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Was Passion Play too gory for public?

Posted on April 05, 2010
In Geelong, Australia, a local church reenacted the crucifixion of Jesus outside a shopping center on Saturday. The performance included fake blood, and the actor's hands were made to look like nails had been driven through them. It was apparently...

When should bullying be ruled a crime?

Posted on April 05, 2010
Recently, prosecutors filed criminal charges against several Massachusetts teenagers after one of their classmates, Phoebe Prince -- the target of intense bullying -- committed suicide. USA Today has a good article today looking at the bigger issue. In the Massachusetts...

Inappropriate nickname leads to lawsuit

Posted on April 05, 2010
In Cherry Hill, N.J., a teacher is facing a lawsuit after he reportedly gave one girl the nickname "Handy Mandy" and encouraged other students to use it, too. Why did he allegedly call her "Handy Mandy"? It wasn't because she...

Manual transmission foils carjacking

Posted on April 05, 2010
The story is from Pennsylvania, where a couple of robbers attacked a Domino's driver while she was stopped at a red light. They might have gotten away with some money, but they fled on foot after they saw her car...

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Topless protest succeeds ... sort of

Posted on April 05, 2010
In Portland, Maine, about two dozen women took off their shirts and bras and marched topless through town on Saturday. Their goal: To make it OK for women to walk around without their shirts on, the same way that men...

We tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas

Posted on April 05, 2010
There have been a lot of stories lately involving priests and sex abuse, so part of me hates to add another log to the fire. This case, though, is a jaw-dropper. A priest accused of sexually assaulting a Minnesota girl,...

Metro Squad looks into Shawnee death

Posted on April 05, 2010
Early Sunday morning, a man was found dead in his Escalade, parked outside the Cottonwood Park Apartments, where he had lived for a few years. The police have not released his name or the cause of death, but it's apparently...

Olathe works pair of robberies

Posted on April 05, 2010
Olathe police are investigating a couple of armed robberies from late Sunday and early Sunday. The first happened about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 800 block of South Claiborne, where a man robbed a store at gunpoint and fled in...

Death threats for Erin Andrews

Posted on April 05, 2010
Erin Andrews -- the ESPN reporter who was targeted by a man who secretly videotaped her nude -- is now receiving death threats from another man, the AP reports. Andrews, who's appearing on "Dancing With The Stars," is now receiving...

Water gun used in robbery attempt

Posted on April 05, 2010
The key word in that headline is "attempted." It happened Friday inside a supermarket's pharmacy in Provo, Utah. The toy was orange, but the suspect had the good sense to keep it hidden in his pocket when he demanded Oxycontin....

Guilty plea in bicyclist's death

Posted on April 05, 2010
On Friday, a Lawrence man named Joel Hernandez pleaded guilty to hitting a bicyclist back in October, then leaving the scene. The cyclist, Rachel Leek, died. Under a plea deal, a handful of charges against Hernandez was dropped. He didn't...

Jogger jumps off cliff to escape rape

Posted on April 05, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, a jogger escaped an attempted rape by jumping off a cliff in Malibu, Calif., and sliding down a hill. Police say they've arrested a suspect in the attack near San Bernardino.

Venue change in Mohler case

Posted on April 05, 2010
Burrell Mohler Jr. has won a venue change to Saline County, away from Lafayette, where he and several relatives are accused of sex crimes dating back decades. His dad and a brother have already received changes of venue.

Girl, 12, arrested for drawing on school desk

Posted on April 03, 2010
You might remember this story from a few weeks ago: A girl from Queens, N.Y., was arrested -- and handcuffed -- for drawing on her school desk with a marker. The school has admitted that mistake, and now the girl...

Erykah Badu charged over nude video

Posted on April 03, 2010
Badu, who sings soul music, was charged with disorderly conduct after she reportedly stripped nude for a music video shoot in Dallas, police say. It's a misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $500. The video generated a lot of controversy...

'Deer Commander' sold DVDs of deer maimings, police say

Posted on April 03, 2010
In rural Illinois, a man has been charged after he allegedly made DVDs of himself hitting deer with a specially armored vehicle. Authorities say he sold the DVDs under the label "The Deer Commander -- Sudden Impact." They were alerted...

Woman killed because robbers hit wrong house, police say

Posted on April 03, 2010
Don Bradley has a report on the Beverly Crowl homicide from Independence. Police say the suspects hit her house because they mistakenly thought there were drugs and money there. (Not likely at the home of a retired woman who used...

10 DUI arrests at KCPD checkpoint

Posted on April 03, 2010
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department, assisted by Jackson County Deputies conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on April 2, 2010 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 634 Prospect Ave. South and northbound traffic was checked with a total...

Results from OP saturation patrol

Posted on April 03, 2010
From OPPD: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department conducted a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, April 2, 2010. The DUI Saturation Patrol was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving. The DUI Saturation...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on April 03, 2010
Welcome back to 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. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...

Corpse found during Easter egg hunt

Posted on April 03, 2010
It happened this morning at a park in Des Moines, the Register reports. Two teenagers found the body, and it doesn't sound like any of the younger kids really knew what was going on. The report says that authorities doubt...

Report: KC native to be charged in 'Jihad Jane' case

Posted on April 02, 2010
A few weeks ago, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez -- a woman with roots in Jackson County -- was arrested and questioned in Ireland about a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist because he'd drawn cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Paulin-Ramirez was release...

Boa constrictor missing, Olathe PD says

Posted on April 02, 2010
From Olathe PD: Animal Control Officers of the Olathe Police Department have been notified that a pet red tailed boa constrictor, 6? in length, has gone missing. The snake was last seen late Tuesday night in its container; the next...

Hello, 911? I am soooo drunk

Posted on April 02, 2010
In Lexington, Ky., a man called 911 because he drank too much in a bar and passed out. When he came to, everybody was gone, and he couldn't get out, because the pub had closed. He had a few more...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on April 02, 2010
Welcome back to 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. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...

Quote of the day

Posted on April 02, 2010
"I still can't believe he locked kids up for money. I hear about his beach house in Florida and I wonder how many kids' lives he ruined to get that place." -- an unnamed teenager who was sent to a...

Charges filed in Beverly Crowl murder

Posted on April 02, 2010
From Don Bradley: Authorities today charged four persons in the murder of a 69-year-old former employee of the Independence Police Department. The body of Beverly S. Crowl was found March 19 inside her home in the 14600 block of East...

Should sex offenders get 30-year computer bans?

Posted on April 02, 2010
A federal appeals court has sided with a convicted sex offender, who was told that he couldn't use a computer for 30 years. The court said that was too harsh because a lot of jobs, even low-paying ones in the...

FBI warns about letters to Mo. gov, others

Posted on April 02, 2010
A group called the Guardians of the free Republics has mailed letters to more than 30 governors, telling them to resign in three days or they'll be removed, the FBI reports. Jay Nixon got one, and Mark Parkinson's people aren't...

Man sues over rat head in beer

Posted on April 02, 2010
Via the Houston Chronicle ... The 59-year-old retired firefighter said Thursday that all he wants is an acknowledgement of his intense suffering ? how in the moments after drinking the beer two years ago he wondered whether he would live...

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