California authorities say a clash between opponents and supporters of health care reform ended with one man biting off another man's finger.

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See, we keep saying that health care reform is dangerous, and the media just makes fun of us...

A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home. William Maser, 54, fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away.

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He decided to wrap seasoned butter in a dough and fry it. "Fire, butter, there you go," he said.

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A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced three people to up to 15 years in prison Saturday in the first trials over a series of mysterious syringe attacks that led to mass protests against the local government.

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Police: College student kills intruder with sword

BALTIMORE � Baltimore police say a Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed an intruder in his garage.

Cattle-rustling attack kills 32 in Kenya, Red Cross says

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1 shot, 1 stabbed after feral hog hunt

By DALE LEZON HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Sept. 16, 2009, 1:49PM

One man was shot and another was stabbed during a quarrel about money after a hog hunting trip in Brazoria County, authorities said.

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Feds apologize for warning on Hispanic campers
By STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press
Sept. 15, 2009

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DENVER � The U.S. Forest Service has apologized for suggesting that campers who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music may be armed marijuana growers, calling it �regrettable� and �insensitive.�

Bacteria dangers with feral hogs in Texas
September 17, 2009 7:19 AM
Scott Lawrence

HOUSTON (AP) - A Tomball man developed symptoms that turned out to have nothing to do with swine flu but everything to do with hogs.

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Police responded just after 2:30 a.m. to a call reporting a disturbance with a weapon in the 1500 block of Hollow Hill, according to a police report. Two men contacted police through a window once they arrived and reported Zamago had accused them of going in his room and then attacked them with a sword, according to the report. They said they ran into a room and shut the door, which Zamago poked holes through, police said.

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Saturday Night Live took a stab at a recent incident involving a Bryan man accused of injuring two roommates with a sword during a dispute.

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A 58-year-old Arlington man was accidentally hanged Sunday while working in his back yard, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office said Tuesday.

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Eating Candy in Childhood Linked to Adult Crime

What parent hasn't used candy to pacify a cranky child or head off a brewing tantrum? When reasoning, threats and time-outs fail, a sugary treat often does the trick. But while that chocolate-covered balm may be highly effective in the short term, say British scientists, it may be setting youngsters up for problem behavior later. According to a new study, kids who eat too many treats at a young age risk becoming violent in adulthood.

A rare deer known for its full, sharply pointed rack gored to death a 27-year-old game manager last week at the Y.O. Ranch, a nationally known exotic game hunting ranch about 100 miles west of Austin.

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"... the 15-year-old suspect, a passenger in a Dodge, allegedly threw the burrito Saturday afternoon at [victim's] Honda ... Cops discovered burrito remnants inside and outside the vehicle, as well as on [victim], who was not injured when struck by the flying foodstuff ...."

If it was an accordion we might understand, but a harmonica?

An Oklahoma man was arrested after beating his roommate with a harmonica, according to an Oct. 8 story in the Tulsa World.

The roommate was in the bathroom getting ready for work when Decai Liu burst in and started hitting him with the instrument. When police arrived, the victim was covered in blood from cuts on his head and face.

Liu has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, likely the first time a harmonica has been considered dangerous without actually being played.

Police are holding the harmonica as evidence.

With a banjo, you don't even have to hit a person.

DETROIT -- Family and friends of three half-marathoners who collapsed during the Detroit marathon and died said the runners had trained for the race and they were unsure what could have caused the deaths.

The Wayne County medical examiner's office said autopsies are scheduled for Monday.

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Remember: The first word in Harmonica is HARM.


Whether chromatic, blues harp or one of the major keys, a harmonica should not be treated as a toy. Only trained professionals and dancing bears should be allowed to handle them unsupervised.

And I have no rebuttal to JB's sadistic banjo note just posted. When the pain in my heart subsides maybe, but not right now.

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Originally posted by Fred Edwards:

Liu has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, likely the first time a harmonica has been considered dangerous without actually being played.

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That is too funny.