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Washington considers assisted-suicide bill

Posted on June 16, 2008
If it passes, people could get fatal dosages of prescription pills if they only have six months to live and they're able to get two doctors' blessings. Only Oregon has a similar law, USA Today reports.

100 people brawl at NY wedding after camera goes missing

Posted on June 16, 2008
Yeah, that's what started it all -- a missing camera, police said. Two people were stabbed, including the DJ, who got poked in the back of the neck. So, really, they didn't have anything to do BUT fight. Hat Tip:...

Bicycling sounds like such a relaxing hobby ...

Posted on June 16, 2008
John Bondon, the former JaCo Sports Authority chairman, is facing a misdemeanor charge of nonaggravated assault after he allegedly chased down a couple of bicyclists recently and threatened them with a sap -- something that Bondon's attorney hotly denies...

Lori Drew scheduled to appear in court today

Posted on June 16, 2008
In California. Drew has been charged in connection with the Megan Meier suicide -- Meier being the 13-year-old girl who killed herself after being harassed over the Internet.

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A modest proposal

Posted on June 16, 2008
Remember that California school where police and teachers told the kids that a few of their classmates had died in a DUI wreck -- only it was a gigantic lie? Greg Orear at the Kirksville Daily Express had a good...

The wrong men

Posted on June 16, 2008
Dozens of the men detained at Guantanamo Bay were wrongly imprisoned, McClatchy reports in a new series. They were set up, in many cases, because someone wanted to claim a reward or settle a personal score. In a few instances,...

Wounding, suicide near 40th and Topping

Posted on June 15, 2008
From The Star: A man shot and wounded a woman before apparently turning the gun on himself Saturday morning outside a residence at 40th Terrace and Topping Avenue. Police said the man died. The woman?s condition later Saturday was stable....

Dakota DeRemus and Dustin Howard

Posted on June 15, 2008
One boy is dead, the other faces an involuntary manslaughter trial starting Monday. Laura Bauer has a really good story about the case this morning, the most detailed account I've seen so far. What a tragic, tragic story ...

Tommy R. Rollins Jr. is going away for a long, long time

Posted on June 14, 2008
Rollins is the man who shot and very nearly killed Missouri Trooper Brandon Brashear back in 2005. He's just been sentenced to two life terms in prison. He won't be eligible for parole until he's served 38 years.

No-contest plea from KS man whose girlfriend was stuck to toilet seat

Posted on June 14, 2008
He'd told police that she refused to leave the bathroom for nearly two years.

7 DUI arrests during KCPD sobriety checkpoint

Posted on June 14, 2008
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on June 13, 2008 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 29th street and 71 Highway. Southbound traffic was checked with total of 1402 vehicles stopped. A total...

The cost of the U.S. penal system: $45 billion in 2006

Posted on June 14, 2008
That pays for the 2 million people in prison and jail, plus the 4.2 million on probation and 800K on parole.

Get Whitey

Posted on June 14, 2008
White Bulger -- former FBI informant, murder suspect and longtime "Most Wanted" honoree -- has been on the lam for 13 years, the Boston Globe reports. He's the only guy in the Top 10 with a task force actively hunting...

What's a little extortion among family?

Posted on June 14, 2008
Wicked little story from South Carolina, where a local RV magnate was accused of fathering a kid with his niece -- only it was a giant extortion scheme devised by his sister, brother-in-law and niece, authorities allege.

Open Thread ... Caturday

Posted on June 14, 2008
TEH OPN THRD IS OPN 4 BIZNISS -- stupid cats, fouling up my grammar. The Open Thread is open for business on a lovely weekend morning! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually...

CT man stole school bus after officers arrested his ride home, police say

Posted on June 13, 2008
I don't really think they can blame the guy for allegedly stealing the school bus. How else was he supposed to get home? They'd already incarcerated his buddy -- and ride home -- earlier in the evening. Hat Tip: Many...

Father Lets-It-All-Hang-Out

Posted on June 13, 2008
A Colorado priest is on trial after police allegedly caught him jogging naked early one morning. Several witnesses say it was pretty common to see Father in the buff -- at least a couple of times per week, one former...

Unbelievable

Posted on June 13, 2008
In Oregon, a guy who set up a secret camera to videotape naked women and girls has won a legal victory. Basically, Oregon law says it's only illegal to secretly record naked WOMEN. So the defendant got a couple of...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on June 13, 2008
Please accept my congratulations on enduring another week at work! Celebrate your victory inside the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Or if you see an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link below....

TX executes its first prisoner in nine months

Posted on June 13, 2008
Boy, doesn't this sound creepy. From the Houston Chronicle: Karl Eugene Chamberlain, with a big smile on his face, addressed relatives of his victim, staring directly at the son, parents and brother of Felecia Prechtl as they stood just a...

FBI offers $5K reward for the Boonie Hat Bandit

Posted on June 13, 2008
The feds are trying to track down a bank robber who's committed 10 holdups in the St. Louis area, usually while wearing a "boonie hat." (Though, ironically enough, not in this photos from the FBI.) More here! Hat Tip: Many...

Nurse pulls cop from burning car, goes to jail for 10 months

Posted on June 13, 2008
Wow, just when you thought Chicago police couldn't stink any worse ... In 2002, a nurse named Rachelle Jackson was walking along when she spotted a crash involving a police cruiser and a civilian car. One of the officers was...

Texas fan seeks $100K for torn scrotum

Posted on June 13, 2008
I'm surprised he wants ONLY $100,000 ...

Rated R for Revenge

Posted on June 13, 2008
A New York woman is getting five years because she branded an R onto her ex-boyfriend's stomach because he had sex with her and refused to call.

R. Kelly, Acquitted

Posted on June 13, 2008
I really didn't expect him to beat this one ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tam!

Just how private is a public bathroom, anyway?

Posted on June 13, 2008
Nine guys were arrested during a sex sting in a Sears bathroom in Daytona Beach last year, but one of them has gotten most of the evidence thrown out. The judge says that, when the defendant entered the toilet, he...

FAIL!

Posted on June 13, 2008
Remember how Washington DC police were going to set up checkpoints around certain high-crime neighborhoods and only let people enter if they lived there? Well, the cops are rolling it up. Not sure why -- maybe they heard the Soviet...