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11view is a free, fast and easy image viewer and convertor with several special features. It shows, prints and converts images with the highest possible quality.

Special features include:

-loading-time interpolation makes any picture appear smooth and clear when stretched onto a full screen

-color management corrects color and brightness distortions giving you the most realistic colors possible, gamma correction allows you to light-up dark images or darken too bright ones while viewing them.

-Numerous viewing options, panoramic scrolling, support for Exif tags, the lossless JPEG convertor, the GIF animation compiler, the icon/cursor compiler, the interactive lens tool.

The batch convertor tool allows you to choose destination palette, color depth, dithering method, transparency options and extended format-specific options. Also you can add image or text watermarks (overlays) to your images.

Standard features include: handy interface with customizable controls, file management tools, the high-quality "Print" function with preview, the "Acquire" function, the "Send by E-mail" function and more.

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Alright. Fine. People tend to steal cars. I give them credit. I sure don't have the guts to do it, but if I did, I certainly would pick a car that blends in. You know, not a high end sports car, for example. They did the right thing by picking a Ford Escort. Lots of those around, right?

Well, unfortunately, this dark blue Ford Escort had a missing hubcap, and the license plates were from Missouri. Strike one, guys....you live in Florida.

But wait, kids....that's not all. They happened to find this diamond in the rough at the gas station. Unbeknownst to them, the car's owner, Pam Pease, was employed at the gas station. So off they went, obviously giddy with excitement that they pulled off the heist.

Around 7:30, Pease realized her car had been stolen, and reported it to the authorities.

Obviously not on their way to Bible study, Castillo and Garcia noted that the car needed gas. Oh noes.

And now we see the evolution of a criminal's mind. Minds that are so sharp when it comes to doing the actual crime but become dull as as river rocks afterwards.

Back to the police. Deputies were entering the stolen vehicle data into the computer when they received the second call from Parade employees that the car had reappeared. Obviously a mistake, right? The entire Pensacola police had not even been alerted from the dispatcher that the car was stolen.

Well, the brilliant thieving minds came back to the same gas station to get some gas. Hey...the place was friendly enough to give us a car, why not gas!

Pease was sweeping up cigarette butts when all of a sudden here comes her Escort, rolling into the service station. Strike two guys. Nguyen, who speaks Spanish, asked the pair what they were doing back at the station.

"They told him they needed gas," Pease said.

Nguyen shut off the vehicle and offered the men water while co-workers called 911. They must have thought..."Free cars, free gas, free water!! This is the best gas station evar!"

Police arrived and after a short foot chase, the two were apprehended and were charged with grand theft auto and resisting arrest. They are being held in the Escambia County Jail on $7,500 bond each.

"That's a new one. Maybe they were lost," noted Sgt. Ted Roy, Sheriff's Office spokesman. "Crimes like that are good for our job security."

And also good for a laugh.

Since the weekend is slow in terms of tech news, we will try to enlighten you on the strange news that you may not have seen on your late local news. Neowin's Strange News of the Week will hopefully show you, our esteemed readers, that your life isn't all that bad. -- BOOG

News source: The Pensecola News Journal