Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
Haven’t seen one of these in a while. Following a prior assault conviction, Kelly John Lange, a 34-year-old Sioux Falls resident, was ordered by a judge to attend anger management classes. But when he did not complete that course, he was ordered to appear in court to answer for his no-shows. According to police, Lange …
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In 2004, a tree was planted in memory of George Harrison. Recently, something killed it. That something? An infestation of beetles. “That’s what you get for spelling our name wrong all these years!”, I like to imagine they said. A tree planted to honor of the memory of the Beatles songwriter George Harrison has been …
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If you read this blog and actually like it, first of all why, but more importantly, you owe a bit of a thank you to a fellow by the name of Chuck Shepherd. If not for him and his News of the Weird column, I and to an extent Carin may not have the sorts …
So here’s something hilarious, sad, ironic, tone deaf and just plain weird all at the same time. The NSA (National Security Agency), a branch of the American government most famous for spying both legally and otherwise on the private communications of basically everyone on Earth, has its own internal Dear Abby style advice columnist. No, …
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SUV crashes into Colleyville collision repair shop The GMC Yukon crashed into the Lone Star Collision repair in the 6800 block of Colleyville Blvd. of Colleyville on Wednesday after hitting a sedan. Colleyville police believe alcohol and speed were a factor in the accident. The driver was taken into custody and though a name hasn’t …
Man. You try to do a nice thing by taking in a stray dog and giving it a good home and the next thing you know, the damned thing is chewing off your testicles while you sleep. Around 7:45 a.m. Monday he was awakened by a “burning pain” in his mid-section, according to the initial …
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I can’t figure out the Harper government. While one side of its mouth talks endlessly about the need to make police work easier, the other sounds an awful lot like its trying to interfere with the ability of the RCMP to conduct business independently. Internal emails obtained by CBC News show that RCMP Commissioner Bob …
Darren Baldwin had a job. I say had, because for some reason he lost it. And when I say he lost it, I mean the job *and* his mind. After being given his walking papers, Baldwin promptly responded by punching his now former manager in the face. He then grabbed a couple of knives and …
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For several reasons, hitchhiking is a very popular mode of transportation for those who find themselves on the run. But handy as it is for covering long distances undetected, there’s also a lot of room for the undetected part to go completely out the window. This is especially true when the mighty and mysterious hand …
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On the 4100 block of 34th Street, at 3:43 p.m., Sacramento police responded to a welfare check call, and found two children – ages 3 and 4 – walking in the street unsupervised. After some time and presumably a little bit of good old fashioned police work, their mother was also located. She was arrested …
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