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  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by 8mm
    +29 +1

    Man Given 3-Year Sentence for Insulting Putin

    A Kazakh man was given a three-year sentence in a penal colony after he was found guilty of insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Facebook. Sanat Dosov, 46, is believed to have been arrested in August, which is when he stopped posting on Facebook. Kazakh criminal law says one cannot incite “social, national, generic, racial, class, or religious hatred” and is prohibited from insulting “the national honor and dignity of religious feelings of citizens.”

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by bradd
    +8 +1

    Kids Ages 4, 5 and 6 Allegedly Locked in Room for Months and May Have Eaten Paint to Survive: Prosecutors

    Prosecutors say three young children in rural Pennsylvania are lucky to be alive after police recently rescued them from a locked room in their home where they’d allegedly been kept for three months — wasting away — with no heat and little food. “The door to the room was locked from the outside and the paint on the wall was peeled off at the height of the kids,” Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico tells PEOPLE. “We theorize they’d been peeling it off in order to eat it.”

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by Apolatia
    +12 +1

    6yo Boy Kidnapped from School By Police, Locked in Psych Ward for 3 Days -- for Temper Tantrum

    For throwing a temper tantrum, 6-year-old Nicholas, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, was kidnapped from his elementary school by police and imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital. Nicholas was held, including multiple stints in a ‘seclusion room,’ for three days at River Point Behavioral Health.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by geoleo
    +25 +1

    ‘It’s really embarrassing and gross for them’

    A MELBOURNE landlord has been blasted online after a tenant revealed he had installed a coin-operated toilet in the house, requiring the tenants to pay per flush. That’s right, the stingy landlord and owner of an apartment property in Thornbury has reportedly equipped the toilet with a mechanism that means residents have to pay $1 to flush the dunny. Unsure about the legality of such a contraption, the tenant posted the story on forum-based social media website reddit to ask the community if the landlord was allowed to do this.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by geoleo
    +25 +1

    Man advertises $325 'empty' plastic baggies on Craigslist with 'free' marijuana inside

    A Western Mass. marijuana entrepreneur may have put himself in a sticky legal situation by advertising his wares on Craigslist. As spotted by NEPR, several listings have popped up on the Western Mass. Craigslist page, offering "dispensary grade marijuana," competitive prices and quick delivery. Though personal possession of marijuana is now legal in Massachusetts, selling it is not. Gifts of less than an ounce are allowed, however -- and it is in that provision that the seller, who identifies himself as Corey, believes he has found a loophole.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by geoleo
    +12 +1

    Woman killed by ants after mob justice

    A WOMAN died after being mistaken for a car thief and tied to a tree infested with poisonous ants. The Sun reports that the 52-year-old was rescued alive by police but died in hospital from breathing problems caused by severe throat swelling after her windpipe was bitten by the insects. The victim had gone to help her son who had been bound to the tree by angry vigilantes who accused them of trying to steal a car.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by robmonk
    +8 +1

    Sick boy died 'after parents prayed instead of calling ambulance'

    Two parents in Minnesota could face jail after allegedly trying to save their sick seven-year-old son's life by praying rather than calling 911. Timothy and Sarah Johnson, of Plymouth, have been charged with child neglect over the death of their adopted son Seth in March 2015 after he came down with pancreatitis and acute sepsis. The couple allegedly opted to treat their son themselves because they had “issues going to doctors” and were concerned about the medications they would prescribe, the New York Post reported.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by TNY
    +8 +1

    Turkish marriage guide says wives should wear sexy outfits if their husbands beat them

    A marriage guide handed out to newly-weds in Turkey has prompted anger after suggesting husbands whose wives who do not "beautify" themselves should beat them, and that children as young as 10 can get married. The book, called "Marriage and Family Life", also reportedly claims that after being beaten, women should serve their husbands coffee while wearing "flirtatious" outfits.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by rawlings
    +4 +1

    Fla. man jailed for having sex with his dog; roommate says abuse went on for years

    A 23-year-old Pensacola man is accused of having sex with his dog. Bradley Hubbard was arrested at his Pelham Drive home Monday after his roommate told authorities he'd been abusing a pit bull named Baby Girl for years. The roommate told authorities she held off on telling them for years because she "did not want to get Hubbard in trouble." She said she finally realized the situation had gotten so bad that she "fears for the safety of the dog."

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by dianep
    +6 +1

    Police Responding to Burglary Kill Homeowner, Not Intruder

    The ex-wife of a Pittsburgh homeowner fatally shot by police responding to a burglary call says officers "shot the wrong guy." Brenda and Christopher Thompkins were in bed when they spotted an intruder in the house at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Christopher Thompkins grabbed Brenda's gun and was headed downstairs when he fired at the intruder. Police say two officers who responded to a security alarm thought the shots were fired at them. They returned fire and killed Thompkins.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by socialiguana
    +9 +1

    30 pounds of cocaine found on American Airlines plane during ‘routine maintenance’

    A worker found nearly 30 pounds of cocaine hidden inside an American Airlines plane during a routine maintenance check, according to FOX 23. Workers found seven bricks of cocaine inside an electronics bay near the nose gear of a Boeing 757 parked at the American Airlines Maintenance Base in Tulsa, according to the report. According to the airline, authorities were immediately contacted.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by aj0690
    +20 +1

    Man feeds puppy to pit bulls, deputies say

    A South Valley woman is terrified of her neighbor after she says he fed her puppy to a couple of pit bulls. The suspect, Marvin Riley, is in jail now and Bernadette Salazar hopes he stays there. Charlie Brown was a beloved little Shih Tzu that was found abandoned on the West Mesa six months ago. Salazar took him in and says she loved him very much.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by aj0690
    +6 +1

    Exclusive: Cambridge student in white tie burns cash in front of homeless person

    He was a member of the Conservative Association at the time. No, this isn’t a scene from a dystopian film about Oxbridge life. A Cambridge University student has been filmed deliberately attempting to light a £20 note on fire in front of a homeless man on Bridge street. A shocked passer-by watched early last Thursday morning while a drunk student in white bow tie and tails attempted to burn the £20 banknote in front of a homeless man.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by cone
    +15 +1

    Russian guy murders his friend over argument about which graphics card is better: nVidia or AMD

    What looks like a rarest of rare case, two Russian friends started arguing over which Graphics processor is better, nVida or AMD, and one of them ended up being killed in the most gruesome manner. Aleksander Trofimov, 37, hacked his friend to death with a knife, after hitting him twice in the head. His friend, Evgeny Lylin, died instantly as a result. The murderer was so offended at the victim, he stabbed his dead body 11 times after a while.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by Pfennig88
    +4 +1

    Cops: Mom used girl's breath to start car with DUI device

    Police say a Pennsylvania woman had her 8-year-old daughter blow into an ignition device meant to prevent the woman from driving while drunk shortly before she crashed and was again charged with drunken driving. Angela Daywalt, of Waynesboro, was charged with drunken driving, corruption of minors and other charges for crashing about 11 p.m. Feb. 13 with her daughter in the car. That happened in Quincy Township, Franklin County. Troopers from the Chambersburg barracks announced the arrest Monday.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by ckshenn
    +15 +1

    Paedophile who hid girl in cavity behind his fridge jailed for 27 years

    The brother of a violent paedophile who was jailed for 27 years after almost five decades of sex attacks on children has claimed he told police about his offending “years ago”. Michael Dunn, described by some as the “British Josef Fritzl”, built a secret den behind his fridge to hide a 14-year-old girl he was sexually abusing. Dunn, 57, from Redcar, North Yorks, knocked through the wall behind the kitchen appliance to create a cavity called a “hidey hole”, which he used to hide the runaway girl from the police on nine separate occasions.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by yuriburi
    +21 +1

    Nicaraguan woman dies after being stripped naked, tied up and thrown into fire in exorcism ritual

    Outside a church in a remote part of Nicaragua last week, a pastor and a group from his congregation stood around a bonfire for a prayer, their eyes closed and hands raised. A 25-year-old woman needed healing, and through a divine revelation, a clergy member in the church claimed he had instructions to build the fire to cure her. They stripped the woman naked, tied up her hands and feet and hurled her into the flames, Nicaraguan police said. She was consumed by the fire and suffered first- and second-degree burns over 80 per cent of her body.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by Pfennig88
    +5 +1

    Dad mistakes teen visiting daughter for burglar; kills him

    Authorities say a man fatally shot a suspected intruder without realizing that his 14-year-old daughter had let the teenager into the home in east Georgia. Columbia County sheriff’s Maj. Steve Morris tells news outlets that Grovetown homeowner Derrick Fulton killed 17-year-old Jordan Middleton while investigating noises he heard downstairs about 3 a.m. Saturday.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by tukka
    +5 +1

    Theater Cancels 'Beauty and the Beast' Due to Gay Character

    An Alabama theater has canceled its plan to screen Disney’s Beauty and the Beast due to the inclusion of a gay character. The new owners of the Henagar Drive-In theater alerted its customers via Facebook that they have decided to not screen the film as previously planned after reports surfaced this week confirming the live-action remake’s version of LeFou (Josh Gad) is gay.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by belangermira
    +17 +1

    Man dies under his six-ton pile of porn magazines

    A lonely Japanese man who amassed more than six tons of porn died when a huge pile of magazines fell on top of him. And even more tragically, the man's body was only discovered six months later when the landlord entered the flat to find out why the rent had not been paid. The man's lowly death was revealed by a member of the cleaning team, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly in a way that would not be noticed by neighbours and the man's family to save them from the shame.