Olaf

30. August 2010 | 00:49

Olaf Cini sentenced to four more years in jail after admitting â‚¬80,000 scam

Serial fraudster Olaf Cini, 50 of Paola was this morning sentenced to four more years in jail after admitting to defrauding six people out of a total of â‚¬80,000. (News Source: Malta Today - 11:19:21)

Residents foil Agoura house burglary attempt

By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com A burglar from Port Hueneme got more than what he bargained for when he broke into a home in Agoura Hills -and got caught redhanded. Olaf Gustav Karlsen of Hueneme was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to one count of residen- tial burglary at a home in the 5500 block of Adelina Court Aug. 4. The … (News Source: The Acorn - 16:08:27)

Artist of the Week: Mel Stone

LAS CRUCES - For almost three decades, North Dakota transplant Mel Stone was a “one-man band,” writing, shooting and editing TV features for Fargo’s NBC affiliate. (News Source: Las Cruces Sun-News - 07:11:23)

New movement-based game controllers take some getting used to

Berlin - Increasingly, characters in today’s video games take their cues from players, who have to jump, turn and gesticulate to get their onscreen personalities to do their bidding. (News Source: EARTHtimes.org - 03:18:49)

Thole: Gophers football prognostications - say it ain’t so

Well it’s that time of the year again that I start perusing through those expensive preseason college football mags. (News Source: Stillwater Gazette - 22:17:20)

MIAC schedule

MIAC Sept. 4 Concordia (Wis.) at Augsburg, 1 p.m. Northwestern (Minn.) at St. John’s, 1 p.m. St. Thomas at St. Norber (Wis.), 1 p.m. Bethel at Simpson (Iowa), 1 p.m. Carleton at Crown (Minn.), 1 p.m. St. Olaf at Luther (Iowa), (News Source: Post-Bulletin - 22:12:06)

Deutsche Euroshop in Talks to Acquire Two German Malls, Finance Chief Says

Deutsche Euroshop AG , Germany’s largest shopping-center owner, is in talks to buy two properties in the country, Chief Financial Officer Olaf Borkers said in an interview. (News Source: Bloomberg - 11:48:59)

Strasburg suffers abrupt end to phenomenal start

Twelve starts into his debut big league season, former San Diego State phenom Stephen Strasburg has joined a long list of fireballers whose elbow ligament has torn. (News Source: San Diego Union-Tribune - 09:25:48)