We have been following honor killing in the United States and aboard. This tragedy has a different aspect however. Gul Wazir, a taxi driver from Birmingham and his wife Begum were killed in Pakistan after reportedly returning to make amends for their daughter breaking off an arranged marriage.
While a kebab shop owner is claiming to beat and strangle his wife as part of a local dance, a groom in Turkey shoot eight of his wedding guests as part of his celebration. His father and two aunts later died.
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I am not sure what is more curious: the alleged crime of Charles Edward Jenks or the way he allegedly avoided a criminal charge. Police say that Jenks really really wanted a totem pole for his home so he stole an 18-foot totem pole (not the one shown) from the city. He then reportedly avoided a criminal charge by donating $20,000 to the city.
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Allaetin Can, a kebab shop owner in Turkey, was arrested after witnesses said he was outside their shop hitting, kicking, and strangling his wife. The defense? They were dancing in joy after having a good day at the business. It does not help that the alleged local dance is called Kolbasti which means “caught red-handed by the police”.
This can get tricky when you reach into your purse to pull out your lipstick and end up pulling out Mr. Fluffy.
There has been a huge award in a novel malicious prosecution case over the alleged theft of pet turkeys. In 2004, defendant Ralph Dupps accused Robert and Jennifer Klippel of turkey-napping their pets and then releasing them back into nature. While the charges were dismissed, the Klippels sued and were just awarded $4.25 million
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There are slip and falls and then there are sweat and falls. Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky died this week during the World Sauna Championship. Competitions based on sitting in a room with 110 (Celsius) degree temperatures would seem an easy basis for a tort lawsuit in terms of foreseeable injury.
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We have another story of how cities are de-evolving due to the economic meltdown as we continue to gush billions of dollars abroad. Camden, New Jersey will now close all public libraries despite the fact that librarians are reporting huge increases in traffic as people search for free places to go due to unemployment and a lack of money.
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Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal has turned to a novel approach to secure more federal money: threatening to destroy one of the nation’s most treasured wilderness areas if the Obama Administration doesn’t give him more educational funds.
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Facebook is again at the heart of a legal case in Cleveland. Lynn France (shown in her wedding picture) claims that she discovered that her husband was having an affair after finding photos of his wedding with another woman on Facebook, including photos dressed as Prince Charming at Disney World. In the photos, his new wife was dressed as Sleeping Beauty.
Former Provo police officer Jeffery Westerman, 33, has been arrested in a bizarre alleged agreement to let a DUI suspect go free in exchange for a fondling.
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There is an interesting case out of Connecticut where police reportedly arrested Francis Laskowski, 58, after he allegedly said that understood why a killer recently went on a rampage and killed nine people in the state. Someone at Fusco Management Co. promptly called police.
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I have been warning for years about the constant struggle of police against Lemonade pushers, here, and here. They are just as bad as veggie pushers. Now, Multnomah County has found one in their own backyard. Julie Murphy, 7, was found boldly peddling lemonade in Northwest Portland.
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First we had the jet-powered bus. Now we have the poop-powered bug. The Bio-Bug is a British invention that runs on human waste. It appears that this is not yet self-propelling with the driver actually supplying the fuel but you can load up with waste from the local sewage works.
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Tired of being pushed around by the kids on your school bus? Tired of being called the slow as mustard? Well, then this bus is perfect for you, my friend. It does 367 mph and leaves the little darlings embedded in their seats.
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