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English appears to have enrolled the thermostat, operated by the company EnergyHub, in a program known as "Smart Savers Texas" ... [which] allows power companies to remotely adjust thermostats when energy demands are high in exchange for an entry into a sweepstakes. Other power companies have been known to offer customers reduced billing costs for entering similar programs.
Jerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #44, defended the officers' conduct ... "The officers followed the law, their training and departmental policies and procedures," Dix said. "Sometimes the arrest of noncompliant individuals is not pretty, but is a necessary part of law enforcement to maintain public safety, which is one of the fundamental ideologies of our society."
-- Police dragged a paraplegic man from his car after he told them he couldn't get out
The Santa Fe New Mexican reported [Alec] Baldwin [who had just accidentally killed two people and was probably having the worst day of his life] was seen Thursday outside the sheriff's office in tears, but attempts to get a comment from him were unsuccessful.
A prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin killed a film crew member on set, sheriff says