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sort of amazed that this mouthbreather is a well travelled former civil servant rather than a mentally subnormal appalachian rube

i think you should be less surprised on both halves of that sentence

^!

local news stories bumming me out today. anyone have like, a kangaroo that escaped from the zoo and had to be extricated from a wal mart or something? fuck

don't you think it's surprising that he says 'a good clean finishing shot' to the police? i mean a good psychopath could plead provocation/fear and actually get away with this

i really have no idea.

(nilmar and nakh, are you the same person?)

lol yes i am watching tv and on laptop and iphone with different logins (i need finally to change the latter)

this story is sadly similar

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/florida-teen-killed-in-dispute-over-loud-music/nTGZ8/

Alligators, a pot growing operation, an exotic dancer and gunfire were all elements of the criminal investigation inside the house in the normally quiet Scott Lake neighborhood

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9846650.Poo_found_in_Brighton_council_microwave/

Shit happens in Brighton.

WWII pigeon message stumps GCHQ decoders

Britain's top code-breakers say they are stumped by a secret code found on the leg of a dead pigeon.
The remains of the bird were found in a chimney in Surrey with a message from World War II attached.

Looks like xbox live codes.

Dead pigeon used as viral for CODBLOPS II!

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/58-year-old-man-enters-plea-counts-sex-horse/story-17427024-detail/story.html

http://i.imgur.com/FXmJc.jpg

how's life you live in edgewater? sorry

at our office xmas party my boss saw a guy and said "he looks like he's from edgewater," but it wasn't you afaik

I actually like Edgewater pretty well these days, but yeah, it definitely has its guys who look like they could be from there.

THIS IS DERBYSHIRE

mayonnaise, md

also on This is Derbyshire
"Derby trio fined over kebab filling which was 'mainly fat with flecks of meat'"

I thought that was the standard UK kebab recipe?

john fleck "mainly fat with kebabs of meat"

Best part of this story is the picture of the cop carrying the same gun used at Sandy Hook.

In response to a recent increase in crime, Paragould Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall offered residents at a town hall meeting Thursday night at West View Baptist Church what could be considered an extreme solution — armed officers patrolling the streets on foot.

Stovall told the group of almost 40 residents that beginning in 2013, the department would deploy a new street crimes unit to high crime areas on foot to take back the streets.

"[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear and have AR-15s around their neck," Stovall said. "If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, check for your ID."

Stovall said while some people may be offended by the actions of his department, they should not be.

"We're going to do it to everybody," he said. "Criminals don't like being talked to."

Gaskill backed Stovall's proposed actions during Thursday's town hall.

"They may not be doing anything but walking their dog," he said. "But they're going to have to prove it."

Man dies in fireworks explosion in Clay County
by The Associated Press

WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) — Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott says a man has died in a homemade fireworks explosion outside his home on Christmas night.

Scott tells WCBI-TV in Columbus (http://bit.ly/Vz1Em4 ) that 60-year-old Ralph "Bubba" Elliott died just before 10 p.m. Tuesday when the homemade device exploded outside his home off Mississippi Highway 46 in western Clay County.

Elliott owned Elliott Trucking and did contract delivery work for Fed-Ex.

Scott says local, state and federal authorities are investigating to determine what was used in the explosive.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/coworkers-attacked-by-gas-645132

DECEMBER 21--A federal employee was formally reprimanded this month for excessive workplace flatulence, a sanction that was delivered to him in a five-page letter that actually included a log of representative dates and times when he was recorded “releasing the awful and unpleasant odor” in his Baltimore office.

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POLICE are warning the public about a quantity of prescription medication lost in Port Glasgow.

The lost items include varying amounts of methadone, diazepam tablets, procyclidine and olanzapine, all contained within a green bag.

This has had me singing Little Green Bag to myself all morning.

this happened down the street from my brother and his wife and son

http://m.mankatofreepress.com/MFP/db_264901/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=HzhKeODj

An 83-year-old North Mankato man had made threats to kill someone and shot at officers several times before they returned fire that killed him during a standoff Thursday at his home.

Authorities said that after a four-hour standoff Thursday, officers tried to get closer to the house to look inside when Tschohl shot at them through a front window and a rear door. A short time later, he went out the back door carrying two guns and began firing at officers.

I can't help picturing a horrible hybrid of an elderly MES and yosemite sam

http://edgewater.patch.com/articles/leopold-guilty-on-two-counts-of-misconduct-in-office

how did I miss that my county executive was on trial for having his secretary empty his catheter bag?

you don't get fun stuff like that in montgomery county

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/02/04/a-textbook-lesson-in-how-not-to-deal-with-capitol-press/

"That's the top of his head there... Those are his hands as he's sitting in a chair, trying to avoid our camera..."

lol

Know what a slow news day looks like?

Little Rock Man Almost Falls Victim to Phone Scam

Benjamin Filbert says he got a call Tuesday, and when he answered, a recording said it wants to help him find a job.

"In the beginning, I was going along with it because I was curious to see if I did click on something online," said Filbert.

Although the person on the other end sounded like a live person, Filbert had doubts. So he decided to hang up.

hahahaha

Area Man Almost Gets Fooled

http://heraldnet.com/article/20130215/NEWS01/702159923/1039/COMM0602

Blind rapper, woman arrested after victim robbed of car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIP5vJSt5ho

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/farmer-who-put-repo-men-in-a-pig-pen-alleges-jury-misconduct-29087121.html

awesome.

FREE DONAL

Goat found wandering Hot Springs vanishes

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - An unfriendly billy goat found wandering near the Hot Springs Convention Center appears to have been stolen from an animal shelter.

The goat was picked up by animal services last month and taken to the shelter, where officials say it was taken by someone on Saturday.

The Sentinel-Record reports that animal services director Dan Bugg had hoped the owner would turn up or someone would pay the $35 fee to adopt the animal.

Bugg says the goat didn't show warmth toward humans probably had to be dragged from his outdoor enclosure. Bugg says the goat is "pretty hard-headed."

The goat was to have been put up for adoption on Monday.

http://m.gawker.com/5988738/is-this-the-worst-headline-in-newspaper-history

a commenter beat me to the albini joke

Not my local, but

Potatoes are Irish comfort food

Popular, versatile potato has found its way into many traditional recipes

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/576195_10151291132007493_1022370062_n.jpg

So wait, that's not an acronym?

Canvey Island school bans triangle shaped flapjacks

School dinner staff have been banned from serving triangular flapjacks after one was thrown and hurt a pupil.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21923218

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/56618-square-books-named-pw-bookstore-of-the-year-miller-rep.html

Square Books in Oxford (MS) named PW's bookstore of the year.

kinda love this whole thing http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/Homeowner-works-to-get-squatter-out-of-city-home/-/10131532/19517276/-/rnsgx0/-/index.html