The .357 magnum kind . . .

"He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of, which was a revolver," Lt. Dean said. "The gun went off."

Mr. Espinal went back and told his buddies that he shot himself. "They didn�t believe him until they saw the blood coming down his back," Lt. Dean said.

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Gay-rights group protests HIV-positive man's sentence

Associated Press

DALLAS - A gay-rights group is protesting a 35-year prison sentence given to an HIV-positive man who was convicted of spitting on a police officer, and public health officials say the risk of contracting the AIDS virus from saliva is extremely low.

Prosecutors convinced a jury this week that the man's spit constituted a deadly weapon, making the long prison term appropriate.


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7-year-old boy taken to hospital after TV falls on him

Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

A 7-year-old boy was taken by helicopter ambulance to the hospital after a television fell on top of him at his northwest Harris County home this morning, authorities said.


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Horse spooked by soda can drags Haltom City girl to death

BENBROOK, Texas - A 9-year-old Fort Worth-area girl has died after a horse threw her and dragged her for about 1 1/2 miles over the weekend.


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That kind of incident is not uncommon. When I was a girl, a friend was killed when she spilled a soft drink on her horse. The startled horse spooked and tried to jump a nearby fence. My friend was killed when her 1,200 pound horse fell on her. I learned that day that a rider should not drink anything on a horse unless the rider is very, very careful.

Janette A

OUCH!

Janette A

That is not a recommended technique for winning a bullfight, unless your name is Andrea and you root for the bulls.

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I dunno, Greg, looks like the bull won to me...

Woman in iron lung nearly 60 years dies in power failure

By WOODY BAIRD
Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. � A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died today after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said.

Blackout

Tue Jun 3, 2008

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - Utrecht police say a 21-year-old Dutch man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong.

A police statement says the man and two others had run down a street in Utrecht with their pants pulled down in the back "for a joke."

It says that at one point the 21-year-old "pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant" that broke and resulted in "deep wounds to his derriere."

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Three stabbed with martial arts weapon

Web Posted: 06/10/2008 07:01 AM CDT

Marvin Hurst
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
A woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the stabbing of three men at a bar on the city's Northeast Side.
The incident happened just before midnight at Spanky's located in the 5100 block of Randolph Boulevard.

According to police, an argument between the men began inside the bar. Then, the wife of one of the men involved in the argument, pulled out a martial arts star, started swinging and chased the men outside.


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. . . With a Pipe Bomb Inside

Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken
Device was large enough to harm a person if it went off, Conn. cops say

SIMSBURY, Conn. - Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.

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The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

The Lizard Man is innocent!

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Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.

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Maybe they couldn't find a beer can.

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Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.

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Speaking as a Cajun, had to be a cajun. No one else would think of something like that.

Given what food, specifically including chicken, costs now, this clearly is the work of a well-financed international terrorist organization.

Maybe the animals are just starting to strike back against guys like the Deer Man.

Looks like saltpeter, tastes like chicken.

Doctor uses claw hammer to remove nail in man's skull

Associated Press
SHAWNEE, Kan. - George Chandler says he didn't know a 2 1/2 -inch nail was driven into his skull until his buddy spotted it stuck through his cap.

Chandler said he felt only a sting.

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