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Dog Shot While Defending Owner

by admin January 31, 2011

When Osmar Persisco was approached by two armed robbers who demanded his car keys, he resisted and a bullet grazed his forehead when the would-be thieves opened fire on him. His dog, Max, was with him and leaped into action when he saw the blood.

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Drug smugglers get medieval: Pot catapult found at border

by admin January 28, 2011

Smugglers trying to get drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border are getting old-school: they’re trying a catapult. National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system near Naco observed a catapult being set up south of the border last Friday evening.

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Escaped Prisoner Busted After 27 Years – for Public Urination

by admin January 28, 2011

In 1983, Edward Nathan Jr. was serving a 5-year prison sentence for robbery in Tampa when he simply walked away from a work-release center. There was no trace of Nathan for 27 years, until January 21 when a cop caught him relieving himself in public in Atlanta.

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Boy Suffers Neck Injury In Shooting

by admin January 27, 2011

A 1-year-old boy is in stable condition after being wounded in the neck during a shooting in Stockton.

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Woman Says God Told Her to Hang and Burn Dog

by admin January 26, 2011

Miriam Fowler Smith told police that God told her to hang and burn her nephew’s pit bull dog after it chewed up her Bible. She has been arrested and charged with a felony count of animal cruelty.

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Lady Killers: 14 Female Murderers

by admin January 25, 2011

When one hears “serial killer,” what comes to mind? Blurry, pasty men in bifocals? A dash of mustache under a furrowed brow? Well, redefine your standards — these badass bitches have rap sheets to turn a prison guard pale and the scars to prove it. And what’s more — they almost got away with it.

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Caretaker Eats Food Instead of Feeding Alzheimer’s Patient

by admin January 24, 2011

When a 70-year-old Alzheimer’s patient began unexplainably dropping weight, her family installed a nanny cam to find out what was going on. They were shocked to see her caregiver shoveling down the food meant for the patient.

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Fountain-Falling Texter Also an Alleged Thief

by admin January 21, 2011

Cathy Cruz Marrero unwittingly became an Internet sensation this month when she fell into a fountain at the mall while texting. After appearing on Good Morning America, where she insinuated she may sue the mall, she went to court for a status hearing on five felony charges against her.

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Policeman Gunned Down In Miami

by admin January 20, 2011

Authorities say a Miami-Dade police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting. A suspect was also shot. The two officers were working with a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force.

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