<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/def17168-11a8-4dc6-ab10-785fa9ffecf9/23FB8606-1396-4578-93B8-C0D51629918D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gizmodo.com/5327482/parent-of-the-year-arrested-after-dragging-kid-through-verizon-store-on-a-leash" href="http://gizmodo.com/5327482/parent-of-the-year-arrested-after-dragging-kid-through-verizon-store-on-a-leash" style="font-size: 11px;">gizmodo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5327482/parent-of-the-year-arrested-after-dragging-kid-through-verizon-store-on-a-leash"><P><IMG width="340" class="left image340" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/verizon-leash-kid.jpg" />Not surprisingly Melissa Catherine Smith-Means of Alabama (oh...Alabama) was arrested a few months ago for this incident in a <A href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/verizon/" title="Click here to read more posts tagged VERIZON" class="tagautolink autolink">Verizon</A> store. Who knew someone would have a camera in a cellphone store?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5327482/parent-of-the-year-arrested-after-dragging-kid-through-verizon-store-on-a-leash"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/a88_1249007894" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5327482/parent-of-the-year-arrested-after-dragging-kid-through-verizon-store-on-a-leash">After being arrested she told the police "My young 'un loves being dragged around on a leash. It's how I was brought up." She was also <A href="http://www.noisebot.com/here_take_this_or_something_t-shirt.htm">wearing this shirt</A>. Ok, maybe this last part didn't happen—but you can picture it can't you? [<A href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a88_1249007894">LiveLeak</A> via <A href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/woman-drags-child-through-verizon-store">TechEBlog</A> via <A href="http://www.gadgetreview.com/2009/07/child-dragged-through-verizon-store-by-leash-mom-arrested-video.html">Gadget Review</A>]</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/23FB8606-1396-4578-93B8-C0D51629918D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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