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Gunmen assault couple, killing husband Wife kidnapped, driven to ATM In a spectacularly wanton killing that marked the fifth New Orleans homicide in less than 12 hours, a 32-year-old man was herded into his home at gunpoint Friday morning as his wife was snatched away and forced to withdraw money from an ATM, then executed when his wife and the kidnapper returned. Christopher Briede and his wife, Amy, were leaving their Faubourg St. John cottage and getting into their car at about 8:30 a.m. when at least two men drove up in a faded red sedan, police said. One of...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla.(Reuters) - A Florida bride consummated her nuptials with a wedding brawl and a night in jail on a charge of battering a guest, police said on Wednesday. The bride, Kathy Naylor, 28, was jailed on a charge of battery when she visited a wedding guest hours after exchanging vows with Larry Naylor on Sunday, police said. The ceremony and reception took place in the back yard of the Naylors' mobile home in the central Florida Gulf Coast town of Homosassa, a police report said. The couple hosted 30 guests and a fight broke out during the reception. ...

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HYDROGEN BEER Not really a Darwin hopeful because he didn't eliminate himself from the gene pool - but a good attempt. TOKYO (AP) - The recent craze for hydrogen beer is at the heart of a three way lawsuit between unemployed stockbroker Toshira Otoma, the Tike-Take karaoke bar and the Asaka Beer Corporation. Mr. Otoma is suing the barand the brewery for selling toxic substances and is claiming damages for grievous bodily harm leading to the loss of his job. The bar is counter suing for defamation and loss of customers. The Asaka Beer Corporation brews "Suiso" brand beer, where ...

I'm in the process of getting my concealed carry permit here in Louisiana, one of the many hoops I had to jump through was to get a full set of fingerprints taken by "a bona fide law enforcement agency" and also a passport style photograph signed by the same LEO that took the prints. I can understand a background check but can someone give me some insight as to why the prints and photo are needed? It just made me feel like I was doing something wrong.

GUN HELL OF ICE CREAM BOY, 4 TEENAGE thugs held a gun to a four-year-old boy's head - and stole his ICE CREAM. And when terrified Charlie Hall burst into tears, one of the yobs fired into the air to shut him up. Charlie was targeted as he played outside his home with neighbour Aleisha Lewis, six, and her brother Andre, two, on Friday. The three robbers - aged 14 to 18 - were last night being hunted by cops in Sydenham, South London. Plea ... police call for witnesses Terrified Charlie said: "One of the boys was holding a ...

TOKYO, Japan -- A man armed with a kitchen knife has forced his way into an elementary school in western Japan killing at least eight children and injuring dozens, authorities and news reports said. Most of the victims were first- or second-grade students. Police official Toshihiko Ajisaka said 26 children, including those who died, and three teachers were stabbed. He said the stabbings occurred shortly after classes began at the elementary school in Osaka, in western Japan. Police said the attacker, a 37-year-old man who carried a kitchen knife with a six-inch blade, was arrested at the scene, but was ...

Police Seek Unapologetic Flatulent Officer LONDON (Reuters) - British police sought a flatulent officer Wednesday after a family complained that a policeman broke wind in their London home during a drug raid and failed to apologize. A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed that the Department of Professional Standards was investigating a charge that an officer broke wind in the complainants' hallway but did not apologize to the homeowners. "We can confirm that the department is investigating an incivility charge during the search of a home under the Misuse of Drugs act," the police spokesman told Reuters. The Daily Mail newspaper Wednesday ...