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Man gets 3 weeks for urinating on woman during flight to Hawaii

Posted on April 16, 2009
You'd think with the various fees, delays, luggage rules, etc., that flying couldn't get any more unpleasant. You would be wrong. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Report: NSA has collected emails, phone calls that it shouldn't

Posted on April 16, 2009
That's according to the New York Times, which is quoting a series of unnamed government officials. It's not clear if government officials were actively reading the messages of U.S. citizens. Officials say the "overcollection" wasn't unintentional -- partly because the...

Teen prisoner escapes from transport in Lawrence

Posted on April 16, 2009
Police didn't give a name or description of the girl, who's 16 and charged with making a criminal threat. She got the driver to stop at McDonald's on Sixth Street -- which gave the girl her opening to escape. The...

Welcome home, Cesar Laurean

Posted on April 16, 2009
Well, he's not quite home yet. But Laurean, a Marine corporal accused of murdering a fellow officer, has exhausted his extradition appeals and could be shipped back from Mexico soon. (He won't be facing the death penalty, though -- one...

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Maid put menstrual blood in her boss' soup, Hong Kong police say

Posted on April 16, 2009
Believe it or not, they think the maid was actually trying to patch up her relationship with her employer because menstrual blood is believed to have unusual powers.

How much money does domestic violence cost KC?

Posted on April 16, 2009
About $21 million per year, according to one estimate that only looked at five police departments on the Misosuri side, plus a handful of other agencies.

Murder Squad looking into decomposed body found in apartment

Posted on April 16, 2009
From Christine Vendel: Murder Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found decomposed in his apartment Sunday in the 8800 block of Millwood Drive. Police did not release the cause of death and have not...

Somebody is shooting dogs in Northland yards

Posted on April 16, 2009
That's according to a report from KSHB, which says that Spay And Neuter Kansas City is offering a $100 reward for information leading to an arrest. More here at SNKC's blog ...

Quote of the day

Posted on April 16, 2009
"I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like O.J., cutting everybody's throat. You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you can't go to anymore, you're driving through downtown Clearwater and see a 19-year-old boy driving your...

?There?s a dog taped to the fridge?

Posted on April 15, 2009
A Colorado woman is accused of taping her boyfriend's 8-month-old puppy to the side of the refrigerator after the animal bit her. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Morgue File: May 26, 1975

Posted on April 15, 2009
From the original cutline: Police officers lined up today in front of police headquarters at 1125 Locust to pay tribute to those who died in the line of duty. (Staff photo by Paul Renshaw.)

Westboro gets a temporary win over Gladstone's funeral-protest rule

Posted on April 15, 2009
From Mark Morris: A Kansas City federal judge today barred the city of Gladstone from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits protests at soldiers? funerals. Shirley L. Phelps-Roper of Topeka?s Westboro Baptist Church asked for the order pending a decision on...

Men arrested after fighting over parking spot outside gym, police say

Posted on April 15, 2009
Story is from Shawnee, and KMBC has the details. Hat Tip: Saw this first via Tony's Kansas City!

No, I wanted my teddy bear to be a semiautomatic

Posted on April 15, 2009
Ohio boy, 17, is accused of selling a gun, hidden inside a teddy bear, to a police informant.

NJ man, age 69, calls 911 to get a ride to the doctor

Posted on April 15, 2009
Because he didn't feel like paying for a cab. He called 21 times before they gave him a ride to his appointment. When he called for a ride home -- and kept calling for a ride home -- he was...

Ingenious revenge scheme involving "Hustler" magazine is foiled

Posted on April 15, 2009
An Ohio woman, age 47, is spending 60 days at the local house of correction because she reportedly posed as her neighbor and started several subscriptions to "Hustler," "Playboy" and other porn magazines, worth hundreds of dollars. (It might have...

Rapper C-Murder, awaiting trial for murder, launches effort to stop murder

Posted on April 15, 2009
More here from the New Orleans Times-Picayune ...

Open Thread ... Wednesday

Posted on April 15, 2009
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,...

More whites, fewer blacks going to prison for drugs

Posted on April 15, 2009
Black inmates still account for 44.8 percent of inmates doing time on state drug raps -- but that's a huge drop compared to 1999, when that figure was closer to 60 percent. White inmates, meanwhile, amount to 28.5 percent. Back...

A Missouri tie to missing Somali teens, men?

Posted on April 15, 2009
The FBI is investigating a series of disappearances involving Somali men and teenagers living in Minneapolis. Their U.S.-based families report the men disappear, then turn up later in Somalia. Federal authorities are worried they've been radicalized and recruited to fight...

Something awful happened at the Domino's

Posted on April 15, 2009
Two employees have been fired from a Domino's in North Carolina after they made a video allegedly showing one of them stuffing cheese up his nose, then putting it on a sandwich. (The other ex-employee says they never actually served...

1 shot, seriously injured near 60th Terrace and Jackson

Posted on April 15, 2009
KMBC says it happened about 3:30 this morning.

Raytown PD will speak about quadruple homicide this afternoon

Posted on April 15, 2009
That's according to KMBC, which says there will be a press conference of some kind at 1 p.m. with Congressman Cleaver and Al Brooks. (It's been a month since the slayings, and judging from Cleaver and Brooks' presence, I'm guessing...

Driver charged in Jasmine Turner's death

Posted on April 15, 2009
From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police think a driver could have avoided killing a 5-year-old girl last year if he been driving the speed limit, according to a police report released Tuesday. The report said Michael A. Hooker, 32, was...

You stay classy, East St. Louis

Posted on April 15, 2009
The city council there honored a rookie cop last night for tracking down a homicide suspect. Within about five minutes, the city council then laid off the cop. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

MO public defenders can't turn down clients because of workload

Posted on April 15, 2009
That's according to the state appeals court, though it's likely the Missouri Supremes will weigh in later. Public defenders near Columbia, Springfield and Jeff City had all been turning away some lower-priority cases because they had too many cases and...

"The Incredibles" was right

Posted on April 15, 2009
Monologuing is a bad idea. Snip: Witness statements and further investigation showed that Troy Christoff intended to shoot several members of his family. Before the shooting, he armed himself with a handgun and began to load the weapon, stating which...

TRUE TALES OF SURVIVAL: "I had to bite it"

Posted on April 15, 2009
Story is from Kenya ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!

Yankee fan sues NYPD for kicking him out

Posted on April 15, 2009
because he tried to go to the bathroom when "God Bless America" was played.

Why Mexican mayors have the toughest job

Posted on April 15, 2009
Really interesting piece from the Los Angeles Times. The mayors, who control their police forces, face tremendous pressure to play along with the cartels, who want the freedom to come and go as they please. Most of these towns, especially...

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