The Odd Midwest

News of the weird for the week of Aug 29th

Curious Squirrel Knocks Out Power - TOPEKA, Kansas. - A squirrel too curious for its own good caused an outage that left the Statehouse and other downtown Topeka buildings briefly without power Thursday, according to Westar Energy Inc... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Illinois:
Chicago Tour Showcases Garbage  - Smelly sludge sewage fields and landfills aren't the usual stuff of tours in a city that likes to show off its architecture and lakefront parks. But people are paying $7 to see some of Chicago's less desirable spots on a "Down in the Dumps" tour of more than a dozen garbage sites including a waste water treatment plant, recycling center and landfills. The nearly three-hour bus tour of the far South Side - where landfills rise up like rolling hills - is a chance for residents, environmentalists and visitors to learn more about what happens to garbage.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Free bags of heroin sicken at least 7 on West Side  - It was free but sickening. Ambulances responded multiple times Tuesday to the same West Side neighborhood after at least seven people became ill after taking freebie bags of heroin, Chicago Police said. Police think the heroin was being offered in the 1400 block of West Hastings. Victims told authorities that they received free heroin in orange baggies and had taken it before getting sick. At least one victim was found passed out with his fists clenched, police spokesman Pat Camden said. It's unclear what was wrong with the heroin, although one possibility is it was more pure than what the... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Illinois Man Says Rabbit Saved His Wife   PORT BYRON, Ill. - An Illinois man claims a $10 pet rabbit saved the life of his pregnant wife. Ed Murphy said the rabbit was unusually noisy one night, banging and jumping up and down in her cage View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
Girl Turns in Drinking School Bus Driver  - AURORA, Mo. - A teenager took matters into her hands when a substitute school bus driver who smelled of alcohol sped down the road with youngsters in tow, police said. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Missouri Lake Goes Down the Drain Again  - WILDWOOD, Mo. - Did someone pull the plug again? Little more than a year after it practically disappeared overnight, Lake Chesterfield is dwindling again. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Indiana:
College Posts Sex-Assault Ads in Urinals  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University is taking a message to prevent sexual assault to an unusual place — men's restrooms. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Handcuffed Woman Shoots Officer's Gun  - EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A handcuffed woman on her way to jail in the back of a police car grabbed an officer's gun and managed to fire one bullet into the floorboard of the car, police said.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman Allegedly Fakes Cancer Again  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A woman sentenced earlier this year to probation for faking cancer and collecting money from fundraisers has been arrested for allegedly deceiving her employers with a similar scheme. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Mysterious Woman Steals 1997 Dissertation  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Neither police nor Indiana University's Math Department have yet been able to figure out why someone made off with a 1997 doctoral dissertation in mathematics.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From North Dakota:
Man Rescues Goose; Bird Flies Beside  - MINOT, N.D. - Terry Roe also is known as Father Goose. Roe rescued a wounded Canadian goose from a ditch this summer near his home in rural Minot. The goose has taken to flying beside his all-terrain vehicle. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Priest's Pooch Welcomes N.D. Parishioners  - WEST FARGO, N.D. - The newest greeter at the Holy Cross Catholic Church has a wagging tail, cuddly fur and beseeching brown eyes. Lucky, a golden retriever puppy, belongs to the Rev. Dave Syverson. But he's also the parish dog.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Gas Prices Drive Man to Commute by Horse  - MINOT, N.D. - Jim Jundt was so determined to rein in his spending on gasoline that he got out of bed early and rode his 14-year-old quarterhorse mare to work. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From South Dakota:
College Rodeo Team Gives Tobacco the Boot   - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota State University's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor — and gave up valuable scholarship money along with it. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Nebraska:
Neb. Residents Plagued by Gibberish Calls   - KEARNEY, Neb. - Residents just don't understand the gibberish. Paul Perkins eyed the strange number on his phone when he received a call early Saturday morning. He let voicemail take it. The caller filled the message with three minutes of gibberish. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nebraska Judge Reprimanded for Rudeness  -OMAHA, Neb. - The Nebraska Commission on Judicial Qualifications has publicly reprimanded Douglas County Judge John Huber for snide comments he made from the bench.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Michigan:

About 600 People Pack Into Giant Sauna - MARQUETTE, Mich. - About 600 people packed into a giant sauna on the campus of Northern Michigan University on Saturday in an attempt to set a record in what was billed as the "world's largest sauna" event.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio:
Missing: 2 ft., 8 lb., monkey wearing blue pants - SPRINGDALE, Ohio - The bulletin issued by police in the southwest Ohio town of Springdale describes the subject as two feet tall, weighing eight pounds, clad only in blue pants and prone to sleeping in trees. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Internet Casino Buys Jesus-Image  - POINT PLACE, Ohio - An Internet casino known for its collection of oddities has paid $1,775 for a pierogi that looks like an image of Jesus. GoldenPalace.com purchased the item Monday during an auction offered by eBay. View: Full Article | Source: AP

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of August 8th

From Indiana:
Indiana school aide had sex with special ed students and look how happy she looks about getting busted. TAUGUST 10--Meet Amber Kay Marshall. The 23-year-old Indiana teacher's aide is the latest educator to get busted for allegedly having sex with underage male students. Marshall was charged Monday in Lake County with child seduction and sexual misconduct with a minor for her alleged trysts with special ed students at Hebron High School. According to a probable cause affidavit, Marshall's encounters with the two boys spanned 15 months, beginning in March 2004, and occurred at her home, a Super 8 motel, and in a parked car. Marshall, who was charged in June with similar crimes in a neighboring county, faces more than 30 years in jail if convicted of the felony abuse counts.... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun 

Firing Range Bullet Hits Home a Mile Away  TIPTON, Ind. - Police officials are considering design changes to a firing range after a stray bullet struck a home about a mile away... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man pushes children to safety before drowning  Struggling against a strong river current, in one last, heroic effort, Donald Werth heaved his daughter to safety before disappearing under the surface, his fiancée said Wednesday. The 38-year-old truck driver from Dana drowned Tuesday in the Wabash River while saving two of his children from its depths. Werth, his fiancée and three children had bought 10 Burger King Whoppers and planned to relax and fish all day at a familiar spot on the banks. They had planned to go to Indiana Beach the next day, said his fiancée, Gail Kleiner of Dana. The five were wading... ... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Kansas:
Footloose and Fancy Free (kansas man kept amputated foot in bucket) A Kansas man has put his best foot forward — in a bucket of formaldehyde on the front porch. Ezekiel Rubottom, 21, of Lawrence, had to have his clubbed left foot amputated three weeks ago after a lifetime of medical problems. After the operation, he took it home. "I'm not sick or, like, a danger," he told the Lawrence Journal-World. "I just wanted my foot ... I just figured I'd do with it whatever I pleased." Rubottom's friends at the house where he's staying don't mind the body part in a bucket, but after a local kid told his parents.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Carrier scares off assailants with gun A veteran contract carrier for The Kansas City Star parked close to the store at 5th Street and Troost Avenue like always early today. It meant a quick trip back to the safety of his van. But one of his four attackers, the biggest guy, was too quick for the carrier to drive away. The assailant and perhaps others in his group rained punches on the 66-year-old carrier through his driver-side window. He used a gun to fend them off, firing three times. They never asked for money. “I thought these guys just weren’t going to let up,” said the... .... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Illinois:

Widow killed by heat had money to pay bills Alton IL, Mabel Fish, 70, was found dead in her house on June 25th. An Alton widow with $50,000 in a bank account lived without electricity the last three months of her life because she didn't pay her power bills, according to testimony Wednesday at the Madison County coroner's inquest... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Ex-Illinois death row inmate convicted  A former death row inmate whose case helped launch an emotional campaign against the death penalty in Illinois was convicted Friday of drugs and weapons violations following a tumultuous trial. Aaron Patterson, 41, turned down an offer to hear the verdict by teleconference. He had been banished from the courtroom after defiantly refusing to be cross-examined and shouting to the jury that he was the victim of "a legal lynching." Patterson could get from 15 years to life in prison when federal Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer sentences him. The sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 4. Defense attorney.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nazis found hidding in Chicago  An aging Chicago carpenter should be stripped of his U.S. citizenship because he was a member of a police unit that helped the Nazis round up Ukrainian Jews for forced labor and death camps during World War II, federal attorneys argue. "He acquiesced in conduct contrary to civilization and decency," government attorney Gregory Gordon told U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan as a civil trial against Osyp Firishchak began Monday. Firishchak, 86, came to the United States after World War II, settled in Chicago and obtained American citizenship. But the Justice Department's Nazi-hunting Office of Special Investigations says he lied on... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
People head out despite foul orange air Public health officials warn that the so-called "orange" air quality could spell trouble for children or adults suffering from asthma or heart ailments, and people who spend a lot of time outdoors unless they take precautions.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Driver leaps from SUV, dies A teacher who dedicated herself to young children was killed after the accelerator on her Ford Escape jammed, police said, and she bailed out of her vehicle when she couldn't get it to stop. .... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Man chases burglar from home; stabs him to death St. Louis, MO: No charges are likely in the case of a man who chased a burglar from his home and fatally stabbed him. The man suspected in the burglary, Daniel Ferguson, 35, of the 3100 block of North 11th Street, bled to death, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Fingerprint pay system gets toehold here St. Louis Mo: Give up your fingerprints and pay for gas. That's the slogan a Phillips66 ExpressMart in Arnold could well adopt for its fingerprint-payment system.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Python Found in UPS Truck Back With Owner O'FALLON, Mo. - A 9-foot albino Burmese python has arrived at its new home after startling a United Parcel Service driver who found it curled up among packages in his truck last week... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Desperate Teens Sell Themselves on EBay ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Looking for a little extra spending money, two college-bound teenagers decided to sell a week of their time to the highest bidder on the Internet auction site eBay.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Wisconsin:
Woman Eats 35 Bratwursts in 10 Min   - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst... View: Full Article | Source: AP

One million tires catch on fire in Wisconsin  - 1 million tires catch on fire in Wis. July 20, 2005 WATERTOWN, Wis. -- A massive fire erupted in a huge pile of tires at a recycling plant Tuesday, sending black smoke billowing for miles and forcing roads to be closed while firefighters tried to contain the blaze. The fire ignited in about 1 million tires at the Watertown Tire Recycling Co., said Lt. Doug Ninmann of the Dodge County Sheriff's Department. No one was injured and the cause wasn't determined, but people within a mile's radius were warned to take shelter if the smoke becomes too intense, he said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio
Scantily clad Ohio man attacks female lifeguard with stun gun SAUGUST 12--We don't like to judge people, but James Fletcher appears to be quite a dangerous freak. The Ohio man, 49, was arrested last month after he allegedly tried to zap a female lifeguard with a stun gun. As he was attempting to do this, the below Broadview Heights Police report notes, Fletcher was wearing a blue string bikini, the top of which was stuffed with falsies. According to investigators, ... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

From North Iowa:
Iowa Judge Fails to Make Jury CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - U.S. District Judge Linda Reade had a chance to see the courtroom from a different perspective — but she didn't make the cut.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man Who Pulled Over Driver Arrested DES MOINES, Iowa - A man who police say stopped another driver to warn him about his careless driving was arrested for impersonating a police officer — and driving a stolen pickup truck... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Nebraska:
Nebraska Cop on Way to Work Makes Arrest  GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Dean Elliott didn't waste time starting his shift over the weekend..... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man Aims to Visit Every Starbucks OMAHA, Nebraska - Documenting a caffeine-powered quest to visit every Starbucks in the world has become the mission of a Nebraska attorney.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Michigan:
Cops Spoil Hotel Sex Fest  Michigan police bust up a wild prostitution party. According to this police report--just released to TSG by the Romulus Police Department--Phaneuf was one of three women servicing dozens of male participants, who paid a $15 entrance fee (and learned of the event via a bawdy e-mail solicitation). A second woman, Barbara Steele, was also hit with a prostitution rap (click here to see the 49-year-old Steele's mug shot). The event, dubbed "CumFest 2003," was organized by Robert Jackson, 57, a recidivist orgy promoter.Be sure to check out the mug shot at this link!.... View: Full Article | Source: SmokingGun

Cheerleaders Use Chant to Help Police  ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A man who left an accident scene was tracked down with the help of some cheerleaders who witnessed the crash and turned his license plate number into a cheer, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Crusader Nabbed By Michigan Cops  Medieval sword, mallet, armor no match for ye olde Taser. AUGUST 5--Meet Robert McClain. The Michigan man, 42, was arrested last week after he attempted to literally go medieval on cops. Be sure to check out the mug shot at this link!... View: Full Article | Source: SmokingGun

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of Aug 1st

Lot's of naked people in the news this week and I will tell you why. It's August and it's friggin HOT  out there.

 
From Illinois:
 Nudist to Be Buried Fully Clothed PEKIN, Illinois - Even in death, Robert Norton's nakedness is a no-no. Norton, 82, spent four decades in and out of court fighting repeated arrests for gardening and wandering his yard in the nude. He said he wanted to be buried without any clothes, but his family is sending him to eternity wearing gray slacks and a matching shirt... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Golf Outing Allegedly Involves Strippers NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Police on Wednesday were investigating a golf outing sponsored by a gentleman's club in this Chicago suburb that allegedly featured women strippers in bikinis giving male golfers lap dances.
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Woman Says Cemetery Lost Her Dad's Grave LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Mary Hurst wants to honor her 80-year-old dying mother's wish: to be buried aside her husband, Hurst's father, who died of cancer nearly four decades ago... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Iowa:
Nude Man in Ski Mask Enters Sandwich Shop SPENCER, Iowa - A man who police say showed up at a sandwich shop wearing nothing but a ski mask will face several charges once he's released from the hospital, police said Thursday... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Naked Swordsman Pleads Guilty to Assault IOWA CITY, Iowa - A man who chased his neighbors with a 2-foot sword while naked last winter pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Pottsville Manure Spill Kills Fish POSTVILLE, IA - August 2, 2005 - A manure spill south of Postville has led to a fish kill along a two mile stretch... View: Full Article | Source: MidWest News

Theif an Allegedly Steals Hundreds of Undies UPDATE: WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - The dryer can't be blamed for eating these socks and undies. Rusty Wayne Sills, 46, of Des Moines, was charged Thursday with fifth-degree theft for allegedly stealing women's panties, bras and socks from the laundry room at the Sun Prairie Apartments, said Lt. Jeff Miller, police spokesman... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Minnesota:
Woman Says She Punched Bear in the Nose  DULUTH, Minn. - A 50-year-old Holyoke woman said she punched a black bear in the nose as it attacked her, but the bear didn't flinch... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
Misprint Swamps Woman With Medicaid Calls JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A businesswoman in faraway Montana was swamped with anguished calls after a letter informing 339,000 Medicaid recipients of service cuts wrongly listed her phone number for a help line for the hearing impaired... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman Claims Buttocks Burned on the Toilet UPDATE: ST. LOUIS - A Kansas woman who claims her buttocks were burned by cleaning fluid when she sat on a toilet seat at a Lake Saint Louis Denny's restaurant has sued the chain and the franchise owner... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Mo. Family Finds Python Under Dishwasher SEDALIA, Mo. - The new residents of a Sedalia duplex were surprised to learn a 4-foot-6-inch constrictor didn't move out when the old residents left.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Rural dentists report surge in "meth mouth" SIKESTON, Mo. - When children drop in for a dental checkup or cleaning, Dr. Gail Redman usually ends the appointment with her familiar reminder to brush and floss regularly. But she recently added something new: "Whatever you do, don't do meth." ... View: Full Article | Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

From Wisconsin:
Cheerful holdup note: Chuck Sheperds News of the Weird Reports that Thomas E. Mason was charged with robbing the Fortress Bank in Winona, Minn., in June; he was arrested nearby and identified by bank employees, but the main evidence against him was the threatening holdup note, which began, cheerfully, "Hi, I'm Thomas Mason." . View: Full Article | Source: News of the Weird

From Indiana:

Ind. Couple Want to Wed in Cemetery EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Evansville city officials are considering a request by a couple to be married in a city cemetery.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

West Nile case reported in Hughes County A Hughes county resident has been diagnosed with asymptomatic West Nile Virus. It was one of nine new cases reported this week by the Department of Health.... View: Full Article | Source: Capital Journal

From Nebraska:
Nebraska charges man for having sex with 14-year-old wife LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A 22-year-old man faces criminal charges in Nebraska for having sex with an underage 13-year-old girl, although he legally married her in Kansas after she became pregnant. The man's lawyer said the couple, with their families' support, ``made a responsible decision to try to cope with the problem.'' Matthew Koso, 22, was charged Monday with first-degree sexual assault, punishable by up to 50 years in prison. He was released on $7,500 bail pending an Aug. 17 preliminary hearing. After the girl became pregnant, her mother gave permission in May for Koso to take the young woman to... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Kansas:
Teen's Vomit Sentence a Conundrum for Cops- UPDATE: OLATHE, Kan. - Police departments in Johnson County aren't sure how they'll carry out an unusual sentence a judge imposed on a teenager convicted of intentionally vomiting on his teacher. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Lottery Promotion Irks Two Kansas Towns TOPEKA, Kan. - Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman's Possessions Taken After Ad Error LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kris Bryan couldn't believe it when she came home and realized strangers were taking away her stuff — including her 7-week-old kitten. A legal notice in the Lawrence Journal-World for unclaimed property mistakenly listed Bryan's address. The notice said the items would be thrown out if they weren't picked up from the apartment. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio:
Ohio Cyclist Ticketed After Falling TOLEDO, Ohio - A northwest Ohio man's fall off his bicycle left him with a bruised leg, a big hospital bill and a ticket from police. Police fined Melvin Surprise III, of Toledo, because he was riding his bike on a sidewalk when he was struck by a pickup truck pulling out of a parking lot.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nurse's Aide Sentenced in Laxatives Case MEDINA, Ohio - A former nurse's aide was sentenced to 10 months in prison Monday for conspiring with another nurse to give nursing home patients laxatives to make them sick... View: Full Article | Source: AP

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of July 25th

An Ohio arrestee goes for the gold in classic mug shot. BUSTEED & DUMB: The Ohio man was nabbed this week  for "abusing harmful intoxicants" as he attempted to make a purchase at Bellaire's Dollar General Store. The 41-year-old Tribett, it seems, had been huffing spray paint and needed a refill. View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

More from Ohio:
Amish Teen Charged With Stealing House Numbers BUSTED: UNTSBURG, Ohio - Callers complaining about loud music coming from a buggy led deputies to charge a 19-year-old Amish man with stealing house numbers and flower pots. David Byler was charged with theft and underage consumption of alcohol, both misdemeanors.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Thief Picks Wrong Place to Rob.  BUSTEED & DUMB: TOLEDO, Ohio - With an FBI office a few floors above him and the agent in charge waiting in line for his morning coffee, Andrew Johnson picked the wrong coffee shop to rob... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Illinois:
Chicago Man Steals Squad Car To Get To Work DUMB & BUSTED: Central Chicago Man Steals Squad Car To Get To Work Suspect Caught When He Stopped To Help Someone Save It Email It Print It (CBS) CHICAGO A West Side man says he needed to get to work, and he made a decision that he'll probably regret. Now Miguel Espinosa is in jail for stealing a marked Chicago police squad car. Detectives say the 38-year-old Espinosa noticed the squad car outside a restaurant on North Western Avenue Thursday night. The officer had left the keys in it while he went inside to eat. So Espinosa stole.. .. View: Full Article | Source: CBS

5 children charged with arson (Illinois) BUSTED: LINCOLN -- An 8-year-old and four 11-years olds were charged with aggravated arson Friday in the fire that destroyed the former Lincoln Garment Co. factory. Logan County Assistant State's Attorney Dan Markwell said the more serious juvenile Class X felony charges were filed because a firefighter was injured in the blaze. Capt. Jeff Singleton suffered a shoulder injury during the Monday night fire. Charged were two girls and two boys, all age 11, and an 8-year-old boy. Police said they learned about the children's involvement from another child who knew about the plan and a mother who told police her... .. View: Full Article | Source: Bloomington-Normal

Baby Found Abandoned Inside Used Tire In Chicago SICK: A Good Samaritan found a baby abandoned among old tires on Chicago's South Side early Wednesday morning.The baby boy, who police estimate is about 3 months old, was found in the 6200 block of Winchester. Rafael Cunningham said he thought he heard a cat meow, but looking further, he found a baby lying inside a car tire on the ground in an alley. The child was wearing nothing but a shirt, socks and a diaper. A baby bottle was found inside the tire with the child. Cunningham scooped up the child and called authorities, who took the baby to a... .. View: Full Article | Source: Free Republic


From Minnesota:
"Big Brother" Contestant Was Wanted Woman BUSTED: JULY 21--Days before the sixth-season debut of "Big Brother," a contestant on the CBS reality show finally answered a 3-1/2-year-old arrest warrant issued for her failure to appear. Pierzina's rap sheet also includes an August 2000 drunk driving arrest in Duluth, Minnesota (Check out her mug shot from that bust)... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

From Missouri:
Some Papers Pull, Edit 'Doonesbury' Strip DUMB: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It may be President Bush's nickname for key political adviser Karl Rove, but some editors don't think it belongs in their newspapers... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Tasered Mo. Grandmother Gets Probation DUMB: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Customer sues Denny's over burned buttocks A Kansas woman sued Denny's Corp. and a local Denny's franchise owner Wednesday, claiming cleaning chemicals left on a Lake Saint Louis Denny's toilet seat burned her buttocks... View: Full Article | Source:
the Post-Dispatch

Two St. Louis Disc Jockeys Suspended Two hip-hop radio personalities have been suspended for an on-air discussion of ways to fight police officers - comments made not long after an officer was slain. Officials at KATZ-FM would not detail the comments, but said the remarks made on Wednesday related to ways to hurt or disarm police officers. The two suspended disc jockeys, whose professional names are DJ Kaos and DJ Sylli Asz, were discussing with callers on their morning show how to fight for an officer's radio so he or she cannot call for help, the station said. .. View: Full Article | Source: post-gazette.com

From Wisconsin:
Turtles smashed, one dies: Milwaukee, WI - US DUMB & SICK: A ten-year-old turtle names Mrs. Gee is being treated at the animal emergency center in Milwaukee after an incident on the afternoon of July 23 when a woman smashed her on the pavement. The other turtle was killed. The turtles were the woman's boyfriend's pets. Police said she did this as an act of revenge. .... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse

Woman Convicted of Groping Airport Screener BUSTED: GREEN BAY, Wis. - A woman who was upset over being searched bodily at an airport was convicted Tuesday of assaulting a security screener by grabbing the federal officer's breasts.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Thong Thief Nailed Again  BUSTED: Wisconsin panty pilferer hid hot underpants in apartment ceiling. JULY 8--The notorious Wisconsin thong thief is at it again, according to cops. Anthony Scholfield, 24, was arrested Wednesday and charged with once again breaking into a home and pilfering panties.Cops got a search warrant for Scholfield's apartment and found Blexrude's three thongs (and 11 other pairs of women's underpants) hidden in the ceiling. But the haul was dwarfed by Scholfield's prior prodigious output. When his home was raided in 2003, police found 854 thongs stashed throughout the crib, with the unmentionables hidden in shoe boxes, a briefcase, and a Pokemon lunch pail..... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

Indecent Proposal  BUSTED: Wisconsin man offered broker whopping sum for house, sex. JULY 6--Meet Kevin Kayhart. The Wisconsin man, 34, is facing a felony charge for allegedly making an indecent proposal to a female real estate agent. Seems the creepy Kayhart approached the agent at the end of a May 21 open house and asked if she would take $500,000 for the home (which was being offered at only $145,000). Kayhart then handed her his handwritten purchase proposal, a three-page document that included an itemized list of six sex acts (labeled A-F) that the agent would have to perform to close the deal.... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun


From Indiana:
Caught on Video, Cop hits a dear VIDEO: Crazy dash cam video of a cop hitting a deer.. View: Video | Source: Blennus

Ind. Businessman Gets Big Check in Error instead of junk mail DUMB: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Robert Theodorow could scarcely believe his eyes when he opened a piece of mail and found a $160,000 check tucked inside... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Woman Convicted Because of Pet Pigs' Odor BUSTED: HOBART, Ind. - The owner of pet pigs has been convicted of violating the city's nuisance ordinance following complaints from neighbors about the obnoxious odor of the animals.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Pushing Under the Influence BUSTED & DUMB:PORTAGE, Ind. - Two women who took turns steering a broken-down vehicle face drunk driving charges after their slow-moving car crashed into a parked car.Check out the mug shot photos on the Smoking Gun.. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo


From North Dakota:
Zoo Director Becomes Spider Monkey's Mom WEIRD: WAHPETON, N.D. - With a 3 1/2-month-old baby, Kathy Diekman doesn't get a lot of sleep at night. Niko has been with her every night since his birth. Her husband, Tom Schmaltz, has moved to another room to sleep. "He's afraid he'll roll over on him," Diekman said... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Nebraska:
Cow Gives Birth to Four Calves WEIRD: DEWEESE, Neb. - It wasn't that one of his cows had delivered twins that gave Paul Soucie pause when he checked his pasture. Eleven sets of twins had already been delivered this year on the farmstead near Deweese that Soucie runs with his wife, Janet. But what raised his curiosity on the morning of July 12 was that this particular cow still appeared pregnant... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Kansas:
Teen Who Threw Up on Teacher Sentenced WEIRD: OLATHE, Kan. - A high school student convicted of battery for vomiting on his Spanish teacher has been ordered to spend the next four months cleaning up after people who throw up in police cars..... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Police Give Man Amputated Foot Back WEIRD: LAWRENCE, Kan. - Ezekiel Rubottom now has his left foot back exactly where he wants it — in a bucket on the front porch. Police in Kansas have returned the amputated foot to him after seizing it during the weekend to check out just how it got there.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Michigan:
Maggot Treatment Saves Mich. Woman's Foot SICK: BAY CITY, Mich. - Barbara Enser wasn't very comfortable at first with the idea of using maggots to clean the wound on her right foot. But if it meant saving it from amputation, she was willing to give it a try... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of the July 8th:

What doesn't kill us, will only make us stronger. News of the down right bizarre for the week of the July 8th:

Rocket full of Meth: - In the course of a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Kingdom City, Mo., in June, Missouri Highway Patrol officers found a 3-foot-long rocket with an electric launcher, attached to an elaborate system of pulleys in the trunk of the car of two men, Michael Ray Sullivan, 41, and Joseph C. Seidl, 39. The rocket, which could probably be triggered from the driver's seat, was found stuffed with methamphetamine, with more (totaling about $145,000 worth) in pipes alongside. The patrolmen who arrested the pair believe the contraption was for quick disposal of their inventory if they got cornered... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

More from Missouri:

Man Sued Over Mailing of Feces, Garbage: - ST. LOUIS — A man is being sued by Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon for allegedly sending garbage and even feces to eBay customers who thought they were bidding for new or slightly used clothing.. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Indiana:

Hippo, Believed Among Oldest, Turns 54: - Hungry, Hungry Hippo. - EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Let them eat cake. At least this party's guest of honor seemed content with sticking to her diet. Hundreds of visitors enjoyed birthday cake Saturday at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden while Donna the hippo ate frozen fruit to celebrate the 3,500-pound animal's 54th birthday... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Toddler Has Identity Stolen Twice: - FORT WAYNE, Ind. - At 22 months old, Jabriona Terry is a little young to have her own phone. But her mother discovered her daughter's name listed in a phone book and soon realized an acquaintance had used the girl's Social Security number to set up the phone service.... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Dog Enjoys Diet of Cheeseburgers, Shakes: - FARMLAND, Ind. - One of the best customers at The Chocolate Moose restaurant has never even been inside the door. Missy Jo, a 60-pound bulldog mix, comes with owner Tony Mills, 51, to the restaurant for a daily treat of plain cheeseburgers and vanilla milkshakes on the patio... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Fire Captain Uses Fire Truck to Water Lawn: - KOKOMO, Ind. - A city fire captain has gotten in trouble for mixing work with his home life... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Michigan:

Gardeners Drop Clothes to Raise Funds: - LELAND, Mich. - The caretakers of the school gardens in this northwest Michigan town wanted an attention-getting way to raise money. They got it. A calendar featuring photos of 12 well-known area men posing naked with carefully placed props is being noticed and criticized.. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Ohio:

Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts: - Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts Thu Jul 7,12:46 PM ET CHICAGO (AFP) - An Ohio man with the breasts of a woman has been charged with indecent exposure after he was spotted shirtless. "He's a guy. He's real tall, and he's got a full set of breasts," assistant Cincinnati solicitor Kevin Donovan told the Cincinnati Post. Jerome Mason, 23, was spotted shirtless by police at 1:00 am on April 22. Since then, the 6-foot, 200-pound man's case has floundered in the courts because he has failed to meet with his court-appointed attorney. But public defender Michael Welsh said. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Rape Spurs Anti-Hispanic Backlash in Ohio: - It started with the spray-painted, misspelled "Rapest" on the house of a Hispanic man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Then the house went up in flames in a suspected arson. Confrontations, name-calling and threats against Hispanics followed. Men roamed the streets wearing pillowcases with eye holes, and Ku Klux Klansmen in hoods and robes showed up to pass out pamphlets. There were rumors of assaults and beatings. Now this small Ohio river city's booming Hispanic population is cowed, the streets in their neighborhoods nearly deserted. Outside the office of the Living Water Ministry, which two months ago.... View: Full Article | Source: WJA

Compressed air can kill: Ohio teen is dead proof: - Most of us have gotten e-mails about bizarre stories that are known as urban legends. Sometimes they’re totally bogus. Sometimes there’s a shred of truth to them, but the story is mostly exaggeration. Recently, though, I got one that proved to be true, completely true, terribly true. It was about a police officer in Ohio who used cans of compressed air to blow the dust off computer parts. The canned air isn’t expensive, but it isn’t cheap, $10 for a pack of three cans, so the man was a little upset when he found that his son and his friends... View: Full Article | Source: Fort Wayne

Funeral Home Offers 'Beds' for Loved One: - BROOK PARK, Ohio - They take the concept of resting in peace seriously at the Humenik Funeral Chapel.... View: Full Article |  Source: AP News

From Illinois:

Cockfighting - over 400 birds seized: Winnebago, IL: Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies discovered hundreds of birds being used for illegal cockfighting. Now Winnebago County Animal Services is now leading this animal brutality investigation. "It's one of the biggest cock fighting rings the State of Illinois and possibly the Midwest has seen in years.".... View: Full Article | Source: Pet Abuse

Man Brags About Robbery to Radio Station: CHICAGO - A man who called a radio station to brag about his role in a bank robbery may be regretting picking up his phone.
... View: Full Article | Source: AP News

E-mail errors leave Potter fans fuming: - Oh, grow up. Would you. CHICAGO - Perhaps the evil wizard Lord Voldemort had something to do with it... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Minnesota:

Arnold the Crime-Fighting Pig Dies : - Oink, oink - MINNEAPOLIS - R.I.P., Arnold the Crime-Fighting Pig. A south Minneapolis neighborhood is mourning the loss of Arnold, a 450-pound porker who once foiled a burglary. The beast died last month from apparent heart failure. He was 6.... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

 

 

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of the July 2nd

First for the good news: You will all be happy to hear that the Madison WI, Finance committee approved the budget for Kickapoo Valley Reserve. So there is no need to cancel any vacation plans. Now for the bad news: Minn. had to cancel their 'Whorehouse Days' Festival. Sorry but your going to have to return that dress you bought for the best-dressed madam contests.

If Tom Cruise says so, it must be true: Tom Cruise says, "There may be life beyond the stars." The War of the Worlds star told the German tabloid Blid that he believes intelligent life might exist beyond Earth. "Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?" Cruise told Blid. 'Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there. We just don't know.

From Illinois:

UFO Sighting: Peculiar black sphere in the skies of Southern IL: - Stop smoking the corn stalks. Edwardsville, IL  State Director, MR. DAVE MARLER, witnesses very peculiar object in the skies above his home. His first sighting of a suspected UFO. black sphere seen flying rapidly in a straight-line course under clouds "At approximately 1:20pm I was lying in a lounge chair on my patio looking up at the sky when I observed what appeared to be a black sphere fly into my view.`It came out of the southwest and moved in a northeast direction. It appeared to maintain level flight and constant speed throughout the sighting which lasted approximately 8-10 seconds. It appeared to be the size of a BB at arm's length." .... View: Full Article | Source: NuForc

From Michigan:

UFO: Gigantic UFO Scene near Lake Michigan Triangle: Again, Stop smoking the corn stalks. On Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at 3:30 a.m., Alexander Reynolds and a few fishing buddies were trying their luck at a private beach on Cat's Head Point near Northport, Michigan (population 868), a small town 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Traverse City. Then one of them noticed a strange glow over Lake Michigan. "It looked about twice as big as the moon would be on the horizon. None of us saw it approach. Mainly, one moment it was there, then it caught my eye all of a sudden. It initially looked like a big circle with the top sheared off just a bit above the center. It then 'grew' another sphere, and this one went below the horizon (heading for Wisconsin.)."... View: Full Article | Source: UFO INFO

Mich. Family Filled With Champion Spitters: EAU CLAIRE, Mich. - Brian "Young Gun" Krause knows what it's like to out-spit dad. But now he's got to watch out for his own sons. For years, the Krause family has dominated the International Cherry Spitting Championship in southwestern Michigan, and this year Cole Krause became the youngest in a long line of cherry pit spitting champions.... View: Full Article | Source:  AP/Yahoo

Comic Book Features 'Hellish' Mich: HELL, Mich. - A woman takes an ax to her husband in their new home, someone is boiled alive in a public pool and a father is swallowed by the earth. Just another day in Hell. The gruesome acts never actually happened in this rural hamlet with the diabolic name, but those and other macabre tales are brought to life — and death — in the new comic book, "Hell, Michigan.".. View: Full Article | Source:  AP/Yahoo

From Wisconsin:

Finance committee approves Kickapoo Valley Reserve budget:  - MADISON - - The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has approved the Kickapoo Valley Reserve’s funding for the next two-years.  State Representative Lee Nerison, R-Westby, said that it was a good day considering how difficult it will be to balance this budget... View: Full Article | Source: MidWest News

Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Penis Scissors Attack:  -WAUPACA, Wis. - A 42-year-old woman accused of cutting her husband's penis with scissors has pleaded not guilty to a charge of substantial battery.. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Ghosts in Baraboo?:  - B.C. Farr says he kept quiet for years about the odd things he's seen, like dishware flying off the rack, a broom floating across the kitchen and doors opening and closing. But eventually, when many of his customers witnessed similar events, the owner of the Old Baraboo Inn went public with his experiences. .... View: Full Article | Source: Madison

Deer falls out of sky through roof of semi:  - Boscobel, WI - June 23, 2005 at 12:30 a.m., Hwy. 61 .4 miles south of Old Hwy. 61, Marion Township, south of Boscobel, WI. Manuel Herrera, 49, Cahokia, IL, was driving a semi tractor northbound on Hwy. 61 while Amador Rosales-Hernandez, 28, of Eau Claire, WI, was driving a Chevy Metro southbound. Hernandez struck a deer totaling his vehicle.  The deer then traveled through the air and came down through the roof of the semi cab, driven by Herrera. Editor note - Midwest News learned from a witness on scene that the deer came through the roof of the semi and landed in the ‘sleeper bed’ of the truck. This is one for the books... View: Full Article | Source: MW News

Centenarian Celebrates Birthday on Harley:  -STOUGHTON, Wis. - Ruth Stewart celebrated her 100th birthday by doing something she always wanted to try: Taking a ride on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Root Canals, Emus Honored in Wis:  - MADISON, Wis. - Root canals and amateur radio operators were honored with special days in Wisconsin this year. Emus got a whole week... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Minnesota:

Minn. Cancels 'Whorehouse Days' Festival:  -GILBERT, Minn. - "Whorehouse Days" are a bust in Gilbert.Organizers had big plans for their first festival this weekend, including a four-poster bed race, a beer mug-sliding contest and a showdown for best-dressed madam. But the City Council is refusing to rent out public buildings for the event. "The City Council's acting like it's the Moral Majority or something," said lead organizer Bob Cap. "They really played a number on us.".. View: Full Article | Source: WFTV

Minnesota Boy in Critical Condition After Attack by Tiger, Lion Kept by Businessman:  - Minnesota Boy in Critical Condition After Attack by Tiger, Lion Kept by BusinessmanBy Emily Johns Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 23, 2005 LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) - A 10-year-old boy was attacked and critically injured by a tiger and a lion that were among a dozen large animals kept by a body shop owner, authorities said. Russell LaLa was mauled Wednesday after the animals' owner opened the door of a cage and the tiger pushed its way out to attack the boy. When the owner was pulling off the tiger, the lion moved in and bit the boy, Sheriff Michel... View: Full Article | Source: WFTV

From Missouri:

SICK!!!! Abortionist accused of eating fetuses Kansas City clinic closed as grisly house of horrors is exposed:  - A Kansas City abortionist is out of business after investigators discovered a grisly house of horrors at his clinic – with fetuses kept in Styrofoam cups in his refrigerator and one employee accusing him of microwaving one and stirring it into his lunch. The unsanitary conditions in Krishna Rajanna's clinic prompted legislative approval of new abortion regulations in Kansas, a bill that was vetoed by the governor. Rajanna's activities have reportedly been the subject of law-enforcement investigations for nearly two years. ... View: Full Article | Source: World News

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of the 27th

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EVENT OF THE WEEK. DON'T MISS OUT!!! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Coming Up July 14-15 @ Exit 284: The Iowa 80 Truckstop is reminding the trucking community that the 26th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree will be held July 14-15. Of course it takes place at the Iowa 80 Truckstop I-80 Exit 284 Hightlights include: Super Truck Beauty Contest, Antique Truck Display; Iowa pork chop cookout; Trucker’s Best Friend Pet Contest and our favorite, the Trucker Olympics.. View: Full Article | Source: Trucking Info

MORE From North Iowa:

Three Iowa 19-year-olds charged in torture of opossums: FORT DODGE Iowa An official with the Animal Rescue League of Iowa calls it "the worst animal torture" he's ever seen. Iowa police say a video recording shows three teenagers laughing and jeering as they set opossums on fire... View: Full Article | Source: KHNL

From Illinois:

Chicago Bans Sale of Pot-Flavored Candies: - Dude, who cares it made the bong sticky anyway.CHICAGO - The City Council passed a law Wednesday banning the sale of marijuana-flavored lollipops, gumdrops and other treats, becoming the first major city to prohibit the confections that have appeared in convenience stores nationwide.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Dog's paw cut off: Tallmadge, IL: - Sick and twisted. Police said someone cut the back-left paw off 5-year-old German Shepherd mix named Romeo. It was cut clean through the bone while he was leashed in his own back yard on South Alling Street in Tallmadge... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse

Dental Exams Required To Make The Grade In Illinois: Some grade school students will have to visit the dentist if they want to collect their end-of-year report cards, under an Illinois law that goes into effect Friday.School officials already require students of certain ages to prove they've received vaccinations and general health screenings. But now students attending kindergarten, second and sixth grades would be required to undergo dental checkups. The dentist and lawmaker who sponsored the measure said it's important to establish good hygiene habits that will save money in the long run and improve children's education. .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nearly 24 people shot in less than 12 hours, June 27:  - I'm so tired of my friends ask me about how I live in NYC with all the crime. TURN ON YOUR TV, OR READ A PAPER. Democratic Party fails to stop insurgents Nearly 24 people shot in less than 12 hours, looks like Gun Control doesn't work. It's time for the Democratic Party Machine to cut its losses, admit defeat and pull out of Chicago. This city is a crime ridden mess and the Democrat's occupation only makes it worse. Read all about it... View: Full Article | Source: SunTimes

Chicago pairing surveillance cameras with gunshot recognition systems: - A new reality TV show, The Big Bang. The police are watching. And in Chicago, they're listening, too. City officials are using new technology that recognizes the sound of a gunshot within a two-block radius, pinpoints the source, turns a surveillance camera toward the shooter and places a 911 call. Officials can then track the shooter and dispatch officers to the scene. Welcome to crime-fighting in the 21st century. "Instead of just having eyes, you have the advantage of both eyes and ears," said Bryan Baker, chief executive officer of Safety Dynamics in Oak Brook, which makes the systems. After a successful pilot program, Chicago officials have installed... . View: Full Article | Source: ABCLocal

Chicago Police Put Arrest Photos of Prostitution Suspects Online: - What fun bunch of people. Smile now beacuse when you get home, the old lady is going to kill you. The Chicago Police Department began posting on its Web site on Tuesday photographs, names and partial addresses of people who were arrested on charges of soliciting prostitutes in a move intended to embarrass offenders and deter people from committing such crimes. "If we can do anything to get a john to think twice about coming into Chicago communities to solicit a prostitute, we think we're addressing the problem," said Dave Bayless, a Police Department spokesman. By Wednesday night, photos of dozens of men who had been arrested in the last month were posted. The photos will be updated daily and.. . View: Full Article | Source: NYTImes/C-net

Man's stuck finger leads to $50k suit: - How dumb do you have to be to get your finger stuck in a payphone, then again, he might be a rich dumb ass if the suit pays off. St. Clair County, Emanuel Fleming, who garnered national media attention when his finger became stuck in a payphone while trying to retrieve 50 cents from the machine, filed suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court against ANJ Communications... View: Full Article | Source: Madison County Record

From Minnesota:

A surge in 911 Calls:  - Uhhh, whats the number for 911? Alexandria MN. - When police or deputies get a frantic call for help, it sometimes turns out to be a false alarm. Last week, they handled an unusually high number of such calls. Here’s a sampling of some of them: On June 19, a caller reported seeing a woman sitting cross-legged in a front yard near Highway 27 West with a shotgun across her lap, wiping her eyes. She appeared distraught, perhaps suicidal. It turned out she was shooting gophers with an air rifle. A motorist called police after finding some suspicious candy in the street that looked like it was tampered with. An officer inspected the candy and determined that someone had just accidentally dropped it on the road... View: Full Article | Source: Echo Press

From Missouri:

Alleged Drunk Driver Interrupts Funeral Wed Jun 29: NEOSHO, Mo. - An altercation developed after a car whose driver is accused of being intoxicated interrupted the procession for the funeral of a man killed last week — in a traffic accident alleged to have involved a drunken driver... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Wisconsin:

Man With Bong Attacks Police Dispatcher Fri Jun 24:  - I would pay money to have seen this. I bet he just had the munchies and he knew the cops had doghnuts. GERMANTOWN, Wis. - A 22-year-old man was wrestled to the ground in the Germantown Police Department Friday afternoon after threatening a dispatcher with a glass bong and a shotgun, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Indiana:

Bridge Club Members to Strip for Calendar Wed Jun 29:  - Please tell me this is a misprint and they mean 17-19 years old. FARMLAND, Ind. - Seven women who usually gather to play cards are planning to strip down for a calendar as part of the fight against plans to tear down Randolph County's 128-year-old courthouse.The women ranging in age from their early 70s to older than 90 will pose nude.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Kangaroo on the Loose Near Indiana Airport Tue Jun 28: It's in the water. SOUTH BEND, Ind. - At first glance, Walt Temple thought the animal he saw hopping through the city was a deer. "But then, why would it be on its back legs?" he wondered... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Principal Won't Lose Job Over Racy Dance Fri Jun 24:  - "Billy Jean's not my daughter..." ELMA, Ind. - A middle school principal who shocked some parents and community members by what they described as suggestively dancing with male students at a talent show will not be fired, a school official said... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Cow killed with crossbow, dismembered: Angola, IN: Two Steuben County men face theft charges after authorities said they went onto a farmer's property and killed a cow with a crossbow, then cut off its legs and other parts... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse

Indiana to Raise Maximum Speed Limit 70 mph:  Drivers in Texas, Iowa, and Indiana will enjoy higher speed limits next month as legislation raising the top speeds on rural roads takes effect. On Friday, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) signed HB 2257 into law making 80 MPH the maximum allowable speed in the state. Rural portions of I-10 and I-20 will enjoy the new top speed, while other rural roads could see the limit rise to 75 MPH. Both the state House and Senate adopted the legislation without opposition last month. On July 1, a law signed by Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack creating a 70 MPH speed... . View: Full Article | Source: The Newspaper

Second woman says coroner propositioned herto have sex in front of children : MUNCIE, Ind. -- A second woman says the Henry County coroner asked her how she felt about them having sex in front of her children. Authorities arrested Robert Scott Troxell, 34, earlier this week after a woman said he offered her $750 to have se.. View: Full Article | Source: WTHR

From North Dakota:

Man Accused of Drunk Shopping Cart Driving Tue Jun 28: DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - A man is accused of driving an electric-powered shopping cart around a grocery store here while drunk, endangering other customers.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray Fri Jun 24: NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Arthur Richardson thought he'd pull a prank and pretend to swallow a friend's truck key. Unfortunately, Wednesday's prank backfired when Richardson plopped the key in his mouth and gravity took over... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Nebraska:

Winner to Pay $351G for Lunch With Buffett Fri Jul 1: OMAHA, Neb. - Saying "check, please" will cost a bidder in this online auction more than $350,000omeone bid $351,100 to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the so-called "Oracle of O.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nebraska Man Has Lost 573 Pounds in a Year: He still is a mound of a man, but his blue eyes widen with delight as he presses his chest with his fingertips, smiles mischievously and makes the grand announcement: He can FEEL his ribs. To Patrick Deuel, this small moment is huge. Headline huge. Man Can Feel Ribs — A First in 25 Years. ADVERTISEMENT One year ago, Deuel weighed 1,072 pounds. He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home. Then, he was rushed to a South Dakota hospital in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch... View: Full Article | Source: AP

 

From Kansas:

Kansas group to spew hate at local soldiers' funerals: Topeka, Kansas, a radical Midwestern hate group plans to protest at the funerals of two local soldiers killed in action, claiming the slain heroes "were cast into hell to join many more dishonorable Americans." The Westboro Baptist Church, proclaiming "thank God for IEDs" or roadside bombs, claims the 9/11 attacks and American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are God's vengeance on a nation that is tolerant of homosexuality. "It's going to shock and enrage every person who sees it. That is our goal," said Margie Phelps, daughter of WBC leader Fred Phelps. The group is based in Topeka, Kansas.  Phelps said the protests may be disruptive to family members but "as long as it's being made into a public ordeal, then all bets are off." She added, "Thank God for the mortar. Thank God for the shell that came from the gun. Thank God for the fact that it killed the fruit of America to punish it for its sins." but Maloney, still grieving for his son, said simply, "I think they're misdirected. I'll pray for them."... . View: Full Article | Source: Boston Herold

Kansas Dig May Have Found Early Campsite: Radiocarbon dating results finished in February showed that mammoth and prehistoric camel bones found at a rural site near Kanorado, about a mile from the Colorado border, dated back to 12,200 years ago. That would mean people who once camped at the site may have arrived in the Great Plains 700 years before historians previously thought... Evidence of campsites for early plains people have already been found, the researchers said. Pieces of tools and a bead from the Clovis era — from about 10,800 years ago to 11,500 years ago — have been uncovered. Rolfe Mandel, an archaeological geologist with the Kansas Geological Survey, said this was the first site uncovered from the period in Kansas or Nebraska, and one of only a handful from the Midwest... In prehistoric times, the Kanorado site likely had marshlike water that drew large animals, which attracted humans, Mandel said. People of the era were highly mobile, though, so they likely didn't stay for long... View: Full Article | Source: ABC News

From Michigan:

House panel limits trash: U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday approved the first meaningful legislation in a decade to stem the flow of waste coming from Canada to Michigan and other states. Ending a long stalemate the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved a compromise measure that gives states more power to restrict trash from other nations such as Canada... View: Full Article | Source: Detroit News

From Ohio:

Vigilantes Torch Ohio House Where Girl Was Raped: HAMILTON, Ohio -- Vigilante justice seems to have taken over in the community where a 9-year-old girl was raped Monday, reported Cincinnati television station WLWT. Someone set fire Tuesday evening to the house where the attack occurred. Six Mexican immigrants were renting the house, and neighbors believe the attacker lived there, WLWT reported. Racial tensions rose high after the attack, with some angry residents threatening to burn down the house and take other retaliation against Hispanics in the area. Someone had spray-painted "Rapest" (sic) and "Child Molester" on the house. The victim's father asked people to let police handle the... View: Full Article | Source: ABC9

Boys' Baseball Team Benched for Being Good Sun Jun 26: CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio - A baseball team of 11- and 12-year-olds kicked out of a league in this Columbus suburb is fielding offers from all over to play... View: Full Article | Source: AP

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of June 18th:

When Bambi pissed off, people will get hurt!

From Illinois:

Deer attacks have hospitalized 4 people. - You would be pissed off to if you were a doe and guys in orange hats were shooting at you for 4 months out of the year.  - Tammy Emery, a secretary at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, was walking along a wooded path on campus when she heard a shuffling in the woods. She looked up. A deer was charging. She jumped out of the way. The deer turned around, knocked her to the ground with its hooves and repeatedly pounced on her back. She was kicked in the side of the head, and needed stitches in her right ear. "It really bothered me the first few nights after it happened," Emery said. "I kept seeing it happen over and over in my head. I mean, this deer really hated people. It was grunting and so angry. It happened so fast, I didn't even know she was there. When you look at a deer, they are so pretty and docile, but Bambi's not so cute anymore." View: Full Article | Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

UPDATE: SIU issues warnings after deer attacks (Southern Illinois University) CARBONDALE, Ill.- Seven people have been threatened or attacked by deer on Southern Illinois University's main campus over the past two weeks, prompting the school to post warnings about the animal  aggressiveness they blame on fawning season and construction. "This is something that is uncommon for us to deal with," Todd Sigler, the university's public safety chief, told reporters Wednesday, a day after one person was threatened and two others were sent to a hospital after a doe charged them. A deer also attacked a person Monday, and two of three people injured by a doe June... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Former Illinois Aviation Students Sue Hooters Air Over Business Plan -  Who hasn't had this idea? - Former Illinois Aviation Students Sue Hooters Air Over Business Plan By Mike Colias Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 15, 2005 CHICAGO (AP) - Three former college students are suing Hooters Air, claiming the start up  carrier used their business plan from a class project as the blueprint for  launching the airline but never compensated them. The former Southern Illinois University students said Hooters used their "concept, plan and work product" to start the airline in 2003, but never offered them management jobs or a stake in the company, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. The men contend...  View: Full Article | Source: AP

Drivers Get Tickets After Meters Installed CHICAGO - It sounds like the meter maid's version of a speed trap: A ticket for parking at a meter that was installed after you park your car. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Author of book on Chicago fire jailed for arson  - Dumb Ass. The co-author of a book on a deadly 1958 church-school fire was in jail on Tuesday, charged with setting a fire at another school, authorities said. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Minnesota:

Minnesota Mayors to Have Toilet Bow lace -WAITE PARK, Minn. - Waite Park Mayor Carla Schaeffer challenged the other mayors to the race, in which toilets are propelled by manual plunger power. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Man Charged in Laundry Scam - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - A man who police say took restaurant managers to the cleaners for a fake dry cleaning bill has been arrested. Michael Bagwell, who was using the alias Mark Laskowski, carried his dry-cleaning bill to seven suburban Des Moines restaurants earlier this month, police.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From North Indiana:

Sewage Seeps Into Ind. Stream for 3 Days - How many times do I have to say it, Don't drink the water!  - VALPARAISO, Ind. - A foul odor from a stream that had turned brown prompted a resident to call authorities who discovered raw sewage from a treatment plant had seeped into the water. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From North Iowa:

Over 200 Gallons of Animal Fat Spill - That's a lot of fat.  - SHELDON, Iowa - At least 200 gallons of animal fat were spilled into a storm sewer Thursday morning, state environmental officials said. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From North Dakota:

Snoring-Attack Suspect Is Former Principal - FARGO, N.D. - A woman accused of stabbing and beating her husband for snoring is a former school principal and lecturer. DeAnn Miller-Boschert, 45, said Friday in court that her husband was drunk during the incident and that the two were getting a divorce. View: Full Article | Source: KETV

From Nebraska:

Nebraska Democrat Leader Won't Apologize for Racial Slur Against Latino Leader - OMAHA, Neb. - A Nebraska Democrat is under fire. Barry Rubin is executive director of the state party and is accused of using a racial slur. Rubin used a Spanish phrase meaning "Uncle Tom" when he wrote about Douglas County Election Commissioner Carlos Castillo in a blog on the Nebraska Democrats Web site. The comment has been removed from the site, but the war of words is not over. "I just kind of stumbled upon it," Castillo said. "(It) was on their Web site last night." Castillo, a Republican, said he was perusing the Democrats' site when he noticed a... View: Full Article | Source: KETV

 

From Kansas:

e-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students - Like failing basic math wasn't embarrassing enough..  LAWRENCE, Kan. - More than 100 students who failed their classes at the University of Kansas last semester found out who shared their misfortune. The school's Office of Student Financial Aid sent an e-mail to 119 students Monday notifying them that they were in jeopardy of having their aid revoked. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

First US Case Of Human West Nile Virus Reported In Kansas - Duh! Kansas has reported this year's first probable human case of West Nile virus in the United States, where a 51-year-old resident is believed to have had the illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The AP cites Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, as saying Tuesday that lab tests have not confirmed the case. However, she indicated that the doctor who treated the resident in mid-May reported West Nile symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was the first human case reported. The virus, first reported in the Western Hemisphere.. View: Full Article | Source: Scribe Journal

Anti-gay Kansas church to protest Litchfield graduation - Anti-gay Kansas church to protest Litchfield Graduation. Despite not having obtained a required permit, members of a small, staunchly anti-gay Kansas church said they will protest tonight's graduation at Campbell High School after learning an openly gay student, who was featured in the past on MTV, attends the school. In recent weeks, the roughly 100-member Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kan., has indicated it will protest the commencement. "If they do show, we'll be ready to make sure our graduation is not interrupted or... View:  Full Article | Source: Free Republic

From Michigan:

Michigan Lawmaker Seeks Hemp Candy Ban (Pot Suckers Called Drug "Stepping Stone") - Want some candy little girl? Michigan Lawmaker Seeks Hemp Candy Ban Pot Suckers Called Drug 'Stepping Stone' A Lenawee County state legislator wants a ban enacted on all candy products containing hemp or hemp flavoring. Dudley Spade ( D., Tipton ) introduced his legislation last week after learning that 19 Spencer Gifts shops in Michigan are selling hemp-flavored lollipops called Pot Suckers. "We should not have these out and available for kids to acquire these kinds of tastes. I'm concerned it could be a stepping stone to smoking marijuana," Mr. Spade said. "I think it's ridiculous," said Steven Trachtenberg, president of ICUP Inc., the Trenton,... View: Full Article | Source: Toledo Blade

Cops: Man Takes Fire Truck on Joyride - PORT HURON, Mich. - He paid the toll when he crossed the Blue Water Bridge, but Martin Chalker is still in trouble with authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Officials Probe Parking Meter Thefts - KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Someone is stealing parking meters, poles and all, from the city's downtown. Fifty-seven of Kalamazoo's approximately 1,000 meters were taken in 10 days. None could hold more than about $10 in change. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Ohio:

Ohio Women Sit 20 Days in Car to Win It - STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Are we there yet? Two women who have spent 20 days sitting in a car are locked in an endurance contest to win it... View: Full Article | Source: Ap/Yahoo

Modern Pothole-filling story - A reporter for the Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram, observing the Workings of modern pothole-filling technology for an April story on the local street department, described the "Super-Patcher" machine as releasing a flow of "what appeared to be greasy, black beans" following a "phlegm-textured stream of sticky tar" that "coated the pothole like a pound of snot." [Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 4-27-05] View: Full Article | Source: News of the Weird

Food Fight Conviction - A Food fights are typically thought of as harmless fun, but some Ohio students involved in a recent incident will pay for their involvement in court.A judge convicted two students Friday of disorderly conduct in school, reported WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. Officials said about 300 students participated in a planned food fight Feb. 4 in the cafeteria of Kings High School in Kings Mills, Ohio. The school resource officer testified that he  suspected the incident had been planned because students were looking at the clock instead of eating their lunches, and an unusual amount of slushies had been sold.At exactly 12:01, one... View: Full Article | Source: The Denver Channel

Save Our Strippers! (Ohio bill proposes 11pm closing, 6 feet of separation) - Save Our Strippers! Lawmakers want to kill gentlemen's clubs -- and the livelihoods of the women who run them. ByJoe P. Tone If the "Stripper Bill" passes, dancers will have to zip up at 11 p.m. She knows you won't believe her, and she knows the starched shirts in Columbus won't either,  but Robyn wants you to hear it anyway: The strip club saved her life. "I found my independence," she says, hands tucked nervously between her knees, as she sits in the champagne room at Diamond Men's Club on the East Bank of the Flats. It's early in... View: Full Article | Source: The Celveland Scene

Ohio, Five Other States Sue Maker Of Male Enhancement Drug - Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro on Wednesday joined five other states in suing an Ohio businessman who they say deceived consumers about the effectiveness of his nationally known penis enlargement pill. Petro's lawsuit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, accuses Steve Warshak and his five companies of making unsubstantiated claims about Enzyte, billed as "a natural male enhancement." A television ad for Enzyte features "Smiling Bob," a goofy, grinning everyman who sails through a charmed life with a spring in his step, sinking holes in one on the golf course and returning to "a very happy missus at home"... View: Full Article | Source: WCPO   

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of June 11th:

News of the down right bizarre for the week of June 11th: - From the land of meth snorting grannies, albino fish and Rabid bats we bring you the news of the down right bizarre for the week of June 11th:

Casket for Sale, Only Used Once, just kidding, the Marriage died before husband did. Will sell stainless steal casket for $980 or best offer, that's more than the bastard left me. COLUMBUS, Ohio - It won't be death that parts them, so Dixie Fisher is trying to sell the casket her soon-to-be ex-husband planned to use when he dies. Fisher placed a classified ad in the newspaper last week hoping to sell the steel casket the couple kept in their garage.
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More From Ohio:

Man Charged -Trying To Feed Cat To Gator - What the hell is he doing with a gator, aren't those illegal? Shawn Wright was charged with animal cruelty, and faces the possibility of a 90-day jail sentence. Witnesses allegedly saw a kitten climbing up the cage, hanging on to the side. And then it would fall down and go back up and there was an alligator inside that cage with the kitten. When humane society officer Leighanne Detillion arrived, she said Wright admitted trying to feed the kitten to a 3-foot alligator. "The gentleman screamed, 'I can do whatever I want with the cat! It's a stray and it doesn't matter what happens to it!'" Detillion claims Wright said
View: Full Article | Source: Pet Abuse.com

Ohio fugitive caught in California (rapist of infants) - SICK BASATARD. VENICE BEACH, California -- One of Northeast Ohio's most wanted fugitives has been captured Monday afternoon. John Dallas Lockhart, a 36-year-old attorney from Akron, was arrested by Akron Police detectives and United States Deputy Marshals in Venice Beach, California. Lockhart has been on the run since August of 2004 days before prosecutors filed a series of sex crimes charges against him, including the rape of a 4-month-old baby girl. What prosecutors call photo evidence of the crimes was recovered from a computer Lockhart shared with a business associate. United States Marshal Peter J. Elliott tells Channel 3 News "Lockhart had...
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From Indiana:

Nerve Agent Spills at Indiana Facility - I've always said, don't drink the water. NEWPORT, Ind. -- About 30 gallons of a liquid containing a deadly Cold War-era nerve agent spilled at an Indiana chemical weapons depot, but it was safely contained in a sealed area and no one was injured, the Army said Saturday.
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Strange Markings Found in Indiana Field Wed Jun 15, 6:39 PM ET FARMLAND, Ind. - Strange markings appeared in a field this week, but some experts say they are more likely the result of rough weather than artistic aliens.Farmland resident Michelle Slaven saw the markings from her vehicle Monday and pulled over to get a better look, standing on the roof of her truck to see. "I said, 'Oh, my God!' I'm telling you, I was so excited," she said.
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From Michigan:

Teen goes on drunken joy ride - I didn't pull a stunt like this until I was at least 15. NILES TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A 12yr old driver took his friend's mother's car for an alcohol-induced, middle-of-the-night, trash can-smashing joyride before wrecking the vehicle and landing in the hospital with some broken bones, state police said.
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17 Chinese Restaurants Raided in Michigan - But not for what you are thinking. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Authorities raided 17 Chinese restaurants around Michigan that they suspect of ducking millions of dollars in taxes and importing undocumented workers as a "modern version of indentured servants." Search warrants were also served at 21 homes of suspected undocumented Chinese workers.
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From Kansas:

Teen Charged After Vomiting on Teacher - Don't try this! OLATHE, Kan. - A high school student who vomited on his Spanish teacher has been charged with battery against a school official. The misdemeanor charge was filed Monday against the Olathe Northwest High School student
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SHOCK: Suspended Kansas abortionist accused of eating fetuses... Developing Story... - If there is any truth to this, oh man! Supposedly the Drudge Report ran this the other day but took it down until the sources pan out. Just might be an urban ledgend
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From Nebraska:

Lincoln girl, 6, attacked by rabid bat - When bats rabid attack. Felicity Hampton doesn't like bats. Doesn't want to see them in a zoo.Doesn't want to play outside in case one swoops out of the sky. But nobody who knows the 6-year-old Lincoln girl's story could call her fear an irrational phobia. She was playing basketball in a bikini swimsuit outside her home at 48th and Gladstone streets around 6:30 p.m. June 6 when one of the small furry mammals bit into her right hip and held on tight.
View: Full Article | Source: Lincoln Journal Star

From Illinois:

Christmas in June, Not anymore. - Mother, take down the tree!!! Aurora Alderwoman Juany Garza's recent canvassing of downtown neighborhoods turned up more than 100 homes still displaying Christmas decorations — from three white reindeer perched atop a roof to a plastic Santa flanking a front door displaying a "Feliz Navidad" sign.
"It's almost the Fourth of July," Garza said. She left letters asking residents to take down the displays this week. "It looks kind of tacky," said resident Ray Anderson, a 66-year-old retired school principal. "It's not Christmas anymore. It's June and July, and you don't need Christmas decorations up." But others say they're either too busy — or too lazy — to take down the displays, preferring to wait it out until they're way ahead of the Christmas lights curve, rather than woefully behind.
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When Birds Attack Alton IL, Rhonda Nichols, 40, filed a lawsuit in April against a Lowe's Home Center in Alton, Ill., seeking a minimum of $50,000 for injuries she says she suffered when a bird about the size of a pigeon flew against the back of her head while she was shopping in the store's outdoor gardening department. According to the lawsuit, the bird caused injuries to her head, brain, neck, muscles, bones, nerves, discs and ligaments, and led to the loss of neurological functions and cognitive skills. Said a Lowe's assistant manager, "It's an outside garden area. What are we supposed to do?"
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Illinois The courts of Madison County, Ill. (near St. Louis), have a reputation in the legal community as friendly to plaintiffs who sue companies, and thus attorneys are eager to find lawsuits to file there. (Rhonda Nichols' lawsuit against Lowe's, above, is an example.) In 2002, lawyer Emert Wyss conceived a Madison County lawsuit on behalf of a client against a mortgage company for collecting what he thought were bogus fees on real estate transactions. Wyss' litigation stimulus (he received a referral fee and was part of the lawsuit) proved too clever: The litigation team strategically added a local title company as co-defendant, only to discover that the title company is owned by Emert Wyss. Thus, in a rush to litigate in Madison County, Wyss had actually sparked a lawsuit against himself. (He eventually withdrew from the team.) [Madison County Record, 3-8-05]

Illinois passes legislation concerning cellphones - What about all of the other people with cell phones stuck in their ears. For anyone younger than 18, it is time to hang up the phone. During the Memorial Day holiday, Illinois became the latest state to pass legislation concerning the use of cellular telephones while driving.
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The best Chicago dog story ever - 9 shots later and the damn thig still isn't dead. The cops had to fire so many shots to stop the lunging pit bull, the gunpowder set off an overhead smoke detector. Still, the dog didn't die.Serna fired his 9mm Beretta three times, and Lameka shot her .38 Smith & Wesson revolver at least once and the dog fell to the floor. But after a few seconds, like a horror movie, the dog got up and lunged again. Lameka and Serna began firing again. When they were done, they had shot nine bullets, hitting her seven times, they said. 
View: Full Article | Source: The Chicago Sun Times

From Missouri:

Wanna buy a church? Catholic churches, with their ornate sanctuaries and choir lofts, soaring ceilings and stained-glass windows, might not seem like a place to work or call home. But developer Pete Rothschild is thinking housing these days as he checks out some of the 20 churches and other buildings the Archdiocese of St. Louis has on the sale block.
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Kleptomaniac or just a knack for finding lost goods? Sponamore, 70, a former St. Charles School District teacher, recently made headlines for finding a diamond worth more than $20,000 while vacationing in Nantucket with her daughter. On Sunday, closer to home, she happened to find a wallet full of cash and credit cards.
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From Wisconsin:

Albino Muskie Fish Found WAUSAU, Wis. A white muskellunge is swimming in the waters of Lake Tomahawk, a northern Wisconsin lake in Oneida County. "I've never seen nor heard of an albino muskie, so it's an unusual fish to say the least," said John Lyons, a longtime fisheries researcher for the state Department of Natural Resources in Madison. "It was healthy," he said. "It might be a freak of nature. I don't know how else to explain it."
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From Minnesota:

Gay Group Denied Holy Communion - Insert your own joke here. A group of about 100 gay Roman Catholics and their supporters were denied Holy Communion at Pentecost Mass at the Cathederal of St. Paul today.
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From Iowa:

Judge deals blow to herbarium friends A judge dismissed claims Wednesday of three of the four plaintiffs trying to return a dried plant collection to the University of Iowa. Johnson County District Court Judge Amanda Potterfield ruled that plaintiffs Paul Sorensen, Thomas Madsen and Nicole Bruskewitz had no legal claims to request that the herbarium be returned to the University of Iowa.s and their supporters were denied Holy Communion at Pentecost Mass at the Cathederal of St. Paul today.
View: Full Article | Source: Iowa City Press

From South Dakota:

Meth-using grandmother sentenced - "Grandmas got a bee in her bonnent." The meth-using grandmother who ditched sentencing to flee to Texas was sentenced Monday in circuit court by Judge Lori Wilbur. Brandy Brewer, 56, formerly of Fort Pierre, was charged with possession of more than 177 grams of methamphetamine. After pleading guilty to the charge and before sentencing, Brewer left the state, first going to California and then to Texas, where she was apprehended on an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
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From North Dakota:

Boy charged with fatal punch sobbed 'I'm not a murderer' - Sad story but maybe this kid needs to work with Mike Tyson. ST. PAUL - A Roseville Area High School junior who was killed by a single punch tried to calm his assailant, who later broke down sobbing when police told him the 17-year-old was dead, according to police reports and court records.
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News of the down right bizarre for the week of June 6th:

News of the down right bizarre for the week of June 6th: - All I have to say this week is that Ronald McDonald resembles Satan. Two unbelievable stories this week from the golden arches.  - "Would you like a side order of Meth with that Big Mac?"

Officer's Hamburger Laced With Meth  -- Damn and I'm lucky to get my extra onions when I order a 1/4 pounder. Fri Jun 3, 6:28 PM ET DESLOGE, Mo. A suburban St. Louis police officer who ordered from McDonald's ended up with a quarter pounder with--meth. The bad burger turned up last December in Desloge, about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis, but was not publicized until Friday. The officer went to McDonald's to buy a sandwich, then took it back to the police station. It tasted strange, so the department sent the hamburger to a highway patrol lab, where it tested positive for methamphetamine. McDonald's says it's cooperating with the investigation. No charges have been filed, but police say they're checking on a young man who worked at the restaurant. They say the man's friends had trouble with the same officer years ago. 
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From North Dakota:

McDonald's outsources drive up window jobs in to North Dakota - The race to the bottom has descended into the absurd in Hermiston, Oregon. There, a McDonald’s restaurant on Highway 395 has outsourced one of the most important jobs at the drive-through window — order taking.

Here’s how it works. If you pull into the drive-through, you’ll be patched through to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to place your order. Then a digital camera takes a picture of your car, which is digitally paired with the order and sent electronically back to Hermiston.

Why North Dakota? The minimum wage there is $5.15 an hour — the federal minimum. The minimum wage in Oregon, which is barely enough to keep a worker with a dependent above the poverty level, is $7.25 per hour.

The hamburger giant plans to hook more of its Oregon restaurants up to North Dakota over the next year. How will customers feel about that? The Oregonian reports that customers in Hermiston aren’t so keen on the idea: “Mary Loomis of Hermiston won’t use the drive-through anymore since she found out about the call center. She thinks McDonald’s is jettisoning the ‘personal touch’ and wiping out jobs for local teen-agers.”
View: Full Article | Source: CBS

From Ohio:

Pregnant cat beaten with club, skinned  - Could this also be related to the cult story below?05:24:05 Elyria, OH, An Elyria man was sentenced to six months in jail on May 25 after pleading guilty to a cruelty charge for beating to death his pregnant cat and skinning her. Officers reported when they approached Lanning, 26, he ''had a knife in his hand and appeared to be cutting open the placenta of a pregnant cat,'' according to the report.
Source: Pet-Abuse.com

Old Bag, not letting go of hers.- What a headline. Woman, 91, Teaches Purse Snatcher a Lesson TOLEDO, Ohio - She's 91 and uses a hearing aid and eyeglasses, but Katherine Woodworth wasn't about to let somebody steal her purse.
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Hamster twisted to death in front of class mates - A 15-year-old with a prior conviction for animal cruelty is charged with killing a hamster in front of other East Liverpool Middle School students. The unidentified student has not yet been arraigned on juvenile delinquency charges, but he did have a detention hearing after being picked up on a warrant on May 5. He remains in the Tobin Juvenile Attention Center, and he is scheduled for arraignment on Thursday, May 19.
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Man with concealed-carry permit shoots gunman - They f'ed with the wrong man. Dayton Ohio,Man with concealed-carry permit shoots gunman By Kelli Wynn Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Two men carrying guns approached a 40-year-old man at Riverview Avenue and Catalpa Drive early Friday. Their victim bent over with outstretched hands. Then things changed swiftly. The targeted man pulled out a Glock 23 handgun — he has a concealed-carry permit — and fired several shots, hitting one of the gunmen, police said. Police were dispatched to the 2000 block of West Riverview at about 12:45 a.m. on numerous calls about a shooting. Police found the 40-year-old male victim at his Dayton residence. He told.
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Dog with one floppy ear and one erect ear stollen from car. - I would have taken the Mustang instead. Wadsforth, OH - "Zipper," a light brown, mixed-breed dog, was reported stolen at 8:11 p.m. May 27 from a 1992 red Ford Mustang while its owner was in Hometown Market, 115 State St. The dog reportedly has one floppy and one erect ear. If you have any information, please contact the Wadsworth Police Department 330-334-1511.
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From Michigan:

Mich. Deputies Angry Over Mock Jailing - Police in the pokie. SUTTONS BAY, Mich. - A training exercise became a bit too realistic for a group of sheriff's deputies, who filed a grievance after their boss ordered them to spend a couple of hours behind bars.
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From Nebraska:

Collector Wants 'Star Wars' Toys Back  -- May the force be over! LINCOLN, Neb. - Angry he is. Jason Scott wants his "Star Wars" collection back, including his 12-inch model of a beast called a tauntaun and his C3PO and Darth Vader carrying cases.And especially the original and rare "blue snaggletooth" figure that showed up in the first film's cantina scene.
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From Missouri:

No Joke: Richard Nixon Sinks Hole-In-One. - Deep Throat couldn't have even gotten this one right. Fri Jun 3, 4:09 PM ET ST. LOUIS - Richard Nixon is not a crook, nor a liar, but apparently a pretty good golfer. On Wednesday, a day after the identity of "Deep Throat" was revealed, Richard Mark Nixon made a hole-in-one.
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Missouri legalizes bare-hand fishing - Check out the photos on this link, DAMN! COLUMBIA, Mo. - Next summer, it will be legal to plunge into some Missouri rivers and grab catfish by hand — a type of fishing that is not for the faint of heart.
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Confederate flag to fly Sunday in Missouri  The Confederate flag is rising again in Missouri, and an NAACP leader is vowing a "drastic" response. Republican Gov. Matt Blunt has ordered the Confederate flag to fly Sunday at the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site in Higginsville, where an afternoon graveside service is planned to mark Confederate Memorial Day. The flag will fly for only one day, but a Blunt spokesman said Friday the governor also supports a scholarly review of whether it would be appropriate to again fly the Confederate flag regularly at the historic site. Mary Ratliff, president of the Missouri State Conference of the National Association.
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From Iowa

Big Fry brings $200.  -- From Iowa of all places, go figure. 8-Inch French Fry Sold for Nearly $200 Sat Jun 4, 9:33 PM ET WALCOTT, Iowa - An 8-inch french fry found by a bartender has sold for nearly $200 on eBay. Mindy Marland said she was working at the Checkered Flag Bar & Grill, across from the Iowa 80 Truckstop, when she spotted the unusually long french fry.
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Firefighters Leave Stove On, Causing Fire - Where is the fire department when you need them?Fri Jun 3, 5:05 PM ET WATERLOO, Iowa - Firefighters returned to a smoke-filled fire station after they left food cooking on a stove. Firefighters rushed off on an ambulance call Wednesday night, forgetting to remove the chicken they were cooking, officials with the fire department said.
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It Isn't Easy Being Pork Queen if Iowa Turns Cold Shoulder DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Pork Queen's wake-up call came at 3:30 a.m. An hour and a half later, wearing a rhinestone tiara, white sash and blue denim jacket, Cassidy Greiman headed to the Blank Park Zoo, where her public was supposed to be awaiting. After four hours, the 19-year-old college sophomore had greeted fewer than a dozen children at the opening of a pig-birthing unit. A local radio host at the event last month interviewed two zoo interns but didn't find time to talk to the Pork Queen. The chilly sow barn was mostly empty when she launched into.
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From Indiana:

New Homeowner Finds Long-Lost Wedding Ring 1 hour. MUNSTER, Ind. - Bob Markovich has his wedding ring back, just in time for his 20th anniversary.
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30 cats taken from 'urine lacquered' home - What a headline.  - MISHAWAKA, Ind.  Authorities have removed 30 cats from a northern Indiana house and say as many as 40 more cats may remain. Representatives of the St. Joseph County Humane Society, Mishawaka Police Department and Mishawaka Code Enforcement went to the home on Friday after receiving a complaint from a neighbor. They discovered cat urine and fecal matter throughout the house, where three people lived.
View: Full Article | Source: The News Tribune

From Illinois:

Doctor uses Love Potion Number 9  -Some people pay big bucks for this kind of work here in NYC.  Four former patients of clinical psychologist Letitia Libman sued Delnor-Community Hospital in Geneva, Ill., in March and April for malpractice, including claims that Libman's hospital treatments for neurological disorders included tarot cards, love potions, DNA-based hexes, and patient nudity and self-mutilation. Libman also allegedly bragged of her travels among space aliens. In May, the lawsuits were amended to include Libman herself as a defendant, a move that the plaintiffs initially resisted because they feared Libman's witchy retribution.
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Illinois House rejects assault weapon ban - Way to go Dick.  May 24, 2005 — Illinois lawmakers narrowly rejected a proposed ban on assault weapons and .50-caliber rifles Tuesday amid intense lobbying by both sides in the debate. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has repeatedly called for stronger gun control measures. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Chicago Democrat, got personally involved by calling lawmakers and distributing videos demonstrating the firepower of assault weapons.
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Dog kicked for refusing to fight: Joliet, IL - This weeks Dumb Ass Award goes to this man. Case Report, A man charged with inciting a dog fight on May 31 was arrested a second time moments after he walked out of jail — this time after he reportedly urinated in the police department parking lot. Police reportedly received an anonymous telephone call about two men goading two pit bulls into fighting. The men were kicking one of the animals because it was "refusing to engage the other dog," according to a police report.
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