A heroin addiction fueled a former engineer’s bank robbery spree

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Post by esalazar » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 8:48 AM UTC

A heroin addiction fueled a former engineer’s bank robbery spree
bloomberg.com

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Post by ipushfatkids » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:03 AM UTC

It really is crazy to me how a white dude can commit 30 bank robberies and end up doing less tha 4 years in prison. I personally know one guy who is a minority who did 10 for his first attempt, and he was 17.

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Post by mapcars » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

What a story!

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Post by Aardwolf » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

"A heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s, 30-bank robbery spree"

Off topic, but I don't understand why the comma is there? Is there some English language rule dictating this one?

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Post by zhaso » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:33 AM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #4

"A heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s, 30-bank robbery spree" Off topic, but I don't understand why the comma is there? Is there some English language rule dictating this one?

It shouldn't be there

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Post by david-s » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:33 AM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #4

"A heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s, 30-bank robbery spree" Off topic, but I don't understand why the comma is there? Is there some English language rule dictating this one?

the original title has "yearlong, 30-bank" there. "yearlong" has been removed for some reason, but the comma remains

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Post by ggambetta » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:34 AM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #4

"A heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s, 30-bank robbery spree" Off topic, but I don't understand why the comma is there? Is there some English language rule dictating this one?

Pretty sure that comma has nothing to do there.

Maybe it was transcribed from something Christopher Walken said?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:34 AM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #4

"A heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s, 30-bank robbery spree" Off topic, but I don't understand why the comma is there? Is there some English language rule dictating this one?

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Post by xfitm3 » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:44 AM UTC

if(headline =~ "Boeing") sensationalize++;

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Post by Aromasin » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:47 AM UTC

xfitm3 wrote: post #9

if(headline =~ " Boeing ") sensationalize++;

else sensationalize++;

# Is it really a headline if it's not sensationalized nowadays?