A middle school teacher was accused of biting off part of a man's ear during a confrontation at a St. Paul diner.

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[Middle school teachers learn not to take any crap from anyone.]

Prosecutors decided to cite HIV as a deadly weapon in charging a Houston man with aggravated sexual assault of a child last week - a first for Harris County.

"The penal code says it can be anything that is capable, in its manner and use, of causing death or serious bodily injury," said Jessica McDonald, an appellate lawyer in the Harris County District Attorney's office. "I just don't think that's a high hurdle - to say that having unprotected sex, transmitting those kinds of fluids, knowing you're HIV positive, is capable of causing this child serious bodily injury or death."

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Dallas mom halts repossession by lobbing baby into moving SUV

As the repo man, Luke Ross, was backing out of the driveway, Gardner tossed her 1-year-old child through an open window into the back seat of the moving sport utility vehicle, according to police reports. State law prevents vehicles from being repossessed if someone is inside.

When Ross saw the infant in the back seat, he immediately put the car in park and began to get out, the reports say. Then, police say, a 15-year-old boy armed with a 12-gauge shotgun came out of the house and fired one round into the air and another at Ross, striking him in the leg.

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It has a contest on it right now and they would love to have your prosecutor submissions. Those are my favorites, since I am a past ADA.

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Thanks and check it out. Funny stuff!

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court, Holloway slipped on a pile of dog feces a year ago at a Newport News PetSmart and badly hurt his back. He also struck his head, knocking out four of his false teeth, the suit says. He's suing the chain for $1 million.

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South Carolina man accused of using python to smack foe in head during argument


"...Tony Smith, 29, was charged with assault and battery. The snake was given to Smith's family members, the Associated Press reported."

What about cruelty to animals? Is there nobody to stand up for the poor python?

Kure Beach bans thong-style swimwear

Kure Beach vacationers, leave your thongs at home. At a Thursday meeting, the town council banned the revealing swimwear in response to an e-mail from a hopeful honeymooner.

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Wonder if someone will claim a first amendment violation?

A Utah woman has been sentenced to 30 days at home with an ankle monitor for blindfolding her husband and promising him a surprise before hitting him in the head with a hammer three years ago.

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Yeah, but ya gotta believe he was surprised!

Two bloody chain saws rested on the tailgate of a white pickup, one idling in the late morning sun.

The saga had begun around 11 a.m. Monday, when a mail carrier making the rounds on the tree-lined street discovered the mutilated body of Maria Corona.

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1900 flashback: Student Dies of 'Overstudy'

"A few days ago, while taking an examination in constitutional law, in which he had been making a specialty, he suddenly put his hands to his head and began to shout 'Constitutional law!' Then in an agonized tone, he followed this with moans and mutterings of the same subject. Today he died with an abscess on the brain, brought on by his intense mental strain."

Woman gets threatening message - via tortillas

League City police are investigating a threat written in Spanish on two corn tortillas that a woman found underneath her car over the weekend.

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Since Sganga's death, three other people close to Roberts have died, prompting the Texas Rangers and other authorities to investigate. Roberts, who was disbarred last year for professional misconduct related to drug use, was at the scene of each death, according to police.

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Daniel Adam Hutton, 31, of Mansfield, was in the Johnson County Jail Friday evening charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/family violence in an early-morning fight during which a relative was stabbed with a pitchfork.

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German student attacks Hell's Angels with a puppy

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.

". . . and then escaped on a stolen bulldozer."

Man, you got to love that kind of planning.

Pagnism, psychic power, viking status, heart attack, catalytic converter, fire

Pagan psychic viking died after heart attack led to car setting fire to grass bank
A PAGAN psychic died when his car caught fire on a minor country road in what was described as "an unusual combination of events".

Disabled Richard Ellender, of Polruan, is thought to have died when the catalytic converter in the exhaust at the bottom of his car set fire to dry grass after his car went up a bank when he suffered a heart attack.

Cornwall Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon recorded an open verdict on Mr Ellender, 58, who was also a member of the Cornwall Viking Group.

The accident took place near Porthpean House, Lanteglos by Fowey, on June 30 last year.

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I bet he didn't see THAT coming.

Okay. I just read the article this was avoidable. He had an accident. (But he was psychic.)

He had a heart attack while driving. (But he was psychic.)

The accident was caused by the heart attack (see above) and resulted in a grass fire. (But he was psychic.)

Smoke inhalation, accident and heart attack caused his death. (But he was psychic). Therefore, this was a suicicde.

God, this one is awful...

McAllen man killed crying girl during World Cup game

Hector Castro, 27, of McAllen was arrested Saturday and scheduled to be arraigned Monday in municipal court. He told police that the toddler wouldn't stop crying while he was watching the U.S.-Ghana game on Saturday, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told The McAllen Monitor.

The girl was severely beaten, and police said a screw or bolt was forced down her throat in an apparent attempt to make it look like she accidentally chocked.