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Teen Pushed In Front Of City Truck Dies (Video)

A teenager in St. Paul, Minn., was killed by a city truck Tuesday and everyone wants to know why.  Isaiah Vinson, 17, was a well loved young man who the community and family are still in shock over hearing about his untimely death.  The police only have some visual acconts from witnesses, but no explanation was forthcoming from those that were with him. (more…)

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Marital Counseling Ends in Homicide

What is it that your spouse could say to you in counseling that would make you bus’ a cap in their ass?  If you’re in counseling, the idea is that you’ve come to sort out some problems that you’ve been having.  But, pastors fail to instruct the couple they’re counseling properly and tell them they should show up weapon free with no judgement in their heart and plenty of forgiveness on tap.  Well, none of those suggestions were made to a Washington state man who showed up to church for counseling with his wife. (more…)

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Medical Marijuana Distributors Being Shot and Robbed for Drug

The medical marijuana industry is attracting the same violence and confusion that any “pusher” on the street might experience.  The recent break-ins and shootings over marijuana in Washington state have started a cycle that appears to be unrelenting and commonplace.  The latest robbery, according to the New York Times, occurred between Steve Sarich and someone trying to break into his home and steal his stash. (more…)

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Woman Causes Crash with a Last Minute Bikini Shave

Megan Mariah Barnes, 37

This is going to sound absolutely ridiculous, but here it goes anyway.  A Florida woman, Megan Mariah Barnes, 37, thought it be nice to show up on her date with a nice clean….ummmm…”area” before meeting her boyfriend in Key West, so she thought she’d take care of it while driving.  If that isn’t strange enough, her ex-husband held the wheel while she got busy with the razor. (more…)

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Fat Saves Woman from Bullet

Samantha Lynn Frazier, 35

This is pure-dee ridiculous, but we have to weigh in.  If you haven’t heard, fat doesn’t save lives.  But, in Samantha Lynn Frazier’s case, you might be able to understand why she feels differently.  She was out minding her own business getting drinks first thing in the morning at an Atlantic City bar and lo and behold, someone else was up to no good.  According to MSNBC, as she walked into Herman’s bar a man opened fire and she heard the shots, but she didn’t realize she was the one hit. (more…)

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‘Black Jails’ in China Snatch Innocent People

Detained petitioners stand behind locked gates of a black jail in Beijing.© 2007 Reuters

With all of the people in China, you would think people would lose sets here and there and no one would notice.  Well, someone is noticing and they’re mad as hell and the chinese government is backed into a corner on allegations of false imprisonment.  The centers where the innocent are detained are known as “black jails.”  Which sounds like a comparison to what blacks in America experience as they are falsely imprisoned everyday by the American judicial system.  But, more than likely,  they are saying it’s a dark and evil place.

Humans Right Watch has documented this report in a 53-page report called “An Alleyway in Hell,” which discusses who they choose to abduct and where the prisons are located.  (more…)

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