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Guys Take Dead Buddy for Night Out

Denver men paint the town red with corpse in back seat

(Newser) - A Denver man wasn’t going to let a dead roommate ruin his night. When Robert Young, 43, arrived home to find his roommate unresponsive last month, he called on a still-living friend—and the two of them hauled Jeffrey Jarrett’s body into the backseat of a car, police...

Bumbling 'Gumby' Bandit Surrenders

And police keep Jacob Kiss' suit

(Newser) - Jacob Kiss, otherwise known as the guy in the Gumby costume who epically failed in his quest to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven last week, is still not winning. Kiss, 19, turned himself in to police yesterday, accompanied by alleged accomplice Jason Giramma, also 19, who was pictured in the...

Woman Calls Ex 65K Times
 Woman Calls Ex 65K Times 
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Sep 11, 2011 7:15 AM CDT

Woman Calls Ex 65K Times

...in a single year

(Newser) - Fatal Attraction, much? A 42-year-old Dutch woman apparently had a very, very hard time letting go of her former boyfriend ... or his phone number. Prosecutors claim she called him 65,000 times in the last year, and are charging her with stalking. Spaced over 365 days, that's 178 calls...

Bumbling 'Gumby' Tries to Rob 7-Eleven

And fails, hilariously

(Newser) - One for the Legendary Fail Department: A person dressed in a Gumby costume attempted to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven on Monday. Here are the problems the would-be criminal ran into: One, the clerk thought it was a joke. Even after Gumby said, "This is a robbery," the...

Man Charged With Stealing Ribs in His Pants ... Again

Apparently when Donald Noone gets drunk, he wants ribs

(Newser) - It’s weird enough that Donald Noone, 65, was arrested for attempting to smuggle a rack of ribs out of a grocery store in his pants yesterday. What’s weirder is that the central Pennsylvania man had already been arrested for attempting the same stunt in May, the Sentinel reports....

Thieves Hitting Museums to Steal ... Rhino Horns

Powder made from it sells for more than heroin

(Newser) - Ponder the things you'd expect a thief to steal from a museum. OK, was a rhinoceros horn on your list? Yeah, we didn't think so. The New York Times reports on a surprising new trend sweeping Europe, which has seen 30 such thefts from museums, galleries, auction houses,...

Newlyweds Shoplifted Reception Food: Cops

Cops called at 2:30 ... Arthur Phillips' and Brittany Lurch's reception was at 5:30

(Newser) - From the chapel to the clink? A Pennsylvania couple is accused of stealing $1,049.26 of food and other goods from a grocery store on Saturday afternoon—with the intention of serving said food to guests at their 5:30pm wedding reception. Arthur Phillips, 32, and Brittany Lurch, 22,...

Man Busted Trying to Break In to Prison

Marvin Ussery was paroled in 2009, but came back for more

(Newser) - Most inmates are trying to get out of prison, but authorities say they caught a California parolee trying to sneak back in. Marvin Ussery was spotted late Wednesday night scaling the 7-foot tall, barbed wire-topped fence that encircles a large wooded area behind the California State Prison in Sacramento, a...

Man Arrested for Trying to Split Atoms In His Kitchen

He says he's just interested in science

(Newser) - Swedish police busted a 31-year-old science enthusiast recently, after he wrote the Swedish Radiation Authority asking if it was OK if he tried to split atoms in his kitchen. Richard Handl had been trying to do just that for months, blogging about his experiments as he went, the AP reports....

DB Cooper Lead Points to Man Who Died 10 Years Ago

But if FBI is right, skyjacker survived his daring jump

(Newser) - Don’t expect to see the notorious skyjacker known only as DB Cooper to be doing a perp walk anytime soon. The " promising lead" the FBI touted yesterday points to a man who died of natural causes 10 years ago, the Seattle Times reports. A spokesman said the FBI...

Cops: Rapist Framed His Victim for Robbery

Seema Sumasar details her ordeal

(Newser) - Jerry Ramrattan was always obsessed with shows like Law & Order and CSI, Seemona Sumasar recalls. So when she pressed rape charges against him, he allegedly hatched a TV-worthy plot, framing Sumasar for robbery, the 36-year-old Wall Street analyst tells the New York Times . It's her first extensive interview...

Wisconsin Balloon Assault Draws Police Inquiry

State employee allegedly popped balloon with knife

(Newser) - Wisconsin police are busily investigating a vicious… balloon stabbing? Strange but true: A pro-union protester says that a state worker popped her heart-shaped balloon with a knife yesterday, and then, when she asked for his name so she could complain, shoved her into a door and ran off, the Wisconsin ...

Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank
Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank
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Jun 18, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank

He could get eight years in prison

(Newser) - An Indiana high school senior is facing up to eight years in prison for the egregious felony of… bringing a blowup doll to school. Tyell Morton planted the doll in the girl’s bathroom as a senior prank, but administrators didn’t think it was funny. All they saw on...

Man Sent to Jail for Using Mugabe's Toilet

Alois Mabhunu should learn fate of appeal today

(Newser) - A Zimbabwe policeman has appealed the jail sentence he received for daring to use a toilet that had been reserved for Robert Mugabe. Homicide detective Alois Mabhunu has been languishing in a police detention barracks for a month after relieving himself on the forbidden crapper at a trade fair, CNN...

Man in Trouble After Paying $25 Bill With 2,500 Pennies

Move may cost Jason West an extra $140

(Newser) - A Utah man was cited for disorderly conduct after he paid a disputed medical bill—because he happened to settle his tab with 2,500 pennies. Though Jason West did ask clinic workers if they accepted cash, they probably weren't expecting him to dump an avalanche of coins on...

Iowa Bar Busted for Mouse Racing
Iowa Bar Busted for
Mouse Racing
May 27, 2011 9:28 AM CDT

Iowa Bar Busted for Mouse Racing

Rodent races were good clean fun, insists gambling ring's big cheese

(Newser) - Police acting on a tip busted an illegal mouse-racing operation in an Iowa tavern. The owner, cited for allowing gambling without a license as well as health code violations and serving alcohol to minors, says the rodent races, in which patrons levied bets of $1 to $2 per mouse, were...

Daughter Shoots Dad With Arrow for Grounding Her

15-year-old did not take kindly to being grounded, having cell phone taken away

(Newser) - Most teens would throw some sort of fit if you took away their cellphone/iPod/video game ... but this girl reportedly went primeval. Washington state authorities arrested a 15-year-old girl for allegedly shooting her dad with an arrow after he grounded her and took her cellphone away last night. The father, who...

Grandma Accused of Kidnapping Baby ... Via Taxi

58-year-old took granddaughter from San Francisco to Los Angeles

(Newser) - A woman snatched her infant granddaughter from her son's Northern California home and took a cab 350 miles to her home in Los Angeles County, where she claimed the baby was hers, according to investigators. Ericka Gallego, 58, was arrested at her house yesterday and charged with felony kidnapping....

Thief Chops Off Woman's Hair at Bus Stop

Brazilian loses her waist-length, 'virgin' hair

(Newser) - A thief in Brazil cut off and stole a woman's long hair while she waited at a bus stop, according to authorities, who say the hair was virgin, meaning it had not been chemically treated, and will probably be sold for the production of wigs. The man used a...

Senior Citizen Calls 911, Asks EMTs for a Favor

Raymond Roberge was hoping they'd go on a beer run for him

(Newser) - Things you should not call 911 about: bad manicures , bad weed , lack of beer. And yet, a 65-year-old Connecticut man did just that. Police say Raymond Roberge called 911 three times on Sunday. When EMTs and firefighters came to his home, he asked them to ... go on a beer run...

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