Last year, viral video sensation Antoine Dodson warned us “hide your kids” “hide your wife,” and “hide your husband.” But he probably should learn to hide his stash because he wound up arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor marijuana …
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Gabrielle Giffords Cleared For Launch–and Excited To Go
It’s good news for Gabby!
Attempted Littleton Mall Bombing: Flubbed Columbine Copy-Cat?
Twelve years after the massacre at Columbine High School, a pipe bomb and two propane tanks were found at a Littleton, Colo., mall on Wednesday. Is it just a coincidence or something more?
Six-Year-Old Brings Loaded Pistol to Elementary School
About 25 kindergartners were eating lunch at Ross Elementary School in Houston, Texas Tuesday when a shot rang out. One student, five-year-old Jarneshia Broussard, told the Houston Chronicle, she knew it was a gun because it went “pow.”
Former Rutgers Student Dharun Ravi Indicted in Tyler Clementi Suicide
A grand jury in Middlesex County, New Jersey, handed down a 15-count indictment on Wednesday charging former Rutgers University freshman, Dharun Ravi, with bias intimidation and other charges connected to his roommate Tyler …
‘School Shooter’ Video Game to Reenact Columbine, Virginia Tech Killings
Who exactly thought this was a good idea?
What Sort of Cluck Would Want to Kill Colonel Sanders? Inside the Cryptic FBI File
Recently released FBI documents show that Harland Sanders, better known as the Colonel of Kentucky Fried Chicken, received a threatening letter and a note warning that he was “in grave danger of being murdered.” Colonel Sanders, …
Woman Sues Match.com After Alleged Sexual Assault
Nothing kills romance like discovering you’ve been flirting with a felon. But now a Los Angeles entertainment executive is taking matters into her own hands by suing the online dating site Match.com after an alleged sexual assault.
Criminal, My Dear Watson: Russian Jewel Heist Mimics Sherlock Holmes
A Russian gang robbed a jewelry store in a method reminiscent of one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. (via Telegraph)
Nonviolent New Englanders: The Most Peaceful States in America
Want peace in America? Don’t get political — move to Maine.
Bernie Madoff Confesses…to Reading Danielle Steele Novels in Jail
With a 150-year sentence behind bars for a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff doesn’t have too much to look forward to.
After 14 Years, FBI Releases Details Surrounding Notorious B.I.G’s Death
Biggie fans may finally get their chance to learn what happened to the legendary rapper 14 years after his death. The FBI recently released hundreds of pages of records (heavily redacted) of their investigation into the 1997 slaying.