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Not exactly a surprise ending

Posted on December 29, 2008
Man lights 50 sparklers at once, loses fingers. | Sara Shepherd

Posted on December 29, 2008
Thanks for spending time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. PROGRAMMING NOTE: The always excellent Sara Shepherd will be...

Attention British dance-show fans

Posted on December 29, 2008
Your Strictly Come Dancing vote does NOT constitute an emergency (even if it is the finals). | Sara Shepherd

The windshield washer who wouldn't give up

Posted on December 29, 2008
...got punched, fell down, hit his head, and died. Homicide charges have been filed. | Sara Shepherd

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Your dog swallowed what?

Posted on December 29, 2008
A little something for the 'Not remotely crime-related' category. From Wales: An animal charity has released a list of the "top 20 weird and wonderful items removed from the stomachs of inquisitive pets by its veterinary surgeons." A man's wig...

Self-defense shooter misses mark

Posted on December 29, 2008
A newspaper deliveryman gets into an altercation with another guy at a discount store. Other guy pulls a knife, threatens to kill deliveryman. Deliveryman pulls out a gun and starts shooting. But instead of hitting his attacker, the deliveryman shot....

Parachutist plunges to death

Posted on December 29, 2008
UPDATE: He's been identified as Larry Miller, 37, of Webb City, Mo. --- and he had previously completed more than 300 jumps. It happened in southwest Missouri, to an experienced skydiver. | Sara Shepherd

Al Capone's home for sale

Posted on December 29, 2008
It can be yours for just $450,000. The current owner, a retired special education teacher, knew and cared little about the home's history when she bought it for $29,500 in 1963. Snip: The home features a large basement with a...

Never too young II

Posted on December 29, 2008
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with two murders in the Bronx. In one, she allegedly dismembered the victim and stuffed him in a bag. | Sara Shepherd

Never too young

Posted on December 29, 2008
Bad: Two men in California were accused of trying to pimp a 13-year-old girl. Worse: When they "befriended" her, she had already been working as a prostitute. | Sara Shepherd

The nanny and the naked spray-tans

Posted on December 29, 2008
The nanny said she was forced to give Heather Mills naked spray tans -- which wasn't in her job description -- and now she's suing. | Sara Shepherd

Hoover versus Eagleton

Posted on December 29, 2008
The Post-Dispatch had a big story this weekend about the late politician Thomas Eagleton and the fact that he wasn't a favorite of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. (Though who was?) The story asks whether the FBI played any role...

The man in the attic

Posted on December 29, 2008
He lived with the Pennsylvania family for a week, wearing their clothes and eating out of their fridge. Yes, they were really creeped out. | Sara Shepherd

Santa killer had 'secret guilt'

Posted on December 29, 2008
Apparently, he went a long time without telling the wife he killed about his son from a previous relationship. The son was brain-damaged from swimming pool accident while he was in Pardo's care, and although he continued paying child support...

A public service announcement

Posted on December 29, 2008
A local blogger, RDM's Random Remarks, writes about a woman accused of scamming Leavenworth residents by pretending to sell popcorn on the Boy Scouts' behalf. Snip: This is my PSA on helping you to avoid scams. It?s not just the...

2 young boys beaten to death in AZ playground attack

Posted on December 29, 2008
Awful story from Phoenix, where two young cousins, ages 10 and 7, were reportedly beaten to death on a playground. The suspect is a local man who might be schizophrenic -- they really don't have a motive for the attack....

Midtown Miscreant v. the Santa Claus Killer

Posted on December 29, 2008
Double-M writes about Bruce Pardo, who reportedly killed nine people, including his ex-wife and several of her relatives, during a Christmas Eve party in Covina, Calif. Snip: People always seem so shocked when someone they knew in passing, a guy...

Fake pipe bomb left on MO pastor's car

Posted on December 29, 2008
Story is from Springfield, where a fake -- but very realistic-looking -- pipe bomb was found Sunday on the car of the Rev. Larry Maddox, a pastor and political activist who used to head up the local NAACP.

Chicks dig scars ...

Posted on December 27, 2008
... but it's less clear how they feel about dudes who set themselves on fire. (Story is from Sweden, and this might indeed be a crime story because the Human Torch is accused of endangering the public.)

He was an ideal inmate ... right up to the escape attempt

Posted on December 27, 2008
From The AP: A Holt County jail inmate doing time for auto theft is accused of stealing the keys to a patrol car on Christmas night and taking off into Kansas. Officials say 42-year-old Ross Archer was a model prisoner...

Should Jackson County renew the COMBAT tax?

Posted on December 27, 2008
It's a sales tax that helps pay for drug court and a slew of other anti-drug programs -- Dave Helling's story says it raised about $21 million this year, $300 million since 1989. It doesn't expire until 2011, but the...

I'm not saying it's OK, but I understand

Posted on December 27, 2008
In Philadelphia, a man is accused of shooting another moviegoer after that guy and his family wouldn't stop talking during "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," police say. Best Part? As the entire freaks out, the gunman returns to his...

UPDATE: Shootings during Dallas rush hour

Posted on December 26, 2008
The chief suspect, a former Utah state trooper, had shot himself in the head a few hours after the attacks. He finally died of his injuries on Christmas Eve. No word on a possible motive, though it sounds like he'd...

My new hero

Posted on December 26, 2008
Great story from the Orlando Sentinel about a 91-year-old man who opened fire on home invaders who threatened his wheelchair-bound wife. (They've been married 72 years, and he keeps a gun hidden in the couch cushions.) "I was going to...

Do you recognize this man?

Posted on December 26, 2008
The FBI is looking for a man who held up a Community America Credit Union inside the Hy-Vee Grocery Store at 4545 S. Noland Road in Independence. Happened about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect is a black male, about 5...

OUR WORST FEARS HAVE BEEN REALIZED

Posted on December 26, 2008
Dogs have learned how to shoplift. I suspect we've got six months before they get the hang of carjacking. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

Awful Ways To Die

Posted on December 26, 2008
Near St. Louis, police are investigating after the body of an elderly woman was found outside in the rain and cold, in the smoking area outside her nursing home. Autopsy results aren't official, but they're pretty sure it was exposure...

DNA tests, tobacco spit tie crook to series of burglaries

Posted on December 26, 2008
Fittingly, this story is from Oklahoma. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

The Christmas Eve Massacre

Posted on December 26, 2008
In Covina, Calif., police say a man Bruce Jeffrey Pardo reportedly dressed up as Santa Claus and opened fire at a Christmas Eve party being attended by his ex-wife, who is still missing. (So are her parents, who owned the...

10 years later

Posted on December 26, 2008
After reading so many missing-person stories that never get solved, it's nice to find something like this. Mexican authorities have deported a Maryland woman who reportedly kidnapped her son just before his dad was going to take custody of him....

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