If you’ve been to Walmart lately, you know that there are hardly any cashiers anymore. The retail giant seems intent on getting us all to use its self-checkout kiosks where shoppers scan their own merchandise and bag it too. Pretty much every time I shop there, the kiosk alerts, suggesting that I may have “missed a scan.” I flag down the harried employee who is supposed to be keeping an eye on at least a half-dozen kiosks, and he or she straightens things out. But beware the shopper who actually does miss a scan . . . or perhaps misses several scans. Fox News reports that “[a] Michigan woman is being charged after allegedly stealing items from Walmart by not scanning all of her items at the self-checkout.” I was initially outraged on behalf of Walmart shoppers everywhere, though my outrage diminished significantly upon reading that surveillance footage allegedly shows the shopper in question failing to scan over $1000 in goods over a period of months. Keep reading for more news. Serial killer in Iowa, maybe. NBC news reports on a truly sensational story arising in the nation’s hog capital. The news broke when an Iowa woman alleged that “her late father was a prolific serial killer who murdered dozens of people over decades.” She claims that he brought sex workers from Omaha to his rural property, murdered them, then enlisted his children in disposing of their bodies. The local sheriff is investigating. A cadaver dog has alerted to an area [...]
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