Words escape me

Sometimes you can only shake your head and say...

what the?

Not honor students

A couple of college students learned a life lesson in an alleyway deal.

Onion field killer dies

The crime was the subject of the Joseph Wambaugh book and movie.

This apple didn't fall far

A mother and son duo is accused of stealing $2 million worth of toys and re-selling them online.

Tuesday's open thread

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An Ochocinco by any other name

A knucklehead is a knucklehead no matter what he calls himself.

Monday's open thread

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Friday's open thread

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Whatever your political persuasion this ought to be a crime

Warning: Hillary Clinton cutting a rug.

 

Man charged after false gay-bashing report

Turns out that a man who claimed he was beaten actually fell on his face while being an idiot.

 

Driving drunk and naked

Sounds like a country song, no?

And who else to sing it but Randy Travis.

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be meth heads

A Wichita babysitter is charged afer leaving nine kids unattended at a mall so she could go get her smoke on.

Thursday's open thread

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A different kind of pirate

What kind of evidence room do you need when you confiscate 40 tons of illegal fish?

 

Temple shooter described as "creepy quiet"

I guess that about sums it up.

Cancer drug thefts

The University of Miami employee is charged after the discovery that $14 million worth of an expensive drug had been taken over a 3-year period.

Man charged with killing wife in hospital bed

"Is she not dead?" he asked when informed he was charged with attempted murder.

Arrest in ballpark laser incident

A teenager allegedly pointed a laser at players during a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Wednesday's open thread

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Tuesday's open thread

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Sex charges involve girls, dog

The suspect's name is Dimsdale if that tells you anything.

It happened in South Carolina.

Tractor vs. police cars

The tractor won.

But the man who drove it is now paying for the consequences of his actions,

Shocking robbery caught on video

The final round of an Olympic boxing match.

You be the judge.

Monday's open thread

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Boyfriend turns himself in for killing

A Kansas City man is now charged with murder after calling police and telling them what he did, according to court records.