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The man ultimately “tore free” and fled. An arrest has been made, but no names have been released.

Maryland State police trooper Bruce Wrzosek was quoted as saying “They can’t do [expletive] to me“, as he lead the police on a high speed chase into a residential area.

MSNBC’s Local Baltimore News Coverage:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355861/

Upon first glance, you might think this website is a joke, but sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Notice the “.de” in the destination of that web address. This is the actual website of a German company dealing with slang translation issues while trying to sell a product to an international market. This isn’t the first company to fumble their overseas product translations. Here are some more classic texbook examples:

- Coca-Cola was trying to use a slogan to the effect of “Coke for life!”, however, their campaign was mistranslated into Chinese as “Coke brings your ancestors back from the dead!”

- “Body by Fisher” was translated to “Corpse by Fisher” in the European market .

- Chevy tried to take a line of small cheap cars into Mexico- and had horrible sales. The car was the “Nova”. They found out the hard way (after months of frustration) that “No va” means “it doesn’t go” in spanish.

For some more translations that just make you look at the floor and shake your head, we recommend http://www.engrish.com

Laura Zuniga, age 23, was detained at a military checkpoint in La Paz, Mexico last Monday. Police found multiple assault rifles and $55,000 in cash in the luxury vehicles that she and seven other men were traveling in.

Zuniga was court ordered to 40 days in jail Friday while police investigate possible ties to violent smuggling gangs. The investigators currently believe Zuniga to be the girlfriend of a member of the Juarez cartel, which is notorious for operating lucrative smuggling routes into the United States.

Laura was formerly Miss Sinaloa and had become Queen of Hispanic America pageants earlier this year. The pagent organizers informed the media of their decision to dethrone Zuniga in La Paz daily La Razon. She was to compete in the Miss International pageant next year.

After a record breaking holiday season for Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Japan has teamed up with Dentsu, Japan’s largest ad agency, to launch a video distribution service on the Wii.

While most of the current online video services carry existing television shows and movies, preliminary reports suggest that the two companies intend to create programming designed exclusively for the Wii service. The new service will be launched in Japan next year, but there are currently no dates set for the North American market.

http://news.cnet.com/Video-coming-to-the-Wii/2100-1041_3-6248590.html