"But every time they refuse to pay them and tell courts that the other was driving."

Nobody is driving when you get a parking ticket.

"Parking tickets, like red light cameras, and speeding tickets are the responsibility of the driver, not the vehicle owner."

The part about red light (and speed) cameras is only true in California and, like, three other states in the US. For the rest of the states getting caught on film is a no-points "civil citation". The burden of proof on the part of the state is much lower with a civil citation so it's almost impossible to challenge.

If an officer actually pulls you over and confirms your identity it gets bumped up to a moving violation. You might get points in this case but the state's burden of evidence is also higher.

Jadson Liechtenstein

"'The function of this decorated object remains a puzzle,' they say."

Maybe it's a (wait for it) decorative object?

I'm pretty sure that Windows 3.x reached EOL (end of life) years ago. Generally versions of Windows have roughly a five year life cycle. That's been stretched out as of late because there was a lot of kvetching when MS tried to EOL 90s era OS's and VB6 applications, but it doesn't go all the way back to Win 3.1.

Here's a link to the MS lifecycle FAQ: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

... or maybe they planned really well. It would seem that having all your maintenance access in one spot is more convenient than having it spread out over multiple blocks.

Debtor prisons were eliminated in the US circa 1833. With some exceptions collection of debt is a civil matter, not a criminal one. The library should have turned it over to a collections agency and been done with it; the police should have advised them to do the same.

@Inquisitor:"Again we see the socialist try to be gods and defy economics. Their hubris will be punished eventually."

Lighten up guy (or girl as the case may be). Most of the countries of the world have some kind of affirmative action: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action#Implementation_worldwide

@cuimhne: "Unfortunately a law is necessary until it becomes the norm to have equal numbers of male and female employees at the highest levels of management."

You seem to feel it's a foregone conclusion that legislating away the symptoms of a problem will actually fix its root cause. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of affirmative action laws is at best unclear and at worst unprovable.

I don't see why it would have to be removed at all to build a garage. It's 8' under ground and unlikely to interfere with pouring an on-grade slab.

You could always relabel it as a sump well and use it for foundation drainage.

@sparge: The article states that she eats through a tube. Ostensibly her intestines are able to absorb food but her stomach won't hold it.

@Gerry: except she does eat. Through a tube. Is there a pathology where people are willing to eat via a tube but not orally?