Naughty children of yore used to go to bed without supper. Others got spanked. Their adult crime-committing counterparts used to face mutilation for petty crimes or an eternity in a dank jail cell. Times have changed. And so have the sentences.
While time-outs seem to be the prevailing punishment for modern children, a grown man in Buffalo, New York recently learned that today's adult lawbreakers can sometimes face creative sentences for nonviolent crimes.
That's because the man in question, a restaurant owner, has been sentenced to deliver 12 pizzas a week to a local shelter for 12 months. It's a good deal for him -- he avoids jail time despite a guilty plea to charges of grand larceny. (He withheld $104,000 in sales tax.)
It's an unusual punishment from a Supreme Court judge, to be sure ... but it's one that does some good. But how much good? And is it really fair?
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Corona Light is taking on the light beers of the world in a new promotion to make it the most liked light beer on Facebook ... and, in my humble opinion, it's biting off more than it can chew. (Or swallow?)
I was recently having dinner with my better half when he noticed the steak he ordered came with fingerling potatoes.
Have you ever opened a bag of chips or walked through your vegetable garden and thought, "Wow! That [insert food here] looks a lot like [insert celebrity/animal/religious figure here]!"
We all have a general understanding that the more stars a restaurant receives in a review, the better. Del Posto, for example, was recently given four stars by The New York Times -- a rare accomplishment that inspired owner Mario Batali to tweet, "Holy Shitaly!!!"
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