Assuming this had something to do with an alleged violation of the rules of Beer Pong, it's somewhat reminiscent of #2 (Disputed Yahtzee Rules). Possibly dumber, but it's hard to say. The Yahtzee rules are likely more complicated, but I'm…
I actually haven’t seen “Black Swan” yet, but I guess some people feel pretty strongly about it. At least in Latvia, where witnesses said a shooting resulted from an argument that “arose over how loudly the [soon-to-be] deceased man was…
In Clairton, Pennsylvania, the stabbing was hot-dog related. Police said that Charles Westbrook was at a friend's house last Saturday night when he chose to cook two hot dogs. It wasn't clear from the report whether the argument related to…
Police in Neptune Beach, Florida, said that a man had threatened two co-workers with a butcher knife on Tuesday, and said the argument started when the two men refused his request to change the channel so he could watch "American…
"An apparent dispute over cow milking methodology in Fort Pierce escalated into a foot chase with a machete, sending a 61-year-old man to jail, according to recently released records," begins this report from wptv.com in Florida. As so often happens…
As FindLaw's headline for this item suggests ("Despite Facebook Stabbing, Couple Stays Friends"), this actually ended reasonably well, as these things go. Reportedly, the argument was caused by a 22-year-old Indianapolis man's refusal to let his girlfriend see his Facebook page. The report…
If you must engage in karaoke, do it with great care.
If you need another reason not to use Facebook, here's one: your "friends" may not stay safely on the Internet. Here's another: some of them may be really touchy about their ugly babies. Obviously, all new babies are ugly. I…
A good opening for this story on July 10: "A dispute over the ownership of a frying pan led to third-degree burns for one South Bend man and 11 stitches for another, police reports said." Apparently, one man was cooking…
An American living in Germany may be charged with assault after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbors with an ax if they didn't stop blowing their vuvuzelas during televised World Cup matches. (This was before the U.S. was eliminated, so…