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The Las Vegas felon who hurled himself over a courtroom dais and attacked a female judge earlier this week said he was trying to kill her and blamed his action on a “bad day” while refusing to appear in court to face the new felony charges he was handed. Debora Redden, a 30-year-old, three-time felon, was being sentenced Wednesday by Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus for a conviction for attempted battery with substantial bodily harm. Redden’s attorney had asked Holthus to grant parole for the three-time felon, but she sentenced him to jail due to his violent past...

I can already tell this is how my day is going to go:So I’m leaving the commentary to you today. Don’t be left behind.Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

In case you're having a bad day, it could be worse. https://youtu.be/u0pf-uuT9Tk

Along Duluth roadside, road-striping crew delivers a final insult At least one Howard Gnesen Road traveler said she wishes someone on the road crew had taken the time to clear the way before the striping truck came through this week. At least one Howard Gnesen Road traveler said she wishes someone on the road crew had taken the time to clear the way before the striping truck came through this week. Patty Donaldson of Gnesen Township said she’d seen the dead raccoon in the roadway near South Road, north of Arrowhead Road, since early this week. She said she’s been...

Complaining could be the bane of a columnist. Most of what we do is observe other people and tell them what they’re doing wrong. Despite that I want to share with you a “horrible” day. Recently, my wife and I went to a UCLA basketball game. I was already in a grumpy mood, having to get dressed and go out on a rainy Sunday night. UCLA had just returned from a heartbreaking loss at Kansas during which they showed signs that this year’s team was on the rebound from last year’s disappointing season. But they just blew this game amidst...

A St. Petersburg fire truck heading to a call of a bleeding man apparently ran over the man. According to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, the department received a call about 3:45 p.m. today about a "person bleeding'' in the 400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. That location is about a block from the fire station. A fire truck headed out of the station's garage bay and immediately hit a man lying on the driveway, the fire department reported. The man appears to be the same person referenced in the earlier call, according to St. Petersburg Fire...

SANDUSKY, Ohio – An Ohio man said it was a "wild" day when he and his wife were struck by a car while crossing a street and then had their own car stolen while they were in the hospital. Gregory Moses got a knee busted up when he and his wife were hit as they walked across an intersection in the northern Ohio city Monday afternoon. Judith Moses suffered a few bruises. They still weren't home Tuesday morning when their son returned from an overnight work shift and discovered the couple's 2002 Buick LeSabre missing from the driveway. He called...

Golfer starts fire with spark from club RENO, Nev., June 20 (UPI) -- Reno, Nev., fire officials say a brush fire was caused by a golfer who tried to play his ball from a patch of grass near the Wildcreek Golf Course. Reno Battalion Chief Curtis Johnson said the golfer hit his ball off the course and then struck an object with his club while trying to direct the ball back to the fairway, The Reno Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday. The impact of the club on the object created a spark that caused the brush fire, Johnson said. "He was totally...

A US casino mogul has pulled out of a deal to sell his Picasso painting for a record $139m (£74m) after accidentally elbowing a hole in the middle. Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn was showing Le Reve (The Dream) to guests at his office in Las Vegas last month. Mr Wynn, who has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease affecting peripheral vision, tore a coin-sized hole. He will now keep the painting, which he bought in 1997 for $48.4m, and repair it, his spokeswoman said. 'Terrible noise' Mr Wynn had finalised the sale of the 1932 painting to art collector Steven...

The body of a man being transported to Shreveport, Louisiana fell from the back of a hearse and onto a busy Dallas freeway Tuesday. Dallas television station KTVT obtained photographs from the scene showing a gurney on its side and the man's body partially uncovered. A police report from the Dallas Police Department indicates someone called police saying they had just spotted a body on a gurney with a blanket over it lying in the middle of State Highway 175. The investigating officer says he was met at the scene by two witnesses who saw the gurney fall onto the...

    Avalanche Control Round Lands in BackyardUDOT admitting today that a howitzer shell that exploded in the backyard of a Pleasant Grove home was from one of their avalanche control cannons.   (KSL News) -- A 105 howitzer round that exploded in a Pleasant Grove backyard came from an avalanche cannon in Provo Canyon. UDOT Deputy Director Carlos Braceras says they shot eight shells Wednesday afternoon in the canyon, but the last one appears to have been over packed with gunpowder. UDOT says they'll take full responsibility and compensate the homeowners for all damage caused. They're also suspending indefinitely...