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Naked man dances on car, then crashes into gas pump

Posted on June 10, 2008
I know the high gas prices are making everybody a little crazy, but come on ...

WI man arrested for DUI twice in two hours, police say

Posted on June 10, 2008
Story is from Sheboygan ...

UK woman accidentally dials boyfriend while having sex with another man

Posted on June 10, 2008
Uh, yeah, apparently the phone got knocked onto the floor, causing it to autodial the boyfriend, who got an earful of the proceedings. He drove to her house and proceeded to give her a footprint on her face. He's now...

Trial ends because of Sudoku

Posted on June 10, 2008
An Australian judge learned that four or five of his jurors had secretly been doing Sudoku puzzles through most of the trial, so he had to end the proceedings and start again. Of course, by that point, the trial had...

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Is he dead? Or just clever?

Posted on June 10, 2008
Samuel Israel III is a white-collar crook who swindled millions of dollars from his hedge-fund customers. He was supposed to report to prison in Massachusetts on Monday so he could start serving a 20-year sentence. Except he didn't. And police...

High gas prices are starting to affect the police, too

Posted on June 10, 2008
So a lot of departments are taking away take-home vehicles. And some are telling their officers to stop patrolling and start doing radar or checkpoint operations.

Ah, Those Fascists

Posted on June 10, 2008
From Reason's Hit & Run blog: Earlier this year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives put out a request for bids to produce a bunch of Leathermans for ATF trainees. Part of the request was that the Leathermans...

Kiddo gets sunburned -- Pop is charged with child abuse

Posted on June 10, 2008
Story is from Kentucky, and authorities describe the sunburn as second- and third-degree burns. The 2-year-old was allegedly left in the sun for 90 minutes with no sunblock.

16-year-old charged in Lawrence double homicide

Posted on June 10, 2008
The Journal-World has more here. The authorities say it was a botched robbery, and that one of the dead men was actually there to rob the occupant. A little more about the deceased suspect: An Internet search of Hauk?s name...

Where is Brandi Mathews?

Posted on June 10, 2008
The Jeff City News Tribune has a story about Mathews, an Osage Beach woman who disappeared in 2006, and her family's efforts to find her. They're worried that foul play might be involved ...

Columbia reports its first homicide of the year

Posted on June 10, 2008
It happened Tuesday morning. More than five months into the year? Not bad. KCMO's first homicide happened within an hour or two after 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1.

$30K Torah stolen from MO synagogue

Posted on June 10, 2008
The Torah includes the first five books of Jewish scripture -- in this case, it was in the form of a handwritten scroll, worth about $30K. This took place in University City, near St. Louis, though police say there have...

OUR WORST FEARS HAVE BEEN REALIZED: Pit bull carjacks MO man

Posted on June 10, 2008
OK, I'm playing a little fast and loose with the term "carjack." What actually happened is still pretty terrifying -- a pit bull jumped into a moving car that happened to have its windows down. This wasn't his owner's car,...

Death Row inmate plans Burger King visit, motorcycle ride after execution

Posted on June 09, 2008
The guy was convicted of killing three people, but the Virginia governor is trying to see whether he's competent enough to be executed.

New playground dedicated to Sam and Lindsey Porter

Posted on June 09, 2008
It was dedicated this weekend, but is set to open today, KMBC reports.

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on June 09, 2008
Godspeed, Internet friends! The Open Thread -- humanity's last, best hope for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running like a greyhound being chased by Satan. This is also a good spot to share links, should you have...

MO woman jumps from car to escape alleged attacker, police say

Posted on June 09, 2008
What's more amazing? The way that pretty much everybody in town banned together to chase down the suspect ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!

Run, Phill, run!

Posted on June 09, 2008
Great googly-moogly, he's in. Hat Tip: Many thanks, aqua!

WyCo Sheriff releases Click It Or Ticket numbers

Posted on June 09, 2008
From the WyCo Sheriff: During the time period of May 19, 2008 through June 6, 2008 the Wyandotte County Sheriff?s Department participated in the nationwide program of ?Click-It or Ticket,? the emphasis of which was to concentrate on the enforcement...

A cornucopia of awesome street names

Posted on June 09, 2008
God bless you, federal prosecutors, for this latest press release detailing not only the latest news of Derrick "D" Seals, but that of his associates Pig, Mooch, Fat A, Black Ass, Co-Co and Shorty.

The apology

Posted on June 09, 2008
A Florida judge has found an interesting punishment for the two morons who pulled a "Fire in the Hole" prank on an suspecting Taco Bell employee and videotaped the exchange for YouTube. (Which is how the victim found them online,...

"What possible motive could there be?"

Posted on June 09, 2008
Oklahoma authorities are investigating the murder of two girls, ages 11 and 13, near Weleetka. The two friends had gone for a walk and were later found in a ditch, fully clothed, with several gunshot wounds. Snip from the local...

Will Phill run?

Posted on June 09, 2008
The hour of judgment is nigh ... From Diane Carroll: If Phill Kline decides to run for Johnson County district attorney as a Republican, he has until noon tomorrow to file. But if he decides to run as an independent,...

Robbery victim probably wishes the crooks had taken EVERYTHING

Posted on June 09, 2008
After robbers tore through his house, a New Jersey man naturally called police to report the crime. The bad guys took off with computers, game consoles, an iPhone and all sorts of goodies. What they didn't take: His marijuana, which...

As promised ...

Posted on June 09, 2008
Remember that story about the little autistic boy whose teacher told his classmates they could vote him out of school, a la Survivor? His folks have given official notice that they plan to file a civil-rights lawsuit ...

Amazing

Posted on June 09, 2008
A Swedish priest has an affair with a married woman who's a part of his congregation, and once word got out, he was fired. Then? He sued for wrongful termination -- and won.

Is it just me ...

Posted on June 09, 2008
or does tattooing the words "Cut Throat" across your throat seem like tempting fate? Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tam!

Colorado man robbed while mowing his lawn

Posted on June 09, 2008
I encourage you to print this story out and hand it to your spouse/roommate/beloved/city code official the next time they inquire about the state of your lawn.

The worst thing you're going to read today

Posted on June 09, 2008
The New York Times reports on a woman who was raped and tortured for 19 hours: The accused, Robert A. Williams, 31, had doused the woman?s face and body with boiling water and bleach, forced her to swallow handfuls of...

FBI: Violent crimes dropped 1.4 percent in 2007

Posted on June 09, 2008
Which is great because it ends two years of increases. There were drops in property crime, too, by 2.1 percent. (Arson was down something like 7 percent.) Here's a link to the table that shows individual breakdowns for a few...

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