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PLOVER, Wis., - Police in Wisconsin said they arrested a woman who allegedly shot at least five people with blow darts because she liked hearing people say "ouch." Stevens Point Police said Paula Wolf, 41, of Plover, was arrested at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after five people complained of being hit by blow darts shot from her car in various locations, WSAW, Wausaw, Wis., reported Friday. Investigators said Wolf told them she fired the darts at people because she liked hearing them say "ouch." Wolf is also accused of breaking a window at a Plover pizzeria. She was taken to...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) - A 41-year-old woman is in jail after police say she went on a blow gun spree in downtown Stevens Point. The Stevens Point Journal reports that police got a report at 9 p.m. Wednesday from a 25-year-old woman who said she was walking downtown when she felt something hit her chest. In the next half hour, three more people made similar reports. None were seriously injured.

WASHINGTON- Several drivers in the nation's capital were hit with sharp projectiles, perhaps darts fired from a blowgun. Police said the incidents occurred between 9:30 and 11:00 p.m., EDT Sunday in neighorhoods across the city. A handful were concentrated along the District's New York Avenue, part of U.S. Route 50, which serves as the city's main northeast gateway for commuters and tourists. In three cases, the six-inch long, razor-sharp projectiles had to be surgically removed. There was no evidence the darts had been tainted with chemicals or toxins, authorities said, and none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. Police were...