A swarm of hundreds of bees near Waller and 13th streets in East Austin attacked a man and several emergency officials as they responded to the scene this morning, officials said.

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[Reportedly, the bees were upset at the deportation of noncriminals.]

Their behavior smacks of engaging in organized criminal activity.

A day care provider who put a 3-year-old boy's hands under scalding water while in his care was convicted Thursday of injury to a child with serious bodily injury and was sentenced to 20 years in prison today.

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California Death Row inmate dies of natural causes

"Prison officials say 51 condemned inmates have died from natural causes since 1978, when California reinstated capital punishment. The compares with 17 who committed suicide and 13 who were executed."

So apparently in California it's almost 4 times as dangerous to just be old than to be on Death Row.

If your suicide rate is higher than your execution rate, that is probably even more telling.

Sealed away in boxes in a corner of Denise Perez's garage are nearly 800 unpeeled bumper stickers, each one printed with a simple message that speaks volumes: Check the back seat. Don't forget the baby
The stickers are a visual voice for the 443 children who have succumbed to vehicular hyperthermia since 1998, more than half of whom were under the watch of caretakers, according to statistics compiled by San Francisco State University.

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f anonymity on the Internet brings out the worst in people, imagine what happens when you ask doctors on a roped-off online site to name the strangest things they've ever pulled out of patients.

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The number of killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, continues to be astounding.

Fifty one people were slain in that city between Friday and Sunday, the El Paso Times reported.

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Police are investigating the death of a man who apparently swallowed cocaine after he was taken into custody by officers Thursday night in south Houston.

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A suburban Dallas man used a thin blade from a safety razor to slit his throat in an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday in the courtroom where a judge had just sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

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http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/09/14/Man-uses-banjo-to-stop-attacker/UPI-83701284499152/

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 14 (UPI)

"Officers said the other man used a banjo he was holding to strike the alleged attacker in the head. They said the suspect was treated for a cut and taken to a local jail, where he was awaiting charges Tuesday."

In a bizarre twist, James Heselden, owner of the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, died Sunday morning in a Segway-related mishap -- just before the scheduled release of a study suggesting injuries related to the vehicles may be on the rise, Dan Childs reports for ABC News.



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Man dies mysteriously in Houston porn video booth

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found locked in a video booth at an adult book store.... Details

An elderly golfer died from injuries he suffered last month when he overturned his golf cart into a creek on the Iron Horse Golf Course in North Richland Hills.

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Man gets $650,000 for lap dance eye injury
A South Florida man may have a few more dollars to toss around at strippers after he won $650,000 in a settlement for injuries he suffered during a lap dance.
In 2008, Michael Ireland was poked in the eye by a stripper's spiked high heel when he got a little too close during a performance at the Cheetah Club near West Palm Beach.
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An Austin man is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police said he held a hand saw to a woman�s neck and threatened to cut her head off, according to an arrest affidavit.

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A mountain goat that fatally gored a hiker over the weekend, then stood over the man and stared at people trying to help, had shown aggressive behavior in the past, Olympic National Park officials said Monday.

Robert Boardman, 63, of Port Angeles, died Saturday after he was attacked by the goat while hiking on the subalpine Switchback Trail in the park. The trail is popular with residents of nearby Port Angeles, which is about 85 miles west of Seattle.

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A mountain goat that fatally gored a hiker over the weekend, then stood over the man and stared at people trying to help, had shown aggressive behavior in the past, Olympic National Park officials said Monday.

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Obviously, the poor thing came from a broken family and just never got a break. It really wasn't his fault. And besides the hiker was just asking for it.