Woman Dies After Being Attacked By Fire Ants

Story out of Selma, Alabama:

It's a story so tragic, it’s almost hard to believe. A central Alabama family buried a mother and grandmother Thursday, at a double funeral.

The women passed away just a day apart, under rare and devastating circumstances.

The grief weighing on Sheila Rolan's shoulders is almost too much to bear.

“Losing a mother and a daughter together, back-to-back within a day, it’s a lot for a person to take on,” said Rolan.

Her daughter-in-law, Kalyn Rolan, was in Selma on May 20, making funeral arrangements for her mother, Roberta Lynn, who had died just the day before. Family members say she was on a haystack talking with someone on the phone when she was attacked by fire ants.

”The ants started coming out and getting all over her and she came off the haystack and my son said he grabbed her and put her on the ground, took her clothes off trying to help her to save her but he couldn't save her,” said Rolan.

According to family members, Kalyn is severely allergic to fire ants and started swelling to the point where she couldn't breathe.

“She died in my son's arms. I can only imagine what he's going through right now, you know, and then having to save her mother too,” said Rolan. Cont. (Video)

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Vandals Deface 'Freedom Rock' Over Memorial Day Weekend

Story out of Cedar Falls, Iowa:

Police say someone vandalized the Freedom Rock, a monument dedicated to honoring veterans, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, over Memorial Day weekend.

"I think there's a lot of veterans especially happening on Memorial weekend who are extremely disheartened by the fact that somebody would not even contemplate what this means to those people," Mary Carlson, an area resident, told KWWL-TV.

More than just a tribute, the Freedom Rock is a powerful illustration of the cost of war. The words of honor are now illegible, barely able to make out.

Police say it happened overnight but because there are no surveillance cameras in that area, they don't know who did it. Cont.

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Disabled Couple Evicted From Home After Police Find Small Amount Of Marijuana

Story out of Hanover, New Hampshire:

Getting caught with a small amount of marijuana is supposedly not a big deal anymore. Even in New Hampshire — the only New England state yet to decriminalize pot — first-time offenders just have to appear in court, plead guilty and pay a fine. Then they are free to move on with their lives.

Or at least that’s what many New Hampshire cops, prosecutors and lawmakers would like you to believe.

Three days after Lebanon police knocked on the door of their one-bedroom apartment and a search turned up a small amount of marijuana, the couple had another unannounced visitor. This time, the landlord’s director of property management had come to hand deliver an eviction notice.

Sevigny, 62, and Cardinale, 59, have until June 14 — five weeks from the date of their arrests — to get out, according to the eviction notice.

Sevigny and Cardinale are both disabled, and say they smoke pot for pain relief. She’s dealing with the debilitating effects of a traumatic brain injury incurred long ago in a car crash. He suffers from multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system for which there is no known cure. Cont.

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Tech Billionaire Who Funded Gawker Lawsuit Once Lamented Women Getting The Vote

There is not one good side to this Gawker fiasco.

The secretive tech billionaire who recently admitted to funding a lawsuit meant to crush the media company Gawker is known for having some radical opinions. But in an essay published in 2009, he surprised many when he wrote that giving women the right to vote -- by constitutional amendment in 1920 -- was a blow to democracy.

Here's Thiel, writing on Cato Unbound, a blog affiliated with the libertarian think tank:

Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.

Thiel is well known in the tech world: he was an early funder of Facebook and sits on its board. His remarks on women earned the billionaire a lot of criticism at the time. That he also seemed to blame Social Security and other New Deal-era benefits for the decline of democracy -- a fairly common conservative and libertarian view -- got less attention. Cont.

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Teacher Forces Minority Students To Take Unflattering Photos

Story out of Yucca Valley, California:

While many students are walking away with their yearbooks, some parents say they're concerned about a couple of pictures printed in the book.

Morongo Unified School District officials said the photos appear in the Senior Superlatives section of this year's yearbook. One photo, titled 'Teacher's Nightmare', shows a male student holding a gun, aimed at a book, and a female student holding a knife over a different book.

Another photo shows two students lighting a prop that is made to look like a bomb.

Superintendent Tom Baumgarten said he was concerned the first time he saw the photos after the school released the yearbook earlier this week.

One of the students, Beth Gonzales, now tells CBS Local 2 and News Channel 3's Kelley Moody, it wasn't her idea or any of the other students to use those props or pose in the photos, but rather, the teacher in charge of the yearbook. Cont.

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Man Trying To Take Down Helicopter With High Power Rifle Shot By SWAT

Story out of Houston, Texas:

Two people are dead and six others were injured in a shooting in west Houston Sunday, according to the Houston Police Department.

The motive behind the shooting is unknown at this time.

One of the deceased is a suspect who was shot by a SWAT officer. The other is a citizen who was shot and killed inside a vehicle, police said.

According to authorities, the civilian was in his 50s and was a customer at an auto detail shop where the suspect shot him with a pistol. Police say the suspect was also armed with an AR-15 that was used to shoot at officers. Cont.

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2-Year-Old Shot Dead Over Dispute Involving Spilled Drink

Story out of Detroit, Michigan:

A 2-year-old girl who was shot in the head in Detroit during a dispute between two groups has died.

St. John Hospital spokesman Brian Taylor said Makanzee Oldham died Sunday. She was shot Wednesday while in a car with her father after a fight erupted and someone poured juice on a woman getting ready for prom.

Thirty-year-old Cleveland Smelley, 21-year-old Deonta Bennett and 32-year-old Antoine Smelley were arraigned Saturday on eight counts each of assault with intent to murder and other crimes. Bond was denied. Cont.

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"Should We Shoot That One Too?" - Michigan Police Face Lawsuit After Murdering Three Dogs

Story out of Detroit, Michigan:

Three months after Detroit paid $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed because Detroit Police Officer Daryl Dawson fatally shot a chained-up dog named Babycakes, the Department is being sued for another dog massacre.

Nikita Smith and Kevin Thomas of Detroit say police raided their home during the service of a narcotics warrant and unnecessarily killed their three dogs, Debo, Mama and Smoke.

Photos submitted with the complaint show the bathroom, where one of the dogs was locked inside, drenched in blood.

The lawsuit says Smith, who was the only one home, heard police knock and told them, "Let me put my dogs down in the basement."

Police wrote in their report there was no response.

She "sequestered" Debo and Mama in the basement and "blocked the entryway," the lawsuit says. Smoke was locked in a bathroom.

When police entered, Debo got through "obstruction" keeping the dogs in the basement.

As Smith "reached down to her dog ... officers shot Debo multiple times" not far from Smith, the lawsuit claims.

The officers then "stormed down into the basement where the officers shot to death plaintiff's dog Mama, a pregnant female dog," the lawsuit says. "Mama was not barking or attacking" and "died in a pool of blood in the corner of the basement."

"Should we shoot that one too?" an officer allegedly said after cracking the bathroom door to verify the third dog was inside. Cont.

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Japanese Parents Leave 7-Year-Old In Hokkaido Mountains As Punishment

Story out of Hokkaido, Japan:

The search continues Monday for a 7-year-old boy after his parents admitted to leaving him in the mountains as punishment and that he did not get lost during a hike as they first claimed, police said.

About 130 rescuers and police officers searched for a third day in mountains in Nanae, Hokkaido, after Yamato Tano-oka went missing Saturday, a police spokesman said.

His parents originally told the police that he got lost while the family was walking in the area to pick wild vegetables.

The boy’s 44-year-old father, Takayuki Tano-oka, eventually told the police they left the boy in the mountains on the way home from a park after scolding him for throwing stones at cars on a nearby road. Cont.

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Update - Boy found safe.

Fed Up Student Hits Bigoted Street Preacher Upside The Head With Bat

Arrested for assault... And marijuana possession, why not. Story out of Glendale, Arizona:

How far is too far when it comes to stopping hate speech?

An attack outside a west Valley high school shows the lengths one young woman went through to stop what she considered "hate speech."

Nineteen-year-old Tabitha Brubaker's target was controversial preacher Brother Dean Saxton, who has spent years demonstrating outside Valley high schools and colleges as well as busy public events.

He's known for denouncing homosexuality and holding signs telling woman they deserve rape for not being true Christians.

Brother Dean posted YouTube video of his demonstration at Apollo High School earlier this month. In the video he admits he is often confronted and yelled at. He uses a megaphone to tell students they're going to hell.

After several minutes, while he’s debating with one man on the video, you hear him being hit as he's ambushed from behind. He was able to walk away clearly bleeding from a gash on his head.

Though you never see Brubaker in the video, police arrested her for felony assault as well as marijuana possession. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Disappointment For Student Denied Cap And Gown After Leukemia Fight

Story out of Mesa, Arizona:

The sign outside Dobson High School reminded everyone that graduation was just hours away.  At the east end of the grounds, rows of chairs have been neatly set for the class of 2016. Enough seats except for one, the one for class president, Stephen Dwyer, 18.

A couple of days ago, Dwyer posted a thorough, passionate timeline of events of his battle with leukemia, enduring a bone marrow transplant and then finding the strength to make it back on campus for his senior year. He wrote: "I lost a lot of high school memories and now I'm losing the final one."

Unfortunately, as his recovery progressed, the clock on his senior year ran out and he came up two and a half credits short to graduate with his class. His appeal to the Mesa Public Schools district board to allow him to simply walk across the stage with his class was denied. Among classmates, the news was met with bitter disappointment. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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"Like Something From A Police Comedy” - Cops Take Forty-Three Tries To Knock Down Drug Dealers Door

The criminal had enough time to not only flush his stash but to plunger it back up and take a few hits. Story out of London, England:

Cops took Forty-three tries to break down a suspected drug dealer’s front door.

Bemused neighbours filmed on their mobiles and chuckled as at least 10 officers spent more than two minutes trying to force their way in during a dawn raid.

A crowd gathered as the cops huffed and puffed with a battering ram before the terraced house’s uPVC door eventually gave way.

An onlooker said: “It was extraordinary. You half expected them to just give up and go back to the nick.

“It was like something from a police comedy.”

Officers are normally expected to take as few as four or five attempts to break down a door - or risk losing the element of surprise and allowing criminals to dispose of vital evidence.

The bizarre scene unfolded when officers scrambled to a home in Abbey Wood, south east London at 5.30am on Wednesday.

The video was uploaded to Facebook by local Paul Dubens, sparking merciless ribbing of the Metropolitan Police officers involved. Cont. (Video)

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Man Dies After Being Stung Over 1,000 Times During Bee Attack

Story out of Mesa, Arizona:

Alex Bestler and a friend were on a morning hike in Usery Mountain Park in Arizona when, without provocation, a large swarm of hostile bees attacked.

Bestler, 23, was overtaken by the aggressive bees and stung more than 1,000 times, authorities said Thursday.

Several people attempted to help Bestler as he lay on the ground, covered in bees, but the would-be rescuers were driven back by the angry swarm.

Maricopa County Sheriff Sgt. Allen Romer finally used a utility vehicle to get close. He was “able to load Alex onto the UTV and remove him from the scene, still covered with bees, and a swarm pursuing,” according to a statement from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

Bestler was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Cont.

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Delayed Video Game Leads To Death Threats

Geek culture doesn't seem to have this problem, just saying. I'm a gamer, but don't flip out over delays... or women... or whatever stupid shit gamer's are soiling themselves over.

When No Man's Sky was officially delayed to August last week, many were disappointed. It means we'll have to wait another two months before we can have procedurally generated space adventures, and that's enough to make anyone a little bit upset, including myself. Still, most are capable of accepting that delays can happen, and that it's better to have a delayed game than a broken one.

Some people were still very angry, though. They were so angry that Hello Games received death threats following the announcement. That's not a sensible way to demonstrate one's emotions, but on the internet, where very few things are sensible and nice and polite, it is something that happens scarily often.

"I have received loads of death threats this week," Hello Games' Sean Murray tweeted after last week's announcement. "but don't worry, Hello Games now looks like the house from Home Alone." Cont.

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Update - My bad, geeks are just as shitty.

Cat Shot In Toronto During Drive By

No word on if the cat was the target. But rumour has it that it was drug related because the cat was doing felines. Poor cat. Story out of Toronto, Ontario:

Toronto police say a cat has died after it was shot when someone opened fire at an east-end house.

Police reported the shooting at First and Logan avenues around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

They say a woman returned to the home to find bullet holes in the front door and the cat, which was inside, shot. Cont. (Video)

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Eagles Are Being Trained To Take Down Drones

It's not fair to sent a Eagle to defeat a birdbrained machine. Story out of Katwijk, Netherlands:

Its wings beating against a gathering breeze, the eagle moves gracefully through a cloudy sky, then swoops, talons outstretched, on its prey below.

The target, however, is not another bird but a small drone, and when the eagle connects, there is a metallic clunk. With the device in its grasp, the bird of prey returns to the ground.

At a disused military airfield in the Netherlands, hunting birds like the eagle are being trained to harness their instincts to help combat the security threats stemming from the proliferation of drones.

The birds of prey learn to intercept small, off-the-shelf drones — unmanned aerial vehicles — of the type that can pose risks to aircraft, drop contraband into jails, conduct surveillance or fly dangerously over public events. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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"You Can't Legislate Against Human Stupidity" - Australian MP Comments On Woman Feared Dead After Crocodile Attack

Story out of Cairns, Australia:

A 46-year-old woman is feared dead after being attacked by a crocodile while swimming with a friend on a beach in far North Queensland in Australia.

The women, who were not from the area, were reportedly swimming in waist deep water on remote Thornton Beach, in the Daintree National Park in Cairns at about 10.30 p.m. Sunday night (8:30 a.m. ET) when the woman was taken by the crocodile.

North Queensland member for parliament, Warren Entsch, who represents the region, said the victim should be blamed for the attack, not the crocodile.

"You can't legislate against human stupidity," Entsch said on Monday, noting that Thornton Beach lies next to a creek where tourism operators run crocodile-spotting tours. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Canuck The Crow Flies Off With Evidence From Crime Scene

They're telling Canuck he's not in trouble, they just want to talk to him. Story out of Vancouver, BC:

Canuck the crow, Vancouver's most notorious bird, is being accused of flying away with a knife from a crime scene.

The crow has quite a reputation in Vancouver and its antics are regularly chronicled on social media, including a dedicated Facebook page that has a profile photo of the bird holding a knife in its beak.

Earlier on Tuesday, police had shot a man near Hastings and Cassiar streets. They were called to the scene of a car engulfed in flames. When they arrived, police said, they were confronted by a man with a knife.

Shots were fired and the man was arrested.

Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell said he saw the bird — which had a red tag on its leg as does Canuck — swoop in and pick up an object from inside an area cordoned off by police tape. Cont. (Video)

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Baked Man Mistakes Dog Bite For Gun Shot Wound, Calls Police

Don't worry, he's since forgotten all about it. Story out of Waco, Texas:

A Texas man called police on Thursday believing he was shot in the left buttock while sitting on the porch.

When an officer from the Groesbeck Police Department, just east of Waco, responded they found the victim had been smoking marijuana and his dog actually bit him. He wasn't actually shot.

"During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the 'victim' had been smoking marijuana on the porch as the thunderstorm passed through the area," Groesbeck Police Chief Chris Henson said in a Facebook post. "The loud thunder scared one of the dogs causing it to nip the 'victim' in the left buttock. He believed he'd been shot and subsequently called the police." Cont.

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"It Was F*cking Ridiculous" - Republicans Walk Out On Member Ranting About Homosexuality

Something doesn't add up... if you're so outraged about crazy, why continue to act crazy?

A House Republican on Thursday accused a number of his own GOP colleagues of committing a sin because they voted in favor of an anti-discrimination LGBT proposal, according to The Hill newspaper.

To begin a Republican policy meeting, Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, read a Bible passage aloud that condemns homosexuality, the report said. People inside the meeting told The Hill that Allen suggested his colleagues violated Christian tenets because they backed an LGBT protection provision.

"It was f***ing ridiculous," one GOP lawmaker told The Hill.

According to the report, several Republicans walked out of the room.

Democrats have been trying to attach an amendment to spending bills that would bar federal contracts to companies that discriminate against LGBT employees.

Last week, the amendment failed only seconds after it looked like it had the votes to pass. Democrats accused GOP leaders of twisting arms to ensure that the proposal would fail and the House erupted into chaos. This week, the amendment passed, but the spending bill it was attached to failed because of Republican opposition to the LGBT protection amendment. Cont.

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“I’m Not Going To Give It Up” - Man Vows To Continue To Stalk Reporter After His 15 Year Probation Sentence Is Over

Story out of Darby, Pennsylvania:

An Upper Darby man who entered an open plea to stalking and terroristic threats Wednesday indicated he still intends to contact his victim when his probation is up – in 15 years.

“I’m not going to give it up,” Christopher Nilan told Judge Gregory Mallon during sentencing. “I don’t do that. I’m not going to give it up. I want to be with her. I’m the only person who can protect her.”

Nilan, 32, of the unit block of Park Avenue, was arrested in January after his desire to date a member of CBS 3’s “Eyewitness News” team turned to obsession, according to police.

The fixation began in November, when Nilan approached a male reporter about contacting the victim. That reporter directed Nilan to look up her contact information on the CBS 3 website. The reporter also said he later received a letter from Nilan requesting more information that included his phone number.

Another witness reported receiving two phone calls from Nilan Jan. 6 and 12 asking to speak with the victim. A third witness reported calling Nilan after getting word of his continued attempts to contact the victim.

“She advised him employees are not encouraged to have relationships with viewers,” according to the affidavit. “Nilan was persistent and kept asking to speak with the victim and he wanted to meet her. Nilan claimed to be a former firefighter and a ‘good guy.’ He wanted to protect the victim from bad guys when she was not working and wanted to get a drink and dinner at an Italian restaurant near the Upper Darby police department. Nilan further stated he lives in an apartment nearby and he wanted to take the victim there as well. Nilan claimed to have personal things he needed to share with the victim that he could not tell (the witness).” Cont.

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Lighting Strikes In Germany, France Leaves One Dead, Dozens Injured

Three children and an adult were fighting for their lives on Saturday after they were among 11 people struck by lightning during a birthday party in a Paris park.

Another child and an adult were seriously injured, but their lives were not in danger. Five others — four children and an adult — were slightly injured.

In southern Poland a man in his forties was killed when he was struck by lightning as he descended the Babia Gora mountain, local media said.

In another  freak incident 35 people were injured by a lightning bolt during a football match in Germany. The lightning struck at the end of a children's match in the town of Hoppstaedten.

The referee, who was hit directly, was rushed to hospital by helicopter. Two other adults also suffered serious injuries. Thirty children aged between nine and 11 were mildly injured and taken to hospital for tests, along with two more adults. Cont.

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German Opposition Leader Belted With Cake Over Immigrant Stance

Now the only question is, did a migrant bake the cake?

A German opposition leader has had a cake shoved in her face at a party meeting — an apparent protest against her position that not all refugees can come to Germany.

An activist threw the cake Saturday at Left Party parliamentary co-leader Sahra Wagenknecht in Magdeburg, the dpa news agency reported. A group calling itself "Anti-Fascist Initiative 'Cake for Misanthropists'" distributed flyers pointing to Wagenknecht's refugee comments as the motive.

Wagenknecht has highlighted limits to Germany's ability to take in migrants, saying that "not all refugees can come to Germany." That has put her at odds with others in her party. Cont.

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Woman Claiming To Be Police Officer Tasers Man

Story out of Quincy, Illinois:

A Dorchester woman is facing charges after police say she pretended to be a police officer and tased a man in a road rage incident.

Quincy police received a report Wednesday night from a man and his girlfriend saying Shunae Allen, 35, was “riding their bumper and honking her horn while frantically flashing her lights.” Allen allegedly followed the couple as they pulled over into a Roche Brothers parking lot.

Witnesses told police they saw Allen and the man arguing. The man told police Allen approached their car, opened the front passenger door where he was seated and tased him before telling them she was a police officer with a license to carry.

She is charged with impersonating a police officer and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Cont.

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After Killing Neighbour, Father And Sons Try To Burn Body In Trash Can

Story out of Highland, California:

Three suspects accused of dumping and burning the body of their neighbour in a trashcan last week were identified Thursday as a father and two teenage sons, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said.

Enrique Jimenez Sr., 46, is accused of fatally stabbing his neighbor, Morris Barnes, 51, and then attempting to set the body on fire with the help of his two teenage sons, deputies said.

When a deputy saw the suspects dumping a trashcan on 6th Street, near Sterling Avenue, a deputy tried to contact them, but the father and two teenagers got in their car and drove away, leading to a pursuit, according to authorities.

The two teenagers tried to run away in Highland but were arrested.

Jimenez drove on, and led officers into Paramount. The chase ended in the 8100 block of Golden Avenue when Jimenez crashed into two Downey police cars.

Meanwhile, deputies responding to the scene in San Bernardino found Barnes’ partially charred remains — with multiple stab wounds — in a trashcan. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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New Orleans Pelicans Player Bryce Dejean-Jones Shot, Killed After Entering Wrong Apartment

Story out of Dallas, Texas:

New Orleans Pelicans player Bryce Dejean-Jones was shot to death early Saturday in Dallas, with his agent saying it happened because the player mistakenly entered the wrong apartment.

A Dallas resident told police he heard someone enter his apartment by kicking open the front door, police spokesman DeMarquis Black said in a statement. The resident said "he called out to the individual, but was not answered," and when the resident's bedroom door was kicked open, the resident fired his gun, police said.

Dejean-Jones collapsed in the breezeway, police said. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, Black said. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Canada's Ambassador To Ireland Tackles Protester During Ceremony

Every one else was standing around like dullards. Sure, it looked a little silly but there shouldn't be an issue with what he did.

Canada's ambassador to Ireland, the man hailed as a hero for shooting Ottawa gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau after he stormed Parliament Hill in 2014, tackled a protester at a ceremony in Dublin Thursday morning.

Kevin Vickers, the former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms, was at the event commemorating the 100 British soldiers who died during the Easter Rising, also called the Easter Rebellion, when Irish republicans tried to overthrow British control of the country by force.

A male protester, wearing an Easter Rising T-shirt, stood up during the invitation-only event and could be heard yelling, "This is an insult."

Vickers was the first to respond to the disturbance, tackling the man and leading him away from the ceremony. Police later arrested the protester. Cont.

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School Forced To Apologize After Quotes From Hitler, Stalin Published In Yearbook

Ha, the Stalin quote just makes the student who put it in there sound like a dick. Story out of Leetsdale, Pennsylvania:

Quotations attributed in the Quaker Valley High School yearbook to a terrorist and two of history's most notorious mass murderers — Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — have district leaders apologizing and offering refunds to families.

In an email Wednesday to parents, Quaker Valley School District leaders apologized for “offensive” quotes published in the graduating class section of the yearbook, which was distributed to students Monday.

The quotations in question include, “Words build bridges into unexplored regions,” attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler; “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, so why would we let them have ideas?” attributed to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin; and “Be just: the unjust never prosper. Be valiant. Keep your word, even to your enemies,” attributed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State terrorist group.

Senior Dominique Cagliuso said she was disappointed to see the quotes from fellow classmates and wondered how the quotations made it in.

“It makes the entire senior class look badly,” she said. “It's also confusing how nobody caught it before it went out. Cont.

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Former NBA Player Charged With Stealing Half A Million Dollars From Charitable Donations

Prosecutors have filed charges against former NBA forward Kermit Washington, accusing him of embezzling about a half-million dollars in charitable donations meant to help the needy in Africa and spending it on jewelry, vacations and other things.

Washington, who was best known for his bone-shattering punch to the face of Houston Rockets player Rudy Tomjanovich during a game in 1977, was charged in an indictment filed in Kansas City on Monday. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday after Washington's arrest Tuesday in Los Angeles, said Tammy Dickinson, U.S. attorney for the western district of Missouri.

Washington is charged with interfering with internal revenue laws, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of justice and aggravated identity theft. The charges largely stem from transactions that occurred from about 2004 through 2013, according to the indictment. Cont. (Video)

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Two Jets Collide In Mid Air, Minor Injuries To Pilots

How crazy rare is it that a mid air collision would result in no deaths, especially with four individuals? Story out of Raleigh, North Carolina:

Two Navy jet fighters crashed off the coast of North Carolina during a training mission Thursday, and their four crew members were airlifted to a hospital with minor injuries after being plucked out of the Atlantic Ocean by a commercial fishing vessel and Coast Guard rescuers, officials said.

The F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fighters, based in Virginia Beach, crashed about 10:40 a.m. off the coast of Cape Hatteras, following an "in-flight mishap," said Lt. Cmdr. Tiffani Walker, a spokeswoman for Naval Air Force Atlantic. Walker did not have any further details. Earlier Thursday, the Coast Guard had said the two aircraft collided in the air before crashing.

The four aviators suffered minor injuries but are in "very high spirits," Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora told reporters. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said all were "alert and talking" when they were picked up. Cont.

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"Single" And "Emotional" - Chinese Analyst Thinks Taiwan's New Female President Unfit To Lead

Because there's nothing emotional about throwing a temper tantrum over something you don't like.

Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen practises "emotional" and "extreme" politics because she is a single woman without children, a member of China's organisation overseeing relations with the island has said.

The scathing attack on the newly inaugurated leader came from Wang Weixing, a military analyst and a board member of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.

"As a single female politician, she is unburdened by love, and lacks the constraint of family or concern for children," Wang wrote in the International Herald Leader newspaper, which is under China's state news agency Xinhua.

"In political style and strategy, often she tends to be emotional, personal, and extreme. In terms of political tricks, she considers strategy less, tactical details more, and short-term goals are paramount, while long-term goals are less taken into account."

The attack came days after Tsai, Taiwan's first female president, took the oath of office at the presidential palace in Taipei. Cont.

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Cop Delivers Pizza After Delivery Driver Gets Into Accident

Oh, just tip the cop, yo. Story out of Lincoln Park, Michigan:

They say there is never a cop when you need one.

Well, a couple people in Lincoln Park would disagree: A pizza delivery driver and the guy waiting for the pie.

It was a late-afternoon traffic accident which left a Jet's Pizza delivery driver a little banged up.

"He had some scratches and some scrapes. He took a pretty good impact out there," said Officer Joe Sparks, of the Lincoln Park Police Department.

Sparks, a 16-year veteran of the force, handled the crash and sent the driver to the hospital. He then realized he had another situation: a pizza in need of delivery still sitting in the back seat of the car.

"I grabbed the pizza. I checked the address. I see it's only a few blocks away, figured I'd just go ahead and deliver it. I knew the person was waiting for their food," said Sparks.

He was right. Carl Babik had called the pizza place to find out what happened to his double pepperoni and cheese. He never expected an armed delivery.

Babik said he normally tips the regular delivery driver $5. So, did he tip the delivery officer?

"Who would tip a cop? I mean, come on," he said, laughing. Cont. (Video)

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Watch Young Boy Try To Stop A Robbery

Story out of Silver Spring, Maryland:

A young boy tried to stop a robbery in Silver Spring Friday by hitting a suspect with his toy, according to a video released by police.

Police in Montgomery County are investigating an armed robbery of a Silver Spring game store and released a video Wednesday to get the public's help in identifying the suspects.

A suspect ordered three customers, including a young boy, against the wall, police said, then both suspects walked behind the counter and took an undisclosed amount of money, a personal property from the clerks.

The video shows the robbery unfolding and the scary moments when the boy tried to stop an armed suspect by hitting him. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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San Francisco 49ers Donate $75,000 To Help Repeal North Carolina's Anti Trans Bill

Talk about out of left field (no, wait, that's baseball.) Still pretty cool.

San Francisco 49ers is making a stand against North Carolina and its new anti-LGBT bill — not just with words but with action too.

The famous football team has just donated $75,000 to North Carolina’s largest LGBT advocacy group, Equality North Carolina, in support of the repeal of the state’s recently passed House Bill 2 (HB2).

‘The San Francisco 49ers are deeply concerned about North Carolina’s recently-enacted House Bill 2, which overturned protections for LGBT people and sanctioned discrimination across the state,’ said 49ers CEO Jed York in a statement released on Tuesday. ‘HB2 does not reflect the values of our organization, of our country, or the majority of North Carolinians.’ Cont.

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Father, Son Kept 13-Year-Old Shackled In A Basement For A Year

Story out of Toledo, Ohio:

A 13-year-old girl rescued late Wednesday from a North Toledo home where she said she was kept shackled in a basement for as long as a year is now in foster care, along with two other children taken from the house, authorities said.

The girl was rescued when she managed to uncuff herself with a spare key and run away after the suspects both went for a jog in a park, according to a Toledo police report.

The girl was discovered by a woman who called police when she saw the girl walking in the 700 block of Water Street about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. The woman told police the girl was carrying several bags and looked like a runaway. The woman told police that she went outside and convinced the victim to come indoors with her.

Once inside, the girl told the woman that her mother had left her and her two siblings and went to Las Vegas. She then told the woman her dad had taken her in but she had run away "because she gets in trouble for wetting the bed," for which he "puts handcuffs on her ankles" and "makes her sleep in the basement." Cont.

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Watch Trump Supporter Tell McDonald's Employee To "Go Back To Mexico"

From YouTube description: A Kansas man wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt was allegedly witnessed deliberately throwing trash on the ground of a local McDonald's while berating a Latino employee who was cleaning up by telling him to "Go back to Mexico."

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Man Physically Assaulted After Taking 5-Year-Old Into Men's Washroom

No no, the emotional damage will come from going into the men's washroom, not the freak throwing punches. Story out of Clinton, Ohio

A trip to the men’s restroom at a Walmart in Clinton quickly escalated into a full-fledged struggle when one man criticized another for bringing his 5-year-old daughter with him.

Christopher Adams said his 7-year-old son, Kyler, and 5-year-old daughter, Emery, both had to go when the family visited the store Sunday to buy blinds and storage bins, so he took them both inside the men’s restroom in the back of the store.

“This guy walks in and goes to the bathroom, the urinal,” Adams recalled Tuesday. “Then he just, like, turns to me and starts freaking out, dropping the ‘F-bomb,’ and what he was freaking out about was that my daughter was in the men’s bathroom.”

Adams said the man told him it was “inappropriate,” and soon began to push him after Adams gave him a terse response.

The father said he tried to usher his kids away from the man.

“When I turned back around, I got sucker-punched right here,” Adams said, pointing to his left eye, which still was bruised.

From there, Adams said he was punched in the face and kicked in the knee multiple times during the struggle in which the dad ultimately defended himself, forcing the man out of the restroom. Cont. (Video)

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Glen Beck Guest Asks: 'Which Patriot Will Assassinate President Trump?'

Talk-radio host Glenn Beck has already had at least one visit from the Secret Service this election cycle over perceived threats on the life of GOP front runner Donald Trump made on his show, and he may be in store for another.

During Wednesday’s broadcast Beck interviewed best-selling suspense author Brad Thor and the pair discussed their concerns Trump, if elected, would abuse his presidential authority with little chance of being stopped by Congress. Their “hypothetical” solution sounded suspiciously like insurrection, at least, and assassination, in the extreme. It certainly was extra-legal.

“I am about to suggest something very bad,” said Thor. “It is a hypothetical I am going to ask as a thriller writer.

“With the feckless, spineless Congress we have, who will stand in the way of Donald Trump overstepping his constitutional authority as president? If Congress won’t remove him from office, what patriot will step up and do that if, if, he oversteps his mandate as president, his constitution-mandated authority as president, I should say.

“If he oversteps that, how do we get him out of office? And I don’t think there is a legal means available. I think it will be a terrible, terrible position the American people will be in to get Trump out of office, because you won’t be able to do it through Congress.” Cont. (Audio)

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Man Forces Teens To Call 911 On Themselves After Being Caught Stealing

Story out of Coos Bay, Oregon:

A homeowner caught three 14-year-olds burglarizing his Coos Bay house on Sunday afternoon, and forced one of the boys to call 9-1-1 to report the attempted theft.

The three boys were all taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Facility on several charges including burglary II, criminal trespassing, and marijuana possession.

The homeowner was armed when he found the boys burglarizing his home on Terramar Road, the Coos County Sheriff's Office said. According to emergency dispatchers, he told one of the teens to call police and report the burglary in progress. Cont.

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Snake Bites Snake

Story out of Chachoengsao, Thailand:

A Man has been rushed to hospital after a massive snake wound its way through toilet plumbing and bit his penis.

Atthaporn Boonmakchuay, 38, was sitting down on his toilet at his home in Thailand when the reptile struck.

He said that he felt a sharp bite on the tip of his penis. But when he realised what was going on, the snake wouldn’t let go.

But Boonmakchuay thought of a cunning plan to get rid of the slippery serpent. He craftily tied a rope around the snake’s head and attached the end to the door handle.

The ingenious move helped to detach the reptile from his penis.

The Thai man collapsed after his battle with the snake and was rushed to hospital. Cont.

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Woman Catches Thief In The Act, Forces Him To Strip Naked

Story out of Bogotá, Colombia:

The brazen woman makes the terrified man go through a ritual of humiliation in the Columbian capital of Bogotá.

The man had tried to rob her with a knife during the day.

But the irate woman went after the man and managed to disarm him before demanding that he return her possessions.

The man is clearly terrified as the tables are turned on him. But in an unforeseen turn of events, she demands that the man take his hoodie off.

Things become more risqué when the woman demands that the man take off his shorts. Still holding on to his hair, the woman turns him around to her friends to humiliate him more.

A friend of the woman walks around to pick up all of the man’s clothes, so he can’t take them again.
The boy slowly takes off his trainers and his socks.

After more persuasion from the woman, he removes his pants and stands fully naked in the street.
The woman punches and kicks the naked man several times before pushing him away. Cont. (Video)

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Pathetic Pakistani Hospital Lets GunShot Trans Patient Die Over Semantics

When a 23-year-old transgendeContainstivist was shot six times by a gang on Sunday night in northern Pakistan, other members of her community rushed her to a hospital. Violent attacks on transgender people aren't rare in Pakistan, or across South Asia and beyond for that matter, and the group young Alesha coordinated for, Trans Action, had long campaigned for greater protection. In Facebook posts, Trans Action said the gang that shot Alesha specifically targets members of the transgender community, and sometimes sexually assaults them while recording the crime.

In retrospect, that Alesha faced the same neglect and discrimination at the hospital, and ultimately died from it, seems a sad foregone conclusion. Distraught colleagues of hers documented their attempts to get her treated on social media.

For an hour, while Alesha bled, doctors couldn't decide whether to admit her to the men's or women's ward, according to Trans Action. When they finally decided on the men's ward, Trans Action protested, and had her shifted to the women's ward, where other women apparently complained.

Then the taunts began, Trans Action said. One doctor allegedly asked a Trans Action volunteer for her telephone number and how much she charges for a dancing party. Another was reportedly asked if her breasts were real. Another asked if the women from Trans Action just danced or also "perform sex," according to the group.

She succumbed to her injuries Wednesday morning. Cont.

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Update - Arrest made.

Canadian Band The Weeknd Cancelled Their Appearance On Jimmy Kimmel Live! Over Trump

Tee Hee, me likey.

Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd and rapper Belly have cancelled their performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! because Donald Trump was set to appear on the episode.

The Oscar-nominated musicians were slated to record their performance Wednesday in Los Angeles for the late-night ABC show. Belly said he cancelled because he didn’t want to share a stage with Trump and disagrees with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s views and beliefs.

“I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world — from religion to race,” Belly said in a statement. “I just didn’t want to feel like I was a part of a celebration for somebody who has beliefs that majority of us don’t agree with.” Cont. (Video)

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School Board Candidate Carried Out Of Meeting By Police After Discussing 'Erect Penises'

Story out of Brevard County, Florida:

School Board candidate Dean Paterakis was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence Tuesday after he was ejected from a school board meeting dealing with LGBT issues. The incident was caught on video.

Paterakis was released on $750 bond before midnight on the two misdemeanor charges.

Paterakis was asked by School Board chairman Andy Ziegler to step away from the speakers' podium after making what Ziegler said were inappropriate remarks. A school district security officer asked him to leave, and Paterakis refused. Sheriff's deputies then stepped in to ask Paterakis to leave, according to a statement from sheriff's spokesman Cpl. Dave Jacobs.

"Paterakis then refused several lawful orders to leave the premises by uniformed deputies,'' Jacobs wrote in a statement released to the media. "In further effort to intentionally refuse the orders, Paterakis protested by dropping to the ground and continued verbally disrupting the function of the School Board meeting.''

Paterakis, 48, was eventually carried from the meeting by several deputies and handcuffed outside the meeting room. Cont. (Video)

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Trump Supporters Yell "Get Off The Stage" To Commencement Speaker For Speaking Spanish

She's just tell'in it like it is, and using the best words to do so. Story out of Long Beach, California:

Some people in the crowd at a graduation ceremony at California State University, Fullerton, shouted at the commencement speaker after she talked about presidential candidate Donald Trump and gave a brief section of her address in Spanish.

“It’s really sad,” the commencement speaker, Maria Elena Salinas, an anchor for Spanish language broadcast network Univision, said Tuesday. “And it’s a testament to what has happened in our country. Our country is really divided.”

Salinas gave the keynote address to the entire university Sunday morning, was presented with an honorary doctorate, and spoke some words in Spanish to the parents of graduates. The student body is 40 percent Hispanic, and she felt the speech was well-received; several students thanked her afterward for addressing their parents in their native language. University leaders had encouraged her to say a few words in Spanish, she said; the school is a national leader in the number of Hispanic graduates it produces. Cont.

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Renovations Lead To Discovery Of 120 Year Old Casket Of Toddler

From YouTube description - A San Francisco construction crew renovating a house earlier this month was shocked to discover what is believed to be a 19th century casket containing the body of a three-year-old girl.

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Mother Faces Felony Charge After Sitting On Son's Head Until He Became Unresponsive

Story out of Kennesaw, Georgia:

A Kennesaw mother was arrested Wednesday by authorities after her two-year-old son was treated at a hospital for what police are calling "excessive physical and mental pain."

The arrest warrant states Susan Elizabeth Kelly placed the head of her two-year-old son on the seat portion of a wooden dining room chair with a towel placed under the child's head. Kelly then sat on the child's head with full body weight for approximately an hour in an attempt to gain submission from the child."

The child became unresponsive and was transported to Eggleston Hospital in Atlanta. The child received physical injuries that included redness to the head, chest and back. He is expected to fully recover. Cont.

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Restaurateur Jailed For Killing Man After Being Warned Of Patron's Severe Peanut Allergy

Story out of North Yorkshire, England:

A British man was convicted of manslaughter after a customer at his Indian restaurant died because of a peanut allergy.

Restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman, 53 was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for the death of Paul Wilson, 38, a highly allergic bar manager who died after eating chicken tikka masala.

Wilson had reportedly told the staff at Zaman’s restaurant Indian Garden in North Yorkshire, England, about his allergy to peanuts.

But police say despite ordering a nut-free meal — the lid of the takeaway dish was clearly marked “no nuts” — it was later determined that the dish contained very high levels of peanuts. Cont. (Video)

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Man Told To Remove Pond Because It Could Hurt Thieves

"And if the murderer can't get to you, you're looking at a lawsuit buddy." - Housing association probably. Story out of Abingdon, England:

A man has claimed he has been told to remove a pond in his back garden because it could pose a danger to burglars.

Kevin Sheehan said he was told by his housing association that if someone breaks into his garden they could fall in as it is hidden from view the other side of his fence.

The 62-year-old’s pond is home to 80 fish and is surrounded by concrete blocks to prevent his one-year-old daughter, Olivia, falling in.

He said he has been threatened with an eviction notice unless the pond is demolished within three weeks.

He said, ‘The reason they gave was if someone breaks into the back garden they can fall in the pond because there’s a six-foot fence all round and they can’t see it. I said, well they shouldn’t be breaking in." Cont.

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Inmate Escapes, Returns For Friends

That's a good friend. Story out of Fairbanks, Alaska:

A minimum-security prisoner who escaped from a halfway house in Alaska came back three hours later, but it wasn't to turn himself in.

State Troopers say 20-year-old Joshua Yaska returned with an SUV and tried to help other inmates flee the facility in Fairbanks.

Staff members say Yaska was spotted leaving on a bike just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Troopers say he returned at 4:20 a.m. and tried to "aid in the escape of other inmates."

Authorities say he tried to strike a halfway house employee with the vehicle. Troopers say they caught up with him that night after he broke into a relative's home. Cont.

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"American Sniper" Chris Kyle Lied About Military Record

Face it, the guy had a problem with the truth.

No American has been more associated with the Navy SEAL mystique than Chris Kyle, known as the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. His bestselling autobiography, American Sniper — a story of honor, glory, and quiet heroism — has sold more than a million copies. The movie adaptation became the highest-grossing war film in American history.

“All told,” Kyle wrote in his book, “I would end my career as a SEAL with two Silver Stars and five Bronze [Stars], all for valor.”

But Kyle, who was murdered by a fellow military veteran several years after leaving the Navy, embellished his military record, according to internal Navy documents obtained by The Intercept. During his 10 years of military service and four deployments, Kyle earned one Silver Star and three Bronze Stars with Valor, a record confirmed by Navy officials.

Kyle was warned at least once before American Sniper was published that its description of his medal count was wrong, according to one current Navy officer, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the case. As Kyle’s American Sniper manuscript was distributed among SEALs, one of his former commanders, who was still on active duty, advised Kyle that his claim of having two Silver Stars was false, and he should correct it before his book was published. Cont.

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Acid Attack In England Leaves 5 Teens Injured

Story out of Essex, England:

Five teenagers were sprayed with a substance - thought to be acid - in a random attack at a train station in Essex.

The victims, aged 16 to 18 were attacked at Ockendon station early on Sunday morning.

One of the teenagers was left so badly burnt doctors say he may lose his eyesight. Cont.

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Thieves Steal 4-Year-Old's Hearing Aid

Story out of Columbus, Ohio:

Thieves in Columbus got more than technology when they broke in a vehicle last week.

They literally stole a young boy's ability to hear. They took the device that allows him to hear, through a cochlear implant.

When you think of a crime victim, you probably don't picture four-year-old Sora Coate. He's a charismatic and curious little boy who loves to play and smile and laugh.

"He's just the best thing in my life," said Sora's mom, Laura Coate. "He's deaf in both ears. He was a year old when I found out. But he's always happy and when he's happy, I'm happy."

Coate says her son is not only deaf, but also autistic. Unwittingly last week, his disability made him a target for thieves.

"He was given the gift to be able hear earlier that day and that night, they all got taken," Coate said. "My heart is broken for him." Cont. (Video)

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Errors In Washington State Penal System Lead Prisoners To Serve More Time

I'm sure they're fine with it.

Staff error resulted in 152 federal inmates being freed after their correct release dates between 2009 and 2014, including three who spent more than an extra year behind bars, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department watchdog.

The inspector general report counted a total of 4,340 Bureau of Prisons inmates who received "untimely" releases during those years.

Of those cases, 157 were classified by the BOP as due to "staff errors," such as employees who misapplied credit for time served, the report stated. Just five of those mistakes led to early releases; in the rest, inmates served more time than they should have, with one prisoner serving roughly three additional years. Cont.

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POS Frat Boys Trash National Forest Over Long Weekend

Story out of Eugene, Oregon:

The University of Oregon is responding to photos posted online showing trash that some say was left by students at Lake Shasta in Northern California.

The images surfaced Monday and have since been shared numerous times on social media.

The university says students from schools along the west coast visit the area annually, including fraternities and sororities from the U of O.

The land is part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

University officials say they are actively investigating the situation and will take action as appropriate. Cont. (Video)

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Father Arrested After Beating Son For Missing Goal During Soccer Game

Story out of Ector County, Texas:

A 31-year-old Odessa man has been charged with injury to a child after he reportedly spanked his 8-year-old son with a belt for missing a goal during a soccer match.

On Wednesday, the grandmother of the 8-year-old made a report with the Odessa Police Department that her grandson had been spanked by Vasquez for missing a goal during a soccer match, a news release from OPD showed.

The grandmother told Odessa police in a probable cause affidavit that the boy was visiting his great-grandmother, who took him into the bathroom and found he had several dark red welts on his buttocks, which police said were “consistent with being hit with a belt." Cont.

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Teens Attacked With Machete

Story out of West Hempstead, New York:

Three teenagers were stabbed, one of them critically, at Hempstead Lake State Park in West Hempstead, New York, State Park Police told CBS2.

CBS2’s Lou Young reported the scene is less than a mile from Hempstead High School whose principal was speaking with detectives at the scene hours after the assault. Residents believe the victims were specifically targeted.

“I heard it was some sort of between kids at Hempstead High School, so it’s very unusual,” Rockville Centre resident Emil Mazzanobile said. “It’s usually quiet.”

Hempstead High School was locked tight Monday evening. School officials have privately expressed concern over possible reprisal violence when classes resume. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Moron Blue Jay Fans Threaten Business Over Offering Rangers' Player Free Barbecue For Punching Jose Bautista

Story out of Fort Worth, Texas:

The owners of a Fort Worth barbecue joint say they’ve received fake reviews and even death threats in response to what they call a joke.

After the Texas Rangers’ Rougned Odor, punched the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista in a game last week, Travis Heim and his wife offered the second baseman free barbecue for life. “I don’t know if he’ll ever show up,” said Heim.

Two hundred “Rougned Eats Free” t-shirts quickly sold out. Then came the backlash from Toronto Blue Jays fans.

“Didn’t expect such a strong negative response where we feared for our safety,” he said.

There were social media posts, like the one wishing him a “special place in hell” and profanity laced phone calls, including ones so threatening he’s reported them to police. “People saying they were gonna murder us, murder my family…” he said. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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"Kill The Jew" - School Loses Control Over It's Bigoted Students

Story out of Branford, Connecticut:

Orit Avizov is speaking out. She says her 12-year-old son was physically attacked and verbally threatened by other students at Walsh Intermediate.

Avizov said, “He slammed his head in the locker, he got him knocked down to the ground he started kicking him and punching him in his stomach and his ribs.”

Avizov told News 8 the attack wasn’t just physical, her son was verbally assaulted, because of his religion.

“This child started yelling kill the Jew, Kill the Jew, Kill the Jew while he’s attacking my son,” said Avizov. She says the school should have done more. Avizov said, “It’s horrible, it’s a horrible horrible feeling. I blame the administration, I went in there. I cried. I yelled. I screamed.”

Avizov said earlier this week she joined other parents at the Board of Education meeting who are also dealing with their children being bullied. They want the school to do more to address what they call a pattern of bullying. Cont. (Video)

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Coordinated Threats Evacuates Schools Across US

A wave of threats directed at schools across the nation on Monday forced authorities to lock down buildings or evacuate students.

The threats, which appear to be driven by automated calls, were directed at elementary, middle and high schools in at least 18 states across four time zones.

Some districts reported that the calls included a bomb threat while others just described the calls as "threatening."

The calls were reported in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. Cont.

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FDNY, NYPD Charity Football Game Ends In Bloody Brawl

Story out of New York City, New York:

A charity football game between members of the FDNY and the NYPD was meant to be a family-friendly outing in Coney Island but quickly turned into a bloody brawl when a verbal dispute escalated on the field.

New York's Finest and New York's Bravest met on the field at the MCU Park Saturday for a friendly football game, the proceeds of which would go to help families in both departments. But the Fun City Bowl ended with fists flying.

"I think one of the FDNY guys exchanged words with the NYPD player and then from there, I couldn't see what was happening, I just saw the crowds come around the player," said Angel Zayas, a freelance photographer who was filming the game on the sidelines. "I heard it happening before I saw it happening."

Zayas watched one of the firefighters walk away with blood dripping down the side of his face. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Woman Arrested, Shackled For Letting Son Drive Golf Cart

Story out of Bald Head Island, North Carolina:

On the second day of her dream vacation on exclusive Bald Head Island, Julie Mall went with her family to the beach to catch the sunset. Her 11-year-old son asked to drive the golf cart back to their $1,000-a-day rented cottage.

It was dusk, no traffic on the path and his father would sit next to him. A two-block, 30-second ride. She said sure. What could go wrong?

In the next four hours, Mall says she was pinned to the ground by police, repeatedly accused of being drunk, frogmarched barefoot aboard a ferry in handcuffs, jailed in leg irons and charged with child abuse. Cont. (Video)

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11-Year-Old Charged With Aggravated Assault On 6-Year-Old After Attempted 'Swirly'

Story out of Henry County, Georgia:

An 11-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated assault after being accused of trying to give a 6-year-old girl a swirly.

That’s according to a report from our sister station, CBS 46, in Atlanta.

The alleged incident occurred at Oakland Elementary School in Henry County, which is southeast of Atlanta.

According to the Henry County Sheriff’s Department, the 11-year-old lured the 6-year-old into a restroom, grabbed her by the neck, pulled her into a stall and tried to force her head into a toilet.

The 6-year-old’s head hit the toilet several times, which caused visible injuries, according to police.

In addition to being charged as a juvenile with aggravated assault, the 11-year-old was also charged with false imprisonment and battery. She was put in juvenile custody. Cont. (Video)

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