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One Possibly Unforeseen Risk of Escaping While Handcuffed
— is that you might also get charged with stealing the handcuffs. According to the Longview (Wash.) Daily News, a man who was arrested on October 1 managed to escape while being taken to jail, after he was able to…
Hotel Sued After Employee Caught Wearing Guest’s Underwear
Opinions vary about how much you should tip hotel employees, but in this situation, there is general agreement that it should be zero dollars. A Los Angeles woman is suing the Hyatt hotel chain, alleging that she returned to her…
Good Reason to Kill # 10: Posted “Ugly Baby” Comment on Facebook
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…
Banjo Wielded
I concede this one is at least slightly off-topic, but I'm going to post it anyway. It's breaking news from my hometown of Kansas City: Charges filed in Overland Park banjo self-defense case Police say the Monday banjo blow to…
High-Risk Anti-Theft Strategy Pays Off
This is not a strategy that I can recommend, but it did work this time. When Russell Stuart heard his car start up in his driveway very early one morning, he realized it was being stolen and reacted immediately. "I…
One Wounded in Man-Bat Fracas
What is the world coming to when a man can't take the steps necessary to defend his home and family from mammalian invaders? Ask Cedric Newton, who was charged last week with reckless discharge of a firearm simply for trying to…
Burglar/Entrepreneur Breaks In, Holds Garage Sale
Police in Sarnia, Ontario, said they had arrested the man who broke into a home there in June and then spent the day holding a garage sale in which he sold off the owner's property. The homeowner, Greg Kemmis, was…
Banana Seized
There are the usual unfortunate banana-related puns in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's report on this incident, and I am sparing you those, but it does contain the excellent sentence: "The banana costume was seized as evidence." The incident also involved shotgun-brandishing and…
Convicted Terrorist’s Demand for High-Fiber Diet is Rejected
Let's all shed a tear, shall we, for Terry Nichols, who is not only serving a life sentence for conspiracy and manslaughter in the Oklahoma City bombing but is also subjected to a diet unconstitutionally low in fiber. That's what Nichols argued, at…