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Should workers be able to keep guns in their cars?

Posted on February 21, 2008
Nobody's boss lets them bring a gun to work, but there's some question whether employees should be able to keep guns in their cars in company parking lots. Some states, including Kansas, have laws that prohibit companies from banning guns...

More on Independence teens accused of murder-for-hire plan

Posted on February 21, 2008
I've seen this story on so many different news sites in the last 24 hours. I was a little surprised it got picked up so widely ...

TN boy hit raging bull with pickup to save grandpa's life

Posted on February 21, 2008
The boy is 13 -- Mom and Dad say he's allowed to use the pickup for chores and saving grandpa's life. (Not a crime ... it just sort of cried out to be shared.) Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!

And your little dog, too!

Posted on February 21, 2008
Leavenworth County authorities are investigating a home burglary where a laptop computer, jewelry, several guns and a pet chihuahua were stolen.

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MO mother leaves kiddo behind after shoplifting scheme goes south

Posted on February 21, 2008
A Sedalia woman has pleaded guilty to shoplifting this summer at a Wal-Mart there -- she allegedly hid booze and other stolen goods in her son's baby-stroller. When security tried to stop them, Mom ran off -- without the stroller...

The worst news that a law-enforcement officer can ever deliver

Posted on February 21, 2008
The Jeff City paper has an interesting story about Missouri Highway Patrol cadets learning how to make death notifications after someone has been killed in a wreck. ?Death notifications are the worst part of the job,? Sgt. C. Joey Day...

NY governor wants to tax crack, pot, heroin

Posted on February 20, 2008
The Washington Post's story make it sound like the governor wants to legalize bestiality, but something like 21 states already tax illegal drugs. Under other drug-tax programs, dealers can buy "stamps" for their drugs from the state -- but nobody...

Report: Dirtbags can't get enough of "Hello Kitty"

Posted on February 20, 2008
In different cities, police departments are warning their officers about a new trend: guns painted pink or covered in "Hello Kitty" and flower stickers. They look like toys, not dangerous weapons. They're designed to throw police off their game --...

One reason why mass shootings keep happening

Posted on February 20, 2008
So. The federal government has a database that licensed gun shops are supposed to check before they sell someone a firearm. If you're a convict or a fugitive, if a court has ever declared you mentally ill, your name is...

25-year-old sex offender tries to take girl, 14, to school dance, police say

Posted on February 20, 2008
Story is from Alabama. The plan allegedly fell apart when the teachers decided he didn't look 17. The girl says she didn't know he was a sex offender. (Story doesn't say if she knew he was 25.) Did I mention...

Lionel Tate

Posted on February 20, 2008
Remember Tate? When he was 12 years old, he killed a 6-year-old girl -- because he was acting out wrestling moves that he saw on TV, his attorneys said. At 14, he was sentenced to life in prison. His case...

Open Thread ... Wednesday

Posted on February 20, 2008
Thanks for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. I think we're going to have an excellent Wednesday. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and...

Louisiana cop accused of beating woman who was already handcuffed

Posted on February 20, 2008
The story is from Shreveport, and the video is here. You can tell the woman is resisting him and generally being a jerk. Still, when the camera mysteriously "unpauses," she's lying in a pool of her own blood and looks...

Wichita man accused of sex with rottweiler

Posted on February 20, 2008
Even worse, the dog is only 4 years old. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Monty D!

UK men plead guilty to selling chocolate cake sprinkled with feces

Posted on February 20, 2008
The owners of a UK pizzeria have pleaded guilty to selling a chocolate cake that had bits of fecal matter sprinkled on top. (Authorities aren't sure what kind of feces, but are guessing human.) Though they pleaded guilty, one man...

Another Madeleine McCann sighting?

Posted on February 20, 2008
This time, it's from a Dutch tourist in southern France. Police are checking the tip out, but there have been a lot of "sightings" and none of them have panned out yet.

"I have killed them all"

Posted on February 20, 2008
Those are the words of a Louisiana man who'd just had a really good evening on Xbox Live. Only when he thought he was dialing his buddy, he accidentally called a stranger. Who called the police. Who tracked him down...

UPDATE on Porter kids memorial fund

Posted on February 20, 2008
From Judy Thomas: About $20,000 from a playground memorial fund for Sam and Lindsey Porter has been returned to the Bank of Grain Valley, the children?s mother said today. Tina Porter also said that the foundation set up in the...

72-year-old caught with $1.4 million in marijuana, police say

Posted on February 20, 2008
Story is from Maryland. The suspect had reportedly bumped his car into a person in a c-store parking lot. An officer showed up and learned the man was driving on a suspended license, police said. When the cop searched the...

Where is Lucius Dudley Jr.?

Posted on February 20, 2008
From KCPD: Lucius Dudley Jr, B/M, 2-6-1950, 5?5? tall, 130#, black hair, brown eyes. Was last seen on 2-15-2008 at 313 Paseo. He has not been seen since. Mr. Dudley is blind and suffers from epilepsy. NOTIFY MISSING PERSONS, 816-234-5136.

Man loses appeal over having sex with dead deer

Posted on February 20, 2008
This is the Wisconsin man who pleaded no-contest to having sex with a dead deer. He appealed, saying that his state's law against bestiality only applied to LIVE animals. The judge said he had a point, but knocked down the...

The wrong Benjamin Lovell

Posted on February 20, 2008
Story is from New York. A man named Benjamin Lovell is facing charges of grand larceny after his bank let him withdraw $2 million. HE didn't have $2 mil, but someone with the same name did. He says he tried...

The karma wasn't instant, but it was still very quick

Posted on February 20, 2008
A Texas man reportedly tried to run over his girlfriend after they got into a fight last week. Later, he ended up getting struck and killed by two vehicles while running away from police. Hat Tip: Many thanks, kmb

NY woman accused of stabbing man who called her ugly

Posted on February 20, 2008
Kyeisha Fuller is accused of stabbing one of her roommate's guests in the shoulder with a kitchen knife.

Retrial moves forward in Columbia homicide

Posted on February 20, 2008
Steven Rios -- a former Columbia policeman accused of killing college student Jesse Valencia -- is headed back to court for a new trial. Rios was convicted once of cutting Valencia's throat because the student allegedly threatened to expose their...

OR woman left newborn to die in toilet, police say

Posted on February 20, 2008
But the little girl was saved. The toilet happened to be in a nursing facility where Mom works. Her coworkers found the kiddo and were able to get her to the hospital.

William Verner

Posted on February 20, 2008
Verner, 48, of Kansas City, faces one charge of forcible rape in connection with a 2000 sexual assault near 23rd and Montgall, Jackson County prosecutors report.

MO bill would outlaw "abortion coercion"

Posted on February 20, 2008
If the legislation passes, it will be illegal to push a woman into getting an abortion. Specifically, husbands couldn't threaten to get a divorce. Parents couldn't threaten to kick a girl out or cut her off financially. Bosses couldn't threaten...

Jodi's Law

Posted on February 20, 2008
The family of Jodi Sanderholm -- a college student who was abducted, raped and murdered near Arkansas City -- wants Kansas to make its anti-stalking laws stronger. Right now, the law requires a "credible threat" for law enforcement to get...

DVD stops bullet, saves firefighter's life

Posted on February 20, 2008
A South Carolina firefighter was hit by a bullet (or possibly a bullet fragment) as he was leaving a Waffle House on Saturday. But he wasn't hurt because it hit a DVD that he was carrying in his pocket. The...

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