TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said Friday.

The 57-year-old unemployed man of Fukuoka in southern Japan called police Wednesday when the camera sent pictures to his mobile phone of an intruder in his home while he was out on Wednesday, the Asahi newspaper said on its Website.

Officers rushed to the house and found a 58-year-old unemployed woman hiding in an unused closet, where she had secreted a mattress and plastic drink bottles, the Asahi said. Police suspect she may have been there for several months, the paper said.

"I didn't have anywhere to live," the Nikkan Sports tabloid quoted the woman as telling police.

Local police confirmed that they had arrested a woman for trespassing, but would not comment further on the case.

***she must have showered, etc., while he was sleeping? FNA shit skippy! BC

By Marie Szaniszlo and Paul Restuccia | Sunday, June 1, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com

Investigators yesterday combed through the rubble of James Hook & Co., searching for clues to the cause of Friday’s seven-alarm fire at the landmark seafood company.

Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said investigators hope to determine soon what started the predawn blaze, which resulted in an estimated $5 million loss for the owner, including 60,000 pounds of lobster.

“There’s a lot of history here,” co-owner Al Hook said as he surveyed the wreckage, smoldering a day later. “It’s like a wake, we’ve gotten so many condolences. Everyone has been good to us.”

The waterfront business had been in the family for three generations. Customers could buy fresh lobster rolls and pick clams from baskets and lobsters from tanks.

“It’s really sad to see it go,” said Judy Peterson, who’s bought seafood there for 10 years and went by yesterday to see what was left.

Al Minahan recalled standing next to his father years ago in Wakefield, watching helplessly as the family drug store burned down. “When I heard about this, it brought back those memories,” Minahan said. “We’d come here for celebrations. The thing about the Hooks is they treated royalty and street people the same.”

After the fire department finishes its investigation, Hook said, the family will demolish what’s left of the Atlantic Avenue business and rebuild on the same property.

“We’ll be back,” he said, “and maybe with a few surprises.”

In addition to its wholesale-retail business, Hook said, the family may open a restaurant on the site, where a lobster weathervane still sat yesterday atop a red steeple.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) have both called the family, promising to cut through any red tape so that they can could rebuild quickly.

Firefighters removed a gold leaf lobster an artist made that adorned the roof and presented it to Al Hook. Jimmy Hook was still in shock, saying, “It’s so strange the way it burned. It’s all water in there, with the lobster tanks.”

OH the humanity!!!A million dollars worth of Maine lobster toasted...
well it is 15.00/lb here at WalMart x 60,000#...OK so its 900K $ it is still a bummah, a wicked bummah! lol BC

BC

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh-area sports radio host Mark Madden has been fired by ESPN.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has quoted Madden as saying he had hoped Sen. Edward Kennedy "would live long enough to be assassinated." The Massachusetts Democrat has a brain tumor.

Madden made the remark during his show Wednesday. The show has aired weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. on 1250 ESPN. Madden was last heard on the air Thursday, the day before his comments appeared in the Post-Gazette.

An ESPN spokesman says Madden was taken off the air according to the network's contractual rights.

Madden could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
***and I hope the petty moron stays unemployed as a result of such a nasty statement,OH, I forgot God reads newspapers too...BC w00t!

***now this is some evil and repugnant shit!