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A man was killed by a toilet bowl thrown from the stands at a soccer game in Brazil. The New York Daily News reports: Soccer riots in Brazil claimed the life of a man who was killed by a toilet bowl thrown from the stands at Arruda Stadium, the latest scene of fan violence that […]

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a toddler has been reunited with his mother after employees found him playing inside a claw crane machine at a Nebraska bowling alley. Lincoln police say a 24-year-old woman called 911 Monday afternoon because her 3-year-old son was missing from her apartment. Employees at the bowling alley across the […]

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Walkerville Police Department Christopher Nicholas Hiatt, 34, was charged with assault with a bodily fluid after he licked a cops eyeball while he was getting arrested. The New York Daily News reports: A Montana man licked a cop’s eyeball as he was being arrested, it’s claimed. Christopher Nicholas Hiatt allegedly rimmed the officer’s peeper with his […]

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Nahshon Shelton didn’t want to pay the 22-cent tax on his $1.79 two-liter of Pepsi. So much so that he pulled a machine gun on the clerk inside. The Chicago Sun Times reports: So he allegedly pulled a blue-steel Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun out of his Gucci satchel inside the convenience store in the 4000 […]

A Shreveport, LA teacher at Evangel Christian Academy School brought a 12-year-old student to tears after allegedly calling her a, ‘sassy slut.’ The student’s mother asked that her daughter’s name be withheld to protect her from potential teasing. “I’m just still numb you know, about what happened and the disciplinary action that the school had taken,” said […]

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UPI reports: A Virginia jury has ordered a 53-year-old man to pay $5,001 to his former coworker after he admitted to putting something in his coffee — and it wasn’t cream and sugar. A jury in Culpeper County Circuit Court ordered James Carroll Butler to pay Michael Utz for spiking his coffee pot with pee […]

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MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) — Two Minnesota burglary suspects are arrested after police say one of them accidentally called 911 and left the line open as the pair discussed the crime. Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell says the dispatcher got a call and hang-up, then another call that stayed open. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports […]

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A Nigerian man beheaded his father then ate his neck. The New York Daily News reports: Police in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria, say that Nwode Chukwudi attacked his father with a machete. When police were called he also threatened to attack anybody who tried to apprehend him before being overpowered by officers. It is not […]

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LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — Police in East Texas have arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer. Lufkin police Sgt. David Casper said Monday that an officer went to the home of 37-year-old Evelyn Hamilton to hear her complaint that the dealer […]

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A tree trimmer is recovering after he was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital with a chain saw blade embedded in his neck. James Valentine was in a tree in Ross Township on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers […]

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LISBON, Maine (AP) — A Maine man in search of a valuable mineral cut open a dead porcupine on the side of the road and unexpectedly pulled out its baby. Jared Buzzell, of Lisbon, says he was searching for wild mushrooms Thursday when he saw a porcupine get hit by a car in Minot. Buzzell […]

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A hammerhead shark dragged a college student in his kayak up the Atlantic coast for a two-hour “South Florida sleigh ride”. The SunSentinel reports: The fight lasted an hour and a half, as a student at Florida Atlantic University struggled to haul a 14-foot great hammerhead shark onto a Broward County beach. Viktor Hluben, 22, […]