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Fake priest caught in confessional

Confessionalblog385x185_2 Bess writes: A bizarre case of identity fraud has surfaced in the Vatican: the Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, reports that a fake priest was caught in St Peter’s Basilica attempting to enter the confessional box. The 30-year-old man was subsequently sentenced in a special Vatican court. And, according to this morning's papers, the sentencing judge discovered he was a serial offender. Gianluigi Marrone, one a handful of judges employed at the court, explained: "He had priest's robes on but to the expert eye of our security staff he raised suspicions, He was acting strangely and so he was stopped and checked. He had an identity card which said he was a priest but a quick check established it was bogus.

Fake priest caught out

Vatican - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.

Fake Robert De Niro caught

A fake Robert de Niro was caught when he tried to use forged ID papers for the star during a routine police roadside vehicle check.

Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.

Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica,

Wading through the iPhone 3G hype machine

1.0. Yes, I was caught paying the hefty sticker of $599, caught using AT&Ts slow EDGE network and, yes, caught in the frenzy only Apple is capable of building. In other words, I was caught hook, line and sinker.

Wading through the iPhone 3G hype machine

1.0. Yes, I was caught paying the hefty sticker of $599, caught using AT&Ts slow EDGE network and, yes, caught in the frenzy only Apple is capable of building. In other words, I was caught hook, line and sinker.

Wading through the iPhone 3G hype machine

1.0. Yes, I was caught paying the hefty sticker of $599, caught using AT&Ts slow EDGE network and, yes, caught in the frenzy only Apple is capable of building. In other words, I was caught hook, line and sinker.

Microsoft creates its own Fake Steve for "i'm Initiative"

Fake Steve Jobs, also known as Daniel Lyons (see our interview with him), created a fake blog that quickly became a popular hit in the tech world. Microsoft decided to do something similar with a new blog by the name of i'm talkathon (RSS feed), except that author Parker Whittle is completely fictitious. The blog wasn't created just for the sake of entertainment: the goal is to promote the "i'm Initiative" (which in turn will promote Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail).

Judge rules for eBay on fake jewellery

US-based online auction services provider eBay has had an important legal win in a court case involving fake jewellery. District Court of New York judge Richard Sullivan has found that claimant Tiffany was wrong to put the onus for policing the trade in counterfeit goods on eBay, and noted that auctions for fake jewellery were cancelled immediately when Tiffany alerted eBay to them. The legal team for the luxury goods brand has signalled an appeal may be lodged. eBay had previously lost in a similar matter, when a French court ruled in favour of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and ordered compensation of in excess of $US61m be paid to it by eBay

User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace

Recently a user, Lori Drew, was charged with a felony for the heinous crime of pretending to be someone else on the Internet. Using the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Lori was charged for signing up for MySpace using a fake name. "The access to MySpace was unauthorized because using a fake name violated the terms of service. The information from a "protected computer" was the profiles of other MySpace users. If this is found to be a valid interpretation of the law, it's really quite frightening. If you violate the Terms of Service of a website, you can be charged with hacking. That's an astounding concept. Does this mean that everyone who uses Bugmenot could be prosecuted? Also, this isn't a minor crime, it's a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment per count.

Fake-Looking Mystery iPod Nano Cases Appear for Fake-Looking Mystery iPod Nano

Either this is proof that contract manufacturing is a lightning-fast miracle of modernity, or that the bloggyverse is a noisy-as-hell echo chamber: No sooner does Kevin Rose prophesy that the next-gen iPod nano will be tall and skinny and rounded, but Chinese makers report case orders that meet their specs.

Priest's potty gift from God

A Bulgarian priest is to go under police surveillance - because of a field of cannabis he claims is a gift from God.

Fake Steve Jobs ups anchor and bails out

Maybe the death of Fake Steve Jobs has previously been exaggerated, but the satirical blog may finally have ended with a post that says I'm sailing away:

Fake euro notes on the rise

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The number of fake euro banknotes is on the rise, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday, with the 50 euro note the preferred choice of counterfeiters.

Fake Chinese iPhone is Pretty Good Photocopy of the Real Deal

A forum poster over at Macrumors has posted photos of a fake iPhone that's close enough to the real hardware that you might believe it at first glance. Its proportions are off, the screen's not wide-sized and there's a mini-USB connector instead of an iPod dock one, but even the packaging is mocked-up to look Appleish. The UI is glossed-up to look very real, with some differences of course. And sure, you can imagine it would be not so sweet to operate... but you can't argue with the look of the thing. Steve's famous "start your photocopiers" call has gone a lot further than Redmond. Wonder how soon we'll see photocopy iPhone 3Gs? [Macrumors]

Pair caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir

Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.

2 Caught Skinny Dipping In Reservoir

Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.

Italian priest organizes beauty contest for nuns

ROME -- An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.

Two caught, charged skinny dipping in Portland reservoir

PORTLAND, Ore. - Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that's a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of litres of water and close the facility.

Pair caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.

Fish Caught At 7,500 Feet

French researchers said a deep-sea fish was caught at a record 7,500 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

Fish caught at 7,500 feet

French researchers said a deep-sea fish was caught at a record 7,500 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

Two people caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir and both charged

PORTLAND, Ore. - Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that's a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of litres of water and close the facility.

Two people caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir and both charged

PORTLAND, Ore. - Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that's a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of litres of water and close the facility.

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