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School asks students to stop lighting themselves on fire

Posted on March 30, 2010
Students in Washington state have found a terrible new use for Axe body spray, the Seattle 911 blog reports.

Teen stabs mom to keep her from driving drunk

Posted on March 30, 2010
Story is from Canada. The headline says "stab," but the story notes that he threw the knife at her as she ran off, which only serves to make the story a little more awesome.

Another Dahmer tie to Adam Walsh case?

Posted on March 29, 2010
One of the long-running theories about the Adam Walsh murder is that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer had some tie to the case, something that police have officially denied. The authorities had a press conference a few years ago to say...

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on March 29, 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,...

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The dumbest thing you'll read today

Posted on March 29, 2010
This one reaches new highs of moronicity: A teacher in DeKalb County, Ga., has been charged after three of his high-school students, now graduated, performed a "Chippendales-style" dance during class. In the words of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The students removed...

Don't look, Ethel!

Posted on March 29, 2010
A Tennessee man was arrested for running naked through an IGA on a Friday night because he was "bored and didn't have anything else to do."

Girl, 14, leads cops on high-speed chase

Posted on March 29, 2010

Neighbor helps catch KC home burglar

Posted on March 29, 2010
Chief Corwin's blog has a piece about a Northland man who helped catch a burglar responsible for several break-ins.

Man threw dog off bridge as revenge

Posted on March 29, 2010
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty after he allegedly stole a stranger's Chihuahua and threw the poor beast off a bridge. The man was mad because the dog's owners shooed him off their property when he...

Murder charge in fatal KC wreck

Posted on March 29, 2010
Clayton R. Dunlap has been charged with murder after he allegedly caused a wreck that killed 12-year-old Damien Slayton on Saturday afternoon, Christine reports. A line of cars was stopped at a light on Gregory at U.S. 71 when Dunlap,...

Should boy, 12, be tried as adult?

Posted on March 29, 2010
Jordan Brown -- who allegedly killed his dad's pregnant fiancee when Brown was 11 years old -- will stand trial as an adult, a judge in Pennsylvania has ruled. The woman's unborn child, who was several months along, also died...

9 teens charged in cyberbullying suicide

Posted on March 29, 2010
A 15-year-old girl named Phoebe Prince killed herself on Jan. 14 after what authorities in Northampton, Mass., describe as months of bullying, stalking and harassment. Now, prosecutors say that nine teens have been indicted in connection with the suicide...

Militia planned to kill police, feds allege

Posted on March 29, 2010
UPDATED: The government alleges that nine people connected to an extreme Christian militia had discussed killing a police officer, then attacking the officer's funeral to kill more police. From the AP: "It is believed by the Hutaree that this engagement...

Roommates' argument over laziness ends in death

Posted on March 29, 2010
A Sioux City man has been sentenced to 10 years after he allegedly shot his roommate to death during an argument over who was lazier, authorities say. The 60-year-old was originally charged with second-degree murder but found guilty of voluntary...

Mom guilt-tripped sons into robberies

Posted on March 29, 2010
In Phoenix, a woman named Cynthia Roberson was sentenced to two years and six months after she allegedly got her teenage sons and some friends to commit about 20 robberies in that area. Police say Roberson, who was unemployed, drove...

Vegetarian accused of 'meat massacre'

Posted on March 29, 2010
In Edinburgh, Ind., police arrested a man who allegedly threw packaged meat onto a grocery store's floor and poured dog food over it. According to authorities, the man is a vegetarian who wanted to stop people from eating meat. He...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on March 29, 2010
A group of health advocates wants McDonald's to stop using Ronald McDonald because they feel he's promoting childhood obesity. The group -- which also helped run Joe Camel into exile -- is holding a retirement party for the spokesclown.

Sex case against ex-police chief proceeds

Posted on March 29, 2010
In McPherson County, Kan., the former police chief of Inman, who is accused of child molestation, has been bound over for trial. A judge has decided there's enough evidence to trial Mike Akins Jr. The four accusers are the children...

Quadruple amputee attacked for blocking TV

Posted on March 29, 2010
In St. Paul, police are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted his roommate, a woman who's undergone amputations on all four limbs. His motive? He was allegedly upset because she was blocking his view of the television. The assault...

Senior citizens accused of Jell-O scam

Posted on March 29, 2010
In East Northport, N.Y., a couple in their 60s is accused of buying boxes of Jell-O pudding, filling the packages with sand and salt and then returning them for a refund. Police don't think they were looking to make money...

KC homicide victim was 21 years old

Posted on March 29, 2010
KCPD has released the name of the man killed Friday near 56th and Norton, in a parking lot at the Friendship Village apartments. Jamil D. Ragland was 21 years old.

How much medical marijuana is too much?

Posted on March 29, 2010
In California, several cases involving felony marijuana possession have been thrown out because, thanks to a court ruling, it's not clear how much weed is allowed under the law. A state law used to set the limit at eight ounces....

Girl, 11, arrested for throwing toy gun at Dad

Posted on March 29, 2010
Story is from Florida, where the authorities must have a lot of time on their hands. The charge is domestic battery, which will take her to juvenile court.

Wis. man cooks ex's dog, gets 6 years

Posted on March 29, 2010
The dog, a Pekingese, was just a puppy, authorities say.

Plea deal in phone incident at senator's office?

Posted on March 29, 2010
Remember that case from New Orleans, where four men -- two of whom were reportedly dressed as phone repairmen -- allegedly tried to get access to the phone system in Sen. Mary Landrieu's office there? (One of those charge is...

First legal 'prostidude' leaves Nev. brothel

Posted on March 29, 2010
Recently, a Nevada brothel was able to hire its first legal gigolo after the state amended its rules, but that first "prostidude" -- who compared himself to Rosa Parks -- has left the brothel after servicing fewer than 10 ladies...

Cops were justified in Tasering pregnant lady, court rules

Posted on March 29, 2010
In Seattle, a federal appeals panel has sided with three officers who were sued after a pregnant woman was Tasered during a traffic stop. She'd refused to sign a traffic ticket and, when she refused to step out of the...

New debate over Kan. concealed-carry

Posted on March 28, 2010
In Kansas, a new bill would change the rules for carrying a concealed weapon in college and government buildings. It's been prohibited, but if the bill passes, it would be allowed unless the buildings had "adequate security" -- namely, a...

Effort to resurrect opossum ends in bitter failure, arrest

Posted on March 27, 2010
One witness alleged the man had tried to give the creature mouth-to-mouth. To be fair, the opossum, lying next to the road, had been dead for some time, Pennsylvania police told the AP. Which must be more difficult that saving...

Woman ran strip club for teens in mobile home, police allege

Posted on March 27, 2010
Lap dances started at $5, authorities in Chesterfield County, S.C., say.

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