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Visalia, Calif. (AP) -- Lance Armstrong crashed during the Tour of California on Thursday, sending him to the hospital for precautionary X-rays on the day he was accused of doping by former teammate Floyd Landis. The cyclists were on a two-lane road outside Visalia a few miles into the race when a rider in the main group skidded on some gravel and fell, causing others, including Armstrong, to crash. Armstrong resumed riding but had to quit the race because of his injuries. "I tried to give it a go but my eye was swollen so I couldn't see properly and...

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<p>OGDEN, Aug 15, 2009 (Standard-Examiner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Formal charges have been filed against the bicyclists arrested in a recent Critical Mass confrontation with police.</p> <p>About 35 or more members of the cyclist advocacy group were on an Aug. 7 ride in downtown Ogden when members became unruly, police say. Four cyclists were arrested.</p>

OGDEN -- Was it a friendly group bicycle ride through downtown Ogden or a confrontational melee that included obstructing traffic, assault, obscenities and alcohol? Depends on who you talk to. Numbers vary from 35 to 70, but a large group of cyclists, referred to as Critical Mass, was taking a monthly ride to celebrate cycling and assert their rights to the road on Friday when Ogden police say things got out of hand. Four individuals were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, failure to disperse and public intoxication. Matt Hasenyager, owner of Skyline Cycle and one of the bicyclists, said...

See for example this thread first. The length of his sentence doth vex And his crime involved hugging, not sex Up in Brooklyn Park the price for a lark A life sentence for wearing spandex?

A man who demonstrated a pattern of sexually intimidating women while wearing spandex pants has been sentenced to life in prison plus six years. Michael Scott Long, 37, Brooklyn Park, Minn., was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole last Wednesday on conviction of one count of second-degree sexual assault by use of force. Judge Edward F. Vlack also handed down a six year sentence on one count of false imprisonment during the Nov. 22 hearing. A 12-person jury found a Minnesota man guilty of second-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment Tuesday morning after a short deliberation....

I know I'm a geek, but I'm not that badMost folks that know me, know I'm a rabid Trek-fan, comic fan, and SF/mystery geek.But this is what happens when you live in the basement at your Mom's house past 40.As I look at those pictures, I keep figuring that this is the guy that The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy character has to be based on.

He wears a baby-blue spandex jumpsuit and shiny gold panties, gloves, cape, boots and goggles. He wields a giant, metal-cutting circular power saw. Who is Angle Grinder Man? He is Britain's self-styled "first wheel-clamp and speed camera vigilante cum subversive superhero philanthropist entertainer type person." That's who. For those not familiar with industrial machine tools, an angle grinder is the saw best suited to cutting through plates of steel, such as, say, the wheel clamps that authorities use to immobilize illegally parked cars in London. And Angle Grinder Man offers his "free clamp-removal service" to "all good, decent law-unabiding people"...