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Knuckleheads Of The Day (New Hampshire Edition)

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 20, 2008 · Comments (7)

Sorry, Bill, but you haven't posted a "Knucklehead Of The Day" for today, so I'm stealing it. Well, right here in New Hampshire we got a couple of prize boneheads that really, really deserve scorn and derision and mockery on a national -- nay, international scale. First up, we got... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (12 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 15, 2008 · Comments (3)

Haven't given out one of these in a while. Today's winner is Judge Adelina Entrena. She gets the award for the following. MADRID, Spain: A Spanish judge has been fined €103,000 (US$162,000) and suspended for a year for allowing a man to spend 455 days in prison for a crime... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.8/5 (4 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 7, 2008 · Comments (2)

Today's winner is Demetrius Robinson. He gets the award for the following. Police say they got a major clue to the identity of a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store -- his job application. Investigators in Athens, Ga., say Demetrius Robinson filled out the application to kill... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (6 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 6, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's winner is Doug Ferguson of Associated Press. Covering this weekend's Kraft Nabisco Championship, Ferguson wrote the following after Friday's play was complete. Hee-Won Han shot a 69 and joined Sorenstam at 3-under 141. The group at 142 included Karen Stupples, who fell from the first-round lead with a 75,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (6 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 5, 2008 · Comments (7)

Today's winner is Republican Congressman Rep. Patrick McHenry. He gets the award for the following. A North Carolina congressman has apologized for calling a contract employee in Baghdad a "two-bit security guard." Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., used that term when talking about a visit to Iraq where he was denied... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (13 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 4, 2008 · Comments (20)

Today's winner is Wal-Mart. They get the award for the following. The Department of Justice has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on behalf of a former airman, claiming the company didn't give him his job back after he was discharged from the military, the department announced Monday. The lawsuit on behalf... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 3, 2008 · Comments (0)

Today's winners are Officer Fernando Trinidad and his employer, the Orlando Florida Police Department. They get the award for the following. A woman who said an Orlando police officer pushed her down a flight of stairs at a nightclub is filing a formal complaint against the officer this morning, her... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 2, 2008 · Comments (5)

Today's winner is Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. I'm giving them a Knucklehead for their security lapses that led to a baby being kidnapped from their hospital and CFRH responses afterwards. If it isn't bad enough the hospital watched as Jennifer Latham walked out with the baby, you got... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 1, 2008 · Comments (5)

Today's winner is Seminole County(Florida) Judge Ralph Eriksson. Wizbang readers may remember last Sunday's Knucklehead winner, Jennifer Latham. She kidnapped a newborn baby boy from a Central Florida hospital. Less than two hours later Ms. Latham was apprehended. You kidnap a baby, what do you think will happen to you?... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (14 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 31, 2008 · Comments (2)

Today's winner is Sarah Louise Mary Bracamontes. She gets the award for the following. At 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, a neighbor reported three small children had been left alone for about two hours in a town home at 6331 Sunset Bay Circle, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. When deputies... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 30, 2008 · Comments (4)

Today's winner is Jennifer Latham. She gets the award for the following. SANFORD, Fla. - A woman abducted a 1-day-old baby from a secure hospital unit Friday and apparently smuggled the child out in a tote bag, police said. A 39-year-old woman was arrested a short time later after being... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 29, 2008 · Comments (4)

Today's winner is the La Crosse Wisconsin police department. They get the award for the following. LA CROSSE, Wis. - Police in La Crosse are a little red-faced right now. They're apologizing after issuing an alert about a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card at a convenience store.... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.1/5 (9 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 28, 2008 · Comments (4)

Today's winner is Congressman Albert Wynn. He gets the award for the following. WASHINGTON - Maryland Congressman Albert Wynn says he's leaving Congress before his term ends to take a job at a Washington law firm. The Democrat was defeated in a primary election last month. He said in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (8 votes cast)

The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 27, 2008 · Comments (2)

Today's winners are Jack McWilliams and Vincent Paul Marlyne. They get the award for the following. TAMPA - Almost a ton of metal cremation remnants snatched from a St. Petersburg cemetery vault has been returned to its rightful place, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The metal, including parts... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (6 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 26, 2008 · Comments (6)

Today's winner is Frank Singleton. He gets the award for the following. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office called him stupid Tuesday. But Frank Singleton could almost write the book on how to turn a misdemeanor into a felony without ever leaving the jail's parking lot. ***** Singleton, 21, of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 25, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's winner is Rev. Raymond Clayton. He gets the award for the following. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The former pastor of a Northumberland County church acknowledges using parishioners' personal information to obtain credit cards. The Rev. Raymond Clayton pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Williamsport to a charge of access... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (5 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 24, 2008 · Comments (10)

Today's winner is CIS or Citizenship and Immigration Services. They get the award for the following. During his nearly four years as a translator for U.S. forces in Iraq, Saman Kareem Ahmad was known for his bravery and hard work. "Sam put his life on the line with, and for,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (19 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 23, 2008 · Comments (2)

Today's winner is Terry Scott Petruzzi. He gets the award for the following. A Palm Beach Gardens firefighter who used flashing lights in his personal pickup truck to slow a speeding motorist has been charged with impersonating a police officer, Boynton Beach police said Friday. Terry Scott Petruzzi, 40, a... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (7 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

Today's winner is Brenda Kay Kelley. She gets the award for the following. Tampa police arrested a woman Thursday night who they say told her daughter to score some drugs for her from school. Brenda Kay Kelley handed her daughter $150 about two weeks ago and told her to buy... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.2/5 (4 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 18, 2008 · Comments (14)

Today's winner is Sarasota Florida Police Chief Peter Abbott. He gets the award for the following. SARASOTA -- Driving with your car stereo too loud here can already get you a ticket. If Sarasota police have their way it could also get your car impounded and cost you at least... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (15 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 16, 2008 · Comments (8)

Today's winner is ICE aka Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They get the award for the following. In a stinging ruling, a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials' alleged decision to withhold a critical medical test and other treatment from a detainee who later died of cancer was "beyond cruel... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (4 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 15, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's winner is Kim Tae-kook. He gets the award for the following. SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean biotechnology professor agreed to retract two papers on anti-aging technology published in international science journals after the institute discovered he fabricated data, officials said Friday. Kim Tae-kook, a professor at the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 14, 2008 · Comments (9)

Today's winner is announcer Bob Costas. Speaking at a sports auction this week, Costas said he couldn't understand what compelled nonjournalists to seek a forum for their opinions. Barry Jackson wrote this at today's Miami Herald. Costas, speaking before he emceed (and donated $50,000) at Tuesday's Make-a-Wish sports auction at... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (6 votes cast)

Knuckleheads Of The Day (New England Edition)

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: March 12, 2008 · Comments (2)

I hope Bill will forgive me for stealing his theme, but it just fits so well here. First up is Frederick Sullivan of Methuen, Massachusetts. Last year, he was busted for driving off without paying for his gas at a New Hampshire station. At least eight times. He kept coming... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (11 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 8, 2008 · Comments (4)

Today's winner is Rene Santoyo. She gets the award for the following. Every morning, Shawn Spitzer sent her 13-year-old daughter off to school with a lunch box of snacks and $5 to buy a hot meal. Every afternoon, Spitzer noticed that her daughter, who has severe autism and cannot speak,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

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