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Fifteen Black Friday bargain-hunters suffered minor injuries at a crowded Wal-Mart store in Los Angeles late Thursday after an angry woman used pepper spray when shoppers tried to cut in line. The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. in the San Fernando Valley as shoppers looking for deals were let inside the store. Shawn Lenske, a Los Angeles fire department spokesman, said the injuries were due to “rapid crowd movement.” NBC News reported police said no more than 15 were hurt, 10 of them … Read more →
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“Columbus County authorities are investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl who hanged herself Monday night after repeatedly being bullied at school. Samantha West said she found her daughter, Jasmine McClain, dead in her bedroom Monday night. “I just lost it because she took her last breath in my arms,” West said Wednesday. “She was a loving child. I just don’t understand.” Chadbourn Police Chief Steven Shaw said her death was obviously suicide, and he was about to close the case when he started … Read more →
13-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaults 5-Year-Old Girl At McDonald's Playland (Video)
Authorities in Cincinnati, Ohio have charged an unidentified 13-year-old boy with raping an unidentified 5-year-old girl at a McDonald’s play area. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday that the alleged rape occurred Oct. 29 at a McDonald’s in the Cincinnati suburb of Anderson Township. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Barnett says the girl’s grandmother was nearby in the restaurant at the time. Barnett added that the boy’s parents brought him to the sheriff’s office last week after authorities released a security camera photo of … Read more →
"He Said He’d 'Do Anything Short Of Shooting Them'”
Mo Brooks, a U.S. representative from Alabama, said he would “do anything short of shooting” undocumented immigrants in his state. Well, his state legislature and governor beat him to it. Alabama’s HB 56 was signed into law in June, seizing the title of harshest anti-immigrant legislation in the nation from Arizona’s widely reviled SB 1070. HB 56 is a sweeping anti-Latino law that mimics the draconian Arizona legislation, and even goes beyond Arizona with the intention of regulating “every aspect of … Read more →
Kim Kardashian Files For Divorce. What A Surprise.
Kim Kardashian filed for divorce Monday morning, after 72 days of not-so-wedded bliss to Kris Humphries … TMZ has learned, and now we have the documents. We’re told even though the marriage was short, she is not seeking an annulment. It’s a garden variety divorce, in which Kim cites “irreconcilable differences.” The date of separation is listed as today, Oct. 31, 2011. According to the docs, Kim wants Kris to foot his own lawyers’ fees and she’ll pay hers. And, she wants the court … Read more →
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