Frosty the Snowman Abducted

Kudos to the Associated Press writer who penned the last line of this story about a 42-foot-tall snowman that was stolen in Tyler (and kudos to the alert FBvian who spotted it).

Local Conservative Raises Money for Hillary Clinton

Teddy Gambordella, 19, apparently couldn’t any college funds out of his old man because he wouldn’t become a Republican. So he’s got an Internets gig now where he’s raising money for school — and for Hillary. But as an alert FBvian noted, Gambordella’s Facebook page lists him as conservative. Not saying you can’t dig Hillary and be conservative. Just saying.

Update: A curious FBvian passes along a link to this book (second one down), by Gambordella’s father. In Fight for Your Life: The Secrets of Street Fighting, the elder Gambordella “really lets you know how to turn someone’s crotch into oatmeal.”

Time for Your Semi-Regular Prison Break Update—With a Twist

Last month, Prison Break filmed for two days at the Hall of State in Fair Park. The only problem? Around the same time, 21 historically significant items went missing from the Dallas Historical Society, which is housed there. According to this Bloomberg.com article, among the missing goods are a pair of Mexican President Santa Anna’s spurs and one of his paperweights, an 1891 Todd Milling Co. stock certificate, and a pair of five-star collar insignia worn by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz during surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in 1945 at Tokyo Bay.

The DHS is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of the items, and Fox is cooperating with police to determine if a crew member accidentally walked away with the pieces.

Romo’s Every Move Now Under Watch

I hope Tony can stay plucky through all of this celebrity navel gazing. First People posts pictures, now TMZ mocks the guy for flying commercial.

Mystery Local Celeb Snoozes on D Mag Couch

See if you can guess which celebrity this was who took a nap on my couch this morning. Bonus points if you can ID the pale woman who napped with him.

Navy’s Johnson in Town Today, Touring SMU

Yesterday, with the help of an alert FBvian, we speculated as to why Gerald Ford’s jet flew to Baltimore. Was it to pick up Paul Johnson? Why, yes, as it turns out, it was. That same FBvian points us to this story, which confirms that’s exactly what happened. He’s in town today touring the campus and so forth. Good luck, Ponies.

The Proof is in the Pictures

My motto with celebrity gossip items is generally, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” People.com reported yesterday that Tony Romo took advantage of the Boys’ weekend off, spending Saturday night with his latest rumored squeeze, Jessica Simpson. The two were supposedly spotted sharing a very public smooch at the birthday party of Jessica’s friend and former assistant, Cacee Cobb. Yeah, sure, I thought. I want pictures. Well, here they are.

FreedomPark Not a Fan of D/FW Airport, and Vice Versa

A commuting friend of mine sent me a rather long email he received from Ken Kundmueller, president of FreedomPark, the valet parking service at D/FW Airport. Kundmueller says D/FW has restricted his company’s access to the one-hour parking area, which isn’t so good for business, because there have been four complaints about congestion. That alone wouldn’t be email-passing-along-worthy, not to mention blog-worthy. But Kundmueller adds that D/FW is going to allow a different company to do what FreedomPark did. The email reads in part,

In other words, FreedomPark is being moved out, after having successfully served D/FW for almost 7 years, and the airport’s California operator is moving in, under the pretext that there is too much congestion.

To read it in full, check out after the jump.

Update: The situation has been resolved.
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Leading Off

1) Today’s story of two teens getting busted after posting their criminal hijinks on teh Internets is brought to you by Southlake. (Way to go, Paul.)

2) If you haven’t been paying your tollway and zipcash tolls, here’s your rationalization.

3) And a news crew reporting on a crime story become victims of crime. No joke necessary.