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A woman accused of stealing $6,400 worth of sausage from her employer isn’t coming out a wiener.

Regina Shaw, 45, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with felony theft between $1,500-$20,000 for an alleged sausage heist that took place Sept. 14 at the Kiolbassa Provision Company, where she was employed, KSAT reports.

Surveillance footage allegedly recorded Shaw taking a “pallet of meat product” from her place of work. She then allegedly sold a portion of the meat to a man named Peter Medellin, according to The Smoking Gun.

Medellin identified Shaw in a photo lineup and told police he accepted “more kielbasa” as payment for a loan he had given the accused.

A police affidavit did not specify how much meat was sold to Medellin nor how she managed to steal a whole pallet of sausage in the first place.

Shaw lost her job at the company the same day she was arrested.

She was taken to the Bexar County Jail and released after posting a $5,000 bail.

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READING, Pa. (AP) — A much-maligned public Christmas tree in Pennsylvania is getting the Charlie Brown treatment.

Officials in Reading (RED’-ing) say the spindly branches will be decorated with a single red ornamental bulb — just like the scrawny tree in the beloved “Peanuts” holiday tale. Officials say they hope the symbol will remind people of the deeper meaning of the season.

Residents of the small city complained the puny pine was ugly when it was first erected and topped with a lighted pretzel. Leaders then made arrangements for a better tree, and workers removed decorations from the original.

But the logistics became complicated, and Reading ended up keeping the unattractive tree.

On Wednesday, the city issued a statement saying the 50-foot Norwegian pine would get one ornament during a rededication ceremony Dec. 6.

DIY home security — it seems like everyone is doing it. After being privately funded, Scout is ready to toss their hat into the ring as well. The interesting thing with Scout is that you get a bit more off-the-grid security, but still remain connected. In bridging the gap between modern hardware and software in new ways, Scout is aiming … Continue reading

Elon Musk’s private space company, SpaceX, has been coming on in leaps and planetary-sized bounds of late, so much so that it’s apparently threatening our friends across the pond. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the EU is about to invest in a whole new generation of low-cost rockets in order to stay competitive.

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Summer might be a distant memory now for those of us who happen to live in the northern hemisphere, but there is always the pleasure of looking ahead to the next summer, right? If you have plans to move to a new place with a swimming pool before next summer rolls around, or are in the process of renovating your current pad to include one, then you ought to seriously consider installing the $10,000 Water Blasting Fire Rescue Game to be part of your home’s landscape – especially if you are going to win the “Favorite Grandpa of the Year” award from your grandchildren.

No longer do you need to head down to the likes of theme parks, state fairs, and arcades in order to enjoy a similar game, since ten grand would net you the Water Blasting Fire Rescue Game which challenges players to quench “fires” through the aiming of streams of water at range of “burning” windows. Heck, it will feature the likes of flashing lights, lighted scoring marquee, arcade sounds, and a firefighter theme, as the game would present each player with a quartet of windows which will illuminate randomly to indicate that they are on fire. Direct hits from each rapid-firing water cannon would help put out a fire, while there will be another window that is set aflame. All blasters are powered by continuous, 1/2-hp water pumps for fast action, and the guns aim up and down for quick shots. There are glass shields on the sides as well as top that keep water inside the cabinet, where it is recycled back into the game’s self-contained 5-gallon water system. Sure as heck beats any normal water blaster game if you ask me.
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