Abaddon's Weird News of the World!

Quintillus said:

There are some weird stories here... the one that made me think of this thread a few days ago was the following, which I'm kind of surprised hasn't been mentioned, at least that I've seen:

Horrific Cannibal Attack in Miami

Warning, it really is horrific, and certainly qualifies as one of the most weird, and disturbing, stories I've read in a long time.

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Garbage truck's contents catch fire
Published on June 7, 2012

LOWER TRURO - Cobequid firefighters responded to a report of a garbage truck on fire yesterday at the end of Meadow Drive.

The driver's quick actions of going to the dead end road away from the public and traffic to dump his burning load may have saved property damage elsewhere.

The truck was loaded with mostly cardboard products and took firefighters approximately two hours to extinguish and clear the debris from the roadway.

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mangxema said:

Cop dies during 3-way sex; widow wins $3 million

Side note: widow was not involved in said three-way.

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LIHUE, Hawaii - A judge says a Hawaii attorney convicted of harassment is a "dirty old man" for licking a client's ear.

A former client of Lawrence McCreery testified that while discussing her child custody case last year, the attorney licked the back of her right ear. She says he did that after expressing disappointment she's married and hugging her.

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The front page of singlesnet.com offers a simple, hopeful message to its visitors.

"Online dating," the slogan reads, "made easy."

On a day not long ago, a 44-year-old man in Moon Lake Estates, just east of Port Richey, met a woman on the site. Her name was Bobbie Jo Curtis, and she was 40. The two hit it off. So much so that, within a few days of their first contact, the man invited Curtis and her 16-year-old son, Bryan, to live with him.

A week later, on Friday, authorities say mother and son and another woman attacked the man. They tied him to a chair in the dining room, a report says, then beat him with a baseball bat and a hammer.

With a gun pointed at his head the three him forced him to tell them the combination to a safe and the pin number to his Bank of America account, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. They later stole several guns and a flat-screen TV from the home at 13124 Midvale Ave.

That evening, a 69-year-old man who lives nearby noticed the suspects loading property into the man's van. When he entered the house to look for his neighbor, authorities say, the suspects hit him in the head with the bat and hammer. They then left.

After regaining consciousness, the neighbor dialed 911.

Both men, neither of whom have been identified, were taken to the hospital. The younger man was said to be in critical condition as of Saturday afternoon. Though the neighbor suffered a broken jaw and a concussion, his injuries were not life-threatening.

After receiving a tip, Pasco deputies found and arrested the Curtises early Saturday morning at the Riverside Inn in New Port Richey.

Neither the third suspect nor the van was found at the motel.

The white Ford van has Florida license plate 366-TQH. The third suspect goes by "Nessa." Authorities described her as a 5-foot-5 blond woman in her mid 20s.

Anyone who sees the vehicle or the woman can call the Sheriff's Office at (727) 844-7711.

Bobbie Jo Curtis has an extensive and violent criminal history. Since 2001, she has been arrested 14 times on charges that include battery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and sale of prescription drugs.

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carmen510 said:

Pakistani Protester Burns American Flag and Dies from Smoke Inhalation

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(CNN) -- A soldier trying to scare another soldier out of hiccups shot his comrade in the face, killing him, authorities said Tuesday.

Both soldiers, joined by a third man, were drinking alcohol and watching football at the time of the Sunday night incident, authorities said.
"The victim had the hiccups. The suspect pulled out a gun to scare him in order to stop the hiccups," said spokesman Carroll Smith of the Killeen, Texas, Police Department.

Pfc. Patrick Edward Myers, 27, was charged on Tuesday with manslaughter, and Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin set his bond at $1 million, police said.

Killed was Pfc. Isaac Lawrence Young, 22, of Ash Grove, Missouri, a motor transport operator at the Army base, the military said. Young entered active duty in May 2011 and arrived at Fort Hood in October 2011, the Army said.

Myers is a soldier at the base, as was Young at the time of his death, said Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug.

Police responded to a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday and found a man shot in the face and two other men at the residence, Killeen police said.

Myers allegedly "produced a handgun and while handling it in an unsafe manner, discharged the handgun striking the victim in the face," police said.

Young was pronounced dead during the ambulance transport to Skylark Field, where he had been scheduled for an airlift to a hospital, authorities said.

Young received the National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon, the military said.

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Formaldehyde said:

The ultimate hiccup cure discovered:

Soldier charged with manslaughter after trying to cure another of hiccups

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The English-language website of the Fars news agency appears to have been duped by a spoof story by "The Onion", which claimed that a recent poll had found an "overwhelming majority of rural white Americans" would rather vote for Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than President Obama.

The story only appeared on the English site of Fars - which, like all other Iranian news organizations, is controlled strictly by the Islamic cleric-led government. By Friday afternoon, the story was apparently pulled down and attempts to access it generated an error message.

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Police are spreading their resources in the hunt for mayonnaise stolen from business premises in South Australia.

Officers say they are puzzled about why anyone would want to take 42 kilograms of mayonnaise.

The tubs have been stolen from a business at Whyalla.

Police said the thieves took the two 21-kilogram tubs from a refrigerated warehouse over the weekend.

Their media alert urged that anyone hearing of people making large quantities of coleslaw or potato salad call CrimeStoppers.

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taillesskangaru said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-19/mayonnaise-robbery-whyalla-coleslaw/4078788

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(CNN) -- Jim Grant was driving home in Carlsbad, California, when he came to a fork in the road.

No, an actual fork.

The oversized kitchen utensil was 6 feet high, made of wood, painted silver and mounted in the concrete island at the intersection of Levante Street and Anillo Way in south Carlsbad.

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shadowplay said:

City removes actual fork in the road

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SEMINOLE - Seminole High School was placed on lock down as a hazmat team examined substances brought in by chemistry students Tuesday morning, according to Pinellas County officials.

What was initially reported as a possible spill or release of a hazardous substances turned out to be a school chemistry project, and officials were using precaution to make sure the assignment didn't pose a safety threat.

Pinellas County Spokesperson Melanie Marq said that 125 students were given the assignment to bring in a substance listed on the Periodical Chart.

The lockdown happened during first period as a precautionary measure, allowing officials to examine the substances students brought in before they were carried throughout the school.
No chemicals or substances were spilled and no one was hurt.

Other than mercury, which was inside a thermometer, no information is available on the substances brought in by students.

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