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:: Monday, February 10, 2003 ::
:: 6:04 PM :: 0 comments ::
in the news...
the finest security available...
Woman skirts SFO security, boards jet
Airport evacuated 2 hours later -- after she's in air with carry-on
A woman with two carry-on bags bolted through an unmanned security checkpoint at the San Francisco International Airport on Thursday and took off on a flight before federal security agents evacuated the terminal -- more than two hours later.
By then, another 10 flights had departed, and the 22-year-old woman was well on her way to Baltimore, where she was arrested.
Security cameras taped the woman pushing aside a table before bolting through the closed checkpoint at Terminal 3, which serves United Airlines domestic flights. The tape shows security screeners' backs turned to the woman, who is seen with two carry-on bags.
yes, that's right...pushing aside a table. a table. all the gates and chains and metal detectors and whatnot, and our airlines are protecting us from terrorists by blocking the gates with tables. i take that back; not even tables, but a table. one.
i don't know about you, but i sure feel safe.
dude, you're gettin' a cell...
'Dell Dude' Arrested for Marijuana in NY
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Benjamin Curtis, the Dell Computer Corp. pitchman "Steven" who says on television, "Dude, yer gettin' a Dell," was arrested for possessing marijuana in New York, officials said on Monday.
Curtis, 22, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor that carries a prison sentence of up to three months if he is convicted, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office said.
Curtis, who lives in New York and was arrested on Sunday night, was scheduled to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court later on Monday.
A spokesman for the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said he was not familiar with the details and declined to speculate on future plans for the advertising campaign.
"We're following the situation closely and working with our ad agency to understand what's transpired here," spokesman Venancio Figueroa said. The ad agency is DDB of Chicago.
Dell, the No. 2 personal computer company, makes most of its money selling to businesses and schools. It began the TV and print commercials featuring the wise-cracking "Steven" three years ago.
okay, but let's be honest here...who didn't see this coming a mile away? and hey, at least it was just pot...he could have been arrested for peddlin' porn from his dell computer or something. half the people had him figured as a stoner anyway...of course, i'd just about be willing to bet you won't be seeing him in any future dell ads...maybe a PSA or something, and quite likely as the target of a saturday night live skit...
-J
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