAX busted

[Redondo]

4 new names for Bob Hope Airport are suggested for attracting more travelers

 

Michael Fiore, co-founder of Anyone Collective, suggested four names that officials with his company think would boost the airport's recognition with people east of the Rocky Mountains — Burbank Hollywood Airport, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Burbank Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Burbank Airport.

 

The legal name for the airfield would remain Bob Hope Airport, but officials are considering a branding name in an effort to draw more travelers.

 

[Blarg]

Just retarded to think an airport name draws customers.

[gotbeer]

Just retarded to think an airport name draws customers.

 

Yeah, I don't get it either.  They should just call it, the Las Vegas Express Airport.  Because is it used for anything else?

[nate]

Well, some names could be a deterrence.  For example, imagine if you are traveling and one of the options is Detroit...

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Woman tweets about her poop disaster while on a first date (funny if true)

 

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/woman-tweets-about-her-poop-disaster-while-on-a-first-date/story-fnq2oad4-1227800771397?from=news.com.au_rss&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

[Blarg]

She has the creepy face of some plastic doll.

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4 new names for Bob Hope Airport are suggested for attracting more travelers

 

Michael Fiore, co-founder of Anyone Collective, suggested four names that officials with his company think would boost the airport's recognition with people east of the Rocky Mountains — Burbank Hollywood Airport, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Burbank Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Burbank Airport.

 

The legal name for the airfield would remain Bob Hope Airport, but officials are considering a branding name in an effort to draw more travelers.

 

 

those names are . . . BRILLIANT!!!!!

[Homebrewer]

Johnny Carson and Gary Owens were responsible for putting 'Beautiful Downtown Burbank" into the American lexicon.

I think it should be Carson-Hope-Owens Burbank Airport of Los Angeles.

Edited March 24, 2016 by Homebrewer

[Angel Dog and Beer]

The Los Angeles Hollywood Airport of Burbank in memory of Bob Hope.

[Redondo]

United Airlines pilot arrested for running 'massive' brothel operation, cops say

[Redondo]

BLAME GOOGLE MAPS?
Crew says app glitch lead to wrong home demolition

[Tank]

United Airlines pilot arrested for running 'massive' brothel operation, cops say

 

so UA doesn't allow for employees to have a second job? anarchists!!

[gotbeer]

 

BLAME GOOGLE MAPS?

Crew says app glitch lead to wrong home demolition

 

 

 

make something idiot proof, and someone invents a better idiot.

[Redondo]

'APPALLING' CONTRAST
Gitmo detainees freed as 'Leavenworth 10' languish

[Redondo]

• The Son of Punk Icons Plans to Burn $7M in Memorabilia.

[Redondo]

VET'S NEW WHEELS
Man who fought suspect in cop chase gets big surprise

[Redondo]

HERO BEHIND THE WHEEL
Boy steers truck to safety after driver passes out

[Blarg]

By 11 he will be stealing cement trucks.

 

http://kxan.com/2016/03/21/video-11-year-old-steals-cement-truck-leads-police-on-chase/

[nate]

 

• The Son of Punk Icons Plans to Burn $7M in Memorabilia.

 

 

Brandon's people.

[Redondo]

Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Huntington Beach

 

A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Monday morning three miles from Huntington Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 3:40 a.m. PST at a depth of 8.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was four miles from Seal Beach

[Redondo]

Baby seal winds up miles away from the ocean, in Calif. front yard

 

 

 

Pa. woman skipped out on $600 cab fare from NYC, police say

 

 

 

 

'Bearded Bandit' arrested after caught trying to buy razors

 

 

 

 

[Redondo]

LUCK RUNS OUT
Seven charged in killing
of $400G lottery winner

 

Authorities in Georgia announced Monday that they had charged seven people in connection with the killing of a lottery winner this past January. 

 

Ben Hill County Sheriff's officials identified six of the seven charged in the death of Craigory Burch Jr. as 22-year-old Rosalyn Swain, 24-year-old Keyana Dyous, 21-year-old Anjavell Johnson, 27-year-old Earnest Holcombe, 19-year-old Dabrentise Overstreet, 28-year-old Nathaniel Baker. The seventh suspect, a 17-year-old, was not identified because he is a juvenile.

 

All seven face charges of malice murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. 

 

Investigators say three masked men kicked down Burch's door on the evening of Jan. 20 and demanded money. Burch, who had won $434,272 the previous November in the Georgia Lottery's Fantasy 5 game, was holding his 2-year-old child when the men burst in.

 

Burch's girlfriend, Jasmine Hendricks, told WALB that he pleaded with the robbers, telling them "Don't do it, bro. Don't do it in front of my kids. Please don't do it in front of my kids and old lady. Please don't do that, bro. Please don't."

 

Hendricks told the station Burch threw his pants at the robbers, who shot and killed him after they failed to find his wallet. 

 

Ben Hill Sheriff Bobby McLemore told reporters Monday that more arrests were coming in the case and the investigation was ongoing.