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Gibson Cheats Contest Winner $10k Equipment Prize
January 25, 2008 | Filed by Boner | 
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A contest winner was cheated out of his grand prize after winning the Lolapalooza Last Band Standing contest in 2006. The prize package included $10,000 worth of equipment from Gibson.
Since then, the musician named Tonedeff has been trying to get Gibson to make good on their promise. His full story on his blog.
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Girl Loses Hannah Montana Tix for Lying
December 30, 2007 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment
A 6-year-old girl who won tickets to a Hannah Montana concert had her prize forfeited by the contest sponsors when it was discovered that her winning essay was a lie. In the essay, she falsely claimed her father died from a roadside bombing in Iraq.
The girls mother eventually fessed up that the essay and the military information she provided about her daughter’s father were untrue.
“We did the essay and that’s what we did to win. We did whatever we could do to win,” [Priscilla] Ceballos said in an interview Friday with KDFW-TV of Dallas.
She is now in the running for the mother of the year award.
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Merry Christmas from Blackwater
December 30, 2007 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment
Blackwater USA Worldwide, the mercenary army, wishes you a Merry Christmas with a holiday card:
A Christmas wish that Christ’s great love, His grace and goodness, too, May fill your heart and bless you now and all the whole year through.
May the Lord Jesus truly bless you during this wonderful season as you rejoice with family and friends[.]
Blackwater Worldwide
They forgot to mention: Peace on Earth and good will toward men.
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Student Banned from School X-Mas Party for Not Believing in Jesus
December 25, 2007 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment
The headmaster at a UK elementary school barred a 9-year old boy from his class Christmas party because his parents had pulled him out of religious eduction classes earlier this year.
Douglas Stewart was forced to stay at home while his friends received presents from Santa and tucked into ice cream and jelly.
Headmaster Ian Davidson said that because the youngster had no interest in religion he could not celebrate the birth of Christ.
Furious mother Dawn Riddell, 38, said yesterday: “I’ve helped out at the Christmas party before and it’s got absolutely nothing to do with Jesus. Douglas was heartbroken he couldn’t go. It was cruel.”
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Woman Shops at Wal-Mart for 72 Hours
December 24, 2007 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment
Employees at the 24-hour Wal-Mart Supercenter called the police when they learned that a 70-year-old woman spent three days inside the store sleeping, shopping and eating at the on-site Blimpie.
The woman simply blended in with the carts, merchandise and other shoppers in the busy store before employees noticed her and asked why she was there for so long. Her simple answer was, ‘I’m shopping.’
When the police arrived, she was allowed to pay for her merchandise and then escorted home.