Chicago police officers took Kevin Dugar into custody back in 2003. In 2005, a judge sentenced him to 54 years in prison for first-degree murder. That’s where he’s been for eleven years. Not unusual. When somebody gets caught murdering somebody else, that murdering somebody goes to jail for a long time. Except, what happens if […]
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Remember those marijuana decriminalization measures that Nashville has been considering for the past few months? On Tuesday, that consideration ended. The Nashville Metro Council voted in favor of the much more relaxed decriminalization measures in an overwhelming vote of 35-3. Of course, that’s not the end of the road for this piece of legislation. Before […]
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It’s almost been one year since Jim Carrey’s ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, committed suicide by overdosing on prescription drugs. While her funeral is months in the past, the grieving process is far from over for her late husband, the estranged Mark Burton. He’s filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Jim Carrey because he believes the actor […]
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The paparazzi have been salivating over Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for years, doing their best to photograph every tense moment in the hopes that they’ll be the tabloid to break the story if Jolie and Pitts’ relationship falls apart. “Could this be it?” That question has been asked countless times by countless media outlets […]
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If you like the idea of escaping the System and living self-sufficiently, that is, “off the grid”, don’t move to Cape Coral, Florida. Not relying on the government is illegal there. Yes, this is apparently something that happens and is continuing to happen: people choosing to live without municipal services and getting their asses handed […]
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An apparently determined illegal immigrant with a history of sexual assaults has officially pushed his luck too far. Folks down at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Austin, Texas have their hands on Nicodemo Coria-Gonzalez — a man who’s so good at illegally crossing the border that five deportations couldn’t keep him away. […]
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The concept of clowns as “fun, cool people who are great around kids” hasn’t been widely accepted since Stephen King poisoned the waters with It. Clowns used to be fun. They were the manically depressed, drunk bastards of the circus — comic relief via good old self-deprecation (a comedic route still very much explored today, although […]
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If you were getting a load of the most photogenic rock in Oregon’s Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, “the duckbill”, back when it was still standing, you might have remarked that it looks capable of collapsing at any given moment. That would’ve been a fair assessment. I never assessed it and maybe you’re in that […]
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Considering the hype surrounding nasty, corrupt law enforcement these days, it seems in vogue to take a trip down memory lane and revisit the 2011 scandal involving a New York police officer who framed innocent people for drug offenses. Yes, Detective Jason Arbeeny got in trouble in 2011 for planting crack on a couple of […]
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During the 2013-2014 school year in Texas’s Fort Bend Independent School District, there were eight investigations of counterfeit money conducted by the police department. Perhaps the most notable occurred at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, where 13-year-old Danesiah Neal paid for her chicken tenders with a two-dollar her grandmother gave her. Instead of getting lunch, however, […]
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