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Something awful happened at Wal-Mart

Posted on March 18, 2010
In Turnersville, N.J., the authorities are investigating after someone used a Wal-Mart's public-address system to order all black customers from the store. Wal-Mart has apologized profusely, but it's not clear whether an employee or a random moron made the announcement...

Moron's letter lands him in electric chair

Posted on March 18, 2010
In Virginia, a man named Paul Warner Powell is scheduled to be executed tonight for killing a teenage girl, then raping the girl's younger sister. He was sentenced to death earlier, but a higher court overturned it. Powell mistakenly believed...

Congress to lower crack sentences?

Posted on March 18, 2010
For years, people convicted of crack possession would receive sentences that were much harsher than possessing coke -- even though they're basically the same thing. It was done with the best of intentions. Crack was hurting poor urban communities, so...

99-year-old beaten up over parking spot

Posted on March 18, 2010
The alleged attacker, an 83-year-old Soviet immigrant, isn't exactly a whippersnapper either, the New York Daily News reports. The fight reportedly started after the older man tried to tell the defendant that he was parked in someone else's space. The...

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Little Debbie, Big Trouble

Posted on March 18, 2010
In St. Lucie County, Fla., an 80-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly hitting his neighbors' door with a hoe and accused them of sneaking into his house and stealing seven boxes of his Little Debbie oatmeal cookies. (I assume...

They take handicapped parking seriously in OP

Posted on March 18, 2010
An Overland Park woman allegedly pulled a weapon on someone who had parked in a handicapped-parking spot at her apartment complex in the 5600 block of Floyd. As it turns out, that person had a valid tag to park there,...

Who murdered Gurpreet Singh?

Posted on March 18, 2010
Singh, who was called "Tony," was shot and killed during a robbery early Wednesday at a 7-Eleven, 8501 E. Bannister Road. He was shot even though he put up no struggle whatsoever. He was days away from starting a new...

Honk if you're guilty of cybercrime

Posted on March 18, 2010
In Austin, police arrested a former employee of a car dealership after he allegedly "bricked" more than 100 customers' cars, causing them to honk uncontrollably or fail to start. The dealership had installed a vehicle immobilization device in those cars,...

KCPD makes 44 DUI arrests at checkpoint

Posted on March 18, 2010
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department assisted by Jackson County Deputies and the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on March 17, 2010 from 2100 hours to 0400 hours at 39tr & Southwest Trafficway. Northbound traffic...

Man accused of turning wife into prostitute

Posted on March 18, 2010
If the story's true, this woman's life must have been a nightmare. Her husband is accused of forcing her to sleep with other men for money. He allegedly set up these encounters via the Internet and told her that he...

In the words of Dean Martin ...

Posted on March 17, 2010
A man from Springdale, Kan., allegedly kicked a bus driver in the head while the driver was driving on I-70 through Utah last night, causing the bus to crash and several passengers to go to the hospital. Police say they...

KCPD names homicide victims

Posted on March 17, 2010
The man killed at the 7-Eleven on Bannister Road was named Gurpreet Singh, 35, of Kansas City. Police are searching two men and a woman captured by the store's surveillance cameras. The man shot about 12:40 a.m. near 57th and...

Again, someone has broken Fight Club's first rule

Posted on March 17, 2010
From AP: In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department via the Los Angeles Times, shows Stephen Wesley, a former Los Angeles County juvenile probation camp teacher. Wesley, 43, was arrested Tuesday, March 16, 2010, for investigation of...

Mo. man accused of stomping dog to death

Posted on March 17, 2010
A Hannibal man, Joseph Bentley, was arrested after he allegedly stomped his girlfriend's 8-pound Pomeranian Yorkie mix to death, police say. His defense: Well, he had to put the dog down, police report. Bentley told police that he had reached...

Teen steals city bus to practice driving, cops allege

Posted on March 17, 2010
How did it go? Hmm, you should probably ask whoever owns the 15 cars that he hit. The story says the boy, age 16, has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old, which just seems like it's stating the obvious. Story...

Ex uses booty call to lure man into trap, police say

Posted on March 17, 2010
Awful story from Philadelphia, where a 29-year-old man was invited over to his former girlfriend's house for sex. After he got undressed, she allegedly called out two guys who'd been hiding. They sodomized him with a broomstick, beat him with...

UK girl, 14, gave lap dances at strip club, police say

Posted on March 17, 2010
Mom thought she was at a sleepover, the Daily Mail reports. The girl, who brought a fellow 14-year-old girl along for moral support, allegedly told the club that she was 19. Still, authorities are investigating. All in all, a terrible...

What's that smell?

Posted on March 17, 2010
Being nosy has its benefits for one deputy in eastern Missouri.

Another KC homicide

Posted on March 17, 2010
The victim of an overnight shooting in central Kansas City has died, police report.

Thinking big

Posted on March 17, 2010
That was one big score.

Loud sex is reason enough for police to search house, court says

Posted on March 17, 2010
More here ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim P!

U.S. abandoning "virtual border fence"?

Posted on March 17, 2010
The White House is taking $50 million away from the so-called "virtual fence" project along the Mexican border. The "fence" was basically a network of sensors and surveillance equipment, but it hasn't progressed much beyond some pilot projects in Arizona...

Missing person found

Posted on March 17, 2010
Here's some good news: A few days ago, we posted about a missing person named Victoria Irons, who's been located in California and is getting care.

Sex assaults up 11 percent in U.S. military

Posted on March 17, 2010
Experts still don't think that all of the sexual assaults are being reported because soldiers think that alerting superiors will make them look weak. The report also argues that sexual assault is slightly more common in the military than in...

1 year since Raytown quadruple homicide

Posted on March 17, 2010
Meredith Rodriguez writes about a vigil last night marking the quadruple homicide that happened a year ago in Raytown. Gevante D. Anderson is accused of killing his former girlfriend, Precious Triplett, 21; her boyfriend, Andre Jones Sr., 33; and Triplett's...

UK couple busted for kissing in Dubai

Posted on March 17, 2010
Kissing in public, it should be noted -- one hopes the good people of Dubai lock lips behind doors, at least. They've already been sentenced to a month in jail but are appealing. Their defense? They didn't kiss on the...

Why is this woman smiling?

Posted on March 17, 2010
Well, according to Overland Park police, she's just been handed a bunch of money that doesn't belong to her. Also? Kudos to the security-camera people. That image is clear enough that our Mystery Woman could use this for her Christmas...

7-Eleven clerk killed in south KC

Posted on March 17, 2010
From Bob Cronkleton: A man shot a clerk during a robbery attempt early this morning at the 7-Eleven convenience store in south Kansas City. The clerk later died from his wounds. The robbery attempt occurred about 1:05 a.m. at the...

A pep talk for St. Pat's

Posted on March 17, 2010
If you're reckless enough to drink and drive today, well, good luck -- you're going to need it. Besides overseeing the St. Pat's parade, KCPD plans to operate a DUI checkpoint today. Independence will run a checkpoint AND a wolfpack....

Fact: Too much TV is bad for you

Posted on March 17, 2010
After an Indiana man found his estranged wife in bed with his brother-in-law, he allegedly dropped a TV set on the man's head. Amazingly, the guy is still alive -- must have been a flatscreen.

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