Google Added to Gas Pumps

Starting next month, gas pumps will include an Internet connection that will have Google’s mapping service in color on a small screen. People will be able to get driving directions and look through several categories to find local landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and hospitals.

After a person selects a destination, the pump will print out the directions. Someday, they may have it where a person could type in a specific address and get directions.

In the beginning, they plan to have the service at 3,500 gas pumps and then expand if there is a more of a demand. Google wants to do this because they want to make their services available whenever and wherever people would need it.

Couple Robs Gas Station with Samurai Sword

It is reported in Plover, WI that a couple was arrested for robbing a gas station with a samurai sword. The couple needed money to leave town, so they stole a 2000 Mercury Sable, on August 8th, from the Jeepers Gin Mill and then dove home to pick a sword and two stocking caps. They then drove to the gas station and threatened the clerk with the sword and forced the clerk to give them several hundred dollars from the cash registers.

The couple was arrested after a Plover officer remembered seeing several samurai swords in their apartment when he responded to a domestic disturbance issue in May. The male is being held in jail on a $75,000 bond and the female is being held on a $50,000 bond.

Drunk Woman Drives Over Instructor During Driving Lesson

It is reported in Naples, FL that a man named David Tanner had to be airlifted to the hospital after a woman, Victoria Hosner, he was teaching to drive accidentally ran over him. David was teaching Victoria to drive when she accidentally hit the gas pedal and accelerated backwards. David was standing outside near the vehicle and was knocked to the ground. Victoria then accidentally ran over his leg. She then continued to drive in reverse and cause about $6,000 worth of damage.

A deputy thought Her eyes were bloodshot and her breath smelled like alcohol. They measured her blood-alcohol level at .146, which is .08 above Florida’s legal limit. She faces charges of driving under the influence, three counts of driving under the influence with damage to property or person of another, and driving without a license.

Woman Kills a Panhandler Asking for Money

It is reported in Cincinnati at a woman named Geraldine Beasley shot and killed a panhandler who asked her for 25 cents. The Panhandler was a homeless man who was standing outside of a gas station on Monday, Aug 6th, asking people for money. Geraldine complained about the man to someone else and when he approached her she pulled out a gun and killed him. Geraldine was charged with murder on Wednesday and held on a $500,000 bail. She has previously been charged with traffic charges, eviction cases and civil judgments against her. She was also fined in 2003 for improperly transporting a loaded gun after officers found one in her van.