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Shooting reported at Orlando high-rise

(CNN) – A gunman was at large after firefighters and police responded to a reported shooting Friday at a high-rise building in Orlando, Florida, authorities said.
Authorities received a report shortly before noon of a shooting on an upper floor of the high rise, said John Tormos of the Orlando Fire Department.
A spokesman for the Orange [...]

 

Friday November 6th, 2009 | No comments »

Plant City soldier’s funeral procession to pass through Tampa

TAMPA — The remains of a local soldier killed in Afghanistan will make a final trip through Tampa today on the way to a Plant City funeral home.
The casket bearing the remains of Army Spc. Eric Lembke is expected to arrive at MacDill Air Force Base about 2:30 p.m., and a procession will depart from [...]

 

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12 killed, 31 wounded in gun rampage at Fort Hood army base

www.guardian.co.uk — Twelve people were killed and 31 wounded yesterday when a US soldier went on a rampage at Fort Hood military base in Texas before he himself was shot by a policewoman. It is believed that the dead included troops making their final arrangements for deployment to Iraq.
The killer was identified as Major Nidal [...]

 

Friday November 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Man Stabs Himself To Avoid Working Shift At Blockbuster Video

www.businessinsider.com – While most people in America are desperate for any job they can get their hands on, one man decided to do whatever it takes to avoid working a shift at Blockbuster Video:
Denver Post (via Take A Report): A 29-year-old man who claimed he was attacked and stabbed by three people - skinheads or [...]

 

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‘You hit a what?’ Oklahoma couple nearly slams into elephant on freeway

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It’s not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma’s rural highways. But an elephant?
A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.
“Didn’t have time to hit the brakes. The elephant blended in with the road,” driver [...]

 

Friday November 6th, 2009 | No comments »

Burnt Dolls Put In Brewer’s Sister’s Pool

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Police are investigating a disturbing discovery at the Deerfield Beach home of the sister of Michael Brewer, a 15-year-old boy who police said was set on fire by a group of teens.
The act of vandalism happened at the home where Brewer’s 22-year-old sister, Melissa Durkee, lives with her children. Someone took [...]

 

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S.C. man who had sex with horse gets 3-year sentence

CONWAY, S.C. (bostonherald) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge related to having sexual intercourse with a horse.
Rodell Vereen, 50, of Longs, S.C., was charged in July with buggery and trespassing after a Conway, S.C., woman found him in her barn at Lazy [...]

 

Friday November 6th, 2009 | No comments »

Cross-Dressing Student Sent Home

39online — A Houston area student is disciplined for not following the dress code, but it’s not just baggy pants or an offensive t-shirt that got him sent home.
17 year-old O’Rhonde Chapman went to school Monday morning at Nimitz Senior High School dressed in a patterned purple and white blouse, black leather pants, bold jewelry, [...]

 

Thursday November 5th, 2009 | No comments »

Boy Charged as Adult in Murder of Child

(AOL Nov. 4) – A 14-year-old suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy found drowned and then stuffed into a clothes dryer in Mendota, California, has been charged as an adult, authorities said Tuesday.
Fresno County, California, District Attorney Elizabeth A. Egan said Raul Renato Castro was charged with special circumstances, including murder during a [...]

 

Thursday November 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Gloucester Man Attacked on Halloween

GLOUCESTER (WTVR)- The Gloucester man attacked Halloween night is talking about what happened and his alleged attacker.
Nathan Matter says “I thought I was being robbed. I didn’t know who it was.”
Matter is recovering after being ambushed Halloween night by who he thought was a trick-or-treater.
He opened his door to someone wearing a Michael Myers mask [...]

 

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